The Chris Waffle Explosion
with
Dante's
350 West Burnside Street, Portland, OR
Sat
August 27, 2022
Doors: 8:00 pm / SHOW: 9:00 pm PDT
Doors: 8:00 pm / SHOW: 9:00 pm PDT
Ages 21 and Up
$15.00
What happens when nerd rock musician, Chris Waffle, and Canby City Councilor, Sarah Spoon, join forces to create music influenced by their love of pop culture and passion for social justice? The answer is The Chris Waffle Explosion. Formed during the pandemic shutdown of 2020, their isolation led to creation and they Kickstarted their debut album which funded at 137% of their goal. Now they're ready to bring their comedy/nerdcore rap to the masses.
Sarah Spoon developed a love for performance as a nationally ranked high school value debater and in collegiate policy debate. She owns a residential real estate brokerage, and works for a DEIB non-profit whose mission is intersectional gender and pay equity. She is a twice elected city councilor committed to supporting historically marginalized communities, improving the housing crisis, and enhancing the parks system. She has appeared on several board game and comic convention panels to discuss why women and nerds should run for office. She has emceed national conventions and was awarded the Advocate of the Year by a health charity in 2016 with Chris Waffle.
Chris Waffle has been writing and performing music for more than 25 years. He started his career as part of the comedy rock duo Hot Waffles who appeared with Kevin Smith, Dr. Demento, Tommy Chong and on KROQ. He's made appearances on The Travel Channel's America's Worst Driver, Attack of the Show, and in the feature film The People vs. George Lucas. His current nerd rock group, Megathruster, has performed at Rose City Comic Con, Gen-Con, and Kracklefest. He's a frequent comic convention nerd music panelist, and has emceed other national conventions. He was awarded the Advocate of the Year by a health charity in 2016 with Sarah Spoon.
The Chris Waffle Explosion's debut Album "Rated N for No one" will be released on June 17.
Sarah Spoon developed a love for performance as a nationally ranked high school value debater and in collegiate policy debate. She owns a residential real estate brokerage, and works for a DEIB non-profit whose mission is intersectional gender and pay equity. She is a twice elected city councilor committed to supporting historically marginalized communities, improving the housing crisis, and enhancing the parks system. She has appeared on several board game and comic convention panels to discuss why women and nerds should run for office. She has emceed national conventions and was awarded the Advocate of the Year by a health charity in 2016 with Chris Waffle.
Chris Waffle has been writing and performing music for more than 25 years. He started his career as part of the comedy rock duo Hot Waffles who appeared with Kevin Smith, Dr. Demento, Tommy Chong and on KROQ. He's made appearances on The Travel Channel's America's Worst Driver, Attack of the Show, and in the feature film The People vs. George Lucas. His current nerd rock group, Megathruster, has performed at Rose City Comic Con, Gen-Con, and Kracklefest. He's a frequent comic convention nerd music panelist, and has emceed other national conventions. He was awarded the Advocate of the Year by a health charity in 2016 with Sarah Spoon.
The Chris Waffle Explosion's debut Album "Rated N for No one" will be released on June 17.
The Chris Waffle Explosion
