Due to a schedule conflict, I couldn't make JetStream's show at the Cat Club, but I did have spies show me a a video or two.
Two things are certain about JetStream at the Cat Club:
1. The Cat Club either needs to expand their venue or turn down the amps just a notch...I'm pretty sure I ruptured an ear drum just watching the video.
2. JetStream has only gotten better since I saw them a year ago.
I have a hard time calling them "kids" simply because I think they rise heads above many "men" that are playing rockstar in their garage bands. These young MEN seem to have been born with their respective instruments in hands. I've never seen kids their age (and most adults) so comfortable playing guitar, or banging the hell out of the drums. Ben Zelico, the band's drummer is absolutely pulse stopping on drums. I know I've called a few drummers "Animal" but this kid....takes the cake! His solos never seize to amaze me and yet he never goes overboard! Cool headed and calm bass player, Kevin Grimmett, hails from a family of rock and has the support of fellow rock stars in the likes of Nikki Sixx. Not to be outdone, their lead singer/guitar player Garrette Zeile belts out covers that usually send chills down your spine because it sends you back to the original decade and you find yourself lost in the song all over again, only to wake up to a 16 year old singing!
I mean it when I say that these kids are a few levels above your regular group of barely teen bands. What's more impressive? They stay true to what they want. They refuse to succumb to the pressures of producers, managers and outside pressures to sound like anything but THEMSELVES.
Their stage presence can't be taught or practiced, and neither can their sound. I genuinely feel honored to have actually met them last year and see such pure talent blossom. I truly hope Los Angeles removes the smoke screens and starts booking REAL talent like this in bigger, better venues! (Sorry Cat Club, your atmosphere is awesome but you may want to look into hiring the sound guy from the Viper Room...although you are still better than the oh-so-famous Roxy Theatre.) Maybe we can see them at the Key Club on the main stage headlining in a few months??
For now, you can come cure your New Year's Eve hangover and catch them at their residency in Agoura Hills at the Canyon Club on New Year's Day. Doors open at 6pm, show starts at 7pm.
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