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About this event
Mr. Phylzzz is a new-ish noise rock duo that make mean and scary heavy duty music. Their guitars sound like industrial wrecking balls smashing into metal sheet siding and the drums sound like pneumatic drills pounding hard rock. The band takes cues from Flipper, Unsane, and Melvins. So, it's fitting that the band's new track, "Mr. Entertainer" features appearances from a bunch of noise-rock top ranking champs! The Melvins Buzz Osborne, The Cows Kevin Rutmanis, and Haze XXL of Halo of Flies each show up to add some venom to the crushing track! It's even more fitting that the release is coming out on long running noise-rock label Amphetamine Reptile!
Hammerhead emerged in the early nineties from Fargo, North Dakota, a remote outpost in the northern plains of the United States. In that cold and desolate city, drummer Jeff Mooridian, Jr., bassist Paul Erickson and guitarist Paul Sanders rejected eighties pop music and instead devoured vinyl records and mixtapes that spanned the range of early punk, hard rock, and experimental music. Like an animal that evolved on a remote island, Hammerhead’s sound was unique, combining a relentless rhythmic attack, sub-octave bass lines, and searing guitar riffs enveloped by a shared dystopian worldview that placed them even further off the map than their geographic location.
Their interest in science fiction themes was a byproduct of their realization that in their remote locale, they were viewed as aliens. Alienation led to frustration, and as time passed, morphed into a form of musical self-immolation. The sonic assault of formative lineups got them banned from the few available music venues in the city, but earned them an audience that eventually spawned the well-documented nineties underground music scene of Fargo, ND.
As unlikely as their origin was, their destination was even stranger. A chance show opening for the Cows in Minneapolis led to an introduction to Tom Hazelmyer, which began their relationship with Amphetamine Reptile Records. Their first track was “Gremlin Stomp,” appearing on the Dope Guns and Fucking in the Streets, Vol. 6 compliation. Several critically acclaimed full-length AmRep releases followed, with non-stop tours of the United States and Europe. Their live shows became legendary for their incendiary blood and sweat-soaked performances.
Sanders left the group after recording the album Duh…the Big City in 1996 and Hammerhead disbanded shortly thereafter. With Mooridian and Erickson continuing on to form Vaz, Sanders remained musically dormant until contributing to the final lineup of the Heroine Sheiks. As years passed, the concept of a Hammerhead reunion became as remote and unlikely as their initial existence and brief survival.
Once again prodded by Tom Hazelmyer, the band reunited in 2010 for the 25th Anniversary of Amphetamine Reptile Records. Sharing a profound distaste of sentimentality, the members decided that the only way to reform was to move the band forward with new music. The Memory Hole EP was recorded in 2010 and released in limited edition vinyl for AmRep. Hammerhead reassembled in 2014 to release Global Depression, a six-song EP of tracks recorded in Minneapolis, on Learning Curve Records.
Musically, the band picked up from where they left off, their misanthropy now reinforced by a lifetime of experience. Technology, biological engineering, and other shared illusions of progress are sonically explored, mapped, and destroyed. The band continues to create new music, releasing New Directionz EP in August 2015.
Unguided is an alt/rock power trio from Mpls/St. Paul. Comprised of singer/song writer/guitarist Kurt Allis, drummer Tim Behm (Frances Gumm), and bassist Brent Ashley (LTD Action) the band has been around since the early 2000's. Packing a sonic distorto wallop of sideways power chord elegance, melodic bass lines, and a fist full of drums stumbling comparisons have been made to Nirvana, Mudhoney, and The Fall. Currently working on their latest album, to date Unguided has four full length albums and an e.p. under their belt.
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