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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsHere's Video of Beto O'Rourke Singing Blitzkrieg Bop in a Sheep Mask and a Onesie
Because, why not?
Mother Jones:
By now most people who follow national politics have probably heard that Beto ORourke, the former Democratic congressman from El Paso who is contemplating a run for president, once played bass in a punk rock band called Foss. The punk rock ethos seemed to infuse his 2018 Senate race against Republican Sen. Ted Cruz, down to ORourkes DIY-style of campaigning. During the campaign, ORourke performed on stage with Willie Nelson, brought a fog machine to his concession speech, and filmed himself playing air drums on the steering wheel during road trips. The state Republican Party, for its part, mocked him for appearing in a dress on the cover of Foss album, The El Paso Pussycats.
But Foss wasnt ORourkes only musical project. Nearly a decade after Foss split up in the mid 90safter he had returned to El Paso, started a web design company, and taken tentative steps toward a career in local politicsORourke and a few friends (including other ex-members of Foss) formed two other bands. One was a rock group called Fragile Gang. The other was a cover band called The Sheeps, which performed punk rock classics. Band members wore a variety of disguises on stagemost notably, tight onesies and sheep masks.
Our persona was that we were a very famous band from New Zealand and we didnt want people to know our true identitiesthats why we wore masks, Ailbhe Cormack, the bands bassist, tells Mother Jones. I think people followed along with the mystery of it, but they knew who we were.
At a December 2003 show at El Pasos now-closed Moontime Pizza, ORourke, the groups rhythm guitarist, wore a white onesie and tried on a bad Kiwi accent for good measure:
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Here's Video of Beto O'Rourke Singing Blitzkrieg Bop in a Sheep Mask and a Onesie (Original Post)
brooklynite
Jan 2019
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FSogol
(45,586 posts)1. Thank god he wasn't in Gwar. n/t
I've lived in Richmond over 20 years and have never seen a Gwar show. What have I been DOING with my life,!?!!!
Actually I really wish I had.
FSogol
(45,586 posts)3. I never saw Gwar, but I saw all those guys when they were in Death Piggy.
Good times.
My fav song by them:
Gothmog
(145,881 posts)4. Who cares?
Beto was in a rock band a long time ago. No one cares
murielm99
(30,783 posts)5. Why did you post this?