Tuesday, October 6, 2026

Ding Mao

Velvet Tang

DROPtheSTAR

Elks Temple - Spanish Ballroom

6pm doors, 7pm show

All ages welcome

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About Ding Mao

Ding Mao

"Bored with its station in life, The Reaper decided to want a change. Not knowing if a concept such as himself could decide. He began traveling the world trying to find some kink of new meaning and feeling it discovered music. This intrigued it, it hadn't been drawn to anything ever since it was anthropomorphized from just an idea. One of the ultimate ideas but an idea none the less. Seeing the effect that music had on the souls of the people it touched the Reaper felt that this would be the most opposite of what it had been doing. The Reaper decided to start a band.
However, it didn't know what it was doing. So, it sought people who did. First it needed someone to write songs, and he found that in Tarantula Jones. Tarantula already wanting to be a writer and having a small amount of talent for guitar. He was smart, but he was also still very childish in a lot of ways. Tarantula was easy to tempt with promises of comic books.
Next, he knew he needed a solid rhythm section, and not just any would do. He needed someone different someone crazy. He needed Pandamonium, hailing from the land of SoCal punk and bringing a spice to the drums that added a little extra rhythm, there was no other choice. This one was by far the most difficult to get but eventually a deal was made over tacos and drinks.
While the easiest member to convince was the bass player, he was also the most difficult to find. A southern transplant Smokestack continued to travel North led by the smell of some super skunk. It is rumored that he was the one that found the Reaper and made the offer to join the band in exchange for some of his killer weed.
With the band formed it was time to figure out what kind of music they would play. Everyone had different influences, but they all agreed on Punk as being the main style they all agreed on. With that set they started adding and blending all of their influences to play whatever they want. However, the Reaper wasn't prepared for what he had created and the forces it took to bring everyone together. He was now just as stuck as they were in these deals. This is how the 4 piece punk band, Reaper PunX, from Tacoma Washington came to be."

About DROPtheSTAR

DROPtheSTAR

 

DROPtheSTAR is an American-made rock band built on loud guitars, big hooks, raw emotion, and a healthy disregard for the ordinary.

 

Blending the grit of grunge, the attitude of hard rock, and the timeless power of classic rock, DROPtheSTAR creates music that feels both familiar and completely its own. Their songs are unapologetic, honest, and driven by the kind of riffs that hit you in the chest and choruses that demand to be shouted back.

The band's world exists somewhere between a dark curiosity shop and a smoky rock club-a place where strange things live, stories have teeth, and nothing is quite what it seems. Their visual identity is as unconventional as their music, filled with mystery, symbolism, rebellion, and a little bit of beautiful chaos.

At the heart of DROPtheSTAR is a simple idea: music should make you feel something.

They write about fighting for what matters, surviving what tries to break you, questioning what we're told, and finding something worth believing in when the world gets loud.

No major-label machine. No massive advertising budget. No manufactured image.

Just four musicians, their instruments, their stories, and a determination to make something real.

DROPtheSTAR - American Made. Rock & Roll. Nothing Ordinary.