From: owner-angry-psychos-digest@smoe.org (angry-psychos-digest) To: angry-psychos-digest@smoe.org Subject: angry-psychos-digest V8 #183 Reply-To: angry-psychos@smoe.org Sender: owner-angry-psychos-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-angry-psychos-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk X-To-Unsubscribe: Send mail to "angry-psychos-digest-request@smoe.org" X-To-Unsubscribe: with "unsubscribe" as the body. angry-psychos-digest Thursday, August 28 2003 Volume 08 : Number 183 Today's Subjects: ----------------- NPR Bug Jar Outdoor Music Fest ["sp00k@poe.org" Subject: NPR Bug Jar Outdoor Music Fest BUG JAR FREE SUMMER MUSIC FEST at HIGHLAND BOWL! Sat Aug 30, 2003 12:00 PM PST ELECTRIC EEL SHOCK!, MODEY LEMON! THEE SHAMS!, THE MOFOS! THE FRANTIC FLATTOPS! THE GRINDERS, EL DESTRUCTO, SULACO, VELUXE Admission: FREE, baby! What's goin on: Annual Bug Jar Summer Festival at the Highland Bowl! Bands confirmed: *ELECTRIC EEL SHOCK(Japan) Electric Eel Shock's ferocious live show is the most relentlessly energetic we've seen in ages. Their stage presence is frightening. Rock & Roll can rescue the world... and Electric Eel Shock can rescue Rock & Roll!! "We don't know much English... but we love Rock & Roll!" www.electriceelshock.com *MODEY LEMON(Pittsburgh, PA) MODEY LEMON are burning layer of brutal rock napalm spread on a slice of rhythm and blues, served without a knife or a fork. A working class, Telecaster assault marching in lock step to unchained, KEITH MOON chaos. PHIL BOYD hammering his guitar into a tight boogie, sending JIMMY PAGE riffs plunging into bottomless a bottomless, b-movie abyss, all the while, PAUL QUATTRONE laying waste to his drums. A hydrogen bomb set to a beat. www.themodeylemon.com *THEE SHAMS(Cincinatti, Ohio) Straight outta the Ohio River Valley (Cincinnati) comes Thee Shams. The family Sham has rejuvenated the once happenin', on the map, MTV visited, as of the last few years, musically wounded Queen City. Thee Shams have uniquely captured the edgy rawness of early garage, the drug induced mysticism of yesteryears psychedelic rock, and the soulful blues reminiscent of Muddy Waters. With the pioneers of rock as a stepping stone the quad has pushed the limits of rock and roll without ever losing the essential elements created by maximum R&B's greatest forefathers. Shams props & update: Thee Shams were 2003 and 2002 Austin Chronicle picks for best of SXSW. The Chronicle also picked Thee Shams' debut, Take Off, as one of the best records of 2001. NY Post picked Thee Shams as best of CMJ 2002. Now Thee Shams are finishing their forthcoming cd, You Want It (Telstar Records - Greenhornes, Woggles, Swinging Neckbreakers). You Want It is produced and mixed by Patrick Carney from The Black Keys at Carney's Minimum Wage Studios. October release is planned. Thee Shams are excited to be part of Norton Records' Rolling Stones' split single series out fall 2003/early 2004. Shams cover "Under My Thumb" for the series. Shams also have self-titled 7 inch out now on Deary Me and full length, Take Off, on Orange Recordings. www.theeshams.com *THE MOFOS(Ithaca, NY): "...With hot-rod imagery,demented surf guitar licks,and leather-clad southern regalia you'd think Mofos were from Southern California, not New York. But a listen to their music makes it seem like they're from another planet altogether. Combining elements of Dick Dale, Link Wray, the Ventures, Motorhead and the Ramones, Mofos have created a genre unto themselves. Call it "Surf-instro-Metal", call it "Spy-fi Spaghetti Western", but better yet, don't call it anything at all, just pop this disc into your CD player and experienced a sonic assault that's as visceral as it is original..." www.mofosonline.com *THE FRANTIC FLATTOPS: "...The Flattops continue to circle the globe playing with originality and an unwavering sense of urgency. Three albums and countless tour dates later have helped solidify their place in roots-rock history. 'Hi-Fi Honey Revisited' includes all the classic tracks from their debut, re-mastered with bonus live and studio cuts with three never before released tracks with the band's hero and mentor, Ronnie Dawson. As they celebrate 16 years in rock 'n' roll, the Flattops are back in the studio working on 'Rockabilly Bastard' planned tentatively for a Christmas-time release on Get-Hip. In the meantime, you will find them somewhere on stage, on any given night, amidst the sweat and beer and smoke, giving 'till they can't give no more..." www.franticflattops.com *THE GRINDERS: "...The GRINDERS are a 3-man army of beer-drinking, strip club-going, rocking and rolling partiers! Not only that, but they also write some great power-pop tunes, earning them a place in GARAGE-POP land. Beginning in 1996, the GRINDERS have been playing their special brand of 'drunk-rock' the only way they can - drunk. After various line-ups, with chief songwriter Todd as the only constant, the GRINDERS have two CD's under their belt. 'SAY CHEESE', released in 1998 is the band's debut CD and 'SOMEWHERE BETWEEN APE AND MAN' is the group's first GARAGE-POP RECORDS effort. Trips to NYC for gigs are now a common occurrence and one such occasion to CBGB's was filmed for an as-of-yet-unreleased documentary on the Rochester, NY music scene. The GRINDERS are now working on songs for their third release tentatively entitled 'WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE' and is set for a winter release..." www.garagepoprecords.com *EL DESTRUCTO: "...a classic three-piece outfit with an urgent, overdriven sound that has drawn comparisons to such greats as the Heartbreakers, the Dictators, and the MC5. EL DESTRUCTO's prime objective; to wage all-out war on the anti-Rock 'n' Roll sentiment and general musical apathy (read: ignorance) running rampant in today's America..." *SULACO: Sulaco formed in 2002, consisting of ex and current members of Lethargy, MungBeanDemon, Within, and Kalibas. Sulaco is: Erik Burke - guitar, and vocals. Chris Golding - drums. Lon Hackett - bass, and noise. *VELUXE: "...Veluxe is about carving one's own musical niche, using guitar, bass and drums as hammer and chisel. Fiendishly tight, uncompromisingly melodic, the trio is textural and rhythmic. Veluxe is tasteful guitar pop underscored by fluent lyrics of loss, frustration, and then picking oneself up and continuing the hopeful search for that romance undeserved. The members of Veluxe are polished musicians who have chosen to blaze their own path. Thus, they bring an elevated level of musicianship to the stage. They meld this with dead-on rock sensibility and healthy memories of old-school college radio, which they use like spices in their songs. Expect wisps of the Pixies, a pinch of The Cars, maybe a teaspoon of The Cure, but always expect it to sound uniquely Veluxe. A good, fluent band can make a statement without being blatant; convey anger without screaming. Perhaps that's the best thing about a Veluxe show. It's feelings, not just music, washing out of the speakers and layering over the audience..." www.veluxe.net ------------------------------ End of angry-psychos-digest V8 #183 ***********************************