Yes, sometimes death metal can take place in a bubble bath.

There have been skeptics in the past, but serious music doesn’t have to be the result of a serious band.

Take the Athens five piece Lazer/wA�lf, for example.

If it weren’t for a drunken musician from another band, Lazer/wA�lf could still be running around without a name. But that’s just the way they roll.

Bryan Aiken – guitar, background noise – can be seen throughout campus wearing a number of bracelets, an oversized pair of headphones, a grizzly looking ponytail and a “mustache” of sorts.

While somewhat intimidating on first impression, he immediately swats all doubts aside with a sheepish grin.

Aiken and Sean Peiffer – bass, trumpet, and satanic chirp – will celebrate their 21st birthdays tonight at Tasty World with the rest of the band.

Mathius plays drums, Jimmy Baldwin is lead vocals, and Robert Sullivan does programming and lead guitar.

A long time Yoo-Hoo enthusiast, Aiken is planning on taking shots of the chocolatey goodness on stage at some point throughout the show.

Peiffer will be joining Aiken in the shot consumption but said he prefers actual alcohol to kiddie drinks.

Besides the bubble-blowers present at tonight’s show, there is a possibility that the drummer – known simply as Mathius – may dress as a ninja turtle.

“We take our music seriously, but never ourselves,” Peiffer said.

The band is into all different types of music and typically succeeds in welding the music into what can only be described as junk metal – a combination of jazz, funk, and metal. There is a lot of yelling and noise on stage, but that doesn’t mean that lyrics are lost to the chaos.

“My mom actually listens to our music and can understand what we’re saying,” Aiken said.

Don’t be fooled, though. Lazer/wA�lf is not music for mommies.

“We caress your soul before we crush it,” Aiken said.

The band has a tendency to create what Peiffer calls “epics, because all of our songs are really long.” Lazer/wA�lf’s demo CD – “Demolition” – is an example, running for 35 minutes.

The band isn’t just playing to fill up space, however. Epic songs come with epic narratives.

One track, “Easter Casket,” is about a fallen soldier who can no longer see his 4-year-old son at home.

Another song is about a man who falls in love with his hostage.

The group is just as proud of its self-designed T-shirts as it is of this self-printed CD.

Throughout the course of this interview, two unidentified males were seen wearing the T-shirt the day after Lazer/wA�lf’s concert. But Aiken and Peiffer could care less about which day a fan wears their T-shirt. The pair, rather, care about humor.

When this reporter almost spewed her coffee across the table at one of Peiffer’s random comments, he invited her to spit on his face anytime.