HEADBAND

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Member Since: 26/02/2006
Band Members: Jason, Shaun, Mike and Bobby plus cameos by Miss Mannered.
Sounds Like: HEADBAND w/ The Secretaries Empress Ale House • July 8 Flash floods didn’t keep crowds away from Tuesday’s packed show at the Empress—though the bar would probably make a fine ark in a pinch. At the helm would be Headband frontman Bobby Yiannakoulias, the full-time crooner and part-time handyman responsible for the group’s theatrical set design. The band looks decidedly sci-fi, bathed in eerie blue soundwave projections—as if Fritz Lang directed movies about rock ’n’ rollers instead of robot feminoids. The band tore through a set of bluesy metal, harking back to a time when heavy music was synonymous with denim, greasy hair, and acne, capping off the evening with a cover of Black Sabbath’s “Children of the Grave” that left both stoners and leather daddies alike howlin’ at the moon. Despite drummer Tash Fryzuk splittin’ her pretty head open like a ripe summer melon, The Secretaries delivered an elegant opening set. If your mom dug Heart and Some Girls-era Stones, you would definitely have a soft spot (or hard-on) for these jams. The group’s usual crowd of sweaty rockers was peppered with bespectacled CKUA-ers and flabby folk fans, but even those pale-skinned weirdos couldn’t ruin a rousing game of “Pin the Head-Band on the Headband”, orchestrated mid-set by the foxy threesome. The winner took home a plate of Rice Krispies squares, but when the Wednesday morning hangover kicks in, there are no winners, only losers. TRAVIS SARGENT
Type of Label: Major