Cracker, plus Gringo Star

Saturday Aug 01 08:00PM Add to Calendar
Skipper's Smokehouse [map]

These tickets are no longer available anywhere ~ the show is SOLD OUT & there will be no tickets to sell at the door, sorry...If you have tickets at will-call, the door will open at 7pm, show at 8pm-ish

The creative genius behind the bands Cracker and Camper Van Beethoven, David Lowery is back with edgy, innovative and original rock songs with the new Cracker release, "Sunrise In The Land Of Milk and Honey".


A brief rundown of Cracker’s history: Lowery, in the mid-80s, in Santa Cruz, California, formed Camper Van Beethoven, and their “Take the Skinheads Bowling” became an instant college radio staple. When CVB disbanded on tour in Sweden, following their second major label release, Lowery formed Cracker with his longtime friend Johnny Hickman. (The pair had met on the local music scene as teenagers in Redlands, CA.) Cracker’s emergent sound had less in common with Camper’s exotic excursions and was more in synch with the Kinks and Southern roots music. They released their self-titled debut on Virgin, and following the #1 Modern Rock hit “Teen Angst (What The World Needs Now),” the band became a minor commercial sensation (complete with then-significant MTV exposure). The platinum-selling Kerosene Hat contained the enormous, era-defining hit single “Low,” as well as “Get Off This,” and “Eurotrash Girl.” When the dust settled, Cracker found themselves with an ever-growing, devoted following both in the U.S. (where fans refer to themselves as Crumbs) and throughout Europe. Today the band stays well connected to yet another generation of fans via internet, many of whom were kids when these alt-rock godfathers were first ruling rock radio.

Here's the video for their new single, "Tune In, Turn On, Drop Out With Me" - it's already a WMNF smash hit