SPECIAL START TIME
8:00
Say Bok Gwai - Cantocore with Alex Yeung & Andre Custodio
9:00 Andre Custodio's
Chochota - screaming harpies in the machine
Dina Emerson - Vocals , Vanessa Beggs - Vocals, Alex Yeung - Guitar, Dylan Champagne - Guitar, Andre Custodio - Synthesizer
Say Bok Gwai is San Francisco's first Chinese American hardcore band, melding two distinct cultures into a completely unique sound. Say Bok Gwai's original compositions are rooted in American punk/thrash/hardcore music and sung primarily in Cantonese.
The subject matter ranges from Chinese American identity to grappling with traditionalChinese values and down with "the man" aesthetics. Say Bok Gwai is a Chinese American band that pushes
the envelope of musical, social, and political extremes. Say Bok Gwai shows a new face of Chinese American music and is not for the timid or easily offended. Frontman Alex Yeung is a long time San Franciscan musician who has worked in both the local rock and experimental music scenes. Alex serves as the songwriter and guitarist for Say Bok Gwai---as well as playing guitar for the instrumental group Fear of Math. Drummer Andre Custodio has been an integral part of the Bay Area experimental music scene for over 10 years and is also part of the experimantal trio,
Tri-Cornered Tent Show.
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Chochota is anger and passion...chochota is from where we came...and where some consider we will end-up when we die.
Chochota is where seeds are planted, and where acts of sacrifice and homicide occur.
Chochota giveth life, and chochota taketh away!
BLAST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Chochota is an extreme noise project conceived by Drummer and
Electronic Musician André Custodio, involving extreme amounts of violent vocal female energy provided by biological females or, in some cases, extraordinary proxies. Chochota is not "real" music. It is nightmarish and unlistenable by some; A dream come true for others. Chochota is loud, extreme, visceral, and beautiful.
Cost: $10 gen, $8 stu/sen, $5 artist