But I found it strangely intriguing that these kids had found all these one-off bands from Queens to be these arcane entities.
While Barât has now turned his hand to acting as well as music, and is about to take the lead role in the French film, For This is My Body, he refused to confirm that July's show would be a one-off for the reunited band.
Weiland played in Velvet Revolver 2003-08, then reunited for a one-off show with the band in January 2012.
"Eventually we got together to just do a one-off project, and the band developed out of that," says Christina.
Eventually we got together to just do a one-off project, and the band developed out of that, says Christina.
The Japanese release date of August 22 was timed to occur after two one-off shows by the band at the Summer Sonic Festival, while the UK release of August 27 coincided with the Reading and Leeds Festivals.
It was released while Garbage were on "hiatus" following the band's one-off reformation to perform at a benefit concert early in the same year.
On 11 December 2008, the band announced a one-off date at King Tut's on 18 February 2009, their first gig since playing London's Underage Festival on 8 August 2008.
By page 545 (the book is 623 pages long) I was amazed to find myself still in 1979 and drowning in a vortex of bands, managers, one-off gigs, backstreet venues, splits and bad behaviour.
One-off concerts by far-right bands aren't uncommon in Saxony, an east German state with an entrenched skinhead scene and a reputation as a stronghold for right-wing extremism.
Eleven days later, the closing ceremony – artistic director Kim Gavin's "Festival of Flame" – will feature a massive one-off concert from the rock band Coldplay.
