After raving about Fluffy's CD to all of my friends (both of them) I finally
got a chance to see them in person. Once again, they were the opening band, but
at least they're playing in Detroit, not all the way up in Pontiac at the
pathetic new Clutch Cargo's, that has nothing to do with the original club in
Detroit other than stealing their name. (much like minor-league cities across
the USA (Denver & Phoenix) are stealing hockey teams from Canada). I show up
at 7:00 for the 6:30 Door's Open show to see a handwritten sign that the band's
van broke down & the show will be rescheduled for 10:30. That was a good
sign - it showed that the band was doing a "real tour" & that that
they were driving some cheap foreign-built van, instead of a solid Detroit
vehicle. At 10:30 I'm back & Fluffy quickly appears. They're great - they're
loud & fast, they drink beer & they don't engage in that mindless small
talk between songs that drags the set out for another hour. In fact, they're
done too quickly & there's a line forming already for autographs to the
spacious Shelter dressing room. D-Generation has a hard act to follow, but
they're also good & they give out free cassettes to the crowd. (Free beer
would be better, but I'll take the cassette).