The Incurables

https://www.theincurables.net

The quickest way to define The Incurables, depending on how much time you have to spend on the subject, is "great rock and roll." No matter what thread of the conversation you begin with, they're all going to lead you back to that one inescapable conclusion. This band knows the secret handshake of rock and roll, everything rock could be and should be, from the moment Elvis Aaron Presley made teens scream in Memphis to the time garage doors rolled up all over America and issued torrents of fuzz and feedback and all points in between, this band is rock and roll. You can drill down as far as you'd like on the analysis, but you'll arrive at the same destination. They take the credo of Grand Funk Railroad's "We're comin' to your town, we'll help ya party it down, we're an American Band" lyrics to a level that would make a Viking blush.

They're equal doses of Iggy & The Stooges and The Three Stooges, there's always raw power to spare, and good-natured, self-effacing, goofy, over-the-top humor to spare. It was evident in their video for "Down," in which they emerge from their "tour bus" to lay waste to a suburban home, in which the inhabitants already have a good head start on them:

They have a few secret weapons in their arsenal, which they employ at will and as needed. For starters, bassist Ray Lawson is no simple "timekeeper." He takes a page from the book of greats like John Entwistle, often carrying the song's melody line and propelling a song in equal measure with Pat Kelly's guitar. When you add Darrin Lawson's drums to the mix, you have Who-level anarchy in the U.S.A, .these guys mean business and are shot out of a cannon at the drop of a four-count.

Along the way, any number of sub-genres can emerge, garage, punk, British Invasion, pop, sometimes all within the same song, and they weave effortlessly between wherever they need to be in the moment of attack. The "About" section of The Incurables' Facebook page describes the band as "Guitar Driven High Energy Harmonic indie Garage Rock at your service! Headquartered right in the Heart of the Ann Arbor/Detroit Metropolitan Area," and that's all true, but it's really only the "Foreword" of the book, the intro, before you find yourself immersed in the first chapter.

Started: Early 1990's

Members:
Ray Lawson - Bass, vocals
Pat Kelly - Guitar, Vocals
Darrin Lawson - Drums, Vocals

Location: Detroit, MI

Influences: Ramones, Cheap Trick, Iggy Pop, British Invasion, The Three Stooges

Sounds Like: Same as Influences

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