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The Cramps, The Amazing Royal Crowns, The Bomboras |
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It's always a bold move booking a sex-rock act on a
Wednesday night,
but people who like bands like the Cramps will come out any night of the
week to show off their leather wear and shake it down. Lupo?s wasn?t
packed which was surprising considering local favorites The Amazing Royal
Crowns were also on the bill. I got there early to make sure to see the
Bomboras- I?d heard that they rock the surf thing pretty good.
The Bomboras are simply a good surf band.
Most of their songs
don't
have any words, but they have that fat guitar beat that shimmies up and
down your spine and gets them hips a shaking. They performed their entire
set in the dark, lighting the stage with black lights to show off their
groovy florescent skeleton suits and sombrero?s. To help the dance
impaired they also brought along some go-go girls who painted their
bodacious bods with glow paint and shook it up pretty mean.
I really dug these guys. They had a great
groove for most of
their
songs, and even when the black lights started driving me nuts I stuck it
out to see them. Maybe it was the go-go girlies, or maybe the neon suits
and surf beats hypnotized me, either way it was still fun.
While I was waiting for the Amazing Royal
Crowns to hit the
stage I
saw the Cramps drummer, Harry Drumdini, hanging around the back of the
crowd. I went up to him and gave him a flyer for the website and told him
to check it out 'cause I was taking pictures and would post a review. He
was as psyched (sorta) and we talked for a few minutes before the Crowns
came out. I didn't have a tape recorder so I didn't try to do an
interview, but Harry said the tour was going well, and the band is doing
fine. Anyway, The Amazing Royal Crowns were of course amazing. They?ve
been on the road for a while now supporting their self titled CD. They won
4 Boston music awards so they're hitting the clubs and spreading the love.
If you don't know the Amazing Royal Crowns,
they're a great
rockabilly,
greaser punk, big ball of fun. Locally "Do The Devil" is getting some
airplay, but I haven't seen it on the charts yet. The Crowns have just
moved record companies or something, and I hear that they'll re-release
their CD with some more tracks. They should also have a new one out before
too long- that is if they stop touring long enough to record it.
By the time I got done taking a few photos of
them the Lupo's
was
rocking. Hometown advantage paid off, and the band played a great set.
Jason Kendall their singer really gives his all getting folks to loosen up
and dance about for a while, and the band only gets better every time I see
them. The Colonel plays a great rockabilly twang while the rhythm section-
stand up bass and drums kick it along.
Jason worked the folks into a frenzy shoving
the microphone
into
their
faces, urging them to jump along with him, and generally getting his groove
thing on. He brought out a horn section to play their part in "Do the
Devil" and they stayed for a few numbers after.
It seemed like a pretty quick set but when I
checked over my
notes
alter I counted 14 songs, so I guess it wasn't that short. I guess time
passes quicker when you're having fun. Make sure you go see these guys if
they come your way- wear a little hair grease and you'll be all set.
The Cramps came out and although their shtick
hasn't changed in
20
years its still pretty cool. How can you complain about any band that has
a pissed of Iggy Pop/ Frankenstein type singer and a fine babe in skimpy
duds playing a fat guitar? Their new CD, "Big Beats from Badsville" is
another classic in waiting- cool, irreverent, and full of kicks.
Lux Interio- the singer came out in a lovely
black trench coat but
shed it by the time they'd finished the opener, "Cramps Style." He spent
the rest of the night rolling around on the floor and chucking his
microphone around wearing a skintight black ensemble that left little to
wonder. His vixen for life- Poison Ivy wore her tiger print bathing suit
in an amazing display of sheer girl power.
I took some pictures and ended up behind some
really slutty
looking
women. I didn't take too many notes, on the account of I was trying to
get
my elusive groove thing on, but nada. I did have a great time though, Lux
really does put on a show.
By the end of the night I was all set with the
booze, something
about
the Cramps style music really makes me want to drink. I stumbled over to
Haven Brothers for a burger and fries before walking home to try to sober
up a bit, but it didn't work and I ended up taking a little nap on the
Brown University quad, but who cares?
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