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Last year’s Zombie Rumble proved to be a match made in mosh pit and motorhead heaven. A horde of hot rods and zombie-painted pin-up girls descended upon Area15 for the classic car show, anchored by punk vets like The Bronx, Tsunami Bomb and Face to Face.
“The response was so overwhelmingly great that we realized we could have brought in probably 50 to 70 more cars,” says Jennifer Falcione, associate director of programming and strategy for Area15.
And so, they did. Dragstrip Zombies and the Punk Rock Museum will revive Zombie Rumble this weekend with more than 100 retro rides, a pin-up contest and a stacked rotation of punk acts, including psychobilly band Reverend Horton Heat, Chicano rockers Manic Hispanic, the Voodoo Glow Skulls, Codefendants and the McCharmlys.
“The punk scene and car culture may seem like they’re from two different worlds, but there’s a lot of overlap in their values, the way they approach life and that spirit of rebellion and individual expression,” says Kelly Campbell, Area15’s vice president of events and entertainment.
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“We just want to let them have a home,” she continues. “Something that’s core to Area15 is being open for all and being a place that all can come. We’re a gritty venue. Our original, main black box building is really diverse, and we found that this group of folks identifies with what we’re doing here.”
Auto enthusiasts can certainly argue that classic cars are pretty punk rock themselves, and Zombie Rumble will have loads rolling into Area15’s West Lot. In addition to the Punk Rock Museum showing off its own classic Cadillac, a fleet of pre-1975 foreign and domestic cars will join the show. “We didn’t want to exclude any types of vehicle,” Campbell says. “We have a few cars that are post-1975, up to ’95, but they’re heavily modified, whether it be through paint or custom interiors.”
Anything more than 25 years old can be considered a classic car. Dragstrip Zombies has shown off everything from rugged rat rods to vintage station wagons at annual events like the Viva Las Vegas Rockabilly Weekend, and Zombie Rumble will be no different. Gearheads can check out rides, explore the vendor village and enjoy cocktails from Punk Rock Museum’s Three Star Punk Bar pop-up (the one with the Pringles can!) while headliners perform on the main stage. They’ll also have a chance to discover new local talent as pop-punk trio the Dollheads, hardcore band Guilty by Association, garage-rock outfit Cromm Fallon & the P200 and others take the Punk Rock Museum stage.
Car aficionados, families and fans of punk music will have no shortage of things to do here. So, who’s ready to rumble?
ZOMBIE RUMBLE September 28, noon, $44. West Lot at Area15, area15.com.
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