• Photo courtesy Conor Meara
• Tom Blacklung & The Smokestacks
• The Fallout Shelter
• Saturday, September 22, 2012
• Aliquippa

“We’ve been playing in the Brooklyn/NYC area since 2008 at venues like Silent Barn, Death By Audio, Market Hotel, The Glassdoor, FreedomGarden, The Tank, and Goodbye Blue Monday.”

The self-described ‘dirty, tasty Brooklyn rock and roll‘ band hits Pittsburgh this Saturday at The Fallout Shelter on a bill with Rob Kocher, Crisis in America, and Rasputin’s Secret Police. My thanks to Vocalist/Guitarist Joe Plourde for taking part in this edition of First/Last.

• The first album you ever bought?
• FireStorm, new age-y cassette purchased for me by my Grandma when I was 6.
• Your last album bought?
• J. Marinelli & His Angry Young One-Man Band, “Stone Age Kicks Volume One”.
• Favorite album of all time?
• All of them!
• Least favorite/most disappointing album?
• I don’t like to hate.
• First concert attended?
• Raffi.
• Last concert?
• Rapstar and Railbird at Zebulon in Brooklyn.
• Favorite concert ever?
• Every single ‘Rasputin’s Secret Police’ show!
• Least favorite concert?
• Disco Biscuits.
• Any thoughts, experiences about Pittsburgh?
• This will be my first time in Pittsburgh. I’ve got some friends who went to Carnegie Mellon. They said it was dark and hilly with a lot of canals.

Thanks, Joe. First time in Pittsburgh for sure! Seriously, canals? Three RIVERS dude!