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Corndogorama: The Musical June 21-23 at Boggs Social & Supply


It’s difficult to believe that it’s been eight years since the last Corndogorama set up with its summer fair vibes with local music galore—nearly 40 bands and two DJs and fire performers are on deck for this weekend.

The long-standing Atlanta tradition returns this year, taking over Boggs Social & Supply on the Westside with three days of deep-fried good times. … Yes, there will be veggie corndogs for the veggies who walk among us, and the celebrated corndog eating contest goes down Saturday afternoon at 4:10 p.m. Who will eat the most corndogs, and how many can they keep down? This is an endurance test that’s not to be missed.

Friday, June 21

Fiend Without A Face

— Fiend Without a Face
— Genki Genki Panic
— The Tomb Tones
— Falcon Lords
— Lemonmnm
$10. 7:30 p.m.

Saturday, June 22 (two stages)
— Apostle
— El Caminos
— Los Ojos Muertos
— Pretty Please
— Big Yellow
— El Capitan & the Reluctant Sadists
— Pink Peugeot
— Kid Fears
— Lesibu Grand
— Hot Wives
— Loud Humans
— Nihilist Cheerleader
— Gothlantastan
— Twin Trances

Photo courtesy of Blood Circuits.

— Blood Circuits
— Hail Gail
— Wild Class
— Scare Quotes
— Highriders
**Corndog eating contest at 4:10 p.m.**
— Bad Spell
— Floral Print
— Smoochyface
— Los Gargoyles
— Stripper Cult
— Invaders on Mars
— DJs Rick More & James Joyce
$15. noon.

Sunday, June 23
— Left Bausman & His Right Hand Men
— Honey Puppy
— Strumbrush
— Rrest

Gebidan photo by Amanda Corbett

— Gebidan
— We Are Magic
— Flap
— Sharks and Minnows
— Diamond Street Players
$10. 3 p.m.

NOTE: Weekend passes are available for $25.

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Saddam Death Cave: ‘Planned Obsolescence’

Photo courtesy Saddam Death Cave

Saddam Death Cave’s Planned Obsolescence EP proves that the hardcore struggle is real, and life’s daily tormentors grow increasingly difficult to rise above as time passes. The 10-inch record’s collective resume channels decades of Southern punk, hardcore, and alternative rock pedigree: Guitar player Marlow Sanchez is an alumnus of All Night Drug Prowling Wolves, Rent Boys, and Swing Riot. Bass player Brian Colantuno played in Mission To Murder. Guitarist Mike Brennan played in Otophobia and still plays in Primate with Mastodon’s Bill Kelliher. Drummer Keefe Jutice was in the Close. Vocalist Gray Kiser fronted Winston-Salem’s straight-edge crew Line Drive.


With Planned Obsolescence, these statesmen of the scene tighten their focus to hone a classic hardcore charge, fusing experience with razor-sharp riffs and manic rhythms. Kiser’s visceral, powerful voice in the opening number, “The Last Living Mountain” is a fiery rip on rising above repression and the mechanisms of societal control. “The Gods They Made” follows through with a high-speed agit-snarl that hits on an existential level. “Aging Well, Aging Often,” Midlife Christ,” and a breakneck cover of Naked Raygun’s “Rat Patrol” vacillate between moving at a full-throttle pace, and proving that humor goes a long way, as fighting the age-old tyrants—authoritarianism, social control, and complacency—culminates here in 10 blasts of passionate, intelligent hardcore. SDC plays them like they mean it.

NOTE: Since the Planned Obsolescence EP was released, co-founding bass player Colantuno has parted ways with SDC. Ex-Otophobia and 12 oz. drummer and guitar player Elliot Goff has joined the group playing bass.

SDC’s first show with Goff playing bass is at Disorder Vinyl on Sun., June 23. They’re playing Athens at Buvez on Thurs., July 18, and at Boggs Social & Supply with Dayglo Abortions on Wed., Aug. 7.

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MSSV, Blood Circuits, and W8ING4UFOS play Boggs Social & Supply on Thurs., Oct. 26

MSSV: Stephen Hodges (from left), Mike Watt, and Mike Baggetta. Photo by Devin O’Brien

It’s misleading to call MSSV an experimental rock trio, as these three elder statesmen of the underground know exactly what they’re doing. Still, bass player Mike Watt, guitarist Mike Baggetta, and drummer Stephen Hodges craft a fluid, mostly-instrumental body of work that flows beyond the confines of their impressive collective resumes. Hodges has performed with the likes Tom Waits, David Lynch, Wanda Jackson, and Mavis Staples for years. Baggetta has collaborated with everyone from Bob Stagner of Chattanooga’s Shaking Ray Levis on the Triage album to legendary session drummer Jim Keltner. And, of course, Watt raised the bar high for American punk and indie rock playing bass and singing with the Minutemen, fIREHOSE, and via scores of solo releases and offshoot ensembles. Together, MSSV hones in on a rhythm, a groove, or a subtle shift in sound to explore and expand upon with each new number. Their approach is part composition, part improvisation, and part file-under-some-other form of silent musical telepathy that is as sophisticated as it is undeniably catchy.

MSSV is on the road playing songs from their second studio album Human Reaction, due out Sept. 1 on Big Ego Records.

Atlanta’s noisey post-punk newcomers Blood Circuits (featuring former members of Free Masonry, Gaijin, Remuxers, Hal Al Shedad, and Car Vs. Driver) and the city’s quintessentially baroque chamber-punk balladeers W8ING4UFOS set the night in motion.

$15 (adv). $20 (door). 7 p.m. Thurs., Oct. 26. Boggs Social & Supply.

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D.R.I., Metalriser, Stripper Cult, and Loony at Boggs Social & Supply on Tuesday, June 27

D.R.I. photo by Andie Borie

Since 1982, Dirty Rotten Imbeciles (D.R.I.) have circled the globe, playing a break-neck blend of hardcore, punk, and thrash metal crossover forged amid Houston’s skate-punk scene of the Reagan era. The group’s sound culminates with recordings such 1985’s Dealing With It, 1988’s Four Of A Kind, and the 2015’s criminally overlooked But Wait … There’s More! EP. Co-founding members vocalist Kurt Brecht and guitarist Spike Cassidy have remained at the front of the stage, leading an ever-shifting rhythm section. After keeping the band on the road for more than 40 years, D.R.I.’s anti-commercial, anti-authoritarian values are symbolized by the group’s trademark running man logo—an emblem that signifies the whiplash fury the group has commanded for decades. In the pit, the ferocity remains unmatched. This marks the group’s rescheduled 40-year anniversary show.

Photo courtesy Loony!

San Antonio’s Metalriser, Atlanta punx Stripper Cult, and hardcore/nardcore skatepunk outfit Loony get the party started.


$20. 7:30 p.m. (doors). Boggs Social & Supply. 1310 White St SW, Atlanta, GA 30310.

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