Hello and welcome to Belindabilly’s new Music Mondays blog. Every Monday I will update on upcoming shows and tours for the, post reviews of shows from last week, and pretty much anything else that catches my fancy. Currently I am tracking US tours and focusing on my home base of Chicago, IL and my on again off again residence of North Carolina, but if you want me to add your city or state, just let me know in a comment! And now for the good stuff…
First thing's first – in case you haven’t heard, the Nekromantix are on tour in the U.S.! If seeing the famous coffin bass isn’t exciting enough for you, how about seeing Miss World Fastest Drummer 2007, Lux Drummerette who plays a double bass pedal in stilettos. Touring with the Nekromantix is the Mutilators, who have to be the world’s most entertaining psychobilly band. The Mutilators, first and foremost, are talented, hard-working, and hard-playing, but they also have a great sense of humor (about themselves). If you love serious bands that play their set as if you were listening to their album, without more than a few words between songs, this is not the band for you. However, if you are not an uptight wiener, this band will rock your socks off. I saw them at Reggie’s Rock Club in Chicago last weekend. As the music started, the lead singer Johnny Anal came on stage, guitar in hand and wig on head, in drag as a naughty nurse! He talked in falsetto, but sang in a wonderfully deep and steady voice. Other highlights included his red thong, a cover of the “Peanut Butter Jelly Song” during which a man in a banana suit jumped off stage into the wrecking pit, an awesome cover of “Thriller”, and a catchy little ditty about Hannah Montana (and a pink banana). So, to summarize, you’ll laugh, you’ll cry, you’ll feel a little dirty, and if there is only one psychobilly show you see this year, make it the Nekromantix and the Mutilators!
Upcoming shows and things this week:
In Chicago – Every Thursday at Exit is DJ Mickey Massacre playing psychobilly and rockabilly, plus upstairs is Bondage a go-go, a burlesque show.
Also playing in Chicago at Reggie’s Rock Club on Sunday are the Krank Daddies and a few other rockabilly/surf/punkabilly bands. Doors open at 7 and it’s only $10!
Exciting news for NC – it’s the 2010 Cockabilly Roadshow at the Soapbox in Wilmington on Wednesday, the Pour House in Raleigh on Thursday, and the Milestone in Charlotte on Friday. Catch a sideshow, a burlesque show and a rock show all in one! (Sorry Chicago, they’re just going up and down the east coast)
If there’s anything I missed, please leave a comment – no one wants to miss a show!
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