November 13, 2009 8pm
The Summit
2210 Summit St.
(614) 268-9377
$8 adv / $10 door
Ages 18+ - under 21 pay $2 surcharge at the door
Heavy Trash
http://www.myspace.com/heavytrash
On stage and in the studio, Jon Spencer, has destroyed and rebuilt American roots music with such ferocity and wild abandon it is hard to believe that there is anything left. The trail of musical destruction in the wake of his groovy hate-fuck combo Pussy Galore still smolders with the stench of avant punk trash and nasty garage ooze and grind, while his towering work with The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion remains an indelible totem to his enormous mojo spirit and red-hot power of deliverance. He is Daddy Boss Hog! He is the Blues Exploder and Microphone Destroyer! A Gibson Brother! The man who shared a Chicken Dog with Rufus Thomas, got Soul with R.L. Burnside, and enjoyed a greasy Lap Dance with Andre Williams! He is The Man Who Loved too Much!!! Now, with his pal Matt Verta-Ray, he has become the Heavy Trash, and is inviting you to a Midnight Soul Serenade.
Matt Verta-Ray grew up in the loving arms of left wing parents who would take him to folk and blues shows long before he sprouted sideburns. (His mother passed away in the ’90s, still angry that Dylan had gone electric, despite the fact - Matt is quick to point out - that she owned tons of Sun rockabilly 78s, which he very gratefully still has.) In the late ’70s, young Matt found himself one of only twelve people who went to see Bo Diddley at a Canadian fairground. After the show, Bo came out and preached to Matt for an hour about the dark secrets of rock’n'roll. And the rest, as they say, is history - from sitting on the edge of the stage with Bo, to thumping bass for Madder Rose, and then onto his hard-wired decontructionist rootsabilly band Speedball Baby, where he developed his slashing-dagger guitar style - to forming Heavy Trash with his friend Jon Spencer. Matt is also the mad scientist behind the jungle of tube amps and old-school echo machines that form the mutated nucleus of his analog cave, world-class recording studio NY Hed, where musicians come from all over the galaxy to learn the dark secrets of the Midnight Soul Serenade.
Cheater Slicks
http://www.myspace.com/cheaterslicks
The Cheater Slicks originated in Boston, MA, in 1988, when brothers Tom and David Shannon — both of whom played guitar — recruited drummer Dana Hatch and bassist Merle Allin (brother of G.G. Allin) to play in an original, bluesy garage rock band. After Allin, the Slicks tried out Alpo (formerly of the Real Kids) on bass before scrapping the bassist idea completely and settling on a three-piece lineup.
In 1990, the Cheater Slicks opened for Jon Spencer’s band, Boss Hog. The show made a fan out of Spencer and started a working friendship between the eclectic indie rocker and the Slicks. Spencer produced the band’s fourth album, Don’t Like You, in 1995. In the Red Records released Don’t Like You a year later, launching the Slicks on a tour with Spencer’s like-sounding band, the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion. The Cheater Slicks’ loud, trashy brand of rock & roll also hooked them up on tours with bands like Mudhoney, who ended up covering some of their songs. By 1997, the Cheater Slicks relocated to Columbus, OH, and they released their first double-album, called Forgive Thee, on In the Red. Two years later, they released their sixth full-length, entitled Refried Dreams. - ©1992-2008 All Media Guide, LLC
The Unholy Two
http://www.myspace.com/theunholytwosucks