For the last Spotlight On: of 2007, QRO turns to an old favorite, the Motor City dance-punk rockers, Electric Six.
Name: Electric Six
Hometown: Detroit, Michigan
Former name(s): The Wildbunch
Members: The Colonel, Johnny Na$hinal, Tait Nucleus?, Percussion World, Smorgasbord!, Dick Valentine
Albums: Fire (2003), Señor Smoke (2005), Switzerland (2006), I Shall Exterminate Everything Around Me That Restricts Me From Being the Master (2007), Flashy (2008)
If the band was an animal, they'd be: mechanical organ-grinder monkey
Related Articles:
Live review from Middle East in Cambridge in September 2006
I nterview with Dick Valentine in 2006
Review of I Shall Exterminate Everything Around Me That Restricts Me From Being the Master
Photo gallery from Southpaw in Brooklyn on December 12th, 2007
Featured in "QRO Workout Mix Vol. 1"
Live review from Rocks Off Concert Cruise, The Temptress , on August 14th, 2008
Photo gallery from Rocks Off Concert Cruise
Interview with Dick Valentine in 2008
Review of Flashy
Tour dates:
10/22/08 - St.Louis, MO - Fubar* 10/23/08 - Chicago, IL - Double Door* 10/24/08 - DeKalb, IL - Otto’s Niteclub* 10/25/08 - Madison, WI - High Noon Saloon* 10/26/08 - Minneapolis, MN - First Avenue* 10/27/08 - Fargo, ND - Aquarium* 10/29/08 - Omaha, NE - Waiting Room* 10/30/08 - Lawrence, KS - Jackpot Music Hall* 10/31/08 - Denver, CO - Bluebird Theater* 11/1/08 - Salt Lake City, UT - Bar Deluxe* 11/3/08 - Seattle, WA - Neumo's* 11/4/08 - Portland, OR - Berbati’s Pan* 11/6/08 - San Francisco, CA - Great American Music Hall* 11/7/08 - Los Angeles, CA - Key Club* 11/8/08 - San Diego, CA - The Casbah* 11/9/08 - Tucson, AZ - Plush* 11/10/08 - Tempe, AZ - The Clubhouse* 11/12/08 - Dallas, TX - Granada Theater* 11/13/08 - Austin, TX - Emo’s* 11/14/08 - Baton Rouge, CA - Spanish Moon* 11/15/08 - Atlanta, GA - Lenny’s Bar* 11/17/08 - Spartanburg, SC - Ground Zero* 11/18/08 - Carrboro, North Carolina - Cat’s Cradle* 11/19/08 - Washington, D.C. - Black Cat* 11/20/08 - Philadelphia, PA - The Khyber* 11/21/08 - Cambridge, MA - Middle East* 11/22/08 - New York, NY - Webster Hall* 11/24/08 - Buffalo, NY - The Tralf* 11/25/08 - Cleveland, OH - Grog Shop* 11/26/08 - Millvale, PA - Mr. Small’s* 11/28/08 - Covington, KY - Mad Hatter* 11/29/08 - Detroit, MI - St. Andrew’s Hall* 12/4/08 - Murcia, Spain - Auditorium 12/5/08 - Madrid, Spain - El Sol 12/6/08 - Bilbao, Spain - Santana 27 12/7/08 - Aviles, Spain - Articulo XX 12/11/08 - Cardiff, Wales, U.K. - Ifor bach 12/12/08 - London, England, U.K. - Shepherd’s Bush Empire 12/13/08 - Dublin, Ireland - Academy 12/14/08 - Glasgow, Scotland, U.K. - ABC
* w/ Local H
MP3 Stream: "Down At Mcdonnellzzzzz"
MP3 Stream: "Formula 409"
Electric Six playing "Rock and Roll Evacuation" live @ Southpaw, Brooklyn, NY:
Electric Six playing "Randy's Hot Tonight" live @ Southpaw, Brooklyn, NY:
Electric Six playing "Dance Pattern" live @ Southpaw, Brooklyn, NY:
Electric Six playing "Danger! High Voltage" live @ Southpaw, Brooklyn, NY:
Electric Six playing "Germans In Mexico" live @ Southpaw, Brooklyn, NY:
Electric Six playing "Dance Pattern" live @ Rocks Off Concert Cruise, The Temptress , New York, NY:
Electric Six playing "I Buy the Drugs" live @ Rocks Off Concert Cruise, The Temptress , New York, NY: