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Originally created as a side project in 2008, The BeatCrunchers quickly grew in scope to start carving their own niche in the NW music scene. Borrowing members from bands such as Macaco Velho, Samba Ja, Kef, and the Klezmonauts, the group draws from a variety of genres and sensibilities to form a fresh and distinct sound.

The Beat Crunchers are fresh, funky, and live. They get the booty shaking and keep it shaking with their mighty Brazilian percussion and exuberant horns. The Beat Crunchers take you on a breathless tour of the world’s best dance parties, Afropop to Balkan to Cumbia. This is a band that turns everything it touches to a divine rug-cutting boogie-down, be it a childhood cartoon theme song or a funked-up Rachmaninov prelude. The Beat Crunchers resist boxes, and enable you lovely dancers to do the same.

Ken Sokolov – drum kit, vocals
Matt Noble – bass, vocals
Matt Pilcher – Percussion, vinyl, vocals
Markus Johnson – Surdo, cuica, dub effects
Ashley Wright – Tenor saxophone, keyboard, vocals
Ryan Chaney — trombone
Alex Lowe – trumpet
Cody Simpson – trumpet

DRI

The DIRTY ROTTEN IMBECILES’ history begins on May 2, 1982 around 4:00pm, in the city of Houston, TX. It was on this day that the musically aggressive quartet we now know as D.R.I. made their first Dirty Rotten noise and called it a song. Back then it was Spike Cassidy (guitar), Kurt Brecht (vocals), Eric Brecht (drums), and Dennis Johnson (bass).


Dirty Rotten Imbeciles (also known as D.R.I.) are a United States hardcore punk/thrashcore/crossover thrash band that formed in Houston, Texas, in 1982. The band currently comprises founding members, vocalist Kurt Brecht and guitarist Spike Cassidy, as well as drummer Rob Rampy and bassist Harald Oimoen.

D.R.I. never gained a mainstream audience, but the integration of their hardcore punk roots with thrash metal influences was a stylistic catalyst for their contemporaries —most notably Suicidal Tendencies, Corrosion of Conformity, and Stormtroopers of Death— alongside whom they are considered pioneers of what would later be called “crossover thrash.” This subgenre was also coined from their 1987 album Crossover.

SPIKE CASSIDY –
KURT BRECHT –
ROB RAMPY –
GREG ORR –

Intent

Intent is a thrash metal band from the wasteland of Mesa, Arizona. Formed in 2016 by Jeremy Lambert, Garrett Loper, and Ricardo Hall; The band would eventually recruit Jimmy Nelson and Alex Zucker and go on to produce their debut album, “Vox Populi” in early 2018.

Hippie Fight

Hippie Fight is a punk band from Eugene Oregon.
Billy D. – vocals
Danny-guitar
Tapes-guitar
JimmyD-drums
Secret hippie Tim-bass

Lucika

Skutch Lucika -vocals,guitars,bass,theremin
Atom Bouris-lead guitars
Phil Merwin-drums Channonh”Das Stuka”-bass

some reviews of LUCIKA “The Mangler”

“Like a Melvins/Jesus Lizard/Unsane hellraisin’ hoedown,Oregon’s post-metal whackos Lucika provide a prolific plethora of Pacific Northwest putrity,with plenty of pile-driving paranoia and truly parasitic tones to pull off their powerfully-fucked post metal…Totally fucked,diverse stalker metal,that is just what it is…this madness is genius.” -Dave Brenner METAL MANIACS MAGAZINE(NY)

“Death,black,with a perverted intellectualism” -George Politopolous FLIGHT OF PEGASUS RADIO(Athens,Greece)

“5 tracks of solid metal. The singer(Skutch)sounds like he is singing from his last dying breath,and really pours his heart out singing these tunes. I love the heavy,low-tuned guitar sound they use. The production is thick and this is a very good release. I look forward to hearing more from these guys.” Chris Forbes,editor METAL CORE FANZINE(NJ)

“A brutal peice of extreme metal,killer riffs with extreme growls and surprisingly clear vocals. Cool,powerful sound. Rhythmic,bulldozing drums and amazing bass parts. Elements of thrash,metal,and extreme sounds. One brutal explosion,with a mixture of a bit of old-school metal to destroy your fucking ears!” -NOISE HOUR RADIO (Las Palmas,Spain)

“Simply sick post metal…contains elements of both death,thrash,black-metal,and psychedelic rock. Favorite tracks are “The Mangler”which is somehow more in a black-metal mood but with clean vocals. And “Made Humble By Horns”,which is brutal as hell. I must say this band from Oregon,USA deserves your full attention,as they are looking to spread their sickness across to Europe and the world.” -Bato METAL REVOLUTION(Denmark)

Some review for LUCIKA “Unnerving Depth of Black”

“These guys mete out some heavy,gloomy sludge…a singer that sounds like he’s gonna cough up his spleen at any moment. Good,and loud,metallic,yet with a groove.” -RAZORCAKE MAGAZINE(L.A.)

“Hauntcore,I think it’s a mixture of raw black metal meets THE MELVINS,with harder hitting stuff like GODFLESH and a touch of old shock rock like ALICE COOPER or GG ALLIN.” -Keegan Irvine WSZ (Toronto,Canada)

“Great CD,thrash influenced…modern sound,but with an old-school touch.” -NORTHERN WARRIOR PRODUCTIONS(Malaysia)

This jam is open to all acoustic instruments. We play a mix of bluegrass, folk, blues, and all around acoustic Jam tunes. Come enjoy!

Judah Friedlander – Future President Tour!

Hilarious, profound satire with endless one liners & seamless crowd work. Judah Friedlander is a singular performer. His Future President stand-up show is American satire at its most creative, incisive, and funny. You have not seen a show like this before. Judah satirizes American Exceptionalism, the systemic power structures that control America, and how America deals with all of its human rights issues. Judah finds and creates comedy from places you never knew it existed.

In Judahs uproariously engaging and unpredictable show, he will tell you why he should be the future President of the United States, and will invite you to ask him questions about his Presidential platform. With Judahs amazing and unique crowd work, no two shows are the same.

Last year, Judah Friedlanders critically acclaimed 84 minute stand-up performance film America Is the Greatest Country In the United States (Netflix, 2017) was named best comedy special of the year by many critics, comics, and fans. This year in 2019, Judah is on tour with all new material.

Come see the Future President of the United States.

This show, presented by Just Comedy, is proud to be part of the D.B. Cooper Comedy Festival. All tickets for Judah Friedlander at Whirled Pies must be purchased separately from other festival events.

Sunday, October 20th, 2019
Doors 7:00 | Show 8:00
Tickets: $20 Advanced / $25 Day Of Show

Today the Jazz Café presents for your listening enjoyment these fine artists Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Kevyn Lettau, Herbie Hancock, Dave Brubeck, Bobby Hutcherson, Royal Jelly Jive, Lionel Hampton, Cab Calloway, Chuck Leavell and much more. Broadcasting LIVE from Whirled Pies in downtown Eugene and streaming LIVE @ live.kocf.org

Today the Jazz Café presents for your listening enjoyment these fine artists Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Kevyn Lettau, Herbie Hancock, Dave Brubeck, Bobby Hutcherson, Royal Jelly Jive, Lionel Hampton, Cab Calloway, Chuck Leavell and much more. Broadcasting LIVE from Whirled Pies in downtown Eugene and streaming LIVE @ live.kocf.org

A.F. Jones is a Washington-based musician and audio engineer. Joining him will be The Diminished Men’s Dave Abramson. Local support will be in the form of Tawuse Melek and Don Haugen