The Metal Files

First show of 2016 and wow, what a way to get started!

About a month ago I got a heads up that Juggarnaut would be doing a short reunion show in San Antonio and I made sure my calendar was cleared.  I had met singer Harlan Glenn in 2012 and he mentioned to me about a year ago that some sort of reunion was in the works.

Weather was shitty on Saturday but I headed down to San Antonio to pick up Rodney, grab dinner then head to the show.  The venue, Boozehounds, is more of a pool hall than a venue, but they do have a stage in the corner and they were set up in front of the headliners.

The lineup consisted of almost everyone from the first album: Harlan Glenn, Eddie Katilus and Scott Womack.   I imagine Bobby Jarzombek is out on tour.  The crowd was decent for a cold, rainy night right after a holiday and some of the San Antonio/classic Texas metal legends were on hand to witness like Art Villareal, Ron Jarzombek, Rodney Dunsmore and a few of the guys from Wicked Angel.

Juggernaut opened up with a snippet of House of the Rising Sun and then went into Impaler.  The sound could have been a little better out front.  The vocals weren’t coming through very well, but you could still hear them alright.  The band was pretty solid but as Harlan noted, this was the first show in about 30 years.  The followed up the rest of the set with Slow Death, Cut Throat and All Hallow’s Eve.  Between songs, someone shouted out, “Where are the rats?”  Apparently at one of their legendary shows back in the day, they tossed live rats out into the crowd.  Harlan explained that his mom cried when she found out about it and promised to never do that again.  She was in the crowd on Saturday.  He said that there would be a full show in the spring of 2016, so here’s hoping!

Scott signing the book