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At first glance it’s easy to mistake the 30-odd members of Dark Meat for a modern-day Manson Family. Or an even moderner-day Polyphonic Spreeminus matching gay robes and annoyingness. Yes, Dark Meat has many members. This summer they will tour Europe in a jury-rigged church van that barely has enough room to sleep sitting up, and bust promoter budgets everywhere. The band’s full name is Dark Meat/Vomit Lasers/Family Band/Galaxy.Initially a Neil Young cover band, the project eventually morphed into the scruffy, psychedelic carnival of hooray that you see before you. We quizzed two of the founding members to see how much they knew about the rest of the band, and how much they’ll need to learn before piling into their van.
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Jim McHugh (guitar, vocals): What color hair does each person currently playing with the band have? Jim: What are their middle names? Jim: Who has the worst gas? Ben Clack (bass, vocals): Dark Meat will be coming to Øya in Norway and Way out West in Sweden this summer.
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