December 17, 2012 8:57 PM CST
Cool, thanks for that info Joe. I'm going to go seek that out now.
Joe said:
I think it was self-released by the band as a digital download only ($4 from Amazon) in August. The title track is a killer! From their Facebook page:
"Available today on iTunes and all digital stores is Diamond Skull, the new Atomic Suplex EP featuring three brand new recordings, including a version of Summertime Blues that shows Blue Cheer how to play a rock n roll song. Go forth and download."
December 17, 2012 6:56 PM CST
I think it was self-released by the band as a digital download only ($4 from Amazon) in August. The title track is a killer! From their Facebook page:
"Available today on iTunes and all digital stores is Diamond Skull, the new Atomic Suplex EP featuring three brand new recordings, including a version of Summertime Blues that shows Blue Cheer how to play a rock n roll song. Go forth and download."
December 17, 2012 6:40 PM CST
Joe,
I totally missed that one. What label was that on?
Joe said:
It's tough to make a "Best of" list, when I know there's still so much stuff released in 2012 that I should've listened to, but haven't yet. Anyway, my Top Six Albums/EPs for 2012, in no particular order:
Atomic Suplex: Diamond Skull EP
December 17, 2012 2:24 PM CST
King Kahn Sousanousaphone's Greatest Hits - "OH MICKEY , YOU SO FINE , YOU SO FINE , YOU BLOW MY MIND , HEY MICKEY!!" , "SHAREEF , HE DON'T LIKE IT . ROCK THE CASBAH ! ROCK THE CASBAH!", AND "I TOLD YOU DAMN HILLBILLIES STAY THE HELL AWAY FROM MY LAWN".
December 17, 2012 7:27 PM CST
I forgot about Mitch Mitchell , but, of course , the "Big" Three , Davey Jones , Steve Marriott and Jack Wild (Well into his teens. Well , I guess they ALL were.), all played The Artful Dodger. Rumors that Ian Anderson was being considered for the part of Mad Dog Fagin in the film version are greatly exaggerated. "I can't be arsed to google it." THAT'S A SONG TITLE !
Mark George Harrison said:
I think the American kid was called 'Spring?', cant remember and cant be arsed to google it.
Davey jones was in long-running soap opera Coronation street and was quite well known, I also read today that Mitch Mitchell was a child actor as well, nearly forgot little Steve Marriott was the Artful Dodger, seems to be the choice for the 'little people' to start their careers.
John Battles said:Mark George , I don't even remember an American kid on "The Double Deckers" , but , I think gas was about 75 CENTS A GALLON THE LAST TIME I saw it.....Yep , Lil' Mickey Dolenz and "Circus Boy" , what'd Davey do before "Oliver!"? He may have merely been mistaken for a child ! No , I'm sure he went back futher than that.....But , Brandon Cruz , Butch Patrick , Robbie Rist , and Mason Reese all turned up in Punk or New Wave bands.
Dick Dodd of The Standells , of course , was one of The Mousketeers , back when that organization bred some REAL talent.
Unrelated : Chris Connolly once told me the wee small bairn on The Stupid Babies' MAGNUM OPUS , "BABY SITTERS" ("BABY SITTERS , BABY SITTERS , ME.....HATE....BABY...SITTERS !!!!".) grew up to become Adamski. Well , you can't win 'em all. Also , Danny Bonaduce did a guest spot on a Redd Kross (As Tater Totz) album. When he relocated to Chicago to do talk radio on WLUP , he led a band with friends from the studio for a while. Not my scene , but , he was pretty funny when he wanted to be.
Mark George Harrison said:He is indeed, Brinsley Ford has been in Aswad from the start, they were a band who 'jumped the shark', from respected reggae band to bland pop shite!
The leader of the double deckers, who's name escapes me, is still acting and appears on TV recently, dunno what happened to the rest. I wonder if you got it in America because there was an American kid in it??
Child star rock 'n' roll, two in the Monkees for a start!
John Battles said:Oh , boy. We'll be picking out the furniture , soon , won't we ? Seriously , though , it's good to know that so many of the programs we grew up with were just as popular overseas. The only English show we ever got was "The Double Deckers". They'd show that on Sunday , when Saturday morning was Kiddie Prime Time. I heard the Black kid on that show grew up to be a member of Aswad. That's another thread ....Child Star Rock'n'Roll.
Mark George Harrison said:You never fail to bring a smile to my face JB!
John Battles said:Mark George , Yeah , I think you're right. We had a bear , who was kind of a radical political frontman. , on early episodes of "The Banana Splits", which were'nt shown in The UK . He had this great big afro , wore wild clothes .....He turned up later on "The Hair Bear Bunch". He wrote some early songs for The Banana Splits , like "Kick Out The Jams , Jellies , and Honeys", "The American Zoos" , ''Black To Honeycomm (sic)", and "I Want You Right Now (Pickanic Basket!)" . Rumor has it , he changed his name to M*** F**** to avoid the draft. But , when Queen Elizabeth correctly identified him on a quiz show , it was all over , he was carried off to Ringling Brothers' Circus , to the chants of "DRAFT BEER , NOT BEARS !!!".
December 17, 2012 4:59 PM CST
I think the American kid was called 'Spring?', cant remember and cant be arsed to google it.
Davey jones was in long-running soap opera Coronation street and was quite well known, I also read today that Mitch Mitchell was a child actor as well, nearly forgot little Steve Marriott was the Artful Dodger, seems to be the choice for the 'little people' to start their careers.
John Battles said:
Mark George , I don't even remember an American kid on "The Double Deckers" , but , I think gas was about 75 CENTS A GALLON THE LAST TIME I saw it.....Yep , Lil' Mickey Dolenz and "Circus Boy" , what'd Davey do before "Oliver!"? He may have merely been mistaken for a child ! No , I'm sure he went back futher than that.....But , Brandon Cruz , Butch Patrick , Robbie Rist , and Mason Reese all turned up in Punk or New Wave bands.
Dick Dodd of The Standells , of course , was one of The Mousketeers , back when that organization bred some REAL talent.
Unrelated : Chris Connolly once told me the wee small bairn on The Stupid Babies' MAGNUM OPUS , "BABY SITTERS" ("BABY SITTERS , BABY SITTERS , ME.....HATE....BABY...SITTERS !!!!".) grew up to become Adamski. Well , you can't win 'em all. Also , Danny Bonaduce did a guest spot on a Redd Kross (As Tater Totz) album. When he relocated to Chicago to do talk radio on WLUP , he led a band with friends from the studio for a while. Not my scene , but , he was pretty funny when he wanted to be.
Mark George Harrison said:He is indeed, Brinsley Ford has been in Aswad from the start, they were a band who 'jumped the shark', from respected reggae band to bland pop shite!
The leader of the double deckers, who's name escapes me, is still acting and appears on TV recently, dunno what happened to the rest. I wonder if you got it in America because there was an American kid in it??
Child star rock 'n' roll, two in the Monkees for a start!
John Battles said:Oh , boy. We'll be picking out the furniture , soon , won't we ? Seriously , though , it's good to know that so many of the programs we grew up with were just as popular overseas. The only English show we ever got was "The Double Deckers". They'd show that on Sunday , when Saturday morning was Kiddie Prime Time. I heard the Black kid on that show grew up to be a member of Aswad. That's another thread ....Child Star Rock'n'Roll.
Mark George Harrison said:You never fail to bring a smile to my face JB!
John Battles said:Mark George , Yeah , I think you're right. We had a bear , who was kind of a radical political frontman. , on early episodes of "The Banana Splits", which were'nt shown in The UK . He had this great big afro , wore wild clothes .....He turned up later on "The Hair Bear Bunch". He wrote some early songs for The Banana Splits , like "Kick Out The Jams , Jellies , and Honeys", "The American Zoos" , ''Black To Honeycomm (sic)", and "I Want You Right Now (Pickanic Basket!)" . Rumor has it , he changed his name to M*** F**** to avoid the draft. But , when Queen Elizabeth correctly identified him on a quiz show , it was all over , he was carried off to Ringling Brothers' Circus , to the chants of "DRAFT BEER , NOT BEARS !!!".
December 17, 2012 1:53 PM CST
Mark George , I don't even remember an American kid on "The Double Deckers" , but , I think gas was about 75 CENTS A GALLON THE LAST TIME I saw it.....Yep , Lil' Mickey Dolenz and "Circus Boy" , what'd Davey do before "Oliver!"? He may have merely been mistaken for a child ! No , I'm sure he went back futher than that.....But , Brandon Cruz , Butch Patrick , Robbie Rist , and Mason Reese all turned up in Punk or New Wave bands.
Dick Dodd of The Standells , of course , was one of The Mousketeers , back when that organization bred some REAL talent.
Unrelated : Chris Connolly once told me the wee small bairn on The Stupid Babies' MAGNUM OPUS , "BABY SITTERS" ("BABY SITTERS , BABY SITTERS , ME.....HATE....BABY...SITTERS !!!!".) grew up to become Adamski. Well , you can't win 'em all. Also , Danny Bonaduce did a guest spot on a Redd Kross (As Tater Totz) album. When he relocated to Chicago to do talk radio on WLUP , he led a band with friends from the studio for a while. Not my scene , but , he was pretty funny when he wanted to be.
Mark George Harrison said:
He is indeed, Brinsley Ford has been in Aswad from the start, they were a band who 'jumped the shark', from respected reggae band to bland pop shite!
The leader of the double deckers, who's name escapes me, is still acting and appears on TV recently, dunno what happened to the rest. I wonder if you got it in America because there was an American kid in it??
Child star rock 'n' roll, two in the Monkees for a start!
John Battles said:Oh , boy. We'll be picking out the furniture , soon , won't we ? Seriously , though , it's good to know that so many of the programs we grew up with were just as popular overseas. The only English show we ever got was "The Double Deckers". They'd show that on Sunday , when Saturday morning was Kiddie Prime Time. I heard the Black kid on that show grew up to be a member of Aswad. That's another thread ....Child Star Rock'n'Roll.
Mark George Harrison said:You never fail to bring a smile to my face JB!
John Battles said:Mark George , Yeah , I think you're right. We had a bear , who was kind of a radical political frontman. , on early episodes of "The Banana Splits", which were'nt shown in The UK . He had this great big afro , wore wild clothes .....He turned up later on "The Hair Bear Bunch". He wrote some early songs for The Banana Splits , like "Kick Out The Jams , Jellies , and Honeys", "The American Zoos" , ''Black To Honeycomm (sic)", and "I Want You Right Now (Pickanic Basket!)" . Rumor has it , he changed his name to M*** F**** to avoid the draft. But , when Queen Elizabeth correctly identified him on a quiz show , it was all over , he was carried off to Ringling Brothers' Circus , to the chants of "DRAFT BEER , NOT BEARS !!!".
December 17, 2012 1:35 PM CST
In his own writing, below is his top 50 albums.
Meet the Beatles is listed in there.. so Beatles get (1) listing, but Black Flag (2), Wipers (3),Butthole Surfers (2)
so... I don't doubt that he respected The Beatles but I wouldn't say they were his "go to" influence. I don't really care, I like his over all list and the music he created from Bleach to Heart Shaped Box. I even liked Insecticide when it came out. I bought Heart Shaped Box when it came out and that is the last Nirvana anything I purchased. I would love some of the old splits and 45s.
I couldn't listen to any of it from like 1997-2010. It was everywhere and always on greatest everything of all time lists. I would like to see those lists (if we don't die on Friday) in 3013, 4013, etc. I don't know that it'll still be in the top 5. Its good, but not like THE ULTIMATE of all time.
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We’re taking a look at the Nirvana frontman’s list of top 50 albums, which was published in the songwriter’s collection of journals in 2002.
http://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2012/11/kurt-cobains-top-50-albums.html
December 17, 2012 10:16 AM CST
I once read that Kurt Cobain's biggest influence were The Beatles.
Grazianohmygod said:
Looks like the collaboration is partially to generate buzz for Dave Grohl's new documentary. I liked the pairing for the most part. I mean, McCartney did write Helter Skelter, which is practically In Utero's baby-daddy. Seemed fitting.
Mark George Harrison said:If it makes a shed load of cash for a deserving cause then why not, its not like they're going to tour and start writing a new NirTles/BeaVana album!
December 17, 2012 9:24 AM CST
Looks like the collaboration is partially to generate buzz for Dave Grohl's new documentary. I liked the pairing for the most part. I mean, McCartney did write Helter Skelter, which is practically In Utero's baby-daddy. Seemed fitting.
Mark George Harrison said:
If it makes a shed load of cash for a deserving cause then why not, its not like they're going to tour and start writing a new NirTles/BeaVana album!
December 17, 2012 4:30 AM CST
He is indeed, Brinsley Ford has been in Aswad from the start, they were a band who 'jumped the shark', from respected reggae band to bland pop shite!
The leader of the double deckers, who's name escapes me, is still acting and appears on TV recently, dunno what happened to the rest. I wonder if you got it in America because there was an American kid in it??
Child star rock 'n' roll, two in the Monkees for a start!
John Battles said:
Oh , boy. We'll be picking out the furniture , soon , won't we ? Seriously , though , it's good to know that so many of the programs we grew up with were just as popular overseas. The only English show we ever got was "The Double Deckers". They'd show that on Sunday , when Saturday morning was Kiddie Prime Time. I heard the Black kid on that show grew up to be a member of Aswad. That's another thread ....Child Star Rock'n'Roll.
Mark George Harrison said:You never fail to bring a smile to my face JB!
John Battles said:Mark George , Yeah , I think you're right. We had a bear , who was kind of a radical political frontman. , on early episodes of "The Banana Splits", which were'nt shown in The UK . He had this great big afro , wore wild clothes .....He turned up later on "The Hair Bear Bunch". He wrote some early songs for The Banana Splits , like "Kick Out The Jams , Jellies , and Honeys", "The American Zoos" , ''Black To Honeycomm (sic)", and "I Want You Right Now (Pickanic Basket!)" . Rumor has it , he changed his name to M*** F**** to avoid the draft. But , when Queen Elizabeth correctly identified him on a quiz show , it was all over , he was carried off to Ringling Brothers' Circus , to the chants of "DRAFT BEER , NOT BEARS !!!".
December 17, 2012 7:20 PM CST
That's pretty obvious.....But , a lot of people call Little Richard and Chuck Berry "King" (Because they're ALL Kings.) , but no one would have drawn that conclusion , going by Chuck's Mercury output , or Richard's VeeJay or Okeh material (As good as some of that is . ).....Even Richard's recordings with Don and Dewey and Jimi Hendrix are pretty cheesy , production - wise.
James Porter said:
The Girl Happy soundtrack? I could never get past the title track, which was the only good song on the whole album, IMO. As far as the other songs...if that were the only album he did, no one would be calling him King.
December 17, 2012 7:13 PM CST
John, when Funkadelic's One Nation Under A Groove came out, band members complained that George Clinton mixed down the guitars too low, turning them into just another anonymous disco-funk band. Considering that the LP contained "Who Says A Funk Band Can't Play Rock?," mixing down the guitars seems to defeat the whole purpose.
December 17, 2012 2:56 PM CST
Someone told me , years ago , that George Clinton jumped the shark when he switched from LSD to Cocaine as his drug of choice. Well , he had to do what he had to do to sell records. I don't mean he HAD to do blow , but he had to restructure his musical formula , so , much of it , not all of it , bordered on Disco.
Some of that later stuff is'nt bad , but give me screamin' guitars instead of drums so clean , they sound like drum machines. James saw The P-Funk All Stars' big comeback show at The Regal Theatre on The Chicago South Side , which recieved high praise from fans and press , alike. By the time I saw them , a few years later , they were still a tightly knit unit (Of about 30 people.) , with Clinton very much at the controls . But , later still , they became the darlings of the Deadhead set , and , when I saw them a second time , it was sort of a mess. Good musicians , but , the songs were going nowhere , and Clinton turned up for all of ten minutes.
December 17, 2012 2:17 PM CST
swt , As far as the weirdest are concerned , I agree with your choices , but ,"Animal Instinct" definitely rates high up there.. Then , there's "The Edge of Reality" , maybe not so strange on the surface , but , as close to Psychedelia as Elvis ever got....Especially when you dig the "Trip Scene" in "Live a Little , Love a Little" that goes with it.
One is advised to check out "Elvis' Greatest Shit" , if you can. Many of what're considered his worst tracks (Tho' I don't see how "U.S.Male" made the grade.) are laid out , lovingly , there.
December 17, 2012 2:08 PM CST
That was the first Elvis movie I EVER SAW , AND , EVEN AT ABOUT THE AGE OF 10 , I THOUGHT "Ft. L. COC." WAS KIND OF ODD. NOW , I THINK IT'S HILARIOUS. You have to take that era with a sense of humor , or not at all , tho' , for every "Yoga is as Yoga Does" (Again , HILARIOUS....As if Charles Laughton mispronouncing his name on The Sullivan show were'nt enough , now Elvis is , AWKWARDLY , dueting with Elsa Lanchester. Bizarro World , man.) there was a "Down in The Alley " , " Long Legged Girl (With The Short Dress On.) , "NIGHT RIDER" , "Dirty , Dirty Feelin'" , etc.
swt said:
This inspired me to open with The Cramps' Heartbreak Hotel on my radio show tonight. http://steveterrell.blogspot.com/2012/12/terrells-sound-world-playl...
I love the Girl Happy soundtrack. Even like the weird stuff like "Through the Courtesy of the Ft. Lauderdale Chamber of Commerce."
I compiled a Spotify playlist called Elvis' Weirdest. Check it out Elvis' Weirdest
December 17, 2012 3:49 AM CST
The Girl Happy soundtrack? I could never get past the title track, which was the only good song on the whole album, IMO. As far as the other songs...if that were the only album he did, no one would be calling him King.
December 17, 2012 6:34 PM CST
I think there was a thread before, but I'm always on the lookout for new ones for my wife's cafe play list to save her from the monotony of crappy x-mas songs. Here are a few others of x-mas past, maybe not all "garage punk", but of general interest to those here maybe.
Billy Childish and the MBE - Christmas 1979 LP ( a bunch of tunes on that)
Untamed Youth - Santa's Gonna Shut Them Down
Lazy Cowhirls - Sock It To Me Santa
Swingin' Neckbreakers - Santa Claus Ain't Coming This Year
Flat Duo jets - I'll Have A Mery Christmas Without You
Creamers - 'Bob Kringle' & Father Christmas
The Sympathy For The Record Industry Comp "Happy Birthday Baby Jesus" has the following:
X- Santa Claus is Coming to town (just heard this on the radio last night.Pretty uninspiring in my opinion though)
Surfaries - Surfer's Christmas
Legendary Tiger Man - Fuck Christmas, I Got the Blues
The Fleshtones also have an album called "Stocking Stuffer" from a few years ago.
Also Flying Bomb compiled a couple of their "Surprise Package" 7 inches into a cd that has x-mas tunes from the likes of the Dirtys, Von Bondies, Blowtops, Dirtbombs, Bantam rooster etc etc etc
December 17, 2012 5:06 PM CST
The Yobs 12 days of Christmas.
The Vandals 'oi to the world' Christmas album.
The Macc lads 'Jingle bells'
The Cannibals did a Christmas single in a shaped sleeve which for the life of me I cant find and cant remember the name of!
December 17, 2012 3:47 PM CST
Sit'n'Spin had a song called "Santa Claws" , but , I can't remember if it's the same song.
Joe "King" Carrasco and The Crowns - It's a Party Christmas ( Recorded as a promo for MTV , but , it's a good track , anyway.). Not commercially released. There's a video on You Tube.
I would'nt really call "The Last White Christmas" a Christmas song , it's more of a reflection of all the change and upheaval in , and maybe just after , 1979. Still , it refers to Christmas , so , it can be used as one. It is a great song , no mistake. Go to www.roctober.com and click on Black Punk Time for more info on Basement 5 .
December 17, 2012 10:58 AM CST
The HUMMS - "Santa CLAWS Is Watching You" (Cover of the Ray Stevens Tune)
https://soundcloud.com/gypsy-farm-records/the-humms-santa-claws-is
December 17, 2012 6:10 PM CST
singers, no doubt about it. unless you are talking bout a shredder guitarist, the kind that multiplied like fungus in the 80s, who needs a spotlight and a fan next to the monitor to blow up his hair when he gets into his doodly-do's.
personal experience with this guys back when i was a drummer: http://youtu.be/04Q4PR1evgI
and even more personal than that, cuz of myself. To say that my performance as a singer for The Terrorists is egotistical is to underestimate it; it's sickening thats what it is.
December 17, 2012 3:46 PM CST
Anybody else? I'm really coming up close to 2000 on my daily countdown (I'm at 1998) and the only thing I can think of is a record I really shouldn't have bought which was Rock Star God by the Makers.
December 17, 2012 2:40 PM CST
NO TWO PEOPLE , IN THE GENERAL PUBLIC , ARE GOING TO AGREE ON EVERYTHING , IT'S TRUE. THERE HAVE GOT TO BE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO DON'T THINK THE RAMONES SHOULD HAVE BEEN INDUCTED , NOR THE STOOGES , NOR THE SEX PISTOLS , WHO , OF COURSE , TOLD THEM WHERE THEY COULD PUT IT..... BUT , THERE ARE STILL INFLUENTIAL , AS WELL AS RECORD - SELLING , ACTS FROM THE 50's TO THE LATE 70'S THAT ARE'NT IN THE HALL OF INJUSTICE , WHILE THE LEAST ROCK'N'ROLL OF 'EM ARE. AT LEAST , THE MOODY BLUES STARTED LIFE DOING R'n'B , AND MADE SOME GOOD RECORDS , THOUGH , IF THEY NEVER GOT INDUCTED (BUT , THEY WILL), I'LL SLEEP LIKE A BABY . IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE THE DOOBIES ARE'NT IN THE HALL , ALREADY , AS THEY SEEM TO REPRESENT THE THINGS THE NOMINATING BOARD AGREES ON. I'D BE VERY SURPRISED IF BOTH BANDS WERE'NT INDUCTED IN 5 TO 10 YEARS.
December 17, 2012 12:25 PM CST
New show up! Listen here: