Los Bastardos Rules!! Go see Los Bastardos!!
Los Bastardos makes me wanna drive fast. Next time I'm on a roadtrip, and driving 80mph down an open highway, I want Los Bastardos playing in my car.
Imagine Soundgarden (SST days) drag racing Ministry (Jesus Built My Hot Rod era) and you have Los Bastardos. I love rock and roll that cuts out for like a second and then rocks out again. The rock pause is indicative of a tight, well practiced band.
Doug the guitarist and Spike the bassist sound like they have saw blades attached to their guitars. Doc, the vocalist, kinda reminds me of Danzig except easier to understand. He announces songs, and without stick clicks the band breaks into the next song on the set list. Dick Whiskey, the drummer keeps amazing time, with stick reel variations, then keeps the song right on track.
I got to interview Los Bastardos before their STIFF Licks performance. The members of Los Bastardos have played in various bands including, Pleasure Elite, Betty X, Dead Vampires, Go Like Hell, and other quasi-historic bands. When asked about memorable shows, Dick Whiskey remembers playing the Whiskey A-Go-Go, hanging out with the dudes from Jackass, and the time when an audience member lost a tooth, and the lead singer of his former band picked up the tooth and swallowed it. Hahaha!
The opening band was a self described nerd-core band called Kirby Krackle, which featured one guy on with an acoustic guitar singing songs about comic books, video games and nerd culture. Funny songs about NES Contra extra live code, playing Wii naked, and The Thing from Fantastic Four. Kirby Krackle tours different comic book conventions, so check them out at the next comic con.
Kirby Krackle eloquently proclaimed, "Remember when video game controllers had fewer buttons than your tv remote control?"
The opening act was a stand up comedian named Nicole Lucas. She told some funny stories about on-line dating and going to the zoo.
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