I dig it. By providing an asylum for fans who want to stick around for the headliners but decide they don't enjoy the opening act, the second floor saves groups from hecklers while keeping patrons happy. This allows the venue to safely book dissimilar bands, as when the trippy rockabilly outfit Big Iron opened the Season to Risk show. For the next few months, Pyro will concentrate on offering another forum for the increasingly vibrant local rock scene. Big Iron will play again on Thursday, February 22, and gloom punks Robico and the Death Ray Angels head the bill on Friday, February 23.
Preliminary reports indicate an encouraging amount of support for area bands.
I think people are really wanting to experience some decent live music again, and there's a lot of musicians who are trying to do something different, like Big Iron. They were a great, pleasant surprise. There's a lot of great bands in town that are just trying to get some people out to see them, and I think having more clubs isn't going to hurt. I've got high hopes for the place. With Soulfly, Max Cavalera continues to document all sides of human behavior.