Let’s face it. Tuesdays are not a good day to book a rock show in a bar in Kamloops. Yet, Montreal’s Ripcordz penciled in the Kami Inn for a show on Tuesday July 30. I guess nobody told the local punk community they were supposed to stay home. A fairly good crowd showed up to see the bill that included local acts Knox, The SoundCity Hooligans and Ripcordz from Montreal. Knox opened the show. This punk trio includes Jade the Babe on bass and vocals, Briac on guitar and vocals and Johnny Responsible on drums and backing vocals.

They played some songs from their newest release “BDSM,” and a few more from their catalogue of tunes. Not often, opening acts get the respect that Knox was shown by the Kami audience and they certainly deserved it.

The mosh pit opened up early in their set and kept on rockin’ for the rest of the evening.

Next up were the perennial Kamloops punk favourites, TheSoundCity Hooligans. They are consummate pros and always draw a good crowd. The band consists of Bobby Hooligan Hill, guitars & vocals, Steve Kinnee, drums, Santa Deucey, guitars and vocals and Tim Chiba on bass.

SoundCity Hooligans have an extensive catalogue and many of the local punks are very familiar with it. They played “Riot,” “Hey Kid,” “Friends,” “Bleed Once More,” and a few others. Some audience members sang along and most danced and moshed up a storm. I hadn’t seen this band in quite a while and it was a real treat to hear them, again.

Then it was time for Ripcordz. This Montreal punk band consists of Paul Gott on guitar and vocals. He has been with the band from1980 to the present. Francois Demers shares vocals and plays bass. Josh Taugher is the drummer.

Gott passed on a few stories from his many years in the punk scene, including demonstrations, and run-ins with police. He freely conversed with the audience. Many of the songs were political or social justice oriented and the local crowd loved them. Ribcordz performed a great night of music.

Some of the tunes played were “Let’s Go,” “Hardcore,” “Girls in the Pit,” and a song about religions causing wars.

They put on an awesome show. The punks got to dance in a mosh pit, the beer was cold and everybody went home happy. Gott mentioned that they had been in Kamloops eighteen years ago. I really hope they will return for another show. Hopefully, much sooner.