On Tue, 31 Oct 1995, James R. Covey wrote:
> ok, here's my review of the riverdales: > the ramones on an off night. i said as > much to shelley popexplosion when i ran > into her & mel, and she told me that patrick > said the same thing. so we have a consensus. > :-) it was a pretty bad knockoff. you got my vote on that one too...as marc brown said to me "i've already seen the ramones twice...didn't need to see them again!" i'm glad email is quiet...i can't take anymore noise! > i guess our resident fanboy shant got to meet > the band! i'll let him tell you all about that. sure, i guess. umm, i got to meet them as they left the prince george (posh...) hotel to take the tour bus across the street to the metro centre (THAT really boggles me). billie joe came out first and seemed really hurried and impatient. i was slightly unimpressed...but didn't expect any better from him anyhow. next came tres cool. seemed nice, but didn't come back out to sign when he said he would. probably too stoned to remember. anyhow, kudos to mike dirnt who really redeemed them for me! really nice, quiet guy. graciously agreed to sign and shook my hand and told us all to watch out for each other out there (to the four of us that were there at the time). i was impressed! ...and yes! the show rocked! can't wait to see the pix. they better come out! i had a hell of a time sneaking in my camera! ;) cheers! shant:)
