Stop pining for a past that never was! Instead create the future that could be! All that's needed is to intentionally seize the present moment and form it appropriately. First create a profound and liberatory experience of communal joy, perhaps with the aid of three excellent local rock and roll bands, specifically Thrust Club, Headband, and Toby Tantrum. 7pm at the Lilypad on April 27th seems to be the ideal time and place. But one more thing is needed. You!
Toby Tantrum
Toby Tantrum may sound like an indie rock band, but they do not play in this style of music but against it. With its ethic of "coolness for coolness' own sake", its open celebration of its own marginality, and its near total abandonment of revolutionary aspiration, indie rock is a style of rock and roll music that must be challenged and overcome. As a politically inert genre, it is entirely out of tune with the political upheavals of the present day (or entirely in tune depending on how you look at it). Toby Tantrum has scoured rock and roll history for musical elements to be used as weapons against this musical style and the status quo in general, and particular attention has been paid to the revolutionary eras of 60s rock and roll and late 70s punk rock. Toby Tantrum would also like to emphasize the "party" in "communist party".
Headband
Headband unfolded from the Gallien-Kruger district of Boston Massachusetts, Capo free since 1996. "All the right people will hate it" Joe Coughlin, Rock and Roll critic, The Noise. "They make everything else I listen to seem overwrought." Martin Pavlinic, Boston Hassle, Reports "If you haven't met them yet, don't worry, they've probably already met somebody just like you." Michele Feelings, WFMU "Highly ethical rock." Nick Buni, Mittens
Thrust Club
Formed in 2012, Thrust Club is a garage dance party where everyone is invited — a kick-drum that lifts you out of your seat, crunchy guitar chords under a layer of keys that are sometimes smooth, sometimes ominous, and vocals that coo, scream, and everything in between.
Members are Sally Bunch (guitar), JC Supastar (drums), Erin Genett (keys/backing vocals), and Bethany Leavey (main vocals/bass). All members volunteer at BRPM, a non-profit organization empowering girls, women, and gender-expansive youths and adults to believe in themselves by building a supportive community that fosters self-expression, confidence, and collaboration through music education and performance.
Toby Tantrum- https://tobytantrum.bandcamp.com/
Headband- https://buzzardrock.bandcamp.com/
Thrust Club- http://thrustclub.com/