Panzie* at Stimulate at dröm

Jasin Cadic

Guitarists DC Gonzalez and Jonnie Rockit have known each other since childhood on the Lower East Side of New York City. After playing in several underground rock bands together, they formed Panzie* in 2008. Panzie* released a debut EP in 2010 and an album in 2013, then went on hiatus in 2014 and returned in 2015 with a new lineup. The band presently consists of Gonzalez, Rockit, vocalist Jasin Cadic, and drummer John Servo Di Salvo. The band will release its second EP, The Joke's on You, tomorrow, April 1, 2018.

Concert promoter/dj and party impresario Xris SMack! regularly hosts Stimulate, a long-running series of gothic and industrial rock parties at various venues. Tonight SMack! and his following celebrated his birthday with his Stimulate series at dröm. Panzie* was the first band to perform at Stimulate, followed by Panic Lift and Xentrifuge. Panzie represented the best of New York music, performing a rapid-moving set of hard-hitting punk metal industrial songs. Wearing corpse paint on his face and tattoos covering his arms, Cadic was a commanding presence, screeching lyrics into the microphone and using props, costumes and wardrobe changes to color the lyrics. Behind him, a dual guitar attack lifted the songs higher, with razor-sharp leads that stung like bee-stings and brutal metal riffs that were heavier than an anvil. New bassist Russell Pzutto teamed well with the energetic drumming to keep the music pounding. This was rock and roll, only a much darker, faster and heavier variety than the traditional, matched with low budget but entirely effective staging. Panzie* is at the ground floor of a sight and sound that, given proper exposure, ought to rocket to national prominence.

Visit Panzie* at www.panzie.com.

Setlist:

1. Scene of the Crime
2. All American
3. Dance (Mofo)
4. Take Off Your Mask
5. Time's Up
6. Rock n Roll Hammer
7. ABC (Alphabet Soup)
8. Clown
9. Say Something