Last night, Cover Me Badd's Blasphemous Guitars played their final puppet show, headlining a packed concert at the San Diego House of Blues. Promoter Rick Ortiz didn't "personally greet" us as promised and introduced us by saying "If you believe in God, make some noise!" (perfect intro for a band called Blasphemous Guitars). Other than that, his attention to detail was unbelievable. Well, he also never did recognize Adam as the singer of that Rookie Card band that he once came onstage to kick off with a wireless microphone. We love Rick! It was a little crammed on the tiny 5th Avenue stage but we filled the room, which felt great. We've played to more people but this was probably the most people that had ever come out just to see us. We had a blast carefully rocking, quitting and firing each other throughout the show.

Sweaters 'round waists!

For those who never got to see us, you'll never get it. That was kind of our downfall. You really had to see us to realize our brilliance. Explaining it was just too tough. Still, we'd like to reveal our final setlist , with many faves that we've kept secret. Use your imagination and try to picture what these might sound like:

Set 1
THE FINAL COUNTDOWN/WAR PIGS
EVERYTHING COUNTS/NUMA NUMA
FIRST OF THE GANG TO BEAT IT
ENJOY THE PRECIOUS CLARKSON
PARANOID BOYS DON'T CRY
SOLO
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE (LET ME GET WHAT I WANT)
(thanks to Butch, an actual black man, for spontaneously helping with the James Brown bit)
BLASPHEMOUS RUMOURS
SMITHS MEDLEY (ELLIOTT, PATTI, ROBERT, WILL, AERO)
THE BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE ARE PEOPLE

Set 2
THE FINAL COUNTDOWN/WAR PIGS
WE WILL ROCK YOUR GIRLFRIEND INTO A COMA
(picture this with Heart's Barracuda brilliantly thrown in too)
SMELLS LIKE BILLIE JEAN (BG REMIX)
ENTER SHARONA/PERSONAL JESUS
THIS CHARMING IRON MAN
SOLO
WHOLE LOTTA LOVECATS
BOOTIE MEDLEY (PROFESSOR BOOTY/BOOTS WERE MADE WALKIN/BOOTYLICIOUS/FAT BOTTOM GIRLS/BIG BOTTOM/BABY GOT BACK/SHAKE YOUR BOOTY/RUMPSHAKER)
KILLING AN ARAB IN THE NAME OF (FUCK YOU IT'S FRIDAY I'M IN LOVE)
encore
GIRLS (Beasties power ballad request)
NEVER LET ME FREEBIRD AGAIN

Thanks for letting us go out feeling so loved. Now, go away! Seriously, we look forward to losing at the San Diego Music Awards next month and maybe one day, we'll reunite. Thanks again to everyone who ever came to see us play, told a friend how great we were or got in on our act. Thanks to every club and soundguy who ever had the guts to have us play and our apologies to everyone who we blew off the stage. You suck. We rule.

Blasphemous Guitars 2005-2007
We saw a million faces and we rocked them all.

Keep an eye out for future Cover Me Badd fun:
• Monthly music trivia at the Whistle Stop
• 25th Anniversary of Rock The Casbah benefit on SatSep15
• .38 Specials Education (classic ska debut covered in its entirety, coming in 2008)


Someone is looking for the cute girl in the green. Contact us.

Thanks for the fotos, Kim!