Lethbridge audiences don’t tend to get excited at the drop of the hat, but the metal/punk community 
sure showed their appreciation for a great show like the one the Living Luca, Randy Graves and Cancer Bats put on , Aug. 9 at Scores North.
It took a couple of songs, but a typically strong set by local rock band the Living Luca drew a few people to the front of the stage at the urging of consummate frontwoman Bridgette Yarwood who sang up a storm.
They played mostly newer material and only a couple from their first CD, but had the makings of a mosh pit during “Stick It Out.”
Edmonton rock band Randy Graves‘s singer James Gravies asked the crowd, most of whom were now right in front of the stage banging their heads, how he had never been to Lethbridge before and proclaimed his admiration for “the chick with the voice.”
The two guitarists even shared a harmonized guitar solo moment.
The Cancer Bats owned the place as they had the rest of the audience in front of the stage as they delivered an aural bludgeoning, blasting through an incendiary set of no holds barred, balls to the wall set of crazy punk metal.
Security did their best to prevent injury in the frothing mosh pit in front of the stage.
They played numerous familiar songs including “Dead Wrong” which had the crowd shouting along, which prompted vocalist Liam Cormier to wonder how more people in Lethbridge seem to know the words to their songs than anywhere else. Cormier was also impressed with the number of girls in the pit in front of the stage.
The band was a blur of energy playing to the crowd, shaking hands and not letting up. They introduced several new songs as well, which the crowd loved.
