Steel Pole Bathtub Reuniting

I mentioned this in my column today, but it's worth repeating again here on Reverb: Steel Pole Bathtub is reuniting! I tend to think of them as progressive noise punks ahead of their time, so this definitely feels more like justified revisionist history than nostalgic circle jerk (though it could be argued that whenever the phrase "progressive noise punk" is tossed about that a circle jerk is just around the bend).

Anyway, no word yet on whether this is just a one-off, but they are supposed to be playing the Willamette Weekly-sponsored Musicfest Northwest on Thursday, September 4 (Black Elk opens).

On a vaguely related note, while unsuccessfully trolling for a decent image of the band to use for this post, I came across this very cool site that traces the history of Tacoma's Community World Theater via old show posters: