PAUL SCHRAG: THE SPITTIN’ COBRAS PLAY HELL'S KITCHEN TONIGHT >>>

You know that feeling you get when “Ace of Spades” comes on the radio at 3 a.m. after you’ve been drinking whiskey, smoking Camels and getting tortured by a ruthlessly-strong, 90-year-old Asian man who’s hooked your nipples up to a car battery and doused you in old bath water?

OK, probably not.

But you can experience the next best thing: The Spittin’ Cobras.

No joke, no question â€" The Spittin’ Cobras are everything that rock ‘n’ roll’s been missing for 20 years. Comprising members of KMFDM, The Dwarves and Murdock, this new metal machine spews atomic rage; riding murderous, grinding guitar by Jules Hodgson (KMFDM), mega-blast beats by Andy Selway (KMFDM, The Dwarves, Genotorturers), and plain mean-ass bass from Jake Hagan.

Add the concrete-chipping voice of frontman Alx, and you’ve got the rebirth of Rock. These guys play fast, hard, and wreck grooves like nothing I’ve heard in recent memory.

Check it.

[Hell’s Kitchen, with Guns & Rosetti, Philo Beddoe, Psycho 78, All Bets on Death, Saturday, Aug. 8, 9 p.m., $5, 3829 Sixth Ave., Tacoma, 253.759.6003]

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