| LET’S DO THIS | t Music Rob Zombie performs Saturday, Aug. 20, at Dickie’s Arena. Mike Brooks Best of Dallas On Newsstands September 22, 2022 ® VOTE NOW! readerschoice.dallasobserver.com Scarface 6 P.M. THURSDAY, AUG. 18, HOUSE OF BLUES, 2200 N. LAMAR ST. $49.50+ AT LIVENATION.COM Houston rapper Scarface has been at it since he was 18 years old, and now, over three decades later, he’s going on a farewell tour and bringing the live band Formaldehyde Funkmen along with him. Scarface began his long career in hip- hop as part of the Houston rap collective Geto Boys with fellow rappers Willie D and Bushwick Bill, but after he released his solo debut, Mr. Scarface Is Back, in 1991, Scarface became much more popular as a solo act than he ever was as part of a collective. Scarface released 11 solo al- bums over the course of his career while con- tinuing to write and perform with Facemob, The Product and the Geto Boys sporadically until the group disbanded in the mid-2010s amid legal and health troubles. Scarface’s Dallas show will be his third-to-last before the tour heads to Aus- tin and ends in Odessa on Aug. 27. DAVID FLETCHER Echo & The Bunnymen 6 P.M. FRIDAY, AUG. 19, HOUSE OF BLUES, 2200 N. LAMAR ST. $49.50+ AT LIVENATION.COM For over 40 years, Echo & The Bunnymen has created music that’s dark and magical, releasing 13 albums that continue to delight the band’s ra- bid fan base. Fronted today by original band members, vocalist Ian McCulloch and guitarist Will Sergeant, Echo & The Bunnymen have en- dured the last four decades amid many changes in personnel, including McCulloch’s departure from the band in 1987, the death of drummer Pete de Freitas in 1989 and original bass player Les Pattinson leaving the band shortly after their 1997 reunion. The work McCulloch and Ser- geant have released as a two-piece accounts for nearly half of the band’s recorded output re- leased over the second half of their career. While the band has undergone many, many changes throughout the years, one thing that remains in tact is its ability to make music that gets audi- ences moving, even if that means gazing at one’s shoes while doing so. DF 18 Rob Zombie 5 P.M. SATURDAY, AUG. 20, DICKIE’S ARENA, 1911 MONTGOMERY ST. $39.50+ AT TICKETMASTER.COM It feels like a turn-of-the-century trip to Hot Topic with Rob Zombie, Mudvayne, Static-X and Pow- erman 5000 pulling into the Dickie’s Arena in Fort Worth this weekend. Each band originates from that brief moment in the ’90s when indus- trial metal and nü metal converged into a menac- ing, technological nightmare filled with sounds of destruction and confounding lyrics. In 1998, Zom- bie released Hellbilly Deluxe, spawning two mega-hits, “Dragula” and “Living Dead Girl,” and what either of those songs is actually about is anyone’s guess. The same goes for Mudvayne’s “Dig,” Static-X’s “Push It” and Powerman 5000’s “When Worlds Collide.” Listening back to each of these songs, what becomes most clear is that these bands weren’t as concerned with what the music made you think as much as that it made you feel something at all. If you’ve got any pent up aggression, this would be the place to feel it and release it. DF Wavves 7 P.M. SUNDAY, AUG. 21, TULIPS, 112 ST. LOUIS AVE. $20+ AT PREKINDLE.COM Twelve years ago, Wavves released its iconic King of the Beach album, and to celebrate, the band is taking it back out on tour. The San Diego band had released two albums prior to King of the Beach, each one dripping in lo-fi noise-rock built for skat- ers like those who graced the covers of those al- bums. The third album was different, though. While the band maintained its deep connection to the lo-fi aesthetic, King of the Beach was anything but. Noisy, poppy and surfy, yes, but lo-fi? Abso- lutely not. Along with Grammy-winning producer Dennis Herring and Jay Reatard’s rhythm section — Billy Hayes and Stephen Pope — behind him, singer and guitarist Nathan Williams turned King of the Beach into a blueprint for many surf-rock bands to come. Two Los Angeles bands, the indie- pop band BOYO and punk band Smut, will be helping Wavves round out the Texas dates of the tour before heading off to the Southwest for the tour’s end. DF The Get Up Kids 7 P.M. MONDAY, AUG. 22, AMPLIFIED LIVE, 10261 TECHNOLOGY BLVD. E. $25+ AT SEETICKETS.US A major player in emo’s “second wave” originating in the Midwest, The Get Up Kids made its first im- pression with the 1997 debut Four Minute Mile. Twenty-five years later, the band is taking the al- bum back on tour with help from special guests Sparta, which features Jim Ward, Paul Hinojos and Tony Hajjar of the legendary post-hardcore group At the Drive-In. While Four Minute Mile was no- where near as popular as The Get Up Kids’ follow- up Something to Write Home About, the album helped the band grow a national fanbase that was captivated by the sound of a highly emotional band that had turned away from the aggression of hardcore that defined early emo bands like Dag Nasty and Rites of Spring toward the intricacy of math rock. The Get Up Kids also brought in an ele- ment of pop punk that made the melancholy lyrics more palatable to larger audiences and influenced bands like Blink-182, Fall Out Boy, My Chemical Ro- mance and so many more who found a home on alternative radio in the 2000s. DF AUGUST 18–24, 2022 DALLAS OBSERVER CLASSIFIED | MUSIC | DISH | CULTURE | UNFAIR PARK | CONTENTS dallasobserver.com
