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Friday, December 3, 2010

Tit Pig Last Night at the Comet: Slam Dancing and Shit Talk

Posted by on Fri, Dec 3, 2010 at 11:44 AM

Last night, much-buzzed about local band Tit Pig played a well-attended show at the Comet Tavern, headlining over Olympia bands Milk Music and Christian Mistress (White Boss unfortunately cancelled). I missed Milk Music, but a friend described them as “like a down-tuned Foo Fighters,” which actually really makes me want to see them sometime. Olympia’s Christian Mistress are a full-on, hair-farming, head-banging metal band in the most classic mold. I will be honest, I don’t have the faintest fucking idea what to do with this stuff. Same friend said they sounded like “Motörhead and Iron Maiden” had a baby, and I’m inclined to defer to him on this one. Fun fact: my iPhone autocorrect knows to put an umlaut in Motörhead. Rock on, Jobs.

As editor of this music section, I take full responsibility for the irony that Tit Pig’s last nine or so mentions in the Stranger this past month have all concerned how little media coverage they get and how impossible they are to track down on the internet. My bad. But it’s better you hear about them than not, even if it involves some beating over the head with a dead horse. In any case, readers should be in for a brief reprieve, as Tit Pig ended their set last night with the announcement that they wouldn’t be playing shows for a couple months so that they can concentrate on making a record. Before that, they let loose a half hour or so of screaming hardcore so fun and vital that it actually has me giving half a shit about the mostly moribund aggro genre for the first time in years.

Sean “the Prawn” Evoy is an ideal frontman for a hardcore band. Before Tit Pig, the last time he was in the Stranger, he was boasting about how he carries a knife when he goes to the Goodwill (don’t let the tough talk fool you, he’s just a big ol’ clotheshorse). Evoy doesn’t “have a mouth on him,” he’s just all mouth. It’s probably for the best that his, uh, singing comes out as an unintelligible series of throat-scraping screams, squeals, and croaks, because he’s almost certainly talking some nasty, offensive shit in there. Perhaps his deadpan between song banter is some indication (although the first thing out of Evoy’s mouth was the Mr. Show phrase “fuck yeah that wide,” which might also give some hint about the band’s sense of humor): “All right, motherfuckers, it’s time to knuckle up. Let’s get fucking nuts, motherfuckers.” “I can’t hear myself at all, just—whatever, fuck it, fucking shit.” “It’s not dirty enough for me. I need you guys to do something. Someone take a shit on the floor.” “Break your fucking legs, let’s get gross.” “Spill some fucking blood. Somebody get their head split open, I’m getting bored.”

To their credit, the crowd responded to Evoy’s hectoring with enthusiastic slam dancing and omni-directional volleys of beer cans. Evoy, quickly shirtless and showing off his garish chest tattoo, responded in kind, stalking through the crowd and shoving audience members. The dude from the hot dog stand upturned a small trash can onstage. There was a cardboard box in the pit, tripping people up; eventually, it wound up around the drummer’s shoulders, like the human/garbage version of one of those dog cones. The songs were short, fast, and hard, the rhythm martial and unrelenting, the guitarist (dreadlocked Willie Nilz from Wildildlife) alternating from distorted chords to fast, one-handed fret-tapping that left his other right hand free for throwing metal horns or, better yet, pointing at his own finger-tapping left hand.

The drummer also got in some good banter. Introducing a song called “Cruising,” named, one assumes, for the graphic gaysplotation Al Pacino film, he said, "I want to say I'm so happy to see some big bears here tonight, and if any of you guys wanna take me home and abuse me tonight, I'm up for grabs. The next one’s called ‘Cruising’ and it goes out to all the bears and it's straight from my heart and I'm dead serious." To which Evoy replied, "we got a limpwrist in here tonight.”

Tit Pig are eager provocateurs (see also their t-shirt), but Evoy’s between song gripes about boredom, his repeated calls for more extreme action, raise a niggling question: how filthy does the slam dancing and the shit talk have to be for this stuff to shock anymore? If anyone in Seattle’s gonna find out, it’ll be Tit Pig.

 

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Foo Fighters? Try Dinosaur Jr. instead. Pretty great!
Posted by nik on December 3, 2010 at 12:24 PM
Grant Brissey 2
This makes me really regret staying in last night.
Posted by Grant Brissey http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Author.html?oid=23414 on December 3, 2010 at 12:28 PM
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You could've taken that shit in the pit.
Posted by Eric Grandy on December 3, 2010 at 12:35 PM
Brian Cook 4
unfortunately, i'm going to have to play that lame-ass "oh, that show was LAST night?" card. bummed i missed it.
Posted by Brian Cook http://www.last.fm/user/bubblegutz on December 3, 2010 at 12:41 PM
Jason Baxter 5
Alternative headline: "No Pit Shit at Tit Pig"
Posted by Jason Baxter on December 3, 2010 at 12:43 PM
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Fuck Yeah! Let's get gross!
Posted by ChristFucker on December 3, 2010 at 2:02 PM
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Yeah Brissey, If you would have showed the tag line could have read: "Tit Pig goes legit, finally a shit in the pit"
Posted by Analfingerblasting666 on December 3, 2010 at 2:21 PM
bunnypuncher 8
No online presence? A "shocking" band name? Thee Music Press finally realizing there's more to hardcore than their narrow view of it? Are you guys just now hearing of Mysterious Guy Hardcore?

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Mysterious…

http://reigninblonde.com/post/655350732/…

http://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2010/10/h…

Full disclosure: at least one member of Tit Pig is an acquaintance of mine, but I have yet to hear the band.
Posted by bunnypuncher http://twitter.com/princess_wolfie on December 3, 2010 at 2:55 PM
Brian Cook 9
i totally like Tit Pig before they sold out and made a record.
Posted by Brian Cook http://www.last.fm/user/bubblegutz on December 3, 2010 at 3:09 PM
metardtard 10
I was skeptical but then I saw them last night and became a fan. I wanted to take the drummer up on his offer but I'm too shy. Poor me :(
Posted by metardtard on December 3, 2010 at 4:31 PM
LEE. 11
all this has really shown to me is that once again, Seattle is more taken with whimsy than with substance and talent. Tit Pig are good at what they play, and Sean is an apt frontman, but really there's nothing they're doing that plenty of bands in "the mostly moribund aggro genre" haven't been working hard at for years. bear in mind, I say this as long-standing friends with 3 members of this band... there's more deserving musicians who aren't hyped solely because their singer isn't a sociopathic big mouth. I don't really have a problem with the coverage these guys are getting, I just wish it wasn't like that's all the lip service you're gonna give to bands playing music harder than Wet Paint DDM, Eric. sorry not all of them can be consistently witty and assured to have beers thrown at them at every show, but if you paid attention, it does happen often enough to keep things interesting. that's all I'm saying. that and if you are looking for whimsy (and I hate to throw myself out as an example for things that are bigger than my pettiness), I just threw my phone at the wall because I was tired of it freezing and crashing, and accidentally shattered a large picture frame. glass everywhere!
Posted by LEE. http://redeadening.blogspot.com on December 3, 2010 at 5:30 PM
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Roll around in that glass and we'll talk, lee.
Posted by Eric Grandy on December 3, 2010 at 6:06 PM
Grist 13
@8: Thank you for those links. Made my evening.
Posted by Grist on December 3, 2010 at 7:35 PM
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@11

Lee, you are getting old, you can't spend your life in complaining about every new band in town. show us what you got and we will talk from there, alright?
Posted by jus passing by on December 3, 2010 at 8:25 PM
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I got a funny feeling Lee is in all these bands deserving of credit. Also completely packed with substance and talent. We didn't asked for the credit were getting we demanded it. I also will say I love all of Lee's Bands, and think he's a fucking great guy, but come on bro don't throw us under the bus just cause people like are band. Your sounding like the fifth Beatle.
Posted by ChristFucker on December 3, 2010 at 11:20 PM
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Lee, I hear what your sayin' man. It's true. There is a wealth of great music in this city that is fucking hard and a large part of it goes unnoticed in the local music press. It's really sad actually, because honestly that music scene is one of the longest standing and most die hard DIY movements that has been in this town for decades. I've lived hear all my life though and I'm pretty sure Seattle is still a Rock town. Let's let em' dust off the old records that we know and love so much and see if we can't give em' the benefit of the doubt. Hey Writers for the Stranger, you can start by writing something about Asymmetric Warfare. That band fucking rules! And thanks to Brian Cook for being one of the guys that actually reviews heavier seattle music on a regular basis.
Posted by Analfingerblasting666 on December 4, 2010 at 4:43 AM
Minty 17
Shit, Sean. If Tit Pig gets famous you better replace my damn book... cause we all know who's really hard. Straight outta Covington... mildly retarded pizza hut managers... Depeche Mode and 2 Pina Coladas. You Know? Shit. I punched a lot kid in the head repeatedly for accusing me of being a Dave Matthews fan. I really did. Homie da Clown don't mess around.
Posted by Minty http:// on December 4, 2010 at 9:43 AM
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All I'm saying is don't give the Stranger shit, or anyone else for giving Heavy Bands credit. Seattle always does that. They complain on getting no coverage, and then when someones does there either pissed it's not there band, or that a band they don't like is getting coverage. Also Eric wrote an awesome review it's really funny. Maybe more people will start going to Hardcore show because of it. Don't shoot the fucking messenger... Be thankful CAUSE THIS BENEFITS ARE MUSIC SCENE!!!!
Posted by ChristFucker on December 4, 2010 at 10:52 AM
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That's true. That review was awesome! I was cracking up when I read it. But yeah, LEE you have to admit this really does just benefit the hardcore scene as a whole. Also, I don't know that any band that "deserves" ANYTHING. I don't play music to get a fucking gold star. People should just play music because they love doing it, period. And if people want to write about it, good for them.
Posted by Analfingerblasting666 on December 4, 2010 at 11:25 AM
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LEE:
since i'm not one of the three long-standing friends of yours in tit pig, i feel comfortable saying you sound like a fucking douche right now.
of course there are dozens upon dozens of extremely talented bands and artists in seattle who don't get enough credit. who knows why? maybe it's because they're not targeting the right audience, maybe it's because they're living in the wrong decade, or maybe it's simply because nobody gives a shit. why the fuck is tit pig to blame? why are grandy and cook to blame? because we fucking rule and those guys like to write about us? fuck you. you wanna give those bands some credit, go buy their fucking records and write your own reviews.
this review doesn't claim that we're the most talented or hard working band around, and neither do we. what this review and we in tit pig claim is that our live shows are very seriously and purely aggressive, which is something that seattle doesn't see very often.
if you can't hang, it's no one's fucking problem but your own. keep throwing toys across your room and send your complaints elsewhere. we've got bigger fucking fish to fry.
Posted by mydildoismycopilot on December 4, 2010 at 8:49 PM
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also,
metardtard: too bad, dude. i'm sure we could've had a killer night.
briancook: when are you going to interview us (me)?
Posted by mydildoismycopilot on December 4, 2010 at 8:53 PM
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I fucking hate all of you.
Posted by Dead C on December 5, 2010 at 12:18 AM
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Dead C. I will put you in a cold basement, bolt your cheeks to the ceiling/floor with an opening that exposes just your face while I host a party using your face as the toilet. You probably don't even own any of Dead C's shit on vinyl. Try to talk about some real shit, bitch.
Posted by Analfingerblasting666 on December 5, 2010 at 5:17 AM
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Analfingerblasting666-

"....and keep feedin' ya and feedin' ya and feedin' ya..."

First off, I don't give a fuck about any of this shit, which is why I kept it simple. Secondly, I could give you Morley's email [I have an interview with him posted on my own site], but I'm not going to help facilitate contacts and rimming propositions from anonymous fanboys. Plus, the DEAD C in the screen name has nothing to do with THE DEAD C, it's an OLD screen name and a reference to all of the times that I almost, should have, or might have died, including the crazy parts of my "former selves" that were rendered off of my brain from deemster smoke. It was originally a personal nod to the aspects of myself, beliefs, and personality that may or may not have existed at some point, most of which I don't remember. For example, at one time I might have given a fuck about your corny ass opinion... but it's not likely. I'm not sure but, if I I was in Jr. High, I might have also cared about what opinions an overblown school paper like the Stranger held about my band or actually thought it was "hard core" to blog comments/threats at actual strangers (which is hilarious because, depending on which one you are, I'm pretty sure that we actual know each other). There's another part of me that might have cared about buying vinyl for display reasons more than for listening too. Who knows? I can't remember that many selves ago... maybe you can remind me what it's like to smoke cigarettes behind the school and talk shit about the "cool kids", while secretly hoping they invite you to their party and give you a "Can't Buy Me Love" Patrick Dempsey-style makeover. The screen name is only used for consistency's sake and because I couldn't come up with something as clever as Analfingerblasting666; that and as an old reminder to myself that I'm still alive and not to do reckless shit with my mortality anymore, after a specific instance (regarding "reckless shit with my mortality" I have an incredibly strong feeling responding to you doesn't qualify).

As for my last and much shorter post, I had too much to say. Then I realized that I had nothing to say. In ways, I agreed with LEE but, in much larger ways I didn't, so I was leery of commenting for fear that it might come off as too supportive in either direction. I agree that the Stranger is fickle and that most of this coverage is probably based on the "buzz" around what is being called a "buzz band". [Remember the MTV buzz videos? Maybe you can make one for your solo project.] They aren't push-starting the car or anything, they're just jumping in as fast as possible once they hear the engine start to turnover. I get it. It's like the carefully planned Shabazz Palaces "leaks" and calculated distribution and marketing behind it under the guise of having ones "ear to the street." The difference is that TIT PIG is the anti-thesis of Shabazz Palaces, which is the greatest thing about this and why I find it both intriguing and off-putting simultaneously. This isn't a "conscious" group claiming to uplift anyone and revolutionize hip-hop for the street cred hungry Seattlite youth, but it's still being promoted by the same publication known for aggressively hyping MAD RAD and Vampire Weekend in the same way.

It's funny to me because I've been in court with Sean while we read misguided and fabricated letters that people actually wrote encouraging the courts to lock him up. I guess it's popular to like him now. That's what's funny to me, because we've been friends for years before either of us ever moved to this town and I love how people can flip on a dime. So yeah, I do think that a lot of the intentions behind this hype might be insincere at best, but who gives a fuck? One week the Stranger trashes the film "Inception" and the very next week, the very same person recommends it. Yeah, it's probably insincere but it doesn't mean that they're not right this time and it doesn't mean that LEE's intentions are any more sincere, because his post does come across as incredibly self-motivated and as a unfounded stab in the back. I was in a short-lived band with both LEE and SEAN and when Sean and I made a flyer with a Jean Benet Ramsey in flames backdrop behind Jeff Conway getting the reverse cowboy treatment from a bald Britney Spears in his wheel chair, no one else was down. The kibosh was put of that flyer and now that very thing is what has built hype for TIT PIG. That's hilarious to me and I love it. It's a poetic irony. Lee seems to care about the press enough to complain and one of my best friends, who is the one person who never gave a fuck about any of it, is getting that press now for the same shit that got him blacklisted from everything else. It's ironic, hilarious, and I love it. Good for you guys. I could get pissy too, because I was sitting w/Sean when he told me about the shirt idea and about me playing in the group, but I got a job, didn't have time, and come through. I have a reason to whine about not being part of this (maybe I'll cry in treatment like Dave Mustaine someday) but I'm in full support of this project and of any positive press that comes with it, because I actually think it's a good thing. Another ironic angle, I was asked to send some photos that I took from the show over to Grandy for use and never even got an email response back, after sidetracking my day to edit them. I'm pretty sure that he doesn't want to use the photos because I took 'em and I've openly talked shit about the Stranger before. Maybe someday they'll kiss me on the mouth too, but I'm not crossing my fingers. See why I didn't want to get started? Plus, I have nothing against LEE or his projects either but, just felt that the post was in bad form and was proud of the restraint that I was holding my not getting into the mix. I will definitely let you know if I do decide to "talk about some real shit" though, bitch.

So... yeah... I love all of this and I love everyone or, in other words, "I fucking hate all of you."

here are the show photos, but you've probably actually seen them already: http://www.flickr.com/photos/monsterfres…
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Posted by Dead C on December 5, 2010 at 10:13 AM
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Tit Pig band members and their fans are full of feelings.
Posted by hydra on December 5, 2010 at 10:31 AM
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If the Lee in question is my old co-worker, I can say quite honestly that he is way more boss and way tougher than this Tit Pig. I saw him eat glass once. Shit is real.
Posted by hydra on December 5, 2010 at 10:34 AM
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Hydra... The name says it all... LAME HIPPIE BITCH! Go walk your crystal giving ass into traffic.... REAL TALK... I'll walk on your soul bitch...
Posted by ChristFucker on December 5, 2010 at 10:53 AM
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dead c:
you're actually pretty funny.
a couple things:
don't go talking about how you don't give a fuck about anything and then start listing off all the reasons why you have more punk cred than anyone else here. so you lived with sean? great. you were in a band with sean. even better. you've known sean for x amount of years? color me fucking impressed, you idiot.
also, i love (hate, then love again) how much you love (hate, then love again) everything around you. you're a complicated person. you probably use that shit to get laid (not laid, then laid again). good work.
lastly, what the fuck is all this bullshit about your former selves helping you decide on a screenname? no one fucking gives two shits about your fucking spirit quest to find the perfect moniker for your nonsensical online ramblings.
next time, practice a little more of that restraint you mentioned, dipshit.
Posted by mydildoismycopilot on December 5, 2010 at 11:29 AM
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mydildoismycopilot-

I never claimed to have any punk cred.
I put the "former selves" shit in parenthesis because I knew it was cheesy, but the basic attack that was directed at me was because of the screen name (which was already a pointlessly claim for street cred). What I love is how retarded all of this is. What I hate is how retarded all of this is. It's all the same to me. Sure there's some entertainment value here, the spirit quest retorts and threats to shit on people are appreciated because of that entertainment value. Sinking your "friend's" bands is a kind of shitty, though. So I have an opinion, like everyone else, but not an invested one. So "love"... "hate"... they ARE loaded terms, especially since my feelings about all of this are pretty luke warm, but I obviously had nothing better to do this morning than anyone else on here. I just wanted to throw some diced carrots into the broth while it was spinning. There's no direction or focus on here anyway, that's why both you and Yates are talking shit to someone that's actually supporting you.

If this newfangled internet thing gets big enough, maybe no one will ever actually have to play a show at all, someday
Posted by Dead C on December 5, 2010 at 12:07 PM
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actually... you know what? Fuck this! I'm gonna go watch Billy Elliot
Posted by Dead C on December 5, 2010 at 12:16 PM
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Hahaha! Genuis, it's you! Dude that shit/pissing scene I "threatened" you with is from a dream I had where that exact thing happened to me. I'm glad this site is getting more of a Weekly World News meets Ricki Lake vibe. Keep it comin
Posted by Analfingerblasting666 on December 5, 2010 at 12:52 PM
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dead c:
you're hilarious. how do know about my obsession with billy elliot?
do you want to go to the ballet with me sometime?
also, i don't know why my comment posted three times... whatever.
Posted by mydildoismycopilot on December 5, 2010 at 1:07 PM
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Yates-
I think that dream means that you are coming into some money.
Also, your Ricki Lake comment says it all. How can you hate on a band that results in images of ass fisting and verbal shit being smeared all over this website? It's just a good time.
Posted by Dead C on December 5, 2010 at 2:56 PM
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I'll stick with Partman Parthorse, thanks.
Posted by Jeff on December 6, 2010 at 12:16 PM
LEE. 37
aww...its really cute how everyone but Will came out to ream me for my comment. had I known I was gonna be accused of throwing you guys under the bus no matter what, I wouldn't have pulled my punches.

seriously guys, my critique was way more leveled at Eric than at your band. chill... you're more thin-skinned than MAD RAD fans. if you want to assume that I implied my bands in what I was talking about, then whatever. I know a lot of really good bands in Seattle that I'm not a part of who could use a few paragraphs written about them every now and again. that doesn't change the fact that I get annoyed (and its not Tit Pig's fault) with hype bands. and maybe since I am friends with people in said bands getting hyped. I want to know how they feel about it, both in a positive and negative light. one person claims that you don't care about press, while giving me the business for clearly being publicity minded; and another says you guys "demanded" the attention given to you. obviously you're not all on the same page and that's cool, but don't fucking put words in my mouth and say I'm stabbing you in the back when my problems aren't with your band, just with what's being said about it.

and whichever of you said @19 that this benefits the entire scene: you make a good point. I just wish the benefits weren't given hand-in-hand with back biting flippancy about the scene we're supposed to be a part of. its cool for your band to get praise, but when the author also says that the rest of scene is "moribund", that isn't helping anyone else.

Posted by LEE. http://redeadening.blogspot.com on December 6, 2010 at 9:46 PM
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Everyone in this band except Will seems like an emo bitch. They should change their name to emo-pig because of how worked up they get. :/
Posted by wut on December 7, 2010 at 1:28 AM
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I want to delete my comments on here. How do I do that?
Posted by Analfingerblasting666 on December 9, 2010 at 8:42 AM
LEE. 40
@39

nopes. etched into cyberspace forevs...
Posted by LEE. http://redeadening.blogspot.com on December 9, 2010 at 9:48 PM

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