Have You Met: Goober Gun

Smell that? It’s the scent of the ’80s. These British pop rockers write frizzy riffs reeking of big hair spray. At first whiff, music snobs may turn up their noses but then they end up headbanging along. What truly stinks is the troupe’s choice of band names – they formerly went by Rat:Daddy and then Idiot 3.

The buzz
Arena rock revivalists who can surely recite each and every Van Halen and Def Leppard lyric they were raised on.

Key tracks
“1979,” “Reasons,” “Feelings”

They say:
In a recent interview with Brit-blog “Unplug the Jukebox,” singer Ian Hardwick admitted the band took their new name from a retro, goo-spewing toy squirt-gun.

We say:
Their goofy band name definitely fits their sound – a splash of syrupy choruses and power chords that are bound to stick in your head.

See them at: MAO Livehouse on Mar 11.

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