DESCRIPTION:
Tribute to Al's Bar at BloomfestLA 2012 featuring
Third Grade Teacher, Swords of Fatima, Lightnin' Woodcock, Size Queen, Carnage Asada, Saccharine Trust, Mike Watt and the Missingmen, the Gears, Downtown Devil Dogs, Sukia
July 21, 2012 Downtown Los Angeles.

BloomfestLA is a free festival located in Downtown Los Angeles. In 2012 it expanded to 4 stages including Bloom's stage where artist Alberto Miyares and UHF.TV put on a tribute to Al's Bar. Al's Bar was the headquarters for punk rock and weirdness from 1979 to 2001. All the bands featured hear either played there or their members played there in their former bands. For info on future Bloomfests check out www.bloomfestLA.com

Third Grade Teacher is fronted by Sabrina Stevenson - Third Grade Teacher by day, Punk Rock Goddess by night. She is backed up by husband and wife string section David Guerrero and Laura Smith who also played together in the band Ferdinand. Special Guest starring on drums is rumored to be Bob Lee from Backbiter and Clawhammer.

Swords of Fatima Probably the band that played the most at Al's Bar was Popdefect. Popdefect is no more so representing will be drummer Nick Scott's Swords of Fatima. Nick teams up with Buko Pan Guerra who sings and plays guitar. What makes the music really interesting is that Buko plays an electric guitar tuned like a banjo who plays really interesting rhythms. The only two melodic instruments are guitar and voice and they both come out of the same person in the same rhythms connected through the heart.

Lightnin' Woodcock is a blues rock that does music in the tradition of Snatch and the Poontangs He used to be in the wrestling band Foreign Object where he was known as Spike Liberty.

Size Queen (with Sharon, Blare and Mia from Betty Blowtorch) - Betty Blowtorch was an all girl punk band from the 90's that often played at Al's. You can learn about them in the movie Betty Blowtorch and her amazing true life adventures.

Carnage Asada has a unique sound with a Cholo, a Cello, a triple rhythm section with two bass players and drums, and a guitar player named Fate. They formed in 1993 putting out the EP Familia Carnage Asada in 1997 and the CD Permanent Trails in 1999. They went on a hiatus in the early 2000's and Re-emerged in 2008. Their music is very experimental ranging from atonal dissonance to hardcore chromaticism to heavy blues, sometimes in one song.

Saccharine Trust formed were one of the original SST Bands from the South Bay sharing stages and touring with bands like Black Flag and the Minutemen. The most jazzy and poetic of punk bands.

Mike Watt and the Missingmen will perform Mike Watt's third rock opera the Hyphenated-Man. He has toured this piece throughout North America, Europe, and Japan and now he brings it to Bloomfest, during a week off from his other band, Iggy and the Stooges, who are touring Europe. Watt toured this spring with fIREHOSE performing at the Coachella Festival and around America. The Missingmen are Tom Watson (Slovenly) and Raul Morales (Killer Dreamer). Before the Missingmen and fIREHOSE. Mike Watt played bass for the Minutemen who did several records for SST and are featured in the documentaries A History Lesson, and We Jam Econo.

The Gears are one of the last surviving band from the Masque they have been doing shows around L.A. since 1978. Wondercap Records is currently working on a documentary film on the Gears which will probably come out in 2013. They feature Axxel G. Reese on vocals, Kid Spike on guitar, Sean Shift or Dave Drive on drums, and Mike Manifold on bass.

Downtown Devil Dogs is the brainchild of Alberto Miyares, the man behind the flaming expresso mobile. The Devil Dogs are a blues rock band that were a fixture at Al's.

Sukia was a 1990's band that features 1970's child actor Ross Harris. They are back for Bloomfest playing in the 2010's. They blend traditional instruments, electronic instruments, video installation art, and comedy into a Dadaistic experience fitting for the former site of the Downtown Art Faire.

SORRY FOR THE ADS but as the media sponsor for this stage we lost a couple hundred dollars paying for the backline, mics and cables, and crew. and we are trying to make some of it back. If we break $50 in revenue by the end of the year, UHF.TV will split the revenue 50%UHF.TV 50% to the bands split equally (5% for each band).


For more info see
http://www.uhf.tv
http://www.bloomfestLA.com
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Third-Grade-Teacher/418200040273
http://www.reverbnation.com/theswordsoffatima
http://www.lightninwoodcock.com/
http://www.bettyblowtorch.com/
http://www.uhf.tv/carnageasada
https://www.facebook.com/CarnageAsadaLA
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Saccharine-Trust/339147591114
http://www.hootpage.com/
http://www.hootpage.com/hoot_hyphenated-man.html
https://www.facebook.com/thegears
http://realamericanartist.com/
http://sukiaspankme.wordpress.com/