Let's start with a truism. Bacon and gettin' it on are two of the best things ever invented. There shall be no more debate on this matter. So thank Zeus one band had the vision to combine a passion for both all-American pastimes into one undeniably awesome concept: The Meat Sluts. The Bay Area quartet - singer-guitarist B.B. Rumproast, singer-guitarist Filet O'Nettie, bassist Carmela Mignon and drummer Scarlet Spamchop - will unleash campy, carnivorous punk anthems on Tacoma's New Frontier Lounge Saturday.  Rumproast (a.k.a. Beth Allen) breaks it down for us. Sound: "I like to think of us as bubblegum punk rock. I would say we were influenced by things like the Ramones, old Dictators and Groovie Ghoulies; old Runaways, for sure." Dirty little secret: The band's original bassist was actually vegan. Say, they're not singing about something else on "Johnny Con Carne," are they?

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[The New Frontier Lounge, with CFA, the Coloffs, Saturday, Aug. 27, 9 p.m., $5, 301 E. 25th St., Tacoma, 253.572.4020]