They're playing Glastonbury. On the same day and in the same tent as Tompaulin. Well, a band called The Maker is anyway. So as long as it's not the former staff of the now defunct music weekly gathered together for one last a capella rendition of "Road Rage", then it must be them. What stripe of bad glam music were they? The Sweet? (who were good of course). New York Dolls? (one of my favourite bands of all time). Hanoi Rocks? (same applies). Or Motley Crue/Poison/etc/etc/etc? (yeeeuuuch!) See you all in the mud. Don't forget your hairspray!
From: "Kristi H" <kristi_li@hotmail.com> Reply-To: "Kristi H" <kristi_li@hotmail.com> Date: Thu, 20 Jun 2002 04:06:33 +0000 To: sinister@missprint.org Subject: Sinister: disturbing performace art or bad music?
Robyn said:
"oh yeah, right, i was going to list some good mountain goats songs to (gasp) download even if you (shock horror) don't like the mountain goats"
Family Happiness (by the mountain goats) is one of my favorite songs. I know you can download it at www.epitonic.com if you are at all interested.
Last weekend, I went to what must have been the worst show I've ever seen. I decided to go mostly because I was offered a ticket and I had nothing better to do. I also wanted to see the opening band, a punkish girl group from Olympia, Washington called the Bangs. The headliners were a band I'd never heard or seen called the Makers, but I figured if they were playing with the Bangs, they probably were at least somewhat interesting.
The Bangs came out and played a mediocre set. Although, I like some of the songs I've heard on their record, I wasn't very impressed with them live. Compared to the Makers though, they were amazingly good. Nothing could have prepared me for the Makers. Before I describe their set, let me explain that this show was at the Bowery Ballroom in NYC, a medium sized club where bands often mingle with the audience before and after they play. While I was watching the Bangs, I noticed a really creepy guy in front of me with 80's butt rock hair (lots and lots of hairspray) black spandex pants, and (I'm not kidding) a cockpiece. I quickly pointed him out to my husband who seemed to be just as creeped out as I was. As the Bangs left the stage, the big-haired spandex pants man and 4 other guys who looked just like him suddenly appeared on stage and began tuning their instruments and setting up drums. Then..... unfortunately, they started playing really bad glam rock. It was both funny and extremely disturbing at the same time. I started laughing hysterically until I noticed that some of the people around me weren't amused and actually seemed to be really getting into the music! At best, it was disturbing performance art, although I'm pretty sure it was just really bad music.
Anyway, avoid seeing the Makers.
Kristi
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