american psycho hose beast - john
I go on and on about my favorite Austin bands here on the site but there is one that I just realized that I have never proclaimed my long time admiration for –Yuppie Pricks. Seeing them at Red 7 Wednesday night open for Guttermouth was as fun as ever. They still have the shtick down pact. I have seen the Pricks play in tennis gear, golf gear, tropical gear, Italian suits, on segways, and on and on....so I am familiar with the antics and the masterful execution of each yuppie theme, but the Red 7 show they performed in front of a giant “mission accomplished” banner. It was brilliant. The brilliance was only built upon by their custom-made flight jump suits (like they were on that fateful ship with GW- get it?) . Further more, the American flag thong that frontman Trevor Middleton rocked the later half of the set made all of the audience’s ladies dump their loser boyfriends, rent American Psycho and find a CEO with a Jacuzzi in the back seat of his stretch hummer to teach them about stock options. Yuppie Pricks are the Stephen T. Colbert of punk rock, and if you don’t agree the terrorists have won.
The new Yuppie Pricks album is called Balls and the cover provides a pretty good visual of what goes on when the silly costume comes off at a YP show.
Guttermouth’s frontman and button pusher Mark Adkins is now 42 years old but still churned thru all of there skate punk hits like it were the 90s. They played nothing but good old stuff ranging from the Album Formally Known as the Full Length LP (1991) to Musical Monkey, (1997) which made me very happy. They knew the crowd they were playing to and knew how to balance requests with a sloppy set list, which some girl ended up walking away shoved down her bra. Her sweaty, shirtless moshpitting boyfriend is surely proud.
In the past few years, SO many of my favorite punk bands of yesteryear have made their way thru town on seemingly oddly timed tours. I have gotten to see the Vandals, NOFX, Rancid, Lagwagon, and now Guttermouth. All I need is a time machine so I can see Propaghandi circa 1996 and I can die a happy man- ergh….. high school version of myself.
Speaking of hign school- Less Than Jake is playing tomorrow night at La Zona Rosa with Big D and the Kids Table. Less Than Jake is another one of these bands that I don’t really listen to any more (ok, ok those who know me keep your mouth shut and let me try and sound cool) but can’t turn down the opportunity to see them once more for old times sake. At least they have a new album they are pushing GNV FLA hopefully they will play a medley of Losing Streak and Hello Rockview. And come on- at least one from Pez Core. Ahhh.. irony and nostalgia- you get the best of me again. You always do.
The new Yuppie Pricks album is called Balls and the cover provides a pretty good visual of what goes on when the silly costume comes off at a YP show.
Guttermouth’s frontman and button pusher Mark Adkins is now 42 years old but still churned thru all of there skate punk hits like it were the 90s. They played nothing but good old stuff ranging from the Album Formally Known as the Full Length LP (1991) to Musical Monkey, (1997) which made me very happy. They knew the crowd they were playing to and knew how to balance requests with a sloppy set list, which some girl ended up walking away shoved down her bra. Her sweaty, shirtless moshpitting boyfriend is surely proud.
In the past few years, SO many of my favorite punk bands of yesteryear have made their way thru town on seemingly oddly timed tours. I have gotten to see the Vandals, NOFX, Rancid, Lagwagon, and now Guttermouth. All I need is a time machine so I can see Propaghandi circa 1996 and I can die a happy man- ergh….. high school version of myself.
Speaking of hign school- Less Than Jake is playing tomorrow night at La Zona Rosa with Big D and the Kids Table. Less Than Jake is another one of these bands that I don’t really listen to any more (ok, ok those who know me keep your mouth shut and let me try and sound cool) but can’t turn down the opportunity to see them once more for old times sake. At least they have a new album they are pushing GNV FLA hopefully they will play a medley of Losing Streak and Hello Rockview. And come on- at least one from Pez Core. Ahhh.. irony and nostalgia- you get the best of me again. You always do.
MP3: Less Than Jake - Does the Lion City Still Roar?