The Filthies motor it up at the Rabobank for some great hockey culture entertainment - By N.L. Belardes
No offense to AJ of the Soulsteppers and Nunez of the Nunez Project, but the biggest local music and entertainment news in Bakersfield this week, and throughout the rest of 2005, will not be articles about local vintage musician hipsters paraded around Bakersfield in the social experiments of the Bakersfield Californian. The biggest local music news is music and not limos and musicians getting drunk in yuppie bars; it's the conglomeration of 11-12 bands coming together to bring hockey culture to music fruition in a series of entertaining songs that uplift sports culture starting last night... If the Californian wants to talk about musicians in the Entertainment column, why not talk about their music too? Nunez and AJ are both great musicians with rich tales to tell about their music… And those guys have their place in local Bakersfield music culture, but why not talk about the BIG news…?
Motor Mount warms up to entertain thousands of fans
Last night kicked off the first of 13 Saturday night home games featuring music by local artists. Rurul rock punk band, the Filthies started it off during the first period intermission with their hockey anthem “Condorstown”, which blasted to the 4th largest crowd in the Bakersfield Condors history. More than 8,200 folks were on-hand to witness the event. No, this wasn’t a local band just playin’ their ditties to fire up the local crowd to buy more concession stand sponge claws. This was a song for the local hockey crowd, about the local hockey crowd, and about the triumph of the Bakersfield Condors as the greatest sports franchise to ever grace the streets of Bakersfield.
Yes, I am in the Media Zone taking pics of Bakersfield's big team
I don’t see Buck Owens singing about hockey from his big crystal horse. I don’t see Merle Haggard down by the glass singing about his Condors kickin’ the Canadian fish-flop kings asses… But I did see rural rock punksters, the Filthies blast “Condorstown” to an audience that wanted their team to do just what the Filthies leadman, Kenny “Motor” Mount, and guitarist, Gus chanted: “ Go! Fight! Skate! Go! Fight! Skate!”
The evening started outside of the Rabobank while the sun still peeked between government buildings. Condors team president, Matt Riley came out and snapped a picture with the band, while Preston and Rocky Nash from AM 1230’s The Puck Show and the Morning KRAB Radio Show Meathead and Desi were on hand to watch.
Dirty Spanglish guitarist finds one of the many posters for the upcoming compilation CD Growing Up Fighting: Bakersfield Hockey Vol. 1. Oh wait, who is that on the CD cover?
The Filthies took the stage outside to play crowd favorites “Embalm You”, “Donut Shop”, and “On the Radio.” Colonel Claw’d came out to rock hard with the band while Condor’s fans shuffled past, bobbed heads, and were just plain excited, because this after all was OPENING NIGHT.
Gus is having a blast with the Colonel
Inside the Rabobank the game got underway while myself and the Dirty Spanglish guitarist watched the game with house photographer Duffy and his wife Esther down in the media zone. I snapped photos during the first period and even saw Californian photographer/old hockey pal, Johnny Harte come in and snap some photos. We talked over some hockey good times while capturing the spirit of the game… You can read and see more about the game on the N.L. Bobblehead blog…
Old friend Johhny Harte with the Californian camera
A big early hit on the Condors set the tone for the game
During the first intermission the Filthies turned it up. Their song came out with some exciting pop-punk guitar riffs that were as rockin’ as the rest of the “Condorstown”. The crowd chanted along with “Go! Fight! Skate!” and I admit, I was just as excited as all the people in the house. Folks who know me understand I have been part of local hockey since the street days of Jastro and Wilson Park. Back then, local hockey players took over the tennis courts to say, “This is ours!” And we did. And now it’s time for Bakersfield to say “This Rabobank; this team; this music; this hockey-culture, is ours!” And the Filthies did. And I will gladly report about it.
Gus after the Filthies performance on the Condor couch.
Hockey and music collide... it doesn't get any better...
By the way, the Condors won 5-3… now get up and go purchase tickets to the next Saturday local band night on November 5th to see Myndsick perform “Born to Fight”!
Motor Mount warms up to entertain thousands of fans
Last night kicked off the first of 13 Saturday night home games featuring music by local artists. Rurul rock punk band, the Filthies started it off during the first period intermission with their hockey anthem “Condorstown”, which blasted to the 4th largest crowd in the Bakersfield Condors history. More than 8,200 folks were on-hand to witness the event. No, this wasn’t a local band just playin’ their ditties to fire up the local crowd to buy more concession stand sponge claws. This was a song for the local hockey crowd, about the local hockey crowd, and about the triumph of the Bakersfield Condors as the greatest sports franchise to ever grace the streets of Bakersfield.
Yes, I am in the Media Zone taking pics of Bakersfield's big team
I don’t see Buck Owens singing about hockey from his big crystal horse. I don’t see Merle Haggard down by the glass singing about his Condors kickin’ the Canadian fish-flop kings asses… But I did see rural rock punksters, the Filthies blast “Condorstown” to an audience that wanted their team to do just what the Filthies leadman, Kenny “Motor” Mount, and guitarist, Gus chanted: “ Go! Fight! Skate! Go! Fight! Skate!”
The evening started outside of the Rabobank while the sun still peeked between government buildings. Condors team president, Matt Riley came out and snapped a picture with the band, while Preston and Rocky Nash from AM 1230’s The Puck Show and the Morning KRAB Radio Show Meathead and Desi were on hand to watch.
Dirty Spanglish guitarist finds one of the many posters for the upcoming compilation CD Growing Up Fighting: Bakersfield Hockey Vol. 1. Oh wait, who is that on the CD cover?
The Filthies took the stage outside to play crowd favorites “Embalm You”, “Donut Shop”, and “On the Radio.” Colonel Claw’d came out to rock hard with the band while Condor’s fans shuffled past, bobbed heads, and were just plain excited, because this after all was OPENING NIGHT.
Gus is having a blast with the Colonel
Inside the Rabobank the game got underway while myself and the Dirty Spanglish guitarist watched the game with house photographer Duffy and his wife Esther down in the media zone. I snapped photos during the first period and even saw Californian photographer/old hockey pal, Johnny Harte come in and snap some photos. We talked over some hockey good times while capturing the spirit of the game… You can read and see more about the game on the N.L. Bobblehead blog…
Old friend Johhny Harte with the Californian camera
A big early hit on the Condors set the tone for the game
During the first intermission the Filthies turned it up. Their song came out with some exciting pop-punk guitar riffs that were as rockin’ as the rest of the “Condorstown”. The crowd chanted along with “Go! Fight! Skate!” and I admit, I was just as excited as all the people in the house. Folks who know me understand I have been part of local hockey since the street days of Jastro and Wilson Park. Back then, local hockey players took over the tennis courts to say, “This is ours!” And we did. And now it’s time for Bakersfield to say “This Rabobank; this team; this music; this hockey-culture, is ours!” And the Filthies did. And I will gladly report about it.
Gus after the Filthies performance on the Condor couch.
Hockey and music collide... it doesn't get any better...
By the way, the Condors won 5-3… now get up and go purchase tickets to the next Saturday local band night on November 5th to see Myndsick perform “Born to Fight”!
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