• Ludicrous twin-guitar onslaught: check
• Burly, four-on-the-floor drum beats: check
• Disturbing lyrical excess: check
• Demented flurry of solos: check
• Droning bass lines on the big string: check
• Can nail the Marathon Chevrolet theme song in the key of C: check
• Lead singer looks like a cross between Rainbow vocalist Graham Bonnet, Arthur Fonzarelli, and Michael Paré (in
Eddie and the Cruisers): check
• Killer stage props: tba
• Hair-rasing performance in dealership show room already under belt: check
It looks like local rock band Dante’s Camaro is all set for an encore performance at Marathon Chevrolet (8199 Rivers Ave.) from 1-4 p.m. on Saturday. They won the “Marathon Chevrolet Idol” contest last March. Visit marathonchevy.com and myspace.com/dantescamaro for more.
— T. Ballard Lesemann