Events . Dwarves, Thundervest, Porno Tongue, Super Fun Time AP Band

Dwarves, Thundervest, Porno Tongue, Super Fun Time AP Band

shock rock
Concert
Belvederes 4016 Penn Ave Pittsburgh
21+ $0 / $15

Wed June 7 8 pm $12 adv/$15 day of show 21+ event
Belvedere's, 4016 Butler St, Lawrenceville
Advance tix: Juke Records (Bloomfield), Caliban Books (Oakland), Dave's Music Mine (South Side), Cruel Noise (Polish Hill) and
from the 3 local openers themselves. Online tix aren't punk.

DWARVES (Sympathy, Epitaph, Sub Pop, Fat Wreck, Recess)
with special guests
Thundervest https://thundervest.bandcamp.com
Porno Tongue https://pornotongue.com
Super Fun Time Awesome Party Band http://www.sftapb.com

Dwarves is an American punk rock band formed in Chicago, Illinois, as The Suburban Nightmare, in the mid-1980s. They are currently based in San Francisco, California. Formed as a garage punk band, their career subsequently saw them move in a hardcore direction before settling into an eclectic punk rock sound emphasizing intentionally shocking lyrics. They have been described as "one of the last true bastions of punk rock ideology in the contemporary musical age".

They are known for their simple, loud, yet nuanced punk repertoire, and controversial lyrics. Since the garage punk sound of their early days, they developed a more direct hardcore punk sound, often identified as "scum punk" due to the intentional perversity of the lyrics. Around the turn of millennium, the Dwarves developed more of a manic pop punk influence. Bits of hardcore, surf rock, pop, hip-hop, and rock & roll all factor into the band's current punk rock sound. Many of their album covers were intentionally confrontational, often featuring dwarf actor Bobby Faust with an assortment of naked women, sometimes with sacrilegious themes such as re-enacting the Crucifixion.

Singer Blag Dahlia and guitarist HeWhoCannotBeNamed have always been the two core members of the group. The lineup has shifted around them, and currently consists of members "Fresh Prince of Darkness" (a.k.a. Marc Diamond from the band Motochrist) on guitar, "Chip Fracture" on bass and backing vocals and returning drummer Gregory Pecker (a.k.a. Gnarlie Watts).

Related Entities: Belvederes
Tags: Punk Rock