The Undead played Tompkins Square Park in The Lower East Side NYC
December 1st, 2015 by chocko
Bobby Steele and Diana Steele of THE UNDEAD at Tompkins Square Park
A couple weeks ago at Tompkins Square Park in the Lower East Side, The Shadow organized a free show a day after Halloween with a bunch of punk bands kicking out the jams. The show began with The Butchers Punk Rock (Italy) playing an energetic set with the gravelly vocals of Luca. They brought out their buddy Spike Polite from Sewage for a song titled “Io e Te.” Dr. John Dolan, original drummer for Choking Victim, played some songs on the tiny stage where the acoustic tunes happened. Funny pop punk songs courtesy of the Doctor…good for the soul! NYC Headhunters played next on the big stage and brought the hardcore tunes that made the junkies and zombies of Tompkins stomp around. Next up at the punk folk stage was Tail Light Rebellion who came all the way from Boston to play songs about booze and being broke. The Undead woke up the crackheads with their signature horror punk songs. The band consists of Bobby Steele (ex-Misfits) and a brand spanking new lineup featuring Diana Steele on keys and vocals, Boris on drums and Paul Mauled on bass. They played Misfits songs including “Halloween” and “London Dungeon” along with The Undead songs off their new album, The Morgue…The Merrier on Post Mortem Records. Anarchy was in full effect when Comrades jammed the stage and played their foot-stomping political punk tunes. The triple threat of accordion, banjo, and guitars got the crowd moving! Erik Petersen of Mischief Brew played next and brought some leftover Halloween candy much to the delight of all the fiends with a sweet tooth. Erik represented the Philadelphia folk punk scene and be on the lookout for “Bacchanal ‘n’ Philadelphia” to be released on LP/CD which puts together a lot of long out of print Mischief Brew tunes on wax. The night winded down with a Seth Tobocman slideshow of his art accompanied by live music. Seth started off the set with some passionate anti-fracking rant and had me hooked. Definitely check out his art if you’re not familiar with it…he’s a longtime contributor to World War 3 Illustrated and has created many graphic novels including the underground classics “You Don’t Have To Fuck People Over To Survive” and “War In The Neighborhood.” Check out the photos and videos from the Tompkins Square Park post Halloween show below!
The Butchers PunkRock at Tompkins Square Park
Luca of the Butchers
Dr. John Dolan
NYC Headhunters
Tail Light Rebellion
The Undead
Bobby Steele
Comrades
Erik Petersen of Mischief Brew
L.E.S. legend David Peel in photographer mode
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Tags: Bobby Steele, Choking Victim, Comrades, David Peel, Dr. John Dolan, east village, Erik Petersen, lower east side, Mischief Brew, misfits, nyc, punk, punk rock, Tail Light Rebellion, The Butchers PunkRock, The Shadow, The Undead, tompkins square park
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