The Triple Door Presents

 

Thursday / July 9, 2015

 

7:30pm Show - 6:00pm Doors open and dinner service begins in the Theater {All Ages} 

 

$15

Purchase tickets online or by calling our Box Office at 206.838.4333.

 

VIP rooms are also available for private parties and special events. Call our Private Dining department at 206.838.4312 to reserve a VIP room for the show.

 

Somehow, the thunderous, wailful vocals of Carrie Akre became lost in the deluge of Seattle's male-dominated grunge acts. In the early '90s, Akre was the lead singer of Hammerbox, a potent alternative rock outfit with guitar hooks as sharp as Nirvana's but without the record label push the group deserved. In August 1993, Hammerbox performed at Endfest in Washington State to an audience of more than 14,000 fans, sharing the stage with well-known college-radio favorites like X, Social Distortion, and They Might Be Giants. However, A&M Records wanted a hit from the band. When Hammerbox didn't deliver, the group was dropped. It was the beginning of Akre's difficulties with major labels, one that would motivate her to start her own label, Good-Ink Records. After Hammerbox split up, Akre formed Goodness in 1994. Goodness' self-titled first album was released on Lava, an imprint of Atlantic Records, but the label eventually folded. Goodness recorded their second LP, Anthem, for Epic Records in 1998; however, insufficient promotion killed its opportunity to succeed and Goodness disbanded. In 1999, Akre joined the Rockfords with guitarist Mike McCready of Pearl Jam, Rick Friel (vocals), and ex-Goodness members Danny Newcomb (bass) and Chris Friel (drums). Akre released her solo debut, Home, in 2000.

Born in Utah, based in Seattle, Emmett Montgomery is a storyteller, comedian and artist who first found the stand-up stage in 2004 and has been failing beautiful ever since. Emmett has been involved in a lot of things including critically acclaimed comedy collectives, post apocalyptic variety shows, underground wrestling leagues and family friendly comedy nights in pizza restaurants. Mr. Montgomery has been featured the film “Seattle Komedy Documentary”, the coffee table book “Seattle 100: a portrait of a city” and multiple festivals including Bumbershoot and the Bridgetown Comedy and Sasquatch festivals. In addition to wandering the country telling jokes he currently curates and hosts a love letter to Seattle in the form of variety show/sharing party entitled “Weird and Awesome with Emmett Montgomery” at the beloved Annex Theatre and is a member of the Seattle chapter of the Bushwick Book Club, a collection of musicians and artists that create and perform original works based on literary sources. Emmett lives with his beautiful wife and hideous cat in a refurbished motel built specifically for the 1962 Seattle Worlds Fair and enjoys making puppets.