The Sturgeons

Disrupting the peace of California’s Redwood Coast since 2015, The Sturgeons have forged their own psychotic brand of surf thrash that hooks new fans at every show. They’ve left a mythic trail of noise complaints, evictions, and ambulance lights in their wake, and show no signs of slowing. If, somehow, you’re unsatisfied, treat yourself to a custom butt plug at the merch table. Stoking the searing heat of this steamy engine is drummer Seth Mattingly, Humboldt County’s most subversive substitute teacher. With a blend of brutality and sophistication, Seth’s polyrhythmic proclivities will take you to a school where everyone’s in detention and homework is done with a brick. Nurse by night and guitarist by rite, Matt Schweickert-Stary knows well how to prepare his audience for death by leaving them no choice but to live out loud. Demented melodies, crushing riffs, and face-melting solos keep the people screaming for more, and he’s got plenty to give. As mad a frontman there ever was, Red Reaper abandoned a lucrative career as a Funeral Director and answered the call to provide a soundtrack befitting end-stage capitalism. His chainsaw tone and machine-like fingerwork dish up a trance-inducing elixir, while his incendiary vocals roil the crowd into a lawless froth.