Eight Bucks Experiment at the Gothic

Evan and Paige O’Meara have been at the punk-rock thing with the Eight Bucks Experiment since the mid-’90s. To say this project has changed its sound over the years is a bit of an understatement. In the late ’90s, Eight Bucks (due at the Gothic Theatre on Saturday, April 18, for the Lola book release party) sounded like a collision of experimental rock and hardcore, and the outfit’s live shows were an aggressive, dynamically confrontational affair. Each performance was unpredictable and seemingly gilded with a sense of danger and exhilaration. These days, instead of a mid-’80s TSOL vibe, the O’Meara brothers, along with bandmates Bob Temme and Bobby Sears, trade in a more thrashy sound. Maybe punk has been bought and sold, but Eight Bucks still has the ability to surprise.