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BEST BAND REUNION (2006)
Baldo Rex Lion's Lair January 27, 2006
It must have been like that line from The Blues Brothers when the immortal Baldo Rex got back together for one night in January at the Lair: "We're putting the band back together. We're on a mission from God." And though another recent notable reunion -- of Babihed -- was inevitable, will last longer and will probably overshadow what was just a one-off for the immortal Baldo Rex, to see Baldo's Ted Thacker waxing his ax again was a dream come true for those who recall the noisetastic band, which called it quits in the late '90s. Churning out smart punk Weirdos style, Phil Wronski might have still had a stuffed animal stuck in his zipper when he belted out, "We have to cling together/ Like family/ Like lovers/ We are the rupture." If only the dirtheads had never taken over 7 South.
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By Michael Roberts
Published: September 26, 1996
...And Baldo Rex put on a show to remember. Singer Phil Wronski, clad in a halter top and leather skirt, was quite fetching--he was a dead ringer for Gwyneth Paltrow--but what truly distinguished the performance was guitarist Ted Thacker's decision to set his guitar on fire using a bottle of Everclear for fuel. "It was completely contained," Thacker insisted afterward. "Really."
HIT PICK
Michael Roberts
Published: December 6, 1995Baldo Rex, with Boss 302, Friday, December 8, at the Lion's Lair, hasn't yet taken the nation by storm because of a single, fatal flaw: originality. Sure, the band (featuring Phil Wronski, Tom Sprenkle, John Call and Ted Thacker) makes music that might be described as modern rock, but it doesn't conform to the pre-fab notions that currently plague the genre. These guys are funny, intriguing and inventive, as their new CD, I Eat Robots, I'm So Sad, ably establishes. The disc probably won't make them famous, but it won't make them sellouts, either. And that's the main thing.
