Watchmen at the Peak – Nixon – 7/07/00 at 15:32 PST

Hereâ??s the premise: You bring a can for the food bank, do the Grouse Grind, get a free concert on Canada Day. Watchmen w\Templar at the peak.

Place: Grouse Mountain summit, open air show. Beer gardens, tunes, and weather. Crazy weather. Within an hour, went we through Rain, Sleet, Ice, Sunshine and Fog. Lots of Fog (sounds kinda like the postal serviceâ?¦) The Fog brings me to my next point:

Phrase of the day:
â??Wow, you guys really like your weed out hereâ?¦â??
(Watchmen lead singer referring to the Fog)

Opening Act: Templar
Iâ??ve seen these guys 4 times this year, but I will admit, theyâ??re getting much better. There act is polishing, and the tunes are starting to catch, the small crowd there was did get into it. Hereâ??s a hint though, no one knows who you are, and no one cares, donâ??t get cocky.

Crowd Interaction:
It actually looked like they wanted to have a good time. It takes a lot of guts to try and pull the people out from the beer gardens. They said a few words made a few jokes and actually showed some personality.

Music Quality:
Normally Iâ??m not a big fan of these guys, but today they rocked. Given the circumstances I wasnâ??t expecting much but they new fans were there to party and really gave them what they asked for.

Crowd Performance:
Crappy weather meant a small crowd, But the thousand or so (form an expected 6000) tried there best. I do feel sorry for those surfers who went â??bounce, bounce, bangâ??, but good on ya for givin it a go.

Was it worth it?
It was free, how can you complain?

Overall rating:

3 seems a bit much but considering the conditions, they still got the crowd into it and stayed away from the panzy ass crap songs. Opening act was solid, sounded good and where can you see a show during an Ice Storm in the middle of summer?