Where’s Bobby?
In a way, Bobby Liebling of Pentagram pissed away a prime opportunity to capitalize on renewed interest in the Maryland doom legends with Relapse’s excellent reissues First Daze Here and First Daze Here Too. But the version of Pentagram Liebling fronted throughout the ’80s (when his legendary heroin habit allowed) really had nothing to do with that “classic” ‘71-’76 line-up. As of 2001, Liebling was in pretty bad shape; Aimee Agresti’s excellent profile of the broken singer in the Washington City Paper contains the startling revelation that Libeling, still living in his parents basement, spent an entire year in a detention facility to kick drugs in 2000. Although Liebling may never do another full Pentagram set– he hasn’t since a show with Trouble backing him in ‘99 and an ill-fated gig at the Velvet Lounge seven years ago — you literally never know when or where he’ll appear next:
Hank Williams III w/ Bobby Liebling [10/8/06]
Witchcraft w/ Bobby Liebling [11/12/06]
Unorthodox w/ Bobby Liebling [4/14/07]