This Friday (5/17), downtown Joshua Tree’s Taylor Junction is hosting a punk and space rock show featuring local psychonauts headlined by an old school San Francisco cult band whose fans included the late Kurt Cobain.
Formed in 1982, the feminist punk rock group Frightwig were a formative influence on the 90s riot grrl movement and paved the way for the likes of Hole and L7; their iconography infiltrated MTV when Kurt Cobain wore their shirt for Nirvana’s iconic Unplugged performance.
The longstanding Bay Area 4-piece will bring their revolutionary spirit to Joshua Tree with Chaki the Funk Wizard, a one-man synth powered party jukebox featuring classics and originals. Helping localize this San Francisco offensive are space-wave leaders Cult of Helios, who bring a psychedelic undercurrent to their own brand of death rock, and Alien Probe, a hi-desert performance art punk act who turn any stage they grace into a full-costume extraterrestrial invasion.
Doors at 6 PM, show from 6:30 – 10 PM at Taylor Junction. Enter through the alley behind Joshua Tree Coffee.
