Picture this: A bouffant-wigged fictional character who once starred in a twisted cooking show and is now wielding a guitar instead of a kitchen knife, leading one of San Antonio’s most fascinating musical experiments.

Welcome to the wonderfully weird world of Powdered Wig Machine, where performance art collides with raw rock energy, and the result is anything but ordinary.

“Patricia was originally conceived as a cooking show host who moonlights as a serial killer,” explains the band’s vocalist, who embodies the character with a signature bouffant wig and an unmistakable presence inspired by Bugs Bunny in drag. “But she got tired of being a serial killer and cooking show host. She thought, ‘I think I’m gonna be a rock star now.’”

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