KARP’s influence on post-grunge hard rock in the Northwest is second only to maybe the Melvins’ (who KARP bassist/screamer Jared Warren has since joined). Few bands were harder or funnier than KARP, and their untimely demise still leaves a hole in fans’ souls. Bill Badgley, frontman for another highly respected Northwest rock band, Federation X, spent the last four and a half years producing a documentary on the revered trio, and the result will interest even folks who’ve never heard the music. (Grand Illusion, 1403 NE 50th St, 523-3935, 7 and 9 pm, $8)

Grant Brissey covered everything from hard news and technology, to music, film, and visual arts during his time working for The Stranger. Grant's work has also appeared at Geekwire, and in Billboard,...