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“The van platform is high enough and far enough away for comfortable distancing,” Oulman said. “Being the guinea pigs, we knew we’d run into a few obstacles, but no one expected to literally,” LaPlante joked.įor the 331 Club’s co-owner Jarret Oulman, who’s used to hosting live music year-round, Bands on Vans has become “a way to dip our toes in the water a bit when it comes to music performance without going overboard on complicated logistics.” On the technical side, he added three cellphone routers and some guerrilla-style cameras to make the livestreaming work.ĭuring the test-run gig with indie-rocker Monica LaPlante, though, one of those cameras was knocked off by a low-hanging tree branch.

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To help make the series roll, DeVaan got both Grumpy’s and the 331 to pitch in as sponsors to pay the pandemic-stymied musicians. “COVID, for better or worse, gave it a little more purpose and momentum.” “It just seemed like a fun thing to do,” said DeVaan, who previously took his rolling stage out for spins at the Twin Cities Pride and Minnesota ArtCar parades. SAH percussionist Stuart DeVaan, who recently took over as general manager at MCN6, actually dreamed up the Bands on Vans series last year, long before there was a pandemic. Twin Cities music scene veterans will not be surprised to learn the van and the brains behind the series belong to a member of Savage Aural Hotbed, a rhythmic and truly industrial punk band that has long made metallic welding, hammering and sawing part of its live performances. Once they got steadily rolling, though, he said, they relished the “Mad Max-meets-Beatles rooftop showiness.” “I imagined the van getting hit by a Nordeast barhopping knucklehead, and headlines about a rock ’n’ roll tragedy,” Levy said. The Turn Turn Turn’s show was also warmly received, but the band members admitted they had cold feet going into it. People came out of their homes and waved. “Honestly, I wasn’t sure what to expect: Here is this random dude rolling through your street blasting hip-hop,” Nur-D, aka Matt Allen, said after his set Saturday.

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For the couple hundred neighbors who live along the half-mile between Grumpy’s and the 331, though, no computer or TV is required to enjoy the shows.

The concerts are produced and livestreamed via community TV station MCN6 and its new all-Minnesota-music channel on the Roku app. The series has turned into a bright light for pandemic-darkened Twin Cities music fans, who in this case stream out of bars to see the shows rather than cramming inside.

“The only thing between you and a tumble is a guardrail of aluminum plumbing pipe,” Turn Turn Turn singer-guitarist Adam Levy winced after his band’s Bands on Vans gig two weekends ago. Side railings keep the musicians from falling off.

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Zip ties and gaffer tape hold down the drums.

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Participating bands perform from on high while their host “venue” rolls along at a very low speed - 5 mph or less - making its way between two music-centric northeast Minneapolis watering holes, Grumpy’s and the 331 Club.Ī generator is used to power the amplifiers. The van in question, a rugged 1992 GMC Vandura, has a steel stage built on top. Nur-D was the latest passenger for Bands on Vans, which is exactly that: a weekly series with musicians performing on the roof of a van - as if playing live gigs in the COVID era weren’t dangerous enough. “This one goes out to that car over there,” the rapper said, dedicating his last song to a passing vehicle unknowingly participating in a new concert series that gives literal meaning to “rock ’n’ roll.” Proudly sponsored by Atomic Data and Rogue Citizen.When the audience demanded an encore from Nur-D this past weekend, he didn’t ask anyone behind the stage if he had time for one more song, as is usually the case.

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Savage Aural Hotbed AND MORE! Entry to the bottle release and the taproom will be free all day entry to the live music area will be $5 come 5 PM. We’ve got live art from Rogue Citizen, a post-apocalyptic costume contest, live screen printing, and live music from: Chalk The Post-Apocalyptic Halloween Party: 5 PM Made from over 53% rye including Malted Rye, Chocolate Rye, and Caramel Rye – this beer is dominated by flavors of sweet and spicy rye, dark chocolate, and brown sugar. Borne from the blood, fire, and gasoline of the Wasteland, this year’s version is a one-of-a-kind Imperial Rye Stout that’s thicker than 40 weight motor oil and darker than a tire fire. Some details: The Bottle Release: 12 PMįor his 2017 release, Lord Humungus has once again dipped into his precious reserves of RYE and forged a humungus and unique imperial beer. This year he will once again be honored with a humungus bottle release and an extra humungus post-apocalyptic Halloween party featuring live music, live art, a post-apocalyptic costume contest, and MORE.