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Green Jello (July 3)

Thursday, July 3
GREEN JELLO (JELLY)

It’s been 15 years since Buffalo’s own rock-n-roll puppet show has performed at home, but next Thursday, July 3, Green Jello oozes into town for a show at Club Infinity. Back in 1993 when the Jello tour rolled through Buffalo, the band was flying high on the success of their hit song and video, “The Three Little Pigs.” Over the years, most of the members from that incarnation of the band moved on to various other careers (and some of us, myself, Joe Cannizzaro, and Michael “Rootin” Bloomquist have even moved back to Buffalo) but the original founding member, Bill Manspeaker, never gave up on the band. Through the years he kept things going in L.A. with a new line-up, playing shows and creating a huge underground music and arts community. Manspeaker has always had a great gift for making the impossible possible, so it came as no surprise when he called to tell me that Green Jello was hitting the road again this summer on a 72-day tour of the U.S. Interest in the band has never been higher, and there is talk of some tour dates in Europe and South America later in the year. Bill has talked with lots of new fans who recall their parents playing their Green Jello CDs and videos, and the kids have been waiting for their chance to witness the spectacle for themselves. All of the favorite foam characters will be there when Jello hits the stage: The Cow God, Shitman, Marshall Staxx, The Skajaquada (a giant snow monster named for Buffalo’s expressway) and of course the three pigs and their nemesis, the big bad wolf, will all be on hand to create the mayhem and magic of a Green Jello extravaganza.

rose mattrey

9pm. Club Infinity. 8166 Main St., Williamsville (565-0110/www.clubinfinitylive.com). $12