Andy D, Casket Sharp, Wooden Satellites
Friday July 30th, 2010
Andy D
Casket Sharp
Wooden Satellites
10PM
$5
About Andy D
Andy D fancies himself the anachronistic love child of Punky Brewster and Lee Van Cleef – the perfect amalgam of a fictional rogue and a real-life badass. He plays music this like he lives life and it sounds like Andrew WK meets Grand Master Melle Mel or Like Prince if he couldn’t sing that well and if he weren’t a hyper-talented multi-instrumentalist. This is what his music is all about: part epicurean hip-hop-dance songs and part sincere dance rock songs, being eclectic and catchy is the only goal. “God Loves Drunk Chicks” is a infectious dance ditty lamenting date rape culture and “Just Push Play” is a witty indictment of “the next big thing” trend in the music industry and pop culture in general (both tracks are from the debut album Choose Your Perversion). This is rap but not hip-hop. It rocks but it’s not rap-rock. These songs are meaningful party songs but maximized! Andy D bends the genres but his influences are pretty apparent. And people take notice where ever he goes. From rapping about having sex with Werewolves to singing about knife fights in a roller rink, no subject is taboo in an Andy D song; and he gets raunchy with it. Half of the fun of Andy D is hearing what he will say next… the other half is dancing. Welcome to your new addiction!
About Casket Sharp
Formed in Fort Wayne, IN around 2006. With intentions of starting a band that sounds like Afghan Whigs to Otis Redding. Even though its been a slow start getting the band moving, Casket Sharp got a brake when Hardlight Records owner Scot Gallop heard some demos. Scot got the band down to Bloomington, IN to record a 5 song EP. With the help of Murder By Deaths, Matt Armstrong on bass and drumming form Travis Sheets and Greg Simpson, things started moving forward.
About Wooden Satellites
Wooden Satellites is an independent band in Fort Wayne, Indiana.
C. Ray writes the songs. Andrea helps him sing the songs. Andy Plays Guitar and Eric Plays the Drums.
The name Wooden Satellites was cast off by another musician who wasn’t going to use it so we took it.
In the Summer of 2008, C. Ray got very serious about finishing an album, so he spent most of August recording a debut, “Why Can’t I Be Enough.” The lyrical content of the album deals mainly with intensely self-involved themes like never measuring up, always missing the point, and rarely getting what you want. Musically it meshes classic pop songwriting with heavy rhythms, retro-synthesizers, and acoustic guitars.
A band was assembled. The recently released ‘Exit EP’ is available for a limited time at live performances. You can hear the album here on myspace and it will be available for download in the weeks to come.
