The Beat Goes On
AUSTIN — Unbeknownst to most Americans of the Northern persuasion, Texas's capital city has been a constant wellspring of new bands of virtually every genre. And now, spewing forth from the void, come the Big Boys, the latest in hardcore punk.
The Beat Goes On
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BIG BOYS = BIG FUN
AUSTIN — Unbeknownst to most Americans of the Northern persuasion, Texas's capital city has been a constant wellspring of new bands of virtually every genre. And now, spewing forth from the void, come the Big Boys, the latest in hardcore punk. But to classify these troupers with the rest of the punk horde would be like calling Eddie Van Halen "just another guitar player." Incorporating everything from folk to funk to metal to Motown, the finished product is spicy speedrock, including a horn section and some of the most inventive bass shiftriffs to come out of the hardcore heap.
Onstage, the band radiates spontaneity, encouraging members of the audience onto the stage for screaming "singalongs" and all-around headbanging. Lead singer Randy "Biscuit" Turner is a costume freak whose outfits change regularly with every show. Among his most popular is the four-hundred-pound-ballerina/ Divine look, replaced of late with brightly-colored wrestling leotards, complete with lizardmask.