MATT DRISCOLL: SINCE THE RED ROOF, CENTRAL AND VICTORY CLUB ARE GONE â€" IT'S HELL'S KITCHEN TONIGHT >>>

There have been plenty of aging punk rockers in T-Town jacked up and stoked about the return of Tacoma heroes My Name to Hell’s Kitchen tonight. In a town that rarely forgets its favorite sons, My Name holds a special place in a lot of people’s early ‘90s hearts.

And rightfully so. The band kicked ass â€" and probably still does.

Seriously. What Tacoma punk rocker worth his weight in safety pins could forget My Name records like Rocks for the Jocks in ’96, Megacrush or Wet Hills and Big Wheels? With a cocksure swagger and a unusual mixture of influences â€" from rock styled poetics, jazz, funk â€" and of course power chord punk â€" My Name left a mark on the ears of Tacoma that won’t soon be forgotten.

Read my interview with My Name singer Abe Brennan here.

[Hell’s Kitchen, My Name with Neutralboy, Android Hero, Skull Kid, Friday, Oct. 2, 9 p.m., $8 adv, $12 day of, 3829 Sixth Ave., Tacoma, 253.759.6003]

Photography by Todd Fixler