Yeah, they were picked up by Capitol, and then they got dropped by Capitol after the release of their first LP.

JJ & The Real Jerks said:

I saw them several times while living in NYC back in 2000-2002. When the whole 'garage rock' explosion happened in 2001 they were going to be the next thing. I think they were picked up by Capitol or something. I liked that tune 'Stay Away From Me'. I saw them a few times with Andy G & The Roller Kings.....Now THEY were a great band!!

I saw them several times while living in NYC back in 2000-2002. When the whole 'garage rock' explosion happened in 2001 they were going to be the next thing. I think they were picked up by Capitol or something. I liked that tune 'Stay Away From Me'. I saw them a few times with Andy G & The Roller Kings.....Now THEY were a great band!!

Nope:((

I first discovered them in May 2003 when they were sharing a bill with the Paybacks at Rosebud here in Pittsburgh (Rosebud is another defunct venue), and I liked them.  A month or so later a song from their debut LP, "Bazooka," was named as a "Coolest Song" on Little Steven's show ("Which One of the Two of Us is Gonna Burn This House Down" was the track).  I bought a copy of "Bazooka" shortly afterwards.  I thought they were a good, solid band, if nothing exceptional.  My favorite song from their debut was "I Don't Wanna Be Crazy," and I liked their cover of "Crime of the Century," a tune penned by Johnny Thunders and Wayne Kramer, which I suppose was from their short lived collaboration, Gang War.  I saw them one more time here in Pittsburgh at the 31st Street Pub in December 2003, and the last time I saw them was at Little Steven's festival at Randall's Island. Personally, I thought they had the best stage outfits of that day (They even outglammed the New York Dolls).  They also shared a local bill with one of my favorite local bands, the Science Fiction Idols, but I missed that gig.  I was disappointed by their follow-up, "Dirty Bomb," because it just seemed to be a really weak recycling of their first LP.   I just googled their name, and it turns out they broke up in 2008.  

Anyway, I'm bringing this up because I'm listening to "Bazooka" at work, and I was just wondering if anyone else here liked them or ever saw them live.

just treat protools like a tape recorder..if you start doing loops, time correction and all that stuff, it will be an incredibly frustrating process and will end up sounding generic, which I don't think you want. I agree with everyone else who says play it all the way through!

Oh, and The Wheels of course! Them's closest rivals apparently!

How bout 'King Lonely The Blue' by The Emeralds? Killer moody beat cut!!

well, anything off this page for starters!!:

http://www.nartystation.com/Music.html

Plus more American than Irish.

Alex said:

I'd say the Dropkick Murphys, but they're more punk than garage.  Still good though.

Soundflat Mail Order [Germany]

Clear Spot Distribution [Holland]

Guerssen Records [Spain]

F Minor [UK]

Cargo [UK]

Definitely!! Email me off group at staterecs@ntlworld.com.

Mole

STATE RECORDS

4808 Records said:

Whats up guys. This is Tito from 4808 records and mail-order. I sell mostly instrumental but I'm thinking of expanding. Are you interested in working on consignment?

soundflat for Germany/Europe

Crypt for Germany/Europe

Born Bad for France

Sound Pollution for Sweden

Thanks guys!! -Tito, I sent you an email!

4808 Records said:

Whats up guys. This is Tito from 4808 records and mail-order. I sell mostly instrumental but I'm thinking of expanding. Are you interested in working on consignment?

Ha! How the hell did I forget Bomp? Duh.

Matt Von said:

Bomp mailorder is a good one.

 

http://www.bompstore.com/servlet/StoreFront

Whats up guys. This is Tito from 4808 records and mail-order. I sell mostly instrumental but I'm thinking of expanding. Are you interested in working on consignment?

Bomp mailorder is a good one.

http://www.bompstore.com/servlet/StoreFront

Mordam, Get Hip Distribution, Midheaven, Subterranean, Revolver USA, Caroline, Carrot Top, Touch and Go, Cargo USA, Goner Records Mailorder, etc.

Does anyone know where I can find a copy of the 1980 punk documentary D.O.A. (directed by Lech Kowalski)? This was one of the first "punk movies" that I ever saw and left an early impression. I'd just love to have a copy of this, or hell, just watch it again.

Here's the IMdB page: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082226/

Thanks,

Anyone know where I can buy a copy of this ? Did it ever come out on DVD ?  

Thanks,

~T  

I was just looking up making an old phone into a mic(so that i have a mic to use for distorted vocals) and it turns out alot of folks use these for harmonica mics. As easy to make as you can imagine if you can solder a wire. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_09K8pcwNLY&NR=1

I've had so many run-ins with these types of "companies".  Most recently I received an email from a guy who was "so excited to hear the songs" and "couldn't wait to get in touch" with me regarding the "money we could make".  5 minutes into the conversation he started to annoy me but I let him finish his pitch which ended in his asking for $475.00 to "get started".  Huh?  I told him that if he believed in what I do so sincerely he should get me work and take his fee out of the first payment we were sure to receive.  It ended soon thereafter in a lot of cuss words and name-calling.

In short, the best rule of thumb is never pay to play, NO MATTER WHAT.  I hope Bon has success in her dealings with Gorilla, and I'm sure she will with the support of her friends and the HIDEOUT.

enz

Bon Von Wheelie of the Tacoma, Washington garage-rock band Girl Trouble has been maintaining a great website over the years where she calls out certain promoters or production companies on their pay-to-play scams. While the design of the site doesn't make it easy on the eyes to peruse, it does contain tons of valuable information warning bands of these shysters. Check it out:

www.neverpaytoplay.com

One particular shyster, Gorilla Productions, even went so far as to sue the band over what the site says about their operation. It's a lawsuit filed to bully her into taking it down. So she's fighting it. You can see the details of that here:

http://neverpaytoplay.com/&Lawsuit.htm

And here is Never Pay to Play's page on Gorilla Productions pay-to-play scam:

http://neverpaytoplay.com/Gorilla/&GorillaBOTB.htm

Bon told me that they still haven't gotten a ruling on this lawsuit. They still might be able to haul them into Ohio court. In Wash state this ruling takes about 30 days. In Ohio, it's almost been a year. Nobody can figure it out. She has spent thousands of dollars of her own money in lawyers and pretty much has nothing to show for it. Meanwhile, Gorilla is operating freely all over the US, including Seattle, and she can't even send an email to somebody in Ohio for fear it will further connect them. So they just wait.

Hopefully she will win (she should), but it sucks that she's had to spend over $13k in lawyers feeds in order to fight these greedy bastards. Her website is very beneficial to bands everywhere in warning them of the dangers of this kind of crap, and I've used it myself in the past when warning local bands of a similar scam that popped up here in St. Louis several years ago.

I only have that live comp with Stinky Toys on CD. I do actually have a Telephone LP, I don't think they've been mentioned yet. One of the most successful 70's French bands, but hey were a bit more mainstream new wave. It could be the album I have isn't the best tho. As for Stinky Toys stuff, I find that almost anything can be found on Soulseek if one is patient & persistent. Tho I probably shouldn't be advocating that.

Duke Of Earl said:

I can burn dogs cd for stinky toys copy if interested.

Duke Of Earl said:

I found the Dogs cd used for like 8$. All the notes in the book are in french so maybe its hard to get over here. Id wanna get a StinkyToys cd too. Not easy to find though for a fair price. Im not interested in french hardcore just raw punk type stuff. 

Marty Shane, Pacifiction Records said:

When I lived in France as a student about 10 years ago I was looking for 70's punk and found a live comp from '78 called "Rock D'ici A L'olympia: La Nuit Punk De L'olympia" with a few of the bands on that list.  I think a lot of French stuff from that period leans more towards new wave, but some of the artists like Stinky Toys, Diesel and Bijou I remember being pretty cool. And I still gotta check out the Dogs. Anyway, I think you can get "Rock D'ici A L'olympia" here:

 

http://sonsofthedolls.blogspot.com/2008/01/le-rock-dici-lolympia.html

I finally clicked the purloined BBC link and read the article. I only saw the link to the band list before. I totally agree, it's an article for squares. Poor phrasings, like the ones you mentioned, just kinda fall flat and sound over-generalized. And I gotta ask what cause are they "deeply committed" to? Nevertheless, the writer does expose interesting roots of certain punk ideals. I for one never new about the French Situationist influence on manipulators like MacLaren and Wilson. I do think that my interest in NY punk in part led me to major in French; everything from Tom Verlaine & Richard Hell's fascination with Verlaine and Rimbaud and Patti Smith's intro to the Anthology of French Poetry to David Byrne screaming "Qu'est-ce que c'est?" in Psycho Killer and Debbie Harry's dabbling in la langue francais. This article seems to suggest that punk came full circle in the French scene. I don't see it as such an even fit. I agree mostly that an article delving into what punk in Paris was like at the time, with anecdotes of live shows and band bios would be more informative than subjective musing. From a histological perspective I still find some of the trivia connecting French culture to punk is worthy of note, but I'm not sure it works towards supporting the thesis.

Phil holloway said:

Wow,  I hardly know where to start with what is fundamentally wrong with this article.

what a long long stretch this writer has made to prove a thesis.  Always a danger when intellectuals and writers try to define musical expression.  No?

 

""Now deified as arguably punk's most important individual, Malcolm McLaren,""

""US punk "godmother" Patti Smith""

Not hard to find a quote from Mr Lydon refuting both these claims.

 

I think most would prefer an article on the French punk scene and a list of bands to check out rather than this.

 

It supposes that punk gets it's meaning from politics. (rather than from the expression of teenagers feeling both alienated and horny)

To quote Marshall McLuhan "the Medium IS the message".

I am sure most  punk rock fans in France would agree.

 

Aint 1200's more of a DJs turntable? I'd get something with automatic return, so when you are laying a turd, or pass out the needle doesn't stay in the groove. My suggestion though is don't buy new, because almost everything new is cheap and costs more.