El Rey (Venue Partner)
5515 Wilshire Blvd
323.936.6400
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Black Lips
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Thursday Feb 14, 2008 (8pm)
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- Price
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$16
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In 1971 Lester Bangs published an essay called James Taylor Marked for Death, in which he heralded the Troggs as the raw libido of rock 'n roll. "Wild Thing" was the perfect, artless, raucous rock song. It was pure id. Cue the Black Lips — seemingly ignorant of 40 years of musical evolution, they rip through song after song of merciless, riotous rock. You won't hear anything especially new in it, but you won't be complaining either. The band has built a reputation for putting on wildly debauched live shows, and tonight they play with fellow garage rockers Pierced Arrows and Terrible Twos.
