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| The Extra Action Marching Band is a collision of big band and ecstatic turmoil. Despite their name they rarely march, but rather shimmy, crawl, mob and charge. Trumpets pounce like eagles and tubas drip ass-bouncing blurps from fat fingers. Drums shudder under wild eyed and white knuckled drummers, and through it all winds the flag team; glittering and sinuous creatures who masterfully pulsate pom-poms in a hypnotic fantasy. The listener is hoodwinked, soaked, and savaged into giddy abandon. Powerful and empowering, the Extra Action Marching Band seduces the pre-civilized will. They are immediate and visceral - more of a sweaty invitation than a show. They are a parody of idioms with shattering volume - guerrilla theater with the rug rolled up. Extra Action has performed in back alleys and at the Hollywood Bowl, they have played Black Sabbath in a synagogue for dancing octogenarians - but the preferred venue is a small locked room with the heat turned up. As the sound boils into a spinning crossfire, sweat and flying hair tangle in a delicious knot. Audience and band submit together, to each other, to the whim and fancy, to satisfaction. Irresistible. Summer Tour Press Release Articles 8 / 05 / 2005 Artforum Sweat and Lowdown 2 / 01 / 2006 Spin Magazine Blood on the Sousaphone 1 / 01 / 2007 Dazed and Confused Music: Extra Action Marchgin Band 10 / 03 / 2007 Naughty American America’s Naughtiest Marching Band 4 / 27 / 2007 Glasgow Times Brass Balls More Press |
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July 18 - Mission Creek Music Festival
at The Eagle! September 5 - Lebowski Fest San Francisco at The Mezzanine 444 Jessie Street @ Mint September 11 - HORNUCOPIA! at The Rickshaw Stop 155 Fell St., San Francisco |