Poor King guitarist/vocalist Dan Jones said the mix of music at the show will defy any genre labels or classification because of each band’s musical sentiment and message.

Ska, hair metal, disco, it’s all been done to death. It’s time to define some true forms of music, he said. Let’s just call it all heavy.’ There is no confusion that way. It could be folk music, but it’s still heavy because you’re getting your point across.

Though most bands eventually unenthusiastically settle with a style label for their music, Jones says it is pointless to limit the various rock styles of Poor King with a label.

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Classifying music is just media masturbation, he said.

Jones went so far as to mention the theme for the night’s showcase is nothing else but heavy, which is appropriate given the eclectic magnitude of the three bands’ live performances.

Waxdolls bassist Jon E. Rector said the Hangar 9, 511 S. Illinois Ave., show is going to be heavy as well as a little nerve-wracking at first. After what he described as a rough summer, which included the loss of and search for a new Waxdolls drummer, Rector said the band has not really had the opportunity to play to the new crowds created by the lower bar-entry age.

We’re a little nervous, but it’s a good thing to play to people that haven’t heard our music, he said. I don’t know how the new people are going to react. It will be interesting.

Rector, whose band has been described as a mix between the Replacements and the Ramones, said the show will be reminiscent of shows the Waxdolls played to earlier Carbondale crowds a few years back that were involved and interested in the local music scene.

[Concerts] used to be more like this one. It used to be us and two local bands at the Hangar all the time, he said. Back when people used to come and care, back when there were enough good bands around here, you could throw a showcase like this together.

Jones said showcases like Thursday’s are a rarity around town because they are not what the local venues are looking to book. He also said fans are more thoughtful about where and how they spend their money for entertainment.

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A lot of places around here venue-wise don’t really give area bands a chance, he said. And it seems a lot of the fan bases for area bands want to stay in the $3 for a party’ atmosphere.

Jones added that the purpose of the showcase is to return the music scene to where it is meant to be.

When you’re in college, you want to drink, he said, and that is why we’re doing this to bring [the scene] back to the bars.

There will be a $2 cover charge at the door, and the show is set to begin at about 10 p.m.