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Afro Zep
Also Playing: Solar Plex
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April Albaugh
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April Albaugh
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April Albaugh
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Sat Dec 5
10 pm
Afro Zep and Solar Plex at High Noon Saloon
Even in a world where Beatallica (Milwaukee's Beatles-Metallica mash-up band) exists, nobody would have predicted that a band would attempt to combine the blues-rock of Led Zeppelin with the indignant, political Afrobeat of Fela Kuti. But that's exactly what the new Chicago band Afro Zep does, rearrange Zeppelin, Fela, and Thomas Mapfumo tunes in to a new hybrid. Robert Plant's wail at the beginning of "Immigrant Song," for example, becomes an Afrobeat-style brass blast atop steadily chugging guitar and African percussion, and "DubQuarter" aptly funkifies the epic melodies of "No Quarter." It's a risky mix, but a hell of a lot easier to cheer on than the zillion bands who've baldly ripped off Zeppelin for decades.
High Noon Saloon 701 E. Washington Ave., Madison, WI
Even in a world where Beatallica (Milwaukee's Beatles-Metallica mash-up band) exists, nobody would have predicted that a band would attempt to combine the blues-rock of Led Zeppelin with the indignant, political Afrobeat of Fela Kuti. But that's exactly what the new Chicago band Afro Zep does, rearrange Zeppelin, Fela, and Thomas Mapfumo tunes in to a new hybrid. Robert Plant's wail at the beginning of "Immigrant Song," for example, becomes an Afrobeat-style brass blast atop steadily chugging guitar and African percussion, and "DubQuarter" aptly funkifies the epic melodies of "No Quarter." It's a risky mix, but a hell of a lot easier to cheer on than the zillion bands who've baldly ripped off Zeppelin for decades.
Updated 06/01/2011
