Sound Menu October 31 2001 Wed

ECHO LOUNGE THIRD ANNIVERSARY PARTY — Comic, cosmic metalheads Gargantua headline a five-band bill that also includes the forceful precision sounds of Drill Team, the intoxicating King’s Pills, the rocky Pits and the flat-out snarling dementia of Hillbilly Werewolf. Echo Lounge (Nicoll)

FAMILY VALUES — Here’s the scenario: It’s 2021, it’s 3 a.m., and you can’t fall asleep thanks to a bad case of acid indigestion. You’re watching a “Law & Order” marathon on Lifetime when the following commercial airs: “Millennium Rock: Bands of the Family Values Tour CD, featuring Stone Temple Pilots, Staind, Static X and Linkin Park! Relive the days when rock ‘n’ roll was the province of thick-necked jocks who wore their hats backward!” Sure, hindsight is 20/20, but I’m telling you ahead of time, this stuff blows. Philips Arena (Robertson)

FULL MOON HALLOWEEN FETISH BALL — Sue Stimulant, the chirpy former leader of the Stimulants, now fronts the dark and dingy Salome’s Wish. They play inside, along with the brooding, atmospheric keyboard-driven spookiness of L.A.’s The Last Dance. And scary newcomers Elocia just may unhinge the creaking front door of the Masquerade with their unsettlingly dense opening set. Out back in the Music Park, locals 5 More Dead highlight a lineup that includes Pagan Drumming, Worm’s Union, Sex and Death Tribe and Thought Police. Masquerade (Smith/Sarig)

KARL DENSON’S TINY UNIVERSE, JACK JOHNSON — A favorite of the jam-happy Phish-heads, the ex-Lenny Kravitz hornman is a sort of contemporary Maceo Parker, injecting jittery hip-hop loops and hard funk into his traditional jazz lines. Johnson is a Cali surfer whose successful contribution to a G. Love album provided an outlet for his like-minded laid-back acoustic hip-hop. Variety Playhouse (Horowitz)

LIQUIFIED’S SEVENTH ANNUAL HALLOWEEN CELEBRATION — Liquid Groove turns its attention away from international superstars to celebrate its local DJs. While Kazell now spends more time on the West Coast, his progressive trance/house has been a Liquid Groove staple. And DJ Hyst represents the ATL massive, dropping intelligent 2-step drum ‘n’ bass and nu_breaks. Riviera (Ware)

CURTIS SALGADO — Enjoying stints with Robert Cray, Roomful of Blues and Steve Miller, Salgado has worked a stage or two in his time. His own albums remain overlooked gems, filled with blue-eyed soul nuggets sung with the earnest conviction of a guy who works hard but lives the life he loves. Blind Willie’s (Horowitz)

BOB SCHNEIDER — See article, p. 94. Cotton Club (Rowland)

SOUTHERN CULTURE ON THE SKIDS, CHICKENS AND PIGS — With a live show that’s equal parts rock ‘n’ roll, country, psychobilly, surf and garage rawk, SCOTS have always been the perfect Star Bar act. Local yokels Chickens and Pigs — whose music suggests Hank Sr. and Tom Waits on a horror hayride — open. Star Bar (Nicoll)

SUB VERSE RECORDS SHOWCASE — See cover story, p. 31. Kaya (Sarig)

WITCHES BREW — A band that probably has no difficulty booking Halloween gigs, Atlanta’s Witches Brew are like the evil twins of rising homeboys El Pus. They make fairly conventional rap-rock, but with occasional flourishes that reveal a knack for pop and, of course, the requisite horror imagery necessary to live up to its name. 9 Lives Saloon (Sarig)

ANDALUZ: Pasion Flamenca

APACHE CAFE: Al Smith and Friends Jam Session

BILLY’S: Spencer Rush

BLIND WILLIE’S: Curtis Salgado

BLUE RACCOON: Acoustic Open Mic with Stevie B

BRANDYHOUSE: Halloween Bash with members of Wombat, Hangdown, Capt Soularcat

BRIDGES: Piano with Bruce

BUFFALO’S-PLEASANT HILL: Name That Tune

CHURCHILL GROUNDS JAZZ CAFE: Pursuance with Lee Hogan & Dan Furman

CLERMONT LOUNGE: Hot August Knights, Cadillac Jones

CLUB GENO’S: The Brethern

COTTON CLUB: Bob Schneider

COWBOYS: Darrin Robbins, Kickback

DARK HORSE TAVERN: 9 from 10, Fusebox, Falling Up

DARWIN’S: Open Blues Jam hosted by X Miss Americas

ECHO LOUNGE: Gargantua, Drill Team, The King’s Pills, The Pits & Hillbilly Werewolf

ECLIPSE DI LUNA: Bonaventure Quartet

EDDIE’S ATTIC: Jason Blackwell

FAT MATT’S RIB SHACK: The Electromatics

40 WATT CLUB-ATHENS: Halloween Party: Jucifer, Donkey Punch, Melvins and more

FUZZY’S: Mike Veal

THE GRAPE AT VININGS: Scott Thompson

HARD ROCK CAFE: Rock & Soul National Battle of the Bands

KARMA: Atlanta Flava Launch Party hosted by the Dungeon Family

KAYA: Bigg Jus’ Album Release Party featuring C-Rayz, Walz, MF Doom, Bigg Jus, Scienz of Life, Empress Star, Hemisphere, DJ Rasta Root

THE LIVING ROOM: R&B, Funk, Acid Jazz, House

LUBY’S: Stuart Sullivan

MAMA MAE’S BAYOU ROOM: 911

MASQUERADE: Full Moon Halloween Fetish Ball with 5 More Dead, Pagan Drumming, Worm’s Union, Sex and Death Tribe, Thought Police, Salome’s Wish, The Last Dance, Elocia

METROPOLITAN PIZZA: Metropolitan Wednesdays

MORE DUSTY THAN DIGITAL: In-store signing with Big Juss, Scienz of Life, C Rayz Walz

9 LIVES SALOON: Halloween Theater of Horror with Bitch, Thompson Roulette, Witches’ Brew

NOMENCLATURE MUSEUM: Reunion - featuring dark wave, ether pop and trance

NORTHSIDE TAVERN: Daniel “Mudcat” Dudeck

PHILIPS ARENA: Family Values Tour 2001: Stone Temple Pilots, Staind, Linkin Park

PHUNKY PHISH: Blue Collar All Star

THE POETRY PLANET: Bare Soul Wednesday

RAY’S ON THE RIVER: Waveform with Doc Samuels, Larry Jackson, Tom Woodruff

RED LIGHT CAFE: Open Mic

ROYAL PEACOCK: Amel Larrieux, Julie Dexter

SAMBUCA JAZZ CAFE: Mina

SMITH’S OLDE BAR: Sasquatch, Ludowici

SOMBER REPTILE: Pagans

STAR BAR-L5P: 10th Anniversary Party featuring Southern Culture on the Skids, Chickens and Pigs

SWEET MELISSA’S-DECATUR: Rosa Believe with opener Gary Motler

VARIETY PLAYHOUSE: Karl Denson’s Tiny Universe

VIOLETTE RESTAURANT: Jus Jazz featuring Dave Wallis, Eddie Taylor, Dan Coy, Shack Lewis, Rita Graham

WHISKER’S TAVERN-DUNWOODY: The Surpriz

WILD WING CAFE: Flux Capacitor

YA-YA’S CAJUN CUISINE: The Luxury Kings