The Locust

The Locust are a band from San Diego, California.

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Known for their unique style of music, The Locust have a synth-heavy, heavily distorted, crust punk (particularly on early releases) and noise-influenced sound and a controversial and disturbing art rock stage presence. Singer Justin Pearson has said, "I just want to change the way people look at music or maybe just destroy it in general." Members include Justin Pearson, singer and bass guitar player, Gabe Serbian on drums, Joey Karam, keyboards, and Bobby Bray playing guitar. Some members formerly played in a somewhat well known screamo band called Swing Kids as well as the punk rock band Le Shok . Holy Molar and Some Girls are notable Locust side-projects.

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Synth - Crust punk - Noise - Art rock - Justin Pearson - Bass guitar - Gabe Serbian - Drums - Joey Karam - Keyboards - Bobby Bray - Guitar - Screamo - Swing Kids - Punk rock - Le Shok - Holy Molar - Side-project

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The Locust have a daunting stage presence. Costumed in skin-tight, full-body, white (or green) suits with large, black mesh, bug-like eye and mouth coverings, these suits help create a creepy and strange atmosphere during their shows. Unlike most bands, which normally have the drums set up behind the other members, the four members of The Locust are all positioned in a line at the front of the stage. The Locust rarely speak to the crowd in between songs, offering little down time during a set, and are frequently heckled by crowd members shocked by their idiosyncratic performance.

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The band recommends that in order to get the full impact of the band one should see them live.

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The Locust vehemently boycotts Clear Channel Communications, refusing to play in any Clear Channel-owned venues. This boycott affected a 2005 tour with Fantômas.

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Clear Channel Communications - Fantômas

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Lyrically, The Locust is a scathing satire of popular mainstream US culture, homosexual culture, and US politics. Amidst the high-pitched screams and shrills of the vocals, it is nearly impossible to discern what is being said in most songs.

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Also worth noting is their purposefully tasteless merchandise such as their puddle-shaped (and bodily fluid-coloured) 7" split with Arab on Radar, compacts which look suspiciously like cocaine mirrors, and a small comic book that looked like a Chick tract coinciding with their debut record on ANTI Records.

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Arab on Radar - Cocaine - Chick tract

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