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Bonerama
10:30pm
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When Bonerama struts
onstage with its
four-trombone
frontline, you can
guess it's not quite
like any rock 'n'
roll band you’ve
seen. When they tear
into some vintage
New Orleans funk,
there's no
questioning from
which city these
guys hail. And when
those ’bones start
ripping into Hendrix
and Led Zeppelin
licks, all stylistic
bets are off.
Even in a city that
doesn't play by the
rules, New Orleans’
Bonerama is
something different.
They're not a
traditional brass
band, but they've
got brass to
spare-even with no
trumpets or saxes in
sight. They can
evoke vintage funk,
classic rock and
free improvisation
in the same set;
maybe even the same
song. Bonerama has
been repeatedly
recognized by
Rolling Stone,
hailed as “the
ultimate in brass
balls” (2005) and
praised for their
"…crushing ensemble
riffing,
human-feedback
shrieks and wah-wah
growls" (2007).
Bonerama carries the
brass-band concept
to places unknown;
what other brass
band could snag an
honor for "Best Rock
Band" (Big Easy
Awards 2007)? As
cofounder Mark
Mullins puts it, "We
thought we could
expand what a New
Orleans brass band
could do. Bands like
Dirty Dozen started
the ’anything goes'
concept, bringing in
the guitars and the
drumkit and using
the sousaphone like
a bass guitar. We
thought we could
push things a little
further." |
