All Malevolent Forces Utterly Shattered

January 13th, 2003

For the few of you that weren't at Zaphod Beeblebrox on Saturay I have this to say to you: "You have missed The Setbacks climb up another rung in the Ottawa music scene." For those of you who experienced the show, you know what I am talking about. The 117+ patrons at Zaphods came to hear if all the rumours spreading about The Setbacks blistering live show were true. These now Setbacks fans had no idea that they were about to experience a sight and sound explosion that would change their lives forever.

Thankfully the growing crowd had come to rock. The opening band, The Double Pumpers, drew the crowd to the stage area with heavy riff drivin rock and a pounding rhythm and bass section. They left the stage, on what was only their second show together, with the crowd begging for more. Hopefully we will be seeing much more of this solid three piece in the future.

With the crowd ready, we cashed in the rest of our beer tickets. With hands full of Labatt 50 rock feul and blood pumping we hit the stage. From the first note hit to the last cymbal crash the head-bobbing crowd egged us on to push harder. Not to let the fans down we jumped, kicked, and just plain rocked ourselves to exaustion. Steve and Trevor barely gave the crowd a second to breath between wailing guitars and vocal harmonies. I think one of our fans described it best when he said, "Holy shit! That fuckin' rocked!"

This was, in my opinion, one of the best shows we have had. I want to personally thank everyone that came out to support us. The rock and roll machine called The Setbacks is just warming up so watch out for us in the future. Our next show is on February 8th at Bumpers Roadhouse. Hope to see you there.

-Paul