Dean Christakos: Beatallica!

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October 19, 2006

Beatallica!

Wednesday night, I went to a live show for the first time since moving to DC. I am worth 3 hipster bingo points.

I first became aware of a band called Beatallica when I saw a link to their site on metafilter back in 2002. Actually, I didn't know they were even a band. I figured they were just a couple of guys in a garage who recording a bunch of amusing mp3s for entertainment purposes.

While flipping through the ads in the Washington City Paper, I realized that Beatallica was, in fact, an actual band, they go on tour, and they were coming to DC to play a show at the Rock and Roll Hotel. Apparently they are quite a popular musical act in Europe (then again, so is David Hasselhoff).

Opening for them was a local band / "shock-rock skit group" known as Dingleberry Dynasty. Irealize now that the opening band realizes that they're a novelty act, but at the time I was unsure how seriously they took themselves. As I was standing towards the front of the crowd, I was an easy target while the lead singer took out a toothbrush to brush my teeth, jumped off the stage and grabbed onto my leg while he writhed on the floor, and because my mom reads this weblog, I'm not even going to discuss what the guy dressed in the dog costume did. However, since I was a good sport, lead singer Chris Kamsch bought me a beer after the show.

Beatallica themselves were a lot of fun. They're everything you could want in a band that plays reworked Beatles songs like "And Justice for All My Lovin'." In all seriousness, they put on a good show, don't take themselves too seriously, and showed the audience a good time.... and the audience loved them.

Pictures after the jump...