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The Plot To Blow Up The Eiffel Tower
Posted by Rob Ortenzi on 16-Nov-05 @ 04:54 PM
HQ: San Diego, CA
NOW PLAYING: Love In The Fascist Brothel (REVELATION; revelationrecords.com) WHY YOU SHOULD KNOW 'EM:Their avant-hardcore noise will polarize listeners the way the 2004 election divided the U.S. YOU LIKE? YOU'LL LIKE: The Locust / The Blood Brothers / Arab On Radar Most bands form out of the need to say something, combat boredom and/or get laid. San Diego noisecore insurrectionists the Plot To Blow Up The Eiffel Tower came together out of an overwhelming need to obliterate all punk and hardcore conventions before them. And, judging by the band's Revelation Records debut, Love In The Fascist Brothel, they've made a good start. "I feel like punk, in general, is like beating a dead horse," says frontman Brandon Welchez. There are so many boring bands, and as fans, we weren't buying a lot of new music. We thought there was a need for something more exciting, both musically and onstage. We want to be loved or hated-indifference is totally boring." As if the Plot's sprawl of sand-chewing guitars, found sounds and rhythmic abrasion weren't polarizing enough, Fascist's crudely rendered artwork-semi-nude Nazi officers frolicking with pets-and select song titles ("Reich Stag Rock," "Lipstick SS") are guaranteed to elicit knee-jerk reactions by blue-state punks and confused looks from everyone else. Welchez acknowledges the schism, but he's confident Plot listeners are smart enough to see past the obvious. "Plenty of bands use war images, but that doesn't mean they are pro-war," he says. "A lot of the lyrics deal with the theme of submission: Love is the ultimate submission of the heart, and fascism is the ultimate subjugation of the body and soul. I would like to think that any responsible journalist would research our band before they assume anything. They would see the left-wing organizations we've done benefits for, the obvious political slant of our first records, and the makeup of the band itself, which is probably more ethnically, religiously and sexually diverse than 90 percent of the bands out there." He laughs. "Besides, we just wanted something that would piss parents off when kids bring it home." -Jason Pettigrew |
