The Plasmatics, Goin’ Wild. Which is exactly what you should be doing this weekend…

After a short hiatus freak-out, GTFO it back. And that’s good because this month is full of much GTFO worthy stuff that you should know about. Anyway, I know first hand how tough things are right now. And that means getting out to a club to see a band or a show might be more of a financial challenge than it used to be. Just try to remember that local businesses like, your favorite watering hole, need you more than ever these days. The same goes for your favorite local bands and artists. Supporting them especially during tough times, is the only way to ensure that they will still be there tomorrow. Sadly, just as I was getting ready to publish this entry, I was told that The Cops are calling it quits after their show on December 19th at The Sunset. So get together with your rock-minded friends, maybe share a ride or drink a little less (your liver will thank you) and put that cash toward a CD or other band merch. Anyway, I’ll get off my burning pulpit now so you can get on with Getting The Fuck Out…

Friday, December 5th:

Lyrics Born, I like it, I love it. Maybe the wackiest video ever.

Lyrics Born, Panda Conspiracy
Neumo’s

The Staxx Brothers. Live from The Zombie Prom, 2008. Dang that Cop can blow…

The Staxx Brothers
The Arts Club (Vancouver, B.C.)
Can’t make it to B.C.? Catch the sweet, funky soul of The Staxx Brothers at The Jet Bar in Mill Creek on Saturday, December 6th.

Mexican UFO

Mexican UFO
El Corazon

Black Eyes and Neckties, Helms Alee
The Comet
Helms Alee did an in-studio earlier this week on KEXP. It was completely amazing. I can’t recommend this bill enough. Don’t forget to bring earplugs.

Tesla, Edison’s Medicine, 1991. For Surly and LP.

Tesla
The Joint (The Hard Rock Hotel, Las Vegas)
Last month, Tesla, Queensryche and a Sebastian Bachless Skid Row all took to the high seas to rock out with their fans. Some  as paid as much as $2,100 for a VIP room with a balcony. It seems that the current recession has had absolutely no affect on the Metal community. Phew.

Saturday, December 6th:

Kowloon
Bit Saloon
A young Sleazegrinder and I used to get dragged to the Kowloon in Saugus, Massachusetts (due to a technical issue with Flash V10 I can’t post a photo of the Kow but you can click the link above to see it in all it’s satanic majesty) more often than we would have liked. True story.

Wild Orchid Children
The Sunset Tavern

Scarlett Johanson covers Tom Waits. There will be none of this tone-deaf fuckery at Connor Byrne tonight.

Tom Waits Tribute Night
Connor Byrne
Loads of great locals are on this bill including the awesome, North Twin.

Space Cretins, Guantanamo Bay.

1234! (Ramones Tribute), Space Cretins
The Funhouse
Space Cretins new record, Direct from the Superfreak Highway, is out now. It’s 100% gutter-glam, so of course, I love it.

Looking Ahead:

The Supersuckers, Creepy Jackalope Eye.

On January 5th, Cherrybomb’s birthday, The Supersuckers will play Motor and I didn’t even ask them. I love it when that happens.

Now Get The Fuck Out. Thanks to Surly for his help with this entry.

U.T.F.O, or the Untouchable Force Organization, Roxanne, Roxanne, 1984.

U.T.F.O temporarily replaces G.T.F.O and Wendy O this week. And, just because I can’t Get The Fuck Out, doesn’t mean you shouldn’t. If I were you (and I verra well am not) I’d hit The Tractor for night one of Goodness on Friday. Then on Saturday, after recovering from a Tractor size rock ‘n’ roll hangover, I’d be at The Comet for The Whore Moans CD release party for their new record, Hello From Radio Wasteland due out on 11/25. The Hands and Wild Orchid Children are also on the bill.

See you soon…

JEM temporarily replaces Wendy O this week. Because, like Wendy O,  JEM is truly outrageous. Truly, truly outrageous. For LP.

Man, I wish I had that Emergency Blackout Gun right now. I’m totally sleep deprived and the thought of a Blackout Gun sounds verra appealing. Don’t worry though, it’s Friday and that means that the weekend is here and the harbinger of sorrow, also known as Monday, is only a memory. Whatever that means. Fuck it…

Let’s Get The Fuck Out…

Friday, November 14th:

Edward Hopper, Automat, 1927.

Edward Hopper’s Women
SAM
I’ve always adored Edward Hopper. This exhibit showcases Hopper’s take on the women who paved the way for Women’s rights circa 1920. It’s a timely retrospect of how truly far we’ve come.

The Dirtbombs
The Emergency
Chop Suey

Re-Animator movie trailer, 1985.

Re-Animator (!)
The Grand Illusion Cinema
Re-Animator is one of the greatest Horror films ever. Besides, with a cast of characters such as Psycho Ward Guard #1, Failed Operation Corpse and Tall Skinny Guy Corpse, how can you go wrong? Well, if Re-Animator don’t yank your demented crank, Dr. Black and Mr. Hyde is the late show at TGIC this weekend. As Cherrybomb is a lucky person of sorts, I happen to be rather chummy with a very good looking TGIC projector operator. To say that it’s fun watching a movie from that old projector box would be a vast understatement when it comes to fun. Whatever that means.

Raggedy Anns
The Comet

Gwar on Jerry Springer, 1991

Gwar
Roseland Ballroom (Portland)
Did you know that The Jerry Springer Show is still on the air? I was at the gym the other day and it was on one of the TV’s above my elliptical machine. True story.

Sunday Night Blackout
High Dive

The Coloffs
The Funhouse

Saturday, November 15th:

Schoolyard Heros, Plastic Surgery Hall of Fame.

Schoolyard Heros
Champagne, Champagne
Hell’s Kitchen
On December 27th, Schoolyard Hero’s will once again host Home for the Horrordays at El Corazon. The band has two new singles coming out on November 25th which will also be available on 7″ vinyl at the Horrorday show at El Corazon.

A Gun That Shoots Knives
High Dive

Sunday, November 16th:

Rolling Stones, Sticky Fingers, first edition zipper sleeve. Cherrybomb private collection.

Lake City Record Show
Lake City Community Center
FREE!
Call 206-661-8000 for more info.

Looking Ahead:

On Tuesday, November 18th The Moondoggies and The Maldives will be part of a benefit show to help raise funds to cover medical expenses for Jamie Spiess of Husbands Love Your Wives. Atlanta’s Dead Confederate are at Chop Suey on Wednesday, November 19th with Seattle’s own Feral Children opening the show. Feeling more like hip-hop for your hump day? Then head on over to Nectar Lounge for Grynch and Cancer Rising. Lastly, Goodness will be at The Tractor on Saturday, Nobember 22nd.

Now Get The Fuck Out…

Wendy and her Plasmatics…

So what’s it gonna be Friend-O? Two nights at The Comet with Lesbian on Friday and Thee Emergency on Saturday or, two nights at The Funhouse with New Ghosts of Old Town on Friday and Lesbian again on Saturday? Two nights of Lesbian action! If that’s not doing it for you (and yeah, I might not be a doctor as far as you know but there might be something wrong with you if two nights of Lesbian action isn’t doing it for you), Glen Danzig is at The Showbox at SoDo. And, although I’m staying clear of the Box at SoDo for a while forever that shouldn’t stop you. Then, by the holy hierarchy of hip-hop, on Saturday, The Sugarhill Gang and Ton Loc will show the young and the restless how it’s done at The Paramount while Ozomatli turns your mother (yeah, your mother) out at the Showbox at the Market.

Fuck the rain, you live in Seattle. Welcome to November. Don’t let it stop you from Getting The Fuck Out…

Friday, November 7th:

New Ghosts of Old Town. Thanks to Ben for the photo.

The New Ghosts of Old Town
The Funhouse
Welcome to my new favorite band, The New Ghosts of Old Town. This band features one of my favorite skin-beaters, Ben Thompson and guitarist Chris Kenan from The Paper Dolls as well as Justin Hallstrom, formerly of Alta May. From the get-to-the-go I loved this band and that was way before you did. Start your game of catch-up now…

Slough Feg
King Cobra
For Dr. H.

The Helio Sequence, Keep Your Eyes Ahead.

The Helio Sequence
Neumo’s

Knut Bell & the Blue Collars
Bit Saloon

Galactic
Showbox at the Market

Lesbian
The Comet
I love Lesbian.

Saturday, November 8th:

The Electric Kisses like flair…

The Electric Kisses
The Monkey Pub

Thee Emergency
The Comet
Thee Emergency will be at Neumo’s on November 14th opening for The Dirtbombs.

The New Ghosts of Old Town
Autolite Strike
Slim’s

The Seattle Supersonics (members of Thee Emergency)
Kled
The Blue Moon
Kled will kill you….

Lee Rude and the Trainwrecks
High Dive

Looking Ahead:

Digable Planets, Rebirth of Slick, 1993.

Next week, it’s all about Tuesday, starting with the Can Can. Every Tuesday, the Can Can does a Sun Records Revival with Vince Mira & guests every Tuesday. The Can Can is one of the coolest places to be in Seattle according to yours truly. And I’m inclined to believe everything I say. Anyway, if your unfamiliar with the Soultastic Sun Record catalog, Tuesday at the Can Can is a great way for the both of you to get better acquainted. Want more hip-hop? Q-Tip will be at the Showbox in SoDo for an all-ages gig. Feeling a little bit country? Hit The Little Red Hen for Jenny and the Tomcats. Busy on Tuesday? Digable Planets (!) is at Neumo’s on Wednesday, November 12th. Flow Butterfly, flow…

Now Get The Fuck Out…

Witchiepoo temporally replaces Wendy O for the Halloween 2008 edition of GTFO…

Happy Halloween all you groovy ghouls! If by some chance you waited until the last minute to make your Halloween Weekend plans, this entry should help you fill that creepy calendar of yours. Also, if this entry is a bit rambling, well, that’s strictly the Vicodin talking, not me. And as I said earlier this week, GTFO is going to be short and sweet as my day today is going to be long and busy.

Lastly, if you haven’t sent in your absentee ballot yet, please, fill that thing out, get yourself a first-class stamp and put it in the mail.

Because before you Get The Fuck out this weekend, you must Get The Fucking VOTE Out. Then you can party guilt free.

Friday, October 31st:

The Zombie Prom! For Davin.

The Zombie Prom with The Staxx Brothers and Panda Conspiracy
King Cat Theater
Doors are at 8:00!

Queen Breaks Free just in time for HalloQueen…

HalloQueen with F*#K You Were Leonard Skinnerd
The Tractor Tavern

Moby is ready for Halloween…

Moby and The Crystal Method
The Showbox at the Market

Dragstrip Riot
Club Motor

The Sonics (!)
The Paramount

Neon Nights
The Comet

Coconut Coolouts…

Coconut Coolouts
High Dive

Gene Simmons as the Mummy.

Gene’s Addiction (Kiss Tribute)
Rocksport

Saturday, November 1st:

Barack Obama Vinyl Halloween Mask.

BARACK ‘n ROLL at JULES MAES SALOON (A Get Out The Vote Event)
3-Way Switch (Manifesto release), Mabel Dodge and Radioshark
A very good looking friend of Cherrybomb told me about this event, and I’m glad because it’s not only full of great rock ‘n’ roll but it’s also for a great cause. From 9-10pm, you can make your own personalized campaign button. Then, at 9:45pm, a representative from the Obama campaign office will say a few before the awesome 3-Way Switch take the stage.

Johnny Cash Pumpkin.

Vince Mira and The Roy Kay Trio
Showbox at the Market
For G

Black Eyes and Neckties
The Funhouse
I love BE&NT

Happy HalloQueen. I hope to see all you Zombies out there…

Wendy O does not care about wearing white after Labor Day…

Okay, I’m running behind as usual so I’ll be brief. So where was I. Hmm…oh yeah.

Get The Fuck Out!

Friday, October 24th:

Ted Leo and the Pharmacists.

Ted Leo and the Pharmacists
Showbox Market
The only thing that might make Ted Leo cooler is if he were actually a Pharmacist.

Trannyshack!

Trannyshack Seattle
Chop Suey
Jackie Hell, Ursula Android, Peaches Christ and more Tranny’s than you can shake your stick at. Insert your joke here…oh wait, I just did it for you.

The McInros.

The McInros
Red Line (West Seattle)
The McInros say they admire the bands namesake, John McEnroe’s attitude on the court. Which of course translates to sometimes angry, sometimes sad but really good rock ‘n’ roll.

Champagne, Champagne and Grayskul
High Dive
I love Champagne and Champagne, Champagne.

John McCain says he is older than Frankenstein and dirt. Take that, uh…nevermind.

Frankenstein Double Feature! Frankenstein and Bride of Frankenstein
Siff

Saturday, October 25th:

Zeke, Chinatown. From ‘Til the Living End.

Zeke
Hell’s Kitchen
Zeke will open the Supersuckers 20th Anniversary Show with Green River at the Showbox on November 29th.

Omar Torrez
The Tractor

The Lewd.

The Lewd (San Fran)
Tom Price Desert Classic (ex-Gas Huffer)
The Funhouse
This is a show you do not want to miss. I know you trust me, but seriously, trust me on this one. Do not miss this show.

Sunday, October 26th:

Conor Oberst, Jenny Lewis
Showbox at the Market
You don’t really need me to tell you this is one of the best bills to roll through Seattle this year. I absolutely love Jenny Lewis’ new record Acid Tongue almost as much as I love the title track of her new record. Oberst, who also performs as Bright Eyes, released a new record with a new band called the Mystic Valley Band (which includes Nate Walcott from Bright Eyes) in August. The surprisingly upbeat track “I Don’t Want To Die (In a Hospital)” has lived on my iPod ever since.

Halloween Recommendations:

At this years Freak Night, you can catch Moby doing a DJ set and The Crystal Method live. If you loved the Moby’s most recent record, Last Night, and followed the press he did in support of the record, you know that Moby really immersed himself in the hip-hop/DJ club scene. You can hear the vocal styling of Grandmaster Caz, of The Cold Crush Brothers, a band that helped touch off all things, Hip-Hop on Last Night.

Neon Nights will be at The Comet Tavern and Dudley Manlove will be at The Sunset on Halloween. WowweeWowweeWowWow. Decisions, decisions…

Zombie Prom at the King Kat Theater!

Zombie Prom with The Staxx Brothers will be, without a doubt, one of the craziest events in Seattle on Halloween. Get your tickets now and then get to the historic The King Kat Theater for a night of burlesque, booze and awesome, soul-stealing music.

Dawn Davenport will kick your ass!

The Central Cinema will be showing  John Waters 1974 movie, Female Trouble. Also, if you are so goulishly inspired, make your own 10 minute Horror film and submit it to the folks at Central Cinema and it might get shown on the big screen.

Now that should be more than enough to give you a reason to Get The Fuck Out this weekend as well as be sure your Halloween is groovy. I’ll have some more in the coming days leading up to Halloween next Friday. Be advised, there won’t be a full-on GTFO next Friday as, well, yours truly is gonna be pretty fucking busy.

Now, Get The Fuck Out…

Only Wendy O looks good in electrical tape so don’t try this at home…

GTFO is gonna be short and sweet this week. I’ll make it up to you somehow. Plus I’ll have a bunch of Halloween related recommendations and other stuff along the way. With that said, this is a great weekend to Get The Fuck Out. You could literally spend both nights at Slim’s Last Chance. I know I would.

Friday, October 17th:

Chet Zar
Rock La Rue Gallery
Rock La Rue opened this multi-artist show last weekend you only have until November 1st to see it and, it is not to be missed. I blogged about Chet Zar’s Ugly Americans series earlier this year. Zar’s new series, Postapocalysm, has the same life-like/death never-world feeling that Ugly did, only it’s a bit more surreal. The traveling three man show also features paintings by Jeremy Bennett and Dan Quintana.

The Ruby Doe
The Funhouse

Shake the Shack LIVE!
Slim’s Last Chance

The Great Escape (Journey Tribute)
Bill’s Bar (Boston, MA)

The Maldives
Neumo’s

The Supersuckers
The Roxy (Hollywood)

Peter Tork
The Brighton Bar (Long Branch, New Jersey)

Saturday, October 18th:

Micky Dolenz
Freed Center (Ada, Ohio)
I had a dream about Micky Dolenz last night. That’s all I’m gonna say about that.

They Live
Grand Illusion
One of my favorite movies of all time in one of my favorite Seattle places of all time. This flick also made Cherrybomb’s list of the greatest bare-knuckle brawls of all time. Two nights, six shows.
For Dr. H. My favorite grand illusion of all time.

Davila 666. Be there or be stabbed. Man, I hate getting stabbed for not living in San Juan. Seriously. Getting stabbed hurts.

Davila 666
La Respuesta Davila, (1600 Ave.Fernandez Juncos Esq.Del Parque, San Juan)
Welcome to my new favorite band.

Super Diamond
The Showbox at the Market

Lee Rude and the Trainwrecks
Slim’s Last Chance

The Coloffs
Blue Moon

Sunday, October 19th:

C’mon C’mon are the balls.

Raggedy Anns, C’mon, C’mon
The High Dive
Sean Bates of HalloQueen fronts C’mon C’mon.

Looking Ahead:

VOTE!
November 4th.

WOW.

WOW indeed…what a week! I mean, Chinese Democrazy finally has a release date and Slayer said they will play Reign In Blood in it’s entirety in London at Hammersmith, and at two upcoming shows in Sweden. What, was there other, more important news this week? Man,it’s hard keeping up on the news when you’re busy hiding under your bed. Although, I must say I am feeling much more optimistic than I was on Monday. It could be because today is Friday, or it could be because the day after Friday is Saturday. Either way, it’s definitely time to Get The Fuck Out…

Friday, October 10th:

Grynch, My Second Wind, 2008.

Grynch
Vera

Black Kids will not teach him how to dance with you. So don’t ask…

Black Kids
Neumo’s

The Bloodies.Yes please. Thanks to LP for the link.

The Bloodies
The Know (Portland, OR)
Welcome to Cherrybomb’s new favorite band, The Bloodies. You and your ears can thank me later.

Dr. Dog, My Old Ways.

Dr. Dog
Middle East (Cambridge, MA)

Drivin N Cryin, Fly Me Courageous, 1991.

Drivin’ N Cryin’
The Orange Peel (Ashville, CT)
FFS! Now Drivin’ N Cryin’s, Drive Me Courageous is stuck in my head. Sounds like a Cherrybomb Daily Earwig. Anyway, this was one of the first demos I got as a DJ back in Boston and guess what? It was actually kinda good.

Sassparilla Jug Band
Connor Byrne

Joe Satriani.

Joe Satriani and Leslie West of Mountain
House of Blues (Cleveland, OH)
Holy Mother of a Rich Bich! Are you thinking what I’m thinking? Leslie West is still alive! Anyway, this bill is worth the price of admission just to hear West bang out Mississippi Queen and Satriani do Surfing With the Alien.  I met Joe Satriani in the early 90′s and saw him perform an in-studio for about 20 people. Not only is Satriani one of the most technically proficient guitar players to ever stroke an Ibanez or any other guitar, he is also is one of the nicest people you will ever meet. It’s great when the Great, are, well, really great.

Kunt Bell and The Blue Collars
Little Red Hen

Tesla, Edison’s Medicine, 1991.

Tesla
Myth (Mapelwood, MN)
I am unashamed to admit that a couple of Tesla songs are on my iPod shuffle. In other metal news, if you’re in Vegas tonight, Yngwie Malmsteen will be at the HOB. Which isn’t really a recommendation as much as it is an observation. A Yngwie Malmsteen is 45 so why has he aged?, metal, observation.

The Sword
The Music Box at the Fonda (Hollywood)
If you have yet to see The Sword, don’t miss them the next time they roll through your town. Seattle, that means you too.
For Dr. H.

The Love Me Nots, Phoenix, AZ. Thanks to LP for the link.

The Love Me Nots
Studio 66 @ LoFi
The Love Me Nots will also do an in-store at Bop Street on Saturday  at 6:00 PM and a live-in-studio on KEXP’s, Audioasis.

Saturday, October 11th:

DJ B-Mello spins
War Room

Weezer, Say it Ain’t So, 1994.

Weezer
Key Arena
Rivers Cuomo!

A Gun That Shoots Knives
Chop Suey

Betty Ford Falcons
Monkey Pub
The Monkey is one of my favorite Seattle dives and has one of the best jukeboxes in the city.

Natalie Woudn’t
Skylark
FREE
For JB and AFJ

Rat City Ruckus.

The Them, Rat City Ruckus
The Funhouse
You want punk rock? This bill is 100% punk rock, just like The House of Fun.

Sunday, October 12th:

Sun0))).

Sun 0)))
Berbati’s Pan (Portland, OR)
If you saw the Nick Cave show a few weeks ago, you got to see Sun0)))’s, Southern Lord band-mates, Earth open the show. Like Earth, Sun0))) is not for everyone, but that’s okay. Being different is cool. In the case of Sun0)), being different is pretty mind blowing when it comes to both your eyes and ears. Take that Nickelback.

Looking Ahead:

Since I know you’ve been preoccupied, I wanted to remind you in advance that Halloween is coming. Here are a few guaranteed good ways to spend October 31st in Seattle…

Zombie Prom with The Staxx Brothers. King Kat Theater on October 31st, 2008.

In addition to a live performance by The Staxx Brothers (and sistas…represent!) this year’s Zombie Prom will feature private burlesque shows courtesy of the girls from Teatro Zinzanni, some giant paper-mache mushrooms, more bands all while 70s Grind House Zombie movies and quotable film classics play all night long. Cherrybomb wouldn’t miss this one and neither should you.

HalloQueen, 2007. Photo by Cherrybomb. Rick Friel’s hair, is perfect. Owww-Oooo. Werewolf of London indeed…

Ahhh…it’s time to HalloQueen again. This year, the boys in HalloQueen will rock you at The Tractor Tavern in Ballard. Team Cherrybomb never misses a show. Even Wonder Woman will take a break from fighting evil in Colorado just long enough to take in the show herself.

I’ll have more Halloween recommendations in the coming weeks. Thanks also to The Staxx Brothers and to LP for their help with this weeks GTFO.  Until then, tie your mother down and Get The Fuck Out…

Wacky Birthday Collage temporarily replaces Wendy O in honor of JB’s birthday today…

Happy Birthday JB! Did you know your initials also stand for Jim Beam! It’s too perfect, just like you.

Now onto GTFO for this week. And please remember, now that it’s October, at all costs, refrain from referring to October as, Rocktober. Also, sorry for the lack of creative rock talk on this GTFO entry. I’m spent from the debate last night. I never should have chosen the word “Reform” as a Palin drinking queue. Holy Cabo Wabo! To make matters worse, The Mad Irish Man (who isn’t really angry, just mad. There’s a difference.) forwarded me this classic Palin quote from the PI on Wednesday:

I may be just a hockey mom whose kids flew thousands of miles at the expense of the taxpayers of Alaska, but I know airplanes.

Oh my aching head. Let’s Get The Fuck Out…

Friday, October 3rd:

Helloween, All My Lovin’.

Helloween
El Corazon
Halloween has come early to Seattle. I mean HalloQueen. I mean Helloween. Helloween does this crazy version of The Beatles “All My Lovin’”. I’m not saying that Helloween is gonna pull that one out of their spandex pant pockets, but you’ll never know if you miss this show. Ex-Helloween ax-slinger, Kal Hansen’s Gamma-Ray is also on this very fucking Metal bill.

I love the 80′s.

80′s Invasion Tribute Night
High Dive

Age Against the Machine
TT The Bears (Cambridge, MA)
TT The Bears is one of the greatest clubs in Boston. Why? Because TT’s is in Cambridge, that’s why. Anyway, in case you are also suffering the ravages of too much tequila last night, Age Against the Machine is a Boston-based Rage Against the Machine tribute band.

Dry County Crooks celebrate Halloween everyday. I think…

Dry County Crooks
Jules Maes

Saturday, October 4th:

Thee Sgt Major III, Brothers of the Sonic Cloth, The Moondoggies
The Sunset
This is one hell of a Sub Pop bill.

Shim, North Twin
The Tractor

Rainbow with Joe Lynn Turner, Stone Cold, 1982. For WW.

Joe Lynn Turner
Dexter’s (Riverdale, NJ)
New Jersey native Joe Lynn Turner put out his 10th record in 2007 with the help of former Rainbow guitarist Ritchie Blackmore. You can catch Turner on Eddie Trunk’s syndicated radio show tonight. Turner and his current band mates, Carlos Cavazo of Quiet Riot and Simon Wright of AC/DC just finished a tour of Iraq on September 11th. Take that Nickelback…

Skullbot show poster for Slim’s.

Skullbot
Slim’s
Stanwood, Washington’s own Skullbot released their second record, Titan, in April.

Mexican UFO.

Mexican UFO
The Central

Thee Emergency’s Dita Vox at The Funhouse. Photo by Cherrybomb.

Thee Emergency
The King Cobra

Sunday, October 5th:

The Maldives.

The Maldives
The Sunset
One of my favorite Seattle bands at one of my favorite Seattle places.

The Village People, 1977.

The Village People
The Seneca Niagara Events Center at Seneca Niagara Casino (Niagara Falls, NY)
What is left of The Village People (surprisingly, the band still has three of it’s original members) will play a casino in Niagara Falls. This isn’t really a recommendation as much as it a an observation. A rather sad observation.

Looking Ahead:

Theses Arms are Snakes can FLY!

These Arms Are Snakes will play a free gig at the Queen Anne Easy Street on Monday, October 6th.

Now Get The Fuck Out…

Wendy O and The Plasmatics go for a spin…

Okay, by now the 21st Annual Rockabilly Ball is in full swing and Ballard has once again been turned on its not-so-inner-Hillbilly ear. I’m still punch-drunk from Nick Cave and all seems right in the world…as long as you don’t turn on the TV. If Cherrybomb can do it, so can you. In the words of a rather good looking friend of Cherrybomb’s, start a band. Go see a show. In other words, Get The Fuck off your couch and Get The Fuck Out…

Friday, September 26th:

This is what Country looks like when it’s looking at you.

Knut Bell
Connor Byrne
Never miss an opportunity to see Knut. Ever. This is especially true when it comes to a Knut show in Ballard. Can I get a Yee-Haw?

Choke Trailer.

Choke
The Metro
Chuck Palahniuk’s brilliantly bizarre,that’s-so-wrong-but–it-makes–me–hot,sex-romp/psychological-study-in-human-nature-gone-crazy novel comes to life. Yee-Haw!

The Cave Singers, Dancing on Our Graves.

The Cave Singers
The Moore Theater
Invitation Songs is one of my favorite records of 2007. Yee-Haw!

Blue Scholars Bayani Wordie.

Blue Scholars
The Showbox at The Market
I am in LOVE with Blue Scholars. Did you hear me? Because I was yelling just then. Anyway, Blue Scholars will covert your friends that insist they don’t really like “hip-hop”. I don’t have any friends like that but if you do, well, you know what to do. Yee-Haw doesn’t really work here. But Hell YES sure does!

Saturday, September 27th:

Heavy Liquid.

Heavy Liquid (Iggy Tribute) and The Pranks
Jules Maes

Chris Van Dahl of Aeromyth.

Aeromyth (Aerosmith Tribute)
Romano’s Concert Lounge
Holy Mother of Massachusetts! Aeromyth’s Steven Tyler aka, Chris Van Dahl is the perfect blend of a young Nick Cave and, Steven Tyler. Physically, that is. And Dahl’s vox ain’t too shabby either. This So-Cal, A-Smith tribute is some kind of all right.

Schoolyard Hero, and one of Cherrybomb’s personal heroes, Ryann Donnelly.

Schoolyard Heroes
SK8Town (Port Orchard)
All Ages
The last gig Schoolyard Heroes played was a Kurt Cobain tribute with Harvey Danger sponsored by the Kurt Cobain Memorial Committee. Not any band can cover Kurt and Nirvana, which is good, since Schoolyard Heroes isn’t just any band. SH are busy writing new material for their next record, which is hard to believe, since I’m still really digging on their 2007 release, Abominations. Catch ‘em while you can.

The Real Cry-Baby Walker, James Intveld.

James Intveld
Slim’s Last Chance

A rather foxy friend of Cherrybomb’s hipped me to the fact that James Intveld was the voice of Cry- Baby Walker in John Waters’ campy Rockabilly masterpiece, Cry-Baby. On Friday, Intveld will do a Cry-Baby-esque set at the Rockabilly Ball. The show at Slim’s will be straight-forward Intveld Sin ‘n’ Swing. Choose your poison.

Sunday, September 28th:

Raggedy Anns Rule.

Sunday Bloody Sunset with Monotonix (Early!) and the Raggedy Anns (Late!)
I don’t often make musical recommendations for Sunday. Sunday should be reserved for Bloody Marys, annoymous/make-up sex and eggs. Exactly in that order. All of which should still allow you time to make Monotonix’s set that will occur between 2:00 & 4:00 at Sunday Bloody Sunset at The Sunset. The Raggedy Anns play the late show. Unless of course, you are hitting the Cialis like Josh Todd. In that case, by all means, carry the fuck on, all day long. Just know that you will frown when you hear about how much fun your non-pussy/dick whipped friends had at The Sunset on Sunday.

Super Henry, we need you now. Seriously. For The Mad Irish Man.

Henry Rollins Recountdown Tour
Revolution Live (Fort Lauderdale, Florida)
Look for Rollins to roll through Spokane on October 16th at The Knitting Factory. The “Recountdown/End of Bush” tour started on September 18th and Rollins has shows scheduled nearly every day through the last stop on the tour in Seattle on November 26th. Not surprisingly, there is no show scheduled for November 4th. Where will you be on November 4th? Celebrating? Hiding? Crying? Rioting? On your way to Canada or Mexico? On question mark overload? Only time will tell? Oh wait, I meant…

Looking Ahead:

Hater, does not hate your band.

Hater (with Matt Cameron of Pearl Jam) will be at The Tractor on Tuesday, September 30th with one of my favorite local bands, The Cops.

Opeth. For Freddy Pants.

Opeth will thankfully be at the Showbox at the Market on Saturday October 4th. I’m pretty sure I’m in love with Mikael Akerfeldt. Hold on, wait…okay. I’m totally sure I’m in love with Mikael Akerfeldt. Even though the object of my Death Metal affection is married with two kids and three cats. Which doesn’t sound especially metal to me but, Opeth’s music sure does. Yee-Haw!

Now how can you not Get The Fuck Out after all that? If you need me to answer that then you and that worn out ass-couch deserve each other.

Plasmatics Fan Club mailer, 1982.

Have you been asking yourself lately if someone you love has been brainwashed into submission? I know I have. Why? I’ll tell you. When I was driving down I-5 today I ended up behind a sweet little powder-blue, 1965 Mustang. Even in traffic, it’s always exciting to get close to any Mustang between the years of 1965 – 1973. The little number in front of me was also being driven by a chick, which, despite my initial pang of jealously, made me smile. Until I got close enough to see the two bumper stickers on her car. The first one had Dino Rossi’s name on it. The other one said that “life begins at conception”. Then there was the small white cowboy hat hanging from her rear view mirror. I loved that Mustang. I gave that Mustang the best 10 minutes of my life when I was stuck behind it today. I mean, what kind of person puts bumper stickers on a ’69 Mustang?

Well, now you know.  And so do I.

Friday, September 19th:

The Maldives. Football not included.

The Maldives and Shim
The Tractor
Two of my favorite bands on one bill at what is easily, the greatest club in the City of Seattle. Come out and see what happens when twang and dry ice collide. Here’s a hint: what happens is completely awesome.

Gene’s Addiction might be Nair.

Gene’s Addiction and Supernaughty
El Corazon

Deftones
Venture Theater (California)

Ms. Led want you to wake up. I suggest you do what Ms. Led says. I know I always do.

Ms. Led, The Shondes
High Dive

Saturday, September 20th:

Texas Chainsaw Pumpkin Carving, Seattle style.

Fremont October Fest
Shim, Cancer Rising and Texas Chainsaw Pumpkin Carving
Easily the funnest and drunkest good time you will have all year.
Center of the Universe.

The DT’s
Slims Last Chance (Georgetown)

Lemmy.

Motorhead
Roseland Ballroom (New York)
On a sad note, Slim Jim Phantom broke his wrist in three places, causing Lemmy’s The Head Cat to cancel all their October gigs. Including the October 9th gig in Seattle at El Corazon.  Personally, I’d like to see this show re-booked at a bigger venue but, like you, I’ll take Lemmy anywhere and anyway I can get him.

Lesbian
The Comet

A Flock of Seagulls

A Flock of Seagulls
Morongo Casino Resort and Spa (Cabazon, CA)
I got thrown out of a Flock of Seagulls show once. Did I tell you that already? No? Really? That’s weird. That’s usually the first thing I tell people. Anyway, everything happens for a reason. Especially when it comes to A Flock of Seagulls. Whatever that means.

The Meat Purveyors.

The Meat Purveyors
The Tractor
According to a very good looking friend of Cherrybomb, seeing the bluegrass loving Meat Purveyors is always a drunken good time.

Looking Ahead:

Jodie Watts outside the Vogue. Photo by Anna Knowlden.

80′s Cover Night with Ms. Led, Jodie Watts and so much MORE…
The Sunset
On Thursday, September 25th, Seattle band Jodie Watts will play their first gig in three years. Jodie Watts was the first local band I saw after moving to Seattle in 1999. The show was at The Sit ‘n’ Spin and the bartender turned out to be an old friend. I can’t tell you how much that show warmed my cold, East Coast rock ‘n’ roll heart. Almost 10 years later, that night still ranks high up on Cherrybomb’s “good time” list. And, since I love to have a good time, it just makes sense that you should be at The Sunset on Thursday, September 25th.

Monotonix gets stuck looking for Ceiling Cat

Monotonix will be at The Comet Tavern on Satuday, September 27th. Did you get shut-out of Monotonix’s show at Bumbershoot earlier this month? The Comet is mosh-friendly. Trust me.

The Saturday Knights.

The Saturday Knights are at Neumo’s on Thursday October 16th. Just like their last record, TSK’s new record is really, really good.

So there you have it. This week’s Get The Fuck Out is, well, out. And you should be too.

Wendy O. montage. Almost more Wendy that you can handle. Almost…

So by now you have heard the news that The Croc is set to open again early in 2009, perhaps as early as January. Sean Kinney of Alice in Chains is one of several, musically enlightened Seattlites involved with the re-emergence of The Crocodile Cafe. I know grown men, that are still REAL MEN, that cried when The Croc shut it’s doors last year. If anything is worth shedding tears over, it was that cold day in December that The Croc abruptly shut it’s doors. Anyway, since I’ve been strike from the mainstream media for over a week (which is so much easier than you think), I was pleasantly surprised to see some good news floating in my in-box this week. You want some more good news?

Today is Friday…

Friday, September 12th:

The Boss Martians, Mars is for Martians. The single features Iggy Pop on vocals. Find it on TBM’s “Pressure in the S.O.D.O.” from July of this year.

The Boss Martians
The Abbey (Somerville, Massachusetts)
Get ready Somerville. The Martians are invading. The tour will also make it to Chicago, Vegas, and LA before the end of the month. Now that’s rock ‘n’ roll.

Rancid
Showbox Sodo
For the Mad Irish Man. Who is truly,truly, mad. His madness is only appeased by top-shelf Whiskey, with a side of PBR. Being mad don’t sound so bad…

Foreigners Jukebox Hero, lip-synched by a kid with a green lolly-pop.

Lou Gramm, Patty Smyth and Scandal
DTE Energy Center (Clarkson, MI)

Wonder Woman has arrived in Vegas to protect it from EVIL. Good lucky baby, you’re gonna need it.

Lynda Carter
Harrah’s Resort (Las Vegas)
For Wonder Woman

Michael Franti and Spearhead
Marymoore Park
The bands 6th record, All Rebel Rockers was released earlier this week. Franti loves to play Seattle. Lucky us

Tricky
Music Box at the Fonda (Hollywood)

Moe Provencher.

Moe Provencher
Egans Jam House
I love Moe Provencher. If you don’t already, you should.

Sex Pistols vs The Ramones
El Corazon

Iceage Cobra
Autolite Strike
Blue Moon
This is Iceage Cobra’s last show.

Saturday, September 13th:

When Billy Joe comes, he definately blows his horn. Cherrybomb likey…

Animal Rescue League Benefit with The Dusty 45′s
Slim’s Last Chance
If it’s been a while since you’ve seen Billy Joe and his Dusy 45′s, then you have plumb forgotten how great it sounds when a man lights his trumpet on fire. Lighting musical instruments on fire and helping animals? Priceless…

Stephen Pearcy of Ratt
Station 56 (Tacoma)

Rude Awakening is Not Thin Lizzy, but they are close.

A Tribute to Thin Lizzy by Rude Awakening
Romano’s Concert Lounge (Riverside, California)
Man, I want to live at Romano’s. At least on the weekend.

James Pants and his fog machine.

James Pants (with a full band)
The Moore
Pants will be live on KEXP today at Noon. Pants’ did what seemed like a 10 minute version of Theme From Paris. Spokane represent!

The Staxx Brothers
The Jet (Mill Creek, Washington)
If you want to go to this gig, and you SHOULD, email me at get cherrybombed at g mail dot com.

Wargasm, Why Play Around, 1988.

Wargasm and Steel Assissin
Middle East (Cambridge, MA)
Wargasm! WARGASM!! Anyway, now that I have that out of my system I can tell you that this gig will celebrate the 20th Anniversary of the bands 1988 release, Why Play Around. If you miss the gig, don’t worry. The band is recording the event for a future video release called “Why Play Live”.

These Arms are Snakes
Hell’s Kitchen

Veruca Salt, Volcano Girls.

Veruca Salt
Waysted Space (Las Vegas)
Veruca Salt has been through quite a few line-up changes over the last 10 years, most notably with the departure of one of it’s founding members, Nina Gordon in 1998. Louise Post, the other founding member of Veruca, has been with the band since it’s inception in 1993.

Doro Pesch.

Doro
Camel Rock Casino (Santa Fe, NM)
Check out this video of Doro with her old band, Warlock. And even though she forgets some of the words to  Breakin’ The Law in this video, I’m still in awe. Doro will celebrate her 25 years as the reigning Queen of Metal on December 13th in where else? Düsseldorf, Germany, her hometown.

Steel Tigers of Death
Jules Maes

With a ta’ do list like this, no matter where you are, how can you not Get The Fuck Out? Seriously, that side of the couch matches your ass perfectly. And that’s just wrong. The luster of that magical-ass-couch has faded. Throw that couch out the window now, unless you plan on getting screwed on it within the next 24 hours. In that case, carry the fuck on.

The Plasmatics, Fuck that Booty. From the Joan Rivers Show, 1986.

Bumbershoot is over and Musicfest NW is in full swing. The sun’s come back to Seattle and The Surf Coasters are in town.  Which guarantees that the sweet, sweet smell of Yamaha guitars will blow through a stack of fenders tonight in Ballard. Got a date with your couch? Break it. Got a date with a stranger? Cancel it, you know it’s gonna be awful anyway. And honestly, you need to get out after the week you had. I know I do.

Friday, September 5th:

The Surf Coasters kicking it live. A little preview of tonight, in black and white.

The Surf Coasters
Kings of Hawaii
Tractor Tavern
The Surf Coasters will also turn Slim’s Last Chance on it’s hillbilly ear on Saturday.

The Paper Dolls play punk rock beach blanket bingo.

Paper Dolls
The Funhouse
Hi Ben!

Hope by David Choe.

Concert for Change with Flipper and Tiny Vipers.
El Corazon

Autolite Strike
Full Tilt Ice Cream
Free! All Ages.
In addition to awesome rock and roll, Full Tilt features 8 pinball machines, vintage arcades, as well as twelve different flavors of ice cream and Popsicles. Who said Summer is over?

Black Sabbath.

Sabbra Cadabra (Black Sabbath Tribute)
Stone Pony (Asbury Park, New Jersey)

Grayskul, Scarecrow.

Grayskul
Nectar

Saturday, September 6th:

TV on the Radio
Showbox SoDo
TV’s new record, Dear Science, comes out on September 23rd.

The Pharcyde, Passin’ Me By.

Rock the Bells with, A Tribe Called Quest, De La Soul, Sage Francis, Blue Scholors, The Pharcyde
Gorge
Oh My God indeed.

Jared Clifton
The Sunset Tavern
Thanks, Elisabeth!

Afrika Bambaataa, Planet Rock.

Afrika Bambaataa
Nectar Lounge

Looking Ahead:

The Staxx Brothers, 12th Street Blues. Download it for FREE here.

If you missed the The Staxx Brothers at Bumbershoot this year because you were at Neko Case, shame on you. Catch TSB at The Jet in Mill Creek on Saturday, September 13th. Contact me at get cherrybombed at g mail dot com if you are serious about going. Which you should be.

Now I got to Get The Fuck Out…how about you?

Wendy O Williams collage.

I love Seattle, but on Labor Day Weekend, I mostly don’t want to be in this city. If you’re also loathing your zip code for the upcoming weekend, get to Las Vegas. You can see Kiss, Judas Priest and Bob Dylan all in the mythical land of no clocks, this weekend. Cherrybomb’s bag is already packed. Who am I kidding? Nobody packs a bag when you’re going to Vegas. But don’t worry, I won’t leave yo all alone under the dark Seattle sky. If you are going to Bumbershoot, my list of what you can’t miss is below.

Which makes this week’s GTFO loaded. Even more loaded than the author is (usually). Which is verrra loaded.

And while I’m speaking of such melancholy things, Cherrybomb will be taking a few days off this weekend to focus on drinking to an excess, while pissing off my neighbours by playing the new Motorhead record. When I’m not at Bumbershoot, drinking to excess.  Okay – I lied there, for a minute. I’m totally going to Bumbershoot. Just like you.

Now…Get The Fuck Out.

Friday, August 29th:

Mos Generator can fly.

Mos Generator
Hell’s Kitchen

The Whore Moans
Sunset Tavern

Silver Jews
Beachland Ballroom (Cleveland, OH)
Silver Jews will be at Neumo’s on October 2nd.

Dramarama, Anything, Anything. For Stacey.

Dramarama
House of Blues (Anaheim, California)

KISS
Palms Casino (Las Vegas)

Does it Offend You? Yeah
Bowery Ballroom (New York)

Y&T, Mean Streak, 1983.

Y&T
Camel Rock Ballroom (Santa Fe, New Mexico)

Saturday, August 30th:

Clinton Fearon
Nectar Lounge

Mexican UFO at The Comet. Photo by Tara Sloan.

Mexican UFO
King Cobra
The amazing Fiia McGann, (of Orbiter and Goodness) heads up Mexican UFO.

Queensryche
House of Blues (New Orleans)

Bumbershoot:

Fisher Green
12:30 - Staxx Brothers
4:00 – Dorando and Nino Moschella

Samsung Mainstage:
Starting at 1:00 – Neko Case, 2:45 – Lucinda Williams, 7:30 – Band of Horses, 9:15 – Beck

EMP
9:30 – Kinski

Sunday: August 31st:

Flash Gordon, 1941.

Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe
NW Film Forum
NWFF will show a different classic movie every Sunday afternoon as part of their Secret Matinee Club. Cheezy movies are the ultimate hangover remedy. Not that I know anything about hangovers. I stay drunk all the time to avoid them. Guess what? It works.

The Atomic Punks: A Tribute To Early Van Halen
Romano’s Concert Lounge (Riverside, CA)

Judas Priest (Solo Show)
Palms Casino (Las Vegas)

Bumbershoot:

Samsung Mainstage:
7:45 – The Black Keys
9:15 – Stone Temple Pilots

Mural Starbucks Stage:
5:00 – Dale Watson

Rockstar Stage:
4:15 – Howlin’ Rain
7:45 – Sons and Daughters

Fisher Green:
7:45 – The Saturday Knights

EMP:
8:00 – The Hands

Looking Ahead:

Carmine Appice. For LP.

Carmine Appice: SLAMM!
El Corazon
It’s not what you think. At all. This is SLAMM!.

Metal Female Voices Fest Five:
Belgium
October 18th – 19th, Metal Female Voices Five will commence. It’s hard to imagine a more awesome event. Girlschool, Epica and Kittie all with a full-throttle female in front are some of the 20+ bands performing at MFVF 5th Annual throw-down. While you’re in Belgium, drop by Cafe’ Halford to see the life-size replica of Rob Halford of Judas Priest.

Paul Stanley, Self Portrait.

Paul Stanley of Kiss will be showing off his artistic side at the Wentworth Galleries in Atlanta. Stanley will appear live at the Wentworth at Phipps Plaza (I can guarantee that Paul will also appear at the Versace store – if it’s still there, as I remember) and Perimeter Mall both Friday, September 19th and Saturday, September 20th. Admission is free. Want to see more of Paul Stanley’s art? Okay, here.

Now Get The Fuck Out Already…

Okay. GTFO is gonna be kind of short this week. I’m sick (not hungover, there’s a difference) and honestly, I am wishing death upon myself at the moment. So I guess it’s still sort of like being hungover in a way as I seem to remember praying for death a couple days ago after finding out how many G&T’s is too many G&T’s. Anyway, true to my rummy form, I’m sure I’ll recover just in time for Friday night. If I can do it, and Dino can do it, so can you.

Friday, August 22nd:

Knut Bell and Dr. H. are never seen in the same place at the same time.

Knut Bell & The Blue Collars
The Little Red Hen
Knut & his Blue Collars also play the Hen on Saturday, August 23rd.

Duff McKagen turned 44 in May, 2008. Get in the ring indeed…

Duff McKagen’s Loaded (with The Jet City Fix)
Hell’s Kitchen
This is night one of Duff’s two night stint at Hell’s Kitchen. Loaded is set to release a new EP, Wasted Heart, in September followed by a tour that will stop at the Viper Room in LA on September 2nd before heading to Ireland, London and Milan.

Saturday, August 23rd:

Carrie Akre of Goodness.

Goodness & Ms. Led (!)
Mural Amphitheater
FREE
Another FREE early show at the Mural. Doors/Beer Garden at 5:00, show starts at 6:00.

El Vez.

El Vez & Hellbound Cats
Key Club (Los Angeles)

Looking Ahead:

Witchcraft is from Sweden, where it is apparently still 1970.

Witchcraft is back in Seattle again on September 4th at El Corazon. If you’ve never seen Witchcraft, well, I could say all kinds of things right now. But that would just be rude. Be there. It’ll be just like the 70′s. All the parts you remember anyway.

Mission of Burma, Boston punks never grow old. Just ask Cherrybomb…

On October 1st Mission of Fucking Burma will be at Neumo’s. Mission of Fucking Burma!

Now Get The Fuck Out Already…

Plasmatics Poster. New York. Photo by Bruce Barone.

It’s good to back in Seattle. I’ll tell you about my vacation and post some photos in the next couple of days. Although, I got to say some of the things I saw and heard while I was traveling will haunt me forever. In light of that, I decided it just wasn’t fair for me to suffer all alone. You have been warned. Of course, there were highlights, like hanging with Freddy Pants and seeing Gogol Bordello live.

As far as GTFO for this week, it’s not gonna be easy. If I were you (and I verra well may be), I would stock up on anti-blackout pills and Vodka. I mean water. No, I meant it right the first time. Trust me.

Lastly, has anyone seen the Puyallup Fair Billboard on Fairview in downtown Seattle? It’s fucking terrifying. I almost drove into an oncoming S.L.U.T. just to put my eyes out of their misery. Whatever you do, DO NOT look up when you’re driving up Fairview, headed toward Seattle Center.

Friday, August 15th:

Music at the Mural Amphitheater (presented by KEXP event)
The Maldives
Jessie Sykes and the Sweet Hereafter
FREE
More of Music at the Mural tomorrow, Saturday, with Rocky Voltolato. Both shows are early. Doors at 5:00, music at 6:00.

Squirrel Nut Zippers

Squirrel Nut Zippers
The Triple Door

Sunday Night Blackout. Not actual size.

Triumph of Lethargy Skinned Alive To Death
Sunday Night Blackout
King Cobra

Whiskey Puppy.

Whiskey Puppy
Conor Byrne’s
Whiskey Puppy is a band from Portland that likes to sing songs about Whiskey. They are also seriously good when it comes to the art of Bluegrass. Whiskey Puppy also gets my vote for best band name ever.

Lesbian RULES.

Lesbian
The Funhouse

What time is it?? Morris knows…

Morris Day and The Time
Minnesota Zoo Amphitheater (Apple Valley MN)
Shut UP already. I can totally hear you humming Jungle Love right now.

Saturday, August 15th:

Larry Mizell, Jr. of Cancer Rising.

Cancer Rising
Vera
CR will also plays The Sunset on Friday.

Black Sabbath, Neon Knights, Dio on vox.

Neon Nights
The Central

Himsa. 10 awesome years of awesome loudness.

Himsa (last show ever)
Book of Black Earth
El Corazon

Cash’d Out.

Cash’d Out a Johnny Cash Tribute
Triple Door

Sunday, August 17th:

Nearly Dan.

Nearly Dan (Steely Dan Tribute)
Highway 99
Steely Dan and Nearly Dan are two of Cherrybomb’s guilty pleasures. Could be worse…

Gods of Thunder. Peter Criss needs to lay off the 12 oz curls a little. Okay, a lot.

Gods of Thunder (Kiss Tribute)
Romano’s Concert Lounge (Riverside, California)
As I’ve mentioned before, Summer is all about tribute bands. Especially KISS tribute bands. Life is sweet.

Looking Ahead:

Built to Spill.

On September 4th, Built to Spill will be at the Showbox doing Perfect from Now On in it’s entirety. Whoa.

Frehley’s Comet vintage t-shirt. Courtesy of Cherrybomb’s private collection.

As I previously mentioned, there can never be enough Kiss cover bands, Friel’s Comet (an Ace Frehley tribute, Fuck YEAH) and Gene’s Addiction are playing the High Dive on Friday, August 22nd.

Now Get The Fuck Out…

Wendy O by Larry West.

So I’m getting ready to blaze up the East Coast with my alcoholic yet, Princess Grace like presence in a few days. So posts will be a bit less frequent for a few weeks. It’s only because I need to focus on going to the beach, drinking and sleeping in. Rock and Roll will also be involved and you should expect a full-take on the scene from the Gogol Bordello show at Club Casino on August 7th. Members of Team Cherrybomb will be contributing while I’m away so don’t worry. We might be drunk, but we got you back.

And just to be clear, just ’cause I’m gone is no excuse to stay at home and make love to your couch. She doesn’t appreciate you baby. Not like I do. Now make Cherrybomb proud and Get The Fuck Out…

Friday, July 18th:

No-Fi Soul Rebellion
Head Like a Kite
Chop Suey

Cheap Trick clean up nice for John Varvartos.

Cheap Trick
Mandalay Bay (Las Vegas)
What happens with Cheap Trick in Vegas, stays in Vegas.

Jared Clifton, Tim DiJulio, Kim Virant, Gary Westlake and more…
Piecora’s Pizza (!)
Talk about a happy Friday night! That and Piecora’s makes the best pie in Seattle. Life is sweet.

Saturday, July 19th:

Red Elvises, Russian Rokenrol…
Red Elvises
The Tractor

Sunday, July 20th:

LA Guns all got the Johnny Thunders Special at the barber shop.

LA Guns, Faster Pussycat, Bang Tango
Expo Five (Louisville, KY)
LA Guns will be at El Corazon next month on Monday, August 18th. In In other 80′s Metal news, Cinderella has canceled their Summer ’08 tour. Tom Kieffer hemorrhaged his vocal cords. Meh. In other, other Metal news, WTF are Tracii Guns, Taime Down and Joe Leste doing in Louisville?

The Gods Must Hate Kansas, but Satan loves The Funhouse…

The Gods Must Hate Kansas Showdown with 3-Way Switch
The Funhouse (early show, 4:00 start)
This show combines three of my favorite things, Art, Rock ‘n’ Roll and Booze.

Tuesday, July 22nd:

Joseph Arthur licks the Daisy for the 2nd week in a row. Why? ‘Cause it’s my blog and Joseph Arthur’s tongue is awesome.

Joseph Arthur
The Triple Door
There is no way you are missing this show. Can you hear me YELLING AT YOU? Cancel whatever you got going on, especially if it’s has anything to do with your couch. Unless that date with your couch includes someone other than your cousin. Okay, I’m lying on that one too. I don’t care how hot your cousin by second-marriage is, kick that ass to the curb. Why? Because Joseph Arthur possesses more talent in his rather large fingers than most bands have collectively. This gig is not to be missed.

Looking Ahead:

Schoolyard Heros, Seattle.

The Capitol Hill Block Party is almost here. My favorite local Summer shin-dig, kicks off on Friday, July 26th and rocks CH through Saturday, July 27th. I only have one word when it comes to CHBP. DeVotchKa. One more word. Thee Emergency. Three more words. Schoolyard Heros. Okay, one last word. Book of Black Earth will also be there so you be there too.

Men in Kilt’s. Proper like.

July 26th – 27th the 62nd Annual Pacific Northwest Scottish Highland Games will be at the Enumclaw Expo Center. Men in kilts + beer = awesome.

Like I said, The Subways can FLY…!

The Subways will be at Chop Suey on Thursday, July 28th. Consider this is your reminder not to miss this awesome trio. On Friday, July 29th get to Neumo’s to see the amazing Japanese three-piece, Boris.

Peter Murphy plays peek-a-boo.

Finally, Neumo’s will host a local all-star Bauhaus tribute on August 2nd. Dress in black and the door goes from $10 to $5.

Green River Ride The Fucking Six Pack T-shirt. Thanks to Ben Doll for the vintage inspiration…

As usual, I’m gonna be completely honest with you. This weekend here in Seattle will go down as one of the greatest in the history of Seattle Music. This weekend, it’s all about Sub Pop. This weekend, it’s all about the secret gigs happening around town (like the Green River gig that isn’t at Marymoore) and the not-so-secret Gutter Twins show at The SoDo Box with Tad Doyle’s new band, Brothers of the Sonic Cloth. All this, in honor of a record label that continues to hold a spell over so many of us. Especially here in the Pacific NW.

What I do know is this, there has never been a better weekend to Get The Fuck Out. It’s gonna be just like the old days. Which is pretty much what it’s like here in Seattle now: completely fucking awesome.

Friday, July 11th:

Hunter S. Thompson by Ralph Steadman for the NYT, 2005.

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
The Egyptian
That other movie about Hunter, Gonzo, is also playing at The Harvard Exit. Talk about a perfect double-date.

Amos Lee.

Amos Lee
Somerville Theater (Somerville, Massachusetts)
Amos Lee will grace the small Boston township of Somerville on Friday by way of the historic Somerville Theater. If those walls could talk, I’d deny all knowledge of anything they had to say. And smile, because those walls reminded me of that time we snuck a case of tall Bud’s into the midnight screening of Tommy during the summer of 1985. Good times…

Joseph Arthur and the luckiest flower in the world…

Joseph Arthur & the Lonley Astronauts
The Bowery (New York)

Neon Nights
King Cobra

Saturday, July 12th:

PLASTER!!!

Plaster
Iceage Cobra
El Corazon

Sunday, July 13th:

The Supreme Genius of King Khan and the Shrines.

King Khan and the Shrines
The Tractor
Son of a Georgia Peach, this show is gonna kill. KK reminds me of The Monkees on Gin with the Fuzz turned past 11. Love it.

Looking Ahead:

Gogol Bordello at Bumbershoot, 2007. Photo by Cherrybomb.

Gogol Bordello is coming back to what is getting to be their second home, Seattle, on October 9th at The Box in SoDo. Cherrybomb will be taking in GB while hitting the beach back east in August at a little place called Club Casino in New Hampshire. Club Casino is a great little room that Cherrybomb is verrry well acquainted with. I’ve been thrown out of Club Casino numerous times, most notiibly during a Flock of Seagulls show (I should really thank the members of the New Hampshire Law Enforcement Agency for that one), I’ve pre-funked with Peter Frampton (when he still had hair) there, and was front and center for a Winger gig back when they might have been cool for, like, a second. I was so close to the stage, that some chick grabbed a guitar pick out of my hair that Kip threw at me during the show.

I hope that bitch choked on that pick.

But I digress, lets get back to the point of this post. Getting the fuck out.

Ace Frehley Picture Disc, Cherrybomb Private Collection.

Record Swap at Neumo’s! Sweet! On July 19th from 5:00-9:00, you can buy records from locals and local Seattle record stores, all while drinking a nice, frosty PBR. It’s almost like what I imagine heaven is like. Except Cherrybomb Heaven would naturally have a full bar.

Now Get The Fuck Out already…

Wendy O says “Hey Baby, it’s the 4th of July”…

I’m gonna be taking a few days off so don’t worry. I’m not going to rehab, or dead. Or, uh, in rehab. Again. I’ll just being doing things that might make me consider rehab for a minute or might have me praying for death at some point or another. Okay, I’m not so much trying to cultivate the rehab rumor as much as I am about surviving my upcoming bout with a ridiculously high alcohol-blood-content this weekend. All in the name of liberty, of course.

Got to be free…

Thursday, July 3rd:

Vince Mira’s Cash Cabin Sessions is out now.

Vince Mira
Can-Can Club

Cancer Rising
D. Black
Hell’s Kitchen

Friday, July 4th:

Hunter S. Thompson, Gonzo journalist.

Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson
Harvard Exit
All signs point to go on this one. The trailer for Gonzo puts me into full-throttle in less than 10 seconds. I can’t wait. Hunter, guns and the 4th of July? The only way seeing this movie on the big screen could be any better is if it came with unlimited Amyl Nitrate and booze. I guess it’s BYOA on that one.

PBR, the King of Beers. Fuck that other guy…

THERE WILL BE BEER
Seattle Center Mural Amphitheater
Speaking of booze, There Will Be Beer starts today at Seattle Center’s Mural Amphitheater. It’s also a benefit for Pet Cross. Getting drunk and making a difference for animals = no hangover. It’s true. TWBB is also dog friendly. Excellent.

Be Under the Milky Way on July 4th…

The Milky Way
The Sky
On Friday, July 4th, if you’re far enough away from the lights of the Emerald City and it’s clear, our Galaxy, also known as The Milky Way will be visible to the naked eye. It will appear as a misty, sparkling rainbow above our North West part of the Earth. But since we will all be watching fireworks make some enormous carbon footprint in the sky, I say fuck the Galaxy, man. Fireworks are awesome.

Saturday, July 5th:

Vintage Rockabilly Girl with Cherry earings.

Highway 99 Route 66 Show
Highway 99 Blues Club
Rockabilly, Burlesque, Booze and Hot Rods. “Nuff said.

A real Mexican U.F.O. or Cherrybomb’s kitchen light…?

Mexican U.F.O.
King Cobra
A very good looking friend of Cherrybomb’s says Mexican U.F.O rules. I’m inclined to believe everything a good looking person says, aren’t you? Don’t lie and say maybe. Good looking people never lie.

Sunday, July 6th:

Thee Emergency.

Thee Emergency
The Comet
Everyone should have an official drinking shirt that looks that good on.

Looking Ahead:

The Maldives.

On Friday, July 11th, The Maldives, Seattle’s best damn Country band, and the equally excellent North Twin will twang you into the twilight hours. North Twin + The Maldives + The Sunset = you are there.

Glen Danzig. Do not look directly into Glen Danzig’s eyes. Seriously, it’s in his rider.

Glen Danzig will be celebrating Glen Danzig’s 20th Anniversary with the Blackest of the Black Tour starting in October. The blackness that is Glen Danzig hits Seattle on November 8th at the Showbox. Danzig’s shirt may or may not be involved in this tour.

Genitortures will celebrate HalloQueen in Seattle this year…

Finally, Genitortures will be at Studio 7 on October 31, bringing some competition for what is undoubtly the only live gig in this town on Halloween, The Sonics. Genitorturers (you have no idea how hard it is to type Genitortures when you’re drunk) have a new record coming out this Fall.

Now Get The Fuck Out…

Wendy O did 1000 sit-ups a day just for fun. What the fuck did you do today?

Wendy O was a bit of a workout-a-holic, but who can argue with those results? The only other thing I have to say is that red electrical tape is the luckiest guy in the world.

Anyways, I’m in a shit mood (still, see Tuesday’s post), so please excuse the lack of boozy and bullet-riddled witty diatribe that you have come to expect of me. I’ll be better by Friday. And so will you.

Let’s do this, bitch. I need to Get The Fuck Out…

Thursday, June 26th

Dave Pirner of Soul Assylum does his best “Who the Fuck is Winona Ryder?”. Cherrybomb says Pirner was always too good for her. Thanks to Sleazegrinder for the image.

Sunset Strip Music Festival
Soul Asylum, Camper Van Beethoven and Everclear.
House of Blues (Sunset Strip, Los Angeles)
Occasionally, I get a little sad that I don’t live in LA. As far as I know. This is one of those times. Dave Pirner, don’t you miss Seattle? We miss you.

Wonder Woman Trailer, Season One.

Wonder Woman
SeaTac Airport

Friday, June 27th:

Reverend Horton Heat and his big-ass guitar.

Reverend Horton Heat
Supersuckers
Nashville Pussy
Showbox SoDo
Speaking of Wonder Woman, Heat follows up his gig at the Showbox SoDo with a show at the Wonder Ballroom in Portland, Oregon on Saturday. Supersuckers will bring their post-show rodeo back to Jules Maes on Friday night. Take that, Nickelback. (Thanks to the Mad Irish Man for keeping me honest on this one).

Mission of Burma, Academy Fight Song.

Mission of Burma
First Unitarian Church (Philly)

Saturday, June 28th:

Flipper. Dolphin in easy chair with bong. Ink on skin.

FLIPPER!
Hell’s Kitchen

Clinton Fearon, oil on canvas by Barbara Kennedy, 1998

Clinton Fearon & Boogie Brown Band
Nectar Lounge

Jesse Sykes.

Jesse Sykes & The Sweet Hereafter
The Tractor (also on Sunday)

The Whore Moans, X-Ray Eyes, Live.

Le Sexy with Jackie Hell
The Whore Moans
Wild Orchid Children
King Cobra

Devil Girl loves Hell’s Belles.

Hell’s Belles
Coconut Coolouts
The Intelligence
Wild Rose Tavern
Music Starts at 1:00pm and goes ’till Midnight. So many more bands, but only one Saturday Night. Sigh…

Sunday, June 29th:

HalloQueen, Halloween 2007. Photo by Cherrybombed. Taken while actually bombed.

HALLOQUEEN
The Funhouse
HALLOQUEEN! This is an early show. Music starts at 4:00, HalloQueen goes on at 6:00. Team Cherrybomb never misses an opportunity to see HalloQueen.

Looking Ahead:

The Legendary Shack Shakers, Poster by J.D. Wilkes.

The Legendary Shack Shakers will be back at The Tractor on July 3rd after playing a few dates with Rancid. TLSS then head to Dante’s in Portland, Oregon for a gig on the 4th of July.

The Surf Coasters (Japan)

This is a do-not-miss gig. The Surf Coasters will drop into Cherrybomb’s new favorite dig, Slim’s Last Chance Chili Shack, on September 6th. It’s pretty mind-boggling how great TSC are live, but I think the picture of them (above) might help that. If you like high-octane Rockabilly, Hamm’s Beer and cheese grits, you don’t want to miss this show. Did I mention Slim’s makes awesome cheese grits? I did? Okay, good.

Killing Joke, Eighties, 1985.

Lastly, the original lineup of Killing Joke will start a world tour this September that starts in Tokyo and ends up in Chicago in October at the House of Blues. New tour dates were recently announced for the band that include London, LA, and in New York at The Filmore. The band also cranked out some awesome vinyl re-issues, including a KJ favorite of mine, 1985′s Night Time.

Thanks to my favorite LP for her help with this week’s GTFO. You spin me right round, baby. I can’t wait till the next time we get to drink eachother under the table.

Now Get The Fuck Out.