Bustle In Your Hedgerow is just another cover band, and this band of special occasion will be the first to admit that. But that doesn’t mean they won’t melt your fucking face off and piss all over the remains, and the huge crowds in San Francisco and Los Angeles this weekend will be the first to admit that.

America’s greatest rock cover band experience headed west this weekend for a twin bill at The Independent and the Knitting Factory, and everyone I’ve talked to says these shows were the best they’ve ever seen, the best the band has ever played. They may be Led Zeppelin tunes, but the rock is all their own.

San Francisco packed more than 600 people into the 500-person-capacity Independent, and the crowd proved itself to be so raucous they got a double encore of Immigrant Song and Bring It on Home for its troubles. So with the momentum-building left-coast run behind ‘em, and with shows in the Midwest and East on the horizon, let’s take a look at 16 incredible photos from The Lovely Miss Rachel, posted for your pleasure after the jump…enjoy!

First, let’s clear up the matter of this weekend’s song selection by the foursome of Scott Metzger, Joe Russo, Marco Benevento and Diamond Dave Dreiwitz. One particular band member told me he thinks these songs were played, but nobody keeps the setlist. When pressed for more details, he told this reporter, “Hey, just another show, brah. Next.”

So here’s a list of the tunes, in no particular order, that I’ve been told they broke out at both shows (no Levee in SF, no For Your Life in LA): The Song Remains the Same, Ramble On, Immigrant Song, What Is and What Should Never Be, Four Sticks, Bring It On Home, Moby Dick, Over the Hills and Far Away, Heartbreaker, All of My Love, Good Times Bad Times, The Ocean, Communication Breakdown/It’s your thing, When the Levee Breaks, You Shook Me, Wonton Song, Out On The Tiles, Custard Pie, Kashmir, In the Evening, Thank You, and For Your Life. Feel free to write in below with the full setlists, if you got ‘em…

Let the slideshow begin…Marco stands up to rock out:

And rock out he does…

There ain’t a better drummer on the planet than Colonel Russo, seen here gently scraping the drums in a moment of calmness before his inevitable storminess:

Up close and personal with a guy that resembles Tom Waits but wants to be Richard Thompson…hey, not a bad duo to emulate in looks and chops:

More rockin’ from Marco, who may or may not be pooping here:

Speaking of poop, Ween bassist Diamond Dave lays down the beat:

A view of Bustle from the rafters:

Metzger and Dreiwitz chordin’ around:

The packed-in crowd goin’ beserk for some west-coast Bustle:

Joe playin’ drums with his hands…and no face! I’m guessing Moby Dick:

Where’s Dave at? The world may never know:

DanjaBoots gets a little kinky backstage:

Off to the Knitting Factory in LA for night two:

Dave and Scott resume rock positions:

Russo’s got his game face on…I’ve seen Monica Seles look the same way:

Hey, whatever works out in Los Angeles, I’m with it, I’m hip to it:

• Click here for another great gallery of Bustle at the Knitting Factory
• Click here to check out Bustle on MySpace
• And check out these two Archive shows: 7/31/05 and 8/6/06