Picture provide by www.savageauralhotbed. Twin Cities music scene veterans will not be surprised to learn the van and the brains behind the series belong to a member of Savage Aural Hotbed, a rhythmic and truly industrial punk band that. I'd heartily recommend it to anyone who's willing to try something a little bit weird. Their most recent album, The Unified Pounding Theory, is available now. 25 Music Savage Aural Hotbed, 20th Anniversary Sure, power tools and saw blades may not be. My favorite heavy-metal percussion band, Savage Aural Hotbed, has a new CD, The Unified Pounding Theory, wherein they whack the bejesus out of metal drums, beer kegs, springs, pipes, mufflers, and occasional instruments. These are sounds of destruction, of the warranties on power tools being voided left and right, but they're melded with the warm sound of wooden drums and rhythms that quite often beg for dancing. Grand Casino Hinckley, 777 Lady Luck Dr, Hinckley 8 p.m. Bed & Board 2-bedroom 1-bath Updated Bungalow. Listening to the way they beat out their rhythms and turned the screeches of coils and drills into notes, I was left awed that something so downright weird could sound so right. It was a strange mix of primitive and futuristic that had influences from across the globe, but didn't really sound like anything else I'd ever heard before. The instruments sang with all the finesse of operatic divas. The power tools sent off showers of sparks. Influenced by Japanese Taiko drumming, they combined the sounds of beaten wood with bass guitar, barrels, springs, saws and grinders. The second they started playing, though, all of my doubts evaporated on the spot. Was this going to be some sort of horrific, Industrial version of the Blue Man Group? They were introduced as being "all percussion" and my fears grew. Looking around at the half-naked hippy chicks, the giant hoola hoops, and the preponderance of dreadlocks, I was a bit confused about what they'd be doing at the farm. They were Savage Aural Hotbed, which was described as being "Industrial." Savage Aural Hotcakes is the brainchild of Stuart DeVaan and fellow bandmates of the longtime local music group Savage Aural Hotbed, this brunch-hours. All to benefit a great cause - providing housing for local people. They are heavily influenced by Japanese taiko drumming, but also feature usage of home-made instruments, metal and plastic barrels, saw-blades, power. Formed in 1988, SAH is a four-member band that performs instrumental percussive and ambient music. Buckwheat Zydeco was going to come on at eleven and that was fairly promising, but in between there was just this bunch of guys I'd never heard of before from the Twin Cities. Enjoy performances by Ballet of the Dolls, Savage Aural Hotbed, Urban Motet and others. Savage Aural Hotbed is a 'found object' band based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States. Since I'd been mostly interested in seeing Floydian Slip and we pulled into the field designated for parking just as their set finished, I was sort of disappointed. Due to my impeccable directions not being heeded by our driver (or, perhaps, our impeccable driver being unable to understand my directions), we got there later than we'd intended. They recorded their first album in 1993 And went on to be regionally famous and stayed connected. I'd been completely unaware of these guys until 07/07/07 when I went to a concert at Anathoth Farm. Bill Melton helped form a band called Savage Aural Hotbed. Finally, thanks to Savage Aural Hotbed, we know. The first act is more about that, and the second act is actually a little bit more about construction.Long has the debate waged regarding what it would sound like if cavemen fought Japanese robots. "As the show moves along, the stage transforms and clears. "At the top of the show, the stage is filled with stuff," says Hawthorne. Hawthorne says they're trying to capture the way buildings go up and down almost overnight. Pounding out rhythmic barrages of pulsating, percussive music since 1988. The band's new show is actually about urban landscapes. "No one forgets the first time they've seen us," he says.Īt first glance, Savage Aural Hotbed may just look like four guys pounding on things, but it's more complicated than that. Its actually a microwave dish, taken - legally, they say - from the top of the Pillsbury building. On the set of their latest show, theyve built a 10-foot scaffold and put a huge drum on top. Plus, band member Dean Hawthorne admits, they're kind of loud. Savage Aural Hotbed: A group of four middle-aged men who use boxes, springs, and auto parts in ways they werent intended. When the band plays arms fly, sparks shoot off the set, and fire courses through thick pipes. There's a certain kind of thrill the audience can see when we're working so hard to do it." "You have to stand back, and maybe even up on a box, get a good angle at it, and just use your whole body. "Some of our instruments are so big, you can't just stand and tippy-tap on it," says Black.
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