Dr Aka or Choppy, you should tell the about Satans Slave (the worst/best band we ever played with) or that Rap Metal Band in Northern Califorina who we couldn't decied if it was performance are (and Genius) or a band (and the SUCK) both of you could do those stories more justice than I.

Better examples that haven't been mentioned:

Robert Johnson and the Browns: Saw them open for Melt-Banana at Fireside. They played after Kung Fu Rick. It was two guys--one of which (Robert Johnson himself, i believe) is apparently in US Maple. The non-Robert Johnson guy pretty much did all of the setting up, if i recall correctly, and then he introduced--with great pride and pleasure, making it seem like it was a real honor to introduce him--Robert Johnson. Johnson walked on stage wearing something purple and pink, i think (it's been a few years). He picked up a guitar, plugged it in, played a chord. Didn't like how it sounded, so he unplugged it and put it back, grabbing another guitar, playing the same chord, and again putting the guitar back, unsatisfied with the tone (which was indistinguishable to our ears). This happened a few more times until he decided on a guitar cased in purple velvet, and satisfied, he continued to play the same chord. Meanwhile, now that Robert Johnson had found the guitar he liked, the other guy began to accompany him by playing drums and bass simultaneously. This was about 5 minutes into the set. About 7-10 minutes in, the drummer/bassist got a bit carried away and started going kinda crazy on the drums and everything. Robert Johnson stopped playing his one chord and glared at the drummer. The drummer looked confused. Robert Johnson then flipped him off adn began playing his chord again. Seemingly hurt, confused, and dismayed, the drummer/bassist/roadie stormed off the stage as Robert continued playing his one chord. This went on for another three minutes or so.

At the point the crowd, full of dumb hardcore kids eager to circle-pit and spin-kick for Kung Fu Rick and M-B, are getting very restless and pissed. Finally, the roadie got back on stage and started playing again, and eventually they finished. Total set length: about 20-25 minutes. After the set, the roadie/drummer/bassist/buttbuddy said into the mic:

"We have gay CDs, gay t-shirts, and gay stickers. Buy them, listen to them, wear them..."

A friend i was with: "You'll be gay?"

Roadie: "That's right."

One of the best sets i've ever seen.

And another one:

The Ssion: Apparently the band set up by the guy who does the graphic design for the Yeah Yeah Yeahs. It's that dude and two girls--one in a cow(?) suit and one in a lion suit. The lion was pregnant and at some point gave birth to a stuffed snake onstage. They sang along to prerecorded music, ran around like retards on stage and showed video that was designed by the dude. It was amusing enough, but i never need to see them again.

DrAwkward wrote:And another one:

The Ssion: Apparently the band set up by the guy who does the graphic design for the Yeah Yeah Yeahs. It's that dude and two girls--one in a cow(?) suit and one in a lion suit. The lion was pregnant and at some point gave birth to a stuffed snake onstage. They sang along to prerecorded music, ran around like retards on stage and showed video that was designed by the dude. It was amusing enough, but i never need to see them again.

I agree the Snake giving birth was quite funny, oddly enough there CD isn't that bad as the songs are just noisy rave ups and pretty well written... I bet the stage show would get annoying after more than one veiwing though

The Residents (Demons Dance Alone tour) or Hasil Adkins (his final tour).

Expo of the Extreme #1 Halloween Weekend 1997
Dark Funeral, a wicked black metal band from Sweden - 1st time ever in America plays. They breathe fire, wear corpse paint, and have 2 pig heads on 6ft tall upsidedown crosses, they tear apart the pigs heads and throw them into the audience. It was wild!
But then...
The Impotent Sea Sankes comes on right after, a bunch of guys in drag (i'm thinking Dark Funeral is gonna come out and kill them), and then comes girls dancing naked, one with a huge set of wings in her back, then real oral sex going on on stage, then a girl using a vibrator, and then a guy comes out naked and shave his balls.
I turn around and there's the guys from Dark Funeral behind me in the audience, traces of corpse paint all around their faces and... they are loving it!!!

Tom wrote:

Linus Van Pelt wrote:
There's a band in the area called The Cartridge Family, and it was my misfortune to see them play live once. They quite literally stank up the entire bar. The band itself has something like 40 members, although not all of them were at this show. Of those who were, maybe 6 were on stage playing instruments, and the rest had one of those inflatable jumping deals, only without the walls or roof, and they were jumping on and off it, and on and off the tables, and a few of them were only in their underwear, and some of them were throwing handfuls of flour at each other, and into the audience, and they were wrestling each other, and yelling and howling, and, as I mentioned, literally stinking. The antics were an effective distraction from the music. When I was able to concentrate, the music was pretty lousy. The energy was great! The "band" was terrible.

The reason it stank so much is because they had one kid in the band that had an allergic reaction to flour and he was sitting in a kiddie pool eating it by the handful and puking in the bathtub.

I think that this Cartridge family is a few very interesting and creative individuals surrounded by their dumbass monkey friends.

It was fun to see them play outside in Old Town, mostly because of the looks on the faces of the innocent passersby.

ZOOGS RIFT.



(you either know what i'm talking about or you don't, brother!)

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Duck Kicking Vulture-Matt Cisler, Tim Petralske (sp?) & Sean Pike ???

I remember an extremely hideous and painful set in the entry in the mid-80's. I couldn't tear myself away from the trainwreck. I am sure hard drugs and drink played a major role.