Some younger people are impressed that I even saw Thunders , but , WITH The Viletones? There's no"Only" in that sentence. Did'nt know about the live album.  Hope I can find it , some day.  Their myspace had or has some really good , more recent , live footage....Leckie's people contacted me a month or two ago , because I sent him a message....Three years ago ! But , they were very gracious , regarding the delay. When Johnny played in Chicago for the last time , in '89 , well...it was'nt very good. There were moments. But , a friend saw him in Vancouver the week before of after , backed by members of Teenage Head , and he said that it was everything Johnny should have ever been.  

Brian T. Kirchner said:

Although it wasn't the original line-up, the Viletones' Saturday Night/Sunday Morning is a great live lp. There wasn't any of their output that I didn't like. I only got to see them once--they were opening for Johnny Thunders at (I think) the Horseshoe Tavern back in '85.

Although it wasn't the original line-up, the Viletones' Saturday Night/Sunday Morning is a great live lp. There wasn't any of their output that I didn't like. I only got to see them once--they were opening for Johnny Thunders at (I think) the Horseshoe Tavern back in '85.

In St. Paul, back in the early 80's, there was a band called "The Attack" who were an amazing Stooges clone. I used to work in the stock department at a major store in that town and often saw the lead singer who would be coming back from physical therapy! Now we both work as librarians in our respective cities(minneapolis for me and st paul for him).

Here's a pretty cool mix of 50's and 60's Halloween/horror themed tunes (my band The Electric Mess has the second song in, "You've Become a Witch").  Download them here:

http://corkgrips.tumblr.com/post/11692460075/ghaas-alright-all-you-creeps-and

'Wicked Anabella' by The Kinks

id add the entire ghastly ones back catalog some damned stuff and some horrors

TeenFink said:

any other modern or recent/current WHATEVER bands have some groovy Halloweenie kinda tunes??? Let's hear 'em!!

My band Space Party have a tune that would fit the bill, it's called "The Creature". If any podcasters / broadcasters want a copy for their Halloween shows, please email me at spacepartyband@gmail.com

You can listen to it here:

http://www.myspace.com/spacepartysurfband

 Dracula's Greatest Hits - Gene Moss as Lugosi and Karloff w/ music by Billy Lee Riley. Great Jack Davis artwork. It even came with Jack Davis Monster Cards , but , I've never seen 'em.

Spike Jones in Stereo/Hi Fi.           Late 50's. Great novelty Horror songs with Lorre , Karloff , Vampira and Lugosi mimics (Very good , too , but , the best moment is "I Was a Teenage Brain Surgeon" by a guy who's voice is so impossibly low , I thought it was the singer from the original (And only ) "Grinch" , but it's not ).

Anything by Transylvania 500

Rob Zombies Halloween Hootenanny

Ghastly Ones et. al

Anything by Murder Lane on the album Ghoul TV......if you can find a copy.

"Right , Vamp , you're messing with The Big Boys , now !" - Neil "The Young Ones".

Once , I saw The Damned do "Nasty" , live.

Dennis Guthrie said:

Nasty- The Damned
Halloween (Misfits cover)- Crimson Ghosts

How could I forget our own beloved Dirtbag Surfers?

Well, yes I do.....check out The Surf Zombies.

http://www.reverbnation.com/su rfzombies

 and

http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Surf-Zombies/137335488149

You won't be disappointed.

for something more contemporary.  i like the Dead Vampires.

Murder Lane

Viva Le Vox

Deadbolt

The Taboos

The Moontrekkers- Night of the Vampire.

Its an Instrumental produced by Joe Meek. Has a sort of scary intro and outro and a organ sound in the middle which you could imagine dracula playing. Fantastic reverb through the track and some nice giutar.

White Whale on One Percent Records

no, not part of their band or label or promotional team...just new to and like this forum.  always being turned on to new stuff over here...really digging White Whale right now....will post more later...

Hey Duke,  are you going to be visiting or moving to Ann Arbor?  I live just outside Ann Arbor.

Duke Of Earl said:

Yeah, I met them before. Anything interesting coming up in AnnArbor? 

a link to the podcast 5 from el tocadisco salvaje....south america garage madness!!

http://garagepunk.ning.com/profiles/blogs/el-tocadiscos-salvaje-5

RIP you amazing amazing man

Happy birthday Lux! Thanks for spreading the sickness you magnificent bastard!

 "More American Grafitti" - Doug Sahm peforms a tuff version of "I'm a Man", and a musician is referred to as a "Member of The STRAWBERRY PRUNES!". Sahm also gets to take a joyride in the band's van , knocking over everything in his path , while "96 Tears " plays in the background. Also features the original Country Joe and The Fish , performing  "The "I Feel Like I'm Fixin' To Die" Rag" , of course , as though they never recorded anything else. It's cool , tho'.

Which movie was it that Doug Sahm appears in as Kris Kristofferson's perpetually wired buddy?

"Laaaawwwd , it's TOO MUCH , we gotta get our THANG together , man , it's gonna be a STONE GROOVE ! I CAN DIG IT ! " . HE BASICALLY PLAYS HIMSELF.  Was that "The Border "? Or , was that the one with SAM tHE SHAM ? sORRY , DRAWING A BLANK , HERE.

There's "Angels From Hell" which I've never seen , featuring The Lollipop Shoppe. Fred Cole is not actually shown singing , I do know that . You SEE him when he's singing , but , he's not lipsynching to his own voice on the two songs of theirs , because the studio did not want to let him have a Screen Actor's Guild card for appearing as what he was , a Rock'n'Roll singer. If you were seen talking or singing in a movie , they were required to give you an S.A.G. card , which made you a professional Film Actor. I've been told it's since become easier to get one.

I've never even seen the DVD. I have a promo video that J. Michael McCarthy gave me at the time. But , I found one of those Horror Movie multi - monster movie box sets , with ''Sore Losers " on it. I was'nt even aware that "Sore Losers ' was on DVD. iT CAME OUT IN '97 (Or '96?), when everybody did'nt have a DVD player , and almost everything was still available on VHS . I did'nt have a DVD player for quite some time after that.  

Recordgrooves said:

I'm impressed by the level of movies that you all have posted here!

The Sore Losers

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5R0iphaXUp0

Damn, I just looked at Amazon, I didn't know this DVD was so rare.

DD:

I usually use 12's or 13's with a wound G. I love the feel and sound of flatwound strings for more jazzy and smooth stuff but I'm a treble pickup twang guy first and foremost so round-wound does that best. I've got 12's on the Hallmark right now and haven't had any trouble, although I think I might need a wider set of rollers for the bridge- I've definitely knocked strings off a couple of times. 

In the end, it's all about what you like and what you're looking for, and cool factor just doesn't matter if it doesn't play and perform well for you. I can vouch for the Hallmarks. I don't really have experience with the other models you listed above so I won't talk about of my ass about them. Let us know what your findings are.

Cheers,

Slim

DammitDave said:

Slim - It's beautiful.  Good information, too.  I've been entertaining the idea of a twangy type guitar;

 

Bison 62
http://www.burnsguitars.com/bison62.php

Shadow
http://www.burnsguitars.com/shadow.php
 
Shadow Special
http://www.burnsguitars.com/shadowspecial.php
 
I'm curious about a couple of the features that are different.  The Shadow and Shadow Special both have Knife Edge tremelo like the Cobra and the Bison 62 has the Burns deluxe tremelo unit.  I wonder what's the dif?  I'm concerned about knocking the thing out of tune constantly if I get all Hank Marvin with it.
 
I'm comparing these with a Fender Classic Player Jaguar Special and the sunburst would match my Fender Bass VI perfectly. 
 
http://www.fender.com/products/search.php?partno=0141700309
 
Musician's Friend has these for $799.00.

 

DiPinto has a couple that have my attention; Galaxie 4 and MachIV (with added twang bar option).

 

http://www.dipintoguitars.com/category.php?id=1

 

What size strings do you use?  Flats or roundwounds?