Article: Vincent Gallo's Grand Experiment

What do you get when actor-director-writer-musician Vincent Gallo, best known for his indie films "Buffalo '66" and "The Brown Bunny," teams up with Eric Erlandson, co-founder of and lead guitarist for '90s rock-grunge band Hole?

We don't quite know -- and that's just what Gallo and Erlandson, who call themselves RRIICCEE, are going for.

The band kicked off its tour last week and will stop at the Rock and Roll Hotel on Saturday. So, what's the sound? "It's more a gesture of composing and performing at the same time, always hoping to avoid musical cliche or jamming," Gallo says.

But doesn't that sound a lot like improvisation?

"If I didn't tell you everything was improvised, you would ...

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