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The Unnecessary Gunpoint Lecture
Also Playing: Cleobury and The Moment and Smiyt
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Joe Engle
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Fri Nov 27
10 pm
The Unnecessary Gunpoint Lecture, Cleobury, The Moment, and Smiyt at The Frequency
Some metal bands give listeners reason to wonder if they're pondering dense moral themes or Norse myths under their mega-technical riffage and syllable-melting screams. It's hard to imagine such lofty thoughts even taking root amid Madison band The Unnecessary Gunpoint Lecture's swarm of flesh-eating locusts, which spring from equal parts Pig Destroyer and Mr. Bungle. A bit like Boston's The Red Chord, TUGL defies most metalcore bands out there to keep up technically, but also corrodes some of that genre's pretension with a sick, near-antagonistic sense of humor—reflected in song titles like "Boogie The Squid" and vocals that go for tongue-seizure madness instead of stately import.
The Frequency 121 W. Main St., Madison, WI
Some metal bands give listeners reason to wonder if they're pondering dense moral themes or Norse myths under their mega-technical riffage and syllable-melting screams. It's hard to imagine such lofty thoughts even taking root amid Madison band The Unnecessary Gunpoint Lecture's swarm of flesh-eating locusts, which spring from equal parts Pig Destroyer and Mr. Bungle. A bit like Boston's The Red Chord, TUGL defies most metalcore bands out there to keep up technically, but also corrodes some of that genre's pretension with a sick, near-antagonistic sense of humor—reflected in song titles like "Boogie The Squid" and vocals that go for tongue-seizure madness instead of stately import.
Updated 11/16/2009
