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A. Life After High School<br />
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B1. Look Around<br />
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B2. It's A Dream<br />
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THE PENGWINS (Kennedale, TX)<br />
Life After High School EP<br />
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Lannie Flowers grew up with equal affinity for the sun shiny pop sounds of the Beatles and the dark mystique of the Velvet Underground. Other early influences included British Invasion groups such as the Rolling Stones, the Who, and the Kinks, as well as the early glam efforts by David Bowie, Mott the Hoople, and T.Rex. His fondness of the heavy Detroit sound of the MC5 and Stooges predicated his appreciation for the punk rock era that was coming right around the corner. It was the DIY aspect that he loved most about it and he latched onto it like a duck to water. <br />
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Lannie was about eight when he got his first guitar, although he was still into baseball and didn’t put much effort into the instrument until the age of 12. It was then in the sixth grade that he started what eventually became the Pengwins. That’s when a friend of his from up the street named David Hamrick brought an electric guitar to show and tell for Christmas. All the girls were gushing over him so Lannie figured he needed to get in on the action. After school he went up to David and told him he also played guitar and they should start a band. They then asked their friend James Laxon who played drums to join and they were on their way. <br />
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Somehow they talked the organizers of the high school beauty pageant into letting them play during intermission. When they were jamming on stage girls started screaming and afterward high school girls talked to Lannie, the ones that otherwise wouldn’t have given him the time of day. So in his 12 year old mind, he knew he was headed on the right path. The band began playing dances and parties wherever they could secure gigs with an ever evolving cast of members until Lannie was about 16. At that time the Pengwins consisted of Lannie on guitar, David Bryan on drums, and Delbert Raines on bass. In 1977 Alan Petsche joined them on guitar.<br />
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At first they wanted to be Mott the Hoople crossed with Badfinger, playing melodic music with an attitude. Then punk came along and there was plenty of attitude to go around. They didn’t want to be just like the rest of the bands in the area. When Cheap Trick’s first album came out Lannie realized that’s what he has been trying to do. They replaced the jangle with more of an edge. <br />
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In 1978, the Pengwins did their first recording session on a Teac 4-track recorder in the room where they practiced with no outside producers or influence. Five original songs were laid to tape but just three of them surfaced on the “Life After High School” EP. They paid for the meager pressing of 500 copies by playing a couple of gigs. They had to do sets full of covers in order to get paid in the small town of Kennedale, which is just outside of Dallas, where no one wanted to hear music that wasn’t on the radio. Unsurprisingly, the Pengwins record didn’t sell very well there. They ended up giving most of the copies away at gigs. They did receive a favorable review in the local Buddy magazine but didn’t get positive reinforcement from any other media outlets. <br />
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Their problem at the time was that they were too different for the average Joe but not unique enough for the hard core punks to fit in with the DFW scene. They realized they had to travel to find their audience. They kept busy playing frat parties and high school functions throughout the state. Eventually they were traveling so much that the band became their full time job and in 1981 they were only home about 90 days out of the whole year. The early 80s had them opening for Thin Lizzy and Cheap Trick amongst many others. They even shared the stage with Badfinger and the Guess Who, who were still grasping for life. <br />
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The second Pengwins record came out in 1980, a self-released single featuring “Don’t Be A Girl About It” and “Small Vacation.” 500 copies of the single were pressed and it fared slightly better than their debut. Not only did they have more experience recording by that time, but they used an actual 24-track studio, Buffalo Sound in Fort Worth. Danny Wilkerson who took David Bryan’s spot on drums in late 1978 played on the record and contributed to the writing of the songs. Danny and Lannie would become the band’s primary songwriters for the next several years. <br />
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The Pengwins continued to record between 1981-1984 but none of it ever saw the light of day. 1981 saw them touring England for a month, mostly playing around the London area where they met a lot of interesting people. They were excited to find their new single was in the jukebox of a pub they went to. They returned home after running out of money but continued to stay on the road for the next several years, even making their way out to Alaska. In 1985 Danny stopped touring with the band but took on a managerial role.<br />
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It wasn’t until 1988 that the Pengwins released their next record, a six song EP that had great distribution and achieved moderate success. The next year Danny was able to arrange a demo session at Bearsville studios in NY with Rick Derringer producing. Then in 1991 they went to Memphis and laid down four more tracks with producer Jim Dickinson who had just done the Replacements <i>Please To Meet Me</i> album. A couple of those songs made it to compilation CD’s but for the most part all their work was for naught. With the grunge era fast approaching, there was no longer an audience for the Pengwins music. <br />
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They had come close to a record deal a few times but something always fell through at the last minute. Eventually they decided enough was enough and the band ended following a very long run with countless line-up changes and endless recording sessions. They played their final show in Fort Worth and called upon all former members to show up and play. The event made the front page news of the <i>Fort Worth Star Telegram</i>.<br />
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Lannie built a recording studio in his garage and has continued making music, refusing to succumb to the corporate world. He’s released several acclaimed solo records in recent years and remains an active performer. Alan and Delbert started the Aaron Avenue Records label in 1994 and have released work by Lannie and other Texas artists. Danny’s continued to play drums in other groups including a cover band called The Waltons with Lannie. He’s also a commercial real estate broker and was Mayor of Annetta North. The Pengwins play reunion shows on occasion.<br />
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The song “What You Gonna Do” which was recorded during the Pengwins first recording session but never released was recently featured on the Texas power pop compilation album, <i>Radio Ready</i> on <a href="http://cheaprewards.net/" target="_blank">Cheap Rewards Records</a>.<br />
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1A. Want You Bad<br />
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1B. I Don't Care<br />
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2A. Never See You Again<br />
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2B. Radioactive Squirrels<br />
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THE LAWNMOWERS (Austin, TX)<br />
A Name, Not A Concept 7" EP<br />
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Daren Hess moved to Austin
from Colorado right around Christmas 1979 to attend the University of Texas. His prior musical options consisted of bland radio
rock and disco so he never had aspirations of being a musician. But on a fateful night during his first week at UT, Daren caught The Skunks playing a
gig and was inspired. </div>
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A week later at the start of 1980, he was looking out the
window of his Jester Dorm room and saw some guys playing lacrosse. He
immediately grabbed his stick and ran down to meet them. One of the guys kept
being referred to as Ramone. When asked if that was his real name, Chris Mudd
explained that people called him that because he was in a band that played Ramones
covers. Their drummer Mike Jakle had just moved back to Houston where he was playing bass with the
Recipients so they needed someone to fill in. Daren, who had never picked up
sticks in his life, said he could do it. </div>
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So they went back to Chris’ place where Mike had left his
drums behind. The kit was broken down in the closet and since Daren had never
set up or played drums before, he made a lame excuse to get Chris to set it up
for him. Sure enough when they started jamming together it went smooth enough that Daren
was given the gig and played a show the following week. Greg Potts was their bass player but his stay with the band was short lived as Mike Jakle moved back to Austin a couple months later and wanted to
take over bass duties.</div>
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Coined the Lawnmowers, the trio did power pop covers by
bands like the Jags, the Romantics, and the Beat while mixing in their own colorful
pop tunes. They gigged once or twice a month in Austin including a long standing stint at Mike
& Sal’s Pizza joint. Some times they would advertise themselves as Scot Free & The Prisoners or more commonly, Eddy
And His Lawnmowers. Eventually Daren’s parents bought him his own 3-piece
Gretsch kit. Being an art student, Daren drew the image of Claude Rains as the
Invisible Man on his kick drum, an image they often used on show posters and
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In 1981, the Lawnmowers went to Sugarhill Studios in Houston and recorded three demo tracks with
Andy Bradley. They didn’t have the foresight to release the songs at the time, nor the money to do so.
They were mainly just out to have fun with this project and didn't take it too seriously. In fact, Chris, who had been playing in bands since junior high, was moonlighting with another
band called the Chevelles that had an agent and made good
money doing 50s covers.<br />
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Things would wind down in the summer of 1982 after Chris graduated, got married and moved away for a job opportunity. But they did manage to play a gig in Houston with <a href="http://cheaprewards.blogspot.com/2011/06/haskells-pop-art.html" target="_blank">The Haskells</a> before venturing out to the west
coast in a Ford Econoline with stops in Phoenix and Los
Angeles. Mike then did stints with <a href="http://cheaprewards.blogspot.com/2011/02/rattlecats-back-to-life.html" target="_blank">The Rattlecats</a> and Doctors Mob while Daren
went on to play in Alamo Choir which Mike also joined.<br />
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In 1984, Chris ended up
back in Austin.
Mike’s sister Dawn was the Lawnmowers biggest supporter. Her boyfriend offered
to release a record for them so they took the opportunity to return to Sugarhill where they laid down four
songs including more polished versions of two of the songs from the demo
session a few years earlier. The double single was released to no fanfare as
the band didn’t even play a gig to celebrate its release. However, “Never See You Again”
did receive some airplay on local KLBJ-FM.</div>
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Mike ended up getting his engineering certificate and took a
job at Sugarhill Studios. He currently is the proprietor of White Hat Rum.
Daren has had a long, fruitful career as a full time musician having played
with the Silos, Green On Red, Poi Dog Pondering, James McMurtry, Ronnie Lane, and
others. Chris is still living a corporate lifestyle but manages time to play in
a group called Buffalo Nickle.<br />
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The unreleased 1981 demo version of “Want You Bad” finally saw the light of day on 2013's Texas power pop compilation album, <i>Radio Ready</i> that was released on <a href="http://cheaprewards.net/" target="_blank">Cheap Rewards Records</a>.<br />
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Cheap Rewardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12732283184857361245noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3251579581658663165.post-42948828337339273392013-07-22T19:37:00.001-07:002013-07-23T10:11:47.293-07:00U.S. Mods - I'm Gone<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-5hD7i8ajFPk/Ue2r3a54YAI/AAAAAAAAAxw/MBHV6Pzf1xU/s1600/usmods1.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5731346221919459906" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-5hD7i8ajFPk/Ue2r3a54YAI/AAAAAAAAAxw/MBHV6Pzf1xU/s1600/usmods1.png" style="height: 225px; width: 225px;" /></a><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-UpwkcZh4CyQ/Ue2ro-w1F8I/AAAAAAAAAxg/9D8dbIeeZ9o/s1600/usmods2.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"> <img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5731346211500181186" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-UpwkcZh4CyQ/Ue2ro-w1F8I/AAAAAAAAAxg/9D8dbIeeZ9o/s1600/usmods2.png" style="cursor: pointer; height: 225px; width: 225px;" /></a><br />
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A. I'm Gone<br />
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B. Government<br />
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U.S. MODS (Mesquite, TX)<br />
I'm Gone b/w Government<br />
Treblephone (TREB-52), 1980<br />
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Pat McKanna’s musical foundation started building at an early age as he was exposed to everything from the Beatles and Rolling Stones to Little Richard and Hank Williams through the jukebox at his grandfather’s pool hall. By the time he reached his teens in the late 70s, it was the Who, Jam, Clash and Sex Pistols that most influenced him. <br />
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Formed in 1978, the US Mods was Pat’s first band that did original material. He played lead guitar and sang while Jimmy Holcomb, who Pat knew from their junior high days, added rhythm guitar and vocals. On bass and backing vocals was Adrian Brooke, who was a couple years older than Jimmy but attended the same high school in Mesquite, TX. The three of them would be the core of the band.<br />
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Jimmy Holcomb grew up in a household full of Bob Wills, Buck Owens, and Jerry Lee Lewis records. Being an only child, listening to music was one of his favorite pastimes. As an early teen he got the idea that he could make music too. He and the two other boys would get together as often as possible and play along to the Stones and three chord punk songs. They didn’t have a steady drummer in the early days. They often recorded their rehearsals with Pat playing drums and then laying his guitar parts over that. <br />
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All three began writing their own songs and they would bring the finished compositions to practices for everyone else to learn. Being teenagers, the Mods were unable to play typical club gigs. Instead they had to resort to doing talent shows or Kmart battle of the bands competitions. They even played the Traveling Gong Show auditions and a McDonald’s anniversary celebration. Crippled due to their age and geographic constraints, they often conjured up fantasies of the band existing on a higher level. <br />
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In early 1980, they borrowed Quad Pi’s drummer Reagan Eskridge who was in the WW Samuell High School band drum corps with Pat. The four of them laid down the basic tracks for “I’m Gone” and “Government” on a 4-track recorder in a mini-warehouse. They added vocals, handclaps and tape echo in Jimmy’s bedroom using an Akai reel to reel. The songs were then mixed down to glorious mono. They succeeded in giving the tracks a lo-fi, yet very charming 60’s feel. With help from their parents, 200 copies of a single were pressed up on their own Treblephone Records with an accompanied foldover sleeve. <br />
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The records were sold at Metamorphosis and VVV Records in Dallas. Jimmy brought copies to North Mesquite High to sell and Pat would bring them to his school in Pleasant Grove. They sent a copy to Bomp Records in California which led to Greg Shaw ordering 30 copies for their mail order catalog. In recent years it was revealed that Shaw was a bigger fan of the band than they imagined as a review of the single was finally published in Bomp’s <i>Saving The World One Record At A Time</i> book which included the long lost unpublished final issue of Bomp magazine.<br />
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After the single was released, they saw an ad in a local music rag called Buddy for a drummer looking to play with people with similar musical taste, which was not commonplace in Mesquite. They were even more surprised when they called and it was a girl on the other end. Tracye O’Neal’s upbringing was full of music. She fell in love with the Beatles at the age of five during their performance on the Ed Sullivan show. She even refused to go out for dinner on her seventh birthday as to not miss a Dave Clark Five appearance on television. <br />
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Tracye wanted to be a drummer as long as she could remember. She would spend hours “playing” along to the Partridge Family albums using wooden horseshoe stakes for sticks and her sister’s bed for drums. Finally in 1978, to her delight she won a real drum kit. By then she had broadened her musical spectrum to include the Faces, the Stones, Bowie, Cheap Trick, the Kinks, and above all… the Who. <br />
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Tracye auditioned for the Mods and got the gig. With Jimmy and Pat being 17, they still weren’t able to secure gigs. They went to the Hot Klub to try and arrange an opening slot for The Doo, but that never materialized. They couldn’t build a fan base without playing shows and once Jimmy graduated a year later and went off to college at Baylor in Waco, that marked the end of the Mods’ nearly unrecognized reign. <br />
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Adrian, Pat and Tracye carried on as The Tickets for a short while with a guitarist named Lee. He was a bit older and more experienced and they played some gigs together but Pat was ready to change direction musically. He left to start the Trees, who went on to be one of the most popular groups in the 80's Deep Ellum scene. Adrian and Tracye continued on with Lee briefly until Tracye left for England in September 1981.<br />
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“Government” received some recognition on Hyped2Death’s <i>Teen Line</i> series several years ago and just recently, “I’m Gone” earned a notch on 2013's Texas power pop compilation album, <i>Radio Ready</i> that was released on <a href="http://cheaprewards.net/" target="_blank">Cheap Rewards Records</a>.<br />
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Cheap Rewardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12732283184857361245noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3251579581658663165.post-45908391947968549782013-06-19T16:47:00.000-07:002013-07-23T10:12:13.722-07:00Bruce Moody - This Is It!<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Dh1ddRFRKe4/UcIz6jtCACI/AAAAAAAAAwA/BE1_Gu01njE/s1600/brucemoody1.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5731346221919459906" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Dh1ddRFRKe4/UcIz6jtCACI/AAAAAAAAAwA/BE1_Gu01njE/s1600/brucemoody1.png" style="height: 225px; width: 225px;" /></a><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5J-RZllICtw/UcIz6XqeT8I/AAAAAAAAAwE/nJhZNvng5gM/s1600/brucemoody2.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"> <img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5731346211500181186" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5J-RZllICtw/UcIz6XqeT8I/AAAAAAAAAwE/nJhZNvng5gM/s1600/brucemoody2.png" style="cursor: pointer; height: 225px; width: 225px;" /></a><br />
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A1. Intro<br />
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A2. A.M. Romance<br />
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A3. You Do<br />
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B1. This Is It
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B2. Terminally Hip<br />
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BRUCE MOODY (Houston, TX)<br />
Fresh Out! EP<br />
No label, 1982<br />
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Bruce Moody moved from Charlotte, NC to Houston, TX in 1976 and immediately joined a group called Circus that had a rotating cast of characters including guitarists Richard Morant, Danny Kristensen, and drummer Dick Ross. Ross would later go on to play in Austin bands the <a href="http://cheaprewards.blogspot.com/2011/09/vendettas-atheist-rock.html" target="_blank">Vendettas</a> and <a href="http://cheaprewards.blogspot.com/2012/01/f-systems-people.html" target="_blank">F-Systems</a> before a stint with Joe “King” Carrasco. In 1978 Bruce hooked up with a prog-rock band called Artisian who were primarily doing original material.
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By the early 80s Bruce began working on his own home demos using a Sony 4-track reel to reel. He wanted to get his favorite musicians from several different working bands in Houston to work on a recording session with him. After handing out his demo tapes, he was able to corral his old pals Danny Kristensen and Richard Morant as well as drummer Rick Richards. They got together one evening to go over four of his songs and then they all went into Wooden Studios and laid down the basic tracks in a single night. Bruce went back and did 90% of the overdubs with methods such as banging audio cassette boxes together to make rim shot sounds, clanking aluminum trash can lids, and so forth.
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The resulting EP was released under the name Bruce Moody with the title <i>Fresh Out!</i> During the intro of AM Romance, the song playing on the radio is a Bruce original called “Survival.” Interestingly enough, Rick Poss (of Ric Tangle and the Squares fame, who previously played in a band called the Suspects with Rick Richards) played guitar on that track at an earlier session. Bruce played in various side projects with many other notable power pop musicians around that time including Terry Carolan of the <a href="http://cheaprewards.blogspot.com/2011/02/true-hearts-not-tonight-ep.html" target="_blank">True Hearts</a> and in the fall of '82 did some time as a Crown with Joe "King" Carrasco.
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<i>Fresh Out!</i> was purely a studio project so copies were placed in record stores in Austin and Houston where they saw moderate sales. Bruce, Rick and Danny decided to form a live act and along with keyboardist Keith Lancaster they became Walkee Talkee. That summer they were offered a stint in Galveston playing at the Seahorse. To better market their record they made new sleeves with the name Walkee Talkee on the front using the same records and inserts as the Bruce Moody version. It wasn’t long before they realized there was a band in New York using the same name which led to them becoming Private Numbers.
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Private Numbers lasted through 1991 with Ric Plunk taking over on keyboards. The band saw some mainstream success with around a dozen videos receiving airplay on MTV. The band even had their own cable access show called Vox Pop which ran for a couple years in Houston.<br />
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"This Is It" was featured on 2013's Texas power pop compilation album, <i>Radio Ready</i> that was released on <a href="http://cheaprewards.net/" target="_blank">Cheap Rewards Records</a>. <br />
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Cheap Rewardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12732283184857361245noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3251579581658663165.post-36818084966271872872013-04-26T23:07:00.000-07:002013-04-30T06:04:36.469-07:00Los Reactors - Be A Zombie<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-EHe1H4Xzidc/UXiWOULj95I/AAAAAAAAAvM/_ovvQVfRkyE/s1600/reactors1.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5731346221919459906" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-EHe1H4Xzidc/UXiWOULj95I/AAAAAAAAAvM/_ovvQVfRkyE/s1600/reactors1.png" style="height: 225px; width: 225px;" /></a><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-tk_YPfuxh4I/UXiWOxiuNdI/AAAAAAAAAvY/jO7DyOp_9NI/s1600/reactors2.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"> <img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5731346211500181186" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-tk_YPfuxh4I/UXiWOxiuNdI/AAAAAAAAAvY/jO7DyOp_9NI/s1600/reactors2.png" style="cursor: pointer; height: 225px; width: 225px;" /></a><br />
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A. Be A Zombie<br />
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B. Laboratory Baby<br />
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LOS REACTORS (Tulsa, OK)<br />
Be A Zombie b/w Laboratory Baby<br />
Cynykyl (CY-5-02), 1981<br />
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Roger Scott was born and raised in Tulsa. His earliest musical inspirations were rockabilly and surf music but it was after seeing the Beatles on TV that he knew he wanted to play guitar. Following the British Invasion era, Roger opened his mind to psychedelic music and then found influence in the glam sounds of T.Rex, Bowie and the Dolls. <br />
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His first group was White Dwarf. They formed in early 1978 and mostly played covers of the Ramones, Sex Pistols and Kiss. After about six months Roger left to form Fast Noise with Dale Lawton and Brian Plummer. Brian eventually left that group to join the Jacks so Darrell Smith took his place on drums and Fast Noise was renamed the Passions. <br />
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They played originals as well as covers by groups like the Stooges, Johnny Thunders and the Buzzcocks. In late 1979 or early 1980 they added Tommy Gunn and changed the name to the Reactors. Then Dale left to form the Vindicators and later joined the Bridge Climbers who were previously called the News. The Reactors remained a three piece briefly until Roger asked Joe Christ (AKA Joe Danger) to join the band since he had just parted ways with the New Mysterians. <br />
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With Joe in the mix, the Reactors went from having a guitar oriented sound to being more keyboard driven. They worked on original material while still incorporating fun covers into their set. The only place in town to play original music in 1980 was the Bleu Grotto. Prior to that they had to play shows out of town or do gigs in warehouses and garages. When the Grotto opened their doors to original bands, more and more unique Tulsa groups came out of the woodwork. <br />
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The Reactors became Los Reactors after discovering other bands were using the name. They built a loyal following locally and played road shows in Kansas City, Fayetteville, Wichita, Oklahoma City, Norman, Dallas, Ft. Worth, etc. They opened for several touring groups and plenty of great regional bands like The Jacks, <a href="http://cheaprewards.blogspot.com/2013/03/the-fensics-tornado-warning.html">The Fensics</a>, <a href="http://cheaprewards.blogspot.com/2012/12/the-ralphs-teddy-boy.html">The Ralphs</a>, and many others.<br />
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Chris Stearman and Michael McGee of Cynykyl Records took an interest in the band and offered to record them. They spent a week working on recordings in the late night hours at the Producers Workshop in Oklahoma City. Joe and Roger went back a couple weeks later to mix. Unfortunately Cynykyl didn’t have the finances to press the records, so the band eventually scraped up enough money to do it themselves. <br />
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“Dead In The Suburbs” was released in a small run. Having a 45 out helped the band secure more gigs and even earned them some college radio play. They sold copies at independent record stores in the towns they played and some copies were sold by mail order or at shows but most were sent out or given away as promotional copies to clubs, radio stations and fanzines.<br />
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They released their second single, “Be A Zombie,” a year later in 1981. The songs were recorded during the same sessions as “Suburbs” and released in an edition of 1,000 copies on Cynykyl. The band had no distribution lined up, no management, no tour offers, and a record deal never came their way. With the music scene moving in different directions and seemingly no way to take things to a higher level, the band finally dissolved.<br />
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After Los Reactors, Joe went on to front several bands including G Spot, The Healing Faith, and Bigger Than God. He then became a producer of underground films. Tommy Gunn played with various rockabilly and blues bands. Roger formed a prototype speed metal band called Revenger for about a year and then a black metal/thrash band called Cenotaph, which lasted nine years through several personnel changes and recorded two albums. Darrell Smith joined for the final incarnation of that band. <br />
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In 2000, Rave Up Records out of Italy released an LP that included the songs from the singles as well as unreleased studio and live material. A CD version followed in 2004. Los Reactors reunited in 2005, playing a few shows including the Dot Dash Festival in New York. They were scheduled to play a tribute show for Michael Automatic in 2007 but Joe was unable to participate as he was living in Atlanta. The rest of the guys played under the name The Adaptors to avoid any misconceptions. The Adapters continue to play locally with Jim Eason in place of Tommy and with the addition of Ian Scott on keyboards. Joe Christ passed away in June 2009 of a heart attack.<br />
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A. Tornado Warning<br />
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B. Full Time Job<br />
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THE FENSICS (Norman, OK)<br />
Tornado Warning b/w Full Time Job<br />
No Sweat (NSS-001), 1979<br />
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The Fensics began with singer/guitarist Wayne Buchner and guitarist Basile Kolliopoulis. With the addition of bassist Victor Goetz and drummer Steve Crossett, the group began rehearsing in Norman, OK in 1978. Having gone to see the Sex Pistols play in Tulsa as a joke earlier that year, Basille remarks that it was the strongest and realest experience he ever went through and the Pistols made him feel like an idiot for listening to garbage all those years. <br />
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The band mostly worked on original material but with a penchant for rockabilly they also mixed reworked versions of tunes like “Somethin’ Else” and “Hound Dog” into their set. The band had a look and sound unique to the area and were able to secure gigs and build a following. The Fensics played every joint they could between Norman, Tulsa, and Dallas and earned slots opening up for the Cramps, the Police, Talking Heads, and other touring acts.<br />
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In 1979, the Fensics went in the studio with producer Clovis Roblaine and laid down 16 tracks in under a week. They chose “Tornado Warning” and “Part Time Job” to be released as their sole single on Roblaine’s No Sweat label. Soon after its release, Basile’s brother Mihos joined the band on lead guitar. Wayne was later replaced by Joe Thompson on vocals.<br />
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Come 1980, Basile, Victor, and Joe decided to move to NYC. Basile had a short stint playing with the Senders but Joe's unexpected passing soon brought everyone back to Oklahoma. Basile and Mihos then reunited to start the Fortune Tellers along with Victor and drummer Mike Newberry. The band recorded three albums and toured for over ten years before breaking up in the early 90s.<br />
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Basile, who also played in a side project called the Reverb Brothers for the better part of twenty years, passed away in January 2013 due to cancer. His brother Mihos and Victor still record and perform on occasion as The Argonauts.<br />
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Cheap Rewardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12732283184857361245noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3251579581658663165.post-53770576213885485652013-04-06T10:29:00.003-07:002013-04-06T10:33:33.784-07:00Clovis Roblaine and the Cowboy Twinkies<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-BrQlfoGYbyk/UWBYymj2oSI/AAAAAAAACxo/0tTDCS6Mrms/s1600/clovis.jpeg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5731346221919459906" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-BrQlfoGYbyk/UWBYymj2oSI/AAAAAAAACxo/0tTDCS6Mrms/s1600/clovis.jpeg" style="height: 225px; width: 225px;" /></a><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-XGFyMtzAX4o/UVZHBtnG4pI/AAAAAAAAAu0/LpPrhXnUwpk/s320/cowboytwinkies1.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"> <img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5731346211500181186" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-XGFyMtzAX4o/UVZHBtnG4pI/AAAAAAAAAu0/LpPrhXnUwpk/s320/cowboytwinkies1.png" style="cursor: pointer; height: 225px; width: 225px;" /></a><br />
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CLOVIS ROBLAINE (Norman, OK)<br />
The following selections taken from:<br />
Clovis Roblaine: The Clovis Roblaine Story LP, No Sweat (00279), 1979<br />
Cowboy Twinkies: Sweaty Betty b/w I'm In Trouble 7", No Sweat (CT-1866), 1975
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Sweaty Betty<br />
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Monster Love<br />
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My Heart<br />
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Dennis Meehan was born in New Hampshire and lived around New England as a kid. He moved to Oklahoma City as a junior in high school and ended up attending the University of Oklahoma in Norman. It was there in the mid 60s that Meehan got his rock n’ roll start playing in surf bands. <br />
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By the early 1970s Meehan became the bass player in singer/songwriter Ray Wylie Hubbard’s group the Cowboy Twinkies. The band was very popular and recorded an album for Reprise in 1975. During the sessions, Meehan was intrigued with the engineering aspect of things and could visualize in his mind how things should be arranged. Having taken on the persona of Clovis Roblaine, Meehan partnered up with Hubbard’s drummer Jimmy Herbst in 1978 to open a recording studio in Norman called No Sweat. Herbst was to be the engineer while Meehan, who idolized Phil Spector, would be the producer. <br />
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Tired of touring, Meehan left the Twinkies to fully concentrate on the studio. Meanwhile, Herbst’s commitment to Hubbard kept him away which forced Meehan to teach himself how to engineer. He practiced working on his own songs and in 1979 collaborated with many local musicians to make an album, <i>The Clovis Roblaine Story</i>. Having only 8 tracks at a time to work with, it was tricky to get everything done because there were so many elements. But in the end Meehan succeeded in piecing together a sound that was the perfect blend of Buddy Holly meets the Wall Of Sound while seamlessly incorporating aspects of power pop, doo wop, surf, country twang, and other genres into the mix. <br />
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500 copies of The Clovis Roblaine Story were pressed on Meehan’s own No Sweat imprint. He had to take out loans to finance the LP and worked three jobs to help pay off the debt. Prior to that, Meehan released the “Sweaty Betty” single on No Sweat. He had wrote and sang lead on the song during his time with the Cowboy Twinkies. They recorded it live to 4-track and spent just $100 total between the recording and manufacturing of the small pressing. Meehan also produced and released records for local groups the Fensics and the Lienke Brothers. <br />
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Meehan eventually moved out to New York with hopes of being an engineer but had no success. Later he tried his luck in LA but found nothing but closed doors. He ended up on a new career path after seeing an ad for a boom operator needed. He worked on six movies his first year and then began mixing sound and working on commercials and documentaries. Establishing himself in Austin, Meehan went back to his roots playing in a surf band called the Plungers who released four CDs before he retired and moved to Vermont. A retrospect of Clovis Roblaine material could be found at <a href="http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/clovisroblaine" target="_blank">CDBaby</a>. <br />
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1A. Elevator<br />
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1B. Crowded Heart<br />
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2A. Too Proud<br />
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2B. She's Mad<br />
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THE TUNES (Topeka, KS)<br />
Elevator EP<br />
Tune's Tunes (D-1100), 1982<br />
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Mike Donoho wanted to play guitar ever since watching the Beatles on the Ed Sullivan Show. He had a pocket transistor radio growing up and absorbed the AM glory of bands like Ohio Express, 1910 Fruitgum Co, Tommy James, Lemon Pipers, and the Archies. He played in a few bands in high school and shortly after graduation hooked up with a booking agency out of Lawrence, KS called American Management Enterprises that booked show bands in the middle half of the U.S. and Canada. <br />
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Mike’s first professional gigs were with Teaser, a group that did sets of 50s, 60s, and 70s music with a girl singer. He later joined a top 40 band called Windfall but by the late 70s his entire outlook on music saw a change. After witnessing the Jam perform live he wanted to match that excitement level. Mike attempted to convert Windfall into a new wave group called the Tunes but the results were not what he hoped for. He then brought in bassist Pat Wempe and with Windfall’s drummer Adam Villialobos, the trio recorded a demo on a Teac 4-track recorder which helped the band garner some work.<br />
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Mike was the only singer and he found it difficult to survive their 3 and 4 hour gigs so he brought in Bryan Darner, an old band-mate from high school who assisted with vocals and harmonies. The new Tunes toured all over the mid-west in a 1964 school bus with Faith Baptist Church painted on the side. After about a year Bryan quit to join the Artists, a Kansas City power pop band that had some money behind them. Back to being a 3-piece, the Tunes recorded a couple more demos but after only a few gigs with that line-up Pat and Mike started looking for other players. <br />
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Much like Mike, Steve Seitz was intrigued by the Beatles on Sullivan and took to playing guitar at a young age. He also had five years of formal piano lessons so when he was working at a liquor store one day and Pat came in mentioning he was looking for a guitar player who could sing and play organ, Steve stepped up to the plate. Putting ads up in music stores and local papers they then found Mark Weolk who took over the drummer’s throne and helped with vocals. <br />
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Topeka was by and large a community that absorbed whatever was popular on the radio and the live music circuit was dominated by cover bands. The Tunes wanted to do their own material so Steve or Mike would write songs and then present their ideas at rehearsals for the rest of the band to work out. The band often had to travel to neighboring Lawrence or Kansas City where original music was more appreciated. This final version of the Tunes played about as much as a local band could play within a hundred mile radius of their home, often doing multiple sets each night. To fill the time they’d often mix their originals alongside covers of modern day bands like the Beat, Romantics, Elvis Costello, and Joe Jackson. They also played their own interpretations of the 60’s British Invasion music they grew up on.<br />
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In 1982, the band had saved up enough money from gigs to go to a professional studio in Kansas City and record four songs. A 7” EP was self-released in an edition of what they recall to be 200 copies. The sleeves were all hand constructed by the band members sitting around the kitchen table of an old Victorian home they all shared at the time. Promo packs were sent out to record labels and booking agents in hopes of scoring a deal but the call never came. Unfortunately, after a few years of building a supportive fanbase, the band was unable to sustain themselves financially and called it quits.<br />
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<a href="http://cheaprewards.net/" target="_blank">Cheap Rewards Records</a> is currently working on an LP collection of the Tunes studio and demo material with a planned release this summer.<br />
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A1. In Your Yard<br />
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A3. The Taung Child<br />
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A4. Water Me Down<br />
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B1. Soda Jerk<br />
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B2. Elevator Ride<br />
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Black Fag (From the Civil Rice LP)<br />
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EINSTEIN'S RICEBOYS (Milwaukee, WI)
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Milk Of Amnesia<br />
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Steve Wahlen grew up in Beaver Dam, WI during the golden age
of the British Invasion. He got his musical start in a high school cover band
that jammed Savoy Brown tunes and “Smoke On The Water” before absorbing the
sounds of the Stooges, Velvet Underground, Joy Division, and Throbbing Gristle. He
began school at the University of Wisconsin in Madison
in 1977 when punk was first making its way to the state. He got to see the
Ramones and the Jam and knew that’s what he wanted to do.</div>
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Sheldon and Todd Rusch grew up in Wauwatosa, the children of a sports coach. A
neighbor turned them onto jazz at an early age. Todd would lock himself in the
basement after school for hours on end practicing playing. The brothers ended up moving to Madison to attend school at UW where Todd shared a dorm with Steve Wahlen. During his
second semester, Todd answered an ad placed by a funk band that was moving to Florida and needing
players. He hooked up with them and relocated to the Keys where he was given a salary
and housing for playing top 40 hits six nights a week. <br />
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Meanwhile, Steve introduced Sheldon to groups like
the Clash and Joy Division. Before long they were writing songs of their own. They started
sending tapes of the music they were creating to Todd and tried to get him to move
back. After over a year of stable employment he finally returned to Wisconsin.</div>
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With Todd in the mix, Sheldon switched from guitar to
keyboards and the three became known as Einstein’s Riceboys. Todd brought experience to the band and played both guitar and bass. Sheldon
had a knack for lyrics and songwriting and Steve hammered the drums and sang. They spent a year endlessly rehearsing and by the time they emerged to play
their first basement show they had developed their own unique sound. </div>
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The band moved to neighboring Milwaukee to join its vibrantly growing scene
after Sheldon finished school. They played 6-10 gigs a month alongside bands
like the <a href="http://cheaprewards.blogspot.com/2011/07/prosecutors-ive-got-message.html" target="_blank">Prosecutors</a> and Oil Tasters. Todd did the legwork of designing posters and plastering them on telephone poles. They were able to save up enough money to
record and self release an album, a feat that none of
the other local groups had managed at that point. Even the most popular bands like the
<a href="http://cheaprewards.blogspot.com/2012/02/shivvers-teen-line.html" target="_blank">Shivvers</a> and <a href="http://cheaprewards.blogspot.com/2011/09/haskels-taking-city-by-storm.html" target="_blank">Haskels </a>only released 7”s, not full length LPs. </div>
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The Riceboys spent a few hours on consecutives days in Breezeway
Studios recording the nine songs that comprised <i>Milk Of Amnesia</i>. They were well
rehearsed and able to do everything in one take, layering all the instruments
and not doing too many overdubs. The 1,000 copies of the album that were
pressed sold out quickly and they started seeing larger crowds at their shows.
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It was decided they needed another member to help fill out
their sound so they asked a high school senior named KT Rusch to join the band.
KT had a wide variety of musical influences. She started playing guitar in middle school but moved over to bass to play in a punky power pop group called the Elevators with her brother. When the Riceboys gave her a copy of <i>Milk Of Amnesia</i> to check out, she loved what she heard and promptly joined
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Todd had made connections in South
Florida with a couple of wealthy brothers who were looking for a
band to test out a new direct-to-digital method of recording using the JVC
DAS-90. The brothers expressed interest in doing the next Riceboys album so the band packed up and drove the van down to
Miami to do a
quick recording session with no overdubs in a practice space. They recorded three
live takes of each song and then chose the best versions to assemble the <i>Civil
Rice</i> LP. After a standard pressing was made, their record label, QL, did a special Japanese virgin
vinyl pressing. They also offered it on chrome and metal cassette as well as compact
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The band stayed in Florida for a while
to showcase their music to a new audience. Clubs wanted them to play three sets a
night so they mixed a wide variety of cover material with their originals including
songs by Gang Of Four, the English Beat, and Devo. They even worked up a ska
version of “Get Off My Cloud” and threw in some Bowie to keep it interesting. The band made their own fanzine called Camp Six and each member had a column. They’d do
reviews and advertise the band. There was a copy machine at the house they were
staying at, so they stapled them together and would drop them at record stores.</div>
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<i>Civil Rice</i> charted on college stations in the summer of 1983,
right around the time the Violent Femmes were breaking into the mainstream. Einstein's Riceboys moved
back to Milwaukee
to see how things were shaping up there. Soon after, Steve broke his arm in an
accident and they had to get another drummer. He continued to sing but the band's progress
was derailed. Soon after, the Riceboys ceased to be.</div>
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B. Torture<br />
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NEMB (Baltimore, MD)<br />
The Middle Room b/w Torture<br />
Green Records, 1981<br />
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Lee Warren grew up in Daytona Beach, FL. His musical taste was highly influenced by the discovery of Alice Cooper and New York Dolls records in the early 70s. From there he got into glitter bands like David Bowie, Roxy Music, and other stuff from England he had read about in the pages of Melody Maker and Rock Scene. <br />
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In 1977, Lee started attending the University of South Florida in Tampa. At the time, southern rock like Lynyrd Skynyrd and Charlie Daniels Band dominated the airwaves and the live club circuit, which he wanted nothing to do with. Fundamentally, he liked the sound of distorted guitar and when he moved to Tampa and found others who shared a common interest, he immediately set out to form a band.<br />
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Lee introduced himself to a student in a dorm hallway who was wearing a Kinks t-shirt. His name was Bill Carey and he had transplanted from Naples, FL to attend school at USF. Bill collected vintage guitars and was a fan of bands like the Velvet Underground, Stooges, NY Dolls, Mott The Hoople, and the early CBGB groups.<br />
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Realizing they were into a lot of the same music, the two started frequenting Mi Backyard, a kind of a redneck bar with a picnic and BBQ area that began having punk nights in the spring of 1978. The first time they went they saw a power pop band called <a href="http://cheaprewards.blogspot.com/2010/06/just-boys-hook-line-and-sink-her_4910.html" target="_blank">Just Boys</a> playing. It was decided that they needed to form their own band.<br />
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They started writing songs together with Lee singing and Bill on guitar. Then they brought in Bill’s girlfriend Joyce who also played guitar. They posted ads on bulletin boards around campus to find other members and met a bass player named David Bowman. They completed the line-up with a 15 year old drummer named Val who was an advanced placement student in college. She had a Mo Tucker sensibility about the way she played minimalist drums without utilizing cymbals. <br />
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They named the band the Art Holes and played their first gig at a rehearsal space rented out by members of a local band called the Jackers. Lee never sang in front of people before and had a bit of stage fright, but they made it through the show and people liked them. The band started getting other gigs around town and neighboring Sarasota. Eventually Allen Esser took Val’s place on drums and gave the band a more powerful sound.<br />
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Lee graduated in 1979 and moved up to Baltimore. Bill and Dave continued playing together in a band called the Jetsons, who later became <a href="http://cheaprewards.blogspot.com/2013/01/stick-figures-crayola-bowling.html" target="_blank">Stick Figures</a>. Meanwhile, Lee began working on songs with a drummer named Rick Sugden, who had coincidentally had a short stint in the Jetsons. In late summer/early fall of 1980, Lee met George Poscover through an ad he'd posted in a record store. Rick sort of drifted away once George came into the picture and since they couldn’t find another drummer, Lee bought a Roland CR-78 rhythm machine.<br />
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Lee called the band Non-Erotic Male Bonding, or NEMB for short, since some club owners objected to the full version of the name. On Saturday April 4, 1981 a Gender-Fuck Party was held where attendees went into a closet where a Bolex film camera was setup with a cable release that advanced the film one frame at a time. On that night a version of NEMB that included Lee, George, and a guitar player named Charles Freeman performed. <br />
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Lee’s old band mates Bill and Dave took a hiatus from Stick Figures and came up to Baltimore in the summer of 1981. They joined Lee and George, who were working on some NEMB demos. The temporary line-up recorded two songs that would be released as NEMB’s sole output in a run of 500 copies. Their version of “The Middle Room” became the soundtrack to the Gender Fuck Party film that had previously been shown without an audio track. Lee and George can be seen in the film between :07 and :14. <br />
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Bill, Dave, and the rest of Stick Figures ended up moving to New York and tried to get something going there. Unfortunately things didn’t pan out and the band soon drifted apart. Lee wanted to move to New York as well which brought an end to NEMB. In February 1982, Lee and Bill along with Rachel Bowman from Stick Figures formed a new band called King Of Culture. They played frequently in New York for a couple years with numerous line-up changes and released a single on Green Records. Not making enough money to sustain themselves, the band eventually split apart. <br />
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A1. N-Light<br />
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A2. Ellis Otivator Dub<br />
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B1. Crayola Bowling<br />
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B2. September<br />
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STICK FIGURES (Tampa, FL)<br />
The Stick Figures EP<br />
Green (2581), 1981<br />
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Sid Dansby moved from Jacksonville to Tampa in 1978 to double
major in engineering and music at the University of South Florida. He grew up playing a wide range of
percussion instruments including tympani, vibes, and xylophone as well as
guitar, violin, and piano. His brother Robert, who was an art major at the same
college, picked up violin at an early age and played drums. Their school introduced
them to multi-track recording and synths as their musical influences gravitated
towards the glam sounds of the New York Dolls, Bowie and the unique compositions
of Soft Machine, King Crimson, Zappa and Beefheart. <br />
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During their first year at USF, the Dansby brothers met Dave Bowman, Bill
Carey, and Lee Warren who were in a band called the Art Holes. That band ended the following year when Lee graduated and moved up to Baltimore. Sid and Dave then discussed starting a new project to make music
unlike anything else they were hearing. They brought in Bill Carey as well as
Dave’s sister Rachel. After trying out a few different drummers, Sid's brother Robert became
the permanent choice.<br />
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The new band was coined the Jetsons and they played around the Tampa area frequently. There
was a very vibrant music scene happening there with a myriad of venue options.
The band developed a strong following working clubs like the Buffalo Roadhouse,
Ms. Lucky’s, and Mi Backyard 2-3 times per month. They even played sets before films like
Eraserhead that were being shown on campus. <br />
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Everyone in the band was proficient at multiple instruments so they often
switched things around. They all came up with general ideas for songs and
typically they’d work them into complete compositions together. The band primarily played original
material but they’d throw in maybe one Iggy, Roxy Music, or Jonathan Richman
song per performance. After a while they decided to change their name to Stick
Figures.<br />
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The band earned enough money from gigging to go in a studio on Davis Island
in the middle of the night and quickly lay down the tracks for a four song EP. Community radio station WMNF was a big supporter of the local music scene and one of the station’s
DJs named Pam Wiener became the Stick Figures manager. She also helped them release their 7".<br />
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Each member
designed their own unique sleeve and then ran off copies on a Xerox machine before getting together to stuff the records into the sleeves. They received airplay on not only local stations, but even
John Peel played Stick Figures on the BBC in England. In fact, the band was picked up by UK
indie label Glass Records and were supposed to put out a record with them.<br />
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In 1981 the
band set out for New York in hopes of finding a broader audience. They continued to be prolific, churning out two or three new songs every week and amassing a repertoire upwards of a couple hundred
original songs, but they didn't play out much. After recording most of an album, the
struggle to survive in the big city proved too much and things fell apart.<br />
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Stick Figures played their finals gigs in Atlanta, back to back nights supporting the Fall and Lounge Lizards. <br />
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Cheap Rewardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12732283184857361245noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3251579581658663165.post-39850674505938045752013-01-17T16:59:00.001-08:002013-01-17T17:08:18.702-08:00Menlo Park - My Heart<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-9s5PsBsHej4/UPigQdc77GI/AAAAAAAACfg/TDzYbo1QM1M/s1600/menlo1.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5731346221919459906" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-9s5PsBsHej4/UPigQdc77GI/AAAAAAAACfg/TDzYbo1QM1M/s1600/menlo1.png" style="height: 225px; width: 225px;" /></a><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-YfykDZpBKLY/UOuHVgXSSuI/AAAAAAAACbM/7d_lQfz7E1o/s1600/menlopark2.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"> <img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5731346211500181186" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-YfykDZpBKLY/UOuHVgXSSuI/AAAAAAAACbM/7d_lQfz7E1o/s1600/menlopark2.png" style="cursor: pointer; height: 225px; width: 225px;" /></a><br />
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My Heart<br />
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Wrong Side Of A Gun<br />
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MENLO PARK (Ashland, KY)<br />
My Heart b/w Wrong Side Of A Gun<br />
Wrong Planet (103260), 1980<br />
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Growing up in the late 50s and early 60s, Mike Fitzpatrick was exposed to a lot of different styles of music. He picked up a guitar at an early age and by the sixth grade had formed his first band, the LTDs. By high school, he was playing in a band called the SoundWave with Gary Kesling on drums. Mike and Gary continued playing together for many years through various incarnations. By the mid 1970s, they were going by the name Lather.<br />
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A seasoned guitar player named Ed Fields was asked to join them on bass. Ed grew up watching American Bandstand and listening to AM stations on the transistor radio his mom got him when he was eight. He first met Mike at the Boys Club in Westwood, a suburb of Ashland, KY where every Saturday night there was a dance. Instead of chasing girls, the two watched the bands that played and intently studied their techniques. <br />
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By 1979, Mike and Ed were ready to try something new. Fully aware of the new wave crave, they wanted to put a fresh spin on the 60s music they had been playing for so long. They began working together on original songs and brought Gary back in on drums. They recruited a bassist named Dave Copley, who had played in a metal band called Shotgun with Ed back in '74. They concentrated on writing catchy pop songs, giving extreme attention to the vocal harmonies.<br />
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Since there were few bars and school dances to showcase their music in Ashland, the band often ventured out to Huntington, WV, just across the state line. They had come up with between 30 and 40 original songs but still had to incorporate some covers into their set to appease the crowds. They did material by the Beatles, Kinks, Zombies and other British Invasion acts as well as contemporary groups such as Elvis Costello, the Clash, the Police, Shoes and even Devo.<br />
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Menlo Park, named after the research lab where Edison invented the phonograph, went to the Recording Workshop in Chillicothe, OH in May 1980 to lay down two tracks, “My Heart” and “Wrong Side Of A Gun.” The songs were engineered and mixed by staff instructors at the school and since the band was so well rehearsed, they finished up in a single evening. Using funds they earned from playing gigs, Menlo Park released the songs as a single on their own Wrong Planet imprint in a tiny pressing, which they recollect being only 100-200 copies. Despite the optimistic "First Pressing" notation on the center labels, another batch was never made. <br />
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For the next two years, Menlo Park became the regular band for student practice sessions at the Recording Workshop, which was located about an hour and a half from their home town. They were there every six weeks. One of the songs they recorded there, "Run And Run," won a talent contest from a radio station out of Huntington, WV. The band was given studio time to re-recorded the song in a Huntington studio and then it was included on a WKEE compilation album that was released in 1981. The song was played on the air just one time at two in the morning. <br />
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In January of 1982, the Recording Workshop released their own compilation album featuring three of the bands that recorded there the summer before. Five Menlo Park tracks were included on that record. Not long after, Gary left the band and they went through a couple different drummers before Ed departed as well. In 1986 Mike and Gary reunited to form a new band called the Return. Several years later, Dave joined them and the band is still going strong to this day.<br />
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Cheap Rewardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12732283184857361245noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3251579581658663165.post-40964520146392979222013-01-01T10:00:00.000-08:002013-02-28T07:46:36.001-08:00The Cyberphonics - Losers<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-pJJIruLdIz4/UOMXFmy4kHI/AAAAAAAACUg/IbJ5HbngmmY/s1600/cyberphonics1.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5731346221919459906" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-pJJIruLdIz4/UOMXFmy4kHI/AAAAAAAACUg/IbJ5HbngmmY/s1600/cyberphonics1.jpg" style="height: 225px; width: 225px;" /></a><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-P_kRWcWyVrI/UOMXEFRPJDI/AAAAAAAACUY/OoFHaK19c4Y/s1600/cyberphonics2.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"> <img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5731346211500181186" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-P_kRWcWyVrI/UOMXEFRPJDI/AAAAAAAACUY/OoFHaK19c4Y/s1600/cyberphonics2.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; height: 225px; width: 225px;" /></a><br />
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A. Losers<br />
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B. All The Time<br />
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THE CYBERPHONICS (Irving, TX)<br />
Losers b/w All The Time<br />
Cyberecords (CYB 1001/1002), 1981
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1979 saw the birth of a new Dallas-area band called The Cyberphonics. Drummer Paul Cox and guitar/keyboardist Mike Pierce began collaborating and then recruited their friend Steve Mentzer on guitar and Paul’s brother Glenn on bass. All self-taught musicians, they focused on writing original material.<br />
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Their first gig was part of a multiple band bill on March 14, 1980 called “Stars Over Texas,” which included The Telefones, The Doo, Quad Pi, Teenage Queers, and others. Glenn worked as a delivery driver for a local company and struck up a conversation about music with a dock worker named Scott Light. After mentioning the band, Scott asked if he could try out and soon landed the job as lead singer. The five-piece Cyberphonics began playing at punk and new wave spots like the Hot Klub and Metamorphosis.<br />
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In 1981, they went to Crystal Clear Studios in Dallas and self financed a quick session that produced two songs, “Losers” and “All The Time.” It took them several more months to come up with the funds to get records pressed. Paul worked in an office supply store so he was able to print the foldover covers and lyric inserts there. He also cut over-sized manila envelopes to house the sleeves and records in a promo package with rubber stamps on the front. Most of the promo packs were sent to labels or radio stations while the rest of the copies were given away to fans.<br />
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The band rehearsed five nights a week for hours on end. Tensions began to grow within the band and it was decided to move forward without Mike Pierce. They replaced him with guitarist/songwriter John Churchill who Scott knew from Jr. High. Scott moved over to keyboards and did some guitar parts while he and John shared lead vocals. They changed the name of the band to The Look but that only lasted for a single gig and then they played a couple more shows as The Nu-5. Ultimately, it was decided they could only be known as The Cyberphonics and they changed the name back again.<br />
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They acquired talent and business manager Bruce Stover & Associates and he took the band into the studio to record a four-song demo to shop to record companies. BSA told the band not to worry about gigs and concentrate on writing songs. Management eventually took the band to Los Angeles to play Madame Wongs in China Town, Gazzari’s on the Sunset strip, and the legendary Troubadour. On two separate occasions, the band opened for the Romantics. They even got their music to a rep at Geffen, but still, they never got their big break.<br />
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The band continued to practice but rarely played in public. BSA took the band into the studio three other times to record more demos, but no other records were released and no major labels came knocking. In 1984, BSA told the band the drumming was the reason they didn’t have a record contract so Paul was fired and replaced by David Lee. The chemistry was lost. John went back to school and before long the band had fully run its course.<br />
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Cheap Rewardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12732283184857361245noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3251579581658663165.post-35798535795576324202012-12-14T07:36:00.001-08:002013-04-03T11:15:32.202-07:00Von Beat - Nuke Wave Music<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6AefpbQ7Xks/UMoakSSBi7I/AAAAAAAAAno/qdr2C4miaTU/s1600/vonbeat1.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5731346221919459906" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6AefpbQ7Xks/UMoakSSBi7I/AAAAAAAAAno/qdr2C4miaTU/s1600/vonbeat1.png" style="height: 225px; width: 225px;" /></a><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-WElgP1QODCo/UMoalaHlloI/AAAAAAAAAnw/ggTDmeSCCSc/s1600/vonbeat2.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"> <img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5731346211500181186" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-WElgP1QODCo/UMoalaHlloI/AAAAAAAAAnw/ggTDmeSCCSc/s1600/vonbeat2.png" style="cursor: pointer; height: 225px; width: 225px;" /></a><br />
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A. Synthetic Environment<br />
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B. Of Course I Care<br />
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VON BEAT (Fort Worth, TX)<br />
Synthetic Environment b/w Of Course I Care<br />
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Vaughan Bean joined Ralph Williams, Ray Kalvitz and Mike Winter at the start of 1980 to form the <a href="http://cheaprewards.blogspot.com/2012/12/the-ralphs-teddy-boy.html" target="_blank">Ralphs</a>. The band played many shows, did some recordings and even made it out to the west coast where they were able to get their demo played on the “new music” program on KROQ. But before the band released their sole single, Vaughan and Ray left and formed the Gigolos with Michael Gilbertson and Pat Conley, who had both been playing in a band called the Untouchables. Prior to that, Michael was in Blindate, a band that was featured on the <i>Are We Too Late For The Trend</i> compilation, and Pat had played in both <a href="http://cheaprewards.blogspot.com/2012/04/dot-vaeth-group-white-collar-worker.html" target="_blank">Dot Vaeth Group</a> and Blindate.<br />
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Vaughan was the original drummer for the Ralphs and wrote a couple of their songs. Being a multi-instrumentalist, he wished to do a solo project and release a couple of his new songs, “Synthetic Environment” and “Of Course I Care.” Enlisting the help of John Siebman and David Daniels from the Ft Worth Cats, the single was released under the pseudonym, Von Beat. Vaughan played guitar, bass, drums, synthesizers and did backing vocals on the session while John, who used the stage name Monte Cyclops, handled lead vocals and Farfisa organ. David contributed backing vocals and was credited as Kid on the sleeve.<br />
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The Fort Worth Cats and Ralphs had releases on VVV Records, a cooperative label formed by <a href="http://cheaprewards.blogspot.com/2009/07/ncm-ultimate-orgasm_4816.html" target="_blank">NCM</a>’s Neal Caldwell. Vaughan’s association with them assured the Von Beat single a VVV release. The 7”, entitled <i>Nuke Wave Music</i>, was pressed in small numbers in 1981 and housed in a foldover sleeve. The session was recorded quickly at a 24 track studio in Dallas called TRAX and engineered by Bob Hickey, who had toured with many nationally known acts and later worked with Pink Floyd. Vaughan produced the record.<br />
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The single made its way into the jukeboxes of local clubs and saw airplay on KZEW, but never saw wide distribution. Vaughan never intended for that project to be an active unit or play shows. Instead, he focused his attention on the Gigolos who built a following around the Dallas and Fort Worth area for the next couple years. By 1984, he started going in a more blues direction. Today he is a member of the Nostradamus Society of America and has three books published under the name Victor Baines.<br />
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A. Teddy Boy<br />
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Z. Mutating Man
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THE RALPHS (Ft Worth, TX)<br />
Teddy Boy b/w Mutating Man<br />
VVV (011), 1982<br />
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When the Dallas/Ft Worth punk scene began taking shape, Ralph Williams would often go see his friend Michael Neal’s band the Fort Worth Cats play. They would sometimes call Ralph on stage to sing a David Byrne or Elvis Costello song with them. Michael knew Ralph wanted to get his own band started, so he introduced him to a guitar player named Ray Kalvitz and then bassist Mike Winter who had moved down from Ohio to go to music school at North Texas State. With a drummer named Vaughan Bean added to the mix from an ad he posted in the paper looking to form an all original band, the Ralphs had their first practice on New Years day, 1980.<br />
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Ralph had grown up on blues music which is what got him started playing guitar. But for this, his first band, Ralph transitioned into learning synth and only played guitar on some of the songs. He wrote the majority of the bands original material, though Ray and Vaughan also contributed some compositions. The band worked a couple covers like “Jail Guitar Doors” by the Clash or “You Drive Me Ape” from the Dickies into their set as well.<br />
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The Ralphs became an active live unit, regularly playing local spots like the Hot Klub, Zeros and DJs, while occasionally venturing down to Raul’s and other clubs in Austin. They even made it out to Los Angeles once where they played the Hong Kong Cafe. While in LA, they got Rodney Bingenheimer to play their demo tape on the air during his Rodney on the Roq show.<br />
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The owners of a venue in Ft Worth called the Speakeasy caught wind of the Ralphs and approached them about doing a regular Wednesday punk rock night. They came up with a scheme and instead of being billed as the Ralphs, they'd play in disguise as the Hoods. The band went on stage wearing fabric hoods with holes for eyes and did their bit. Vaughan thought it was a crazy idea, refused to continue the act, and quit. Ray lasted two weeks as a Hood and then quit as well. The two of them then formed a new group called the Gigolos. Meanwhile, the Townsend brothers, David and Doug, who had previously played in the <a href="http://cheaprewards.blogspot.com/2012/04/dot-vaeth-group-white-collar-worker.html" target="_blank">Dot Vaeth Group</a> and Superman's Girlfriend came in to fill the vacant spots so the Ralphs could continue.<br />
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Ralph had a little recording experience. Following an accident on his construction job in the seventies where he broke his ankle, he wanted to pick up a new trade and went to recording school. He never pursued it as a career, but after sharing a couple gigs with a fresh young group called the <a href="http://cheaprewards.blogspot.com/2012/11/the-ejectors-hydro-head.html" target="_blank">Ejectors</a>, he offered to produce a record for them which they readily accepted. The resulting “Hydro-Head” single was released on VVV Records.<br />
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The small independent label, which was an offshoot of the VVV record store, was owned by Neal Caldwell of <a href="http://cheaprewards.blogspot.com/2009/07/ncm-ultimate-orgasm_4816.html" target="_blank">NCM</a>. Ralph shopped at the store from its inception in 1979, so when it was time to do a Ralphs single at the end of '81, he naturally asked Neal if it could be released on his label. 500 copies of the record were pressed on VVV but it got a lukewarm reception. Two more songs were recorded during the same session and were slated to be released as a follow-up single, but the finances weren’t there and it never made it past a few test press copies in September '82.<br />
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Ralph took on a job as an employee in a vintage clothing boutique. He started focusing more of his attention into that and eventually the band dissolved. By 1984 he had relocated to England and opened up his own clothing store, achieving much success over there for the better part of a decade. Ralph is now living back in Texas and is still operating his own store, Hollywood 5 & Dime. <br />
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David had a stint in the Barry Kooda Combo before focusing on his family life. His brother Doug passed away in 2006. Vaughan took on the identity of Von Beat and released a solo single on VVV in '81. He's still playing music but mostly in blues bands. <br />
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The Ralphs have played a couple reunion gigs over the years. Their other vinyl offerings include “Drug Induced State” on the <i>Live At The Hot Klub</i> LP and then “Neurotic” on 2006’s <i>Staring Down The Barrel</i> compilation. The same year, Existential Vacuum released an entire album of Ralphs material entitled <i>Zeros - No Ones</i> which has early recordings from the original line-up.<br />
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It's interesting to note that despite the <i>Teddy Boy</i> single having a 1980 date on the label, test pressings for the record are dated 12/1/81. Also, the proposed second <i>Neurotic </i>single, which is dated 9/3/82 on the test pressing was given the same catalog number as <i>Teddy Boy</i>: VVV-011.<br />
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A. Hydro-Head<br />
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B. Little Johnny<br />
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THE EJECTORS (Ft Worth, TX)<br />
Hydro-Head b/w Little Johnny<br />
VVV (VVV-005), 1981 <br />
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By 1980, the Dallas/Fort Worth area punk scene
was in full swing. Early pioneers the <a href="http://cheaprewards.blogspot.com/2011/06/nervebreakers-hijack-radio.html" target="_blank">Nervebreakers</a>, <a href="http://cheaprewards.blogspot.com/2012/04/dot-vaeth-group-white-collar-worker.html" target="_blank">Dot Vaeth Group</a>, and Vomit
Pigs helped paved the way for the next wave of bands that included the
Telefones, <a href="http://cheaprewards.blogspot.com/2012/12/the-ralphs-teddy-boy.html" target="_blank">Ralphs</a>, Teenage Queers, <a href="http://cheaprewards.blogspot.com/2009/07/ncm-ultimate-orgasm_4816.html" target="_blank">NCM</a>, and the Fort Worth Cats. A new group
called the Ejectors sprung into action after its core members spent their
teenage nights sneaking into clubs like Zeros and the Hot Klub to see these
bands perform.
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The Ejectors began rehearsing at guitar player
Scott Pausel’s house. Ashley Parrish took on lead guitar, while
Richard Dotson played bass and Lance Fuller attempted to play the drums. It was
quickly apparent that Lance wasn’t suited for drums, so he stepped down as
musician. However, he did remain close to the band thereafter, taking on duties such as roadie.
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The boys knew Scott Tuomey from growing up in the same neighborhood
and after hearing him sing along to music at a house party, they invited him to
join the band. Completing the line-up was Fred West who was one year older than
the others. He responded to a flyer his girlfriend had picked up at a record
shop stating a punk band was looking for a drummer. Figuring it would be a fun
experience, Fred tried out and immediately hit it off with the other guys.
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The songwriting process was pretty lax. Sometimes Richard
would come up with a bass line, then Fred would play a rockin’ beat and the
rest of the band would contribute ideas. Other times someone would come to the
table with a more refined idea for a song and the others would help with the finishing touches.
The one thing that remained a constant was the use of humorous lyrics.
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The Ejectors played on a regular basis for a two year period
at the Speakeasy, Hot Klub, Metamorphosis and other clubs that catered to punk
around Dallas and Fort Worth. Realizing they could earn much
more money playing cover tunes at dances, they spent many nights working that
market as well. The band came up with a repertoire of around 70 cover songs
that they’d showcase at private parties, school functions and even country
clubs. Keeping things up tempo and with a lot of angst and distortion, the
musical style ran the gamut of Stones and Kinks classics to the punk stylings
of the Clash and Sex Pistols. They even had three female guest vocalists sing
on B-52s songs with them.
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When playing regular club gigs they’d often share the stage
with the Ralphs and Fort Worth Cats, two bands that were a little older and
more established, but treated them as equals. In fact, when Cats
drummer Johnny Willett was unavailable for gigs, they’d often ask Fred to fill
in. After the Ejectors built a solid local following and decided it was
time to record a single, it was Ralph Williams of the Ralphs who produced their
record.
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“Hydro-Head” and “Little Johnny” were recorded quickly in a
studio called Rainbow Sound that was primarily used for Christian music. When finished,
they presented the songs to Neal Caldwell for possible inclusion on his VVV imprint.
The VVV record label was originally created by Neal in order to release singles
for his own bands, the Schematics and later NCM, though he did allow other
bands to use the namesake to help give the scene solidarity. Neal agreed to let
the Ejectors use the VVV seal of approval and ultimately the name recognition gave
the band opportunities to play with other more established groups.
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The guys had to vote to decide which track to call the
A-side of the single and “Hydro-Head” came out the winner. They initially pressed
1,200 copies of the record and it sold out immediately. So another larger batch
of 1,300 was printed up and moved quickly as well. Besides giving a ton away to
friends, the single sold extremely well at parties, private functions and
through the dozen or so shops like VVV and Peaches that they dropped them off
at.
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Shortly after the release of the single, Scott Pausel left
the band and they continued on as a four piece. They recorded an album’s
worth of material but never got around to releasing it. By 1982 the scene was
headed in a different direction and the boys agreed they had fun while it
lasted but it was time to call it quits and concentrate on school.
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They all earned degrees in their chosen fields with Scott
Tuomey becoming a high school teacher and Ashley becoming an attorney. Richard
works in IT, while Scott Pausel is a regional sales manager and Fred works in
the travel industry and is an investor.
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Although the band only released the one single, the Ejectors
could be heard on several other records. The <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Live At The Hot Klub</i> LP features the song “Fade With The Summer.” “Hydro-Head” was later featured on the 1992 compilation album, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Bloodstains Across Texas</i>. The same year, George Gimarc’s <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Tales From The Edge, Vol</i> 6 CD included
an unreleased Ejectors song called “George Jetson.” A year after that, EV
Records released the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Sacred Cattle</i> EP
with yet another unreleased track, “Slam Dance.” Things were quiet for a while
until 2006 when Italian label Rave-Up Records had the band dig up the original
master tapes of their unreleased album. After nearly 25 years of sitting in a
closet, those songs finally saw the light of day.<br />
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Cheap Rewardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12732283184857361245noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3251579581658663165.post-87322976899746634842012-11-12T09:52:00.002-08:002013-07-31T13:39:52.863-07:00Boy Elroy & The Jetsons - Don't Know Why<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-C5_VXE_9uMQ/UKEu_vArilI/AAAAAAAAAks/zeTSHumbbnQ/s1600/boyelroy1.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5731346221919459906" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-C5_VXE_9uMQ/UKEu_vArilI/AAAAAAAAAks/zeTSHumbbnQ/s1600/boyelroy1.png" style="height: 225px; width: 225px;" /></a><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Uhnx6i8R-Sc/UKEvA-DkhXI/AAAAAAAAAk0/2njqqUtVn2I/s1600/boyelroy2.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"> <img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5731346211500181186" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Uhnx6i8R-Sc/UKEvA-DkhXI/AAAAAAAAAk0/2njqqUtVn2I/s1600/boyelroy2.png" style="cursor: pointer; height: 225px; width: 225px;" /></a><br />
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A. Don't Know Why
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B. Before I Go
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BOY ELROY & THE JETSONS (Gainesville, FL)<br />
Don't Know Why b/w Before I Go<br />
Astro Productions (SO 17381), 1983
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Mark Mann and his brother Chas grew up in a ski resort area of New Jersey before their parents moved the family to Largo, FL. The two had played music together since they were young and in 1980 both made their way to Gainesville where Chas began attending school at the University of Florida. The area provided a healthy environment for original bands because there were so many places to perform and record.<br />
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Boy Elroy and the Jetsons started with Mark (who took on the persona of Boy Elroy) on lead guitar and vocals, Chas on drums, and Rick Shafer on bass. Rick worked at a local music store where Mark and Chas would hang out. They told him about their plans to form a band and asked if he was interested in joining. The three of them began rehearsing together after that and eventually brought in a UF student named Martin Gold who added lead and rhythm guitar.<br />
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They were all into guitar-based rock like Cheap Trick and Tom Petty. The band worked up a large catalog of original songs to mix in with the requisite covers that got them gigs. Most clubs didn't want bands playing original material so when they'd send a song list out to the places they wanted to play, they'd load it with covers and only mention a few originals to secure themselves a slot. Once they took stage, they’d sneak in as many of their own songs as they could. The band utilized the fact that there were five big clubs in town along with a bunch of smaller venues to ensure they were gigging every weekend. Of course they played plenty of fraternity parties as well. <br />
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The original line-up of Boy Elroy and the Jetsons released just one self-financed 7" single designed as a promotional tool to help them get signed to a record deal and go on tour. It was recorded in a couple days by Bob McPeek who owned Mirror Image, the premier recording studio in Gainesville. The songs were mastered and pressed in Nashville in a limited run and the single disappeared quickly. Boy Elroy and the Jetsons received radio play on local Rock 104 which helped them build a great following. The band even had the opportunity to play in front of 70,000 people at the 1983 Gator Growl, which is the pep rally for the start of the football season. Still, a major record deal never came their way. <br />
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In August of 1983, Rick and Martin were replaced by Fritz Godin and Reb Field. The new incarnation recorded one more song with Bob McPeek, "Silver Sweater," which they contributed to the <i>Sink Hole Tapes</i> compilation album. In the end, the band was barely making enough money to sustain itself and when other opportunities to make real money came along, everyone went their separate ways. <br />
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Martin went on to become an architect and is currently the director of the School of Architecture at the University of Florida and is playing in two music projects. Rick went on to open his own music store and now has his own sound and lighting company. Chas is a big time executive working with companies like Disney, Paramount Studios, and Starbucks. Mark is still playing music full time in Florida as a solo act.<br />
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Cheap Rewardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12732283184857361245noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3251579581658663165.post-32436122034056744302012-10-20T02:22:00.001-07:002013-08-08T15:57:43.116-07:00Futurisk - Army Now<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jiLdkIDl9R0/UIJpw9NvBHI/AAAAAAAACMA/TbIvL9D7wbk/s1600/futurisk_front.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5731346221919459906" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jiLdkIDl9R0/UIJpw9NvBHI/AAAAAAAACMA/TbIvL9D7wbk/s320/futurisk_front.png" style="height: 225px; width: 225px;" /></a><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-_fNBPofkKRk/UIJsZvW9f8I/AAAAAAAACM8/YPgKq_oDgYs/s1600/futurisk_back.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"> <img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5731346211500181186" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-_fNBPofkKRk/UIJsZvW9f8I/AAAAAAAACM8/YPgKq_oDgYs/s320/futurisk_back.png" style="cursor: pointer; height: 225px; width: 225px;" /></a><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-gfduozHBau8/US0JKgN3mvI/AAAAAAAACts/-JGkNc_bicg/s320/futurisk_insert1.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5731346221919459906" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-gfduozHBau8/US0JKgN3mvI/AAAAAAAACts/-JGkNc_bicg/s320/futurisk_insert1.png" style="height: 225px; width: 225px;" /></a><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-uFmty7L0qCY/US0JKXfMKDI/AAAAAAAACto/rJxzuhazMsw/s1600/futurisk_insert2.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"> <img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5731346211500181186" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-uFmty7L0qCY/US0JKXfMKDI/AAAAAAAACto/rJxzuhazMsw/s1600/futurisk_insert2.png" style="cursor: pointer; height: 225px; width: 225px;" /></a><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Ak8KPyFu3Bk/UIJqQCPtrXI/AAAAAAAACMQ/6k5g6t9VCL4/s1600/Untitled-2.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5731346208681994258" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Ak8KPyFu3Bk/UIJqQCPtrXI/AAAAAAAACMQ/6k5g6t9VCL4/s320/Untitled-2.png" style="cursor: pointer; height: 225px; width: 225px;" /></a><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-j5O_I_3hfC4/UIJqPE2U0-I/AAAAAAAACMI/f_A6l6BhKyg/s1600/Untitled-1.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"> <img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5731346201408215218" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-j5O_I_3hfC4/UIJqPE2U0-I/AAAAAAAACMI/f_A6l6BhKyg/s320/Untitled-1.png" style="cursor: pointer; height: 225px; width: 225px;" /></a><br />
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A. Army Now<br />
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B. What We Have To Have<br />
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FUTURISK (Lighthouse Point, FL)<br />
Army Now b/w What We Have To Have<br />
Clark Humphrey (008072), 1980<br />
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Growing up in England in the 60s, some of the earliest music that stood out to Jeremy Kolosine was the later era Beatles, the Tornadoes "Telstar" single, the Dr. Who theme, and the Clockwork Orange soundtrack. Around 11 years old he started buying cassettes and getting into prog and electronic music, but it was David Bowie and Roxy Music that had the most profound impact on him. In fact, Jeremy got to see the first show of Bowie's <i>Aladdin Sane</i> tour shortly before his parents moved the family to South Florida.<br />
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Jeremy was 13 when he came to the United States and he was already pretty much only interested in music, but his new locale had little to offer him besides Southern Rock. At 14 Jeremy got his first cheapy acoustic guitar and taught himself by playing along to Cat Stevens, Leonard Cohen and Bowie. When he discovered punk and new wave around ‘77, it was bands like Devo, Pere Ubu, Contortions, PiL, Ultravox, Wire & XTC that he gravitated to. He soon got his 1st kit-built synth and started learning keyboards and patching.<br />
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Late in 1978, after picking up a copy of local punk zine, Mouth Of The Rat, Jeremy discovered that there actually was a punk scene happening in South Florida. He went to see the Eat, Cichlids and other new bands that were playing in the area. Jeremy and high school friend Frank Lardino started their own band called Art Decadence that played covers of the stuff they liked such as Devo, Roxy Music, Sex Pistols, Hawkwind & the Rolling Stones, but doing them all in a way that sounded like the Stooges.<br />
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Then in ‘79 Jeremy started playing solo experimental performances with guitar, synth and drum-machine using the name Clark Humphrey & Futurisk. Clark Humphrey was the human, and Futurisk the machine. Later that year Jeremy won recording time at Audio Image Studio in Pompano from a competition in an artzine out of Wilton Manors called Florida Arts Gazette. With six hours to record and mix, Jeremy did the vocals, guitar, synth and electric mandolin. He also brought in Frank Lardino to play synth and a drummer named Jack Howard that they found from a bulletin board at the local music store.<br />
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They decided on simply "Futurisk" for the band name and with the prize money Jeremy received from the Arts Gazette competition, he was able to release the two songs “Army Now” and “What We Have To Have” as a limited run 7” in 1980 on his own Clark Humphrey imprint. The record came with an oversized picture sleeve and double-sided lyric insert. The new three-piece band continued rehearsing together after the recording session and even brought in a bass player named Jeff Marcus. They worked up a great live show and started playing out which enabled them to sell out of the single within a few short months.<br />
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A couple more line-up changes ensued until 1981 when Jeremy finally decided to go all synth with real drums. For the first couple of years Jeremy had written all the songs on guitar, but after he got a Sequencial Circuits Pro-One with a sequencer, most of the songs would be based on synth parts first. He kept Jack on drums and recruited synth prodigy Richard Hess to replace Frank, who then went on to play in Radio Berlin.<br />
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Besides their original music, Futurisk also interspersed covers from bands like Depeche Mode, early Ultravox, OMD, Our Daughters Wedding and DAF into their set. They deliberately tried to set themselves apart from the local punk
scene that still bristled at the sound of a synth or drum-machine.Their following mostly consisted of a disjointed art crowd and because there were always different clubs opening and then closing a month later, they had to set up their own shows, sometimes playing on roof tops. <br />
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In 1982 the band did a batch of recordings on Richard's Porta-Studio-1 4-track cassette recorder, also known as the "Futurisk Mobile Unit." They wanted their next record to sound like Moroder's production on Spark's "Number One In Heaven," but weren't entirely sure how to make it happen. Richard figured out how they could use sync-pulse on tape along with a trigger click-track so they could sync up sequencers and drum machines on tape. They placed Jack's oversized Tama drums in the bathroom to try and get a natural distortion and gated echo like they heard on Bowie's "Low."<br />
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From the money they received from the sales of the "Army Now" single, Futurisk was able to release their next record, the <i>Player Piano</i> <i>EP</i> in a larger run than the prior release. This one was a five song 7" that played at 33 1/3 RPM. It sold out in about 18 months after having received acclaim in the Sun-Sentinel and other local media. They got interviews and play on most of the college and some mainstream rock stations and even got a couple of videos out of appearances on local TV shows.<br />
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The band did one more recording session at Ocean Sound in 1982 but never released the material. In late '83 Jack ended up moving. Jeremy and Richard did a couple of shows with drum-machine but since the rest of the local scene appeared to be dissolving and they’d already accomplished what they set out to do, they simply stopped.<br />
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Drummer Jack Howard went on to become a well-known Elvis impersonator and is featured in the book "I Elvis" and in the movie "The Burger and the King". Richard works on refurbishment of synths as well as musical projects.
Jeremy kept doing music in various projects, most recently Receptors and 8-Bit Operators, which he also produces.<br />
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In 2010, Minimal Wave Records released the <i>Player Piano</i> LP which was a collection of all the songs form the band’s two 7” releases as well as songs from the unheard Ocean Sound sessions.<br />
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Cheap Rewardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12732283184857361245noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3251579581658663165.post-75512498672805762282012-09-27T14:22:00.000-07:002013-05-27T18:18:32.138-07:00Terminal Mind - I Want To Die Young<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-rQqV3R63pJo/T4nVBdpJWkI/AAAAAAAABjA/JYX63DsUTEM/s1600/terminalmindfront.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5731346221919459906" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-rQqV3R63pJo/T4nVBdpJWkI/AAAAAAAABjA/JYX63DsUTEM/s320/terminalmindfront.png" style="cursor: pointer; height: 225px; width: 225px;" /></a><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/--u8BXFLnq-4/T4nVA20_xsI/AAAAAAAABi4/MJag9EKx1U4/s1600/terminalmindback.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"> <img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5731346211500181186" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/--u8BXFLnq-4/T4nVA20_xsI/AAAAAAAABi4/MJag9EKx1U4/s320/terminalmindback.png" style="cursor: pointer; height: 225px; width: 225px;" /></a><br />
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A1. I Want To Die Young<br />
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A2. Refugee<br />
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B1. Sense Of Rhythm<br />
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B2. Zombieland<br />
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TERMINAL MIND (Austin, TX)<br />
I Want To Die Young EP<br />
No Records (TM-1), 1979<br />
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Steve Marsh was introduced to brothers Greg and Doug Murray in early 1978 at a party. After discovering the twins had been playing guitar and drums for a while, Steve, who had previously only played piano and guitar, picked up a borrowed bass so they could start a band. At the time, Steve was a big fan of glam music while the Murray's leaned more towards Led Zeppelin and prog rock. In fact, the earliest carnation of the band was called Red, named after a King Crimson instrumental that they were covering.<br />
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The band played their first gig at the Texas Union Ballroom on October 10th with <a href="http://cheaprewards.blogspot.com/2012/01/huns-busy-kids.html">The Huns</a>. The show also marked the debut of <a href="http://cheaprewards.blogspot.com/2011/04/standing-waves-early-warning-ep.html">Standing Waves</a> (who were billed as Latent Homos). The name Red only lasted a few shows before Greg came up with the name Diamond Mind, which Steve promptly altered to Terminal Mind.<br />
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They developed an energetic stage show, which later incorporated props and other entertaining tactics. During one show at Raul's, they had all their friends lend them television sets which they lined up along the stage. Killing all the lights in the room, they set the TVs to test patterns to illuminate the stage.<br />
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Besides Raul's, they played all the usual spots around Austin (Duke's, Club Foot, Continental, etc) and sometimes ventured into Dallas, as well as Houston on occasion. By late 1979, they made it into a studio to recorded four songs, which they self released on a 7". 500 copies of the record were pressed and sold out. Atleast two different photo inserts were divided amongst the copies (both shown below).<br />
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Shortly after the release of the record, Steve met Jack Crow, who played synthesizer. Adding this new dynamic to the band was the first step leading to the demise of the group. Personality clashes amongst members was another key factor. By mid 1980, Steve and Jack had started a new project together that took them in a different direction, while Greg took over drum duties for the Big Boys after Steve Collier left and started Doctors Mob. Greg and his brother Doug later joined Jesse Sublett in a late version of the Skunks that released an LP, which some refer to as <span style="font-style: italic;">The Purple Album</span>.<br />
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It's interesting to note that in 1979, Steve filled in on bass for <a href="http://cheaprewards.blogspot.com/2011/03/next-make-it-quick-ep.html">The Next</a> for a short while after original bassist Manny left the group and before they found longtime stay, Lee Shupp. Steve recorded bass tracks for the band's <i>Make It Quick</i> EP, which may have been re-recorded by Lee before the record was released (there are several conflicting stories about this). However, Steve's backing vocals do remain on the record.<br />
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Terminal Mind can also be heard on the <span style="font-style: italic;">Live At Raul's</span> compilation LP.<br />
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Cheap Rewardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12732283184857361245noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3251579581658663165.post-31028930547459270412012-09-10T09:25:00.007-07:002013-08-03T14:23:39.235-07:00Degenerates - Fallout EP<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-rz4p2-Bkz7M/UE4YRaINkSI/AAAAAAAACFI/4JGWFE1yYfw/s1600/degenerates1.png"><img alt="" border="0" height="225" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5786589258568274210" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-rz4p2-Bkz7M/UE4YRaINkSI/AAAAAAAACFI/4JGWFE1yYfw/s320/degenerates1.png" style="cursor: pointer;" width="225" /></a><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-BNKvAoTKKMw/UE4YQ1ix2cI/AAAAAAAACE8/Z2ZDspK8TiE/s1600/degenerates2.png"> <img alt="" border="0" height="225" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5786589248747592130" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-BNKvAoTKKMw/UE4YQ1ix2cI/AAAAAAAACE8/Z2ZDspK8TiE/s320/degenerates2.png" style="cursor: pointer;" width="225" /></a><br />
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A1. Fallout<br />
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B1. Radio Anarchy<br />
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B2. Scungy Girl<br />
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THE DEGENERATES (Houston, TX)<br />
Fallout EP<br />
Hit & Run (HR-601), 1981<br />
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The members of the Degenerates were barely legal to drive when the band formed at the tail end of 1979. A year earlier, when Tom Kiersted was just 14 years old, his big brother worked at a chain record store and would bring home releases by British groups like the Sex Pistols and the Jam. Immediately becoming fixated with these new discoveries, Tom started expanding his horizons to Devo, Sham 69 and the Clash, a band he somehow talked his parents into letting him see live at the Cullen Auditorium on October 5th, 1979 during their first US tour.<br />
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Following the eye-opening performance, Tom picked up a flyer off the ground which advertised the opening of a new Houston record store called Real Records. He worked his way backstage and got three members of the Clash to autograph the back of the flyer. After that, Tom frequently hitched rides to Real Records. The shop was owned by Ronnie Bond of Really Red and quickly became the hub of the Houston punk scene. Tom’s exposure to punk and other styles of music, such as krautrock, increased exponentially after meeting Ronnie.<br />
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Kenny Coffman was a couple years older than Tom and was also in attendance at the Clash performance at the Cullen, though they did not meet just yet. Kenny’s early musical influences ranged from the pop stylings of the Beach Boys and Beatles to the swingin’ sounds of Benny Goodman and Texas’ own Bob Wills. His father had actually played in a western swing band in the 1940’s and his brother exposed him to music of the 60s and 70s. When his best friend played him the Ramones “Rocket To Russia” album for the first time in 1977, he thought they were from a different world. He picked up a guitar and started practicing in his bedroom.<br />
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Wade Driver was the youngest of the three. Having played in the school’s marching band, Wade’s introduction to punk came via British groups such as Sham 69, Cockney Rejects, Stiff Little Fingers and Eater. He was also very supportive of local groups like the Mydolls, Culturcide, <a href="http://cheaprewards.blogspot.com/2012/03/legionaires-disease-band-rather-see-you.html">Legionaire’s Disease Band</a> (who opened the Clash show), and of course, Really Red. <!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if !mso]><img src="//img2.blogblog.com/img/video_object.png" style="background-color: #b2b2b2; " class="BLOGGER-object-element tr_noresize tr_placeholder" id="ieooui" data-original-id="ieooui" /> <style> st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } </style> <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]-->His father took him to his very first punk rock show in 1979, the Dead Boys at Whiskey River.<br />
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In late 1979 Wade was watching a cover band try out for a high school talent show. Someone in the crowd kept yelling for them to do “Holidays In The Sun” and “Blitzkrieg Bop.” Wade introduced himself to the taunting boy in the crowd, who as it turned out, was Kenny Coffman. The two discussed starting a band. Wade and his friend David Garrison had already written a couple songs together, so they decided to all get together in the backyard of Wade’s parents house and work on Sex Pistols and Ramones songs. They quickly realized that bass didn’t suit David so much and they wanted him to just sing.<br />
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Soon after, Kenny and Wade approached an unassuming Tom Kiersted and his girlfriend during a show at the Island, the primary punk club in Houston at the time. Being one of the few young punks in the scene, Tom seemed the obvious choice for a bass player in their band. Although he had a lifetime of piano lessons and a short stint playing trombone in junior high, Tom had no experience playing bass. But they insisted it didn’t matter and they’d teach him what he needed to know.<br />
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The boys found themselves booked for a party before they even had a chance to rehearse together. With the line-up now consisting of Wade on drums, Kenny on guitar, Tom on bass and David on lead vocals, they made their live debut. Tom had to use borrowed equipment, and having not been able to learn the songs yet, he simply turned the volume down and the gain way up on his amp to impressively fake his way through the set.<br />
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Shortly after, David left the group and they continued on as a three piece with all members contributing vocals. The band’s name, The Degenerates, was loosely based on the pseudonym of Eaters’ drummer, Dee Generate, who was also a minor. Wade and Kenny wrote the majority of the band’s material. Being suburban high school students and younger than any of the other bands on the scene, they were still able to see the injustices of the world. They wanted to write political songs that would be taken seriously, all the while maintaining a level of fun.<br />
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Once Tom procured his own equipment, he learned the entire set pretty quickly. Really Red and the Mydolls were both extremely supportive of new bands and allowed the Degenerates to headline some of the shows they played together to help them gain exposure. They were able to build a modest, yet devoted local following as they took stage at the Island and the newly opened Joe Starr’s Omni a couple times per month.<br />
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The Degenerates worked up a set of around 30 original songs, intermingling them with crowd favorites such as “Boredom” from the Buzzcocks, “In The City” by the Jam, and Joy Division’s “Digital.” They frequently played with Houston bands the Recipients, Hates, DRI, and Culturcide, while also sharing bills with Austin bands like the Big Boys, <a href="http://cheaprewards.blogspot.com/2012/07/dicks-hate-police.html">Dicks</a> and the Stains who regularly made the trek out to Houston. The Degenerates even covered the Dicks’ anthem, “Hate The Police” and eventually earned support slots with nationally and internationally touring bands such as the Angelic Upstarts, Chelsea and Bad Brains.<br />
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For Wade’s birthday, his dad financed some studio time so they could record and release an EP. When the boys entered ACA Studios at the end of 1980, they were in good hands with Andy Bradley at the helm. They quickly laid four of their earliest and well-rehearsed songs to tape in one single session and then pressed 500 copies of the 7” at the start of the next year.<br />
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Really Red and the Mydolls put together a record release party for the Degenerates and the show ended up drawing the largest crowd the band ever played to during their short tenure. Ronnie carried the single at his store and it received airplay on KPFT and KTRU. It also garnered positive reviews in local and national papers.<br />
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But by early 1982 Tom was readying to move to Austin to begin studies at UT. He was replaced by Tom Atkinson, a bass player that Kenny knew from working at Target. As the year went on, musical interests were changing and the scene was headed in a more hardcore direction. By the start of 1983, the Degenerates decided to call it quits. Kenny and Wade continued to play together in a short-lived band called the Other, which was based largely on their admiration for groups like the Jam, Undertones and Buzzcocks.<br />
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After that Kenny got married and left his punk ways behind. Wade has continued playing music to this day in groups like the Hickoids, Ideals, Bag Of Hammers and currently Apogee Sound Club out in San Francisco. Tom finally got his degree in the winter of 1989 and has continued making music with others and on his own.<br />
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<br />Cheap Rewardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12732283184857361245noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3251579581658663165.post-62663234696750648032012-08-12T11:09:00.002-07:002012-08-12T12:54:47.185-07:00The Go - Don't Take Her Away<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-zIZgxecN6iA/UCgGIM8Um8I/AAAAAAAACDg/RbfZAQwtcIE/s1600/go1.png"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-zIZgxecN6iA/UCgGIM8Um8I/AAAAAAAACDg/RbfZAQwtcIE/s320/go1.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5775873260085615554" border="0" height="225" width="225" /></a><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-vIXUfUC4hbU/UCgGHZGtQRI/AAAAAAAACDU/mcaAIzIYtEQ/s1600/go2.png"> <img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-vIXUfUC4hbU/UCgGHZGtQRI/AAAAAAAACDU/mcaAIzIYtEQ/s320/go2.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5775873246170530066" border="0" height="225" width="225" /></a><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-bcMvFF8efq8/UCgGHGX7MFI/AAAAAAAACDI/rvT1E0U1no8/s1600/go3.png"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-bcMvFF8efq8/UCgGHGX7MFI/AAAAAAAACDI/rvT1E0U1no8/s320/go3.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5775873241142472786" border="0" height="225" width="225" /></a><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-3VQz8ItbMMM/UCgGGusQgpI/AAAAAAAACC8/MddORDn6YmE/s1600/go4.png"> <img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-3VQz8ItbMMM/UCgGGusQgpI/AAAAAAAACC8/MddORDn6YmE/s320/go4.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5775873234785305234" border="0" height="225" width="225" /></a><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-zIZgxecN6iA/UCgGIM8Um8I/AAAAAAAACDg/RbfZAQwtcIE/s1600/go1.png"></a><br />THE GO (Yonkers, NY)<br />Instant Reaction EP<br />Titlewave (TW-1001), 1980<br /><br />A1. 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Tomorrow Night<br /><object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" codebase="http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=8,0,0,0" id="divplaylist" height="28" width="335"><param name="movie" value="http://www.divshare.com/flash/playlist?myId=19336752-2b6"><embed src="http://www.divshare.com/flash/playlist?myId=19336752-2b6" name="divplaylist" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" height="28" width="335"></embed></object><br /><br />Tom Conte, Kenny Dutch, George Peters and Joe Brya grew up in Yonkers, NY and began playing in bands together while in their teens. Tom had started on piano while still in elementary school and graduated to guitar by the time he was 13. Kenny, who was a couple years older, picked up a guitar at the same time as Tom. George didn’t begin playing bass until he was 16, while Joe, who had been pounding the drums from an early age ended up in the school band.<br /><br />In the early through mid-seventies, the four boys would get together in Kenny’s garage and work on covers of the day. They were influenced by a wide variety of rock music from the 50s onward, but it was the Beatles and the British Invasion bands that were their initial driving force. By the time punk was exploding in New York a few years later, the band had progressed with Tom and Kenny writing the majority of the band’s original material. Calling themselves The Go, the group started playing gigs in Yonkers and the surrounding cities.<br /><br />One fateful Monday night in 1979, the Go passed an audition at CBGB which led to several return performances at the seminal punk club. The band started playing other venues around New York City as well, including the famous Max’s Kansas City. The group also ventured down to Jersey for shows as they began building a following.<br /><br />By this time, groups like the Ramones, Blondie, and Talking Heads had all signed record deals and were becoming household names across the country. The Go hoped to travel the same route but had no management or representation to take them to the next level. Nevertheless, they were able to book themselves plenty of shows and even made two appearances on the Uncle Floyd Show that appeared on UHF.<br /><br />In 1980 they met Rob Freeman through a mutual friend. Rob had recorded the debut albums for the Ramones, Blondie, Richard Hell and many others. He listened to a demo tape the band made and heard their potential. Soon after that they all went into Penny Lane Studios in New York City and Rob produced four songs for the band in a few quick sessions. They scraped enough money together to finance the project and released the songs as a 7” EP in an edition of 1,000 copies. A small portion of the pressing was mistakenly made on green vinyl.<br /><br />The record initially garnered the band some attention with radio stations and local DJs giving “Instant Reaction” some spins. But as the early 80s progressed, a record contract never came their way and the music industry headed in a different direction. The MTV generation was kicking off, bands were adding synthesizers to their music and success became more about style over substance.<br /><br />Joe decided to leave the group in 1982, so Tom Carlucci took his spot on the drummer’s throne and then George ended up splitting shortly after that. The two Toms and Ken are still playing the NYC circuit today as the Tender Mercies. George still records songs and Joe can now be found playing in a few “classic rock” bar bands in Westchester.<br /><br />The Go's song "Don't Take Her Away" was featured on the second volume of the <i>Powerpearls </i>series. In 2005, Japanese label Wizzard-In-Vinyl released a 24-track retrospective CD called <i>Instant Reaction</i> which was soon followed by a condensed vinyl version on the Rave-Up label out of Italy. The newfound popularity of the Go earned them a spot on 2007’s Radio Heartbeat Power Pop Festival and subsequent gigs on the Manhattan wing of David Bash’s International Pop Overthrow concert series.<br /><br /><iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/00GuO6IMGd0" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" width="420"></iframe><br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-CYir6RuWp2Y/UCgDgAg7GlI/AAAAAAAACBY/fK4_sUr8DQk/s1600/go%2Bwall%2Bbl.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 201px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-CYir6RuWp2Y/UCgDgAg7GlI/AAAAAAAACBY/fK4_sUr8DQk/s320/go%2Bwall%2Bbl.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5775870370531449426" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-A7CZwN-6DlI/UCgDfNN-aiI/AAAAAAAACBA/p0qWX68IhTc/s1600/cathy1.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 275px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-A7CZwN-6DlI/UCgDfNN-aiI/AAAAAAAACBA/p0qWX68IhTc/s320/cathy1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5775870356761766434" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-J7qCsCrgd7o/UCgDgY6Kf6I/AAAAAAAACBk/rvFIzRNlqvo/s1600/OUTSIDE.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 187px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-J7qCsCrgd7o/UCgDgY6Kf6I/AAAAAAAACBk/rvFIzRNlqvo/s320/OUTSIDE.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5775870377079766946" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-KmSnkE-7pAQ/UCgDfZw3woI/AAAAAAAACBM/BmMiQYYpwzY/s1600/cbs%2Bband.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 212px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-KmSnkE-7pAQ/UCgDfZw3woI/AAAAAAAACBM/BmMiQYYpwzY/s320/cbs%2Bband.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5775870360129356418" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Elt6DkOPt4M/UCgDgo0_34I/AAAAAAAACBw/d-x6hoI5Kz4/s1600/wrnw%2Bgp.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 279px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Elt6DkOPt4M/UCgDgo0_34I/AAAAAAAACBw/d-x6hoI5Kz4/s320/wrnw%2Bgp.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5775870381353066370" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Kx1PTSHzjFA/UCgDz5VW9ZI/AAAAAAAACCs/589tYqB57mQ/s1600/wrnw%2Bjb.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 318px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Kx1PTSHzjFA/UCgDz5VW9ZI/AAAAAAAACCs/589tYqB57mQ/s320/wrnw%2Bjb.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5775870712201278866" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-RgepBycXtHY/UCgDyCzHxCI/AAAAAAAACB8/zpVfcx8VlcI/s1600/gp%2Bric.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 263px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-RgepBycXtHY/UCgDyCzHxCI/AAAAAAAACB8/zpVfcx8VlcI/s320/gp%2Bric.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5775870680382293026" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-E1w42-M37gE/UCgDyfwPAgI/AAAAAAAACCI/lJXjYWy4fmY/s1600/jb.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 265px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-E1w42-M37gE/UCgDyfwPAgI/AAAAAAAACCI/lJXjYWy4fmY/s320/jb.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5775870688154812930" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-MCrwr7rkG50/UCgDzKbUXFI/AAAAAAAACCk/vEOHbeS-g0Q/s1600/tom%2Bric.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-MCrwr7rkG50/UCgDzKbUXFI/AAAAAAAACCk/vEOHbeS-g0Q/s320/tom%2Bric.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5775870699609807954" border="0" height="343" width="264" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-WfF7FEDBCY8/UCgDy2Of6uI/AAAAAAAACCU/Gg77Hefo57w/s1600/kd%2Bric.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-WfF7FEDBCY8/UCgDy2Of6uI/AAAAAAAACCU/Gg77Hefo57w/s320/kd%2Bric.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5775870694187330274" border="0" height="370" width="264" /></a>Cheap Rewardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12732283184857361245noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3251579581658663165.post-67847835416886912732012-07-12T08:27:00.032-07:002013-06-19T17:29:13.360-07:00The Dicks - Hate The Police<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-_K13u14svWQ/T_7000gYnHI/AAAAAAAAAjo/KliZUF5j9XQ/s1600/dicks1.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5731346221919459906" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-_K13u14svWQ/T_7000gYnHI/AAAAAAAAAjo/KliZUF5j9XQ/s1600/dicks1.pngg" style="height: 225px; width: 225px;" /></a><a href="hhttp://1.bp.blogspot.com/--TPA1tOsAp8/T_70z8M1ZAI/AAAAAAAAAjc/WtC9NK0-vig/s320/dicks2.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"> <img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5731346211500181186" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/--TPA1tOsAp8/T_70z8M1ZAI/AAAAAAAAAjc/WtC9NK0-vig/s320/dicks2.png" style="cursor: pointer; height: 225px; width: 225px;" /></a><br />
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A. Dicks Hate The Police<br />
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B1. Lifetime Problems<br />
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B2. All Night Fever<br />
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THE DICKS (Austin, TX)<br />
Hate The Police EP<br />
Radical (NR 12142), 1980<br />
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A musical foundation was laid early on in life for Gary Floyd. As a child in Arkansas, he got his first exposure to the likes of Roy Orbison and the Four Seasons through the jukebox at the local teenage hangout. And it was there that he’d gotten his initial glimpse into the world of blues through the grooves of Muddy Waters 45s. Gary watched artists like Jerry Lee Lewis performing on television and observed how the kids were dancing along, but thought it would be even more fun to be singing it and watching from that perspective. He realized at a tender age that he wanted to create music and be in a band.<br />
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Gary moved to Palestine, TX when he was four years old, right around the time the Beatles hit big in America. By the time he was in Junior High, Gary formed his first rock ‘n’ roll band, The Morticians. They wore matching top hats and black turtlenecks while performing standards like “Gloria” and “Louie Louie.” Other early groups of his included the Concept, and later, the Illusion.<br />
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Gary’s rebellious attitude was prevalent early on. One of his groups was scheduled to play a school assembly. They had a song called “Why Vietnam” that the principle insisted they do not play. Figuring the worst that could possibly happen was he’d get kicked out of school - which seemed more of a reward than a punishment - he urged the band to play it anyway. So they got on stage and played the song in front of the school, and sure enough, they got in trouble and were banned from playing any other school functions ever again.<br />
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By ’72, Gary was drafted and relocated to Houston to work as a janitor at an alternative civilian’s office where he spent the next two years fulfilling his military obligation. He never had to do any active duty and by 1975 found himself situated in Austin. It was there that he got a further peek into blues music through “white boy” groups like Johnny Winter and ZZ Top. All the while he was getting hip to more outrageous proto-punk bands like the MC5 and Stooges.<br />
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Gary moved out to San Francisco a few years later and got to witness the Sex Pistols final show at Winterland. Shortly before that, he had gotten his hands on a Ramones record which was his first introduction to the formulating punk scene. Seeing the Sex Pistols perform live impacted him greatly. He realized that something new and exciting was happening. He moved back to Austin soon after that and was told by a friend that there was a little club called Raul’s that had punk bands play on Monday nights.<br />
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By the fall of ’79, the Austin punk scene rivaled that of any big city with new and exciting bands forming at a rapid pace. Raul’s was the heart of the scene, hosting punk shows most every night of the week. Gary had a concept in his mind for a band call the Dicks. He started putting up posters around town with slogans like “The Dicks Are Coming,” advertising performances at venues that didn’t even exist or on dates that weren’t on the calendar. He hadn’t even sought out any musicians to play with him yet, but was already making the band famous.<br />
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Since Gary had been frequenting Raul’s on a regular basis for several months by then, he knew all the faces in the crowd. But one day he saw two unfamiliar guys in pleather jackets sitting at the bar. They looked like they’d just escaped prison. So Gary marched up to them and asked who they were.<br />
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Buxf Parrot and Glen Taylor were childhood friends from San Antonio. Growing up three houses away from one another since ’66, they started playing in “kiddie” bands together, jamming out on Cream covers and the like. By the late 70s, they had started their first punk band, the Panic, but unfortunately there wasn’t an audience in San Antonio for that kind of music yet. Often times they’d find themselves playing to five people, none of which were punk rockers.<br />
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When the Sex Pistols played in San Antonio on January 8th, 1978, less than a week before Gary saw them in San Francisco, Glen and Buxf were in attendance. They didn’t know anyone else at the club. Much of the crowd consisted of rednecks who had read about the show in the paper. They came to gawk at the band and see what sort of spectacle these Brits would deliver. Many of the others at the show were kids who drove down from Austin to see the concert. The show ultimately impacted many of the Austinites much the same way it did Gary. Bands like <a href="http://cheaprewards.blogspot.com/2011/03/next-make-it-quick-ep.html">The Next</a> and <a href="http://cheaprewards.blogspot.com/2012/01/huns-busy-kids.html">The Huns</a> formed soon afterward, which in turn helped to develop the early punk scene in Austin.<br />
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Glen and Buxf decided to move to Austin after they saw the scene maturing there while things continued to stagnate in San Antonio. The other guys in their band, Glen’s brother and a drummer named Sylvester, stayed behind. Glen and Buxf continued playing together after they arrived in Austin but didn’t have a band. Once Gary approached them and they made their introductions, he asked if they’d want to play in his band, the Dicks. The two happily agreed.<br />
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The Dicks still needed a drummer to fill out the line-up. They had one practice with Chuck Lopez and then hoped to secure Fred Schultz who played in <a href="http://cheaprewards.blogspot.com/2012/01/inserts-doctors-wives.html">The Inserts</a> and the Big Boys, but it was Pat Deason who ended up being their permanent choice.<br />
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Pat was the son of federal aviation administration worker and had been moving to different parts of the world since a child. Born in Fort Worth, he spent time in Paris, Berlin, Washington DC, Virginia and Florida before making his way back to Texas in 1976. After a few years in Killeen, he wound up in Austin and got a job with the electric department. Before long, he was introduced to some guys who encouraged him to play drums in a band called the Invisibles. Having no prior experience, he purchased a four-piece clear Ludwig set from an ad in the paper. The guy allowed him to buy one piece at a time as money would allow. After a few months, he had the whole kit in his possession and started finessing his chops.<br />
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Pat grew up on big band music and hadn’t been exposed to punk in any way yet. It was when his band would play at Raul’s that he got his introduction and immediately fell in love with the new and exciting sounds. Eventually the Invisibles idled so he jumped ship to a group called the SKP’s for a few months. But when two of the core members of the group split for Philly without warning, he found himself looking for a new project.<br />
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Barry Gavin immediately stepped in and asked Pat if he’d want to play with the Dicks. Barry was a bartender at Raul’s and the brother of Ty Gavin of The Next. Since he was also friends with the guys in the Dicks and knew they needed a drummer, things naturally fell into place. Barry was organizing a multi-band Punk Prom at the Armadillo World Headquarters for May 16th and promised the Dicks an opening slot if they could get their act together in time. The Dicks had their first official practice with Gary, Glen, Buxf and Pat at the end of April, 1980, just two weeks before the gig.<br />
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Using songs from Glen and Buxf’s previous band, Gary came up with new words on the spot. It was at these very first practices that “Kill From The Heart,” “Bourgeois Fascist Pig,” “Wheelchair Epidemic” and many other classic songs came to be. The Dicks put a 30 minute set together and debuted at the Punk Prom with the Big Boys, The Next, Sharon Tate’s Baby and the Reactors.<br />
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The reception was great and it wasn’t long after that when Gary got the idea to start developing a stage show and dressing in drag, crediting his creativity and inspiration to John Waters and Divine. The crowds began to grow immediately and it wasn’t just punks showing up. Frats and other onlookers had heard about the Dicks stage antics and would come to see what it was all about. The band had their fair share of scuffles as a result of this, but came out unscathed as Glen and Buxf would defuse the situations.<br />
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Brian Flaherty approached the band about recording a single for them with Dan Dryden at Earth & Sky Studios. The sessions for the “Hate The Police” EP was the first time any of the guys had been in a recording studio. They banged the songs out in a few takes and released the record soon after on their own Radical Records (not to be confused with R Radical Records which was started up by David Dictor of the Stains shortly after).<br />
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Manolo Lopez was a friend of the band. His brother Chuck had sat in on drums at the very first Dicks practice. Manolo worked at UT with the wife of a muralist named Carlos Lowry. As an artist, Carlos also did political art and leaflets. Manolo suggested Carlos design the sleeve for the new Dicks 7”. After meeting the band, they realized his work had the right feel for what they wanted, so they had him design the sleeve, insert and center labels for the record. Though a self proclaimed hippie at heart, Carlos became one of the strongest supporters of the Dicks. He ended up doing artwork for all their future releases including the iconic “Kill From The Heart” LP, and also designed covers for the Offenders and Stains. When in a crunch, Carlos even drove the Dicks to Houston when their van was broken down.<br />
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That September, the Dicks were given the opportunity to be recorded live at Raul’s for the sake of being featured on one side of an album that would showcase the Big Boys on the other. The night before the recording sessions, Dan Dryden did a practice run at an Ideals show as Raul’s. Some of those songs eventually surfaced on the Ideals’ “High Art” EP that came out a couple years later. The Big Boys and Dicks “Recorded Live At Raul’s Club” split LP was released in 1980 on the Rat Race label to much fanfare.<br />
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The band persisted on, drawing big crowds in Austin and playing Houston and the surrounding areas on a regular basis. They earned slots opening up for touring bands like Dead Kennedys, Minor Threat and Black Flag. On one such instance, they caught the attention of Greg Ginn and Chuck Dukowski, who then wanted to put out a Dicks record on their label, SST.<br />
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The “Kill From The Heart” LP was recorded in 1982 at Earth & Sky with Spot, who had worked on many of the early SST releases by Black Flag, Minutemen, Meat Puppets and others. Gary had been wanting to move back to San Francisco, so after the recording was finished, he encouraged the rest of the band to make the move out there with him. Although they didn’t particular care for the idea, they didn’t fight it and went along for the ride.<br />
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That summer, they headed out on the Rock Against Reagan tour with MDC, DRI and the Crucifucks. The tour ran for several months and though it was well organized, it had its fair share of dilemmas. When it was through, Gary wanted the band to return to San Francisco, but the rest of the guys weren’t too keen on driving all the way through the desert in a ’66 Ford Econoline with a busted radiator. Gary continued on his path to San Francisco while the others stayed in Austin, ultimately putting an end to their involvement in the Dicks.<br />
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After he was situated in San Francisco, Gary started up a new version of the Dicks that would continue on until 1986. They released a couple more records, which all featured artwork by Carlos Lowry. After that, Gary played in Sister Double Happiness with Lynn Perko from the San Francisco-based Dicks. Buxf, Pat and Glen continued working on several different projects together and separately in Austin through the 90s until Glen passed away on May 2nd, 1997.<br />
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The Dicks started playing reunion shows in 2004 with Davy Jones (The Next, Ideals, Hickoids, etc) and Mark Kenyon substituting for Glen on guitars. The new formation debuted in San Francisco to a sold out crowd before doing a two night stint in Austin. Both nights sold out there, so they played a third, unannounced show that also sold out. After that, they continued playing sporadically across the country to welcoming crowds of new and old fans alike.<br />
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The Dicks “Hate The Police” 7” has been officially re-released on 1-2-3-4-Go! Records and the “Kill From The Heart” LP is finally back in print thanks to Alternative Tentacles.<br />
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Cheap Rewardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12732283184857361245noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3251579581658663165.post-41573938713732459782012-06-30T17:26:00.000-07:002013-02-28T07:49:28.157-08:00Reversible Cords - 4X33.3 EP<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-upFDknN--5M/T--kQIvwsdI/AAAAAAAAB-U/3lv3clTxSnw/s1600/records1.png"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5760003045562823122" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-upFDknN--5M/T--kQIvwsdI/AAAAAAAAB-U/3lv3clTxSnw/s320/records1.png" style="cursor: pointer; height: 225px; width: 225px;" /></a><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-WiHGPlOMgYM/T--jk4neALI/AAAAAAAAB98/QvfiCdO5h8w/s1600/records2.png"> <img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5760002302498701490" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-WiHGPlOMgYM/T--jk4neALI/AAAAAAAAB98/QvfiCdO5h8w/s320/records2.png" style="cursor: pointer; height: 225px; width: 225px;" /></a><br />
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A1. Guyana Holiday<br />
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A2. Legalize Crime<br />
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B1. Plastic Money<br />
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B2. Crash And Burn<br />
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REVERSIBLE CORDS (Austin, TX)<br />
4x33.3 EP<br />
Co-Tex (001), 1979<br />
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Bert Crews moved to Austin for grad school in 1977. He was in an anthropology program that divided his time between the University of Texas and Cornell University. When he had down time in New York, he’d go to Manhattan and see bands like the Ramones, Richard Hell, Talking Heads and Patti Smith at CBGB’s.<br />
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At the start of 1978, Bert was heading back to Austin at the same time the Sex Pistols were touring the South on their short-legged US tour, which brought them to San Antonio on January 8th. Many UT students were in attendance at the Pistols show and the Austin punk scene started developing shortly afterwards.<br />
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Recognizing that truly anybody could start a band, Bert got together with a couple friends to form a short-lived group called the Raybees. They wrote original material but never performed live. By the time summer rolled around, he had become friends with Ty Gavin and the guys from <a href="http://cheaprewards.blogspot.com/2011/03/next-make-it-quick-ep.html">The Next</a>. Bert was taking care of a huge 5-bedroom house for a geology professor who was away, so the band promptly moved in with him. Bert occasionally played keyboards with the Next but that was not meant to be.<br />
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Doug McAnich was the brother of one of Bert’s friends from Houston. Since he was in Austin attending UT that fall, Doug and Bert began rehearsing and writing songs together. In September, Lynn Keller also moved to Austin to attend UT. She was in the RTF program like many others in the budding punk scene, but didn’t know anybody yet. One day she was on a shuttle and met Ty Gavin. He asked if she wanted to play in a band. Though she grew up singing, Lynn had never performed in a band before. Ty introduced her to Bert and Doug and they gave her a tape of some of the material they’d been working on. A week later she performed with the Reversible Cords at their first ever gig at Raul’s on Halloween night with The Next.<br />
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Ty played drums with them for a little while but Bert wanted the band to become more portable, where they could play gorilla-style and not have to set up and break down a whole drum kit. By that time they had become friends with Tom Huckabee, who was playing with <a href="http://cheaprewards.blogspot.com/2012/01/huns-busy-kids.html">The Huns</a>. He came on board as their steel drum player, which allowed them to play wherever they wanted; not just in clubs, but in coffee houses, burger joints, and on “the drag,” which was the strip of shops and eateries that ran along the western edge of UT campus.<br />
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The band, which would become known as the Re*Cords, continued searching for new outlets to play besides Raul’s, which was the one punk club in town. In mid-December they tested the waters at the 1206 Club, a real dive on the sketchy, east side of town. The openers were Boy Problems (who shared members with the Huns) and Motor Men, a short-lived group containing John Dee Graham and Sally Norvell. They had formed from the ashes of another band called Cold Sweat, who coincidentally were the opening band for the Huns during the notorious “bust” a few months earlier.<br />
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Following the 1206 show, Burt and Doug joined forces with Sally and French Acers to form another band called the Norvells. From that point on, the Norvells and Re*Cords became an entwined entity, along with the Huns. They all shared members and played gigs together. Also, Sally was married to Huns’ front man Phil Tolsted at the time.<br />
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On Valentine’s Day, 1979, the Re*Cords played their first “random” show, an acoustic set on the drag. After that, it became routine for them to set up and play anywhere they wanted. Near the end of February, they played in the parking lot before an Elvis Costello show and they did the same before an Alex Chilton show the next month. Shows at the 1206 club only last through April; an incident involving <a href="http://cheaprewards.blogspot.com/2012/03/legionaires-disease-band-rather-see-you.html">Legionaire’s Disease Band</a> from Houston and a knifing contributed to that. Undaunted, the Re*Cords continued their mobile act through different areas of the city, including sidewalks on the east side and in front of the capital building.<br />
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Bert lived with Nick Modern who made Sluggo! magazine. Since Nick had an offset press, it was easy for the Re*Cords to print up tons of show posters and canvas the town with them using wheat paste. One such instance got them into a bit of trouble with the authorities. Short on blank paper, they grabbed a stack of 1040 IRS tax forms and printed the details for a show they were playing at Raul’s on March 2nd. While the idea was conceptually unique, the government did not approve of the defacement and came looking for the culprits. Though the incident resulted in probation, the show still went off without a hitch.<br />
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Later in the year, Dan Puckett left the Huns to focus his attention on his other band, Radio Free Europe. Bert was asked to fill in for the Huns' last few gigs. Shortly after that, things came to an end for the Re*Cords as well. Tom graduated and was moving to LA. Bert followed Nick Modern to San Francisco for what he intended to be a 4-5 day stay, but he never left. Lynn was working with Chickadiesels and Doug went on to start his career.<br />
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The Re*Cords have two records to show for their year-long existence. The first was a 7” EP that was recorded on 4-track reel to reel and released on their own Company Texas Records imprint. Tom’s brother, Danny, had a multi-track studio in Dallas and had encouraged them to go up there to record some more songs. A combination of what they laid down for him and other material that Bert had recorded along the way were collectively put together for their posthumously released LP. The album included a lot of overdubs, unlike their first record, and it contained contributions from many people in the Austin punk scene who played coronet, violin and an assortment of other instruments.<br />
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A1. Joella<br />
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A2. Fireworks<br />
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B1. Blindate<br />
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B2. Pumpkin Queen<br />
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JEMMY LEGGS (Houston, TX)<br />
Fireworks EP<br />
New World (NWR-001), 1981<br />
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Terry Sandell knew he wanted to be a musician ever since seeing <span style="font-style: italic;">A Hard Day's Night</span> as a kid. He loved the camaraderie of the Beatles and figured he could emulate that with his brothers Jerry and Dennis. While living in Colorado, they formed a band called Forced Entry with their friend Ron Remington on bass. They played around the Denver/Boulder area for a few years before Terry left for Houston in 1979.<br />
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Shortly after his arrival in Texas, Terry fell head first into the punk, new wave and power pop craze that was rampant in Houston. Right after hearing <span style="font-style: italic;">My Aim Is True</span> for the first time, he was lucky enough to catch Elvis Costello perform at the Texas Opry House. Then he got his first taste of the local scene when he stepped into the Rock Island club one night and saw the loud, raw energy of <a href="http://cheaprewards.blogspot.com/2012/03/legionaires-disease-band-rather-see-you.html">Legionaire's Disease Band</a>, which stuck with him. So he began writing and recording demos in his home studio, eventually convincing his two brothers to come out to Houston to help him put a band together.<br />
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Terry came up with his alter ego, Jemmy Leggs, from a book he was reading for his writing class. In <span style="font-style: italic;">Billy Bud</span>, the master at arms was always harassing Billy. Confused, Billy asked an old salt why he was being singled out, to which he replied, "Jimmy Legs is down on you mate." Terry changed the spelling to Jemmy and added the G in Leggs cuz it looked better graphically. It was also suiting since Terry would jimmy his legs while playing guitar.<br />
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Terry initially used a no frills approach when doing his own recordings, capturing a clean interpretation of the instruments. But after a while he started experimenting with drones, double tracking, and blending instruments together to make a more punchy sound. By the time they went into a proper studio to record the tracks for their EP, the engineer couldn't even figure out how Terry achieved those sounds. And since he had no real knowledge of the lingo or real understanding of what he was actually doing, Terry couldn't even explain it to him!<br />
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To make Jemmy Leggs a complete band for the sessions, Terry brought in Dennis' new wife Renee, who had run sound for them back in Colorado. He taught her the keyboard parts, while Jerry handled drums, Dennis played guitar and Terry sang and played guitar and bass.<br />
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The engineer wanted separation between all the instruments, but the result sounded very sterile. Much time was spent mixing, which took away from the spontaneity Terry had envisioned for the record. When they finally received the first test pressing, everything sounded squashed, so they refused it. The next one didn't fare any better; in fact, entire bits of songs were missing! By this point he'd given up trying to make it sound better. 500 copies of the EP were pressed with foldover sleeves that their old bass player Ron had designed. Most were given to local stores to sell and others moved by word of mouth.<br />
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As a band, Jemmy Leggs hardly every played out. Besides some private parties, a live radio broadcast and a couple club gigs to showcase the material, Terry's interest was more in the recording and production side of things and took precedence over maintaining a live band. He began working as a studio musician at Wooden Studios in exchange for recording time, and in doing so, made friends with a bass player and drummer that he was working on a session with. He asked if they'd like to play on some new songs he'd written up. They had everything in line to record four more Jemmy Leggs songs when the studio hit troubled times and closed their doors. Unfortunately the session never materialized.<br />
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30 years later, the Jemmy Leggs master tapes were resurrected and the songs cleaned up. Finally sounding as Terry had envisioned, “Fireworks” was featured on 2013's Texas power pop compilation album, <i>Radio Ready</i> that was released on <a href="http://cheaprewards.net/" target="_blank">Cheap Rewards Records</a>. <br />
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A. Rather See You Dead<br />
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B. Downtown<br />
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Legionaire's Disease Band<br />
Rather See You Dead b/w Downtown<br />
Disease Unlimited (1001), 1979<br />
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Jerry Anomie was born in Tennessee but moved to Houston as a young child. Music never appealed to him growing up until a friend of his who worked at a record store played him the Sex Pistols and Iggy Pop. He ended up meeting Iggy soon after that, which helped give him a new outlook on life. Having recently spent five and a half years in prison, he started realizing he didn't have to be a criminal. He could be in a band!<br />
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Initially taking on the role of manager for his friend Dick Long's contrived band, The Niggers, Jerry's duties included rallying up musicians and finding them a rehearsal space. It soon became apparent that Dick wasn't actually up for being a front man, so Jerry hopped on board. He continued playing with the group for a few months after that, but since they had no original material to work on, he decided to get a new band started.<br />
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In the beginning he had his 14 year old nephew playing his half-a-drumset, Walter Wolf on guitar, and Stormin' Norman Cooper on bass. Norman had no prior experience playing the instrument and mainly just acted the part with his amp turned off. Finally, after several months someone noticed he appeared to putting his fingers in the right places, so they actually powered up his amp!<br />
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Jerry realized he had to make a serious go of this in order to stay out of trouble. So he sold all his furniture to get a better rehearsal space and looked for new players. He met a girl named Gwen at a Ramones show and they hit it off right away. She started bringing her guitar and amp over for rehearsals with Jerry and Norman. After stealing guitarist David Tolbert and drummer Craig Haynes from a cover band called Prisoner, Gwen Duke proceeded to quit her job as a supervisor for a telephone company and Legionaire's Disease Band finally became a solid entity.<br />
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The band had started off playing songs by the Dead Boys, Richard Hell, Iggy, and of course, the Pistol. But within six months Jerry had written them a 40-minute set of original material fueled by his hatred and rage for the system from his time in the pen.<br />
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Jerry was a natural promoter. He'd approach club owners and ask what their slowest nights were, then promise they'd pack the place if they gave them the night. He'd then go into record stores and command the attention of everyone in the place to announce their upcoming shows and leave flyers behind. Before long, the band was drawing big crowds and had built a name for themselves amongst a thriving Houston punk scene that was producing acts like Really Red, AK-47, Vast Majority and the Hates.<br />
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Eventually the band felt they were ready to make their way out to the west coast. But first they needed to record some songs because you couldn't get a gig at the Whisky A Go Go unless you had a record out. So in 1979 they went to a studio called Magic Rat. Jerry counted his money as he walked in the door and then told the engineer to give them $120 worth. Sure enough, eight songs got recorded that day!<br />
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They self-released the "Rather See You Dead (Than With Wool On Your Head)" single on their own Disease Unlimited Records in a reputed edition of somewhere between 500-1,000 copies. The cover of the record shows a picture of Jerry's grandfather in a casket. It gave Jerry the idea to stage his own funeral as a promotional ploy. So he started calling around to all the big funeral homes to try and rustle up a casket, explaining to them it was to promote a record. Unsurprisingly, he was turned down time and again. But when he promised Sunnyside Funeral Home he'd get their name on the radio, they anxiously took the bait.<br />
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Jerry called his friends at KPFT and asked if he could make an announcement on the air. It went something like this: "We are sad to report that Jerry Anomie has passed away. The funeral will be held at Warehouse Records & Tapes this Saturday. The funeral will be brought to you by Sunnyside Funeral Home; they've never had a customer complain!"<br />
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It was enough to procure them a casket for an entire week! All the punks came dressed nicely and the girls wore black. Jerry got inside the casket before they wheeled it out. Then Chris Lord of Plastic Idols read his eulogy. The event went over very well. The band played a show in the store and then left the casket in there for a week with records for sale inside of it.<br />
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After that, they played one of their most memorable gigs at a country/western biker bar called High Noon Saloon. It was a hot summer night and the place was packed. Jerry went on stage wearing only cut-offs and a Gilley's hat. The bikers didn't take too kindly to the punks being in their bar, so before long they started throwing punches. Seeing no other plausible options, Jerry slipped out of his britches, which forced the owner to yell at him to "cover that thing." Naturally, he used his sacred Gilley's hat, which of course sent the crowd into a frenzy. A guy threw a pitcher of beer at Jerry. He ducked out of harms way and it hit David's amp. So David then proceeded to take off his guitar and bust the guy over the head. A full scale riot erupted and spilled out into the street. Somehow the band escaped unscathed.<br />
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After that, they felt it was a good time to head out to California. And as luck would have it, they were able to secure a gig at the Whisky opening up for the Dead Kennedys. Unfortunately, they only got through a couple songs before a riot ensued there. Following the fiasco, they wound up spending the next six months playing the Los Angeles and San Francisco area before heading out to New York for a six month stint there.<br />
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Legionaire's Disease Band would continue to travel back and forth for nearly 10 years with the same line-up before finally being derailed by drugs. They had started the band to wake people up, and did a good job of it. But when girls and dope took priority, they ultimately lost their purpose and decided to end it. They played their final gigs in 1988 with Nicki Sicki of Verbal Abuse filling in on bass after Norman and Gwen had left.<br />
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In all the time they were together, Legionaire's Disease Band only released one other record, a four song EP in 1985. Their first single had sold out quickly and was repressed by Lunar Lab in an undetermined quantity. Jerry had given them the original 8-song master tape and authorized the repressing of just the two songs for the single. But several years after the band broke-up, Lunar Lab took it upon themselves to release the entire session on LP, despite Jerry's request for them not to. He believes it's not their best work, and in fact, their best material never even got recorded.<br />
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After Legionaire's Disease Band, Jerry went on to release an album with his next band, Anomie, which featured Duff McKagen and members of the Cro-Mags and White Zombie. Craig later died of liver cancer and Norman in a car accident. Jerry has plans to record all the songs LDB ever played.<br />
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"Rather See You Dead" earned a spot on the <span style="font-style: italic;">Bloodstains Across Texas</span> compilation.<br />
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