Monday night saw me treading the beer soaked carpets of The Stags Head once more, for a transatlantic rock 'n' roll feast. On the bill were Hygiene, Rock 'n' Roll Adventure Kids, The Okmoniks and last but not least the formidable Nobunny
Forget about Thumper, Peter Rabbit, Bugs and all the other innocuous bunnies of last century. Those halcyon days are over people. Was it was myxomatosis that heralded the birth of a new breed of sinister rabbits? I don't know but Nobunny is certainly no huggable fluffy carrot muncher. Think Joey Ramone crossed with Donnie Darko wearing nothing but a pair of red underpants and you're starting to get the picture.
Taking to the stage in a mangy rabbit mask and the aforementioned red briefs Nobunny delivered a set of good old fashioned punk rock with liberal smatterings of garage and psychobilly. With tremendous hooks, brilliant drums and some sweet-ass riffs Nobunny transformed his audience into a whooping, beer soaked, crowd surfing mess.
There is definitely something about donning a mask that gives a man licence to put on a no holds barred performance and Nobunny certainly let rip. Like the Duracell Bunny gone bad he hopped, skipped and hollered and, at one point, he even placed the microphone down his red pants. The evening climaxed with an encore of I am a Girlfriend spliced with I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend by The Ramones.
Little is known of the elusive Nobunny apart from the fact that he hails from Tuscon, Arizona and cites The Ramones, Hasil Adkins and The Cramps as some of his influences but if last night is anything to go by we'll probably be seeing a lot more of him (literally).
http://www.myspace.com/nobunnylovesyou
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