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The Queers
Also Playing: The Riptides and Kepi Ghoulie and The Transgressions
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Fri Dec 10
9 pm
The Queers, The Riptides, Kepi Ghoulie, and The Transgressions at The Frequency
New Hampshire band The Queers formed in 1982, when a band named The Queers would probably raise more than a few eyebrows before it even hit the stage. But, nearly 30 years later, it takes a lot more than a tongue-in-cheek name to get people up in arms. The group was always more concerned with perpetual adolescence, loading up its Ramones-like pop-punk with Beach Boys-lite vocals and goofy lyrics. Recording other bands has kept frontman Joe King from recording with his band since 2007’s airy Munki Brain; the new album, Back To The Basement, takes a fun trip back into the snotty three-chord punk the band so joyously conjured on Love Songs For The Retarded, particularly on crassly titled songs like “Tit Fuck.”
The Frequency 121 W. Main St., Madison, WI
New Hampshire band The Queers formed in 1982, when a band named The Queers would probably raise more than a few eyebrows before it even hit the stage. But, nearly 30 years later, it takes a lot more than a tongue-in-cheek name to get people up in arms. The group was always more concerned with perpetual adolescence, loading up its Ramones-like pop-punk with Beach Boys-lite vocals and goofy lyrics. Recording other bands has kept frontman Joe King from recording with his band since 2007’s airy Munki Brain; the new album, Back To The Basement, takes a fun trip back into the snotty three-chord punk the band so joyously conjured on Love Songs For The Retarded, particularly on crassly titled songs like “Tit Fuck.”
Updated 02/14/2012
