Fans of hillbilly surf music and low southern culture might want to consider heading for Chapel Hill's Local 506 on August 1-3. That's when
Sleazefest -- a sort of Dixie-fied version of Mardi Gras -- will stage its annual liver-wrecking event.
The brain-child of Rick Miller, front man for (fittingly) Southern Culture On The Skids, the festival marks its fourth year by featuring nearly 30 bands, many of them returnees apparently drawn to the debauchery witnessed in Sleazefests gone by.
Like the saying goes, past performance is no guarantee of future results, but still it's a safe
bet that even the most jaded Caligula-types in attendance will be spent and sated by weekend's end.
Besides the go-go dance contest (a festival high-point which invariably ends with much clothing getting "gone gone") Sleazefest spokes person Craig Zearfoss is especially excited about a grunge-rock
exploitation movie which will air regularly during the activities. Entitled "The Sore Losers," the film loosely mimics the tone of "blaxploitation"
movies popular in the '70s, and features such renowned thespians such as Jack Oblivion (from the band Oblivion), Mike Maker (from the band the
Makers), performance artist Kerine Elkins, and B-movie actress D'Lana Tunnell. The film was produced by John Michael McCarthy, who (in case you didn't notice) shares a first-name with none other than famed film director John Waters.
Ticket prices for the 3-day event are $20 per night, or $55 for the weekend. Only payments made with a cashier's check or money order will be
accepted (personal checks have tended to be tainted by a phenomenon knownas "bubba-bounce"), and should be made out to: Local 506, 506 W. Franklin St., Chapel Hill, NC 27516.
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Sleazefest official site with present & past fest info.
S.C.O.T.S. through Geffen records features info on upcoming releases and tour dates.
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