IF YOU GO¦ What: 423PK launch fundraiser featuring Gold Plated Gold, Future Virgins, Xanax Squaredance and One Timers.¦ When: 9 p.m. Saturday, March 8.¦ Where: JJ’s Bohemia, 231 E. M.L. King Blvd.¦ Admission: $10.¦ Phone: 423-266-1400.¦ Website: www.423PK.com.
After suffering through a particularly bad day, most people want nothing more than to go home, kick off their shoes and let an adult beverage or two wash away their frustration.
Blake Callahan just goes mental.
“Sometime around the beginning of the year … we played at Rhythm & Brews and … I started slinging my head and jumping around like an idiot,” says Callahan, the 22-year-old lead singer of local experimental garage-rock trio Gold Plated Gold.
“I jumped on my [guitar] pedals, fell back and hit my head. I bled everywhere, but we just kept playing. Everyone looked at us like we were crazy.”