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Unclogged presents

Friday, 22nd September 2006

RM15 / 8.30 PM

Little Havana, Changkat Bukit Bintang KL (see map below)

Bands:

Zany, angular avant-punk with one huge baritone saxophone doing jazz-skronk Peter Brötzmann-style - imagine a ten-storey toad in its noisy death-throes. Also features one amazing drummer we now call as THE ROJAK SOTONG, one ass-kicking bassist of Kim Gordonesque stature and one very young skinny and shy 6 footer kid on spazztic guitar. Yup! They are a sight to behold, and I'm not talking about their warpaint and aprons just yet!

Those who have been to mr sterile Assembly's shows in Klang and Sri Hartamas recently would tell you how endearing and fun these guys were. Some kids came up to me and mentioned similarities to Mr. Bungle/Fanthomas and Primus. But if you're well-verse with the more experimental, anarchic avant-garde end of punk rock; bands like The Ex, Dog-Faced Hermans, mid-period Chumbawamba and Crass would take you to the area which mr sterile & gang dwells in.

http://www.myspace.com/mrsterileassembly"

http://www.skirted.net/

More like "Jam Band", an improv jam fest with Yandsen AKA Yong Yen Sin (ex-Moxuan, Klangmutationen, Xing Wu Records), Ah Tham AKA Tham Kar Mun (ex-Chong Yang, Klangmutationen, Xing Wu Records) and Aziz (Ciplak!, ex-Talentless Plywood and the vacuum-cleaner-totting version of early 667-Neighbour of the Beast!). All are heavily involved in the criminally-ignored local abang-garde scene, and all the fabulous mind-warping SiCKl happenings too.

Do I know what to expect? Well, not me. Anything can happen with these guys. It may be just them standing around on stage smoking a cigarette for 30 minutes! Abang-garde apa!

Have to admit, I'm not familiar with Tenderfist at all, apart from them very good songs on its MySpace page. Is it a band or is it just a one-man project? Well, Tenderfist played at the recent Greener Riddim show at KLPac a-lonesome; a chair, an acoustic guitar and tonnes of songs. Judging from the slew of tunes on the MySpace page, I'm piqued; hopefully you are too!

"http://www.myspace.com/tenderfist"

–Breathlessly suave, debonair rib-tickler from the decadent 70s. Yes, the man is back for his third appearance at an Unclogged do. The Rais failed to spark much engagement and hilarity the last time he was on stage, will he pull back from the brink and rescue us all from the relentless staidness of our backyard? Well, I hope so!

Well, this is still quite a mystery, even to us. We were presented with a badly recorded song on a cassette (yes, that plasticky square thing with two rollers and tape). Only one song but what a song it was! And what a voice! We can't even describe it here as the Django guy wants it to be a surprise. All we can say is, do expect loads clever verses.

Cross-dressing, lipstick-smearing geeks with guitars and a drumset, or a piano or a flute or a wind-up doll. With these guys, rock'n'roll is long dead and we are all vultures feeding upon the corpse. Amen.

Who knows? There should be at least another band on the list. There may be a film or two! Will keep you all posted on that.

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