Band at the Limelight

July 11, 2008 3:04 PM

In the early 90's I saw a band at the Limelight in New York. The band was made up entirely of percussion instruments. There were maybe 10 people playing and they were all painted gold. I cannot for the life of me remember what they were called and it's driving me nuts. Does sound familiar to anyone?
posted by Shanachie to Media & Arts (11 answers total)

Were they all girls? Was it maybe earlier than the early 90s?

If so, Pulsallama.
posted by neroli at 3:18 PM on July 11, 2008

In the late '90s at CBGBs, I saw a not all-percussion-but-still-roughly-ten-people-painted-gold band called Paint.

Did they also have gold lamé leotards on?

(On a subsequent trip, I saw another band at CBGBs who were also called Paint, but they weren't in gold and they sounded a lot like Kill Hannah).
posted by klangklangston at 3:26 PM on July 11, 2008

M'Boom was a percussion ensemble led by the late Max Roach. To the best of my knowledge, though, they never performed in gold paint.
posted by box at 3:44 PM on July 11, 2008

Sounds like Blue Man Group to me... but obviously the wrong color. And too far uptown.
posted by blaneyphoto at 4:03 PM on July 11, 2008

Was it Crash Worship?
posted by Falconetti at 4:12 PM on July 11, 2008

Crash Worship is my first guess, too. Followed by Hitting Birth, maybe?
posted by Karlos the Jackal at 5:07 PM on July 11, 2008

Crash Worship had more than just percussionists. Nor have I ever seen them all painted gold.
posted by oneirodynia at 6:01 PM on July 11, 2008

Here's a helpful visual of a Crash Worship show. I'd say it's quite representative.
posted by oneirodynia at 6:07 PM on July 11, 2008

STOMP ?
posted by mattoxic at 6:57 PM on July 11, 2008

Response by poster: It was Crash Worship! God Bless Ask Metafilter!
posted by Shanachie at 12:37 PM on July 12, 2008

This is just chatter, but Crash Worship was the best concert I've ever been to. I saw them years ago in Cleveland in the old Grog Shop.
posted by Falconetti at 4:56 PM on July 14, 2008