Had your fill of clean-living, yoga-mat rock stars? You know, the kind who avoid meat and alcohol like Brandy Norwood avoids break pedals? Then come to Tempes Club Red this Saturday, where six Valley rock bands will perform as God intended: completely effing wasted. No idle promise, that in fact, its a stone-cold guarantee. According to the official event literature, the bandas (bands) borrachas (drunken) will perform smashed, blitzed, hammered, trashed, wasted, toasted and otherwise inebriated to the nines. And youre invited to join them, in a sort of debauched-petting-zoo habitat designed for maximum band/audience interplay. Its a novel little concept, albeit one built on an irresponsible assumption: That the bands in question including Vistalance, Minus Blindfold and Roveen ever actually play sober. Judging from a few cursory listens to the headliner, Vistalance, we wouldnt bet on it. This is the kind of cardiac-arrest, R-rated core rock thats invariably fueled by generous quantities of grain spirits. On a mellow night. (Beyond the Now, Driven A.D., and Vrtra will also participate.)
Sat., May 9, 7 p.m., 2009