After playing for about an hour (ending their set with the song "What's the Worst Thing That Could Happen?" and inciting a small mosh pit and a crowd surfer), Smith thanked the Scottsdale audience for the umpteenth time. "We weren't expecting this," he said. "You guys are fucking amazing."
Thanks, Polkadot Cadaver. You guys were fucking amazing, too.
Critic's Notebook
Last Night: Polkadot Cadaver at The Rogue Bar
The Crowd: A diverse range of metal heads and music fans -- lots of long-haired guys with beards and goatees wearing shirts for bands like Iron Maiden, Suffocation, and Devil Driver, but also plenty of females in casual, punk, and goth attire (and even one in a Cannibal Corpse T-shirt).
Overheard in the Crowd: "A seven inch for seven bucks? That's only a dollar an inch!"
Personal Bias: I love progressive, experimental metal.
Random Notebook Dump: "Nobody's outside smoking right now."