Today marks the first installment of what may become a regular feature on crabwalk.com: Who Dat Drummer?
It’s my attempt, the day after attending a fine indie-rock show, to describe the appearance of the performing bands’ drummers in terms of other historical or contemporary figures. Drummers are, of course, the quiet showboats of indie rock — free to cultivate a sartorial or facial-hair strangeness, but not burdened by the attempts at prettyness required of frontmen.
Today’s installment of Who Dat Drummer? features the two bands I saw last night at the Gypsy:
– The Oranges Band (drummer Dave Voyles): Perry Farrell in a Beatle Bob fright wig
– Ted Leo and the Pharmacists (drummer Chris Wilson): Two-thirds Rasputin, one-third unindicted co-conspirator of John Wilkes Booth.
Thank you for playing Who Dat Drummer?
(Aside: Did you realize how frickin’ old Perry Farrell is? Dude is pushing 50.)
(Aside the second: Props to Ted Leo for breaking out a cover of Rush’s “The Spirit of Radio.” Truly a moment of Rock Greatness. The cover of Stiff Little Fingers’ “Suspect Device” was nice, too.)