Two non-repeating sets from these aboslute titans of improv, a blast of early SST avant So-Cal punk rock energy now gone timeless and free, no local acts ~ LIMITED ENTRY, GET TIX NOW!!! BAR OPENS AT 6PM. MUSIC STARTS 8PM. 21+
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CORSANO-BAIZA-WATT
A new trio to deliver a mix of free improvisation and punk, all of it
wild-eyed and fierce as hell. Guitarist Joe Baiza (Saccharine Trust,
Universal Congress Of) and bassist Mike Watt (Minutemen, fIREHOSE,
Stooges) both need no introduction, but if you insist: they're defining
figures of the 1980's California hardcore/post-punk scene and did as
much as anyone to expand the music into something beyond categorization,
pulling things in from all over the imaginary genre-map, including free
jazz's improvisation and exploratory fervor. Drummer Chris Corsano
(Rangda, Björk, Bill Orcutt) came up in a world heavily indebted to
Baiza and Watt, fully embracing the ethos of "Punk is whatever we made
it to be." He's brought that approach to free
improvisation/experimental/etc. since he came on the scene in the late
'90s. Flash forward to late 2023 when the trio first met out in the
Mojave Desert. They cut an album for Yucca Alta records (due out in
September), followed by a pair of SoCal shows. Now they're embarking on
a West Coast tour.
Or, as Watt puts it:
"this is mike watt's reckoning of what this is: late last year drummer
chris corsano was put w/me for a gig in the joshua tree desert parts (by
derek monypeny) and his first suggest was to get joe baiza which I was
way into. we did that gig: totally improvised instrumental music. we did
it sitting down: chris sitting down, me and joe baiza are sitting down.
for me, it's was a very interesting conversation to be involved in and I
got big time fuckin excited."