Dec 23 2008
The Tony Danza TapDance Extravaganza……yeah, you heard that right.
I will start off by apologizing if it seems like I get going on bands from the home base of Tennessee to much. I think this is my third post already on bands from the Volunteer. It may seem like overkill but we have so much damn good metal here and have had so many bands either break out or come close that its just not right to me to not write about it and maybe send another listener or two their way. With all of that said, do you know the The Tony Danza Tapdance Extravaganza? If you don’t, get off your backside and go find all you can on these guys. They started off in the Nashville/Murfreesboro scene in Tennessee, they always did their own thing and were always able to pack their shows.I’m not real good with all the genre/sub-genre flavor of the day,cool phrase to say titles that are out there but I guess if anything a lot of people would dump them into some sort of metal-core category although its a little more on the extreme side. Sub genre titles suck and all of us with any sense realize this and just let good music be good music.. None of that is important though, what you need to know is that it is just raw and chaotic,some of that stuff that really gives you the idea you should be tearing something up. Some of that cant stand still music. Song titles like Nobody Eats Barbecue Two Nights In A Row,You gonna Buy the Beers or the Whole Damn Bar,Big Pun’s Not Dead Because I Just Saw Him At Krispy Kreme and I Bet Heaven Looks A Lot Like Talladega make it seem like its going to be ironic wannabe clever silly stuff but its all serious business once the tracks start hollering out of your speakers.TTDTDE managed to break out of Nashville a couple years back and have been hitting the road in a serious way playing all over the country on some pretty good tours and opening for some pretty serious bands,The Red Chord,Psyopus,Unearth,The Devil Wears Prada just to name a small few. They most recently wrapped up the Agents Of Chaos Tour with Arsonists Get All The Girls,Architects, Stray From The Path,Abacabb and Beneath The Massacre. The last thing they have lined up for this year if you are in the area is a New Years part in Murfreesboro Tennessee at Temptation Club with Under The Earth. I highly recommend this as a place to go if you truly want to get your face shredded off with music. The Tony Danza Tapdance Extravaganza have two albums you can get your hands on, the first being a Self Titledrecord,click on the link to pick it up from Amazon. The Most recent release is entitled Danza II: Electric Boogaloo. It can also be picked up at Amazon or HERE from SmartPunk. Whatever you do, at least go hit up their Myspace page and sample the tunes, its well worth the time. Again, sorry about Tennessee dominating the blog, all i can say is other places better start doing it better. Go Check it out. And Oh Yeah, how about that name?????
