The Abodox! In the beginning, last night's Grudge Rock match was close—Patrol won a round, then won another, but then the Abodox came in with a couple big wins of their own. By the end of the first half, Patrol was up by only about 100 points. After the band played a great intermission set (have you gotten their new album Zirconium yet?), they came back into the game ready to kick some ass.

It seems the Abodox, though, got their hands on some kind of kick ass potion of their own—the band took a commanding lead after winning the first two questions of the second round, and since all the point values were doubled, Patrol's fate was sealed despite their good efforts.

The Abodox walked away with the door money, and Patrol got some lovely parting gifts from the night's sponsors including free haircuts, books from Fantagraphics, and porn.

Some of last night's questions and a few of their answers (from what I can remember):

Name a musician who is blind...
Ray Charles
Stevie Wonder
Jeff Healy
(And Roy Orbison was not on the list, as he is not blind. That didn't stop Patrol from taking a chance on him, though, much to the crowd's dismay.)

Name a band with siblings in it...
Van Halen
The Jackson 5
Heart
Nelson
And... The Jonas Brothers were NOT on the list, giving the Abodox a big, fat strike, and ensuring that the Disney trio hasn't completely infiltrated every corner of the world.

Name a band known for using an organ...
The Doors
Deep Purple
And Murder City Devils? The defunct seattle act did indeed make the list, but no one guessed that one and the crowd erupted with boos when it was revealed. Apparently, they disagreed about their organ status.

As always, it was a great time and the second half was even better since the crowd got a little more drunk, a little more rowdy, and would cheer and boo for all the answers they liked and didn't like. And who knew we had so many Snow fans in town?

The next Grudge Rock is a special Saturday night edition on August 8th with Thee Emergency and A Gun That Shoots Knives, again at Re-bar.