Here's something that you never really see any more: the certifiably insane recording artist. Well, not technically insane (unless you're talking about Wild Man Fischer) but certainly wacky to no end. They are generally described as having a world all their own - usually a "weird" or "crazy" one. Arthur Brown used to set his head on fire in concert. I once heard a rumor (which I believe to be untrue) that he now works as a contractor but that - for the right price - he'll still fire on for you.

So now we consider the weird world of Blowfly. Blowfly, a bedazzled super villain who specializes in salaciously dirty rap parodies of contemporary songs, began his music career as Clarence Reid. Beneath the Luchador mask is a man who lived above ground as a prominent R&B songwriter in the '60s and '70s. However, as Blowfly he's operated permanently underground, appearing in a mask to protect his music career. His 1965 recording, Rap Dirty, is considered by some to be the first rap song.

In the way that "Weird Al" Yankovic is oddly obsessed with food, Blowfly seems to be obsessed with sex. For instance, we can take a look at the song that gave Blowfly his name: "Suck My Dick," a parody of "Do the Twist." When Reid's grandmother heard him singing that, she called him "nastier than a blowfly." And Arthur Brown still lights his head on fire.

So what we have here is a 65-year-old rapping super villain who sings songs such as "Should I ‘F' This Big Fat Ho" - a parody of you know what - and whose live shows are fairly infamous. Reason enough to check him out when he comes through Tacoma and Olympia. But guess what? There's more! Ensuring that these shows will quite possibly be the strangest you see all year will be the opening band: Girl Trouble.

"Just seeing him in his mask and cape is enough to get me to the show," says drummer Bon Von Wheelie of Girl Trouble. "So we're pretty excited to be playing with him."

What's more, apparently a joint project between Blowfly and Girl Trouble may be in the works.

"They've asked us if we want to do a project with Blowfly, a split single or something," says Von Wheelie. "We decided that it would be weird to just put any old song on it so I wrote a song about Blowfly.  Our nephew, Red Hex guitarist Sam Olsen, recorded it for us, and we really like what he did.  So maybe that will come out eventually."

I can't think of many things weirder and more awesome than the collaboration that seems to be taking place between Girl Trouble and Blowfly. Girl Trouble, of course, are well known in these parts as Tacoma's rock ‘n' roll backbone, blending surf rock and punk into an irresistible soup and cramming it into your ear hole. Their live shows are the stuff of legend. When mashed up with Blowfly on the very same stage, the results will likely be explosive.

In my head, the sonic implications of featuring two acts as kickass as Blowfly and Girl Trouble just may be too much for people to handle. Not only will collars be loosened, but entire articles of clothing may be removed. Fervently violent dancing will consume the crowd. Years of psychotherapy will be either irrevocably reversed or invaluably advanced - Either way, we're talking about permanent changes to your personality, and possibly genetic makeup. That's right; you may leave the show a mutated version of your former self.

What would you rather pay to be rocked so completely?

In any case, this may be your only chance to experience the "weird world" of anything. Because artists like Blowfly don't exist anymore. Because music refuses to be "wacky" or "crazy" or "bizarre" or "weird." Because Arthur Brown sets his head ablaze for money, before finishing your drywall.

Because no one calls anyone "nastier than a blowfly."

[The New Frontier Lounge, Saturday, March 27, 9 p.m., $10, 301 E. 25th St., Tacoma, 253.572.4020]