the go-going-gone girls

11 Things: The Go-Going-Gone Girls

Thursday, August 21, 2008

1. Assortment: "Backed by an all-star four-piece lineup, the Go-Going-Gone Girls deliver a distinctive blend of '60s go-go, soul, bubblegum and garage."

Sounds like: Nothing but fun.

2. Arrangement: "The band is lead singer/hotshot hoofer Carla 'Iron Lung' Lease, vocalist/dancer Debbie 'Twinkle Toes' Horn, singer-songwriter/dancer-choreographer Audrey 'Hippy-Shake' Menconi, vocal stylist/dancer Claire 'Make Mine a Double' Thuesen, saxophone/keyboard ace Adrian 'the Potentate' Gormley, guitarist Klaus 'Peace Love' Fluoride, bass player Paul 'Daddy Rocks' Bergmann and drummer Dave 'Boom Chicka Boom' Lichtenstein."

Sounds like: The band alone will pack the Hemlock Tavern.

3. Agreement: "We're the happiest band on Earth. The only point of contention so far has been getting so many people together on the same night."

Sounds like: The Bay Area.

4. Adornment: "When Audrey went out on maternity leave, we enjoyed an all-blonde stage, but now we're back to equal-opportunity hair color - as long as it's ratted, teased and hair-sprayed through the ozone layer."

Sounds like: The early '60s.

5. Advancement: "We're a very political and civic-minded band. We've go-go'd for Tom Ammiano's campaign. Saturday's show supports the veterinary cause of our mascot Bodie, a prematurely deaf yellow Lab."

Sounds like: A really good cause.

6. Ailment: "Longtime guitarist Klaus Flouride recently stopped touring with the Dead Kennedys due to a medical condition. (Fortunately, he hasn't given the slip to his concerns closer to home ... but then we've got the dirt on him, so he better not try.)"

Sounds like: A silver lining.

7. Adjustment: "Debbie once flew onstage with her dress on backwards. Ever the professional, she looked at the other girls between songs with raised eyebrows, to indicate their dresses were the ones askew."

Sounds like: Debbie won.

8. Amazement: "We've been to Hollywood, Coney Island, New Orleans, Exotic World, Tease-O-Rama and Tiki Oasis, but our home is the Bay Area. Our tippy-top rating goes to a gig with Spinal Tap, which ended with us dancing on the bar."

Sounds like: Volume 11.

9. Amusement: "First concerts include the Platters (Klaus), Neil Young (Paul - who also attended Altamont, but left because it was 'too crowded'), the Troggs (Dave), Santana (Adrian), the Split Enz (Claire), Berlin (Carla - 'Wait, does the Wagner "Ring Cycle" count?'), Rick Springfield (Audrey) and the Pointer Sisters (Debbie)."

Sounds like: Audrey should know that Saturday is Rick Springfield's birthday.

10. Announcement: "In the long term, we plan to take over the world with a backbeat and a bottle of Beaujolais."

Sounds like: A plan.

11. Appointment: "In the short term, we intend to rock the Hemlock with the Boss Martians." 9:30 p.m. Sat. $7. 1131 Polk St., San Francisco. www.gogoinggonegirls.com.

Sounds like: A party!

- Tim Sullivan, tsullivan@sfchronicle.com