Skorchamenza isn’t maximum R&B. No, the guys of this band are maximum rock ’n’ roll. Influenced by The Who, the garage-rockers belted out vintage-inspired tunes during a reunion show at the Bunkhouse last Saturday (think The Hives minus the faux-Jagger swagger). The group disbanded last year, but singer Timothy Styles says Skorchamenza won’t be gone forever: “Skorchamenza will be back in the near future. I need this to sweat, bleed and get a little dirt underneath my fingernails.” The band sampled from its six-year catalog and played “Constaladysion,” a song from Vegas’ own Black Camaro—with BC frontman Brian Garth watching from the crowd. These days, Skorchamenza bassist Jesse Del Quadro plays in surf-rock outfit Thee Swank Bastards, while Styles is a regular in the more indie Big Friendly Corporation. So why the reunion? “The town is probably dry as far as rock ’n’ roll,” Styles says. “Why not?”
Leslie Ventura
Wed, Dec 8, 2010 (5:10 p.m.)
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