Whether doing the band’s classic anthems justice, bringing new material to epic-sounding life, unleashing his notorious Rotten stare, or rallying the crowd to chant “Fuck off,” Lydon beamed with the purest joy.įrontman James Bagshaw politely asked the Biltmore crowd not to smoke weed while Temples played (actually, what he said was “Fuckin’ cut it out”), but there was plenty of smoking happening on-stage, metaphorically speaking. And as Vancouver saw live in November, the 59-year-old is as playful and fascinating a performer as ever. His 37-year career as frontman of Public Image Ltd, one of the most innovative, funny, and yet scary bands of all time, attests to that. John Lydon is one of the few rock ’n’ roll legends who truly deserve that reputation. The amazing thing? No matter how much Lil Debbie rambled on, she was enough of a freak show that no one wanted her to shut up. The only time her mouth stopped moving was when she’d stop to suck on one of the endless joints, cigarettes, and Swisher Sweets fired on-stage by her fans.
At a packed and stupidly sweaty Fortune Sound Club, YouTube hits like “Ratchets” and “Michelle Obama” were totally overshadowed by a nonstop barrage of between-songs blathering, the Oakland MC unleashing her inner lunatic to rail on about everything from her dead cat to her love for Canadian beardos. Lil Debbie is roughly the size of a common garden gnome, but that doesn’t stop her from making a shit-ton of noise, and not just when she’s rapping. Hearing the 6 God perform his amazing Meek Mill diss track, “Back to Back”, made it abundantly clear that while you should fear him, he also deserves your praise and worship. (At the Squamish Valley Music Festival on August 9)ĭrake rolled into Squamish in the midst of a rap feud that saw him become the most buzzed-about act in the world.
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