Krampus Koncert 2008
Join Sweetass Sassafrass and the gang for a Krampus Koncert with Schnauzer 12/27 at Pat's in the Flats. So far the bands include Schnauzer, Whornz, and Doktor Bitch. Sweetass is planning to make the Christmas Krampus a household Holiday Tradition in Cleveland. So be part of the birth of a joyous Christmas miracle and bring the whole fuckin' family.
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Directions to Pat's in the Flats
2233 West Third
Cleveland Ohio 44113
(At the bottom of the Literary hill on the eastern edge of
Tremont.)
216-621-8044
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Cleveland Scene Article:
Local Dirt
Around Hear
By D.x. Ferris
While most of the world winds down the year with talk of peace and
unity, Schnauzer and WCSB 89.3 FM's late-night freeform/talk program
669 are offering a dose of chaos and mayhem. On Saturday, December
27, the band will host a show at Pat's in the Flat's (2233 W. 3rd
St.) to commemorate Krampus, a European pagan tradition loosely
comparable to American's Devil Night.
"It's a shits-mas and swallow-een," explains Schnauzer
drummer/vocalist Jim Konya. "You can do whatever you want. Give the
gift of sickness and we'll give it right back to you."
The show features underground rawk by Whornz and Doktor Bitch.
Doktor Bitch is one of four bands, along with Decrepit, Nunslaughter,
and Dana Sixty and the Pistol Grips, on Konya's To Hell With
Cleveland compilation, issued on Medina's Hell's Headbangers label
earlier this year. The four-song slab of rage keeps alive the memory
of two deceased Cleveland musicians. Decrepit's "Last Dawn Part I,"
recorded in 1998, features members of Soulless, Ringworm and From
the Depths paying tribute to Decrepit guitarist Tom Rojack, who
wrote the tune shortly before his death in 1997. Dana Sixty's
"Standard H" features late drummer Dan "Danny D" D'atellus. Konya
plans to continue the To Hell With Cleveland series in 2009. The
7-inch vinyl EP will be available at the show.
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About Krampus:
The word Krampus originates from
the Old High German word for claw (Krampen). In the Alpine regions
the Krampus is represented by an incubus in company of Saint
Nicholas. Traditionally, young men dress up as the Krampus in the
first two weeks of December, particularly in the evening of December
5, and roam the streets frightening children (and adults) with rusty
chains and bells. In some rural areas the tradition also includes
slight birching by the Krampus, especially of young females.
The present day Krampus costume consists of wooden masks or Larve,
sheep's skin and horns. Considerable effort goes into the
manufacture of the hand-crafted masks, as many younger adults in
rural communities engage competitively in the Krampus events.
In Oberstdorf, in the southwestern alpine part of Bavaria, the
tradition of the "Wilde Mann" (wild man) is kept alive. He is
described exactly like Krampus (except the horns), dressed in fur
and frightening children (and adults) with rusty chains and bells.
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