Show f Madness Alive In Utah County r By J John m Nielsen Staff ff t Water kit Halloween night was the perfect time for another gathering of the Wasatch front scene The setting this time was the Classic Skating rink in Orem The cold and rainy weather outside was reason enough to hurry into the rink ing-rink turned concert- concert hall Cat Fische opened the show and crowd participation started right from the beginning Turn out was decent considering that would not be taking the stage for three more hours Cat Fische combines a strong brass section with excellent vocals and guitars to deliver a well-balanced well musical feast Im I'm not sure if the ther r microphone on the drum set was working properly because it was difficult dif- dif j. j I to hear a beat in some of the a V i songs w American Rasta and Cat Fische seemed to be the crowd favorites dished out by the band The second band on stage was Model Citizen I can now honestly say that there is more than good cheese that comes from Cache Valley Model Citizen played many songs from their album Speed Polka and established an immediate with the crowd They even passed out bread balls and potato chips What a band More Beer had the theY Y r c. c crowd whipped into a frenzy for its entire duration The next time you go to Logan make sure that Model Citizen is playing playing playing play play- ing in town and go see them The only Utah non-Utah band at the show was Skip from Las Vegas I had heard their music before but had never seen this band live I certainly wasn't disappointed This is a purist band even when doing covers of Ghost Busters and Back in Black in their set Skip paved the way for the main attraction of the night This was an album release party for Its It's the third album produced produced produced pro pro- by the band under three different different different differ differ- ent band names The players have stayed the same and the music keeps getting better played many songs from their brand new album but also delighted everyone everyone everyone every every- one with some of their classics I left the show a little battered and bruised but satisfied that I had just participated in a Utah County show None of the bands that played will be selling millions of records any time soon but that's the way it should be has always been on the fringes of mainstream music and with bands like Skip Model Citizen and Cat Fische leading the charge it will continue to be L. L a w 4 I y iv ivr Tt k r ty by Jo Joha m rna Nielsen cn an Cat Fische opened the show shew at Classic Skating in Orem Oran ur UT i 1 Y E yam iov i ov x r t r iboto aoto iy by Join Ni Nielsen n celeb celebrated atel Halle Halloween Halla eel hy bj releasing their it third album Arms |