By Jef With One F Wed., Aug. 7 2013 at 8:00 AM Houston Press
If you never saw a Bozo Porno Circus show then you just plain missed out. The Tone Zone Records band was a freakout and a half, stuffed to the wall with loud noises and pretty girls getting sparks shot off their metal-covered crotches by belt sanders. Recently, lead guitarist Chris “The” Lane (aka Crispy and, for a brief hilarious time, Nikki Wykkid) uncovered a treasure trove of tour diaries and photos, so in the next few days we’ll be heading down a well of Houston-flavored debauchery from the glory days of Houston’s goth scene. Here we go:
Today we drove to Indianapolis, and arrived at Birdies early in the evening. When your industrial/fetish rock band is playing at a venue called Birdies, that’s probably not the best sign possible, but the club itself looked pretty decent. Kind of a generic, medium-sized music club with sports bar leanings.
It was the sort of place that some sad version of Warrant might play at.
I had hopes that the show would be well attended, but was also worried, because from my experience our core fan base of gothic and industrial club people tended to be wary of venues like Birdies — perhaps the Budweiser posters featuring bikini models frightened them or something.
We got our sound check done on time for once, but by the time we were done there were already a few people filtering into the club. I was almost immediately approached by a blonde goth woman who let me know in very direct terms that she admired me.
She was nice and not too pushy, but I decided to hide out backstage until the show. Since we had such a developed image, I always felt like it looked Continue reading at Houston Press