Never read Ronnie's bio, but I've heard it's pretty good. I may be wrong, but I think it's out of print already.

The bio I read was by Mark Ribowsky. I don't have my copy on me (it's one of my most borrowed books) but I know that it was originally written well before the infamous trial, and was recently added extra chapters.

I may be going to the Stomp! I went last year! It was amazing. This year promises to be a great show as well!

Who's Going?

I am! I missed it last year and my first was the previous year in Memphis so I'm really looking forward to New Orleans. I'm going to eat my head off...

Come in, grap a lawn chair, we're opening up the patio. Its a garage punk fest right in my very own backyard starring Howard Devoto with and without the Buzzcocks and a killer cut by The Bantom Roosters. Check it up. Man, this hideout place is so freakin cool, I love it. http://mottey63.podomatic.com/

Personally I'm thinking of changing guage too

I play of an epiphone '56 gold top lespaul (P90s)

it's strung with ernie ball regular slinkies (10s)

and i'm thinking of going over to Ernie Ball Power Slinkies which have the 1st three strings a little thicker

do you guys think that this will beef up the higher notes? I'm trying to play stuff like Fell in Love with a Girl and Have Love Will Travel and I think that the 1st 3 strings could be louder and just have more tone or whatever

thanks, g

damn, i can't wait for the tour dates. i hope they come in the viccinity of this shite hole. whatever happened to king khan and the bbq show? oh and just wanted to note that jared swiley, or hondo, is hella down to earth and full of good advice, so i'd take it any day. yep.

first compilation was the best, especially Melvin

some opinions about it. i just love all the volumes.

Whoa! great stuff Evel, thanks for sharing

hello there, this is the SYA HQ writing to you rekkids fans commando we love so much. Most of you already know we have an upcoming 7"EP by The UPTOWN BUMS - out very soon...but right now we would offer you a strictly ltd pre-order bonus deal. Well, we recently found a 50-pieces pack of The Rippers "...are coming behind you" EP on red vinyl (SYA007) we didn't sell at that time and lost somewhere in the mess of our house. We don't have sleeves anymore right now so we printed 50 different xerox sleeves and made a nerdly "50 COVERS COLLECTION" edition. We just wanna know if you're interested in one of them - sorry we can use only ONE each customer. If you're into let us know which sleeve you would like to have and we put that one left for you til the next order. Please write 3 choices at least, we deserve the first one available for you. first come first serve price: 5,00 EUR plus shipping go and take your own hype www.syarecords.it -> RECORDS -> SYA007 ->click on "50 Covers Collection" (yellow link) direct link : http://www.syarecords.it/sya007col.htm thanks SYA loves YOU

The songs of Brassard and Blodgett, Mike & The Ravens, as done by Finland's finest, Them Bird Things, can now be heard at www.myspace.com/thembirdthings Check 'em out, Lenny especially...

I still use a phone.

I still use a tuning fork!

Gimmick!
Probably going to be really problematic at some point too.

i seen the cramps a few back, old as hell and lux still tore the place up like no other band i ever seen. he was all over the place breakin crap chuggin a bottle of vodka, climbin speakers. supa sleeze bad ass. reverend horton heat, ah not the craziest but one of the sickest guitar players i ever seen. him and his bass player did a solo where they were both had one hand on the guitar and the stand up bass. but dead boys would most definitely put them all to shame. come on who else randomly throws crap out in the middle of their show like "we're only doin it for the money" and "throw your pussies at me" ha that right suckas[IMG]http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b370/spotlessmind15/393428807_l.jpg[/IMG]

hmm i've been interested in fuzz for awhile though i don't even have a decent amp to put it through as of yet

I've had very little luck in finding out what fuzzes were used for the 80s Fuzztones and Pandoras recordings, i think that's my ideal fuzz

Bongo Beating Playlist March 13th:

Öresund Space Collective : Rumble
Herschell Gordon Lewis & The Pleasant Valley Boys : Theme From 2000 Maniacs
Smogtown : Bad Vibrations
Tractor Sex Fatality : Crime in the Bushes
The Drags : My Girlfriend's in the FBI
Guddommelig Galskab : Ungdomshuset Blir
Hærværk : Dyster Definition
President Fetch : Victimized
Hjertestop : Spøgelser
Black Keys : I Got Mine
Blacktop : Tornado Love
Black Sunday : This Heart is now Aluminum
Joe Hall : Bongo Beating Beatnik
Danny Wheeler : Teenie Weenie Man
Fleshtones : Going back to School
Peter Belli & Baby Woodrose : Nok Af Dig
Groundhogs : Strange Town
Church Of Misery : I Motherfucker (Ted Bundy)
Tunnel Of Love : Ghetto Child
Rocket 455 : Sister Fuchsia June
Television : See No Evil

i know right! but count your blessings. working for a good record store would be like working for in-store credit! haha!

grindcore is a faster, tighter, louder hardcore. noisier than metal. but still low class enough to not be labeled post-rock. but don't quote me.

Dang, I wished I worked at a record store and had all the records I wanted at my disposal. Pardon my ignorance, but what is "grindcore"? Guess I could look it up.

It'll be interesting to see how the bill rounds out, but I don't know how it'll turn out, seeing as how some of the bigger names are dead (K Cobain) and others are out of the picture (Soundgarden? Hole? Nah). It'll probably end up being third-stringers like Hammerbox playing the show.

the horrible thing about sound checks is having all that time before you play to get trashed in......that fine balance between being fun and being an onstage drunken jackass can be rather fine, haha

it's been pointed out to me the Thee Mummies also did a nice cover of it........