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Say it 100 Times… Rock and Roll is BACK!
by Darius Jager
The Bowery between Bleecker and Houston, NY - April 22, 2005 -- "Hello, Glen? Are you there…? Excellent, I'm on the corner of 3rd Ave. and West 4th. Uh huh… uh huh. Great, see you in a bit." South the man says, across the street from CBGB's. By this time, 3rd Avenue turns into the Bowery, home to some of the most influential venues in New York's music scene. Tonight, my destination is the Bowery Poetry Club to witness the CD release party of Brooklyn's own, Plastic East.I am balls-to-the-wall excited about tonight. I have long awaited a new release by, in my opinion, the best straight-up rock-and-roll band to hit the streets since the Stones. Sporting a red Telecaster to match his fiery hair and persona, Glen Bingham lays downs the riffs with a crunch while his counter parts, Mike East on bass and Sam West on drums, artfully orchestrate melodic lines and Ringo-esque beats around the hooks. Sam West looks divine tonight with her brand new flaming Mohawk and pearl white glasses that just scream rockstar!
Playing host for this evening's event is Mike East who preaches the word of Love for your brother in-between such future smash hits as, Thoughtless, Rock 'n Roll (Is A Crazy Mother), and a song that must have just missed the track listing on The Beatles' Rubber Soul album, 7th Day Adventist Blues. The new album, entitled Plastic East, adds three new tracks to Plastic East's twenty-plus recorded songography.
Following up their last release, The NY EP, Plastic East emphasizes the band's efforts to grab New York's attention with songs like New York Nights and She's Ok, which cite downtown landmarks through stories that could only come from nights of Maker's Mark Whiskey and $2 Pabst Blue Ribbon bottles.
Making their way through college towns in New Jersey and finally finding a home in Brooklyn, NY, Plastic East is riding a surge of talent that is bound together through a movement called STREETWAVE. This manag resembles an arts-collective of sorts with a punk meets rock hysteria that must be seen and heard to be understood. Do not miss this train. If you hear STREETWAVE in the air… follow those angel-headed hipsters.
Plastic East continues their Manhattan invasion with a show at Sine, May 23rd, preceded by STREETWAVE NIGHT, plus open bar from 9-10pm, at The Trash Bar in Brooklyn, May 18th. Each performance brings new light to the entity that is Plastic East so don't miss out on the metamorphosis taking place right in the city we all know and love. So, as the lighting strikes outside my window, I tell you that it is time to put on your dancing shoes and check out the newest of rock sensations, Plastic East.
STREETWAVE IS REAL.
~DJ
Website of Plastic East: www.plasticeast.com
Become Friends with Plastic East: www.myspace.com/plasticeast
-posted to The Great Hoboes of New York, May 5, 2005