Juncosa Slams Through Neo-Proto-Heavy-Metal

Call it post-post-post-punk, call it the “Seattle sound,” call it neo-proto-heavy-metal, it’s basically hordes of guys roaming the country in Tradesman vans, flipping their long hair on beer-soaked stages and loudly deconstructing ‘70s stadium-rock cliches for the independent-record crowd. It’s the nexus between Motley Crue (who re construct ‘70s cliches) and R.E.M.

The local neo-proto-heavy-metallist most likely to succeed is ex-SWA guitarist Sylvia Juncosa, whose solo album on SST last year rocked as hard as anything from Soundgarden or the Fluid, and whose power trio’s appearance at the Anticlub on Friday was just another awesome gig from the Jeff Beck of the underground.

She screwed up her face, flipped her long hair and slammed through intricate multi-part metal riffs that twisted about, constantly revealing new facets of themselves, tough and Hendrix-dissonant. Her solos, mostly of the noisy, wandering-key genre, were intense and speed-metal short. And her soft, little-girl voice somehow managed to cut through the splendid racket.