Sometimes, it’s the little things that really make a band’s sound. Vocal harmonies, a little extra time in postproduction or a perfectly timed cracking of the voice can all make a song much better. In the case of Drop Dead, Gorgeous, it’s not really any of the aforementioned things that make the group special. It’s the simple fact it has the best-placed comma in band-name history. Joining DD,G on the “Hot N’ Heavy Tour” are He Is Legend and And Then There Were None, both of whom are completely comma-free. That’s a disappointment, but Californian openers Watchout! Theres Ghosts definitely gets some punctuation cred. If you couldn’t care less about punctuation and instead are totally into metal with vocals screeched into pink microphones, by all means, head out to the show. The bands will be dropping enough blast beats and solos to make you exclamation point in your pants.
This article appears in Jul 9-15, 2009.