Music Under Fire

It wouldn't be elction day with all kinds of bizarre happenings around the nation. That's why Philadelphia's own, The Donuts will be storming their way through the "city of brotherly love" performing their song "Guantanamo" at nearly every voting hub around the city. This song isn't referring to what we think it does, does it? You betcha.

Clad in their black suits, The Donuts accentuate their point, feigning their guitars like 10-pound guns, as they storm the beaches and eliminate any bad voters in sight. As you all know, Pennsylvania is a major player in this years voting once again, so we hope these guys can stir some sense into people as they hit the booths.

From the band:

The song "Guantanamo" is from our last record, "Jet Ear". The video was directed by Mark Schreiber (of Slo-Mo, John Train, the Low Road, etc) and Suzanne Penn (of the Philadelphia Art Museum). We shot it in Ocean City, New Jersey. There was a crowd of teenage girls surrounding us as we lip-synched. One of 'em had asked me, "will this be on MTV?" To which I replied: "of course!"

Attention Philly! If you miss the days of old rock, or maybe you'd like to catch up with some quite impressive artists, our friends The Donuts will be performing with the heavily stacked rockers from the 70s, The Magic Christians.

MP3: The Donuts - The Monkey Wrench Gang (buy)

The Donuts consider themselves "Too inept to truly be considered power pop, and too melodic to be considered garage rock." Headed out by leadman 'Taint' as their website names him, the vocals are that "like a combination of Bob Dylan and Lou Reed".

The Donuts:
Official - http://www.thedonuts.com/
MySpace - http://www.myspace.com/thedonutsrock

To give you an idea of the musicianship we have on deck this Friday from the Magic Christians, their history goes back for quite some time, playing with such greats as Flamin Groovies, Blondie and The Plimsouls:

Cyril Jordan - Guitarist and songsmith extraordinaire. Rock and Roll Visionary. Champion of true Sixties Rock and Roll Vibe and leader of the fantastic and hugely missed Flamin' Groovies. Cyril played with: The Beau Brummels, Gordon Waller, Dave Edmunds, and other Bay Area Legends...

Paul Kopf - Vocalist, Catalyst, Harmonica and Great Vibes. A true artist but first and foremost a FAN of Rock and Roll.

Eddie Munoz - Bassist, Vocals, Harmonica, Guitar. Founding member and guitarist for The Plimsouls. Eddie did stints with the dB's, Divine Horsemen, Peter Case Band, The Phantom Chords (with Dave Vanian) and The Neighborhoods.

Clem Burke - Drums, Casual Elegance. A Rock and Roll Hall of Famer with Blondie, Clem has also played with The Eurythmics, The Ramones, The Romantics, The Plimsouls, Patti Smith, Chequered Past, Nancy Sinatra and countless other artists by way of session work and gigs.

There you have it - come see them and support your Philadelphia bands at one of our favorite venues - Johnny Brenda's!