There’s an outdated showbiz adage.
Though its origins are unknown, entertainers have been saying for years that “comedians need to be rock stars and rock stars dream of being comedians.”
Wolves of Glendale beat the system and determined to do each.
The three-person comedy music band — suppose The Strokes meets Zach Galifianakis — fashioned in March 2022 and is presently on tour bringing their lately launched self-titled debut album with hilarious but catchy songs like “Vapin’ In Vegas,” “Simply Give Me Money” and “Shrimp” to venues throughout North America.
That features a gig at New York Metropolis’s Mercury Lounge on Wednesday, Feb. 21.
And, to place it calmly, their dwell reveals are not like something you’ve ever seen.
“We placed on a spectacle,” Wolves of Glendale singer Ethan Edenburg instructed the New York Put up in an unique interview. “It’s greater than a comedy present and it’s greater than a live performance.”
“There’s a story arc which is one thing you’re not going to get seeing a band you’re keen on and now we have legit, danceable rock tunes, which you gained’t get from a rise up or sketch comedy present.”
In any respect gigs, Edenburg and his fellow bandmates Tom McGovern and Eric Jackowitz, improvise, ship scripted jokes and really embrace the “dwell” facet of dwell live shows.
“If one thing is bizarre or going fallacious, we love that, Edenburg defined. “Secretly all we actually need to do is make up humorous songs on the fly about random stuff occurring round us.”
Working example, the band lately headlined at a venue that feeds performers. The fellows ordered BBQ hen, ribs and brisket, the entire 9. After all, they bantered in regards to the scrumptious meal onstage.
“It was apparent that everybody within the crowd cherished the ribs,” Edenburg laughed. “So we made them shout ‘ribs!’”
Quickly after, they seen a younger child, possibly eight or 9, standing on a desk holding up a rib.
What occurs subsequent is what makes a Wolves of Glendale present magical.
“We slowed the music down and sang ‘this child’s received the ribs!’” Edenburg chuckled. “All people cheered him on as he ate them and held up the bone.”
Who is aware of what’s going to occur on the Wolves of Glendale present you go to?
All we all know is that one of the best to seek out out is dwell.
Need to catch Edenburg, Jackowitz and McGovern’s tight tunes and freewheeling antics dwell?
Our crew has all the things it is advisable know and extra about Wolves of Glendale’s 2024 tour under.
Wolves of Glendale 2024 tour schedule
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About Wolves of Glendale
Wolves of Glendale is a three-piece comedy band — however they nearly by no means got here to be.
“None of us thought that the trail for us was comedy music,” Edenburg defined. “All of us needed to play severe music. We had been in rock bands.”
Nonetheless, Edenburg and Jackowitz turned to comedy music in 2016 after they began up their L.A. based mostly group The Cooties.
After 5 years, they disbanded.
Serendipitously, the duo related with dueling piano participant and gifted comedy musician Tom McGovern simply as he was shifting to the Metropolis of Angels.
“We frolicked and wrote ‘Vapin’ In Vegas and we had been like ‘we received it.’”
Of their two years collectively, the three usually get in comparison with Flight of the Conchords or Tenacious D.
Musically, they had been impressed by up to date rockers like The Strokes, The Killers, Foo Fighters and Queens of the Stone Age in addition to ’80s icons like Corridor and Oates, Phil Collins, Foreigner and The Alan Parsons Undertaking.
Wolves of Glendale new music
On Jan. 26, Wolves of Glendale launched their 10-track debut album.
“I’ll strive to not begin crying, nevertheless it’s big for us,” Edenburg mentioned. “It is a end result of a lot work and a dream realized over a decade since Eric and I began taking part in collectively.”
If you wish to hear their finely-crafted songs dwell, you may stream “Wolves of Glendale” in its entirety right here.
Large rock bands on tour in 2024
Though no group is kind of like Wolves of Glendale, listed here are 5 that we expect you’ll love.
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Who else is on the highway this yr? Take a look at our record of the 50 largest live performance excursions in 2024 right here to seek out out.