Theme bands: what's the deal?

The Dirtbombs show (or "the Dirtbombs' show", if you prefer) was awesome. I'd decree that every band could use two drummers, but then Mick Collins would probably re-form the Dirtbombs with three drummers (and three bassists, probably) and then the two-drummer rule would have to be amended and it'd be a huge hassle and who needs that?

My hearing is still a little fucked. I'm old, dude. My hearing was really fucked immediately after the show, so considering how much better it is now, I'm optimistic that it's only a matter of time before it's completely resolved. Positive thinking, that's the key!

Along those lines, let me say that I'm positive that the Knights of the New Crusade suck. They were the opening band for the Dirtbombs. They were Medieval-themed, what with dressing like knights and performing garage rock numbers on Biblical themes. Songs about the Bible are fine when you see the band playing them under a Hallelujah-palooza banner and think, "Oh, I get it, they're joking." But take away the visual and you're left with ... songs about the Bible. Woo.

The Knights of the New Crusade could probably get away with dressing like knights while performing non-Biblical songs. I mean, the Mummies dressed like mummies but didn't limit their repertoire to music about the Nile Delta, and Clinic dress like clinicians but refrain from singing about lab equipment and e coli.

"Ah, but what about Man or Astro-Man, Dave? They dress like astro-men and sing about astro-matters, and you seem tolerant of their music."

Yeah, that's true, but astro-matters haven't been covered to death by tiresome, humorless, proselytizing Christian rock bands and pro-lifers who love them. So I guess it's the subject matter, and the connotations of that subject matter. I'm not really anti-Christian; I'm anti- bad Christian. I'm anti- people forcing their beliefs on others. Except for maybe that two-drummer thing. There's something in that, I tell ya.