Bacon will play its first show at Mission Tobacco Lounge in Riverside on Saturday, June 22. (Amy Ashcraft/Contributed Image)
If you’ve spent some time around downtown Riverside in recent months, you might have noticed a recurring image of a pig that is a little bit creepy (like, straight out of the Silverchair video for “Tomorrow” pig-creepy).
The swine icon is the calling card of Riverside band Bacon, which is having its first official show at the Mission Tobacco Lounge on Saturday, June 22 in Riverside.
There’s something very early-’80s D.C. punk about the track “Black Gold Nuggets.”
The band started out as a four-piece but is now a trio, featuring Eric Amelang, who is known for his photography work, as well as Robert Chocek & Jeff Ashcraft of AppleKore.
Judas Beefcake, Flying Brains and Sayonara Tokyo are also on Saturday’s bill.
9 p.m. Saturday, June 22, Mission Tobacco Lounge, 3630 University Ave., Riverside, free, 21 and older only.
Visit www.facebook.com/baconband for more on the band.