The Plastic Factory - Uptown, 1/20/99

January 20, 1999. This is a nice hand-drawn flyer that takes full advantage of Kinko's palette of photocopier inks. The Plastic Factory (William "BJ" Price, guitar, vox; Chris Carsten, guitar; Dan Stutzman, bass; Phil Dicktone, drums; Josh Eppert, vox) were named after a song by Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band (which they covered) and played their own unique version of psychedelic Beefheartian rock ("The Liver Spotted Standard," "Drongo The Ugly Angel") and garage standards ("Maid of Sugar, Maid of Spice," "Mr. Pharmacist"). They contributed a song to Shawn Wilbur's turn-of-the-millenium Mutual Aid CD series.

A rare photo of The Plastic Factory playing at Howard's.

Uptown's brief late-90s flirtation with live bands didn't last longer than a year or two, and by the end of 1999, The Plastic Factory themselves had melted down, birthing garage rockers The Unexpected and The Orgones.