Laika & the Cosmonauts

Last night I saw a “surf” rockin’ show at the Rickshaw Stop (a small, cool place to see a show in SF).  The opening band was the Going Going Gone Girls, featuring Klaus Flouride from the Dead Kennedys on guitar.  They were fun, silly and sloppy - great outfits on the ladies!

Next on the bill was Pollo Del Mar, a local SF surf rock band that kicked some serious surf rockin’ ass.  The guitar players were great, the drummer was amazing and the bass player was good too.  They did a great Zappa cover and a super dooper cover of the Dead Kennedys “Moon Over Marin” (for Klaus, of course).

The headliner was Laika & the Cosmonauts from freakin’ Finland and they were cool.  I’ve been wanting to see them for quite some time, and it’s a good thing I went to this show because this was their final tour.  That’s right, they are breaking up after 21 years. 

I enjoyed Laika & the Cosmonauts, but by midnight I had to split.  Great show, daddy-o.

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