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Dept. of Awesome: Ted Leo to lead Philly all-star band through Halloween Misfits cover show
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Dept. of Awesome: Ted Leo to lead Philly all-star band through Halloween Misfits cover show
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When we first saw it, we could hardly believe it either: Ted Leo heading up a Philly supergroup ' Atom Goren (Armalite, Atom and his Package), Brian Sokel (AM/FM, Franklin), Andy Nelson (Paint it Black) and Chris Wilson (the Philly-based drummer for Ted Leo's Pharmacists) ' to do a night of Halloween Misfits covers under the guise of TV Casualty at Kung Fu Necktie.
In a release that came out today, Sokel laid out more specifics of the evening, for instance, they'll do not one but two sets of Misfits covers ' one at 10:30 and the second at midnight ' and that the $8 cover will benefit West Philly-based community advocacy group The People's Emergency Center.
First: You'd better get your tickets quick.
Second: We asked Sokel how this bit of serendipity came together:
SOKEL: Well, Chris Wilson brought it up to me. He wanted to give back a little to the local community and thought a series of musical benefits would be the best way to do that. We chatted and thought doing shows where we select a specific legendary punk group and doing a show of their songs would be a fun way for folks to want to come out and have a good time. We're both super nerds when it comes to classic punk stuff and honestly, it's as much fun for us to do it as it is to make it for a good cause.
Once we told some more folks about it people seemed really into it. So, we decided to go to one of our most favorite bands, The Misfits for Halloween. Then we'll be doing a Black Flag show next...
So wait, will Ted Leo be doing the Black Flag show, too?
SOKEL: Nope, the cast of characters will change from show to show.
Right now, Dan Yemin is set to do vocals for the Black Flag show. The back up band will be the same tho.
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