Dying Scene Gallery: Mosswood Meltdown Day Two (Oakland, CA 7/7/24)
Your correspondent does choose to cover multi-day festivals with hordes of bands way too often. Day two of this year’s Mosswood Meltdown continued the theme with blazing sun (if slightly cooler than the previous day) and another nine acts. However we did miss the first two, possibly because of attending an after-party the night before. We’re old! Go see our coverage of Day One of this amazing festival.
Die Spitz were the first band we caught on Day Two. This foursome of young women from Austin, TX have toured with Amyl and The Sniffers, played the party stage at Punk Rock Bowling and supported The Subhumans in Vegas. They continue to astonish.
Up next were Bush Tetras, a reunion of the New York No Wave band, formed in 1978.
Egyptian Lover is an American musician, vocalist, producer and DJ, and was a part of the L.A. dance music, electro, and rap scene in the early 1980s.
The Butthole Surfers’ Gibby Haynes appeared with an all-teen backing band from The Paul Green Rock Academy in Woodstock, NY
Obviously your correspondent is no expert on hip-hop, although we can recognize talent when we see it. Big Freedia has bringing New Orleans ‘Bounce Music’ since 2011 and was highly entertaining.
Pure Hell started in Philadelphia in 1974, one of the first proto-punk bands of the ’70s, playing with The New York Dolls and, later, with Sid Vicious in 1978. Mosswood was their first West Coast show in 30 years.
The Mummies roared onto the stage on a motorcycle and carriage, which fairly fits their straight-up insanity. Recently interviewed in Creem Magazine they disclosed that they are working on a movie. God help us.
See Instagram galleries of all the bands below!!