The Upper Crust were a band from Boston with one of the most inspired gimmicks I've ever run into. They dressed up as 18th century pre-revolutionary nobility, complete with periwigs, face powder and breeches, singing songs about their contempt for the poor (meaning everyone but themselves) in spot-on AC/DC style. In concert the stage would be lit with candelabras, while roadies dressed in rags dashed about with shovels, refilling their coal-powered amplifiers.
This was the "hidden track" from their first album, Let Them Eat Rock. That record, by the way, is an utter classic, and if you can find it, grab it and clutch it tightly to your chest.
Posted on 01/10/2008
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"Let them eat rock" - that's marvelous. Ha!
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amazing
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can't picture the powdered wigs, but dig the madness, ballyhoo.
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18th century was the century of "libertinage" - so why not?