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Messer Chups at the Ivy Room
Messer Chups
While Messer Chups’ mostly instrumental sound is hard to neatly categorize, it’s safe to say that it would be embraced by fans of rockabilly, horror punk, vintage surf records, Italian slasher films, My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult, Pulp Fiction, lounge music, the theremin, The Cramps, and the theme song from The Munsters. Their catchy music combines surf, vintage Russian melodies, rare film samples from the 50s and 60s, scratchy historical recordings, and lounge loops. Live, they explode with garage-punk intensity, all played against a video-collage backdrop of mid-century trashy cult and horror movie clips featuring Russ Meyer and Ed Wood, and superstars like Vampira and Bela Lugosi in a zombie mash-up.
Also appearing….
Isaac Rother and The Phantoms
Isaac Rother & The Phantoms are the masters of Ghoulish Rock N Roll. A style that unites wild Rock N’ Roll with mid-century Rhythm N’ Blues while adding an overlay of retro horror schlock. Since forming in 2012 the cape wearing, afro’d Rother and his Phantoms have released of slew of EP’s, LP’s, cassette tapes, CDs and music videos to adoring fans all over the world. If you are lucky enough to catch them live, you are in for an unforgettable performance that will leave you screaming for more!
The Infamous Swanks
The Infamous Swanks are a high energy, fast paced rockabilly trio from Northern CA. With the revival of all things early Americana, the 50’s and early 60’s culture has made a large resurgence into the modern era, bringing rockabilly music with it. The Infamous Swanks represents this revival of attitude and sound that encapsulates all that is traditional as well as new about this celebrated style. Writing the soundtrack of this resurgence, and playing together since 2005, The Swanks have extensive road and tour experience, and they bring a unique swagger to the thing they love most, making the people dance and dishing out only the very best musical performances and stage presence!