Here we go!

OK, someone is going to have to tell me the year and theme of this.  This is Dave Smith and co butchering Bikini Kill.  I am going to redo this for whatever theme it fits with next and I call Kathleen Hanna. I think we can all agree that it deserves to be redone since Dave forgot all the lyrics and just screamed. Oh wait, this is Girls Goth Glam, right?

Is this Hardbodies?

Echo and the Bunnymen.  Remember what a dick Scott was in character for this? Remember stabby? I actually have a pic of Stabby (crazy guy who pulled a knife) and I might post it later.

Ground Chuck livin' the dream as King Diamond. Didn't he do this every year for a while? I think it's time to bring this tradition back, theme be damned

Marilyn Manson!

Look how ripped Marilyn is!

What the hell band is this?

Likewise

Look at these two crazy kids! Biz as Rod

clarification

All right, I was told that my last post was too ambiguous.  So here's a communique from the peeps in charge:

The Bands....for reals this time...

Hey everyone.  With just under a month to go, this year's show is shaping up to be amazing.  And super-long.  So, with so many bands happening we need to get slightly more organized than in previous years.  So, please sign up for your band in THIS THREAD and THIS THREAD ONLY.  Also, we are going to set a cut-off date for sign ups, so let's say get your band in by Friday, March 8th 2013 11:59am PST.  If you can't get it together by then, I don't know what you're doing.

The Halloween show is closely curated show, so please follow the rules. They are:

- No more than 2 members from an existing band in any Halloween band

- Our equipment manager will be providing a back line (drums, Al's bass amp, guitar amps and mics, possibly key board.) You MUST use it.

- It costs $5 for everyone to get in. This is the year Matt Maxwell pays. Check his hand for a stamp people!

- Clean up after yourselves

- Bring your own and keep it inside.

- Park on 21st street 

Pix after the jump

I've been neglecting this blog, but not as bad as I've been neglecting my Criminal Minds/Modern Country blog.  OK, so what exactly is the request? New new new list at the bottom?  Go for it.  After the jump check out some pix from the 2010 show. What was the theme? I suffer from CRS: can't remember shit.

Madeline Sabatoni was kind enough to compile a list.  Just peruse it and let me know if any have been dropped.  It's not the deadline for you to confirm yet, we'll wait until the date is a lot closer.  More pictures after the jump

ABBA – Natalie

Bratmobile – Caroline, Niki, Janna

Pulp – Vince

Nillson – Dylan/Dillon

KISS – karlos, gabba, sully, Dillon

Nirvana – Matthew

Fugazi – Matthew

Blur – Gabe

Gorillaz? – Gabe

Rancid, Slade or Elastica – Patrone

Jewel – me and Angela and our back up musicians

Dio – Skottula

Blondie – Davey

Donovan – Foster

Wham! – Anna/Erik

X – Portland

Faces – Portland

Kraftwerk – Karlos

Eurythmics – Jessica brown

Sade – James Williams

Queen – Charles

KARP – Matt Silver

Danzig – Gabba

Bush – Gabba

Suicide – M Silver

Wire – Dan Q

Cher – Candice Philips

Shakira – Amber

Squeeze – Malena

Pixies – Andy Tate

Berlin – Jyotiness

CAN – Mark

Jandek – Jay

Badfinger –Marguax

Kompressor – Wburg

Sweet – Guphy

Aerosmith – Sonia

Morrissey – Cody

Sublime – Sonia

Beck – Matt White

Superdrag – Ry, Ryan, Alec

Enigma – Margaux

Raffi – Dylan

Scorpians – Alec

Bread – Allan W

Outkast – Heather Connnie Conway

Toadies – Tyler Adams

She – Candice Adams

Pavement – Andy Tate

Bauhaus – Liz Mahoney

Ween - Josslucio

time for a new thread

Here's another golden oldie from a Halloween show of yesteryear.  I think I've posted it before.  I am ripping off George Michael's clothes.  Which one is this?  Man I loved that pink coat.  Sadly, due to a bang massacre by great clips my bangs are almost that short right now. The 90s are back!

















Oh man, and this one is just too good.  Poison from 2010

Anyhoo, I just wanted to start a new one because the other one is getting too intense with almost 300 comments and subcomment.  I think I should  make a list of all the proposed bands that seem real and then people can comment on that thread to let me know if any of them were jokes.

I don't feel like doing it right now, though. Too much work.  If anyone else wants to do it, please do.

It's that time again!

The Round Table met at Round Table last night.  First the important details: we split a Guinevere's Garden Delight.

There were no representatives from the sort-of young people or the real young people, so you decidedly did not rock the vote.  Matt Maxwell did cast his vote via email.  Sorry, young people, but theme will not be grimey, dubstep, Coachella, or whatever it is you listen to.

There were many comical suggestions such as: strong bands (Danzig, Rollins), Republican bands (Nugent, Ramones, Meatloaf), ugly bands (R.E.M., Meatloaf, again), lefties (guess who suggested this one), deformed (Jerry and that one Ying Yang twin) and crap, I can't remember some of the really funny ones.

Here are the rules via Smiller:

Alright! After a grueling roundtable at Round Table, this year's Halloween theme has been decided on. And it is......ONE WORD!

Meaning any musical thing that contains only one word. You can do bands (Rush, Pavement, Weezer, Kiss), people (Sade, Ke$ha, Jandek), things I'm not sure what they are (Skrillex).

Things that aren't gonna fly: "THE" bands. You can't do The Who. Initials: you can't do R.E.M.

Dumb? maybe but come on, this thing has been going on forever now! We request that no more than 2 people from an existing band be in a Halloween band. Shake it up!
Who knows, maybe a real band will be born out of it. No repeats - kind of. It's getting hard to enforce this rule. Jay says after 10 years bands should be free game again.
Who knows. Ask around and try to do something that hasn't been done. What if a band/person sometimes goes by one name and sometimes not?
If it appears on at least one record cover as one name, it's cool.

Here are the calling-it rules:

Call it below.  Do not call a band unless you really think you will do it.  One month in advance of the show you will be required to re-call it so you better have some band members in mind at that point.  If you do not re-call it, it will be up for grabs again.  

You're welcome.  Let the pageantry begin.