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Los Angeles, California birthed Baxter House in mid 2005. The band embodies the fun and spunk of a Broadway act mixed with furious thrash. Three friends met while living in a house together on Baxter Street in Echo Park which erupted into flames during their residency. This nearly calamitous event sparked their child-like and incendiary logo. Their primary colored vinyl and furry uniforms encapsulate their irreverent attitude on stage, a paradoxical combination of a Sesame Street episode with an NC-17 rating.
"Please Baxter, Don't Hurt 'Em" - Baxter House's six song EP serves as a one act play, transporting the listener from an angels' choir to a mirrored fun house with detours into fiery perdition. "No Food" and "MKAO" set the standard of female punk assaults with Rachel Mintz shrieking like a possessed Linda Blair over Sky Minor and Malik Williams' drum and guitar speed blasts. "Dissociative Personality Disorder" alludes to Baxter House's more experimental side, eschewing classification while exhibiting bizarre pop innovation. "Fat Gross Cowboy" sounds like a dark punk rock version of a militant western rodeo. As if TINA TURNER met BAD BRAINS and seduced EXENE CERVENKA of X into a menage a trois, Baxter House's nuclear-powered art rock is a kick in the sack.
Baxter House shows jolt listless crowds to attention as Rachel winds her way through the audience leaving spectators awe-struck. Baxter House's aftermath leaves little girls feeling liberated and boys worried a woman might have bigger testicles than they do. 2006 has been a banner year for Baxter House with critical acclaim for the EP and live shows coming in by the dumptruck load as well as a US tour in the works. Rachel has appeared on the cover of two punk magazines and increasing numbers of discharged mental inmates swell the ranks of the Baxter cult. From the streets of Echo Park to the playlists of the world, Baxter House has arrived.
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