Tuesday, September 11th
Doors at 8 show at 9 sharp
(limited capacity! get there early)

ACID MOTHERS TEMPLE AND THE MELTING PARAISO UFO

OUTRAGEOUS CHERRY

LSDUDES

PLASTIC CRIMEWAVE

$10
detroit contemporary
5141 Rosa Parks, Detroit
313 898 4ART

ACID MOTHERS TEMPLE AND THE MELTING PARAISO UFO hail from Nagoya in the central region of Japan, but they may as well be from the moon. A self-described 'freak-out group for the 21st century', the band was founded in 1996 by members of the Acid Mothers Temple soul-collective, led by guitarist Kawabata Makoto (from Musica Transonic and Toho Sara). New Geocentric World, their latest release, continues the development shown on their previous albums for the pioneering Japanese label P.S.F., with intense music veering between blitzkrieg maelstroms of electricity and gently lilting garden psychedelia. The band has also been active on other fronts, with the recent double LP Live in Occident a documentary of their 1999 world tour, and the La Novia LP a foray into Japanese folk. Their previous releases were delirious communal Gong/Hawkwind patchouli collisions, colorful as a Life with the Hippie Jetsons cartoon, but with an acid punch that proved their music was beyond any idea of pastiche or irony.

www.geocities.com/acidmothers/

OUTRAGEOUS CHERRY ranks among the finest practitioners of post-Velvets guitar pop in the land. Lately they've been delving into hypno-drone freakouts like "There's No Escape From the Infinite" and crazed rock opera dramas, too. Find out what else is new with them at:

www.poptones.co.uk/bands/cherry.shtml

LSDUDES
Here's an eyewitness account, courtesy of Al Vogel, Jr.:
Although the Lsdudes (Grand Rapids, Mi.) haven't had an album in 14 years, I was lucky enough to catch them at the Bio-Dome in Afghanistan. Before the show I was given a Jane Fonda workout album. All seats in the Bio-Dome were equipped with record players, headphones, and welding helmets. The Lsdudes first appeared behind the crowd, though strapped into my seat I could feel their presence. They soared above the audience in a cloud of Bio-Dome mist wearing jetpacks. The bagoonmoog bass player landed safely and introduced the first song 'Smak' (#1 hit in New Guinea). The crowd went bonkers! Halfway through their set list we were instructed to listen to our Jane Fonda albums and put on our welding helmets. There was a countdown tone in the left earphone - 3,2,1, Stop the record!! 4.5 billion laser lights blasted out from behind the stage as the song 'Satan' began to play. The lasers blasted through the Bio-dome glass and everyone took off their helmets. We all looked to the sky and laser diamonds gently fell into the audience as 'Satan' faded out and 'Pretty Song' began. A sight to behold!! The Lsdudes ended the show with 'The Model' (Gary Neuman). As exited the Bio-Dome I was given a complimentary pocket protector and a souvenir laser diamond. That same night Iranian border patrols reported a blinding light and visions of Jane Fonda on the moon.

Unfortunately, www.lsdudes.com is down.

PLASTIC CRIMEWAVE is the pseudonym for damaged guitar psychster Steven Krakow. Krakow is infamous for GALACTIC ZOO DOSSIER, his amazing hand drawn underground psychedelic magazine.

For more info, check out the COVER STORY (!) on the Acid Mothers Temple in this month's Wire. Track down a copy of the amazing GALACTIC ZOO DOSSIER.