The 'Peen. That's what the cool kids call Grand Champeen, ya know. It was a Peen weekend for me, seeing them on Fri in Seattle and Sat in Portland. If you are looking for a standard great rock band, you need to hear them.
On Friday night they wound up playing two sets since the headliner (Richmond Fontaine) broke down between Portland and Seattle. The first set was a mix of the old and new - and the second was an all covers set. The dwindling crowd was treated to (if memory serves) Cheap Trick, Mott the Hoople, Aerosmith, The Only Ones, Broooce, Billy Joel, and plenty of other fantastic stuff that I'm too blurry to remember.
Saturday was a quick but solid 40 minute set, similar to friday - enhanced by a good sound system and sound man. I believe they are headed down the west coast on their way back to Austin - if you miss The Replacements and Soul Asylum, you need to hear them.
Tho they are from Austin, they are signing to a Portland record label as I type. I cant for the life of me remember the name of the label, but the new CD should be out in Feb 07 or so.
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hey, it's feb07 now! i'm going to go look for this new cd.