Events

[ROCK] A pair of blasts from the annals of Buffalo’s past come back to haunt us in all the best ways for a free holiday-time remember-when gig this weekend. The Ramrods only existed for a few years—from the mid-1980’s to 1990, but the band captured a garage-punk aesthetic on its debut E.P., Jivin’ N’ Twistin’ that area music scenesters haven’t forgotten, and this is their first gig together in a decade. You may also remember Girlpope’s college radio hit, “I Was a Teenage Jesus” from the mid-90’s. The ensuing full-length, “Cheeses of Nazareth” perpetuated the band’s popularity well beyond Buffalo, but by 2004 the members—including A House Safe for Tigers’ Brandon Delmont—had all moved onto other projects. There’s no time more perfect for the reunion of such a Nazarene-centric act than just after the big birthday, when Girlpope joins the Ramrods (and openers Mom Said No) for a FREE show at Town Ballroom, on Sunday, December 27.