Way back in 1987, when the members of Capitalist Casualties -- one of California's most revered first-wave powerviolence crews -- were coming up with a name for their band, what do you think was the inspiration?
Are they talking about victims of capitalism? Or is the moniker a reference to capitalists that have become casualties themselves, ostensibly at the hands of torch-wielding crust punks bent on starting a class-war Moshpocalypse?
Well, this February, Miami's punk/metal/hardcore promotion powerhouse, Speedfreek, is giving us the opportunity to clear up the rhetorical incertitude once and for all.
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And while the Casualties (no, not those Casualties) are certainly the brutal-shred-destructo guests of honor, they're just one of many groups playing this 20-band mini-festravaganza.
Speedfreek's Full February Mega-Concert Lineup
-Capitalist Casualties
-Assholeparade
-No Qualms
-Knife Hits
-Panzram
-Baker Acted
-Shitstorm
-BeastPlague
-Centuries
-NunHex
-Recreant
-Devalued
-Reapermanser
-I'm an Intestine
-Terrorist
-Sacridose
-Rotting Palms
-Faith Addiction
-Primate Research
-Lifechain
What might a literal Assholeparade look like? And if meteorologists are reporting a high chance of a Shitstorm, does that hurt or help the festivities? At what point in your life do you have to take a good, long, hard look in the mirror and declare, "I'm an Intestine"?
To our ear, it sounds like hardcore may very well rival its close, less-smelly cousin -- metal -- in its ability to produce ridiculously awesome (and awesomely ridiculous) band names.
We're just waiting for someone to start a band called Moshpocalypse.
Capitalist Casualties. With Assholeparade, No Qualms, Knife Hits, and others. Presented by Speedfreek. Saturday, February 2. Churchill's Pub, 5501 NE Second Ave., Miami. The show starts at 2 p.m. and tickets cost $20 in advance via speedfreekevents.bigcartel.com. Call 305-757-1807 or visit churchillspub.com.
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