Thee Parkside October 23, 2004 Review by Jake Thomas I just wanted to get out of the house and see something, but I never expected that it would be this damned entertaining! I heard through the grapevine that a French band called Operation S would be playing in town at Thee Parkside, and that they were worth checking out. I wasn’t doing anything this fine Saturday night, so why not check out some new music? The evening started off with a blackout in the club, and over the whole immediate area apparently – someone said some troublesome kids had been shooting fireworks at a power box/transformer/whatever and set it on fire. The delay thinned the crowd out some, but I didn’t have anything better to do so I waited it out, and it was certainly worth the delay. They were definitely French – I didn’t understand a damn thing they sung except for their cover of The Avenger’s “The American in Me”, a fitting cover given their location (think they play an American punk song from a band based in each town they play in?). The band was pretty damn tight for a punk outfit, even with some sound issues. As a bonus they had an extremely hot singer, and she/they sounded like The Epoxies quite a bit (the exception being when the dude guitarist also sang and it came across a little bit like some of X’s better moments). I was highly impressed, and from the reaction of the crowd I wasn’t alone. Here’s to hoping they make it back across the pond real soon. --- ©2004 playinginfog.com |