The Bad Things
© Copyright-The Bad Things
(783707959528)
Record Label: Silent City Records
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The Bad Things were formed out of the ashes of Seattle underground favorites A Midnite Choir. Taking their love of traditional music (gypsy, american, russian, mexican, etc.),black humor, and classic vaudeville/circus entertainment and adding a good dose of punk rock rowdiness to their live shows, The Bad Things have been entertaining audiences heavily under the influence since 2002.
"The Bad Things mixes folk, mountain music, and Klezmer into a seamless and delerious live show....the instruments are all acoustic (accordion, banjo, guitar, upright bass, and percussion)but the energy is bare-wire punk."
-The Stranger
"Combining Gypsy, Folk, Klezmer, Hillbilly Ballads, Mariachi Crooners, and a Vaudeville theatrical aesthetic, the group has a reputation for drunken debauchery and feverish dancing at their live shows....the group blends their old-fashioned style with a postmodern sense of black humor."
-The Tablet
"The Bad Things" is their first "official" release and the second on their own Silent City Records (the first being A Midnite Choir's "You Have Been Warned", also available from CD Baby). Recorded by Northwest legend Kearney Barton (The Sonics, The Kingsmen, The Ventures, Bonnie Guitar, etc. etc.)at his legendary Audio Recordings; recorded live using vintage 50's recording techniques, this CD truly captures the live intensity of a Bad Things show and maintains a "warmth" that you don't find in modern digital recordings.
Sounds best played loud under a full moon with a whiskey bottle.
Please feel free to visit The Bad Things website for news, bios, photos, merchandise, shows, and all that other good stuff at www.thebadthings.com
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Sitting on the cobblestone in your rags, you can watch them for free.
author: Tyler
How do you recreate the sound of a vaudeville band when very little historical recordings exist of the genre? Well, you think to yourself, what kind of instruments did they have back during the Great Depression era? Guitar, banjo, upright bass, accordion and any simple percussion instrument that you could find in the dumpster. And what would you write about? Hard times, death, the healing power of cheap booze, the end of the world and hope of better times. And having a band of this size, a wide range of cultural influences would be written in to the music. Somehow, these musicians and poets pull it all together and make one fun, unique album.
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Fun and Dancey!!
author: Beth Brettell
What a joy this CD is!!! I hope to catch them live some time, I think they would be ever better! They are fun and I love all the different instruments they use. They come through on every song. My fav has to be "The End of the World Polka". Smoke-a, Joke-a, Choke-a!
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damn!!!
author: jeremy
wonderful...just what i was looking for...anyone who liked this disc should cheak out the Denver bands: Slim Cessna's Auto Club, Munly & The Lee Lewis Harlots, Reverend Glasseye and His Wooden Legs, and 16 Horsepower, as well as the Minneapolis bands: The Knotwells and The Blackthorns.
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Different and fun
author: Kevin
What a pleasure it is to listen to this album. Their music makes me want to dance and the lyrics make me laugh. Never have bad things been such fun. I look forward to the next installment!!
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