April 30, 2011 Commentary, Live Shows, Music

Elmore Magazine says “Bang Bang Boogaloo is where its at!”

Elmore Magazine in their May/June issue profiles Band Bang Boogaloo as a tastemaker for up and coming hard hitting roots rock and roll. In an issue that features some of the greatest guitar players on the planet, we got a very nice toast. “The BBB Launch Party heralded a hefty bill of New York’s best yet-to-be-discovered acts like The Fieros, The Othermen, and Pattillo’s own gutter-blues band, The Dead Exs.” Thanks to writer Lara Hemingway for a sweet write up.

Click the pic to hit  their site…but you gotta get the mag as they don’t post on the web. Visit your neighborhood newsstand.

April 7, 2011 Live Shows

Friday April 8 – Dance Crazed Rock and Roll Party

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UNDERGROUND POW presents:

AN ALL NIGHT DANCE CRAZED ROCK ‘N’ ROLL PARTY
ROCK ‘N’ ROLL – BLUES – PUNK – GARAGE – SOUL
… LIVE SHOW + DANCE AFTER-PARTY

THE DEAD EXS – www.myspace.com/thedeadexs
A jet fueled stomp worthy 2 piece Blues Garage band
w/ elements of Punk ‘n’ Psych!!!
BLUES / GARAGE / PUNK

THE THUNDERFUCKS – www.myspace.com/thunderfux
Rock ‘n’ Roll meets Rockabilly & Punk in an explosive recipe
with an emphasis on OUT OF COUNTROL performance!!!
***Debut Show for Charlie V’s new Rock ‘n’ Roll project
with members from The Stalkers & Turbo ACs!!!!
ROCKABILLY / GARAGE / PUNK

BROWNBIRD RUDY RELIC – www.myspace.com/brownbirdrudyrelic
One of the most moving one man acts around blending the
raw sounds of the Blues, R&B, & Soul into well . . . you’ll
just have to find out for yourself!!!
ACOUSTIC HOLLER BLUES

DJ DREW REDMOND – Garage Soul Garage DJ extraordinaire, joining us from Home Sweet Home SHAKIN’ DOWN UNDER w/ NYNT Jonathan Toubin himself. Founder of the wild party Friskey Whiskey Tuesdays!!!

DJ CHARLES GASKINS – Owner of Killer Diller Records (NYC)
Garage / Punk / Rock ‘n’ Roll Label & founder of HULLABALOO with a record collection that’ll knock you off your FUCKIN’ FEET!!!

THE SUFFOLK
107 Suffolk (between Delancey & Rivington)
A brand spankin’ new venue with a huge dance floor / performance space with a bar / lounge area w/ plush leather booths and cool 60s decor all over!!! A renovated school turned Rock ‘n’ Roll Bar & Venue!!! TALK ABOUT ROCK ‘N’ ROLL HIGH SCHOOL KIDS!!!

So excited to bring this venue on the map for our great Rock ‘n’ Roll Scene Boys & Girls! I know you’ll LOVE the space!!!

OPEN BAR PBR
10PM – 11PM
DON’T MISS OUT ON THE DOUBLE FISTING OF THIS FINE BREW!!!

$3 at the door
1/3 OF THE DOOR GOES TO JAPAN RED CROSS RELIEF!!!!

March 13, 2011 Commentary, Live Shows

What a week

Its been one intense week…we are sending positive healing wishes to the people of Japan especially those of the North East region, and helping by making donations to The Red Cross. The earth has shifted on its axis and the coastlines are being redefined.  Mother Nature has asserted herself as queen and will rule as we continue to redefine what is meaningful in our lives.

Here in the states we are watching the unravelling of the human tsunami Charlie Sheen who has flipped the media on its head either by deft hyperbole or a personal manic überman disorder. Whether or not we believe what we see there is truth and lessons to learn, and one hell of a post modern anthropological conundrum.

In NYC our immediate world was much different.  We enjoyed an amazing night at The Bowery Electric with our friends at The Passenger NYC, The Dead Exs, The Fieros, and The Othermen. We toasted the week with a healthy shout out and airplay of The Dead Exs “More Stuff” on East Village Radio. Pretty sweet for just a couple of kids having fun. Here are some pictures from the event from the amazing Kristin Viens and even more here.



February 28, 2011 Uncategorized

Dancing the blues

So the whole reason I started the Dead Exs was to give people a chance to dance to the blues.  The delta blues started way back in the juke joints of the south…there was no amps, no light show, no gaga, just a feeling and a need to shake off a day in the fields with a party…Here is what Wikipedia says. “Juke joint music began with the black folk rags (“ragtime stuff” and “folk rags” are a catch-all term for older African American music[7]) and then the boogie woogie dance music of the late 1880s or 1890s and became the blues, barrel house, and the slow drag dance music of the rural south (moving to Chicago‘s black rent-party circuit in the Great Migration) often “raucous and raunchy”[8] good time secular music. Dance forms evolved from ring dances to solo and couples dancing.

We played a raucous show in NYC last night and were so stoked to see a bunch of kids dancing and singing to a couple of inspired musicians: one playing slide guitar and the other thrashing a drum kit.  So duly inspired, I set off today to find some examples of dancing to the blues. So moving forward I would have to say the general theme shall be: have fun and get air.

With Love,
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An instructional vid from our friends in Portand….Spicy!

February 26, 2011 Uncategorized

And the Bang Bang launch party is on! Tues March 8.

You gotta come out to this one.  We are celebrating the launch of Bang Bang Boogaloo as well as the first published issue of NYC’s new rock and roll newspaper, THE PASSENGER.  Its going to be a very special night in NYC.  Please come and be a part of it!

CUSTOM VISUAL PROJECTIONS BY WHITE LIGHT PRISM!!

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Tuesday, March 8 · 8:00pm – 11:00pm

The Bowery Electric
327 Bowery, New York, NY,

Set times:

8 – The Yellow Dogs
9 – The Fieros
10 – The Dead Exs
11 – The Othermen