‘Instead of just a choral group in a chapel, now it’s a rock group in a mausoleum,’ says one unspooked supporter
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odney Anonymous, lead singer of the punk rock band The Dead Milkmen, has performed in venues around the world. His favorite place to play live is filled with the dead at the Laurel Hill cemetery in Philadelphia, where he used to ride his bike as a kid.
The acoustics are great, and when there’s a full moon, there’s no place like it, the singer said. The band, whose songs include Punk Rock Girl and Bitchin’ Camaro, have played at the burial grounds at least five times since 2012, and have plans to appear again next year.
“My wife and I were there for movie night and a lightbulb went off and I thought: ‘Well, let me write them and ask. What’s the worst that could happen? They say no and then they bury me alive?’” said Anonymous, who described the cemetery as the “happy place” for the couple.
