R.I.P. B.Y.O.P.
Sad news folks: Nashville’s Be Your Own Pet have announced that they have decided to go their separate ways. For those of you who had the privilege to catch the band live, you can understand why it is a true loss. Very few bands could match the four-pieces live intensity on stage. Led by their just-drinking-age lead singer Jemina Pearl, the band would blaze through a 30-minute set full of punk tinged indie-rock that always left you wanting more. While no definitive reason has been listed for their break up, the band released the following announcement on their MySpace:
“To all our fans, we are sad to bring you the news that our upcoming shows in the UK are going to be our last as a band. We thank you for all your love and support these past few years. It’s been a blast, but the time has come for the tour of us to go our separate ways.”
The band will be missed, especially during a time that high profile female led bands are about as rare as rock bands on award shows.
THE ROCK STAR TOUR
Package tours are always an risky venture. For every Warped Tour out there there are a dozens of Horde Tours that don’t pull their weight. Even the once mighty Ozzfest has been reduced to a one off this year.
Well, here comes another high risk venture: This fall the “Rock Band” video game will put it’s full weight behind the inaugural Rock Band Tour, a month and a half tour that combines the fun of going out to your favorite venue to catch a live show with the joy of watching other people play “Rock Band”. Besides the actual rock bands that will be gracing the stage each stop on tour will offer local fans the chance to play the video game on stage. That’s right: finally a chance for you to be a rock star will, figuratively at least.
Alright, well chances are you won’t make it on stage (societies loss I guess), but at least you will get a full night full of live music. Headlining the show are Panic At The Disco and Dashboard Confessional, two acts that continue to put out decent music, but are also, arguably, not at the plateau of their popularity. Opening the show will be Plain White T’s and the Cab.
So how will the tour do? Hard to tell. They are playing arenas (October 10th at Staples Center is our local date) and tickets are between $30-$40, which is a lot for a emo/punk show. And while Panic and Dashboard both continue to have fans, I’m not sure if they can exactly draw arena numbers Sure, the “Rock Band” brand will help, but it will be interested to see if the kids still come out. Because, you know, you can never trust those kids to follow through on anything these days.
RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE TO PLAY RNC
Some things are just not good ideas:
- Drying your hair in the shower.
- Drinking and driving.
- Shaving across instead of up and down.
- Drop- kicking a bear cub.
And while Rage Against The Machine is my favorite band of all-time, I can see that the powder keg of the band playing in Minneapolis at the same time as the Republican National Convention might present a few more problems than solutions in an already protest heavy city. The band has scheduled a headlining show at the Target Center on the third night of the RNC (September 3rd), which will be taking place a few kilometers away at the X-Cel Center. Nice to see that Rage is doing their part to fuel the local economy.
While going against the system and fueling a little dissension is always good, especially when the GOP comes to town, I can see a couple of scenario where a few over protective police officers take a disliking to some of the pumped-up bleeding heart youth’s leaving the arena. Things might not end well. The youth-police exchange would probably go something like this:
Cop: Hello sir, would you please stop yelling.
Concert Goer: I’m sorry if I’m being loud, but I’m just expressing my anger at the system.
Cop: Well please stop, the Republicans are in town and we don’t want any disturbances.
Concert Goer: Hey, you can’t tell me what to do, fuck you I won’t do what you tell me!
Cop: While that is catchy, I’m going to have to ask you to please keep it down.
Concert Goer: No way, I’m going to kick that bear cub into your police car!
Cop: Get the tear gas.
(Why would there be a bear cub outside the Target Center? It’s Minnesota of course!)
Reportedly the band is also planning a similar show in Denver for the Democratic National Convention. That should also go well.
IGGY AND THE STOOGES GEAR STOLEN
Even though he’s in his 60’s, I still would not fuck with Iggy Pop. Have you seen the guy? He seems like he’s still as crazy and full of life as he was at 20. Furthermore, he looks like he could rip your skin off and wear it onstage. In fact, I’m sure considering his past, he has.
So imagine the shock when someone did fuck with Iggy, and his Stooges. Thieves stole a trailer containing all the Stooges gear after a show in Montreal. Besides the lameness that is people stealing bands hard earned gear, the vandals stole all of Mike Watt’s gear. And with Mike Watt being the coolest mofo on earth, anyone who screws with Mike’s gear screws with all of us.
Apparently the trailer was nabbed outside of the Embassy Streets Hotel between 630am-730am and contained ten’s of thousands of dollars with of gear. The band stated that they will continue with their tour with rented gear.
Photo via ratm.com
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