I ended up getting to the Redscroll show late on Sunday and totally missed Curmudgeon, walking in at around 7:30 (!) just as they were finishing up their last song.... which means I ended up paying $5 just to see Al Borland play, which didn't bother me too much because I really like some of their songs, even though they have
zero negative almost no stage presentation. It still ended up being worth the drive to Wallingford, since I found out about a couple of cool upcoming shows, bought the new Nazi Dust LP, and also bought a bunch merch from Curmudgeon and We Rise, including this Shaved Christ demo which came out last May or something. I ended up listening to the Shaved Christ tape almost the whole ride home, because it's pretty friggin' choice -- sorta like a cross between Double Negative and Confines, with some extra Void-ness in the tempo changes and so forth. You can find about half the songs from the demo on their bandcamp (shavedchrist.bandcamp.com), but they didn't put any of the ones that I liked the most, so "In Time" is my own cassette rip and thus doesn't sound as sharp as the other two songs that I've posted with it. It's supposed to be punk rock, jeezus. I'm still trying to figure out who the band is on the cover-- it almost looks like it could be Kiss, but I can't really tell. Watch, someone's probably gonna leave a comment saying who it is and make me look stupid.
Shaved Christ -
"In Time"
"Ages of Man"
"Bury It"
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Yep, 'tis a very early promo shot of Kiss!
Ace in the lower left having a cig, with Paul behind him. Gene next to Paul, with his arms draped over Peter.
Unless they hadn't changed their names, yet. In which case it'd be:
Paul in the lower left having a cig, with Stanley behind him.
I think Gene had already changed his name from Chaim when he was a kid, shortly after arriving from Israel. Lucky Peter only changed his last name.
I could sorta make out Paul Stanley and Gene Simmons by their faces. Ace and Peter are a lot less recognizable.
"Chaim Witz"
Shaved Christ are from Georgia, by the way. Down by your way. Ex-American Cheesburger
MARCH 26TH
DOORS AT 8
$7
DNA on water street
TORRINGTON, CT
GAMBLE WITH YOUR LIFE PRESENTS
GIRL'S NIGHT OUT:
A NIGHT OF ALL FEMALE FRONTED FASTCORE, PV, & GRINDCORE
CLOUDRAT (MI GRIND Think Jane Doe era Converge meets FETO era Napalm Death)
CURMUDGEON (BOSTON HARD-STEP EXTREMISTS)
ZA (NEW HAVEN/WALLINGFORD new powerviolence band)
NAPOLEON COMPLEX (LOCAL HARDGRIND WARRIORS 2 year discography cd release show)
I try not to ever think of Converge, but Curmudgeon and Napoleon Complex are great...
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