Four scores (or albums, if you will) and seven years ago, our insane cousins to the north (Canada geographically and Vancouver more specifically) brought forth on this continent a new band, a guitar/drum duo dubbed The Pack A.D., sporting the adrenalized power of an unmanned locomotive with the throttle set to “bat out of hell.”
Guitarist/vocalist Becky Black plays with my-fist-your-face intensity and sings with a Rock-blackened rasp that reinforces her physical swagger, while drummer Maya Miller keeps the frenetic beat with the unhinged energy of an amphetamine-soaked octopus. Together the pair crank out a sound that has been melting faces and setting off seismographic and tsunami monitors since their 2006 formation.
The Pack A.D. plays with Man or Astro-Man? and Wray 8:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 3. $15; $18 day of. Taft Theatre, 317 E. Fifth St., Downtown, tafttheatre.org.
This article appears in Aug 27 – Sep 2, 2014.