Acidic is an LA based alt/rock band reminiscent of the late 90s music scene. They channel a pre-American Idiot Green Day with a tiny splash of Saves the Day (mostly in the vocal area) and add a little bit more of their own heaviness for good measure. Along with their CD, available now - see the Acidic website for details, they have produced a music video for the song Ironic Dreams. It resembles a Rolling Stones video in that it's four guys standing in front of a green screen. It's nothing breathtaking and it's hard to figure out if there's actually any storyline...it basically boils down to a performance video - which is always a safe route to go, though it doesn't seem to be perfectly synced sometimes...and youtube audio quality is just awful (obviously that's not THEIR fault). It's also the easiest way to see the Green Day of yore. Aside from sounding like Green Day, they also act like Green Day. You might even swear it's a 17 year old Billy Joe Armstrong fronting the band. Which actually brings up a fairly impressive point. Acidic is nothing more than a bunch of 17-19 year olds which makes their cohesiveness pretty astonishing. They aren't perfect - nobody is - but they're far from a teenage band. They seem to have the alternative rock thing down to a science already. Which is kind of scary. They have an opportunity to do what Green Day never did...stick with what they're good at and make it better. Hopefully they choose to do that rather than turn into old men playing sappy pop songs (nothing against present day Green Day. If it pays the bills, go for it).
If you're hankering for a blast from the past (you know, when music was still tolerable) check out their video, or go see them live. You can check their website for show dates, cd info and all that jazz. But to save you a few seconds, their nearest approaching show is at the Cobalt Cafe at 11pm this Saturday, September 5th.
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