Flipper/Crippling Alcoholism/95 Bulls @ Saint Vitus Bar, Brooklyn, NY 11/6/26
Bill: Flipper/Crippling Alcoholism/95 Bulls
Venue: Saint Vitus Bar, 424 Troutman St., Brooklyn, NY
Date: Friday 11/6/26
Ticket: $47.28 (via Dice day of show wait list ticket)
9pm Flipper
Active: 1979 (San Francisco)
Latest Release: (with David Yow) "Love Canal" (Joyful Noise, 2019)
Lineup: Stephen DePace (Drums, 1979-present), Jon Kelly (Guitar 2025-present, The Flood, Austin, TX), Sean Shimmer (Bass, 2026-present, Shimmer Bed, Los Angeles), Justin Pearson (Vocals 2026-present, The Locust, San Diego, CA), Matt Korvett (Vocals 2026-present, Pissed Jeans, Allentown, PA)
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8pm Crippling Alcoholism
Active: 2022 (Boston, MA)
Latest Release: Camgirl (Portrayal of Guilt, 2025)
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7pm 95 Bulls
Active: 2024 (Brooklyn, NY)
Latest Release: Canadian Nightclub (95 Bulls, 2025)
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I hadn't seen whatever Flipper version came to town since I did a Boston run with David Yow on vocals and Kilslug opening. That version seems a quaint memory now now 8 years past. This years model is more like a tribute band with one member, drummer Steve DePace left standing. The singers from Pissed Jeans and The Locust alternate the leads. I don't know why Ted Falconi left last year. Bruce Loose just passed last March after ten years complaining about the bands late legacy online and clearly getting sicker and more home bound. I had them at Midway in 2006 after their Brooklyn gig at 2am and those three guys were in the band then and new material was still getting issued. Now it is a legacy tribute band. But what a legacy. Those songs, performed with reverence and enthusiasm sound great---"The Lights The Sound The Rhythm," "I Saw You Shine," "Ha Ha Ha," "Life" and "Sex Bomb" all were there and Steve look like he still meant it.
As far as openers, I'd been meaning to see 95 Bulls for a while. The punky chick in a crop top does a spinning in circles thing that goes with her garage punk yelling that I liked. Cripping Alcoholism I thought sounded like a shitty nu-metal band or maybe a Berkelee interpretation of what a noise rock band should be. Looking at their Bandcamp, they seem a little more conceptual than they looked live even though the young audience seemed to like them. I thought maybe they were booked on purpose to piss people off before Flipper, but maybe it was just to flesh out the crowd with a difference one. It worked because the 350 cap room was a wait list sell out. Far from the original Flipper I booked for $500 to play for 20 people at 2 in the morning after a bigger NorthSix Brooklyn gig earlier in the night.
FOR FURTHER REVIEW:
Some Day b/w Distant Illusion (1991)
Various Artists-S.F. Underground (1979)
Various Artists-Live At Target (1980)
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