Tav Falco's Panther Burns.

[jesse_custer]

This band is quite pleasing and unusual. From what I can remember on New Year's Day at some stranger's house, the music could be characterized as extremely vintage rock and roll with a Gothic edge. "Extremely vintage" might be an understatement, in fact.

Wish I could share more, but I'm lucky in even remembering the band's name at all. Perhaps the simple pleasures of assorted revelry--namely drugs and alcohol and rambling with strange people and doing nothing serviceable for society--obliterated my judgment that day, but goddamn it, I think I'm right about this one.

Check out this wikipage for more information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tav_Falco%27s_Panther_Burns

I think "Panther Phobia" was the record I heard but this can be wrong.

[Spike-X]

Holy shit, there's a name I haven't heard since the days of mid-80s public radio!

[MWGallaher]

I used to be a minor-league "hanger-on" with the Burns, catching all their Memphis shows back in the early 80s. Their then-drummer, the ever-amusing Ross Johnson, filled in once with my band, and came to our parties. We did a fill-in song during one of the Burns' breaks at the Antenna Club, where we had the honor of being cut off by the Box Tops' legendary Alex Chilton, who frequently played with the Panther Burns in the early 80s.
In those early days, Tav was extremely primitive: he had little sense of timing, and the band was constantly trying to catch up to his off-meter vocals. They got a lot more professional-sounding as the years went on.

[Joey Deadcat]

One of my faves! Kinda no-wave blues/rockabilly is how I'd describe his sound (though, he's touched on other styles over the years). Handful of us here in Detroit who play his stuff whenever any of us dj'd.

[jesse_custer]

Perhaps someone can confirm or refute this, but I've heard Tav Falco is very particular about who plays with him and what kind of gear they use.