It was another night of punk at the Slice, Saturday, July. 17 for Berserker’s CD release party.
I missed Revanchist, but was in time for another incendiary set from the Youngbloods, who I haven’t seen for several years.
They played a tight, energetic set of pop punk and screamo music.
Frontman Kyle Hogan wound up in the middle of the good sized crowd to stand up on a table or two and scream into his mic.
The channelled a bit of Rage Against the Machine with some grinding riffs, but there were also a lot of catchy gang vocals and whoa whoah whoah choruses.
Berserker is Jon Vornbrock backed by most of local punk band Sessions including Brian Kostersky on vocals and guitar, bassist/vocalist James Myer and drummer Beau Sommerfeldt.
They had a strong emo/ ’90s 2000s alternative rock with a touch of the Foo Fighters and a little Rage against the Machine.
But, because it was Vornbrock on vocals and guitar, they also had a similar ’90s sound to one of his other alternative rock bands the Supervoid.
They played an intense, tight and loud set of original music from their CD“Welcome To Hollywoodland,” though I thought I recognized a Supervoid song in the set..
— by Richard Amery, L.A. Beat Editor