event Family Force 5
Also Playing: Queens Club and I Rival and Breathe Carolina and Cash Cash
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Tue Sep 29
6 pm
Family Force 5, Queens Club, I Rival, Breathe Carolina, and Cash Cash at Gothic TheatreGothic Theatre 3263 S Broadway, Denver/Boulder, CO
As any fan of Andrew W.K. or The Darkness knows, even the most flamboyant parodies really get by on affection. But Atlanta band Family Force 5 mocks goth-pop, rap-metal, and all manner of danceable rock without salvaging much of the fun (or anything else redeeming). Even for a band whose members take nicknames like Soul Glow Activatur and Chap Stique, FF5 lays on the jokes so incessantly that it’s actually hard to enjoy on any level. After reissuing its 2006 debut, Business Up Front/Party In The Back, in a 2007 “Diamond Edition”—which unfortunately doesn’t mean it’s been melted and crushed deep within the earth—FF5 churned out another batch of novelty sludge called Dance Or Die last year, followed up by Dance Or Die With A Vengeance, the remix album.
As any fan of Andrew W.K. or The Darkness knows, even the most flamboyant parodies really get by on affection. But Atlanta band Family Force 5 mocks goth-pop, rap-metal, and all manner of danceable rock without salvaging much of the fun (or anything else redeeming). Even for a band whose members take nicknames like Soul Glow Activatur and Chap Stique, FF5 lays on the jokes so incessantly that it’s actually hard to enjoy on any level. After reissuing its 2006 debut, Business Up Front/Party In The Back, in a 2007 “Diamond Edition”—which unfortunately doesn’t mean it’s been melted and crushed deep within the earth—FF5 churned out another batch of novelty sludge called Dance Or Die last year, followed up by Dance Or Die With A Vengeance, the remix album.
Updated 05/04/2011
