Back in 1996 I got to see a show in Memphis that changed the way I think about rocknroll forever- It featured local trio ragers the Oblivians-who took garage noise to a weird black hole area I never thought possible...then these guys The Royal Pendletons brought some demented Farfisa fueled country/trash- featuring a Ringo look-a-like drummer with the name "King Louie" scrawled across his bass drum... he flailed away like a crazed muppet before lunging from behind the drum kit to start a brawl with some obnoxious guy in audience...
Anyway King Louie mopped the floor with the bottle-throwing dude, and commenced a solo career in earnest as a one man band. Here he is (no fighting but no less insane-o) at the top of his game.
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