To say that Crime Buster Blast-Off 3000 has a plot would be generous. One part rock opera, one part sketchy comedy, and at least 75 percent velour track suit, Crime Buster Blast-Off 3000 is a rollicking 60 minutes of sheer absurdity. Here’s what you need to know: It’s the year 3000 (maybe?), and our story focuses on Buster Blast, the last rock band on Earth. The band (its members played by Ian McDermott, Matt Hagerty, Mason Trappio, and Alex Zito) is finally getting a chance at a paid gig, but their plans — nay, the universe itself — is in jeopardy of being destroyed by the Porker Chomper, the biggest, baddest, porkiest computer virus around.

The show is a series of comedic musical sketches about the band and Porker Chomper; it’s never very clear exactly what’s going on, but that’s not the point. Animal costumes factor heavily into Crime Buster, there’s a running joke about cannibalism, and one of the band members is played by a creepy bald doll named Velveeta. The song writing is clever — occasionally brilliant, even — but the show’s shining moment involves a sound check with woodland creatures, green spandex, and a presidential ballet solo. It’s meta, it’s slapstick, it’s nonsensical, and, above all, really, really weird.

Crime Buster Blast-Off 3000 is surely not for everybody. But in my mind, it embodies everything that’s great and unique about Fringe Fest. If you want an hour of delightfully wacko, experimental comedy, Buster Blast is the band for you.

Remaining performances:
Wednesday, July 24 at 6:00 p.m.
Saturday, July 27 at 12:15 p.m.
Sunday, July 28 at 5:00 p.m.
At Gearbox, 1021 7th Street NW.
Get tickets here.