Most Popular
- There S/he Is! The Miss Gay America Pageant prances into St. Louis — and Unreal drinks it all in like a camel at Hoover Dam
- Hot, hot, hot: What makes Mexican women so spicy?
- Babe 'n Arms: Tom was a hot-tempered cross-dresser with a garage full of guns — and then he became Rachel
- No Justice: We've bailed out the banks. When do we go after the crooks behind our financial collapse?
- Hallowed Be Thy Name: A member of the Schlafly clan figures to do the Lord's work by cleansing the Bible of its "liberal bias"
Reader's Picks
Top Recommendations
A short list of St. Louis's most popular hot spots.
-
Remy's Kitchen & Wine Bar
Clayton, MO -
Eleven Eleven Mississippi
St. Louis, MO -
The Melting Pot
University City, MO -
The Drunken Fish
St. Louis, MO -
Pin-Up Bowl
University City, MO -
Little Hills Restaurant
St. Charles, MO
Recent Blog Posts
And the Kurt Greenbaum Beat Goes On: ToastedRav.com Has Issued a Public Disservice Announcement
Fri Nov 20, 5:34 PM
Ten Things to Do Under $10 This Weekend in St. Louis, November 20-22, 2009
Fri Nov 20, 4:09 PM
Show Review: Elvis Perkins in Dearland and A.A. Bondy at the Gargoyle, Friday, November 20
Sat Nov 21, 8:03 PM
Review + Photos: Japandroids and Surfer Blood at the Billiken Club, Friday, November 20
Sat Nov 21, 7:21 PM
This Week in Gut Check, Regurgitated
Fri Nov 20, 5:00 PM
St. Louis Food Blog Digest 11.14 - 11.20
Fri Nov 20, 3:37 PM
The Cy Young Shutout
Fri Nov 20, 9:36 AM
St. Louis Blues Forward David Perron is Just Like the Rest of Us: He Loves Lady Gaga
Fri Nov 20, 8:22 AM
National Features >
City Pages
Michele Bachmann, Unmuzzled
You don't need to read Sarah Palin's book to hear the ravings of a mad woman.
By Matt Snyders
Miami New Times
Pimp Daddy
The rise and fall of a chubby sex-cult leader.
By Natalie O'Neill
Dallas Observer
The Fight for Texas
Rick Perry and Kay Bailey Hutchison are locked in a battle over the soul of the GOP. They're also running for governor.
By Sam Merten
Bad Dudes
8 p.m. Sunday, May 4. Lemp Neighborhood Arts Center, 3301 Lemp Avenue
Share
By Ryan Wasoba
Published on April 29, 2008 at 4:49pm
Between its charmingly straightforward name and highly literal lyrics, Bad Dudes aren't leaving much to the imagination. On "Eat Drugs," technical, video-gamey guitar noodling seems to almost fight their garage rock-esque drums and buzzy bass, while the band brazenly sings, "I wanna do drugs, I wanna do drugs, but I'm afraid of drugs." It's the Pixies and Iron Maiden hopped up on Mountain Dew, playing Sega Genesis on a Friday night. (In other words, what Bad Dudes lack in subtlety they certainly make up for in style.) Plus, its unapologetic nature and heightened sense of irony makes the band a crucial part of the Los Angeles all-ages scene, along with fellow noisemakers HEALTH and the Mae Shi.
Now Click This
