South by Southwest Source > South by Southwest Source > Archives > 2007 > March > 16 > Entry
The Foot Patrol’s got sole
Around 10 Thursday evening, prolific Austin musicians T. J. Wade and Hung Nguyen slayed the audience at Chaindrive with their newest band incarnation, the super smelly funk band Foot Patrol.
Wade and Nguyen recently released five hip-hop and hardcore rock albums at End of An Ear Records under the band names MC Terroristic and Terroristic, but Foot Patrol is an entirely different musical vision.
“All our songs are about the smell of feet and foot parties,” Wade explained. “Every song we write is exclusively about feet. We are a foot fetish funk band!”
During Thursday’s performance, Wade and Nguyen were accompanied by a Japanese Butoh dancer on one side and a topless male dancer on the other side of the stage. Wade said he and Nguyen are finishing up Foot Patrol’s debut album, “Smellabration.” Look for a release later this spring at End of An Ear Records. The experimental and jazz musicians who work at End of An Ear have championed Wade and Nguyen’s collaborations as “must see” performances.
Comments
By Hung Nguyen
March 18, 2007 8:12 PM | Link to this
Thanks for the write up, Marc! It’s great to see folks supporting local music!