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By Annie Zaleski
Published on November 17, 2008 at 3:15pm
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Semi Precious Weapons: Trash and vaudeville, wham, bam, thank you ma'am.
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Semi Precious WeaponsThe rest of the country — including celeb blogger Perez Hilton — is finally starting to wake up to something St. Louis has known for several years now: NYC's Semi Precious Weapons is a must-see band. Fronted by Justin Tranter — a six-foot-tall beanpole fond of sporting flamboyant makeup, severe hairdos and cutting-edge fashion — the trio specializes in stomping glam-garage-rock indebted to the New York Dolls, Bowie, T. Rex and other members of the glitter-rock elite. In fact, legendary Thin White Duke collaborator Tony Visconti produced this year's We Love You.
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