NYC Show Obsessive

  Bill: King Missile (Dog Fly Religion)/Wharton Tiers Ensemble/BMT Venue: Main Dra g, 50 S 1 St. , Brooklyn, NY Date: Friday 4/3/26 Door: $15 10pm King Missile (Dog Fly Religion) Active: 1986 (New York, NY) Latest Release: This Fuckin' Guy (Powertool, 2015) Bandcamp Facebook I nstragram Discogs Setlist AllMusic Wiki YouTube Spotify 9pm Wharton Tiers Ensemble Active: 1996 (New York, NY) Latest Release: 23 (Wharton Tiers, 2023) Bandcamp Facebook Instagram Discogs Setlist A llMusic Wiki YouTube Spotify 8pm BMT Afflliated: Bob Bert , Mark Morgan , Tim Dahl Active: 2026 (New York) This was a "Downtown NYC" lineup of primarily 80's stalwarts that have kept going all these decades.  The current version of King Missile (there have been 4) is the first King Missile (Dog Fly Religion) with of course John S. Hall but also Dogbowl on dropped Flying-V, knocked out of tune and replaced by a small rectangular body guitar.  I hadn't seen any version of King Missile sin...

  Bill: Mustafina/Band Antenna/The Last Throes/DuMPS Venue: Main Drag , Brooklyn, NY Date: 10/5/24 Door: $15 11pm Mustafina Active: 2012 (Brooklyn, NY) Affiliated: Alice Donut (Michael Jung, Guitar 1987-2013; David Giffen 1987-2013, Guitar,  Stephen Mose s, Drums 1988-2013) Latest Release:  Drain  (Tee Pee, 2024) Facebook   Instagram   10pm Band Antenna Active: 2010 or longer (Brooklyn, NY) Facebook MIssed: The Lost Throes , DuMPS Originally I had the King Crimson splinter 80's tribute band BEAT on my mind to attend, but my prog show buddy Danny was going to the Brooklyn night in December so I was thinking I'd catch an early gig at Mama Tried then have a lazy Saturday night.  However, at said Mama Tried gig, Rich & Darla were plotting a trip to Main Drag to see his friends group Band Antenna.  Rich mentioned that Mustafina were also playing, and I since I always like to see them it became clear that I would allow myself to be kidnapped into t...

  Bill:  Spite FuXXX/Tashi Delay/Spirit of a Slain Eagle Venue: Main Drag , Brooklyn, NY Date: 8/21/24 Door: $15 10pm: Spite FuXXX Latest Release: Cum In Pieces (Spite Fuxxx, 2024) Active: 2020 (Brooklyn, NY) Facebook Bandcamp Instagram   Discogs   9pm: Tashi Delay Latest Release: Tashi Delay (Tashi Delay, 2023) Active: 2022 (New Orleans, LA via UK) Facebook Bandcamp    Instagram 8pm: Spirit Of A Slain Eagle Latest Release:  EP  (2013, Spirit of a Slain Eagle) Active: 2013 (Brooklyn, NY) Facebook   Instagram   Soundcloud Had an urge to see a random gig last night and my friend Eric, who is extremely locked into garage punk both local and beyond, recommended this show last Sunday at the Kid Congo gig.  So off I went! Spite FuXX have been around at least 4 years and I've seen their name quite a bit.  Who could miss the XXX in caps in the listing?  It reminds me of something that would play in LA at the dawn of the ...