by rudyards | July 30th, 2013
Poor Dumb Bastards (Houston, TX)
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Poor-Dumb-Bastards/126350582202
PDB was formed in March 1991 by long time hetero life partners and musical collaborators, Mike Porterfield and Byron Dean. The initial interest was to find a means to get into Emo’s for free, later they discovered Emo’s was always free. Drawing on their collective influences and experiences from some of their earlier work, bands like Cretinoid, Plutonium Flatheads and the Byron Weird Group, Mike and Byron set out create a genre all their own, hence “Texas Drunk Rock” was born. Add the non bass playing talents of Steve Scholtes and the competent, metronomic drumming of Chi Chi Macoola, and PDB were able to carve their initials on the bathroom door of the Texas music scene. Through the many years and many lineup changes, but these Ill-minded sewer rockers have stayed true to their founding principals. POWER, PERFORMANCE, PERVERSION
Wee Beasties (Denton, TX)
https://www.facebook.com/theweebeasties
The Wee-Beasties are a punk rock band from Denton, TX. Formed in 2009, the band quickly gained a cult following based largely on their notorious and often controversial live performances. The band acquired regional and national press over their use of “sexploitation” during shows and even in their promotional material, most particularly with numerous photos of their panty-clad singer storming the public stage at the 2011 35 Conferette and several Internet videos of their production of MILFest 2011 (a risqué beauty pageant for “hot moms”).
Musically, the band has been described as fast-paced, horn driven punk rock with elements of mariachi and surf mixed in. Their lyrics are often tongue-in-cheek dives into depraved sex and violence that develop into chants and crowd sing-alongs. To date, all of the band’s material has been released by local independent labels, with much of it staying out of print. Online sales for their albums, however, remain strong.
In May of 2011, the band won a spot on the Vans Warped tour after a typically intense performance on the Earn It Yourself “Spring Into Action Tour”. The band is set to release a split seven-inch vinyl record in July of 2011, sharing half of the vinyl with Grammy Award winning act Brave Combo. Greg Ginn, of Black Flag, makes an appearance on lead guitar for the Wee-beasties song “Lauren in a Bathing Suit”, which is also to be featured on the new record.
Luxurata (Houston, TX)
https://www.facebook.com/luxurata
Get lost in the sonic rock and delicate melodies of this dual guitar band. The unique alt-pop/indie rock sound will leave you wanting more. Luxurata was formed in the spring of 2002 and consisted of long time musical collaborators Mike Porterfield (vocals & bass) and Brian Schack (guitar), Dave Darby (drums, formerly of Ruskabank). Texas guitar legend Harry O’ (from the famed Zealots) joined in 2011. The diverse musical background of its members comes together in the unique alt-pop/indie rock sound of the band. Compositions range from sonic guitar rock to delicate melodies.
