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Scare Your Pants Off With The Orwells

By Tankboy in Arts & Entertainment on Oct 31, 2013 6:00PM

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Photo by Jory Lee Cordy

It's Halloween, finally. While we bet many wore themselves out last weekend celebrating the holiday prematurely the real scary stuff happens tonight. One thing that holds the potential to terrify is hometown punks The Orwells' sold-out show with FIDLAR at Subterranean tonight. No, not because the band is particularly scary—though their musical attack is fierce and driven by the abandon that only those just out of their teen years can still embrace—but because singer Mario Cuomo has a propensity for removing his pants during shows. At least that's what happened last time we saw them and they covered Iggy and the Stooges "I Wanna Be Your Dog" at the end of their set.

Believe us, Cuomo's choices in underwear are frighteningly embarrassing, which makes the display even scarier because dude simply does not give a fuck what you think. Here is an example of what we're talking about (but because we don't want to scare you too much during the daylight hours this clip has Cuomo keeping his pants on).