Swollen Members at Venue
As any fan of Dick Delicious and the Tasty Testicles could tell you, giving your musical act a penile name is not exactly a ticket to mainstream success. Artists as diverse as the Knob, Revolting Cocks, Throbbing Gristle, and Dislocated Boner have all discovered that blatant references to the ol’ one-eyed trouser snake are anathema when it comes to getting played on the radio.
Then again, it could be that those acts never had hits because their music sucked.
The Vancouver hip-hop crew known as Swollen Members, on the other hand, has hit records, awards, and two decades of activity under its collective belt in spite of having a moniker that is an unmistakable reference to the purple-veined custard-chucker. All of which proves that the group—comprising rappers Madchild and Prevail and DJ Rob the Viking—definitely does not suck.
Judge for yourself when Da Penis MCs—er, we mean Swollen Members—plays Venue on Wednesday (April 23).
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