Live music photos: Hawk Dawg 3 with Tear Dungeon, Queen Serene and Dregs
An ignominious event, Hawk Dawg 3 took place on a rainy July 4 at Red River Cultural District favorite Mohawk with a hot dog eating contest that left no wiener untouched. The Cosmic Clash even had staff photographer and writer Drew Doggett joining the fun with our man trying to stuff as many dogs into his face as possible (evidence below. The main event of the day party which got going at 4 p.m. was headliners, Tear Dungeon, fronted by Andrew Cashen (A Giant Dog, Andrew Cashen and the Disciples of Creation) with a bevy of well-known local players did their best ATX approximation of shock rock acts like Gwar complete with masks, spewing blood, mosh pits and stage dives. Fellow local acts, Queen Serene and Dregs joined the party.
The afternoon began with Round One of the dog hot eating contest followed by hard rock from Dregs, Round Two took place after Dregs rocked their opening set. Then came Queen Serene and their exceptional fusion of shoegaze and psych rock. Tear Dungeon followed with their usually raucous performance as illustrated by our photographer’s work. Incidentally, we bumped into Cashen at an event in Austin a couple days after Hawk Dawg. He reported the show was super fun but that he’d pulled a double on the 4th with Tear Dungeon also performing that evening. His voice was a little worse for wear after screaming through two sets of garage metal.
We’ve linked each performing act to their Bandcamp page or proprietary website below. Check out their music. Always buy records and merchandise directly from artists whenever possible to show your support. For an added boost, purchase music and merch via Bandcamp the first Friday of each month when the platform waives the fees it charges artists to sell on the platform. All acts are listed in order of performance.
All photos by Troy Gonzales for The Cosmic Clash. Mr. Gonzales is currently using a Nikon D7200 camera.
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