Check the Bands & Musicians group. This has been discussed to death! Should be able to find plenty of info...

 im really frustrated with digital recording lately and i was thinking about getting a cassette 4 track or 8 track..ideally the tascam 488 MKII.

how do you guys record your music?  what equipment do you use?  if you use all analog how do you get the mixes on the computer?

I saw the Gore Gore Girls a couple of years after Jen left the group.  They were playing at the Smilin' Moose here in Pittsburgh.  I mentioned to Amy that I had a thing for Jen, and she said to me, "She had a crush on herself" (insert catlike hissing sound here).  Yeah, I've noticed that Amy pretty much is the band;)

BTW, what about the Romantics?  I remember them from the early 80s, when they had a few mainstream hits.  When Little Steven started playing them on his radio show, I was shocked to hear they were still around, and I was even more shocked (and delighted) when I first listened to "61/49," which was a kick ass garage rock album.  I met Mike Skill and Wally Palmer in October 2006 during the Rolling Rock tour, and they were really nice guys.  Too bad they can no longer fit into those tight vinyl outfits they wore for the "One in a Million" video;)  That's one of my favorite videos from the heyday of MTV, mainly because of all the cute young girls in it.

KK Dirty Money said:

Oh, I am totally sure it is just a rock and roll thing: rockers have such a good time doing music together that they try to play in as many bands with as many of their friends or other good musicians that time will allow. It is hard to say no to rock and roll.

I've played in up to six bands at a time for about a year while I held down a full-time job, among other commitments. It was pretty strenuous but one of those opportunities I didn't want to pass up. Now I play in a comfortable total of two bands (Las Drogas and Devil Elvis).

The Gore Gore Girls has gone through many lineup changes because, from what I gather, Amy doesn't take any shit from anyone and is constantly searching for a good lineup. She does manage to hire a lot of attractive band-mates, though, so she's got that going for her.

The Paybacks are great. I wouldn't say I was friends with Wendy, but she is super cool and very accessible (but I've got some friends that have known her a long long time, even before she was fronting her own bands). If she is out and about she is very approachable and has a cool attitude. She also writes for the Detroit Metrotimes rag, so you can see her work there, too.  

MikeL said:

I just remembered another Detroit band that I really liked...the Paybacks:)  Are you friends with Wendy Case too?

 

I especially liked the Gore Gore Girls when Jen "Deuce" Pirch played bass for them.  She was really cute, so I had a little bit of a crush on her.  I also really liked the EP they put out at the time, "7x4."  I loved their cover of "No Big Thing."

 

It's like that in Pittsburgh too; the scene is very incestuous.  Just about everybody is interconnected.

 

KK Dirty Money said:

Yes, please share whatever photos and recordings you get. 

Sure, I was honored to have been asked and ready to rock the opening slot for the Cynics, but I totally understood why they picked the other two bands (trust me, they are Detroit's garage rock giants). 

I like all the bands you asked about and have seen them all right here in Detroit. I am actually friends with Amy Gore of the Gore Gore Girls, and I play in a band with Lianna (Gore Gore Girls bassist) called Devil Elvis (a super-charged garage rock tribute to Elvis). 

Check out Amy Gore's two other newer bands: Gorevette (also friends of mine) and Amy Gore & The Squires.

I don't mean to "brag" more, but I actually was guitar tech for Gorevette when they opened for Blondie in Chicago (the drummer from Naked Raygun and the guitarist from Andre Williams' band were also part of our little crew; we all partied backstage with Blondie). Plus Gorevette's drummer is an old friend of mine that I've played in many bands with over the years. His name is Al King. He also plays drums in an Ann Arbor band called Mazinga, which I highly recommend to anyone that loves super-charged rock and roll.

Al King was also the drummer for Scott Morgan and Deniz Tek (Radio Birdman) when they toured the states a couple years back (they're all Ann Arbor natives).

Sorry to babble, but it is kind of a tangled web of rock and roll in this part of the state: every rock and roller is friends with all the other rock and rollers and we all play in multiple/overlapping bands.

 

If anybody wants the scoop on what other obscure Detroit bands to check out, I'll gladly send you my recommendations.

 

 

MikeL said:

I'm sorry to hear that you missed out on sharing a bill with the Cynics.

 

I'll take some pictures at this Saturday's Pittsburgh show, and I'll post them here.  I will also record the show with my LS-10, and if anyone here wants a copy, just let me know.

 

BTW, do you like the Fondas, Gore Gore Girls, Ko and the Knockouts and the Dirtbombs?

KK Dirty Money said:

Yeah, speaking of Cynics, Detroit bands, etc. 

The Cynics are on a reunion tour on their way back from SXSW. They will be playing a venue in Ann Arbor (near where I live, and also close to Detroit) tomorrow night with two other great Detroit bands that share the stage with Outrageous Cherry quite often: The Sights and The Hentchmen.

No Fun Records (based out of Ann Arbor/Buenos Aires) is hosting the show. They are a great little label, check 'em out.

Coincidentally, the owner of No Fun Records asked my band, Las Drogas, to open the show for the Cynics. I immediately said "hell YES!". But she unbooked my band a couple weeks later because she was able to score some bigger Detroit bands that would draw more people. Oh, well. What are you gonna do?

 

I know, I know... Cool Story Bro 

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_OMimT5x918I/S9W0z9zNZAI/AAAAAAAAABs/aatNN...

 

MikeL said:

I missed out on the original Cynics too, but I've been watching the reunited Cynics since they got back together in 2000.  They will play at the 31st Street Pub this Saturday night.  

 

You can still get the one and only Trash Vegas CD, "In the Grooveyard," at Get Hip Records.  The founder of that band, Bobby LaMonde, is a friend of mine whom I got to know when another friend recommended to me that I should check out his new band at the time, the Science Fiction Idols.

 

The Kings Court is now a retail space that houses both a cell phone store and an apparel store.  For a while, it was a coffee house and movie theater call the Bee Hive, and then it became a live music venue with a bar.  

 

Yes, it is both sad and hilarious that WDVE's playlist is still the same.  I was listening to it for a few minute on my car radio a couple of years ago, just for old times sake, and they played "When the Levee Breaks" (Jeez, like I haven't hear that one a million times before) and "Whole Lotta Rosie" (Another one that's been played to death).  Thank God for Sirius.

trashman said:

North Catholic grad - 87.  I knew a couple of Penn Hills/Plum characters, I think they graduated in 86.  Garage rock didn't hit me in the head until 2007 so missed out on the Cynics.  My only big claim was seeing Rusted Root before they made it big (still impress the wife with that one but difficult to get any reaction anywhere else).  I did see all the other Pgh usuals - NN, Joe Grushecky.  Thanks for the great reminder on Trash Vegas - never saw them but you reminded me that several years ago I wanted to search for some of their tunes, then completely forgot.  I used to see a band named Room to Move (speaking of Penn Hills/Plum) - they sometimes played at the Decade, Grafitti,etc.  What is Kings Court now?  I find it funny when I come back into town that the playlist on WDVE is exactly as it was when in high school.  Sometimes I go to their website just so I can laugh at what they are currently playing - give me two steps.  Crap then, crap now.  I know why you are a Sirius listener like myself.

Oh, I am totally sure it is just a rock and roll thing: rockers have such a good time doing music together that they try to play in as many bands with as many of their friends or other good musicians that time will allow. It is hard to say no to rock and roll.

I've played in up to six bands at a time for about a year while I held down a full-time job, among other commitments. It was pretty strenuous but one of those opportunities I didn't want to pass up. Now I play in a comfortable total of two bands (Las Drogas and Devil Elvis).

The Gore Gore Girls has gone through many lineup changes because, from what I gather, Amy doesn't take any shit from anyone and is constantly searching for a good lineup. She does manage to hire a lot of attractive band-mates, though, so she's got that going for her.

The Paybacks are great. I wouldn't say I was friends with Wendy, but she is super cool and very accessible (but I've got some friends that have known her a long long time, even before she was fronting her own bands). If she is out and about she is very approachable and has a cool attitude. She also writes for the Detroit Metrotimes rag, so you can see her work there, too.  

MikeL said:

I just remembered another Detroit band that I really liked...the Paybacks:)  Are you friends with Wendy Case too?

 

I especially liked the Gore Gore Girls when Jen "Deuce" Pirch played bass for them.  She was really cute, so I had a little bit of a crush on her.  I also really liked the EP they put out at the time, "7x4."  I loved their cover of "No Big Thing."

 

It's like that in Pittsburgh too; the scene is very incestuous.  Just about everybody is interconnected.

 

KK Dirty Money said:

Yes, please share whatever photos and recordings you get. 

Sure, I was honored to have been asked and ready to rock the opening slot for the Cynics, but I totally understood why they picked the other two bands (trust me, they are Detroit's garage rock giants). 

I like all the bands you asked about and have seen them all right here in Detroit. I am actually friends with Amy Gore of the Gore Gore Girls, and I play in a band with Lianna (Gore Gore Girls bassist) called Devil Elvis (a super-charged garage rock tribute to Elvis). 

Check out Amy Gore's two other newer bands: Gorevette (also friends of mine) and Amy Gore & The Squires.

I don't mean to "brag" more, but I actually was guitar tech for Gorevette when they opened for Blondie in Chicago (the drummer from Naked Raygun and the guitarist from Andre Williams' band were also part of our little crew; we all partied backstage with Blondie). Plus Gorevette's drummer is an old friend of mine that I've played in many bands with over the years. His name is Al King. He also plays drums in an Ann Arbor band called Mazinga, which I highly recommend to anyone that loves super-charged rock and roll.

Al King was also the drummer for Scott Morgan and Deniz Tek (Radio Birdman) when they toured the states a couple years back (they're all Ann Arbor natives).

Sorry to babble, but it is kind of a tangled web of rock and roll in this part of the state: every rock and roller is friends with all the other rock and rollers and we all play in multiple/overlapping bands.

 

If anybody wants the scoop on what other obscure Detroit bands to check out, I'll gladly send you my recommendations.

 

 

MikeL said:

I'm sorry to hear that you missed out on sharing a bill with the Cynics.

 

I'll take some pictures at this Saturday's Pittsburgh show, and I'll post them here.  I will also record the show with my LS-10, and if anyone here wants a copy, just let me know.

 

BTW, do you like the Fondas, Gore Gore Girls, Ko and the Knockouts and the Dirtbombs?

KK Dirty Money said:

Yeah, speaking of Cynics, Detroit bands, etc. 

The Cynics are on a reunion tour on their way back from SXSW. They will be playing a venue in Ann Arbor (near where I live, and also close to Detroit) tomorrow night with two other great Detroit bands that share the stage with Outrageous Cherry quite often: The Sights and The Hentchmen.

No Fun Records (based out of Ann Arbor/Buenos Aires) is hosting the show. They are a great little label, check 'em out.

Coincidentally, the owner of No Fun Records asked my band, Las Drogas, to open the show for the Cynics. I immediately said "hell YES!". But she unbooked my band a couple weeks later because she was able to score some bigger Detroit bands that would draw more people. Oh, well. What are you gonna do?

 

I know, I know... Cool Story Bro 

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_OMimT5x918I/S9W0z9zNZAI/AAAAAAAAABs/aatNN...

 

MikeL said:

I missed out on the original Cynics too, but I've been watching the reunited Cynics since they got back together in 2000.  They will play at the 31st Street Pub this Saturday night.  

 

You can still get the one and only Trash Vegas CD, "In the Grooveyard," at Get Hip Records.  The founder of that band, Bobby LaMonde, is a friend of mine whom I got to know when another friend recommended to me that I should check out his new band at the time, the Science Fiction Idols.

 

The Kings Court is now a retail space that houses both a cell phone store and an apparel store.  For a while, it was a coffee house and movie theater call the Bee Hive, and then it became a live music venue with a bar.  

 

Yes, it is both sad and hilarious that WDVE's playlist is still the same.  I was listening to it for a few minute on my car radio a couple of years ago, just for old times sake, and they played "When the Levee Breaks" (Jeez, like I haven't hear that one a million times before) and "Whole Lotta Rosie" (Another one that's been played to death).  Thank God for Sirius.

trashman said:

North Catholic grad - 87.  I knew a couple of Penn Hills/Plum characters, I think they graduated in 86.  Garage rock didn't hit me in the head until 2007 so missed out on the Cynics.  My only big claim was seeing Rusted Root before they made it big (still impress the wife with that one but difficult to get any reaction anywhere else).  I did see all the other Pgh usuals - NN, Joe Grushecky.  Thanks for the great reminder on Trash Vegas - never saw them but you reminded me that several years ago I wanted to search for some of their tunes, then completely forgot.  I used to see a band named Room to Move (speaking of Penn Hills/Plum) - they sometimes played at the Decade, Grafitti,etc.  What is Kings Court now?  I find it funny when I come back into town that the playlist on WDVE is exactly as it was when in high school.  Sometimes I go to their website just so I can laugh at what they are currently playing - give me two steps.  Crap then, crap now.  I know why you are a Sirius listener like myself.

I just remembered another Detroit band that I really liked...the Paybacks:)  Are you friends with Wendy Case too?

I especially liked the Gore Gore Girls when Jen "Deuce" Pirch played bass for them.  She was really cute, so I had a little bit of a crush on her.  I also really liked the EP they put out at the time, "7x4."  I loved their cover of "No Big Thing."

It's like that in Pittsburgh too; the scene is very incestuous.  Just about everybody is interconnected.

KK Dirty Money said:

Yes, please share whatever photos and recordings you get. 

Sure, I was honored to have been asked and ready to rock the opening slot for the Cynics, but I totally understood why they picked the other two bands (trust me, they are Detroit's garage rock giants). 

I like all the bands you asked about and have seen them all right here in Detroit. I am actually friends with Amy Gore of the Gore Gore Girls, and I play in a band with Lianna (Gore Gore Girls bassist) called Devil Elvis (a super-charged garage rock tribute to Elvis). 

Check out Amy Gore's two other newer bands: Gorevette (also friends of mine) and Amy Gore & The Squires.

I don't mean to "brag" more, but I actually was guitar tech for Gorevette when they opened for Blondie in Chicago (the drummer from Naked Raygun and the guitarist from Andre Williams' band were also part of our little crew; we all partied backstage with Blondie). Plus Gorevette's drummer is an old friend of mine that I've played in many bands with over the years. His name is Al King. He also plays drums in an Ann Arbor band called Mazinga, which I highly recommend to anyone that loves super-charged rock and roll.

Al King was also the drummer for Scott Morgan and Deniz Tek (Radio Birdman) when they toured the states a couple years back (they're all Ann Arbor natives).

Sorry to babble, but it is kind of a tangled web of rock and roll in this part of the state: every rock and roller is friends with all the other rock and rollers and we all play in multiple/overlapping bands.

 

If anybody wants the scoop on what other obscure Detroit bands to check out, I'll gladly send you my recommendations.

 

 

MikeL said:

I'm sorry to hear that you missed out on sharing a bill with the Cynics.

 

I'll take some pictures at this Saturday's Pittsburgh show, and I'll post them here.  I will also record the show with my LS-10, and if anyone here wants a copy, just let me know.

 

BTW, do you like the Fondas, Gore Gore Girls, Ko and the Knockouts and the Dirtbombs?

KK Dirty Money said:

Yeah, speaking of Cynics, Detroit bands, etc. 

The Cynics are on a reunion tour on their way back from SXSW. They will be playing a venue in Ann Arbor (near where I live, and also close to Detroit) tomorrow night with two other great Detroit bands that share the stage with Outrageous Cherry quite often: The Sights and The Hentchmen.

No Fun Records (based out of Ann Arbor/Buenos Aires) is hosting the show. They are a great little label, check 'em out.

Coincidentally, the owner of No Fun Records asked my band, Las Drogas, to open the show for the Cynics. I immediately said "hell YES!". But she unbooked my band a couple weeks later because she was able to score some bigger Detroit bands that would draw more people. Oh, well. What are you gonna do?

 

I know, I know... Cool Story Bro 

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_OMimT5x918I/S9W0z9zNZAI/AAAAAAAAABs/aatNN...

 

MikeL said:

I missed out on the original Cynics too, but I've been watching the reunited Cynics since they got back together in 2000.  They will play at the 31st Street Pub this Saturday night.  

 

You can still get the one and only Trash Vegas CD, "In the Grooveyard," at Get Hip Records.  The founder of that band, Bobby LaMonde, is a friend of mine whom I got to know when another friend recommended to me that I should check out his new band at the time, the Science Fiction Idols.

 

The Kings Court is now a retail space that houses both a cell phone store and an apparel store.  For a while, it was a coffee house and movie theater call the Bee Hive, and then it became a live music venue with a bar.  

 

Yes, it is both sad and hilarious that WDVE's playlist is still the same.  I was listening to it for a few minute on my car radio a couple of years ago, just for old times sake, and they played "When the Levee Breaks" (Jeez, like I haven't hear that one a million times before) and "Whole Lotta Rosie" (Another one that's been played to death).  Thank God for Sirius.

trashman said:

North Catholic grad - 87.  I knew a couple of Penn Hills/Plum characters, I think they graduated in 86.  Garage rock didn't hit me in the head until 2007 so missed out on the Cynics.  My only big claim was seeing Rusted Root before they made it big (still impress the wife with that one but difficult to get any reaction anywhere else).  I did see all the other Pgh usuals - NN, Joe Grushecky.  Thanks for the great reminder on Trash Vegas - never saw them but you reminded me that several years ago I wanted to search for some of their tunes, then completely forgot.  I used to see a band named Room to Move (speaking of Penn Hills/Plum) - they sometimes played at the Decade, Grafitti,etc.  What is Kings Court now?  I find it funny when I come back into town that the playlist on WDVE is exactly as it was when in high school.  Sometimes I go to their website just so I can laugh at what they are currently playing - give me two steps.  Crap then, crap now.  I know why you are a Sirius listener like myself.

Yes, please share whatever photos and recordings you get. 

Sure, I was honored to have been asked and ready to rock the opening slot for the Cynics, but I totally understood why they picked the other two bands (trust me, they are Detroit's garage rock giants). 

I like all the bands you asked about and have seen them all right here in Detroit. I am actually friends with Amy Gore of the Gore Gore Girls, and I play in a band with Lianna (Gore Gore Girls bassist) called Devil Elvis (a super-charged garage rock tribute to Elvis). 

Check out Amy Gore's two other newer bands: Gorevette (also friends of mine) and Amy Gore & The Squires.

I don't mean to "brag" more, but I actually was guitar tech for Gorevette when they opened for Blondie in Chicago (the drummer from Naked Raygun and the guitarist from Andre Williams' band were also part of our little crew; we all partied backstage with Blondie). Plus Gorevette's drummer is an old friend of mine that I've played in many bands with over the years. His name is Al King. He also plays drums in an Ann Arbor band called Mazinga, which I highly recommend to anyone that loves super-charged rock and roll.

Al King was also the drummer for Scott Morgan and Deniz Tek (Radio Birdman) when they toured the states a couple years back (they're all Ann Arbor natives).

Sorry to babble, but it is kind of a tangled web of rock and roll in this part of the state: every rock and roller is friends with all the other rock and rollers and we all play in multiple/overlapping bands.

If anybody wants the scoop on what other obscure Detroit bands to check out, I'll gladly send you my recommendations.

MikeL said:

I'm sorry to hear that you missed out on sharing a bill with the Cynics.

 

I'll take some pictures at this Saturday's Pittsburgh show, and I'll post them here.  I will also record the show with my LS-10, and if anyone here wants a copy, just let me know.

 

BTW, do you like the Fondas, Gore Gore Girls, Ko and the Knockouts and the Dirtbombs?

KK Dirty Money said:

Yeah, speaking of Cynics, Detroit bands, etc. 

The Cynics are on a reunion tour on their way back from SXSW. They will be playing a venue in Ann Arbor (near where I live, and also close to Detroit) tomorrow night with two other great Detroit bands that share the stage with Outrageous Cherry quite often: The Sights and The Hentchmen.

No Fun Records (based out of Ann Arbor/Buenos Aires) is hosting the show. They are a great little label, check 'em out.

Coincidentally, the owner of No Fun Records asked my band, Las Drogas, to open the show for the Cynics. I immediately said "hell YES!". But she unbooked my band a couple weeks later because she was able to score some bigger Detroit bands that would draw more people. Oh, well. What are you gonna do?

 

I know, I know... Cool Story Bro 

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_OMimT5x918I/S9W0z9zNZAI/AAAAAAAAABs/aatNN...

 

MikeL said:

I missed out on the original Cynics too, but I've been watching the reunited Cynics since they got back together in 2000.  They will play at the 31st Street Pub this Saturday night.  

 

You can still get the one and only Trash Vegas CD, "In the Grooveyard," at Get Hip Records.  The founder of that band, Bobby LaMonde, is a friend of mine whom I got to know when another friend recommended to me that I should check out his new band at the time, the Science Fiction Idols.

 

The Kings Court is now a retail space that houses both a cell phone store and an apparel store.  For a while, it was a coffee house and movie theater call the Bee Hive, and then it became a live music venue with a bar.  

 

Yes, it is both sad and hilarious that WDVE's playlist is still the same.  I was listening to it for a few minute on my car radio a couple of years ago, just for old times sake, and they played "When the Levee Breaks" (Jeez, like I haven't hear that one a million times before) and "Whole Lotta Rosie" (Another one that's been played to death).  Thank God for Sirius.

trashman said:

North Catholic grad - 87.  I knew a couple of Penn Hills/Plum characters, I think they graduated in 86.  Garage rock didn't hit me in the head until 2007 so missed out on the Cynics.  My only big claim was seeing Rusted Root before they made it big (still impress the wife with that one but difficult to get any reaction anywhere else).  I did see all the other Pgh usuals - NN, Joe Grushecky.  Thanks for the great reminder on Trash Vegas - never saw them but you reminded me that several years ago I wanted to search for some of their tunes, then completely forgot.  I used to see a band named Room to Move (speaking of Penn Hills/Plum) - they sometimes played at the Decade, Grafitti,etc.  What is Kings Court now?  I find it funny when I come back into town that the playlist on WDVE is exactly as it was when in high school.  Sometimes I go to their website just so I can laugh at what they are currently playing - give me two steps.  Crap then, crap now.  I know why you are a Sirius listener like myself.

I'm sorry to hear that you missed out on sharing a bill with the Cynics.

I'll take some pictures at this Saturday's Pittsburgh show, and I'll post them here.  I will also record the show with my LS-10, and if anyone here wants a copy, just let me know.

BTW, do you like the Fondas, Gore Gore Girls, Ko and the Knockouts and the Dirtbombs?

KK Dirty Money said:

Yeah, speaking of Cynics, Detroit bands, etc. 

The Cynics are on a reunion tour on their way back from SXSW. They will be playing a venue in Ann Arbor (near where I live, and also close to Detroit) tomorrow night with two other great Detroit bands that share the stage with Outrageous Cherry quite often: The Sights and The Hentchmen.

No Fun Records (based out of Ann Arbor/Buenos Aires) is hosting the show. They are a great little label, check 'em out.

Coincidentally, the owner of No Fun Records asked my band, Las Drogas, to open the show for the Cynics. I immediately said "hell YES!". But she unbooked my band a couple weeks later because she was able to score some bigger Detroit bands that would draw more people. Oh, well. What are you gonna do?

 

I know, I know... Cool Story Bro 

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_OMimT5x918I/S9W0z9zNZAI/AAAAAAAAABs/aatNN...

 

MikeL said:

I missed out on the original Cynics too, but I've been watching the reunited Cynics since they got back together in 2000.  They will play at the 31st Street Pub this Saturday night.  

 

You can still get the one and only Trash Vegas CD, "In the Grooveyard," at Get Hip Records.  The founder of that band, Bobby LaMonde, is a friend of mine whom I got to know when another friend recommended to me that I should check out his new band at the time, the Science Fiction Idols.

 

The Kings Court is now a retail space that houses both a cell phone store and an apparel store.  For a while, it was a coffee house and movie theater call the Bee Hive, and then it became a live music venue with a bar.  

 

Yes, it is both sad and hilarious that WDVE's playlist is still the same.  I was listening to it for a few minute on my car radio a couple of years ago, just for old times sake, and they played "When the Levee Breaks" (Jeez, like I haven't hear that one a million times before) and "Whole Lotta Rosie" (Another one that's been played to death).  Thank God for Sirius.

trashman said:

North Catholic grad - 87.  I knew a couple of Penn Hills/Plum characters, I think they graduated in 86.  Garage rock didn't hit me in the head until 2007 so missed out on the Cynics.  My only big claim was seeing Rusted Root before they made it big (still impress the wife with that one but difficult to get any reaction anywhere else).  I did see all the other Pgh usuals - NN, Joe Grushecky.  Thanks for the great reminder on Trash Vegas - never saw them but you reminded me that several years ago I wanted to search for some of their tunes, then completely forgot.  I used to see a band named Room to Move (speaking of Penn Hills/Plum) - they sometimes played at the Decade, Grafitti,etc.  What is Kings Court now?  I find it funny when I come back into town that the playlist on WDVE is exactly as it was when in high school.  Sometimes I go to their website just so I can laugh at what they are currently playing - give me two steps.  Crap then, crap now.  I know why you are a Sirius listener like myself.

Yeah, speaking of Cynics, Detroit bands, etc. 

The Cynics are on a reunion tour on their way back from SXSW. They will be playing a venue in Ann Arbor (near where I live, and also close to Detroit) tomorrow night with two other great Detroit bands that share the stage with Outrageous Cherry quite often: The Sights and The Hentchmen.

No Fun Records (based out of Ann Arbor/Buenos Aires) is hosting the show. They are a great little label, check 'em out.

Coincidentally, the owner of No Fun Records asked my band, Las Drogas, to open the show for the Cynics. I immediately said "hell YES!". But she unbooked my band a couple weeks later because she was able to score some bigger Detroit bands that would draw more people. Oh, well. What are you gonna do?

I know, I know... Cool Story Bro 

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_OMimT5x918I/S9W0z9zNZAI/AAAAAAAAABs/aatNNH2eN80/s1600/CoolStoryBro.jpg

MikeL said:

I missed out on the original Cynics too, but I've been watching the reunited Cynics since they got back together in 2000.  They will play at the 31st Street Pub this Saturday night.  

 

You can still get the one and only Trash Vegas CD, "In the Grooveyard," at Get Hip Records.  The founder of that band, Bobby LaMonde, is a friend of mine whom I got to know when another friend recommended to me that I should check out his new band at the time, the Science Fiction Idols.

 

The Kings Court is now a retail space that houses both a cell phone store and an apparel store.  For a while, it was a coffee house and movie theater call the Bee Hive, and then it became a live music venue with a bar.  

 

Yes, it is both sad and hilarious that WDVE's playlist is still the same.  I was listening to it for a few minute on my car radio a couple of years ago, just for old times sake, and they played "When the Levee Breaks" (Jeez, like I haven't hear that one a million times before) and "Whole Lotta Rosie" (Another one that's been played to death).  Thank God for Sirius.

trashman said:

North Catholic grad - 87.  I knew a couple of Penn Hills/Plum characters, I think they graduated in 86.  Garage rock didn't hit me in the head until 2007 so missed out on the Cynics.  My only big claim was seeing Rusted Root before they made it big (still impress the wife with that one but difficult to get any reaction anywhere else).  I did see all the other Pgh usuals - NN, Joe Grushecky.  Thanks for the great reminder on Trash Vegas - never saw them but you reminded me that several years ago I wanted to search for some of their tunes, then completely forgot.  I used to see a band named Room to Move (speaking of Penn Hills/Plum) - they sometimes played at the Decade, Grafitti,etc.  What is Kings Court now?  I find it funny when I come back into town that the playlist on WDVE is exactly as it was when in high school.  Sometimes I go to their website just so I can laugh at what they are currently playing - give me two steps.  Crap then, crap now.  I know why you are a Sirius listener like myself.

There is a cool new tune of theirs for free download (check Amazon) called Get Out While You Can.

Highly recommended.

I have let that album roll over two more times.  Hard to shut off now. 

MikeL said:

I like "Jessie" too.  That's my favorite track from the album.

 

I like "Jessie" too.  That's my favorite track from the album.

trashman said:

Well, I couldn't wait and had to listen now.  Get Hip records describes them best on their website as glam - Johnny Thunders - inspired guitar rock n roll.  I am a big fan of Thunder's L.A.M.F. so the Trash Vegas hit a good chord for me.  I like the way it opens up with "its a shame" and "Jessie" is pure Thunders.  I will probably be hooked into "Its a Shame" and the song "Grooveyard" for a little while.  I had fun listening to that album.  As I saw the song "Walk in the Rain" moving up the playlist I said uh oh here comes the obligatory ballad - but they stayed true with more protopunk.  I would be remiss if I didn't finish by saying I am excited to have a copy of a Pittsburgh band covering "Everything has something to hide except me and my monkey"  and in the fashion they did it with.  Thanks again for your earlier suggestion.  Tell Bobby he has a new fan.

Now I will have to dig up Hurricane - can't find that at the present.  I did find a 1991 DVE Pgh rocks CD that had the usual Billy Price/Clarks/Donnie Iris but also had Room to Move.  Moreover, I found some odd karaoke night online headed up by old members of Trash Vegas and Room to Move.  How about that for a daily cup of coincidence.

 

 

That Nuggets set really set us on fire, didn't it! Hail Lenny Kaye!

Steve Price said:

I heard Thee Headcoats - "Heavens To Murgatroyd Even!" and the Rhino records CD box set release of "Nuggets" around the same time.

that was it for me.

It was Good Golly Miss Molly By Credence Clearwater Revival when I was 4 in 1970.

I have no doubt that the Paisley Underground and cowpunk movement in So. Cal. would have had a better chance had it not been for the "Big Hair '80's" bands..
Aldyth Beltane said:

Excellent! I keep hoping they, The Morlocks, and some of the other bands from that era who are still together or reformed will make it to SF.  I think The Fleshtones were here about a year ago, but I found out about the show too late. 

The 80's were a groovy time to be in Southern California!  LA and San Diego had some amazing bands and there was so much enthusiasm for the music. People don't remember that aspect of the LA scene as much as they do "hair metal" or the bands that came out of The Scream, but it was just as vital a scene!

joey fuckup said:

Very cool! Yes, I'm a big fan also of the "Paisley Underground" as it was called in the '80's...And I'm a huge Fleshtones fan! Matter of fact, I'm going to see them this weekend!
Aldyth Beltane said:

I was a wee little tyke when I first saw Paul Revere and The Raiders and just thought they were the coolest thing in the world to my nascent rebellious soul. Don't remember which song exactly though, I'm sad to say. Was probably "Hungry." My love for the era was reborn many years later with the original Nuggets release, then running off to LA and encountering such bands as The Unclaimed, Redd Kross, etc.  And OMG yeah, The Fleshtones!  Love 'em to this very day!

I have Nuggets #1 & Children Of Nuggets burned (I'm a podcaster on a budget)...cool thing is I borrowed it from a serious music lover a few years ago, cool thing about that is he's now my boss!

midwesternskirt said:

no i don't have the nuggets lp... but i am pretty sure he still has it in his collection. at least i hope so :]  i have the box sets for 1 & 2 and then the children of nuggets box.  he didn't have any of the pebbles comps but i picked up some on cd in the used section at the record store where i used to work a few years back.

 

i love all the obvious 60s garage bands like the sonics, the remains, shadows of knight, mitch ryder and the detroit wheels... but i dig hearing more of the obscure ones.

joey fuckup said:

So do you have his Nuggets LP? And did he have any of the Pebbles compilations?

midwesternskirt said:

my dad had the first nuggets LP when i was growing up. it was love at first listen. then in later years when i started collecting LPs myself, i really got into the soledad brothers. that was when i hit my garage resurgence period and haven't really stopped listening to garage rock (and everything else really) since.

Excellent! I keep hoping they, The Morlocks, and some of the other bands from that era who are still together or reformed will make it to SF.  I think The Fleshtones were here about a year ago, but I found out about the show too late. 

The 80's were a groovy time to be in Southern California!  LA and San Diego had some amazing bands and there was so much enthusiasm for the music. People don't remember that aspect of the LA scene as much as they do "hair metal" or the bands that came out of The Scream, but it was just as vital a scene!

joey fuckup said:

Very cool! Yes, I'm a big fan also of the "Paisley Underground" as it was called in the '80's...And I'm a huge Fleshtones fan! Matter of fact, I'm going to see them this weekend!
Aldyth Beltane said:

I was a wee little tyke when I first saw Paul Revere and The Raiders and just thought they were the coolest thing in the world to my nascent rebellious soul. Don't remember which song exactly though, I'm sad to say. Was probably "Hungry." My love for the era was reborn many years later with the original Nuggets release, then running off to LA and encountering such bands as The Unclaimed, Redd Kross, etc.  And OMG yeah, The Fleshtones!  Love 'em to this very day!

Very cool! Yes, I'm a big fan also of the "Paisley Underground" as it was called in the '80's...And I'm a huge Fleshtones fan! Matter of fact, I'm going to see them this weekend!
Aldyth Beltane said:

I was a wee little tyke when I first saw Paul Revere and The Raiders and just thought they were the coolest thing in the world to my nascent rebellious soul. Don't remember which song exactly though, I'm sad to say. Was probably "Hungry." My love for the era was reborn many years later with the original Nuggets release, then running off to LA and encountering such bands as The Unclaimed, Redd Kross, etc.  And OMG yeah, The Fleshtones!  Love 'em to this very day!

So do you have his Nuggets LP? And did he have any of the Pebbles compilations?

midwesternskirt said:

my dad had the first nuggets LP when i was growing up. it was love at first listen. then in later years when i started collecting LPs myself, i really got into the soledad brothers. that was when i hit my garage resurgence period and haven't really stopped listening to garage rock (and everything else really) since.

I was a wee little tyke when I first saw Paul Revere and The Raiders and just thought they were the coolest thing in the world to my nascent rebellious soul. Don't remember which song exactly though, I'm sad to say. Was probably "Hungry." My love for the era was reborn many years later with the original Nuggets release, then running off to LA and encountering such bands as The Unclaimed, Redd Kross, etc.  And OMG yeah, The Fleshtones!  Love 'em to this very day!

As much as we hate to hear our beloved garage classics used so crassly in commercials, either way, if it led you into getting more into the genre, then it's not lame...I've heard the 13th Floor Elevators and the Seeds being used in commercials as well, and they don't even seem to fit the products the ad agency was trying promote...

This is pretty lame but I heard the song "Have Love Will Travel" by The Sonics in a car commercial when I was about 16. This was around the same time of the "garage rock revival" in the early 00s, so I was also listening to The Hives and all of that stuff.

Gonna see Paul Collins Beat next month @ Asbury Lanes in NJ....April 30th if anyone's local!

Gentleman Jesse, The White Wires

I hate "technical"/symphonic power metal or whatever the fuck it's called. Basically down tuned guitar wankery, trying to hit 1000 notes a minute but with absolutely no soul or feeling.

I also dislike most/all heavy metal in general.

Justin Beiber.