Evergreen Terrace is both a band from Jacksonville, Florida, and the street on which the fictional Simpsons family resides. But the post-hardcore sextet aren't the only musicians to take their name from the longest-running animated program of all time ...
Band Name | Jebus |
Simpsons connection | Homer's mangled moniker for Our Lord and Savior |
Springfield stand-in | Alexandria, Virginia |
Sounds like | Mellow, often-acoustic Southern-fried funk-rock |
Band Name | Pre-Teen Braves |
Simpsons connection | Boy-Scouts-style group joined by Bart and alternately led by Homer and Marge |
Springfield stand-in | Australia |
Sounds like | Four high-school girls singing about friends, transportation and sandwiches. Which they are. |
Band Name | Fall Out Boy |
Simpsons connection | Millhouse-portrayed sidekick of Bart's favorite superhero, Radioactive Man |
Springfield stand-in | Chicago, Illinois |
Sounds like | The tongue-in-cheekily "punk" soundtrack to your teenage daughter's life |
Band Name | Ratpigeon |
Simpsons connection | A creation of Bart's evil twin, Hugo, in Treehouse of Horror VII |
Springfield stand-in | Bedfordshire, U.K. |
Sounds like | Filth-punk. Let's just say they have a song about a man who died while erect ... |
FIRE FEST WITH EVERGREEN TERRACE, THE CHARIOT, ANIMOSITY AND MANY MORE.
Where: Fort Cheyenne Casino
When: July 25, opens at noon.
Price: $20-$25
Info: 649-8704.
THREE QUESTIONS WITH PETE SHELLEY OF BUZZCOCKS |
We caught up with the 51-year-old punk-rock legend before his band's 13th and final Warped Tour date, in Atlanta last month.
What's it been like playing these Warped shows alongside bands you doubtlessly influenced and in front of young fans who may never have heard Buzzcocks music?
The shows have been going down very well, and we've been getting on with everybody on the tour. You usually see a spark of recognition as we play the hits, and there's been a lot of young kids [from other bands] coming up and saying when they found out Buzzcocks were playing, that made them want to come do Warped. [Someone asks if he'll join Thursday onstage later in the night. Shelley agrees.]
Emerson, Lake & Palmer drummer Carl Palmer recently told us punk was "done" and "out of the way." How do you respond?
I think when people say it's dead, they're really missing the point of what it was. It was about having an idea and going out and doing it, whether it be starting a fanzine or starting a band or making your own T-shirts. It's all about being participatory in your life rather than being the passive consumer. If you think about it only being a certain kind of music, I suppose things do go in and out of fashion. But the thing which kept punk alive is still informing and motivating people to challenge what they're being served.
History holds that your self-released debut EP [1976's Spiral Scratch] launched the independent label movement. Why did you opt to go that route when no one else was?
The idea was to be in control of what you were doing, and the easiest way to do that is to control the means of productions. It sprung out of necessity. There were no record companies in Manchester, and the music we were making was the most noncommercial form of music we could imagine. So we thought, how could we possibly do this? And we found out that if we paid the money we could make it happen ourselves. That's what punk's about. And here's no reason why record companies have to be record companies. I mean, in a few years time we won't have records, will we?
A Big Week for Metal |
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This week brings a heavy metal overload with two titanic tours full of headbanging acts. Thrash legends Slayer headline the Unholy Alliance tour, while the Sounds of the Underground tour features death metal pioneers Cannibal Corpse and the Gallaghers of metal, Gwar (bring a raincoat if you're sitting near the front and don't want to get drenched in fake blood). All will effectively rattle your teeth.
But also be on the lookout for up and coming acts Trivium and As I Lay Dying (on Sounds of the Underground) and Lamb of God (on Unholy Alliance). All three are at the vanguard of the new wave of American heavy metal, inspired equally by Swedish melodic death metal (represented by SotU act In Flames), American hardcore and classic British metal. Slayer, Cannibal Corpse and Gwar will teach you the history of metal, and these three will show you where it's headed.