Join Last Will on Tuesday, February 4th at 6:30pm to hear his recent interview with French garage punk duo, Human Toys, ahead of their Record Release Show in Oakland at Thee Stork Club on February 15th. This will be Human Toys first Bay Area appearance with the current lineup.
Human Toys is Poupée Mecanik (vocals, theremin) who plays with female archetypes, coupling subversion with irony and guitarist Jon Von, ex-Rip Offs, who has transformed the band with new songs somewhere between the Ramones and the Avengers!
Jon Von Zelowitz was a KALX DJ in the 1980s and is a founding member of the Mr. T Experience as well as a former member of the Rip-Offs before moving to France in 1999. He was the leader of Jon And The Vons before meeting founding Human Toys member Poupée Mecanik and re-starting Human Toys as a duo.
Anyone lucky enough to catch one of their electrifying live shows around the globe knows they deliver relentless energy, raw power, and a tough yet seductive attitude.
That same fierce energy shines through in their new album At The Poor Cow, named after a legendary underground punk rock bar in Tokyo. The album features fantastic covers of IGGY POP’s “I’m Sick of You”, THE NERVES’ “When You Find Out”, and BOB CENTER’s “Lost In The Jungle”, alongside addictive and wild HUMAN TOYS originals. This record is a true modern-day punk rock-classic!
