YEAH YEAH YEAHSwith MAXIMUM HEDRUM Monday, June 24, 2013 at 7:30pm$30.00 advance$30.0018+89.3 The Current presents YEAH YEAH YEAHSVenue: First AvenueMainroom Info TabsPerformersPerformer: YEAH YEAH YEAHS At the turn of the twenty-first century, the New York City music scene floated in a surfaceless orbit of samplers, shoegazers, and delay pedals. The city's guitars lay choked by a digital fog, or else they lay dustily forgotten. Then, in 2002, an unbridled five-song EP by an unknown band brought noise, sex, passion, and mayhem back to the stage and to the stereo. The band's name evoked the kid who knows that whoever's in charge is full of shit -- "yeah, yeah, yeah" -- but it also rang with the affirmation of pure rock and roll: Fuck yeah! Read more about YEAH YEAH YEAHS Special GuestsSpecial Guests: MAXIMUM HEDRUM Maximum Hedrum is the new project of producer, composer, director, and DJ Sam Spiegel. The group’s unique electronic-funk hybrid features Sam Spiegel, the vocals of Derrick Green from the seminal heavy metal band Sepultura, and renowned German musician and producer Harold Faltermeyer. Their self-titled album, released March 19, 2013 via Spectrophonic Sound, examines the way our lives are changing through advancements in technology and the Internet. Read more about MAXIMUM HEDRUM
YEAH YEAH YEAHS At the turn of the twenty-first century, the New York City music scene floated in a surfaceless orbit of samplers, shoegazers, and delay pedals. The city's guitars lay choked by a digital fog, or else they lay dustily forgotten. Then, in 2002, an unbridled five-song EP by an unknown band brought noise, sex, passion, and mayhem back to the stage and to the stereo. The band's name evoked the kid who knows that whoever's in charge is full of shit -- "yeah, yeah, yeah" -- but it also rang with the affirmation of pure rock and roll: Fuck yeah! Read more about YEAH YEAH YEAHS
MAXIMUM HEDRUM Maximum Hedrum is the new project of producer, composer, director, and DJ Sam Spiegel. The group’s unique electronic-funk hybrid features Sam Spiegel, the vocals of Derrick Green from the seminal heavy metal band Sepultura, and renowned German musician and producer Harold Faltermeyer. Their self-titled album, released March 19, 2013 via Spectrophonic Sound, examines the way our lives are changing through advancements in technology and the Internet. Read more about MAXIMUM HEDRUM