Tyler said:
crap...i accidentally quoted my reply....where's the editing button? It dissapeared. ah well
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Tyler said:
crap...i accidentally quoted my reply....where's the editing button? It dissapeared. ah well
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crap...i accidentally quoted my reply....where's the editing button? It dissapeared. ah well
John Battles said:
I know what you mean about coming up with laundry lists of historical innacuracies , tho' Spike Lee beat these guys to the punch with "Summer of Sam", CBGBs Punk rockers with giant mohawks , liberty spikes , and green hair , in 1977 ! I asked my Sister - in - Law , who went to CB's , Max's , etc. , as early as 1976 , if she EVER saw a mohawk in New York in '77. She said MAYBE RICHIE STOTTS WAS WORKING ON HIS VERY FIRST ONE , BUT , IT WOULD HAVE BEEN A FLAT , TRAVIS BICKEL NUMBER. That's so weird about using Joey's solo material. I'd have rather just heard a band trying to approximate The Ramones sound , if they could'nt get the rights to their back catalogue , even though I like Joey's posthumous solo albums.
Yeah, it was just too much. I can understand changing certain thing to make a story more appealing or something...but the a lot of inaccuracies seemed to come down to just laziness. Like when Joey said "we have 4 new songs", but only named 3....you think SOMEBODY on set would've pointed out that "I don't wanna be learned/I don't wanna be tamed" is actually only one song. haha!
I agree with the idea of a band just imitating the ramones sound....it would've made a lot more sense to just get a track of someone hitting a 3 barre chord riff over a 8th note 4/4 beat. Somehow the idea of a 1974 Ramones playing "I got Knocked Down but I'll get Up" (with hilly looking on with a "these kids are goin places" expression on his face) was just brutal to watch.
Reposting from the Dangerous Minds blog:
FEMALE SURF BAND LA LUZ IN TERRIBLE COLLISION WITH SEMI
By far my favorite show all year has been La Luz. They’re one of those rare bands with a referential sound that still manages to feel innovative and gutsy (a precious rarity when so many groups sway derivative, “retro,” or kitschy). The songs are sexy and sleepy and mournful and absolutely gorgeous. The musicianship is deliberate but elegantly raw. And the band is simply hypnotic on stage. Seriously, check them out.
Unfortunately, the group’s van was hit by a semi the night before last, totaling their transportation, destroying nearly all their equipment, and injuring members. They’ve been forced to cut their tour short, and their record label has taken up a recovery collection. From their facebook:
Last night was probably the most terrifying experience of any of our lives. But we’re ok! Thanks for the love and well wishes everyone. We lost a lot of things (pretty much everything we had) and got pretty banged up when we were hit by a semi on our way to Seattle last night, but we’re just awfully glad to be alive and we’ll be back on our feet in no time. For those of you who want to help out financially, Hardly Art set up this paypal to help us pay for some stuff and money we lost. Love to you all!
While no one can tend to every tragedy, I know the folks at Dangerous Minds have the best taste in music. A young, all-woman outfit creating fantastic tunes is the very sort thing we’d all like to support when we can, right? So, if you’d like to donate to their recovery fund, you can do it here. Remember folks, musicians don’t get disability, sick days, or medical insurance. Get well soon, ladies!
Caught The Flamin' Groovies last night in Toronto......Smiling faces abound as The Groovies played the hits (or what should have been) to a packed and enthusiastic crowd! All my faves....Paint It Black, Feel A Whole Lot Better, Jumpin' Jack Flash, Please Please Me, Yeah My Baby, Slow Death, Shake Some Action (to paraphrase Chris Wilson...if you don't know this song, you shouldn't be here!) and Teenage Head as the well deserved encore! Chris and Cyril did lots of timely joking (Toronto mayor Rob Ford references) with the crowd and had us in the palm of their hands the moment they walked on stage!! A totally run eve of real rock'n'roll!!!
Let't hope they don't wait another 30 years before coming back!
Quoted from Crypt records site:
"Yasss.... the LONG-LOST May 1994 Egg Studios (Seattle) Crypt album sessions - all hopped-up, remixed etc - FINALLY available after disappearing for 19 years! LP is 17 originals in a GATEFOLD beaut w/liners by New Bomb Turk/”We Never Learn” Eric Davidson, CD is those 17 plus 5 covers (see BELOW 7” EP “5 Covers EP” for additional VINYL action) Gatefold LP / CD"
....it's already out in Europe. Distros in North America will get it in December apparently. EXCITED BEYOND BELIEF
A bit of random trivia: did you know that the movie "Top Gun", was loosely based on the experiences of Deniz Tek as a jet pilot? His callname, Iceman, also inspired some of the nicknames of the characters in the movie.
http://blogs.ottawacitizen.com/2013/05/15/deniz-tek-rocker-doctor-fighter-pilot-and-now-a-nomad/
Tek is truly an interesting and debonaire rock & roller. I've had the pleasure of hanging out with him many times; he often visits the Ann Arbor/Ypsilanti area where I live due to his history and friends and makes time to perform "homecoming" rock shows. He enjoys telling stories of his childhood spent riding his bike around town, etc. It is pretty cool, because when he visits, all the Detroit/Ann Arbor/etc. local legends come out of the woodwork and hang and catch the shows.
I did'nt see the picture oF DENIZ , EARLIER , THAT YOU PUT UP. That's great !
i WAS WORKING ON A LIST OF Airborne Rockers , for Roctober magazine.
1) Deniz Tek. (USAF).
2) JOHNNY CASH (USAF)
3) Mark Griffin - MC 900 FT. JESUS , LITHIUM XMAS , TELEFONES ( Commercial pilot. His career got cut short when low flying planes were prohibited after 9/11.).
4) The guy in Iron Maiden.
5) Wilko Johnson (For trying to fly a plane with no previous Pilot training.).
SWT, thanks for the song, thats VERY Lou especially the screeching autoharp, very cool!
Billy's great. He comes to Santa Fe ever so often to do gigs with Turner. He posts a lot of interesting stuff on Soundcloud https://soundcloud.com/bb555m512
Gregg Turner or Howie " We Own The Air" Klein: Do you like Lou Reed , Roky?
Roky : Sure , I'm the only one that can hold him in his hand , sure.
Thanks for posting. I was just talking about Bill "Billy Angel" Miller with a friend the other day. I like this , tho' the feedback's killin' me. I KNOW , THAT'S THE IDEA.
Here's the song "I Dreamed I Met Lou Reed" by my pal, ex Angry Samoan Gregg Turner with Billy Bill Miller on electric autoharp
My Friend and fellow Santa Fe resident Ronn Spencer hosted an episode of Open Mynd Excursion on Radio Luxuria for this Lou Reed tribute. Doenload the podcast here:
http://www.mediafire.com/?b7jz7o8iytknnts
Just read on the ol' twittershere that Thee Spivs have decided to call it a day.
Sad news indeed. They were fantastic!
Love their previous gritty garage records, was a bit non-plussed by the techno outing, but for me this is their best so far! Totally love the sweet summertime drenched pop harmonies.
I'm extremely late in replying to this , but , I did'nt know about it , I did'nt see anything about it , previously. I knew Matt , in passing. A very funny guy , he was always nice to me , even though he did hit me in the head with his guitar . It was an accident. The Candy Snatchers were playing a show with The 5-6-7-8's. Some kid knocked over their mike stand. The reason this was an issue was , I found out later , the club had told them if they damaged their mikes or mike stands , they'd pay for them. But , the little fucker tried to hide behind me . Matt swung his guitar at him , missed , and grazed my forehead. Fortunately , I was more shocked than actually badly hurt. I was more angry with the kid than with Matt , and I tried to chase him , but , he got away. And , I was more angry with HIM because he just let me "Take a bullet" for him , so to speak. After their set , Matt did come over and apologize to me , saying he did'nt see that I was standing right in front of the little shit , and told me why he swung his guitar like that , missing him , getting me , by mistake. He said he was angry because he did'nt want to pay for a damaged mike or stand . "I LOVE YA , JOHN !" , he said , "YOU OLD BLACK HOMOSEXUAL !". Please bear in mind , that just came out of nowhere. By that time , though , The Candy Snatchers were leting their "Alice Cooper Theatrics on a GG Allin Budget" take precedence over their music. I saw them , earlier , third on the bill to The Meteors and local "Psychobilly" band , Wreckin' Ball , who were great when they started , but , sucked by this time , and had a much bigger following in Chicago than even The Meteors to show for it. There were only about 12 people in the room when they went on , so , they focused on putting on a great , tight , Punk Rock show , instead , keeping those 12 people in the room . No setting the bass on fire , no throwing up , no blood. Just Rock'n'Roll . I know I spoke to Matt , who I met at the show , once or twice on the phone before the other gig , a year or so later. Sorry to hear about you , Matt : (
I saw The Priests , once. They reminded me a lot of The Cynics , but that's kind of unavoidable , I guess.
FYI, Sad News:
"Fast Eddie" Altesleben, drummer for raucous Detroit rockers The Clone Defects (In The Red), passed away unexpectedly a couple weeks back. The Clone Defects are best known for their wildman Timmy Vulgar, who is also frontman for bands like Timmy's Organism, Human Eye, and more.
See also: http://timmyvulgar.blogspot.com/2010/12/records-2009-and-2010.html
http://psychedelicbaby.blogspot.com/2012/08/human-eye-timmys-organism-clone-defects.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJZj3v219uY
down tuned (maybe to slow rip) still friggin heavy
how can i delete this topic lol?
ok i don't know how to edit or post a video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_6RxNvZqdZQ
very rough heavy song do you feel me?
im looking for the heaviest dirtiest garage song the mirror from the moodiest topic.
i'll start with
I like the name "House Full of Naked People" , even though I'm POSITVE I would not like their music , if they were a real band.
My first little band , in High School , was called "Born in an Elevator'' , a name I lifted from my Brother w/o his consent. The others , one of whom was from Sussex , UK , did'nt like the name , said it was too long , but long band names were "In " at the time.
Myself , I remember coming up with these names : Malaria (Which turned out to be a real band's name.).
Green Chinese Vomit (OK , a friend said that to me , trying to gross me out , but it was my idea to use it as a joke band name.).
The Inedible Punks.
Christian Marxists.
Neutron Prom (I did use that one.).
Elvis From Hell (Used that , too.).
Later in life , Psycho * Davy and I played out as : Sick Sober and Sorry (An old Elvis quote I said to Dave. It was HIS idea to
use it as a band name , though.). We also performed as The 13th Floor Elvis Impersonators . I also played out just once with Daughters of Frankenstein ,in which I was the only "Male member". If I think of more of my earlier band names I thought of , I'll postthem , here. There really were some good ones. Honest.
Haha, I'm way too old to remember what band names I thought of as a kid! But I see words or phrases almost daily in people's Facebook status updates or news stories that would make for some pretty killer band names.
Some recent ones I've whipped out:
Giant Dick From Space
Nattering Nabobs of Negativity
Nature Is Nasty
Street Taco
New World Army Screw Worms
Underground Landfill Fire
Baseball Activities
Beautiful Sag
Lobotomized Demeanor
Right-Wing Truckers
Twisted Wrister
Backyard Rollercoasters
African Dust Clouds
Sassy Black Grandpas
Mega Balls
Pink Slime
etc. etc. etc.
Always a bummer to miss FIDLAR, couldn't get to the recent show in Montréal because of work crap, they were also with The Orwells and that is definitely a band I'd love to see live too