What kinds of theatrics and gimmicks are involved?
Dutch and the singers would sometimes go through 5 or 6 costume changes in one show. They’d have on Dalmation masks for Infant Dalmations, Mad Scientist stuff for Dr. Rhubarb, Threepenny Opera gimmicks for the Tango Medley, etc. A crowd favorite is Rocket Bra Revenge, which has the girls in tight, black, leather bondage getups with whips and chains, with extras in similar getups scurrying about the stage getting attacked by the girls. It was very Cormanesque. The band will always follow some kind of theme. Suit and Tie one night, drag the other, sometimes Dutch will tell the band to come as Pirates for one show, Cowboys the next. When they did a show in a bowling alley, long ago, Dutch had bowling shirts made for the band (which are quite the collectors item now). These bowling shirts became yet another costume. Other gimmicks have included Dutch as a snake charm healer (is that what it’s called?). Or once he opened a show at the Cattle Club by having the audience carry him in dead, re
