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The Unwashed Masses: Crust punk pioneers Amebix play Reggies
Of all the bands involved in the initial synthesis of metal riffs, industrial bleakness, punk speed, and psychedelic dissociation later called crust punk (henceforth crust, and its adherents crusties) the UK-based Amebix stands out for its dedication to the unwashed nihilist squatter lifestyle as much as its influence on later bands. Emerging from a... »
Dour in the Streets: Millions of Dead Cops rise from the grave
When the Austin hardcore punk band the Stains played their first Los Angeles show in 1981, they were dismayed at the presence of another Stains on the bill, bringing to three the number of hardcore punk bands with that name. When Dicks bassist Buxf Parrot suggested “Millions of Dead Cops,” the now-former Texas Stains... »
We Can Do Super Communication!: New York’s finest Japanese action comic punk band goes pop at Reggies
“We are not just a regular punk rock band,” claims Peelander-Yellow, of New York City’s anime-influenced power pop trio Peelander-Z. “We want to be your kindergarten teacher. Why don’t you go back to kindergarten with us and smile and dance and be crazy and then call ‘Peelander-Zuuui’?” Class will be in session at Reggies... »
Old Don, New Tricks: Damon Che takes a retooled Don Caballero to Reggies
If you’re going to devote seventeen years of your life to something, it had better be something special. Damon Che has spent the better part of two decades, with a few hiatuses, as the drummer (and only remaining original member) of Don Caballero, a mostly instrumental rock outfit from Pittsburgh, PA. The band’s history... »
Punk’s Not Dead: Former angry young men the Effigies prove that hardcore ages well
It’s a common story. Band starts small, band finds critical acclaim, band breaks up. Musicians get old—then decide to relive their glory years by re-forming and going on that final tour. The ending, as we all know, is not particularly pleasant. At first glance, the Effigies, the Chicago punk band now back from an... »
Sludge Superstars: Seattle rock veterans the Melvins come to Reggies
When sludge-rock progenitors the Melvins formed in a Seattle basement more than a quarter century ago, it’s a fair guess they never expected they’d keep at it so long, let alone sell VIP tickets to their concerts. Named after a widely loathed clerk at the grocery store where singer and general weirdo King Buzzo... »
Butts on Display
Last week my band, the Butts, played Reggies Rock Club. We’d never played a show at a “real” venue before—we were excited. It was 21+, so our large twenty-year-old fan contingent couldn’t come—but we were still excited. It was a free show; surely some people would come. The weather wasn’t so cold. It was... »
Scary as Hell: The best of the South Side’s Halloween haunts
In 2006, the Salem Baptist Church in Pullman hosted a “Night of Terror”—one of those Halloween events some religious groups have to scare the crap out of kids. Only the things they use to scare them aren’t skeletons or ghosts, but abortions and homosexuals—because getting the former or being the latter presumably means you’re... »
