01 września 2005
Special TPMP Preview - Part 6
I bought my tickets this weekend for the Club Congress 20th Anniversary. Zia said they were low on tickets. I'm not sure if this means the tickets have been selling well, or if it just means Zia is low on tickets.
Okay...I'm catching up with my previews. As Marti DiBergi would say, "enough talking, let's rock 'n roll."
Love Mound: This is the best suggestive name for a local band since Flavorcage. Love Mound plays distortion heavy grunge, but with the feel of seventies bluesish Southern Rock a la ZZ Top or Lynnrd Skynnrd. They also put on a hell of a show, although I don't think I have ever paid more than five bucks to see them.
Marshmallow Overcoat: I saw these guys on the original posters for the weekend, but I can't find them on the schedule. Marshmallow Overcoat played farsifa dripping psychadelic garage rock. They came onto the scene in the late 1980s, around the same time as the "paisley underground" movement happened nationally. Lead singer Timothy Gassen is one of those guys who have way too many records. Not that that is a bad thing, by the way. I also remember him idolizing Arthur Lee and his band, Love.
There were some overhip scenesters who hated this band, mostly because of the overly cultivated sixties image. A quick perusal of their videos will show that they tried to not only sound like a sixties band, even down to the production, but they wore paisley and the videos look like they were cheaply made in 1966. Yeah, this was a bit much. They put on a great show though.
In case you are curious about the name, there is a scene in The Band's Last Waltz where Robbie Robertson gives a silly band name, and he comes up with Marshmallow Overcoat.
Mondo Guano: This band included professional weirdo Bob "Bob Log III" Reynolds (and I mean "weirdo" in the best sense of the word), as well as Danny Walker and Nicole Pagliaro. At it's most basic, the music was noisy blues derived rock, but the obscure sense of humor of the band made it so much more.
I seem to remember that many of their early posters included line drawings of muppets. I don't know if Jim Henson ever sued them for this.
My roommate Todd says that this is the reunion he most looks forward to.
Naked Prey: I say hey there mister! Naked Prey is one of the bands from the "classic" period of the scene, but never quite got the same level of success as Giant Sand or The Sidewinders. Lead singer Van Christian started as a member of The Serfers. When the Serfers moved to California to become Green on Red, Christian stayed behind to form Naked Prey with a couple of former members of Giant Sand. Naked Prey's sound was a lot more bluesy than the other bands popular at the time (bluesy seems to be today's theme).
Their songs often dealt with the underside of Southern Arizona life. They did a song about the Tyson Brothers and even the El Grande Market murders:
I saw Naked Prey play a couple of years ago, the first time they had played in years. They only played as a duo though.
Napkins: Serge always puts on a hell of a show. I never saw him with the Napkins, only with his new band, the appropriately named Sonic Titan. Given who else is in this band, Doo Rag's Thermos Malling, Serge's old partner Bebe, Johnny Balls of The Vibro-Thunderballs, how the heck can they go wrong?
Do zobaczenia. Hasta la proxima.
Okay...I'm catching up with my previews. As Marti DiBergi would say, "enough talking, let's rock 'n roll."
Love Mound: This is the best suggestive name for a local band since Flavorcage. Love Mound plays distortion heavy grunge, but with the feel of seventies bluesish Southern Rock a la ZZ Top or Lynnrd Skynnrd. They also put on a hell of a show, although I don't think I have ever paid more than five bucks to see them.
Marshmallow Overcoat: I saw these guys on the original posters for the weekend, but I can't find them on the schedule. Marshmallow Overcoat played farsifa dripping psychadelic garage rock. They came onto the scene in the late 1980s, around the same time as the "paisley underground" movement happened nationally. Lead singer Timothy Gassen is one of those guys who have way too many records. Not that that is a bad thing, by the way. I also remember him idolizing Arthur Lee and his band, Love.There were some overhip scenesters who hated this band, mostly because of the overly cultivated sixties image. A quick perusal of their videos will show that they tried to not only sound like a sixties band, even down to the production, but they wore paisley and the videos look like they were cheaply made in 1966. Yeah, this was a bit much. They put on a great show though.
In case you are curious about the name, there is a scene in The Band's Last Waltz where Robbie Robertson gives a silly band name, and he comes up with Marshmallow Overcoat.
Mondo Guano: This band included professional weirdo Bob "Bob Log III" Reynolds (and I mean "weirdo" in the best sense of the word), as well as Danny Walker and Nicole Pagliaro. At it's most basic, the music was noisy blues derived rock, but the obscure sense of humor of the band made it so much more.
I seem to remember that many of their early posters included line drawings of muppets. I don't know if Jim Henson ever sued them for this.
My roommate Todd says that this is the reunion he most looks forward to.
Naked Prey: I say hey there mister! Naked Prey is one of the bands from the "classic" period of the scene, but never quite got the same level of success as Giant Sand or The Sidewinders. Lead singer Van Christian started as a member of The Serfers. When the Serfers moved to California to become Green on Red, Christian stayed behind to form Naked Prey with a couple of former members of Giant Sand. Naked Prey's sound was a lot more bluesy than the other bands popular at the time (bluesy seems to be today's theme).
Their songs often dealt with the underside of Southern Arizona life. They did a song about the Tyson Brothers and even the El Grande Market murders:
I went to the store to buy me some breadWhen Naked Prey was on, they rocked better than any band of the period. The trouble is, their shows could be uneven, most likely due to Christian's ongoing personal problems. Erik Lybeck and I walked out of one of their shows once because they really sucked that night.
But when I got to the counter, the clerks were all dead
I saw Naked Prey play a couple of years ago, the first time they had played in years. They only played as a duo though.
Napkins: Serge always puts on a hell of a show. I never saw him with the Napkins, only with his new band, the appropriately named Sonic Titan. Given who else is in this band, Doo Rag's Thermos Malling, Serge's old partner Bebe, Johnny Balls of The Vibro-Thunderballs, how the heck can they go wrong?Do zobaczenia. Hasta la proxima.
