Joe Bucci (second from right) and his Losing Game bandmates. Credit: TheLosingGameFL/Facebook

Last February, Joe Bucci—drummer for Bradenton-based “post-emo grunge rock” outfit The Losing Game—died of cardiac arrest.

His band members have played a gig or two under their own names since, but the first post-Bucci gig under the Losing Game moniker is this tribute.

Joining in are punk cover band Suburban Wasteland (featuring drummer Ryan Massey, who’ll share the duty of filling Bucci’s shoes during The Losing Game’s set with old friend John Tarpey), and respective reunions of The Prospect and Colour, neither of which have been onstage since before COVID-19 was a thing.

All profits from the gig go to Bucci’s family, which raised over $25,000 for memorial and medical costs through GoFundMe.

Tickets to the Music For Joe benefit show at Oscura in Bradenton on Friday, July 26 are still available for $10.
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This article appears in Jul 25-31, 2024.