Skates is a band formed almost on a whim, formed from the ashes of the recently defunct Redwood Plan. Frontwoman Lesli Wood made a move basically akin to Queen vowing to not use synthesizers on their album, or like Joe Jackson nonchalantly making the decision to not include any guitars on an album, except to the most extreme degree: Wood ended one band and formed another in one month, based on just one name alone.

"The Redwood Plan disbanded last summer because my guitarist's wife got a job in Portland, Maine," says Wood. "While we were all mourning the loss of the band that I had for six years, I decided that I was gonna start something new. I booked a whole tour and booked us a debut show for a band called ‘Skates.' I hadn't put together a lineup for the band, I hadn't written any songs, but I thought that it was gonna work out fine. So, immediately after the Redwood Plan show, in July, I put a call out to some friends. The band actually features two other members of the Redwood Plan."

Read Rev. Adam McKinney's full feature on Skates in the Music & Culture section.

SKATES, w/ Hot Cops, Deep Creep, Wimps, 9 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 24, 4th Ave Tavern, 210 Fourth Ave., Olympia, $5, 360.786.1444