by Adam Perry for Denver Westword 4/17/2024
At a recent show at the Crypt in Denver opening for Fast Eddy, Ian Ehrhart — frontman for the punk-rock band Jesus Christ Taxi Driver — leaped off the stage to do his best Chuck Berry duck walk in the middle of the crowd before his band’s first song was even halfway over. Ehrhart’s wild stage presence, influenced greatly by the late, great Cramps singer Lux Interior, is a charming and electrifying habit, but it’s also inspired by anxiety.
“That’s why I started putting the microphone in my mouth, and I love doing that for some reason,” says Ehrhart. “I accepted some Indie 102.3 award once, and I didn’t know I had to go on stage and have Bruce [Trujillo] ask me questions. I didn’t know I was going to have to say something, and I was like, ‘I don’t know how to do this.’ I was so nervous. The second I get on stage, she asks me a question, and I can’t think of anything, so I just put the microphone in my mouth and spank myself. That’s how I deal with anxiety.”
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