Pet Fangs. Photo: Steven Taylor

Joe Stark’s Band Pet Fangs To Open For Bon Jovi March 25

This upcoming Sunday, March 25, Bon Jovi will bring his This House Is Not For Sale Tour to the Smoothie King Center. Presented by Live Nation, the tour kicked off in Denver, Colorado on March 14 and is in support of the rockers’ re-release 2016 LP of the same name. In addition to the Grammy-winning outfit, New Orleans’ own Pet Fangs will perform Sunday night, giving the band what is arguably its biggest gig to date.

Pet Fangs is the newish collective comprised of seasoned rock & roll musicians Joe and David Stark (whom readers may better know as the now-defunct duo Baby Bee), plus Jory Cordy and Ben Alleman. The foursome, all members of which hail from Southern Louisiana, calls itself “garage pop” and built a foundation on change. According to the Pet Fangs bio, “they approached their new music like a rock group. They focused on hooks, grooves, and riffs, playing organic instruments along the way. Then, once the basic blueprint for each track had been laid, they abandoned the rule book altogether. Real instruments were sonically manipulated. Live drums were joined by programmed loops. Synthesizers and vocal effects were added to the mix. It was a no-limits approach to pop music, blending the influence of older decades with current sounds and rules-free experimentation.”

Earlier this year, Pet Fangs released “Racquet Skirt”:

Thanks to the local Live Nation team, Pet Fangs will hit the stage to warm up the crowd. The show begins at 7:30 p.m. and tickets are still available here for as low as $26.50. Those unable to attend will have the chance to see Pet Fangs at Mid-City Bayou Boogaloo.