I Just Read About That…

[ATTENDED: October 1, 2025] LAPD 

I was super excited for this show.  I wanted to get there early and get right up front for TWRP.  But I guess everyone else did too.  So I didn’t get a close spot at all.  I was annoyed by the people in front of me since they cut in at the least second and blocked about six shorter people.

The only consolation is that they were playing Weird Al as house music–which is a little weird since TWRP are funny, but aren’t comedy music.  But whatever, we all enjoyed it.

I’d never heard of Los Angeles Power Disco before this show.  The name was pretty funny (especially abbreviated LAPD).

The band came out on the tint stage and the trio crowded right up front.  There was a guitarist and a keyboard/bass/guitar player, and there was singer/guitarist Sarah Rayne.

Rayne had been in the band Cobra Man which played what they called Los Angeles Power Disco.  Then Cobra Man broke up very acrimoniously and Sarah took the name LAPD.

There was no drummer and honestly I don’t even know if the two guys on stage are part of LAPD or are touring musicians (LAPD has five songs out on Bandcamp, all released in 2025).

Sarah was dressed in a sequined unitard and was super interactive with the crowd.  I didn’t love the spot where I was (or the three tall people who jumped in front of us at the last second), so I couldn’t fully see what she was doing, but I know at one point she climbed on the barrier (holding hands with someone up front) and proceeded to high five and have people sing along to “Your. Time. To. Burn.”

Their overall vibe is completely accurate to the power disco name.  They were loud and had a very 80’s metal sound (they covered the terrible Ozzy song No More Tears but made it sound much better than the original).  But there were lots of synths so they didn’t really sound like a metal band exactly.  With the programmed drums and everything else there was a total power disco vibe.

I’ve listened to their five songs and I wouldn’t listen to them on purpose, but if one of their songs came on a mix, I wouldn’t turn it off.  Having said that, they were amazing live.  The intensity of the band and of Sarah’s performance were really great.  I would happily see them again.

They were also super friendly after the show and allowed lots of people to take pictures with them (although I didn’t).

I’m curious how this band will progress in the next year or so.