Beat a Go Go

Rob Wright in front of NoMeansNo and The Invasives, with crew in the Balkans - photo by Irena Povse

The Canadian progressive punk rock band Invasives were in the middle of their sound check when I entered the concert hall.  It was late autumn 2007 in Ljubljana.

Andrej Ruda, the guitarist of Slovenian jazz/rock fusion band Zmajev rep- which always reminds me of Weather Report - was coming in as well.

Both bands were going to support legendary alternative punk rock/punk jazz band NoMeansNo in their concert in Ljubljana.  It was simply a genius idea to choose those two extremely different bands as a support for such an open-minded and "no borders" band as NoMeansNo: Rob Wright on bass, vocals, guitar, John Wright on drums, vocals, keyboards and Tom Holliston on guitar and vocals.

NoMeansNo's philosophy and art are alive through their music for last 25 years through their live performances and rich collection of Lps ...it started with Mama in ancient 1982 (reissued in 2004 with extra tracks)... to today's promotion tour of All Roads Lead To Ausfahrt.