SWINGER FLIPS OVER NEW BAND.Byline: Sandra Barrera Staff Writer KEN MOSHER A mosher is a person who is crossed between goth/punk/skater they have long hair and listen to music like slipknot and metal music. Some people call them headbangers. At certain music shows they have something called a mosh pit, basically its a fight pit with loads of people bashing each other. welcomes chaos. It's no surprise then that the former Squirrel squirrel, name for small or medium-sized rodents of the family Sciuridae, found throughout the world except in Australia, Madagascar, and the polar regions; it is applied especially to the tree-living species. Nut Zippers' saxophonist left his hugely successful alternative- swing ensemble The word ensemble can refer to
But the 32-year-old says playing bass for the Chapel Hill, N.C., punk-pop quintet the B-Sides, performing Monday at Hollywood's Knitting Factory The Knitting Factory is a New York City and Hollywood music club, originally specializing in jazz and experimental music. It was opened in 1987 by Michael Dorf and Bob Appel, both from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. , is the best time he's had since before the Zippers' carefree beginnings were soured by fame. After the 1998 release of the Zippers' ``Perennial Favorites Track listing
n. 1. also front man A man who serves as a nominal leader but who lacks real authority. 2. Music A leading singer with a group. Jim Mathus and his wife, Katherine Whalen, were only willing to tour for about a month to support the album. ``I wanted to work so I left the Zippers to start a recording studio and my first customers were,'' he bursts out laughing, ``the B-Sides.'' Mosher was attracted to the B-Sides for a number of reasons but mostly because, like the Zippers, the band had its resident artists. ``At any given time you can walk into the dressing room and one of them has painted himself a color or something just insane INSANE. One deprived of the use of reason, after he has arrived at the age when he ought to have it, either by a natural defect or by accident. Domat, Lois Civ. Lib. prel. tit. 2, s. 1, n. 11. ,'' he says. ``But if you're going to go and play for people I think you need to figure out ways to interact with them.'' In the year since the band has been together, the B-Sides have recorded the album ``Yes Indeed, the B-Sides Quite'' and performed several shows, including one that was part of a play. That one didn't go over too well with the audience, but Mosher applauds his band mates for giving it a go anyway. ``If there were no chaos in life, my life would be so boring that I probably wouldn't want to live,'' Mosher says. ``So it's really those things that attracted me to the B-Sides. You just never know what's going to happen.'' THE B-SIDES Where: Knitting Factory, 7021 Hollywood Blvd., Hollywood. When: 8 p.m. Monday. Tickets: $7. Call (323) 463-0204 or www.knittingfactory.com CAPTION(S): photo Photo: The B-Sides, a punk-pop ensemble from Chapel Hill, N.C., play the Knitting Factory in Hollywood on Monday. |
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