No Jacket Required
Recent shows at The Fire Escape:
Fri 2/5: DEFYANT CIRCLE, TBA
Sat 2/6: THE NICKEL SLOTS; HELPYOURSELF; MUSICAL CHARIS (possible typo?)
Sun 2/7: SCOWNDROLLS; TAGYOURDEAD; CHASER; CALL THE COPS; FUTURE DAYDREAM
NOTES:
1) Intentionally incorrect spelling (e.g. Defyant Circle) and an odd agglutinative tendency (Helpyourself) are revealing themselves to be the two dominant tendencies in Fire Escape band nomenclature, along with, of course, potty humor (Sexrat, Blownload – incidentally both agglutinative as well). The ultimate Fire Escape band name would combine all three of these tendencies, as in “Blownlowd.”
2) As a name, “Tagyourdead” is somewhat unclear. As it reads now, it seems to imply an admonition to “tag your dead,” which sounds rather boringly like something you’d say to your kid the first time he takes down a deer on a hunting trip. “Tagyouredead,” as in “Tag! You’re dead!” would probably register as more badass in the world of The Fire Escape, suggesting some sort of lethal, satanic game of Laser Tag, though perhaps the band members considered an extra “e” an effeminate excess.
February 10th, 2010 at 9:38 pm
the fire escape has apparently fallen on hard times, I wonder if the agglutinative trend you point out is a result of bands wanting to optimize their search engine ranking
February 10th, 2010 at 10:34 pm
That’s an interesting idea. Being a non-techie, I wouldn’t have thought of it! I agree that this is far from the Fire Escape’s best effort, though I find both “Defyant Circle” and “Future Daydream” somewhat amusing in a sort of underwhelming way: when is an abstract geometric form ever defiant? And who cares if some metal dude has a daydream at some point in the unspecified future?