Don't expect to hear any love songs at this week's Punk Rock at the Brewery.
Instead, concertgoers can expect to get an earful of some "stupid guitar rock" from Custard Wally, said Chris Giunta, guitarist and vocalist for the band. The New York City band will join local bands The Whatleys and Thetans tonight at the Brewery.
"If you want to hear about how tender love is, Celine Dion will tell you all about it," Giunta said.
Giunta said the music his band plays is "stupid" because that is how the band members live their lives -- and if it wasn't stupid, they wouldn't write it.
"We're into deep self-awareness -- we're philosophers of stupidity," Giunta said.
His example of "stupid" music would be the lyrics of a Britney Spears song.
The members of Custard Wally have all been in the business of making music for a while, Giunta said, and they have been members of multiple bands in the past.
"Bands around [New York] are very violent, so usually in six to eight weeks they start fighting and then break up," he said. "It's bad -- musicians are temperamental."
Another band on tonight's bill, Thetans, can also attest to being around the block. All but one of its members were formerly in the band The Wilcox Hotel, which disbanded in 2008.
Frank Singley, Thetans' drummer, said the band is leaving Wilcox Hotel music behind completely.
"We are making a clean break from the past," he said. "We're forging a new trail."
He added the band is "stoked" to be playing Cherry Darling shows and to be playing for Roustabout!
"Without them there would be no place for bands like us to play, since we're people who aren't good enough to play other people's songs," he said, referencing his belief of State College's proclivity toward cover bands.
Singley added Thetans derive its rock sound from the members' array of musical influences, which range from punk rock to straight rock to a bit of everything.
Giunta said because the band has been around for a while, Custard Wally also pulls from a lot of different influences.
"When you have that many artists to steal your music from, it has more dimension," he said.
Each band member brings something different to the schematics of the stage show, Giunta added.
"Our drummer plays hard, our bass player is usually in a fog and looks like he's waiting for the bus and I jump around and do my poses until I have to get back to the mic," he said.
He added when it is time for a show, it's time for the band to "unbutton their shirts and just rock out."
At first listen, Custard Wally may not necessarily seem like a punk band, but Giunta said the group can usually roll with any crowd.
"Punk crowds like us, metal crowds like us, pop crowds like us," he said. "Pretty girls with their acoustic guitars singing about how deep their love is are the ones running for the door when we play."
