Did Somebody Say...THROW RAG?!?

Well I was going to wait until after the Nine Black Alps Show tomorrow night to throw down my first words, but when I spotted "Throw Rag" a few posts back, an old, scary image popped up in my head and I had to do a little check-up on these desert rocker friends of ours. Anybody who has seen a Throw Rag show - and I'm guessing there aren't many in this area that have - know exactly what image I'm talking about. It's the image of a very large, sweaty, fully-tattood, greased-down man, rocking a washboard with the drive and stamina one would expect out of an 80's porn star in their prime (the 80's). This man is of course Jacko, who helps welcome all to the band's official webpage, with the deep words "I Like Cake, and Cake likes me." Not to be confused with frontman CPT Sean Doe's welcoming words of "Don't sweat the petty things, pet the sweaty things." And sweaty indeed is this scurvy band of sailors.

Inmytree and I saw Throw Rag when they opened up for Queens of the Stone Age at the 9:30 Club on March 27, 2005, coincidentaly exactly a year ago from today. The image of Jacko going Jacko, along with a CPT Sean Doe clad in nothing more than a black speedo, has not left my mind, and probably never will. I remember somebody referring to the Captain as 'A Scott Weiland that never had the opportunity to attend rehab." And anybody who's seen The Salton Sea, also the home of Throw Rag, would know exactly why this is probably a statement more true than not. I'm talking in terms of the Rehab part, not the STP part. Regardless, if nothing else, these guys carried on their duties as an opening act superbly by 1) Loosening up and livening up the crowd 2) Helping the crowd take their mind off of life and to focus on the show, and 3) To get people to start sucking down booze. They played every second of every song like it was their last, and provided licks that paralled their entertainment and shock value. Which is what one would expect out of a live show, yet we fail to see this more often than you would think... (Army of Me, Wu-Tang, Billy Corgan (don't ask...we were hoping for some Pumpkins)).

Check out Throw Rag's Homepage; there are some rediculously funny postings along with the usual media tasties. They also have a myspace page for you myspace addicts out there. For now, the band is focusing on the West Coast. Hopefully for us they make sail back to DC.