Swamp Thing + Optometri

ISTHMUS PICK

Thursday, June 30, Crystal Corner Bar, 9 pm

It’s the reunion show to end all reunion shows. Swamp Thing emerged from Smart Studios in 1985 after Butch Vig recorded their album Learning to Disintegrate. After disbanding at the end of that decade, members scattered to New York, San Francisco, Milwaukee and Monona and went on to play with Brian Ritchie, Elvis Costello, Paul Cebar and Grover from the Muppets. They reunite here to play the full album. Optometri is a “Russian” rock band with a mysterious past, whose press release says they are “waiting for history to catch up to their ahead-of-its-time potency of gathered storm force.” This blast from the past is a benefit for WORT’s digital archive.