Mac Sabbath served up the heat at House of Blues with The Dickies, The Creepy Creeps, and Peelander-Z
On the toasty evening of Friday September 6th, heavy metal fast food icons Mac Sabbath invaded the House of Blues San Diego with a unique classic rock and roll and culinary inspired tribute to the legendary metal band Black Sabbath. Billing themselves as Drive-Thru metal, these elaborately costumed musicians play fast food themed parodies of classic Black Sabbath tunes like More Ribs (War Pigs), Sweet Beef (Sweet leaf), Pair-a-Buns (Paranoid), and Organic Funeral (Electric Funeral). The band features Slayer McCheese on guitar, Ronald Osbourne on vocals, Catburglar on drums, and Grimalice on bass, with all the members maintaining the hilarious characters throughout the show.
Clearly heavily inspired by the strong 80s iconography of a certain golden arched fast food chain, this band has found a hilarious and fantastic niche, drawing a huge crowd to the House of Blues located in the Gaslamp district of downtown San Diego. Their elaborate stage featured converted Ronald McDonald balloon tanks with glowing red eyes spitting smoke, and an actual grill in the center of the action where Ronald Osbourne flipped burgers and prepared gags throughout the set. The funny but talented musicians put on a killer high energy show rocking out in what can only be described as heat stroke inducing giant felt costumes, looking like some sort of heavy metal Muppet bobbleheads come to life. The band is currently out on their 10th Anniversary tour and supposedly teasing an upcoming retirement. Go see this creative band live and experience their awesome brand of Ozzy approved craziness while you still can.
Openers for this fantastic show included San Fernando punk legends The Dickies who put on a great set of break neck punk rock tunes despite being down one of their regular guitar players. Local favorites The Creepy Creeps also performed with their own truly unique brand of horror meets retro rock. These San Diego tiki-ghouls were a perfect opener with skull masks, fun gogo dancers, and a backlight glowing stage set.
Japanese by way of Texas punk rockers Peelander-Z opened this show early, and their crowd participation heavy set was a highlight of the entire evening. This talented group deserved way more time and a higher slot in this packed set, but it was so great to see them in a venue with great sound and lights.
