{"id":3091,"date":"2014-03-21T09:46:55","date_gmt":"2014-03-21T16:46:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/gig_reviews\/?p=3091"},"modified":"2014-03-21T09:52:55","modified_gmt":"2014-03-21T16:52:55","slug":"truckfighters-crobot-black-belt-karate-perform-at-the-satellite","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/gig_reviews\/2014\/03\/21\/truckfighters-crobot-black-belt-karate-perform-at-the-satellite\/","title":{"rendered":"Truckfighters, Crobot & Black Belt Karate Perform At The Satellite"},"content":{"rendered":"

Review by Darshun<\/strong><\/p>\n

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March 18th 2014, The Satellite, Los Angeles CA:<\/strong> Swedish hard rock trio Truckfighters are currently on a short US headline touring run in support of their latest album ‘Universe’, which delivers a 45-minute slab of the fuzzy desert stoner rock they’ve been known for ever since their inception in 2001. As part of this US tour, they played at the Satellite in the Silver Lake area of Los Angeles last Tuesday March 18th, and quite appropriately so. Support came from their tour mates in Pottsville PA-based band Crobot, and local opener Black Belt Karate. Our man Darshun was in attendance to review the show for us.<\/p>\n

The night started with local band\u00a0Black Belt Karate<\/strong>, as they warmed up the audience with their stoner pop sounds. This quartet consisting of the usual suspects: guitar, bass, drums and a singer. What’s really cool about the band is that the other members had mics to sing into as well. So there were harmonies happening on the vocal aspect of Black Belt Karate, which was a bonus. The songs had the sing-along anthem type choruses to get the energy started for the evening. The content of the lyrics were straightforward\u2014what I gathered from hearing the vocals was about run-of-the-mill everyday life situations. This band reminds me of Fu Manchu, but poppier. Even though it was the start of the evening, Black Belt Karate were well received by the end of their set.<\/p>\n

Visit Black Belt Karate on the web:<\/strong>
\nBBKOfficial.com<\/a><\/strong>
\nfacebook.com\/BlackBeltKarate<\/a><\/strong>
\ntwitter.com\/BBKOfficial<\/a><\/strong>
\ninstagram.com\/BBK_Official<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Set List:<\/strong>
\n01. Camouflage
\n02. Street Cleaning
\n03. Rigamortis
\n04. Strut
\n05. One & Only
\n06. Meteor
\n07. Push
\n08. Kaleidoscope
\n09. Servant
\n10. Mechanical Man<\/p>\n

The second band of the night\u00a0Crobot\u00a0<\/strong>hail from Pennsylvania and brought their dirty, stoner groove on. The guitarist and back-up vocalist for the band Chris Bishop started the set by using some cool effects and began chugging away on the riff for \u201cLegend of the Spaceborne Killer.\u201d Bishop\u2019s riffage and showmanship was on display as he twirled his guitar while it was still strapped on \u2014 hard to describe in words but it was reminiscent of an old Ben Weinman move of Dillinger Escape Plan. Brandon Yeagley sang and played harmonica on one of the latter tunes in their set, but really knew how to work the crowd.\u00a0 Jake (bass) and Paul (drums) Figueroa laid down the foundation for the rhythm section and were very solid. Crobot played to an audience that knew the tunes and were bobbing their heads to the groove. \u201cLa Mano de Lucifer\u201d began as a slow number but would switch back to a rockin\u2019 groove in between the verses and rock out to the choruses. Crobot announced before playing their new song \u201cNowhere to Hide\u201d that they have a new EP that\u2019s going to be released this May. I can tell that the crowd were into their dirty, groove rock that night.<\/p>\n

Visit Crobot on the web:<\/strong>
\nCrobotBand.com<\/a><\/strong>
\nfacebook.com\/CrobotBand<\/a><\/strong>
\ntwitter.com\/CrobotBand<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Set List:<\/strong>
\n01. Legend of the Spaceborne Killer
\n02. Weigh Me Down
\n03. Night of the Sacrifice
\n04. La Mano de Lucifer
\n05. Nowhere to Hide
\n06. Skull of Geronimo
\n07. Cloud Spiller
\n08. Wizards
\n09. The Necromancer
\n10. Chupacabra
\n11. Fly on the Wall<\/p>\n

And the main event, a power trio all the way from Sweden, Truckfighters<\/strong>! Guitarist Dango started the set with guitars fuzzed out\u00a0to \u201cMind Control\u201d and Ozo (bass and vocals) and Enzo (drums) followed suit laying down the rhythm. Their album \u201cUniverse\u201d was just released on February 24th<\/sup> and this power trio was hungry to play from their catalog of music. For the night, Dango provided the comic relief in his broken English but managed to get the crowd roaring for more. Dango was also\u00a0jumping about and was all over the stage\u2014 you can really tell by his energy how excited he was to play to this audience.\u00a0It was a great set to round out the night. Truckfighters played four songs from \u201cUniverse\u201d, one tune from \u201cPhi\u201d, and another one from \u201cMania.\u201d The highlight was hearing the chorus for the song \u201cThe Chairman\u201d, a fuzzed out heaviness of chords, a sing-along harmony from Ozo and bombastic drums. Listen to their album, \u201cUniverse,\u201d in its all-out-fuzzy rage.<\/p>\n

Visit Truckfighters on the web:<\/strong>
\nTruckfighters.com<\/a><\/strong>
\nfacebook.com\/Truckfighters<\/a><\/strong>
\ntwitter.com\/Truckfighters<\/a><\/strong>
\nyoutube.com\/TruckfightersTV<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Set List:
\n<\/strong>01. Mind Control
\n02. Traffic
\n03. Get Lifted
\n04. Last Curfew
\n05. Manhattan Project
\n06. The Chairman<\/p>\n

Visit the Satellite on the web:<\/strong>
\nTheSatelliteLA.com<\/a><\/strong>
\nfacebook.com\/TheSatelliteLA<\/a><\/strong>
\ntwitter.com\/TheSatelliteLA<\/a><\/strong>
\ninstagram.com\/TheSatelliteLA<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Remaining Truckfighters\/Crobot Tour Dates:<\/strong>
\n3\/21 – Las Vegas, NV – Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
\n3\/22 – Tucson, AZ – The Rock
\n3\/23 – Phoenix, AZ – Crescent Ballroom<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Review by Darshun March 18th 2014, The Satellite, Los Angeles CA: Swedish hard rock trio Truckfighters are currently on a short US headline touring run in support of their latest album ‘Universe’, which delivers a 45-minute slab of the fuzzy desert stoner rock they’ve been known for ever since their inception in 2001. As part … <\/p>\n

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