BAXTER HOUSE
The Punk Rock Bette MidlerBand/artist history
Los Angeles, California birthed Baxter House in mid 2005. The band embodies the fun and spunk of a Broadway act mixed with furious thrash. Three friends met while living in a house together on Baxter Street in Echo Park which erupted into flames during their residency. This nearly calamitous event sparked their child-like and incendiary logo. Their primary colored vinyl and furry uniforms encapsulate their irreverent attitude on stage, a paradoxical combination of a Sesame Street episode with an NC-17 rating.
"Please Baxter, Don't Hurt 'Em" - Baxter House's six song EP serves as a one act play, transporting the listener from an angels' choir to a mirrored fun house with detours into fiery perdition. "No Food" and "MKAO" set the standard of female punk assaults with Rachel Mintz shrieking like a possessed Linda Blair over Sky Minor and Malik Williams' drum and guitar speed blasts. "Dissociative Identity Disorder" alludes to Baxter House's more experimental side, eschewing classification while exhibiting bizarre pop innovation. "Fat Gross Cowboy" sounds like a dark punk rock version of a militant western rodeo. As if TINA TURNER met BAD BRAINS and seduced EXENE CERVENKA of X into a menage a trois, Baxter House's nuclear-powered art rock is a kick in the sack.
Baxter House shows from Miami to New York and back to Hollywood jolt listless crowds to attention as Rachel winds her way through the audience leaving spectators awe-struck. Baxter House's aftermath leaves little girls feeling liberated and boys worried a woman might have bigger testicles than they do. 2006 was a banner year for Baxter House with critical acclaim for the EP and live shows coming in by the dumptruck load and a featured video on the front page of Blender.com. By the dawn of 2007, "Please Baxter, Don't Hurt 'Em" had begun selling like hotcakes off Itunes and CDbaby, Rachel had appeared on the cover of two punk magazines and an alarming number of discharged mental inmates were swelling the ranks of the Baxter cult, eagerly anticipating the band's follow up album. From the streets of Echo Park to the playlists of the world, Baxter House has arrived.Have you performed in front of an audience?All over the U.S. For the best moments from N.Y.C. please see www.blender.com/video and look at our video!
Your musical influences
Bad Brains, Madonna, Bette Midler, Some Girls, Beatles, Sesame Street, Schoolhouse RockWhat equipment do you use?
Drums, Guitars. No bass.Anything else?
We love our color coded costumes!Admin
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