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Dressing up: 'Night of the Living Cover Bands' features over 130 NM-based bands at Launchpad
The local music scene is as strong as ever.
Just ask Barney Lopez.
Lopez helps put together the annual 鈥淣ight of the Living Cover Bands鈥� series, which sees local bands dress up and perform as another performer.
The series is in its 16th year and takes place Friday-Sunday through Oct. 29, at Launchpad.
鈥�(Launchpad owner) Joe Anderson came up with the name,鈥� Lopez says. 鈥淭he event has grown from the first year.鈥�
This year鈥檚 series will see more than 130 local bands performing 20-minute sets each night at Launchpad.
鈥淭his year, we added Sunday to the mix, and it allowed us to make some of the shows all ages,鈥� Lopez says. 鈥淏ecause there are all ages shows, we tried to book some younger bands to get to perform inside the Launchpad. We鈥檙e trying to make this accessible to a younger community.鈥�
On Friday, Oct. 13, six bands will take the stage, Lopez says.
The lineup includes: No Manners as Against Me!, Miserable Things as INXS, Dust City Opera as Muse, Ashes of Jupiter as Stone Temple Pilots, Spacejunk as Black Sabbath and Amped Owl Drive as Elvis Presley.
Dressing up: 'Night of the Living Cover Bands' features over 130 NM-based bands at Launchpad
On Saturday, Oct. 14, the lineup includes: The Illegal Aliens as KISS, Music is the Enemy as Every Time I Die, Ballistic Batz as Marilyn Manson, Omi.O as The Growlers, Metamorfos as Steely AccordiDan and Future Scars as Garbage.
On Sunday, Oct. 15, the lineup includes Savings as Rage Against the Machine, Thursday Marks Fall as Primus, Blot Xenia as Red Hot Chili Peppers (鈥�80鈥檚 era), The Writing Remains as Slipknot and Frail Limbs/Dot Wall as Postal Service.
鈥淭his gives bands a chance to do something different from what they are usually playing,鈥� Lopez says. 鈥淥ne of the cool nights will see Metamorfos as Steely AccordiDan. They have Casey Mraz who plays accordion, so the band will do Steely Dan songs with an accordion.鈥�
Lopez is looking forward to local band Soy Guero when they take the stage during the series as Britney Spears.
鈥淭hey鈥檝e covered N.W.A. and Prince in the past and have been amazing,鈥� he says. 鈥淭his is a chance to showcase the local music scene in a fun way.鈥�
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