Guest Post from Tony Bianchi


Speaking of Crazy Hoes(?) I did see "Lez Zeppelin" Saturday night at the Double Door, and well, it rocked. On paper it sounds like a gimmick: 4 women playing Led Zeppelin covers, including a front-woman who is almost as hot as Robert Plant himself ...

And it would be, except they are really, really good at it (though Quickdraw's Robert Plant might still be better!), especially the guitar player Steph Paynes, who makes me think I could have been hearing Led Zeppelin.

But it got me thinking of some other hard playing / hard singing women-fronted bands like 70's prog-rockers Babe Ruth, and Ohio's Heartless Bastards, who played the Bottom Lounge saturday, as well. "The Mountain" is the title track of their new record ...

The Mountain

P.S. Do check out this Babe Ruth video for intense 70's costumes and visuals - esp. around minute 1:30 or so."