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ROTFEST III 3 Stoned Men
David Nudelman, John Blackwell, Mike Buzzo: kingpins of the San Mateo stoner rock scene.
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 Natural Fonzie
Natural Fonzie grew from the diverse sounds of San Mateo stoner rock and Santa Cruz cheezy metal to create the arena rock sound that rocked the Bay Area and beyond.
Influences:
Jim Nabors, The Osmonds, Blowfly and Mentors
Sounds Like:
Sofa meets Wig Torture
Record Label:
Rodent Records
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Wiki Wiki UKE Band
All-star Hawaii via Bel Mateo via S.F. ukulele action. |
 Vanilla Whores
Strawberry Alarm Clock meets Chocolate Watchband meets Vanilla Fudge meets Tom Guido's Purple Onion.
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 Resineators
Siltbreeze panic rock band responsible for theunderground novelty hit and Purple Onion exposé, "Underage Girl Get Out!"
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Beardo
Accept not false and modern "Beardo"s! This is the ORIGINAL Beardo from San Mateo with members of Wig Torture and other luminaries. Last seen at the Pony Express Pizza Parlor in Redwood City 1991 on a bill with Icky Boyfriends. |
 David Nudelman
Recipient of the San Mateo Chamber of Commerce Lifetime Achievement Award, David Nudelman has been a member of The Wild Breed, 3 Stoned Men, and Resineators. He is the organizer of ROTFEST.
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early show - Young Offenders, Airfix Kits, Only the Messengers -- 3pm, $5 Young Offenders
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later show: Bare Wires, Natural Child, Liquor Store -- 9:00pm, $7Bare Wires
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 Natural Child (Nashville)
Natural Child are on Infinity Cat with bands like Heavy Cream, Pujol, and JEFF the Brotherhood. Last in SF turning in a stellar performance at the Verdi Club opening for Ty Segall. Don't miss!
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 Liquor Store
Although originally described by listeners as “kind of underwhelming” and “a goddamned fucking trainwreck that’s what,” Liquor Store quickly found their sonic niche. They’d show up to a gig with as many as seven guitarists in addition to a bassist and drummer and fill up the stage with swingin’ meat and guitar feedback before launching into impossibly powerful punk epics with funny titles. Their shows have turned into the best party you can be at if you’re into things like drinking and attaining states of atavistic ecstasy. People writhe around on the floor in intoxicated glee, getting bruised up and feeling deliriously joyful. The last time I saw them someone started fighting a chair. Sarim, the main Liquor Store guy, is a really funny Iraqi guy who talks like Lenny and/or Squiggy. - VICE
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DJ Brian Turner 6-9pm, FREE // PRS at 10pm, free |
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9:00pm, $7 |
 Heavy Hawaii
It’s safe to say that ever since 1968, when Dennis Wilson invited Charles Manson in as an extended houseguest, it’s been common knowledge that summery, shimmery surf-pop is firmly in possession of a dark side. It should therefore come as no surprise that Heavy Hawaii, a San Diego based band currently surfing the sonic wave, are still exploring the murky, slightly sinister side of the genre. The band brings their signature lazy hazy day on the sidewalk next to the beach sound to their upcoming 12″ release on Art Fag Recordings, presenting eleven tracks swirling with atmosphere and featuring harmonies that would make Gidget swoon and then promptly spike the lemonade. - We Are Solid Gold
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Bleached (ex-Mika Miko)
It’s a testament to LA art-punk band Mika Miko that the group’s dissolution has spawned so many interesting projects, including Dunes, Cold Showers and Bleached. Bleached was formed by Jessica and Jennifer Clavin, and the band has released a couple of 7″s so far. “Think of You” is catchy as hell, with that punk/pop steamroller effect that the Ramones and Misfits both did so well. - The Bay Bridged |
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Plateaus
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9:00pm, $6 |
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9:00pm, $6 |
 Blisses B
“…11 glistening ditties — heavy with none-too-subtle Afropop influences, strong doses of Paul Simonism, and snippets of Cat Stevensy folk…”
- SF Weekly
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 The Grownup Noise (Boston)
Indie-Americana from Boston. "The Grownup Noise's best asset is the songwriting, with lines of love and the changing seasons coming out as gently and colorful as the music itself." - Onion AV Club
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9:00pm, $7 |
Fuzzfest 2011 Slowness
Gleaming, hypnotic drone pop.
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 Here Come The Saviours
With ex-members of Stratford 4 and The Otherside, in Here Come The Saviours, "Marc and Susan bounce between keyboard bass and analogue drums, electric bass and electronic drums seamlessly, and layers and layers of swirly bent guitar tones emanate from Jake’s long time shoegazing roots. Steve’s lazy vocal snarl floats melodies over a wall of fuzzy sounds while adding his own angular post punk guitar work. Nothing small about it… it moves you like early MBV, gets dark like Joy Division, and is expressively loud in the best of ways." - RICK!
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9:30pm, $6 |
 Mr. Free & the Satellite Freakout
Tucson's Mr. Free & the Satellite Freakout..."is, in a word (and here's where that musical ADD comes in), dense—crammed with ideas that veer from one direction to the next within any given song. "Gimme All Yr Money" is a slinky, space-funk odyssey that finds Dmitri sounding a bit like Danny Elfman (he tends to alter his voice to serve any particular passage), before a fairly straightforward instrumental interlude that speeds up into straight-up punk rock, then into what serves as a chorus ... and on and on—all in less than five minutes. It's not unlike a more musically complex, condensed version of one of The Who's rock operas, touching on Sonic Youth-style indie rock, carnival music, surf-rock, '70s-era prog rock and much more." - Tucson Weekly
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 Sugar Candy Mountain
Bandcamp tage: ash reiter astro pop california matt adams sugar candy mountain will halsey astro pop weekend daydreams dream pop fun pop groove pop music psychadelic
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 Chris Thayer
SF comedian Chris Thayer might very well be the hate-cuddle love child of early SNL's Michael O'Donoghue and young adult author Judy Blume.
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