 by Edie - 1999 "Any band that gets themselves banned before hitting the big time has a lot of worth and importance in my book. Caeser Pink and The Imperial Orgy is one of those bands that is hell bent on doing everything possible to allow themselves total creative freedom when it comes to their art, music and performances (which are legendary,) and that alone has gotten them into a bit of hot water. Grouping in 1995 at Penn State University's Film Department, the band started to put together their signature sound and stage show and almost immediately gigs were canceled due to threats from Christian organizations. Luckily, this band of well-rounded individuals formed a tight-knit clan, each bringing their own creative flair to the project, never waning to the uproar that surrounded their goal to break and just score a local gig. Then they wised up and moved to New York City in 1995. Freely now, the band could express themselves without the hassle of getting arrested. Caeser Pink and The Imperial Orgy shows are known to be like a sex-induced drug trip with band/audience interaction. Musically, a diverse set of styles are thrown into the mix like funk and blues. Video is projected behind the band as they perform and Caeser Pink easily seduces everyone in the audience with his animalistic stage presence. And from the looks of the video I received from the band, Pink is a little bit more than just hypnotizing. Pink is at times during his performances said to be taken or possessed by the spirit of the God, Cernunnos. As he offers women audience members to take a bite from an apple he usually carries around, he uncannily has a way to make the audience feel comfortable enough to throw their inhibitions out the window. An Imperial Orgy show is not for the shy wallflower. It is a truly surreal concert experience for anyone who attends you may never be the same again. Also casualities of an Imperial Orgy show have been well documented. It has been known that audience members have become so obsessed with Pink that they actually start believing they are having a relationship with him. Whatever this band is doing, it's effective. Pink is an awfully busy, engaging man. His list of accomplishments run amuck: multimedia artist, surrealist beat poet, the new rock and roll icon for the millenium, guru of pagan pan-sexuality to many, and most definitely ahead of his time. The misunderstanding of Pink's work is nothing new to him. As an experimental filmmaker, Rush Limbaugh accosted Pink's work as a symbol of anti-establishment propaganda. Another kudos goes to Pink for once organizing a street theatre protest where he has costumed associates place loaves of Wonder Bread on the curbs of donwtown Manhattan. On each loaf was an 'advertisement' from Satan. Other members that complete this party is Isabelle, who is a classically trained pianist and plays synthesizer and samplers, Kighkey DeGogh, who does honors as the bass player, Tony Coque on guitar, Samantha D., who sings and dances, Ivette Oliveras, who sings and dances also, and new drummer Frank Picarazzi. - by Edie, Editor-in-Chief of Dig This Real Magazine |