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| Circa:Now! will be performed, but not by these guys |
Cover songs are a dicey subject. On the one hand, you got your bands
that write their own awesome shit and play other people's tunes as
either a nod to great music or as a fun escape from their own material.
But on the other, you got your bands that get known for playing other
people's material. This is fine for bar bands, but--and maybe I'm crazy--I always wince a bit whenever I hear a cover being released as a
single. To me, that screams desperation and depression because no one
who writes songs wants to be known for a cover.
Luckily, the monthly event known as Album Attack falls
into the former. Spearheaded by Jesse Wilder, the idea is simple: Take
local musicians and tell their sorry asses to get on stage to perform an
entire album by another group. What's really cool is that Wilder
doesn't pick active, complete bands to play--he chooses a group of
local musicians who he thinks will do the music justice and throws them
together. So basically, you're getting to see a unit that has never
played before and probably never will again.
This month's Album Attack just so happens to be a
performance of Rocket from the Crypt's Circa: Now!, aka one of my
favorite records by my all-time favorite band. I was hesitant when I
first heard that someone other than San Diego's golden children would be
performing the gospel, but Wilder has put together an impressive cast
of musicians from groups such as Reel Big Fish (although drummer Carlos
de la Garza will always be the guy from F.Y.P to me), Fast Dragon, the
Bumpers and Go West Young Man, along with Alex Hernandez, the man who
puts the "Alex" in "Alex's Bar."
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