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The Hell Caminos are known for two things in Hawaii: killer live shows and inspiring kids to get involved in the exploratory, underground music scene. With a rep and a name like that, who needs another reason to go see them? Oh, how about the fact they tour with a positively fetching female dancer? The Hell Caminos play with Hi-Fi Ramblers and The Caskateers at 10 pm Wednesday, May 9 at Diablo’s Downtown Lounge. 21+ show. $4. — Adrienne van der Valk High on F@#*ing Fire, Dude! When High on Fire members crank on their amps and step up to the mic, there’s nothing pretty about it. Singer and guitarist Matt Pike is missing a few teeth. His ciga- rette-graveled voice growls out songs steeped in themes of war, hard living and a lit- tle Dungeons & Dragons. No one is preening for the cameras. All that matters is that the band descends upon the stage like an aster- oid slamming into the earth, throwing out riffs like chunks of basalt and bringing on the rock like a mountain crumbling into dust. Pike formed High on Fire in 1998, six months after the breakup of his former band, stoner metal legend Sleep. Of the guys Pike jammed with at the time, only drummer Des Kensel remains. The band has torn through a few bass players, most recently Thrones/Melvins bassist Joe Preston (former Eugenean, remember Snakepit?). Jeff Matz, Relapse labelmate from Zeke, is now the permanent new addition. In a phone interview from HoF’s base in Oakland, Kensel says HoF is playing a few West Coast shows before they head to the Seattle stu- dio of Jack Endino (Nirvana, Zeke) to record their follow up to 2004’s Blessed Black Wings. Kensel promises the new record by mid- September. “Once that comes out, we’re just gonna be throwing in the van again,” he says. “These three shows in the Northwest are to break in some of the new songs before we go into the studio and to have a little spending High On Fire money in Seattle,” Kensel says. One tune, called “Death is This Communion,” is probably the title track of the next album. “Rumors of War,” “The Waste of Tiamat” and “Furywhip” are the completed songs they’ll likely play. “We’ll have another two done by the time we get up to Seattle, hopefully,” Kensel says. High on Fire plays with Severein and Tormentium at 8 pm Thursday, May 10 at the WOW Hall. $8 adv., $10 door. — Vanessa Salvia 555UO Cultural Forum Presents555 ONE NIGHT ONLY! Don’t miss the live rock/theatre extravaganza! May 10 @ 8pm Agate Hall $10 at the door “Awesome” is indie rock with musical muscle and theatrical roots... a blazing talent of a band. — SeattlePost-Intelligencer IJQIPQCFZPOECFBUTSIZNFT friday, may 4 • 7:00 pm DVCCZIPMFTUSBOTNFOJOBDUJPO saturday, may 5 • 10:00 pm masculinity/violence/aggressiveness/ sexism/homophobia/hip hop men are hot. all men. NOTE: adult content! BVTUJOVOCPVOE GJMNXPSLTIPQ saturday, may 5 • 1:00 pm* *willamette hall intersections of queer and disability issues workshop: “dating trans or deaf” RGGSFUSPTQFDUJWFZFBST sunday, may 6 • 1:00 pm best short film competition winners from the past 14 years RUVCF sunday, may 6 • 3:00 pm HZQP saturday, may 5 • 7:00 pm some queer shit we found online. reel fun! can love survive between a married british woman and a czech roma immigrant? GSFFBOEPQFOUPUIFQVCMJD BMMTIPXTJOQMD VOMFTTOPUFE university of oregon • http://culturalforum.uoregon.edu MAY 3, 2007 39
