Rebelution, The Green and Pep Love at The Catalyst on 2/19/2012

I love Santa Cruz and I’ve always wanted to go to a show at The Cat­a­lyst. Luck­ily a great reg­gae band from Santa Bar­bra, Cal­i­for­nia put on an amaz­ing show last Sun­day night. They are called Rebe­lu­tion. Pep Love started the night right as the open­ing act, get­ting the crowd going. The Green came on next and rocked the stage. I’ve never heard them before but after that per­for­mance, they def­i­nitely caught my atten­tion. The Cat­a­lyst was buzzing with excite­ment after The Green fin­ished their set. What I loved about The Cat­a­lyst was the energy I felt inside. The venue isn’t huge, it has a bar, a pizza place and bar­ri­cades for the drunk 21+. It was easy to be at the very front and rock out to your favorite band. Every­one was so nice around, even if most of them were under the influ­ence of some­thing. Peace, Love and Reg­gae. Finally Rebe­lu­tion came on, going strong with their opener, a mem­ber on the sax­o­phone with a spot­light shin­ing on him. They played a 90 minute set play­ing new and old songs that every­one could enjoy. I knew a bunch of their songs which made shoot­ing pic­tures of them even more fun. They sounded great and put you into a happy, relaxed mood that made you want to lis­ten to them all night. For the com­plete sets of all the pic­tures from the night and pre­vi­ous shows, check out my gal­leries here.




Rebe­lu­tion put on an amaz­ing per­for­mance! If you love the reg­gae music and scene I rec­om­mend you lis­ten to them imme­di­ately. More pic­tures of Rebe­lu­tion click here.

The Green at The Cat­a­lyst putting on one hell of a show for every­one. More pic­tures of The Green located here.


and finally Pepe Loe, the open­ing act who dropped some awe­some beats and rhymes to get the crowd mov­ing. More pic­tures of Pep Love located here.

~Alex Drachnik