FRI, July 30th: Violent ARP Band / Drugs Dragons / Ken Camden / Ratatosk

Friday, July 30th, 9PM at Enemy (1550 N. Milwaukee, 3rd floor)

Violent ARP Band
http://violentarpband.blogspot.com/

Drugs Dragons
http://www.myspace.com/drgsdrgns

Ken Camden
http://www.myspace.com/kencamden

Ratatosk
http://www.cranksatori.net/ratatosk

VIOLENT ARP LYRICS

Lyrics to VIOLENT ARP
©James Marlon Magas, 2009

THE VIOLENT ARP
You don't even understand desire
You don't even want to know the why
We own all the time
We are no reply
We don't even wonder when we die

COOL AMERICAN
I feel like a cool American
You are not but the only way you ever been
Sunday morning got the funny money act to you
Sunday morning got the funny money act to you

DEVIL IS FLYING (Magas/Larson)
Too many problems in this world
More solutions than problems
Babies born without eyes
Growing up
Telling lies

Devil is flying

There's nothing you can do
Ain't no use in trying

Devil is flying

STATUE
You know it used to really burn me
You know it used to make me fry
and now I can't remember
What it was or even why

You know I used to howl in pain
Because it was inside of my brain
But now I can't remember
What it was to howl in the night

Ah ah

WHISKEY NIGHTS
This is one of those whiskey nights
Anything can happen and anything might
She poured 'em long and she poured 'em right
This is one of those whiskey nights

(chorus)
This is one of those whiskey nights
This is one of those whiskey nights
She poured 'em long and she poured 'em right
This is one of those whiskey nights

repeat verse

LIFE'S LONELY GRIND
Some people say
Why do you stay away
Why do you make us wait
I take my time
I blow my mind
in life's lonely grind
yeah

VIOLENT ARP BAND REBORN

VIOLENT ARP BAND (l-r) Eli Caterer, Jim Magas, Matt Jencik, Mike Mazzola Photo by Steve Shoup

The VIOLENT ARP BAND has been undergoing some changes behind the scenes. Drummer Dave Hoffa split awhile back and has been replaced by the one and only MIKE MAZZOLA, a longtime Magas ally and drummer of RAGTONES and LASERS & FAST & SHIT. Mazzola's rough'n'tumble style meshes perfectly with the turbulent and surreal hard-rocking vortex that is the VIOLENT ARP BAND. We can't stop this freight train. Expect shows July-ish.

MAGAS - Black Test Car (2000)

Just discovered what I thought was lost: my half of a split cassette with TWIG HARPER, entitled BLACK TEST CAR.

BLACK TEST CAR is a 10-minute jam recorded in 2000.

Download HERE

VIOLENT ARP BAND now has its own blog

The VIOLENT ARP BAND now has its own blog, which can be found HERE.

Introducing THE VIOLENT ARP BAND

THE VIOLENT ARP BAND (l-r Jim Magas (vox), Dave Hoffa (drums), Eli Caterer (guitar), Matt Jencik (bass)

Ladies and gentlemen...after devoting the past decade to purely electronic music, I have decided to smash the old model and begin the new decade with a new sound: THE VIOLENT ARP BAND.

"Sharing a love for high-velocity avant heavy sludge, this newly-minted syndicate of freaks features Jim Magas (MAGAS, LAKE OF DRACULA, COUCH) on vocals & electronics, Eli Caterer (SMOKING POPES) on guitar, Matt Jencik (IMPLODES, TAKING PICTURES, PAPA M, DON CABALLERO, etc. ) on bass guitar and Dave Hoffa (CHICAGO THRASH ENSEMBLE, AUTHORITY ABUSE) on drums."

Rehearsals have been going well...we'll be playing this spring.

Deep Purple Notes, 1985

Here's my ticket stub and concert notes from Deep Purple's 1985 Perfect Strangers tour.