Gibbypalooza 2006

Scenes from the Hoboken Elks Lodge.


Each year in October, Chris ‘Gibby’ Gibson of the band High Speed Chase throws a massive birthday party for himself called ‘Gibbypalooza’. For years this event was held at CBGB in NYC. However, since last year it has been rockin’ Maxwell’s in Hoboken.

Tonight’s festivities also saw an historic reunion of High Speed Chase who had actually called it quits earlier this year. One old face and one new face joined the lineup for this monster of a set. Original HSC drummer King and ex-Slush Puppy bassist Cory.

Most of the other performers on the bill are local favorites who I have seen and written about many times. Except for the Beggerstaffs. This was my first exposure to their eighties-flavored, Brit-pop style.

The night would evolve into an after party in the basement of the Hoboken Elks Lodge. Cheap beer, revelry, music, ping-pong, pool and poker made for the perfect setting for we the drunken rockers to mingle with lodge members and regulars. The end came with the prerequisite bad food at the Malibu Diner. It is such a shame that we don’t have a better late night eatery in this part of town.

Browse Thru My Pix (taken with my brandy-new camera by the way).

See Also:
Dave Calamoneri
Jon D’Angelo
The Beggarstaffs
Heterogene
High Speed Chase
Diesel Theory
Jim Testa
Elks Lodge #74 Hoboken
Maxwell’s


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