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Finding a good punk rock show in Los Angeles at a smaller club isn't the easiest thing these days. While many bands have either outgrown the venues they came up in or simply lightened up their sound to sell records, there are still some bands out there that have stuck to their roots and play punk the way it was meant to be played.

The Bronx are one of the bands that understand how to put on a real punk rock show. Tonight's show is no exception, as they simply crammed in their fans into the dingy Echo club and put on their well known punk rock shows their fans have grown to love.

Led by their manic frontman Matt Caughtthran, he came out full throttle and got the crowd into the set immediately. Despite a variety of technical issues (including Caughtthran's microphone not working for much of their set), the crowd did an awesome job filling in and screaming the words to each of their songs.

While his vocals were somewhat hard to heard through the club's less than stellar PA system, Caughtthran was still screaming his head off through each of the songs. By no means did he let up on any of the tunes, as anyone who was swaying along with the band knew that the Bronx are in no way playing happy, feel good songs. Their music is up tempo but direct in a root punk way.

The rest of the band did not have much room on the club's small stage to move around, but their manic sounds were felt throughout the evening. The band's guitars, Joby Ford and Ken Home were mainly cranking the guitars in limited space on space, and their bassist Brad Magers did the same, but smashed in between Magers and the drummer Jorma Vik. Their set up was very punk rock, as the tight space on the small stage made the show feel very intimate and left little room for anyone to get away from the craziness.

There are very few bands that put on shows like the Bronx any more. Shows like these are some special, and especially for those who miss real punk rock. The Bronx remind us that music doesn't all have to be safe, and there are still dangerous music out there in the world.