General Patton Destroys Emo’s

Mike Patton and company delivered once again. Last Monday’s show at Emo’s was an inspiring event of extreme rock shenanigans. But before we get to the main course, let’s start with the openers.

Trevor Dunn’s Convulsion Trio started their set as if they just bought their instruments twenty minutes before hitting the stage. The Austinist wondered if Trevor just picked people out of the crowd to play along with him (ummmm…. Does anyone know how to play guitar? Good. What about you … can you plat drums? Alright). After a couple of libations, we decided to give the band another chance and realized that what they were playing was the sound they were going for. A little on the jazzy side with just a hint of rock explosions. Not bad, not good. Kind of like generic Cap’n Crunch.

Moving on to The Locust. Here’s a tip to you guys. If 95% of your act relies on the shock of seeing four grown-ass men wearing green tights and bug helmets .. perhaps you should A) hire roadies to set up your gear for you or B) wait to change into your costumes before setting up. Watching The Locust carry their equipment onstage kind of takes away from the shock of seeing "the next big thing in music" … know what we mean? Oh yeah .. their performance was lame too. It’s a well-reported fact that The Locust’s songs rarely exceed 30 seconds in length. That’s about the only nice thing we can say about their so-called performance. Don’t get us wrong, we here at the Austinist have a place in our heart for extreme music. But watching a sub-par Dillenger Escape Plan rip through songs like giant bug manimals with ADD loses its punch after two songs, or in their case, one minute.