Oh My Rockness

Who would have thought John Belushi would rise from the dead to front a grungy New Jersey power-rock band? But that is just what has happened, and I saw it with my very own eyes at Pianos a while back.

There was a fat-as-ever John Belushi, swinging from the rafters and hurling himself into the crowd of ghost-loving hipsters as his band played Kiss-inspired anthems. I guess it makes sense he would sing with this band because Rye Coalition are one dirty band and Belushi was one dirty dude.

Not dirty like Kool Keith's Sex Style. I mean dirty like you guys should seriously take a shower. But they are from Jersey so they don't give a shit. Their thunderously loud gigs are legendary (even if they aren't really fronted by a spirit). And they recently switched labels from the vastly underrated Tiger Style Records to DreamWorks. Wait a minute, what? Rye Coalition hangin' with, like, Stephen Spielberg and that Geffen guy? I guess it pays to never wash your pits.