Hailing from San Francisco, CA the Punk Rock Orchestra is a 50+ piece strong orchestra that plays punk rock tunes you know and love on classical instruments. Their set list is a journey through the great punk bands: Dead Kennedys, Black Flag, Sex Pistols, Circle Jerks, Fear, Suicidal Tendencies and so on. All the members are classically trained, many of them by recognized masters of their respective instruments. From mosh pits to orchestra pits, you won't hear anything like this anywhere else.
Members of the Orchestra have played with many local symphonies and ensembles including: San Francisco Symphony, San Francisco Opera, San Francisco Civic, Oakland Civic, Peninsula Symphony, Sacramento Symphony, Stockton Symphony, Napa Symphony, Pacific Wind Ensemble, Deutscher Musik-Verein, Berkeley Opera, North Bay Opera, Berkeley Lyric Opera, Symphony Parnassus, SF Concerto Opera, SF Repertory Opera Orchestra, Fog City Brass, Community Music Center Orchestra and the San Francisco Composers Chamber Orchestra
Members have also played with such local bands as The Dead Kennedys, The Residents, Lee Press-On and the Nails, Extra-Action Marching Band, The Woodyz, The Inciters, Tim Hesla Big Band, Cotton Candy Cabaret, The Circadians, and Staranova.
Maximum Rock and Roll, the New York Times of punk, called them "Shocking". The San Francisco Bay Guardian describes their music as "...low brow music on high brow instruments," and Charles Osgood of CBS Radio said "Now you've heard everything."
To put on such a spectacle takes a combination of monumental effort, good timing and luck, thus Punk Rock Orchestra performances are rare events, even in their hometown of San Francisco. So if you hear about them performing, go snap up your tickets. The Punk Rock Orchestra is the experience of a lifetime. Don't miss them.
Website: www.punkrockorchestra.com
Contact Info:
The Institute for Unpopular Culture
Telephone:
(415) 986-4382
Email:
david@ifuc.org
Address:
Institute For Unpopular Culture
1592 Union Street #226
San Francisco, CA 94123
