The New York band GIRLS AGAINST BOYS from Touch and Go Records and the Los Angeles band CHOKEBORE from Amphetamine Reptile Records are two important bands of the 90s post-punk scene and are meeting exclusive on one stage in Prague! They planed their tour, so they can be on the 8th of December together with us. The support comes from the Czech Tomáš Palucha, who calls lately more and more attention to himself.
25 years with GVSB and 20 years with CHOKEBORE
The 90s – this was the time, where you could hear on MTV bands like Melvins, Swans or Dinosaur Jr.; “Alternative music” was the keyword, so we could hear bands, which under different circumstances and times would stay in their garage. Just few of them are till today actual, Girls Against Boys and Chokebore are two of them.
Many rock fans know Girls Against Boys (GvsB) just as support for Rage Against The Machine or Garbage and Chokebore for the support for Nirvana. But GvsB is a unique phenomenon, even without a big name: employing dual bass guitars, which is making their suggestive sound, is a rarity in rock music and a figurehead for the label Touch and Go.
After great albums like Venus Luxure No.1 Baby (1993) or House Of GvsB (1996), the band has toured extensively throughout Europe, Japan, Australia and the United States and Canada, the last tour took place in 2009 in Poland and Russia. They have performed in numerous festivals. Bands who supported them before going on to have mainstream success include the Yeah Yeah Yeahs and Placebo. After many side projects like New Wet Kojak, Paramount Styles, Bellini, Obits and Fugazi, Girls Against Boys resumed in May 2013 touring in support of their new EP The Ghost List. “We felt it is time to focus on GvsB again”, says member McCloud. “We are at the point, where we love to work together creating new things”.
Their last years concert at Colours of Ostrava festival showed, that this words are true. With on tour is the “family friend” John Schmersal (Enon, Brainiac, Caribou).We are so excited to welcome them in the LMB!
Girls Against Boys website: www.gvsb.com
A very similar case is Chokebore, which were long time the figurehead of the legendary label Amphetamine Reptile Records. Their deformed guitars and passionate voice of singer and guitarist Troy Von Balthazar made an impression also on Kurt Cobain, who decided to take them as support for their last tour. For the mainstream they were too “strange” and their music too “sad”. But nevertheless, Chokebore never stopped to release legendary records (their last EP Falls Best came out in 2011) and this year they are celebrating their 20th anniversary after the genius debut album Motionless (1993).
Chokebore website: www.chokebore.net
The music of Tomáš Palucha has its magic in the interplay of two minimalist guitar links, from where is growing a great sound-construction. Studio material: last years 12” split with Unkilled Worker Machine at the label Silver Rocket.
Tomáš Palucha website: tomaspalucha.tumblr.com
Tickets are available at Ticketportal, Ticketpro, Eventim and Ticketstream, without fee at the cash desk of the LMB and the record/bookshop Rekomando. The price: 450 CZK, at the door: 550 CZK.
