"Ceremonial" : SAVAGE REPUBLIC reunion 2/16 Pittsburgh!

[Manny]

DON'T MISS THIS ONCE-IN-YOUR-LIFETIME EVENT!

Some of you (e.g., Chris Rapier) were there when Savage Republic played 
on the Cut at Carnegie Mellon University in 1987, dancing to the tribal 
rhythms while they stoked the fires and pounded on the oil drums. Many 
more of you weren't even born when Savage Republic began 'smashing the 
state' back in 1981 Los Angeles, a time period also marked by the rise 
of deathrockers such as 45 Grave and Christian Death. Savage Republic 
combined dark postpunk with furious industrial/tribal percussion and 
Middle-Eastern/Arabic-influenced modal melodies played on reverbed 
guitars on their albums "Tragic Figures", "Ceremonial",  "Jamahiriya" 
and "Customs", and appeared on important mid-80s compilations such as 
Sub Pop 100 and the Viva Los Angeles album (which also featured 
Psi-Com, the band that later became Jane's Addiction). The band was 
staunchly independent - printing their own 'republic' stamps, posters 
and record covers using the hand-operated letterpress that became their 
trademark artistic statement. Their own label, in fact, was called 
Independent Project Records.

Now you've got a second chance to see the band that Godspeed You Black 
Emperor essentially imitated :)
Savage Republic have reunited with six original members for a reunion 
tour that will only hit three cities east of the Mississippi: Chicago, 
New York, and - you guessed it! - Pittsburgh.

Here are the details:
Neurot recording artists from Los Angeles
SAVAGE REPUBLIC
http://www.mobilization.com
http://www.myspace.com/savagerepublic
with ((microwaves)) and Mike Tamburo
Friday February 16    8 pm    all ages  (21+ to drink)
Lawrenceville Moose, 51st & Butler St, Lawrenceville
(take the 91A from downtown and back)
$15 advance / $18 door

advance tix on sale now: Paul's CDs (Bloomfield), Caliban Books and 
Brave New World (Oakland), Dave's Music Mine (South Side), Eide's 
Entertainment (Downtown), Record Village (Shadyside) and The Exchange 
(Squirrel Hill).