Dismiss Boston's Upper Crust as a joke rock band if you must, but
give them this much: They're actually funny, and there's
as much rock as mock to their singular brand of "roque." Moreover,
you can see and hear elements of their shtick rock in a slew of
bands that have come since, from the Darkness to Les Savy Fav. The
gimmick -- a hedonistic band of foppish, powdered-wigged
18th-century aristocra...