Think you’ve got what it takes? You probably don’t. And that’s OK.

Most karaoke nights are about as groundbreaking and bursting with quality as a bag of off-brand potato chips — and equally as plentiful. But good karaoke nights (the kind where you don’t have to fight through reams of drunken, painfully oblivious morons to warble off-key) are a rarer breed. Sure, stand-bys like Charlie Brown’s and Mori Sushi Restaurant are fine if you want to take your performance lumps shoulder-to-shoulder with popped collars and boob shirts, but for a rawer experience, try Bender’s Tavern’s “Balls Deep Karaoke.”

With ladies’ specials ($1 PBR and $2 well, wine, and domestic draft 10 p.m.-close, and $2 Lonestars for everyone all night) and a more rock and punk-oriented selection of songs, you can feel like you’re actually at a sweet ‘n dirty dive bar, instead of a Larimer Square club that’s simply slumming it by offering “Don’t Stop Believin’” and some crappy Tears for Fears song. Though, we do love Tears for Fears. Tonight from 9 p.m. to 2 a.m., 314 E. 13th Ave. 303-861-7070 or BendersTavern.com.