Yablonsky, the Mermen are awesome. I used to hang out at a local club, the type of joint that always booked unknown, up and coming bands, or bands that never got airplay, they had bands all the time but we never went for any band in particular, we'd just show up like the bands were background entertainment. Two that really stood out were instrumental groups. One was the Mermen, We were lucky enough to see them when they were touring for their Glorious lethal euphoria CD on a rare cross country jaunt. It sounded a lot like that last vid you posted. The other group was
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t0b82hgQLCE
Karma To Burn. I'd always buy the CD when the bands were good.
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