MUSIC REVIEW: The UV Rays, The Saints

By Frank De Blase on October 31, 2007

Despite stepping all over Steppenwolf and doing the worst version of "Born To Be Wild" ever, The UV Rays played a fun and fast set at the Bug Jar Saturday night, warming up for Australian punkers The Saints. Lone remaining Saint Chris Bailey looked a little worse for wear but delivered a set filled with the type of rock 'n' roll that got labeled punk in the late 70's for two reasons: 1) its purveyors were grubby, greasy, and somewhat limited in their playing ability; 2) the mainstream had lost sight of rock 'n' roll and its message and didn't recognize it anymore. Frankly, I prefer not to call it anything, and just listen.