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2nd Street Jazz Bar + Grill #4February 26, 2012, 9 p.m./other bands to be announced. 2nd Street Jazz Bar + Grill, 366 East 2nd Street, Little Tokyo, Los Angeles 90012. |
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2nd Street Jazz Bar + Grill #3December 18, 2011, 2nd Street Jazz Bar + Grill, Los Angeles: KWE, with The Real Jane, Juke Joint Dogs, and Motion Factory. |
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2nd Street Jazz Bar + Grill #2Sunday December 11, 2011, 9 p.m. for the KWE, Juke Joint Dogs, and Star Train @ The 2nd Street Jazz Bar + Grill, 366 2nd Street Los Angeles. A great evening of punk, roots rock, and funk, with lots of love and grinding all around. Holiday lights adorned the kit. Started set with the fabulous Johnny Thunders song... finished with spaced out metal thrash/free jazz of Weak Signals... |
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2nd Street Jazz Bar + GrillOctober 30, 2011: (with The Real Jane Fuller, KWE, Atom & the Electrons, Juke Joint Dogs, Mayonnaise and Jeff). The KWE rocks it hard for a swashbuckling herd of dedicated fans and new acolytes at the 2nd Street Jazz Grill, Little Tokyo, LA. Extended warp versions of Optimist’s Parking Lot (with Moon Rock), Summer, and Space Road got the punks, the zombies, the pirates, and the vampire nymphs in this Halloween Eve audience dancing up a perfect, twisted storm! |
Chain Letter ExhibitionJuly 23, 2011: The Keith Walsh Experience performs at Chain Letter exhibition, @ Shoshana Wayne Gallery, Santa Monica, CA. KWE performs "Future Makes" from the new "Motorik" album. |
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S1F GalleryDecember 18, 2010: The KWE performs two sets holiday style at S1F Gallery in Los Angeles! The holiday tunes were made brighter by the guest pyrotechnics of artist Todd Gray on the jingle stick! |
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Vlad The RetailerAugust 2, 2010: The KWE opens for San Francisco band The Blank Tapes at Vlad The Retailer in Hollywood, CA. By special request, a really fun show in a super-funky space supporting Matt Adams and his band on tour, who heard me ten years ago perform a three hour show at Raid Projects when it was in Santa Ana. |
PØSTJuly 9, 2010: The Keith Walsh Experience one man band rocks out with his song "Ocean" at PØST, Los Angeles, during the Mannlicher Carcanoplex Mach 1 Performance Event. Video by Michael Gomez Burton. Set included Hendrix, Meat Puppets, and Velvet Underground covers. |
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Old Towne Pub #2September 26, 2009: KWE@ The Old Towne Pub, Pasadena, CA. The two opening bands don't show up.Scrape truck in narrow brick alley way. The barflies don't turn around when the KWE rocks it. Beer spills on the guitar amp. But Supersonic was sublime. |
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Black Watch PubAugust 8, 2009: KWE @ Black Watch Pub, Upland CA, with Falcon Eddy and One F. An excellent and speeding gig in a busy bar located in a sleepy strip-mall in the Inland Empire. Upon starting I asked the crowd if they wanted me to go easy or hard... "go hard" they said. Well I cleared the tables ahead of me in a matter of minutes. Closed the raucous set with a metal powered take on Adam & the Ants' "Physical." |
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Old Towne Pub #1June 22, 2009 @ The Old Towne Pub, Pasadena, CA, with M31, Falcon Eddy, and Unfinished Robot. A late night gig sandwiched between two days of jury duty. A super raw performance with the red Squire Stratocaster (and party squawker for Nu Age). Lots of good banter with Falcon Eddy crowd, and Gus from Mr. T's rocked out to the KWE for a spell. |
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King KingMay 24, 2009: KWE @ King KIng, Hollywood, performing for the Mexicali Biennial art fundraiser. |
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Sound In Space FestivalFebruary 20, 2009: KWE @ Sea & Space, Highland Park Los Angeles. One Man Band Night of the month long Sound In Space Festival curated by Aaron Drake and Clay Chapin. Other bands were calm, but there was nothing but hot punk-jazz headbanding from this boy (especially for Dust Dudes). Special note: first new bass drum head since 2002! |
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Marc Horowitz's Talk ShowFebruary 2, 2009: KWE performs for www.talkshow247.com, a month long live stream conceptual video collage project by artist Marc Horowitz in Los Angeles. Under three professional cameras and lighting, the KWE set up in the Wedding Arbor Bedroom at Marc's apartment (he "married a styrofoam mountain" the day before). The small crowd of artists danced and drank and channel blended to the magic hour long KWE set. |
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L2KNovember 22, 2008: KWE@ L2K Gallery, Chinatown Los Angeles. Curated by Ron Faranovich. Great turnout for rabid performance for most of the three-hour opening of You See LA Cupcake exhibition. Return of the toy piano, chimes upon new shelf into the kit. Most songs from the upcoming Back To The Pyramids album (with special closing tune from KWE IV, 1996). |
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Mr. T's Bowl #2July 3, 2008: KWE @ Mr. T's Bowl, HIghland Park Los Angeles. Opening for The Kids of Widney HIgh, Bridge (Seattle), and The Hard To Get. Super tight gig with big crowd. It felt great to play only new material. Mr. T's Arlo balanced the sound quite well. John Rosewall (formerly of Trotsky Icepick) remarked that "it was my pleasure to experience the Experience. I did not know a human being could grow so many legs so quickly!" |
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The Armory NorthwestJanuary 12, 2008: KWE @ the Armory Northwest, Pasadena, CA. A wild card evening of video, art performances, and music performances by Anna Oxygen, Skip Arnold, Douglas Lee, Ed Gomez and others curated by Matt Wardell in this vast art space. Dust Dudes opened with "machine gun" intro (eliminated on album version). I polished up some ancient KWE tunes such as The Invisible Brigade (click link to see video) and Campfire Girl. |
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Suzy'sDecember 14, 2007: KWE @ Suzy's Hermosa Beach, opening for Landfill, Big Mess, and Mike Watt & the Missingmen. Joe Baiza of Saccharine Trust joined me for the ride down to see the show. Strobe lights, X-mas lights, smoke machine, and a rowdy audience lent plenty of ambience to this South Bay "rock of ages" KWE show. |
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Mr. T's Bowl #1October 26, 2007: KWE @ Mr. T's Bowl, Highland Park, Los Angeles. Opening for The Multiple Now Syndrome, The Lofty Canaanites (with Jack Brewer & Joe Baiza of Saccharine Trust), and The Shards. A veil of dark gauze hung from the ceiling, surrounding my entire kit. Faster crash cymbals, Parkwood Hybrid guitar, harmonicas, new noisemakers, new 8" tom on drum upon a new riser graced the kit. The dense new rocker Everyone Likes The Lights tested out well that evening (though it didn't emerge on the next album Back To The Pyramids). Today Is Victory and Rainbow Highway (Boogie) were rare live performances of multi-tracked tunes from, respectively, Strictly Panasonic and the You're In My Heaven albums. Supersonic was at that time almost a Metal tune. It featured the old Takamine acoustic-electric set for sharp feedback, accompanied by a noisemaker at its chaotic, dervishing finale. This was a super fueled set complemented by a progression of broken strings that bred dissonant guitar improvisations and drum solos during moments of re-tuning. The encore was a raw Ska-like version of That Wicked Sublime. |
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A Friendly PlaceMarch 23, 2007: KWE @ A Friendly Place (Martin Durazo’s Studio), Los Angeles. Followed by Raugust (members of Indian Jewelry). The KWE returns a la carte on this cold March night bouncing a wave of distortion, Joy Division and Jesus and Mary Chain tunes, and originals off the bricks, bodies, and barbed wire of this giant downtown art party. One power cord and one light in complete darkness for a one hour electric set. This is the last KWE set where the Takamine acoustic-electric was used exclusively. Vocals were set on rockabilly reverb. A snappy 10” Piccolo snare on modified kit riser now replaced the last in what was a long history of steel mailboxes. |
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WoodburystockApril 4, 2003: KWE@ Woodburystock Concert, Woodbury University. |
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Topper's Tavern #3January 18, 2003: KWE @ Topper's Tavern, Eagle Rock, CA, with Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti and Saticoy. A very unhinged performance. Cosmic projections by Phil Franklin. Set list: Tonight- Political Noise Theme- Lost Angeles- Hate The Sun- Superman- It's A Sign- The Evil Empire- I Went down with The Broken Pieces. |
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Angeles Bohemios CafeJanuary 12, 2003: A rare "folk" acoustic KWE gig @ Angeles Bohemios Cafe in Silverlake, CA. A surreal cold Sunday evening along with Sexy Ukeleli, Pinky Jones, Hannah & Elana, Cecil Seaskull. One friend of the KWE remarked that "several of my limbs were catatonic!" Meanwhile, my voice had its elastic character phase shifting quality, which I felt was too powerful for the place. Several tunes from KWE II-V were performed, with a special appearance of the ancient spaghetti-lid tapper. Set: The Evil Empire- The Invisible Brigade- Here She Comes- Hate The Sun- I Went Down With The Broken Pieces. |
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Westwood Star Charter SchoolNovember 19, 2002: KWE @ Westwood Star Charter School, Los Angeles, a performance curated by artist-teacher Chris Cichocki. Start gig with jumping jacks while kids chant "KWE...KWE...KWE..." My words and music are bombs ready to explode in the minds of young people. Will the provocative lyrics of "War" or "Hate The Sun" breed new chaos? Will the Dionysian power of rhythm rule the day? Thirty minutes into the set I am puppeteer at the epicenter of the emerging dancing activity. The kiddies start rocking out big time... and then...! |
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Zen Sushi #5October 16, 2002: KWE @ Zen Sushi, Silverlake, CA. Record Release of the Lost Angeles album. Set: Tonight- Superman- War- Hate The Sun- Smile- Friendly Creature Eye. |
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Toppers Tavern #2September 20, 2002:Topper's Tavern, Eagle Rock, CA. "E.S.P. Rock in Eagle Rock" with Saticoy, KWE, and Pleasant The Meaner. Full moon madness, wild dancing, and barroom bliss: Come On- Lost Angeles- Superman- 4 a.m. I Am- Tonight- War- Hate The Sun (with free jazz blow out finale). |
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Anastasia's AsylumAugust 8, 2002: Anastasia's Asylum, Santa Monica, CA., with Saticoy. An experiment in fewer decibels than usual in this coffeehouse environment. Secret is to start quietly and then get louder. KWE hoisting drums over patron's heads, to perform from the cozy balcony. Set: Quiet improv morphing into 4 a.m. I Am- Three Words- All Of You- Hate The Sun- Tracing sunshine- Job's Tears- Smile With You. |
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Toppers Tavern #1June 21, 2002: "The Longest Day of the Year" show @ Toppers Tavern, Eagle Rock, CA, with Saticoy and Pleasant The Meaner. Pure bliss and flow for all the bands that night, and rightly so. Lots of songs from upcoming Lost Angeles album. |
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Zen Sushi #4June 5, 2002: KWE @ Zen Sushi, Silverlake, CA. Set: Tracing Sunshine- Hate The Sun- Job's Tears- War- Flower Bed- Smile With You. |
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The GarageApril 16, 2002: KWE @ The Garage, Silverlake, CA. Set: Come On- Almost New Again- Hate The Sun- Oh Silly Girl- Superman- War. |
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Zen Sushi #3April 3, 2002: KWE @ Zen Sushi, Silverlake, CA. (Scrubber Deluxe, No Friendly Drop, KWE, Joshua & the Runaway Train) Set: Come On- 99 Cent Culture- Job's Tears- Friendly Creature Eye- Hate The Sun- Superman- Big Black Hole- All Of You. |
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DEMOLISTEN KXLU RADIOMarch 29, 2002: KXLU Radio, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles. "I am my own union--I am an anarchist." Up four flights of stairs to the radio studio. Crazy "dark" show, filling up aural space. Went into rant about an airwaves interfering Christian station. Demolisten's DJ Fred is amused. Artist Scott Davis videotapes the event. Featuring songs from Modal Universe and upcoming Lost Angeles albums. |
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Westwood BreweryMarch 20, 2002: KWE @ Westwood Brewery. Upstairs at this west side LA watering hole, appearing with Saticoy. A warm, psychedelic, and flowing evening testing out a couple new tunes (Superman made the final cut on the upcoming Lost Angeles album), and a dreamy, long technicolor solo to the closing motorik instrumental tune Almost New Again. |
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The DragonflyMarch 12, 2002: KWE @ The Dragonfly, Los Angeles, appearing with Shoddy and Telegenic. The KWE kit was growing in size and complexity: chimes and a new aluminum speed-rail percussion rack. Disco ball overhead spinning 'round. The sound-guy is not sure how to mic the mailbox snare drum. Several tunes performed from upcoming Los Angeles album. LA Woman was a raw rocker. |
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LushFebruary 28, 2002: KWE @ Lush, Santa Monica, CA. Completely wrong setting for the KWE. Wore power-tie for "80s Night"--the bookies got their signals crossed and I slipped into the mix. Ha! Small audience. Set cut short by confused and annoyed sound guy. Artist Chris Tallon comes with nice handmade KWE sharpie-marker T shirts. |
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Zen Sushi #2February 13, 2002: KWE@ Zen Sushi, Silverlake. CA, with |
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Blue Saloon #2January 31, 2002: KWE@ The Blue Saloon, North Hollywood, CA. Most songs from the Modal Universe album. An acoustic rendition of The Doors' Indian Summer--with the ghost of Jim Morrison on hand--was the lull in the storm at this packed Valley gig. To the audience's delight I finished the set by throwing myself into the kit. |
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Echo Park Art PartyJanuary 15, 2002: KWE@ Echo Park, CA party. A frosty but beautiful starlit evening with large art audience. Outdoor-garage performance with live video feed of drum action from behind the kit going to multiple TV monitors. Many of the songs were performed in a more ambient manner with lots of feedback and delay. Later on I improvised to the actions of the stilt-walking woman! |
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Zen SushiDecember 30, 2001: KWE@ Zen Sushi, Silverlake, CA. Sushi downstairs and rock 'n' roll upstairs, with Pleasant the Meaner and Black Angel. Audience sucked into trance by the acoustic guitar instrumental drones of All Of You and Almost New Again, and then catapulted with the pedal-to-the-metal of Job's Tears, et. al. A great night! |
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The Blue SaloonDecember 19, 2001: KWE@ The Blue Saloon, North Hollywood, CA. A cold scintillating night with my stuff on the curb for a while until ready to fill the stage. Christmas lights adorn the kit drums. LA friends show up; some are taken aback by the KWE hack job of Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas. Most of the songs were from the Modal Universe album. Almost New Again was a new wistful yet motorik instrumental. Come On (..."she's the little girl with the red dress on...") was a new tune, somewhat less baroque than the eventual album version, which fed into rap about Jim Morrison in Paris. Can't recall who else was on the bill. |
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The CIA #2October 26, 2001: KWE @ The California Institute for Abnormal Arts, North Hollywood, CA., with Betty Dylan and Saticoy. A funny revved up show with witches hat and unusually interactive crowd. Started set gently with Campfire Girl. The Brightest Night was new chugging instrumental (that appeared on the Lost Angeles album) that was redlined with acoustic guitar feedback and metallic reverb. I felt truly transported for a few minutes. |
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The CIAJune 29, 2001: KWE @ The California Institute for Abnormal Arts, North Hollywood, CA. A very strange carnivalesque environment with carved wood figurines, elaborate stage, mirror ball, and continuous "outer limits" background soundtrack coming from another room. That performance was the testing ground for the Modal Universe album that was recorded a few days later by Dave Greenberg at Boomtown. The view at left is from the drumming and feedback conclusion of the song Modal Universe. |
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Canter's Kibitz Room #2May 14, 2001: KWE @ Canter's Kibitz Room, Los Angeles. A raucous evening performance that seemed to channel Pussy Galore, with a big set of tunes that would emerge on the Modal Universe album. I lo-fi audio taped the show; I Went Down With The Broken sounded best, most focused and manic. I threw myself forward into my kit at the end of this song, pushing the three club microphones into wild feedback. While the crowd loved it, Francine the booking lady flipped out and banned me from the club. Well, the only thing really I'll miss is the post-show pastrami sandwich. |