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Worcester is no longer a one-rockfest town.
SK8:98 hits the Palladium Saturday with 19 bands and a makeshift skateboard park to be set up outside the club at 261 Main St.
For the past couple of years, rockers had to wait until fall for the arrival of Locobazooka (or its predecessor, Localpalooza) for the kind of multiband blowout SK8:98 promises to be.
Like Locobazooka, the new kid on the block draws its bill from a mix of nationally touring acts, regional heavy hitters and hometown favorites. Yet SK8:98 plows deeper into the underground for much of its wealth.
Vision of Disorder and Earth Crisis headline the festival and get plenty of heavy support from H2O, Tree, Murphy's Law, Corey Glover (on the comeback trail after his days with Living Colour), Shootyz Groove, dayinthelife..., Scissorfight, Proton Accelerator, H8 Machine, Nothingface, Forced Fed Shovelhead, Eastcide, Chillum, Rotors to Rust, 7 Hill Psychos, Split and Sticker.
A Bargain
The $15 ticket price is a bargain, and the show's chief promoter, Mezzoman Productions hopes to raise at least $5,000 to give Worcester parks officials so work can begin on establishing a permanent skateboard park somewhere in the city. Mezzo is running a "celebrity dunk tank" and raffling tickets to the Beastie Boys' Aug. 25 concert at the Worcester Centrum Centre to raise money for the park.
Good intentions aside, SK8:98 is a dream bill of heavy music, particularly with Vision of Disorder and Earth Crisis, who are on a hell-bent mission to re-establish the East Coast's presence in the realm of loud.
And one of Worcester's top heavy contenders, Forced Fed Shovelhead, decided to reunite for SK8:98. The original lineup of John Fillipono on drums, Brian Nieves on bass, George Cross on vocals and Tim Powers on guitar will...