Sometimes sci-fi Geekdom is a fun place to venture. As was the case back on April 9th at the Funhouse, where probably the greatest collection of geek bands ever assembled battled in out for shtick of the decade. In the process, a Klingon warrior death metal band defended their honor, we said farewell to long-running “Edu-Core” kings BlöödHag, and helped celebrate 10 years of the Chucky Cheeses on acid sideshow that is Captured! By Robots.
Stovokor aka the NW’s only Klingon death metal band drove up from Portland, Oregon to open the show, and immediately had some choice words for the humans in the audience, making it abundantly clear that today was a good day to die (“Heghlu'meH QaQ jajvam”). Klingons definitely cannot play instruments better than humans, but that didn’t stop them from making skull stew and slinging as many Klingon insults as they could during the time they held the stage. Hab SoSlI' Quch!
Though not a popular decision as far as their fans are concerned, BlöödHag still made the choice to hang it up after 15 years of immortalizing sci-fi authors through death metal, and this marked their final show. Seattle’s own long time pro-literacy metal heads ripped through two minute bloodbath after two minute bloodbath, choosing to retrace their catalog of sci-fi author themed tunes in alphabetical order. You better believe Issac Isamov, Jules Verne, Anne McCaffery, and Ray Bradbury made the final setlist, but it also featured a couple never before and never again played additions as well. Throughout the 40 minute set, neck-tied hellbeast Jake Stratton's vocals were furious and guttural beyond belief, while Jeff McNulty threw down the forever vicious riffs that have since 1995, built BlöödHag’s reputation as far more than some novelty act. Even though J.B. Stratton, Dr. J.M. McNulty, Sir Zachery Orgel, and Ambassador Brent Carpenter pelted the packed house with shitty garage sale sci-fi novels for the last time, their legacy as one of Seattle’s most well-read and indisputably brutal metal bands maintains intact. This time I avoided a novel upside the head unlike my previous BlöödHag experience. Kind of a bummer though because it would have been nice to go home with a keepsake. RIP BlöödHag (1995-2010).
The evening’s headliners were non-other than Captured! By Robots. If you aren’t familiar with the C!BR story, the basic premise claims that the human JBOT attempted to create his own band out of robots. Instead of following him, they revolted, and now force him to travel the world with them, performing music. A simple ploy, but the actual experience is so much more. Jay Vance aka JBOT is a certifiable genius, controlling the packed stage of three robots (two evil bug eyed drummers, and a bass player reminiscent of Short Circuit’s Johnny 5), two stuffed apes, and three headless horn players all via his self-made robotics remote control called the “Motherfucker Board (MFB)". It’s quite a show, one that not only contains a musically gratifying blend of punk rock and metal, but also features an unbelievably entertaining storyline and amazingly well-timed banter between JBOT and all members of the robot band. C!BR is geekery at its highest level, and some might even go as far as to even call it wizardry (me), but one thing's for sure you must see to believe.
Stovokor aka the NW’s only Klingon death metal band drove up from Portland, Oregon to open the show, and immediately had some choice words for the humans in the audience, making it abundantly clear that today was a good day to die (“Heghlu'meH QaQ jajvam”). Klingons definitely cannot play instruments better than humans, but that didn’t stop them from making skull stew and slinging as many Klingon insults as they could during the time they held the stage. Hab SoSlI' Quch!
Though not a popular decision as far as their fans are concerned, BlöödHag still made the choice to hang it up after 15 years of immortalizing sci-fi authors through death metal, and this marked their final show. Seattle’s own long time pro-literacy metal heads ripped through two minute bloodbath after two minute bloodbath, choosing to retrace their catalog of sci-fi author themed tunes in alphabetical order. You better believe Issac Isamov, Jules Verne, Anne McCaffery, and Ray Bradbury made the final setlist, but it also featured a couple never before and never again played additions as well. Throughout the 40 minute set, neck-tied hellbeast Jake Stratton's vocals were furious and guttural beyond belief, while Jeff McNulty threw down the forever vicious riffs that have since 1995, built BlöödHag’s reputation as far more than some novelty act. Even though J.B. Stratton, Dr. J.M. McNulty, Sir Zachery Orgel, and Ambassador Brent Carpenter pelted the packed house with shitty garage sale sci-fi novels for the last time, their legacy as one of Seattle’s most well-read and indisputably brutal metal bands maintains intact. This time I avoided a novel upside the head unlike my previous BlöödHag experience. Kind of a bummer though because it would have been nice to go home with a keepsake. RIP BlöödHag (1995-2010).
The evening’s headliners were non-other than Captured! By Robots. If you aren’t familiar with the C!BR story, the basic premise claims that the human JBOT attempted to create his own band out of robots. Instead of following him, they revolted, and now force him to travel the world with them, performing music. A simple ploy, but the actual experience is so much more. Jay Vance aka JBOT is a certifiable genius, controlling the packed stage of three robots (two evil bug eyed drummers, and a bass player reminiscent of Short Circuit’s Johnny 5), two stuffed apes, and three headless horn players all via his self-made robotics remote control called the “Motherfucker Board (MFB)". It’s quite a show, one that not only contains a musically gratifying blend of punk rock and metal, but also features an unbelievably entertaining storyline and amazingly well-timed banter between JBOT and all members of the robot band. C!BR is geekery at its highest level, and some might even go as far as to even call it wizardry (me), but one thing's for sure you must see to believe.
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