Dead Yeti Houston Show Cancelled
[originally posted 11/14/2002]
What was to be the reunion show for Dead Yeti, the first time the infamous art-rock-clown-punk band had taken the stage together in 8 years, has unfortunately been cancelled. Fitzgerald's, the club in Houston where the show was to take place this Friday, November 15th, realized that they booked one too many bands for that night - and since Dead Yeti was the last act to sign on the bill, they were asked to withdraw.
"It's kinda ridiculous," Dead Yeti singer Cow Boris said as he was brushing his teeth on Monday. "They owe us a lot more than we owe them. I have a feeling I know why we were dropped from the bill, and it's really stupid reasoning. Last time we played there things went a little crazy - so I broke 3 of their microphones and lit the stage on fire. So we had 400 people show up at the beginning and they all left before we were finished playing. So what? It's obvious to me Fitzgerald's owes not only Dead Yeti, but they owe the fans."
Dead Yeti was a fixture at Fitzgerald's through the early to mid 1990s, performing there over 500 times within a 4 year span. The last show was in August of 1994 and was billed as Dead Yeti, but was actually only Cow Boris from the band, as the rest of the band had quit only days before the show. Cow Boris hired an entourage of 10 other musicians and one guy in a cape with a baseball bat, and took the stage as Dead Yeti featuring Dying Demon - chaos ensued, as the band proceeded to romp through one 60 minute song, with no pauses. 2 drummers, 6 guitarists, 2 bassists, Cow Boris on vocals and a guy in a cape with a baseball bat running through the audience.
3 microphones were broken, Cow Boris's ladyfriend doused the bat in lighter fluid, lit it, and gave it to Boris which accidentally caught part of the stage curtain on fire as he was swinging it around wildly. Rumor has it that Cow Boris was told he would never play in Houston ever again - which he hasn't, except for two open-mics.
"I'm kinda relieved, actually," bassist Incest said. "The lyrics for the new songs aren't complete yet and someone told me that my epidermis has been showing a lot lately, and I'm trying to get that taken care of. We'll be rescheduling in December and hopefully add some Austin shows as well."
When asked about his feelings on the cancellation, [New Guy], the band's guitarist questioned the whole concept.
"What the hell are you talking about? I never even knew we had a show booked at Fitzgerald's, much less that it has been cancelled. So I guess that leaves me back where I thought we were. I'm looking forward to meeting our singer, Cow Boris, and the idea of playing a show sounds great. Hopefully we won't get cancelled again, I guess."
What was to be the reunion show for Dead Yeti, the first time the infamous art-rock-clown-punk band had taken the stage together in 8 years, has unfortunately been cancelled. Fitzgerald's, the club in Houston where the show was to take place this Friday, November 15th, realized that they booked one too many bands for that night - and since Dead Yeti was the last act to sign on the bill, they were asked to withdraw.
"It's kinda ridiculous," Dead Yeti singer Cow Boris said as he was brushing his teeth on Monday. "They owe us a lot more than we owe them. I have a feeling I know why we were dropped from the bill, and it's really stupid reasoning. Last time we played there things went a little crazy - so I broke 3 of their microphones and lit the stage on fire. So we had 400 people show up at the beginning and they all left before we were finished playing. So what? It's obvious to me Fitzgerald's owes not only Dead Yeti, but they owe the fans."
Dead Yeti was a fixture at Fitzgerald's through the early to mid 1990s, performing there over 500 times within a 4 year span. The last show was in August of 1994 and was billed as Dead Yeti, but was actually only Cow Boris from the band, as the rest of the band had quit only days before the show. Cow Boris hired an entourage of 10 other musicians and one guy in a cape with a baseball bat, and took the stage as Dead Yeti featuring Dying Demon - chaos ensued, as the band proceeded to romp through one 60 minute song, with no pauses. 2 drummers, 6 guitarists, 2 bassists, Cow Boris on vocals and a guy in a cape with a baseball bat running through the audience.
3 microphones were broken, Cow Boris's ladyfriend doused the bat in lighter fluid, lit it, and gave it to Boris which accidentally caught part of the stage curtain on fire as he was swinging it around wildly. Rumor has it that Cow Boris was told he would never play in Houston ever again - which he hasn't, except for two open-mics.
"I'm kinda relieved, actually," bassist Incest said. "The lyrics for the new songs aren't complete yet and someone told me that my epidermis has been showing a lot lately, and I'm trying to get that taken care of. We'll be rescheduling in December and hopefully add some Austin shows as well."
When asked about his feelings on the cancellation, [New Guy], the band's guitarist questioned the whole concept.
"What the hell are you talking about? I never even knew we had a show booked at Fitzgerald's, much less that it has been cancelled. So I guess that leaves me back where I thought we were. I'm looking forward to meeting our singer, Cow Boris, and the idea of playing a show sounds great. Hopefully we won't get cancelled again, I guess."
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