the echo and echoplex

When Sun City Girls member Charles Gocher Jr. died in February 2007 at age 54 after a three-year battle with a rare form of cancer, the planet didn’t just lose one of its most enigmatically talented drummers. It was also minus one wildly creative character: a multi-instrumentalist and gifted songwriter, a twisted video auteur, a prolific writer and beat poet who was a never-ending font of insight and absurdities. His fellow Sun City Girls, Alan and Rick Bishop, lost a madcap muse they considered their “other brother.” Gocher was an integral component of the Sun City Girls for more than 25 years, from the time he showed up at a pizza-joint open-mike night Alan was hosting in 1981 until his death on February 19, 2007. During that time, the prolific trio released an insane number of albums, cassettes, 7-inches, videos, side projects, and the like, all of which are equally amazing in their own right. Some of it could be considered “difficult” listening, but SCG were always more interested in challenging people than pleasing them (though they did write a goodly number of amazingly beautiful songs). - Seattle Weekly

Most dates will feature an opening 40 minute film of Charles Gocher’s video experiments followed by two sets of music. Alan Bishop and Richard Bishop will be performing Sun City Girls songs as an acoustic guitar duet. This tour will most likely be the only time this show will be presented as such and is a tribute both to Charles Gocher and selected music from the 27 year legacy of Sun City Girls.

with:
Alan Bishop
Richard Bishop

8pm / $12 adv, $14 dos / All Ages