Woo Hoo The Black Lips survived India!

The Black Lips are one of my favorite new bands these days for their drunken, sloppy, southern version of punk and their, at times, disarmingly personal songwriting. The real draw though is that they're a fucking mess and to take them out of America is asking for trouble if theyre not on their best behavior. For context's sake I'll give you the best case scenario, their infamous gig in Tijuana, Mexico (which is beautifully recorded on the album Los Valientes Del Mondo Nuevo). This is "Boomerang, the second song of the set.

Recently, however, they've been in a bit of trouble playing gigs in India. Pitchfork.com, reported that they were on the run from the law after two messy gigs, the first after following up something like 85 metal bands at a festival and being pelted with plastic bottles which only resulted in a restrained set and bad vibes, but the second was an attempt to win over the country with what makes them great in the first place: drunken hi-jinx! This was reported to be the guitarist getting naked and flailing into the audience and pissing in people's faces and gutting sacred cows and making out with other band members on stage, all much to the shock and dismay of the crowd, but the truth is less epic than all that. There was a bare ass and their was some kissing but it was really their tour manager booking them in bad gigs and getting nervous when they did anything risque (has he seen these guys before?). Anywho, they're safe and coming to Sacramento, Santa Cruz and San Francisco soon (April 28th, 29th and 30th, respectively), supporting a new album, 200 Million Thousand.  

Here's a link to the whole pitchfork.com story (http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/news/148746-update-the-black-lips-are-safe) and check out the band's Myspace for more of their music.