The Showcase Showdown was an American band that was a fixture in Boston's punk rock scene in the 1990s.
[1] The band toured the Northeast extensively[2] and became notorious for their tongue-in-cheek songs, often about obscure cultural icons from political history, television shows and comic books.
The lineup of the group consisted of Albert "Ping Pong" Genna on vocals, Victoria Arthur on bass, Tom Cloherty on guitar, and Steve "Chez Nips" Maxwell on drums.
Allmusic's review of the album Appetite of Kings noted the influence of the Sex Pistols, along with "aggressive pogo-punk".
[3] Critic Sarah Bee of Melody Maker, in a favorable review of the album Permanent Stains, wrote, "These men are in touch with their inner deviants.