I quite likes me some Dicks punk stuff. Even in the wild n wooly days of hardcore, Floyd's gay cowboy persona was, shall we say, rather unique. Sadly not really familiar with his later bands, who I've always been meaning to check out. Saluted in song by fellow Texas weirdos The Butthole Surfers, recorded for the trifecta of AmerIndie labels (SST, Alternative Tentacles, SubPop), tby MrFab
Tough to top this one: It was only after he died that we learned that exotica legend Korla Pandit, always wearing a jeweled turban and speaking in a soft Indian accent, was in fact an American black man born John Roland Redd. I was, as our British friends say, gobsmacked when a magazine ran an investigation that told his true story- I saw him live couple times, and even met him once and hadby MrFab
zwirnm Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Big > NY Times obituary. (gift link) Thanks for the article, zwirnm. Duane Eddy wrote a song With Ravi Shankar, man that's crazy.by MrFab
Aaaw, poop... One of the orig guitar heroes, with a great tone. and one of the big influences on the still-thriving surf scene. This is sad because, not only did he make some records that still sound good today, he was one the last of the pioneering '50s rockers - his death means that (gasp! choke*) PAT BOONE is the last man standing?!?by MrFab
Oops, yes Dennis was the Surf Punk. Thanks! Will correct.by MrFab
I just bought a book at a Goodwill earlier today called “the Smith Tapes, Lost Interviews with Rock Stars and Icons, 1969 to 1972,” interviews by Howard Smith. And I was quite surprised to read in the interview with Andy Warhol that Armand Schaubroeck had been coming by the Factory, and Warhol had commissioned him to write an opera. And he was talking with Shaubroek about how the opera was comingby MrFab
"Steven McDonald was part of Sparks' touring band in the 2000s" Indeed! I saw Mr McDonald with the Maels in 2/09. I believe I reported on that show on this here forum somewhere. Haven't seen Redd Kross since the '90s. Glad they're still around - the world needs more things like them.by MrFab
I know OF some of those bands, but really only The Toy Dolls got any kind of American popularity. Super fun band, kinda like the Dickies. Their remake of what was apparently a well-known UK childrens song, “Nellie The Elephant,” was a big college/alt-rock hit. GBH, and The Adicts were fairly well-known and I seem to recall that they toured here. Or at least GBH did. They got some college airplby MrFab
Absolutely Dick Dale should be in. He was pioneering aggressive guitar styles before the words "punk" or "metal" had been conceived (at least, as musical terms) - the still-breathtaking "Miserlou Twist" in all its 4-and-1/2 minute glory could be Sonic Youth transported back to 1962. He was the original "shredder," influencing everyone from Hendrix on down.by MrFab
JOE MEEK, yes! And considering how huge he is in the UK, certainly Sir Cliff should be in. But the Hall has always had this weird obsession with Brit bands that were huge in the US, no matter how good they were (really, The Dave Clark 5..?), but shunning Brit artists who were only huge in their actual, native land. Remember how long it took to induct Roxy Music...by MrFab
"If Yoakam and Earle hadn't had genuine country radio hits pretty much right out of the gate, I have no doubt their labels would've pivoted to push them harder towards the college rock crowd. It's not too hard to imagine "Guitar Town" as a left of the dial mainstay, sandwiched in between "Driver 8" and "Elvis is Everywhere." Right, that'sby MrFab
Can’t say I know much else by the Swinging Blue Jeans, but their version of “Hippy Hippy Shake” rocks like a mutha, one of my top Merseybeat rekkids.by MrFab
The missus just got tickets to see Dwight Yoakam, and The Mavericks at The Greek Theater for this July. Now, The Mavericks do have a TP entry, but not Yoakam. I'd say he's got as much alt cred as they do. Yoakam shunned Nashville, cutting his teeth on the LA club scene, and got his first airplay on college radio. When he emerged in the '80s, he seemed a lot more rockabilly than whaby MrFab
I had to look them up, too! I don’t really read much about music, and haven’t in years. Except for this place. For me it’s radio, or occasionally going through record stores. But these guys do sound intriguing - getting comparisons to theatrically minded faves like Kate Bush, Bowie, Roxy. So thanks for the tip.by MrFab
Real bummer about KDHX - we were following its’ gruesome demise at WFMU, and in fact brought aboard one of the veteran DJs, Dr Jeff, who’d been there for 22 years. A number of his old fans followed him over, so there’s the occasional St Louis banter in the chat. Thanks for these tips, Delvin, I’ll pass them on to Dr Jeff.by MrFab
Never heard of Firehouse. The real RIP (in my world, at least) was Clarence "Frogman" Henry, age 87. He could sing like a girl! AND he could sing like a frog! THAT is talent, ladies and gentlemen.by MrFab
I always figured he was black! Had no idea till I saw a picture of him a few days ago when he died that he wasn’t. Apart from being a founding father of hip-hop, “Malcolm X” sure seemed like something a black artist would do. “Malcolm X“ was quite the college radio sensation when it came out circa 1983. Might seem pretty basic now, but apart from Eno/Byrne‘s “my life in the bush of ghosts“, I’by MrFab
Uh oh, the band is called "Beat"? Wait til Dave Wakeling and Paul Collins find out!by MrFab
Who’s doing the Fripp parts? Vai?by MrFab
One common difference is the US label’s insistence on including hit singles on the album - often as the lead track. British acts so often treat singles and albums as two different things, which can be rather annoying for American audiences. Like, why do we have to buy all this extra stuff?! Hence, Roxy Music’s Virginia Plain” and New Order’s “Blue Monday” were appended to American releasesby MrFab
Yes, I'd say that the mashup /sound-collage on-line explosion around the turn of the century was a scene. Due to copyright laws, this couldn't really exist before the free-for-all of the early internet. Everyone seemed to know each other, there were "stars" that broke out into the mainstream, and a fair amount of collaboration. Tho mashup clubs did start to pop up in real lifeby MrFab
Not just music - the one time I got good tix to a Lakers game (13th row, I think), two suits were blabbing away the whole time. The one right next to me kept dropping his empty peanut shells on my feet. They acted like they were in a sports bar. I was thinking, it might actually be more fun to be with the real fans up in the nosebleed seats. " I think there's folks out there who don&by MrFab
That's an interesting point, Bip. But are those things you mentioned (2-Tone, Mod and rockabilly revivals, New Romantic, etc) scenes, or genres? (IS there a difference?) I would say that SoCal punk was more than a genre -there was quite a lot of personnel interaction. Heck, to this day, everyone plays in everyone else's band a la the avant-rock army. But was there much collaborationby MrFab
And the Elephant 6, and the LA Free Music Society also conveniently coined their own scene names. Thanks, guys!by MrFab
Is there a definition of what makes a music scene? We all can think of lots of scenes off the top of our heads, like: the British invasion, Haight/Ashbury, CBGB, LA punk, etc. But is the scene strictly a matter of geography? I was thinking of the avant-rock of the 70s/80s. Various former Velvet Underground members, Brian Eno, Fripp, David bowie, later joined by Kate Bush, Peter Gabriel, Laurie Anby MrFab
And in today’s inbox, re: a band who are “on the cutting edge of rock and roll where the lines of stoner pop, bubble-grunge, glass-eyed soul and progressive industrial dirt-bag symphonics all blend into one harmonious homunculus…” Someone’s still pushing the concept of “bubble grunge.” Would “Glass–eyed soul” describe Sammy Davis Jr? Hey, I’m just askin!by MrFab
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If it is a fad, it's been going on for well over a decade now. About 14 years ago, I was pleasantly astounded that the Amoeba buyer took almost all the tapes I was selling (but not the cassingles!) At WFMU, we see a lot of tape releases, tho they are often in conjunction with, say, a Bandcamp release. Pretty short runs, usually no more than a few hundred, but they often sell out. So it woulby MrFab
Truly is. Actually gave it a spin recently and it held up beautifully. Adding Robert Fripp’s guitar to the sisters freak-folk harmonies is an unlikely match on paper, but works a treat on vinyl. First saw them as musical guests on SNL, back when they used to have cool guests.by MrFab
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