The Bad Things
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Genre: Acoustic / Folk / Gothic
Location SEATTLE, Washington, Un
Profile Views: 118757
Last Login: 12/9/2011
Member Since 11/14/2005
Website www.thebadthings.com
Record Label Silent City Records
Type of Label Indie
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Bio
..Bubbling forth like a mossy belch of polka filth from the greasy, jet fuel-contaminated wetlands of the Northwest, comes The Bad Things. With junkyard waltzes and shameless shanties, The Bad Things are hellbent on providing traditional music for the post-apocalyptic era... ...."In their press sheet, Seattle "junkyard cabaret" outfit The Bad Things dubs their brand of punked-up klezmer boogie "the music of the Post-Apocalyptic Depression Era." A cursory perusal of any news source indicates that we've reached that milestone, so we might as well embrace the soundtrack. The Bad Things crank out a mad, spiraling gypsy swing that will appeal to anyone who loves DeVotchKa, Gogol Bordello, the Circus Contraption band or life itself...".. The Spellout.com.. ..From the Seattle Post Intelligencer: ..SeattleNoise: The Bad Things WHAT: Known to some as Seattle's premier "junkyard cabaret" band, this sextet is a carnival on wheels. .. QUOTE: "If you listen to our songs," Berg explains, "you'll see that many of them are about people doing bad things, i.e. killing their lovers (or in a couple of songs, an entire town), drinking too much, drugging too much, killing themselves, etc. I always thought of the band as a sort of gang that celebrated the darker sides of life. Our gigs feel like celebrations, but the subject matter is pretty dark a lot of the time -- creating an interesting dichotomy. The idea becomes, 'Drink up now because bad things happen every day, and we're all gonna die someday no matter what.' And, yes, people should do bad things to our songs or at least think about doing them.".. CAREER DEBUT: July 22, 2002, as part of a Pirate Radio benefit at Freeway Park, although for several months prior the group had been busking as a three-piece at Pike Place Market... SOUND: As if a bunch of Gypsy marauders were performing macabre circus sideshow songs around a campfire in the middle of an abandoned cabaret that serves wine in a jug and mead on tap... RELEASES: Their 2003 demo, "The Bad Things," came with a handmade cover but is now out of print; 2004's "The Bad Things" is considered their proper debut; the band also had a song ("Angel's Disguise") featured on the 2006 compilation "Girlfriends and She-Devils: A Tribute to the Femme Fatale," followed by "Vaudeville Show" and next week's release, "It'll All Be Over Soon." INFLUENCES: "Lyrically, I was inspired by the train-hopping gutter punks that I kept company with as a young man. While I never hopped trains, I loved the stories told while drinking under bridges and around campfires, and I think we all had a deep love for folk and old-timey music.".... .................................. ...... ..Advanced Tickets for the 7th Annual Cabaret Macabre at Columbia City Theatre available ..HERE.... .... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ......»-(¯..v..¯)-».... .. .. ....«-(¯..v..¯)-«........ -
Members
..JIMMY 'The Pickpocket'---accordion, organ, melodica, lead vocals*** BEAU 'Stanislov the Gypsy'--- guitar, mandolin*** MILES 'Captain Panto'--- banjo, dobro*** AUSTIN 'Mad Wilcox'--- contra bass, sousaphone, saw, backing vocals*** BRENDAN Patrick Hogan -- keys, trumpet*** STEVEN "Lord Kamke'--- percussion***.. -
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..Listen to The Bad Things ..LIVE ON KEXP!.... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..The Bad Things perform "Just Four Weeks" live at the Showbox at the Market, opening for Balkan Beat Box - March 17, 2010.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..Promo video for "The Breaking" with the Can Can Castaways!.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..The Bad Things perform "Kill Yourself" at Nectar in Seattle - September 18, 2008... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..Rainbow of The Can Can's Castaway's performing with The Bad Things in "The Breaking" at The Can Can - 2008... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..The Bad Things live at Lottie's Lounge - New Years Eve 2007.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..The Bad Things live at the Makeout Room in San Francisco - September 2006.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Check out some photos that folks took of us on ..FLICKR.. with shots of us LIVE on KEXP, opening for Balkan Beat Box and Slim Cessna's Autoclub, some shots of The Breaking at the Can Can and with the Rat City Rollergirls or ..HERE.. for some shots of us Live at our CD Release Party, at The Can Can, at The Georgetown Music Fest, at 2008's Folklife Festival, and more!..
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The Bad Things has a show on 04/27/2012 at 08:00 PM @ Twisp River Pub in Twisp, WA http://lnk.ms/bfxgD #concert
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Just added a brand new Record Player to the site. Check it out. Highlights from our albums and rare tracks! http://lnk.ms/bSvCz
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The Bad Things has a show on 04/06/2012 at 08:00 PM @ Columbia City... in Seattle, WA http://lnk.ms/bKNDZ #concert
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The Bad Things has a show on 03/11/2012 at 07:00 PM @ Columbia City ... in Seattle, WA http://lnk.ms/ZNJyq #concert
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Sorry to everyone that fell victim to our Twitter hacking. We never heard anything horrible & we don't think you need to lose weight.
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- Pami White2 months ago
Hey, this is crazy news!! if you have a blog or homepage, Manuel will advertise it for 1 week, if you will start a thread at his Music Forum!!
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Pop Haydn is an award-winning Los Angeles magician, a past vice-president of the Magic Castle in Hollywood. He is originally from Clarkesville, Tennessee. - Pop Haydn5 months ago
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Pop Haydn is a professional magician in Los Angeles, as well as an inventor, medicine man, comedian, actor, raconteur, singer, dancer, and certifiable genius. - Pami White5 months ago
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Pop Haydn is a full-time professional magician in Los Angeles, and a past Vice-President of the Magic Castle in Hollywood. He has been named performing "Magician of the Year" at the Magic Castle six times.
Pop has a blog at ..Pop's Soapbox, and a new Forum at Pop's Forum Here he will discuss magic, steampunk, renaissance faire, pirates, art, politics, and all things burlesque, sideshow, circus, carnival, vaudeville and live variety arts.
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- Pop Haydn7 months ago
Pop Haydn is a full-time professional magician in Los Angeles, and a past Vice-President of the Magic Castle in Hollywood. He has been named performing "Magician of the Year" at the Magic Castle six times. You can find out more about him here: Pop's Website !
There is video of Pop's amazing magic, music and comedy at Pop's Youtube Channel You will also find videos of Pop's performance at the World Steam Expo in Dearborn, June, 2011.
We also have lots of video of the Pop Haydn Post-Modern Medicine Show and of Pop's Magic Shows, as well as the True Story of how Pop Haydn came to be in the 21st Century at Pop's Website.
Pop has a new blog at Pop's Soapbox, and a new Forum at Pop's Forum Here he will discuss magic, steampunk, renaissance faire, pirates, art, politics, and all things burlesque, sideshow, circus, carnival, vaudeville and live variety arts.
We also have a new store, where we sell memorabilia of the Medicine Show, and Pop HaydnPop's General Merchandise
Pop is an incredible entertainer, comedian, magician and musician. His Victorian gentleman character, an eccentric time-displaced vaudevillian, is comfortable in any environment, and fits into any themed private party, corporate event, sales meeting, trade show or theatrical revue.
