Back Alley Barbers 

ROCKABILLY—With a Sweeney Todd-inspired aesthetic and a lead singer—“Queen Pirate”—who looks like a punk rock Elvira, Portland’s Back Alley Barbers rock a surprisingly successful mash-up of punk, soul and rockabilly. Queen Pirate’s powerful pipes rival Gwen Stefani’s—in fact, the band sounds like No Doubt if the album Tragic Kingdom had actually been, you know, tragic.

9 pm. Volcanic Theatre Pub, 70 SW Century Dr. $5.

This article appears in Jul 9-16, 2014.

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PICK: Back Alley Barbers

by Erin Rook, The Source - Bend, Oregon
July 19, 2014

<h1>PICK: Back Alley Barbers</h1> <p class="byline">by Erin Rook, The Source - Bend, Oregon <br />July 19, 2014</p> <p> <a href="http://www.backalleybarbers.com" target="_blank">Back Alley Barbers&nbsp;</a><b></p> <p>ROCKABILLY</b>—With a Sweeney Todd-inspired aesthetic and a lead singer—“Queen Pirate”—who looks like a punk rock Elvira, Portland’s Back Alley Barbers rock a surprisingly successful mash-up of punk, soul and rockabilly. Queen Pirate’s powerful pipes rival <b>Gwen Stefani</b>’s—in fact, the band sounds like <b>No Doubt</b> if the album Tragic Kingdom had actually been, you know, tragic.</p> <p><i>9 pm.&nbsp;</i><a href="http://www.bendsource.com/bend/volcanic-theatre-pub/Location?oid=2218483" target="_blank">Volcanic Theatre Pub</a><i>, 70 SW Century Dr. $5.<br /> </i> </p> <div class="wp-block-group newspack-embed-container aligncenter"> </div> <p>This &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/news/pick-back-alley-barbers-2365235/&quot;&gt;article&lt;/a&gt; first appeared on &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com&quot;&gt;The Source - Bend, Oregon&lt;/a&gt; and is republished here under a &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/&quot;&gt;Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;img src=&quot;https://i0.wp.com/www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/cropped-Untitled-design-4.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;amp;ssl=1&quot; style=&quot;width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;&quot;&gt;</p> &lt;img id=&quot;republication-tracker-tool-source&quot; src=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/?republication-pixel=true&amp;post=31046&quot; style=&quot;width:1px;height:1px;&quot;&gt;&lt;script&gt; PARSELY = { autotrack: false, onload: function() { PARSELY.beacon.trackPageView({ url: &quot;https://www.bendsource.com/news/pick-back-alley-barbers-2365235/&quot;, urlref: window.location.href }); } } &lt;/script&gt; &lt;script id=&quot;parsely-cfg&quot; src=&quot;//cdn.parsely.com/keys/bendsource.com/p.js&quot;&gt;&lt;/script&gt;

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