Comeback’s annual Halloween party blowout starts tonight Friday, October 30, 2009 at 9pm.
Fresh off of tour with Fischerspooner and gearing up for the 2nd leg of The Gossip tour, Ssion front man Cody Critcheloe is taking a quick break to lay it down as Total Shit for this Halloween’s Comeback blow out.
And little about Ssion: Referring to the old John Waters adage asserting entertainment is inseparable from bad taste, few bands exercise that sentiment to the degree of Ssion. Ssion (pronounced “shun”) is a ten-years-strong art-punk dance/design/film collective from Kansas City, Missouri, headed by cosmic man-sisters Cody Critcheloe (singer, director, visual artist) and J.A.M.(producer, co-writer, and boho space-cadet mystery man).
Ssion has gained notoriety not only for their gay-disco-meets-punk-rock musical stylings, but for their outrageous stage shows and videos, which incorporate a harem of dancers and backup singers, comically cheap home-made props, supersized video projections, over-the-top costumes and make-up, and a visual sense of wonder recalling something between twisted humor of Pee Wee’s Playhouse and the decadence of the cult musical, The Apple.
Watch the video directed by Cody himself: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGM5q0IfY6U
Comeback features DJ Colby B, DJ Pony Boy, DJ Fucking In The Streets and special guest Cody Critcheloe Ssion.
Chop Suey, 1325 E Madison on Capitol Hill. 9pm – 2am
Costume Contest at Midnight.
Cover is $7 in costume and $10 without.
