Probably not, most people like that don't seem to understand irony.

I enjoy disco culture for the inherent hilarity of the movies, the fashion, the music; some of it is good music, but even the horrible stuff has some Narmy charm, you know?  And Skatetown U.S.A. might be one of the best bad movies ever made.  But then it was after my time, so maybe not living through it helped with that.

MikeL said:

That's part of it.  Of course, a lot of people also hated it because they just thought the music was horrible.  One friend of mine complained that he thought it had no soul to it.

 

That reminds me...one of the things I find amusing about "Saturday Night Fever" is that John Travolta and his little gang come across as so tough and macho, and they're all rather racist and homophobic, and yet they dance to music comes from both black and gay subculture.  Go figure.  Another funny moment was in the movie "Detroit Rock City," in which those kids on their way to a KISS concert in 1978 have a run-in with a couple of macho disco guys, and the KISS kids beat them up and put KISS make-up on them, and once disco guy says to the other, "You got the fag make-up on."  I wonder if any disco fans who were like that back then ever noticed the irony.

Human Eye - They Came From The Sky

GROOVY UNCLE "Play Something We Know!" (State Records) THE OFFHOOKS "Outside Looking In" (State Records) PAUL MESSIS "The Problem With Me" (13 O'Clock Records) http://staterecs.com http://13oclockrecords.com

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I'm looking forward seeing Urban Junior next week for the first time.

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I don't have it in front of me at the moment, but do you have the "How to Make a Monster" double-CD comp? I'd check those liner notes... although the demos on that album are from '76, not '79.

Jonathan Meacock said:

Thanks for your replies

 

It was more a question around the Ohio 1979 Demos?

cheers :)

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Anybody reading this need to buy "Landlocked & Loaded," what a great comp!!! If you live in the Midwest, ownership is mandatory!!! 

kopper said:

Another great "landlocked" surf band is The Delstars from Iowa (Des Moines, I think). There are a couple of their tunes on my "Landlocked & Loaded!" compilation album that I put out 11 years ago:

http://www.troubleinrivercity.com/releases/va-landlocked-loaded-cd-...

Another great "landlocked" surf band is The Delstars from Iowa (Des Moines, I think). There are a couple of their tunes on my "Landlocked & Loaded!" compilation album that I put out 11 years ago:

http://www.troubleinrivercity.com/releases/va-landlocked-loaded-cd-tirc-001/

Oh and I LOVE the SURFITES!!!!

Satan's Pilgrims!

Los Straitjackets (although they describe themselves as Guitar "Instrumentalists" rather than a surf guitar band)

SEÑOR BIKINI.

Yeah, that Jackie & The Cedrics clip is a modern classic!

Sorry for my relatively long list above. If I had to pick just 5 bands, I would probably go with The New Dimensions, The Astronauts, The Super Stocks, The Surfaris, and Jan & Dean.

And in addition to my original list which is mainly made up of bands that released at least one album, one should also not forget that there were loads of bitchen 1st wave surf groups that only put out a 45 or two on small labels.

Jackie and the Cedrics - My favorite Japanese surf band.

All excellent choices. I'm really gonna have to make my list a little longer.

Los Straightjackets - No one can deny the guitar prowess of Eddie Angel or Danny Amis. You, also, cannot fault them from becoming true "rock stars" either.

Some surf bands I like to name just a few...

The New Dimensions
The Trashmen
Jan & Dean
The Astronauts
Dick Dale
The Super Stocks
The Beach Boys
The Centurions
The Surfaris
The Original Surfaris
The Pyramids
The Sentinals
The Surf Teens
The Chantays
Ronny & The Daytonas
Eddie & The Showmen
The Ghouls
The Silly Surfers
The Crossfires
Dave Myers & The Surftones
The Fantastic Baggys
The Thunderchiefs
The Mobsmen
The Reluctant Aquanauts
The Ghastly Ones
Satan's Pilgrims

And all you fans of The Ghastly Ones might dig our brand new 45 which has Baron Shivers on lead vocals for the A-side:

By the way, I first discovered Voodoo Rhythm when I stumbled across a used copy of the Jerry J. Nixon CD at Cheapo Discs in Austin, Texas 7 years ago. Here's my story: http://steveterrell.blogspot.com/2004/04/terrells-tune-up-my-search-for-jerry-j.html

Thanks, Minna, Seriously, between this, the Rock 'n' Roll Ichiban radio http://wfmuichiban.blogspot.com/ and our own Hideout Podcast Jukebox, that's tons and tons of great music.

Thanks guys. Actually I just ordered the GFS Surf 90 for the bridge. It really is dirt cheap, even with postage from the USA to Finland. I understand it's a 50s Dynasonic clone(and a Singlecoil), but as I am a sucker for Rockabilly I don't mind and just hope I can get a fuzz sound out I dig(and people mention that they have a bit of P90s sound).

If not I'll try one of the 50s Gibson PAF clones that are around.

For the neck I'm thinking getting the TV Jones Powertron...Anyone plays those?

Check out Chicagogo.  It's a Chicago-based kids' show.  Past guests have included Hunx & His Punx, Nobunny, Jonny & the Limelites.

http://www.youtube.com/user/chicagogo

Yes! This album, "Garage Rock Nursery Rhymes," was done a few years ago by one of my best friends: http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Ddigital-music&field-keywords=toothpick+elbow&x=0&y=0

I added a harmony vocal to "Do Your Ears Hang Low," which was fun! http://soundcloud.com/mariannesp/do-your-ears-hang-low 

Here's a short clip of "Do Your Eyes Hang Low" performed for a preschool benefit: 

I really liked this, and I pulled a number of these tracks and played them on "Hayride To Hell" #9 (which will air this week).