Nine Shocks Terror will reunite for a fundraiser for the
family of Richard “Chard” McInall on Saturday, December 12, at Now
That’s Class (11213 Detroit Ave.). Chard, a founding member of the
band, died in October. He was 40.
McInall’s family came to Cleveland from Scotland when he was a
teenager. He played in hardcore bands including Gag Reflex and the
H-100s. He appeared on the first two 9ST singles and the Zen and the
Art of Beating Your Ass album. The ace guitarist wrote some of the
band’s signature material, including “Get Hookers” and “Not a Fucking
Anthem.”
“Should be an all-time barn-burner,” promises bassist Tony
Erba. Cider, Short Dark Strangers and Space Dokkers open. Showtime
is 9 p.m. All of the $10 cover goes to McInall’s family for funeral
expenses.
Blue Lunch will be the backing band for well-endowed blues
diva Candye Kane at Fat Fish Blue (21 Prospect Ave. E.)
Thursday, December 10. Kane and virtuoso guitarist Laura Chavez will
join the band for standards and songs from Kane’s latest CD,
Superhero. Doors 8 p.m.; cover $8.
To mark the 20th anniversary of the Kentucky Headhunters’ debut album, Pickin’ on Nashville, Mercury/UME has released
Live/Agora Ballroom as part of the Official
Bootleg series. Taped at the Cleveland club on May 13, 1990, it
features nine of the 10 songs from the band’s debut, plus five other
tunes.
Disengage drummer Jon Morgan has joined Above This
Fire. Free Times readers voted Morgan best drummer in 2007,
and Scene readers named ATF as Best Hardcore Band in 2009. The
group plays Now That’s Class on Thursday, December 10, with This Is
Hell, Heads Held High, Toon Squad and Shark Week. Doors at 10 p.m.
The Ryan Humbert Band will temporarily swell for a fundraiser
concert, Strung Out for the Holidays, on Saturday, December 12, at the
Akron Civic Theater (182 S. Main St.). Humbert will play original
songs, holiday classics, and covers from the Beatles to Frank Sinatra
with a 13-piece acoustic band that includes a string quartet, guest
percussionist and backup singers. Proceeds from the two-and-a-half-hour
show will benefit the Akron Canton Regional Foodbank. Doors 7 p.m.;
tickets $15-20.
This article appears in Dec 9-15, 2009.