tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20078097489462744782024-03-07T00:54:04.665-08:00NorthWest NoiseTrying to uncover the secret behind the curtains of a vanished scene...Dan "Cluster"http://www.blogger.com/profile/02037756596757278622noreply@blogger.comBlogger43125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2007809748946274478.post-69894798633485763102019-01-06T04:15:00.000-08:002019-01-06T04:17:37.985-08:00I have movedYes, I have moved to wordpress. I won't be posting here anymore, but you can follow me on my newest blog here: <a href="https://thesonicmosquitosoup.wordpress.com/">https://thesonicmosquitosoup.wordpress.com/</a><br />
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Lots of great obscure music to come.<br />
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<br />Dan "Cluster"http://www.blogger.com/profile/02037756596757278622noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2007809748946274478.post-810152871832768942016-11-11T02:15:00.001-08:002016-11-11T02:23:32.541-08:00Pravda Tape, 1982, Desperate Times<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
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used copy of this rare gem over the internet about a month ago. I'm talking
about the Pravda Vol 1, a compilation tape released by Pravda Records in '82.
Having a lot of free time on my hands I thought this would be the perfect opportunity
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1982 in the home of Desperate Times Magazine in Seattle’s University District.
It was founded by Dennis White and Maire M. Masco, both publishers for the
Desperate Times, a magazine that was covering the punk scene of Seattle as well as international bands
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featured some of these local acts covered in the zine. In one year period, Maire
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I'm Happy.Why?", a Student Nurse single and the Pravda Compilation tape,
an artifact of Seattle's new wave/art rock/post-punk scene. </span></span></div>
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mention would be that Dennis White also managed Dadastic! sounds in the recent years,
doing a great job in releasing obscure music. Check it out, maybe some of the releases
are still available for buying/download <a href="http://dadastic.blogspot.ro/">here</a>.</span></span></div>
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over-half-hour, audio time machine in a gloomy manner field with accelerating
rhythm sections, squeaking guitars and a monolithic voice. Sunworm also
contributed with a song on "The Public Doesn't Exist" compilation and
shares John Rogers as common member with Student Nurse. John also made appearances
in other art rock/experimental bands such as Steddi 5 or Audio Letter.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> Spectators were a pleasant surprise, especially with the
song "Idiot Culture". Rapid-i also, and a bit more experimental. Besides being on
this compilation, Joe Despair And The Future haven't
released anything to my knowledge. You can see some photos from two of their
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one song and that's a shame<span style="color: red;"> </span>because I love them and it seems
impossible to get my hands on any of their releases.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> For some reason the Billy Shaffer song volume is kind of low, but I've
uploaded it here anyway. Billy Shaffer was the art director for Desperate Times.
This is an acoustic/folk track that comes from a home-made tape of demos he
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> Mr. Epp is probably
the most expected band on the compilation. They are, after all, the godfathers
of grunge! Steve and Marks' band before Green River. Actually the term of
"grunge" was first coined in the second issue of Desperate Times, in a letter sent by Mark
himself, describing Mr. Epp's music as "pure grunge, pure shit".</span></span></div>
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Wow, you haven't seen me in ages, right? Well I'm still here! Now, you've probably wondered what happened and why I've stopped writing on this blog. Mostly there were personal issues, but all of that stuff is gone now, and I'm here once again. Lately I've started collecting vinyl records. And not just grunge, but also anything related to noise rock, industrial, punk, post-punk, garage etc. Discogs it's a great site, especially if you live, like me, in Europe. I can find a lot of obscure Northwest punk related bands and I don't have to necessarily order them from USA, with those killing shipping taxes.<br /><br />But enough of that...I will give you one of my latest acquisitions. The Metal Ribbons compilation. This is a 7'' released in '91 on the Tacoma's label Meat Records. I have no idea who own this label but it released some pretty obscure bands. It's a pity their catalog is rather small. <br /><br />This compilation features Big Satan Inc, A.M.Q.A, Fitz of Depression, all from the WA state and the hardcore band Slag from Tucson Arizona. Now I won't bother covering this last one...actually, come to think about it, I won't cover any of them. Big Satan Inc, and Fitz of Depression, each deserve a post of their own, right? And you can read a fine piece on A.M.Q.A. <a href="http://lamestainnorthwest.blogspot.ro/2008/06/how-do-you-like-dem-apples.html" target="_blank">here</a>. <br />Meat Records release mostly 7''s, and besides the ones already<span id="goog_640372160"></span><span id="goog_640372161"></span> mentioned above, other bands signed here were Treehouse (Olympia/indie band), Seaweed, Superchunk, what else...Oh, The Fuckers who were supposedly Seaweed's members in disguise and few more others. Like I said, some obscure stuff here!!!<br />
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Fitz of Depression's song is also featured
on their first album released on Meat Records as well.<br />
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So go bellow and click on the links, download them and put them on your phone, drink ten beers, go to work, pee in the subway, and get your ass fired...Don't do that, I'm just kidding!!!<br />
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Side A--------> click <a href="https://app.box.com/s/6gfdw9tj7ktyxslyha8egscoimcogf2t">here</a> for download<br />
Big Satan, Inc - <span class="tracklist_track_title" itemprop="name">Zymo Genetics</span><br />
A.M.Q.A. - Sinister<br />
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Side B--------> click <a href="https://app.box.com/s/yfj0jt8ti4lgcbnreasea65xzico5pii">here</a> for download<br />
Fitz of Depression - <span class="tracklist_track_title" itemprop="name">Everybody And Their Dog</span><br />
<span class="tracklist_track_title" itemprop="name">Slag - Alive </span> <br />
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<br />Dan "Cluster"http://www.blogger.com/profile/02037756596757278622noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2007809748946274478.post-560837343838888712012-07-15T09:04:00.001-07:002012-07-15T09:23:16.790-07:00These Streets<div style="text-align: left;">
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<span style="line-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Grunge goes on theatre! Wait, what?! </span></span><br />
<span style="line-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Yes,"These Streets" is an original work of theatre created by Gretta Harley and Sarah Rudinoff. Gretta also played in Maxi Badd and was the co-founder of the Home Alive organization.</span></span><br />
<span style="line-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">The story centers on five musicians who share a house in the Greenlake neighborhood from 1989-1994. It was inspired by over 25 interviews conducted with the women musicians who were an integral part of the Seattle music scene and whose stories and songs have been overshadowed by the familiar bands and retrospectives.</span></span><br />
<span style="line-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">"These Streets" will also be featuring music from bands such as: Capping Day, Hammerbox, Maxi Badd, Kristen Barry, The Gits or Danger Gens, and will have its premiere at ACT Theatre in Feb/March 2013.</span></span><br />
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<span style="line-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">You can read more about the project, by downloading the dossier: <a href="http://www.mediafire.com/view/?mb8l82g72qqvp53">These Streets - Dossier</a></span></span><br />
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<span style="line-height: 14px;"><br /></span></div>Dan "Cluster"http://www.blogger.com/profile/02037756596757278622noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2007809748946274478.post-14979054940318938222012-02-29T12:37:00.022-08:002012-02-29T13:45:43.185-08:00The Sound Of Young Seattle Vol. II<div style="text-align: left; "><span><span style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', verdana, arial, sans-serif; text-align: -webkit-auto; ">Thanks to David Kulczyk, The Sound Of Young Seattle Vol II is now available in mp3. The cassette came out in 1985, and was produced by David and Grant Eckman (The Walkabouts). The cover design was made by ex-Feast member Jane Higgins</span><span trebuchet="">.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left; "><span><span trebuchet=""><br /></span></span></div><div><div style="text-align: center; "><img style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 184px; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFp0RY9BCv-M3gUifyBjnPqh6aBpa81DwJpJbjc-tm89GMO67zwsw8ajJKI4caaPD5puL2CGBiUKA_TUZ5ccb5SCjHaQsH5_cUZiWNewype94sholUPX7FbeuxWW7bG8wLXvMOAWDBrXg/s400/424826_318458528189916_100000773141165_797387_874306656_n.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5714662142847683522" /></div><div><span trebuchet=""><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; "><span trebuchet="">Note:</span></div><div><span trebuchet=""><b>Allison Maryatt</b> - Couldn’t find much info except that she recently played guitar and sang in Slippage, a band that also featured Jack Endino on bass and Scott McCullum (Skin Yard, Gruntruck) on drums. Myspace <a href="http://www.myspace.com/slippagemusic">here</a>.</span></div><div><span trebuchet=""><b>Bundle of Hiss</b> - Kurt Danielson’s band before TAD. The band’s membership at the time included Kurt Danielson (bass), Kurt Schonberg (vocals), Jeff Hopper (guitar), and Russ Bartlet (drums).</span></div><div><span; trebuchet=""><span><b>Dwindles</b> - changed their name into Pure Joy shortly after.</span></span;></div><div><span trebuchet=""><b>Melting Fish</b> - a new wave/post-punk duo featuring brothers Glenn and Mike Slater.</span></div><div><span trebuchet=""><b>PMA</b> - stands for Pozitive Mental Attitude. Green River opened for them in 1984 at a private party in Capital Hill. That was Green River‘s first public performance.</span></div><div><span><span trebuchet=""><b>Scary Rhythm People</b></span><span trebuchet=""> - An improvisation made by members of various bands such as The Walkabouts, A Western Familly and other bands featured on this compilation.</span></span></div><div><span><span trebuchet=""><br /></span></span></div></span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; line-height: normal; "><div style="text-align: left; "><span trebuchet=""><a href="http://www.box.com/s/82aisf6u2g6p9eck4xz6">Allison Maryatt - The Search</a></span></div><div style="text-align: left; "><span trebuchet="">A Western Familly - I am Rain</span></div><div style="text-align: left; "><span trebuchet=""><a href="http://www.box.com/s/8pyecmehzjn0j1t9q9p9">Bundle of Hiss – Metamorphosis</a></span></div><div style="text-align: left; "><span trebuchet=""><a href="http://www.box.com/s/3qi3f19b63mm2knoc4ir">Dwindles - Rebecca's Mother</a></span></div><div style="text-align: left; "><span trebuchet="">Feast - Baby Teeth</span></div><div style="text-align: left; "><span trebuchet="">Gary Heffern - Unwanted Children</span></div><div style="text-align: left; "><span trebuchet=""><a href="http://www.box.com/s/ujn5at039hzp7s7ps5b4">Melting Fish - Urameshiya (Ghost Chant)</a></span></div><div style="text-align: left; "><span><a href="http://www.box.com/s/0rz7mbbnoykrg19uni2b">PMA - Dreams to Waking</a></span></div><div style="text-align: left; "><span trebuchet="">Vivasection - Another Day</span></div><div style="text-align: left; "><span trebuchet="">The Walkabouts - A Certain Gift</span></div><div style="text-align: left; "><span trebuchet=""><a href="http://www.box.com/s/t3lygu53kg1set6jqct6">Scary Rhythm People - Soundtrack to the film Away</a></span></div><div style="text-align: left; "><br /></div></div><div style="font-size: 100%; text-align: -webkit-auto; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; line-height: normal; "><span><br /></span></div></div>Dan "Cluster"http://www.blogger.com/profile/02037756596757278622noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2007809748946274478.post-3434919017424231282012-02-04T08:14:00.000-08:002012-02-04T12:41:11.771-08:00Feast: 500 Foot Grunge Fiends<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj691mLKZcj8-riA7prSHR2iEuBtY8-aPlwRbqmBtQOtzo3LLLpIsrFXsStBEqSa-WddytxgF21nQAHFv0Nf55njHIACugAUKf7DFkgSl_qQeqGUXw3XtUSV6QcOEHMjtagPbgx-a_8G1g/s1600/Feast.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 191px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj691mLKZcj8-riA7prSHR2iEuBtY8-aPlwRbqmBtQOtzo3LLLpIsrFXsStBEqSa-WddytxgF21nQAHFv0Nf55njHIACugAUKf7DFkgSl_qQeqGUXw3XtUSV6QcOEHMjtagPbgx-a_8G1g/s320/Feast.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5705321393233603266" /></a><p class="MsoNormal"><span>After an exhausting day of research I’ve managed to put together only a short abstract on another <st1:city st="on"><st1:place st="on">Seattle</st1:place></st1:city> mysterious band. Sure you can find some articles on Feast, but they all contain the same little information. From what I’ve read, I’m thinking Feast resembles Bundle of Hiss in some ways. They inspired a whole generation of bands, droving from their early post-punk sound to a heavy hybrid known as “grunge”. Didn’t leave much of a recording history, but everyone (over 40 years old) remembers the band’s intense live shows that colored the Seattle scene for more than a half of 80’s decade. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span><span>The band was formed in the early 80’s and was originally called Feast of Friends. </span><span>The founding members were Tom Mick on vocals, Dan Blossom on guitar and Jane Higgins on bass. The line-up also included musicians such as Dan Peters, Reed Hutchinson, Rolf Berteig, Darrell Myers and Kevin Evens and probably a few more…who knows. </span><span>By the end of their existence the band manage to put out a demo cassette in a limited number of 50 copies. They split at some point in 1988 but will reunite 20 + years later. Yes,</span><span> </span><span>Feast did some reunion shows recently, with line-up including Reed and Dan sharing guitar duties, Tom on vocals, Rolf on drums and former Room Nine’s member Scott Boggan on bass.</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span><span>We</span><span> can only hope that Feast members would eventually put out a compilation CD of everything they’ve recorded. But until then ------></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span><a href="http://www.box.com/s/haueyfjx6hvacu1qylsg">500 Foot Jesus</a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span><a href="http://www.box.com/s/sj67zl15x556dhlrt34q">Immigrant Song</a> (Led Zeppelin cover)</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span>Cheers!</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span><br /></span></p>Dan "Cluster"http://www.blogger.com/profile/02037756596757278622noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2007809748946274478.post-34032961298534221482012-01-14T10:10:00.003-08:002012-02-29T13:38:07.911-08:00The Sound of Young Seattle<div style="text-align: left;font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; "><span style="font-size: 100%; ">The Sounds of Young Seattle came out in 1984, cassette only, and was put together by local musician David Kulczyk. Described as the “psychodelic bastard children of the Seattle Syndrome” the two volume compilations ( the second one was released in 1985) are documenting a post punk scene that grew around the Pioneer Square dens.</span></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; ">The first volume, the only one available in mp3, so far, features some darkish psychedelic tunes from A Western Family, Big Boat, Crypt kicker 5, Dr. Bombay, Life In General, Ministry Of Love, PMA, Room Nine and Feast Of Friends (would later become Feast). </div><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; "><br /></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; "><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 279px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuE42fJYc0yMxoubgs6BPG4UCc-AEpRPyQUXBeQrjY5t44BOzQhMTeW6ukSSaQWNYhrRU5gQCRW0VCgBJ1NCK_OQEE-zB3f4CHpGuepj4HzBq3ipy7wXv3-KQTqimXythNZImZ9LtCvm4/s400/soys.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5697552265941840546" /></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; "><br /></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; "><span><a href="http://www.box.com/s/n4hbpxy7veeq4bj4de3a">A Western Familly - The Umbrella Theory</a></span></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; ">Big Boat - Free Willed Social Animal</div><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; ">Crypt Kicker Five - Ya Ya Love Song</div><div style="font-style: normal; ">Dr. Bombay - In A Time Machine</div><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; "><a href="http://www.box.com/s/8qjaao3mv4un3ufptt0o">Feast of Friends - Emotions</a></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; ">Life in General - Desperate Reminiscence (Live)</div><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; ">Ministry Of Love - Dancing On Air</div><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; ">PMA - Obsession</div><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; "><span><a href="http://www.box.com/s/8qjaao3mv4un3ufptt0o"></a><a href="http://www.box.com/s/zqfogoxi5dtkntjoxadp" style="font-size: 100%; ">Room Nine - Seas Without a Shore</a></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; "><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-size: 14pt; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; "><span style="font-size: 100%; ">Note: David A. Kulczyk played guitar</span><span style="font-size: 100%; "> in A Western Family, a band that formed in 1983. The band’s line-up also included John Massoni on vocals, Liz Schmoe on bass and David Thierry on drums. After releasing two cassettes, “A Western Family” and “Music from <st1:placename st="on">Tiger</st1:placename> <st1:placetype st="on">Mountain</st1:placetype>”, the band called it quits. It was 1985. Some of the remaining members went on to form A Weather Theater.</span></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; "><span style="font-size: 100%; "><br /></span></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; "><span style="font-size: 100%; ">And also a couple of A Western Familly tunes</span></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; "><a href="http://www.box.com/s/bypjvlpyibss6rs5khor"><span>Persian Carpets</span></a></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; "><a href="http://www.box.com/s/0rfdv0539u9nqquu8etg"><span>Behave</span></a></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; "><br /></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; "><br /></div>Dan "Cluster"http://www.blogger.com/profile/02037756596757278622noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2007809748946274478.post-41133933545545565492011-08-30T03:33:00.001-07:002012-02-29T13:43:53.251-08:00Update Overlord and Bible Stud<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU39k_Amaplp03QmCj9eYuy9r7uEzmvlLGIFa9IMhlSX6x0SUgJAyPhNeU-5iDEgjLNvU5CNOU98geEqSQRMlEiswBqfnJptZyYAY0P3SUul8OdvSfuB0QEL2q4yEm1u6su4-iFu4QZWQ/s1600/DSCN0482.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU39k_Amaplp03QmCj9eYuy9r7uEzmvlLGIFa9IMhlSX6x0SUgJAyPhNeU-5iDEgjLNvU5CNOU98geEqSQRMlEiswBqfnJptZyYAY0P3SUul8OdvSfuB0QEL2q4yEm1u6su4-iFu4QZWQ/s200/DSCN0482.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5646596276924412482" /></a><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span">Greetings! My apologies, I’ve been gone for so long. Things got little busy lately, as I am trying to put together a local fanzine.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span"><o:p> </o:p><span> </span>The Overlord and Bible Stud posts I’ve done were not very well documented, so I thought of a way to make up to you guys. I’ve got my hands on some articles about both bands, articles from magazines such as The Rocket, Backlash and other local reviews. There’s stuff there that must be checked out. Like, did you know that Steve V.L. wasn’t the original Overlord vocalist? Thought so….</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span">Click on the links bellow for download and stay tuned, because I’m planning a post on a long forgotten <st1:city st="on"><st1:place st="on">Seattle</st1:place></st1:city> compilation featuring bands such as Room Nine, Feast, A Western Family or Crypt Kicker Five. Cheers!</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span"><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?cpt3vm9n9a6x4e5">Here</a> and <a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?3g4gbo3u5ixxqku">here</a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p>Dan "Cluster"http://www.blogger.com/profile/02037756596757278622noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2007809748946274478.post-48736597777675025712011-03-08T12:57:00.003-08:002012-02-29T13:28:31.862-08:00Treeclimbers: At the edge of Seattle’s new wave<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpGWXjrI7rCEQqWRFbh9fT262VkfgI6PFSFKc5kMMZSyb_cP6O4DNKPOryBh_pPfxh2ug9yeUqK-AaiJYQ1HkLw3FXr-3NqAiQ5fCXJ2Zt6Ukb396XaxTrikoDkeb7zSqRaDvlhjlh2P8/s1600/Cliimbers+front.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 247px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpGWXjrI7rCEQqWRFbh9fT262VkfgI6PFSFKc5kMMZSyb_cP6O4DNKPOryBh_pPfxh2ug9yeUqK-AaiJYQ1HkLw3FXr-3NqAiQ5fCXJ2Zt6Ukb396XaxTrikoDkeb7zSqRaDvlhjlh2P8/s320/Cliimbers+front.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5581816584175136850" /></a><p class="MsoNormal">Again, I apologise for the delay…those “couple of days” were more like two weeks. I’ll keep my promise about one thing though, that I will share my knowledge about the Treeclimbers with you.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span> </span>The band formed in the early 80’s in the glory days of the <st1:city st="on"><st1:place st="on">Seattle</st1:place></st1:city>’s post-punk. They recorded a self titled Ep in ’85, released by Larkin Record. And while I was expecting this record to be, maybe a little bit boring, I was surprised to be proven otherwise. The record is amazing. It contains four tracks, in which, the band managed to modelate a warm, but rhythmic, popish post-punk. “Greener” is probably the best song on the record followed by “Longing” (check out the killer sax!!!), “On Location” and “Seconds n Counting” which may be the outsider because of its darker influences, like an early <span class="apple-style-span"><span>Siouxsie and the Banshees</span></span> rip-off.<b><o:p></o:p></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span> </span></b>Studying the back cover of the EP, we find out that the band is composed by: Jonathan Poneman - bass, Gary Thorstensen - guitar, Loren Evans - vocals, Jeff Lindeman – keyboards and sax and Peter Barnes on drums. The songs were recorded and mixed at Triangle studios in <st1:city st="on"><st1:place st="on">Seattle</st1:place></st1:city>.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span> </span>Treeclimbers were a “<span class="apple-style-span"><i>rotating cast of characters</i></span>” as Jonathan Poneman recalls: “…<span class="apple-style-span"><i>some real "characters"! - who played in a band whose nucleus was Gary Thorstensen (ex of TAD) and myself. We were around for 5-6 years and managed to put out one ep, produced by Peter. While I have a fond place in my heart for that EP, Gary and I were always striving for a more nuanced, textured sound that neither of us could adequately convey to our various bandmates</i></span>”.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span> </span>Regarding shows, bills and gigs, the Treeclimbers may have been more of a “studio band”, and please correct me if I’m wrong, the comment section is at your service. </p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span> </span>See you next time. Enjoy:</p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.box.net/shared/6mefj2odvb">Greener</a></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.box.net/shared/f1pu4v7rtd">Longing</a></p>Dan "Cluster"http://www.blogger.com/profile/02037756596757278622noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2007809748946274478.post-27553919198795937302011-02-21T12:13:00.000-08:002011-02-21T12:29:40.462-08:00Sad news about The Fluid's guitarist Rick Kulwicki<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPnu-X2cGpPmF47ycO_jO3HUiS3uGAyurhdS5TY52w5cP0vKNo0W_Z7G8eyuGdeBDjvB5uup0FI-juZMjh2iqCAXgDjGy5YF0teft2xdjpbHGlycdy2khw7b2lza7zmNylpbr7-I9Npik/s1600/1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 255px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPnu-X2cGpPmF47ycO_jO3HUiS3uGAyurhdS5TY52w5cP0vKNo0W_Z7G8eyuGdeBDjvB5uup0FI-juZMjh2iqCAXgDjGy5YF0teft2xdjpbHGlycdy2khw7b2lza7zmNylpbr7-I9Npik/s320/1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5576239709742934418" /></a><p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-weight:normal">Sorry for the lack of updates, but I’ve been quite busy. I’m coming back with some tragic news that many of you probably heard by now.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Rick Kulwicki, the guitarist from The Fluid,<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>died on the 15th of this month. He was 49 years old. <a href="http://www.subpop.com/channel/blog/sad_news_about_rick_kulwicki_of_the_fluid">Here’s</a> an article from the Sub Pop’s website.<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-weight:normal"> Rest in peace Rick Kulwicki!</span></strong></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-weight:normal"> I’ll be back in a couple of days with a post about the Treeclimbers (a mid 80’s band that feautured Gary Thorstensen from TAD and<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Jonathan Poneman). See you then.</span></strong></p>Dan "Cluster"http://www.blogger.com/profile/02037756596757278622noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2007809748946274478.post-72916777923084327332010-11-18T13:27:00.000-08:002010-11-18T13:41:41.394-08:00Birthday Gift: More DC Beggars<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuHY9jcke75yNJWuyVwo2hIYw8f1KHtakJ7Wl7PSaQD6pfCpq2EJ5qIa6DVXE73r6Bla2N0wSt6hGk8621QjIO5_q0pKaY2JsMEM_94tQSFJdPBM5miWhgPWDWjO3v506d7msKEhuhNZM/s1600/untitled2.bmp"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 313px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuHY9jcke75yNJWuyVwo2hIYw8f1KHtakJ7Wl7PSaQD6pfCpq2EJ5qIa6DVXE73r6Bla2N0wSt6hGk8621QjIO5_q0pKaY2JsMEM_94tQSFJdPBM5miWhgPWDWjO3v506d7msKEhuhNZM/s320/untitled2.bmp" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5541006530341339762" /></a><div> NorthwestNoise turned 2 this November...shame on me for not knowing the exact date. Ok, if you look in the archive, the first post was written in December 2008. The truth is, the fist post ever was actually made in November 2008 and it was about Dale Crover Ep, but that post was erased a long time ago.</div><div><br /></div><div> Never thought I'll be bloggin' this long...hmmm. I've been thinking about what would be the perfect gift for my readers and I’ve finally made up my mind ...I'll be sharing the DC Beggars - Love, Money and Power Ep. No introduction about the band because I've already written one <a href="http://myhairsprayqueen.blogspot.com/search?q=dc+beggars">here</a>. I won't give away the music like I usually do. You'll have to mail me, my e-mail address is on the top of the right corner, and you'll also have to leave a comment on the post.</div><div><br /></div><div> Also for the DC Beggars - You're so pretty 7'' check out this blog <a href="http://schizophrenicmelodies.wordpress.com/2010/07/03/dc-beggars/">here</a>. This fellow is doing a great job!!</div><div><br /></div><div> Happy Birthday Northwest Noise!</div>Dan "Cluster"http://www.blogger.com/profile/02037756596757278622noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2007809748946274478.post-59226950283790698952010-11-08T14:17:00.001-08:002010-11-15T13:45:34.618-08:00Love and Respect: Why we love punk-rock for!<div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">A year ago Volker Stewart wrote a <a href="http://myhairsprayqueen.blogspot.com/2009/11/special-guest-post-not-another-dead.html">piece</a> for us about his record label, Penultimate, where he confessed that his favorite part of the Penultimate portfolio was none other than</span></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> Love and Respect. Many of you grunge-fiends probably heard of the band before, but few of you know who they really were.</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivALmFZ4S5kfh2M6dS9Bz9pfw6D6BLvQjpk7x6ZHSkk8kmezX8vdmgazDS5LBO-2rTo-CYjIu-MM6demDeJfBIe5_MekUmtrCmfzKH8yeIieB8D1DYV_5becGC7N0kIPQrBDdkUYVGTkQ/s320/25527_106728729357166_106725736024132_141018_3071347_n.jpg" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 218px; " border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5539893854060711218" /></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Love and Respect was one of the finest supergroups in town. And I say supergroup because</span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> the l</span></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">ine-up featured</span></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> of Ed Fotheringham from the barf-rockers The Thrown Ups, Whiting Tennis and Joe Culv</span></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">er from Big Tube Squeezer, along with Steven L</span></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">aRose and occasionally Steve Turner from Mudhoney. Although the band had a short existence, it managed to put out a 6-song EP called </span></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><i><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Deep and Heatfel</span></span></span></span></i></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><i><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">t</span></span></span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> and a LP, namely </span></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><i><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The Love & Respect Record</span></span></span></span></i></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">.</span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> The idea for a L&R post came after I accidentally found Steven LaRose on youtube, and he agreed to help me by financing my blog with L&R tunes and a great story about the band's short history. The story was put together by Steve himself in a day of facebook message exchanges with the rest of the crew (isn't facebook great?!). Lots of thanks to Steve, Ed, Joe and Whiting!!! </span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Enjoy:</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><i><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">In 1985 I met Whiting at my first job out of undergraduate school painting sets for the Seattle Repertory Theatre. Whiting invited me to share some of his studio space which was located next to the Comet Tavern. Ed had the space across the hall, but he enters the story later. First, Whiting meets my friend from college Joe and they form the band Big Tube Squeezer</span></span></i></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><i><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">. It must have been the summer of ’88 when Joe and Ed started joking about the idea of a band while at Mung Fest, a big pre-rave, low-impact, camp-out jam-session that Whiting and his family/friends had cultivated.</span></span></span></span></i></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><i><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></span></span></i></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span"><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><i><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">I distinctly remember our first “practice” because I was so freaked out. Ed took us to the “E” level of the University of Washington’s parking garage. He knew of this place because he and his ensemble The Thrown Ups had used this space for its unique location of electrical outlets. I just watched as the others attempted to jam.</span></span></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><i><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></span></span></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; font-style: italic; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; "><i><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">We played at a couple parties and like Joe says, “it was a semi planned spontaneous appearance, like we didn't care and had never practiced before.” I was very uncomfortable most of the time and have no sense of music so I had to turn and look at Joe</span></span></span></span></i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; "><i><div style="text-align: justify; display: inline !important; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; "><i><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> for timing clues. However, one time at a party, I remember finally mustering the co</span></span></span></span></i></span></div></i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; "><i><div style="text-align: justify; display: inline !important; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; "><i><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">urage to turn around and the only two people who were there were Tad and Bob Whitaker. They were happy pogo monsters. I was so proud.</span></span></span></span></i></span></div></i></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; font-style: italic; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; "><i><div style="text-align: justify; display: inline !important; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; "><i><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></span></span></i></span></div></i></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; font-style: italic; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1zrh1SxGiAZBXnp5gGa4-aH16tUPu27T7UeBdM3wFLgNjVnNHDfE2oM614GZzf0PDUaQy9jBi2etZIDiU87pquNSqMhqjlBqesb6nMgC01Ym1sjuJxO0rbOqAjC1YFcEQnRqgQdQNxiE/s320/25527_106728732690499_106725736024132_141019_317854_n.jpg" style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 209px; height: 320px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5539894395054246802" /></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic; "><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; "><i><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Somehow, we got on a bill at the Vogue. Cat Butt and The Fluid were the real acts an</span></span></span></span></span></span></i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; "><i><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">d we were a novelty opener. I was still dependent on Joe so we put him up front and me in the back so I h</span></span></span></span></span></span></i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; "><i><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">ad to face forward. There was also a homemade bubble machine. Ed - “The Bubble Machine!!! Totally forgot </span></span></span></span></span></span></i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; "><i><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">about that. It was a floor fan blowing a home made circular turbine made from balsa (for the propellers) an</span></span></span></span></span></span></i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; "><i><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">d coat hangers (for the circle thingys that make bubbles). The air from the fan would simultaneously blow the turbine around, dipping the circular coat hangers into the soapy liquid, blowing bubbles when the coa</span></span></span></span></span></span></i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; "><i><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">t hangers emerged. Fucker worked!”</span></span></span></span></span></span></i></span></div></span><div style="text-align: justify; font-style: italic; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic; "><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; "><i><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">We also played a party at our friend Victoria Haven’s studio. There are some great pict</span></span></span></span></span></span></i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; "><i><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">ures from that night. Joe- “I remember vic's studio show being a bit of a "Moment" where we thought, hey this doesn't suck that much.”</span></span></span></span></span></span></i></span></div></span><div style="text-align: justify; font-style: italic; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; "><i><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">So maybe this is around the time we played the Squid Row. None of us remembers playing there, but Volker does and he is the one that eventually paid for the recording and the records and all that. “Oh yeah, it was definite</span></span></span></span></i></span></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; "><i><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">ly Squid Row - Turner was playing his lap steel and Pavitt was doing a crazy dance in front of him. Maybe you were the only one dressed well at Squid Row, which may have made me remember the v-neck! I remember Squid Row shows cos it was easy for me to get home - I lived around he corner - less misery.”</span></span></span></span></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; font-style: italic; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic; "><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; "><i><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Oh yeah. . . Steve Turner. Ed – “Steve was an interested half-member...” It seems we were taking o</span></span></span></span></span></span></i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; "><i><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">urselves slightly more seriously at th</span></span></span></span></span></span></i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; "><i><span class="Apple-style-span"><div style="text-align: justify; display: inline !important; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; "><i><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">is point but still having loads of fun and drinking lots of Schmidt beer. Whiting - “I was definitely jealous of how easily Love and Respect wa</span></span></span></span></span></span></i></span></div></span></i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; "><i><span class="Apple-style-span"><div style="text-align: justify; display: inline !important; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; "><i><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">s getting shows, recording etc, cause I was putting much of what I had into Big Tube Squeezer and it wasn't really going anywhere. So I was frustrated in that way. But at the same time I loved the shows, and not having to write or sing or be in front- I totally loved that. Plus playing bass is easy as shit to play drunk.”</span></span></span></span></span></span></i></span></div></span></i></span></div></span><div style="text-align: justify; font-style: italic; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic; "><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; "><i><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">We played another show at the Vogue. Mudhoney and Swallow were on the bill. Mudhoney couldn’t make it that night. I think it was a rare </span></span></span></span></span></span></i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; "><i><span class="Apple-style-span"><div style="text-align: justify; display: inline !important; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; "><i><span class="Apple-style-span"><div style="text-align: justify; display: inline !important; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; "><i><span class="Apple-style-span"><div style="text-align: justify; display: inline !important; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; "><i><span class="Apple-style-span"><div style="text-align: justify; display: inline !important; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; "><i><span class="Apple-style-span"><div style="text-align: justify; display: inline !important; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; "><i><span class="Apple-style-span"><div style="text-align: justify; display: inline !important; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; "><i><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Seattle snow. Joe – “I also dimly remember a horrible jam on stage at the end of the evening.”</span></span></span></span></span></span></i></span></div></span></i></span></div></span></i></span></div></span></i></span></div></span></i></span></div></span></i></span></div></span></i></span></div></span><div style="text-align: justify; font-style: italic; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span"><div style="text-align: justify; font-style: italic; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; "><i><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">This all lasted a year. We played once more at Mung Fest in 1989. There was a recording session with Jack Endino, maybe twice. Joe – “One, just us, and one with Steve T</span></span></span></span></span></span></i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; "><i><span class="Apple-style-span"><div style="text-align: justify; display: inline !important; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; "><i><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">urner. Those were a solid good time. Low expectations, but it sounded decent. Jack gave me the "mudhoney" reverb/eq for the snare and I was happy</span></span></span></span></span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">”.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div></span></i></span></div></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">You can also catch up with L&R on facebook...<a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Official-Love-and-Respect-Fan-Page/106725736024132"><span class="Apple-style-span">here</span></a>. And come on good people, leave comments, suggestions, don't just download :D !</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><a href="http://www.box.net/shared/nreabto2qx"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Chlamydia</span></span></span></span></span></a></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><a href="http://www.box.net/shared/0n1h6v8i1h"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Stupid Pretty Girl</span></span></span></span></span></a></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><a href="http://www.box.net/shared/ik5ickae9i"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Wanda Fuca</span></span></span></span></span></a></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><a href="http://www.box.net/shared/stozphk644"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Car</span></span></span></span></span></a></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><a href="http://www.box.net/shared/8b58aea4du"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Couldnt Get High</span></span></span></span></span></a></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><a href="http://www.box.net/shared/ujqy7trr2c"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Fishy Respect</span></span></span></span></span></a></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div>Dan "Cluster"http://www.blogger.com/profile/02037756596757278622noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2007809748946274478.post-44620791792069690472010-10-19T12:57:00.000-07:002010-10-19T14:43:33.755-07:00Crunchbird: Shit Happens !I was looking for Ash and I found Crunchbird. Yes! A few months ago I began a little investigation about the band Ash. I didn't know anything about the band except the fact that they were featured on <a href="http://www.gigposters.com/poster/14841_Soundgarden.html">this</a> famous gig poster. Next thing I found out was that the band was, among many, the one that Jaime Robert Johnson joined around '85 - '86. Jaime relocated from Detroit to Seattle in the mid '80s. He joined an early version of the band Crisis Party called, On the Rocks. Then he formed the band Urbanilla which recorded 6 songs with maestro Jack Endino, but during these sessions the band also called it quit. For the next couple of years Jamie kept joining and quitting bands such as Ash, Naked Lunch, Public Domain, and a few more. In 1987 he started working with Jack Endino on what will later become an earlier version of Crunchbird, called Ghostflesh, featuring drummer Art Jiron and bassist Lynn Paulson. By 1989 the band became Crunchbird and finished recording the <em>Shit Happens</em> cassette (only), with the new line-up which now included Lonnie King and KCMU DJ Captain Skillit Weasle. Also Jack Endino mentioned that he played drums on a couple of <em>Shit Happens </em>tunes, and also recorded a few of 'em. Nice! He also played drums for Crypt Kicker 5!<br /><br /><div><div><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxhMwk_JMnhMcGp9H1JE0LKf5q4KU3vrYOTqzAZYxfAGSdtErmMFehf2vNQX8_OlTmzDSnofhaDk_bgS_g9oLA0unTPd-o-Zi7nfXnvTwhN8_C6eNSP8GX3xlYW7gdAmJdl3QgXKhnnos/s1600/73300.jpg"></a></div><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhwyBo0XGhzwwk_RSTppB4B0tL3VWX92I-WEnruCsnj-cZL7qvapRYfPdIDhlvJeDHvNNb5-umUdTZjv8Wf3ucKlo_5ceNxuPgEgbnw96gONzro_qWHWoJBTu2jYUYeJ0XApO6tx6Gl1I/s1600/73300.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 164px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5529866517969710450" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhwyBo0XGhzwwk_RSTppB4B0tL3VWX92I-WEnruCsnj-cZL7qvapRYfPdIDhlvJeDHvNNb5-umUdTZjv8Wf3ucKlo_5ceNxuPgEgbnw96gONzro_qWHWoJBTu2jYUYeJ0XApO6tx6Gl1I/s200/73300.jpg" /></a>In 1990 the band played the famous <em>4 Bands for 4 Bucks</em>! show with Nirvana, TAD, and the Gits at the Hub Ballroom. Soon after that, Crunchbird broke up and Jamie formed Karma, that will later become Angelspit. They recorded with Jack Endino the <em>Youth Apocalypse Fashion Crime</em> release and the <em>Speculation/Dogs of Class Warfare 7''</em> released by Vagrant Records in 1994. </div><div><br /></div><div>During this time, Jamie along with Geo Lane on bass and Erik Dannevig on drums, recorded a hand of acoustic tunes that were released as <em>Reject</em> in 1995, under the ''landmark'' Crunchbird. Next Jamie began recording a new potential Crunchbird record, <em>Tales of the Ultra-Renaissance</em> also known as <em>Grungaholica</em>. Musicians involved in this project were: Greg "Sledge" Peterson, Geo Lane, John "Baker" Saunders (from Walkabouts), Ian Raskin taking of bass duties, and Jack Endino and Simon Grant on drums. <em>Grungaholica</em> remained unreleased, with the exception of the song <em>History</em> that made it on the <em>29 Live</em> compilation. Jamie was booked for an acoustic act for the release party of the <em>29 Live</em> compilation at the OK Hotel in Pioneer Square in Seattle. The songs performed there by the band (now featuring Simon Grant on drums and Tannar Brewer on bass) were recorded in the fall of 1997. Five of those songs were released by the band, same year, as <em>Vagrant Sessions</em> (a limited edition CD). Then the band broke up once more and Jamie formed Electric Orchid.<br /><br /><object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/kVpZhWoYbN4?fs=1&hl=en_GB"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/kVpZhWoYbN4?fs=1&hl=en_GB" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object><br /><br /></div><br /><div><em></em></div><div><em>Shit Happens</em> is the pure definition of grunge. It contains elements of Nirvana's Bleach, Cat Butt, and maybe The Fluid, with strong vocals and distorted guitar riffs. In my opinion, this is probably one of the best scene-defining records. So...tell me what you think! </div><br /><div><a href="http://www.box.net/shared/1v9yfkr33e">Crunchbird - In Deep Shock</a></div><div><a href="http://www.box.net/shared/28rntdmnzs">Crunchbird - Subway Circle</a></div><br /><div>You can also check out my youtube channel, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/myhairsprayqueen">here</a>. Not many uploads yet, but there will be.</div><br /><div>Cheers!</div><div></div></div></div></div></div>Dan "Cluster"http://www.blogger.com/profile/02037756596757278622noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2007809748946274478.post-14299180046833721032010-09-24T03:24:00.000-07:002010-09-24T04:13:51.399-07:00"I'm gonna get me a ship, that can take me far away"<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8Dp9qt6zoFFbhl77i1Zcv8gfOA8GRJxgUijlN6CmbD0rhLDmevGj8BLvWdpgxBLF3jjQnekda62NRNx-lpzaMy_rq9kyLnQjU2lhrcw7kutwsqVkG-wTR-_6b54IpTZvxZgsqDalnw0s/s1600/Pure+Joy.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5520432056023128946" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 198px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8Dp9qt6zoFFbhl77i1Zcv8gfOA8GRJxgUijlN6CmbD0rhLDmevGj8BLvWdpgxBLF3jjQnekda62NRNx-lpzaMy_rq9kyLnQjU2lhrcw7kutwsqVkG-wTR-_6b54IpTZvxZgsqDalnw0s/s200/Pure+Joy.jpg" border="0" /></a> Well, the summer’s over and I’m trapped between dashes of nostalgia due to the occasionally rainy days. The only music that fit me in the past two weeks were either records from the 80’s post-punk/indie-pop glory days (such as The Church, The Cure, some Echo and the Bunnymen here and there), or Seattle’s finest indie/power-pop group Pure Joy.<br /><br />I’m pretty sure most of you already know who Pure Joy was. Rusty Willoughby’s band before Flop rings any bell? Pure Joy was another damned Seattle band that never got much credit for the fantastic records they put out over the years. It was formed in 1986 by singer and guitarist Rusty, drummer Jim Hunnicutt, bassist Lisa King, and keyboardist Randy Willoughby.<br /><br /><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/xrQ6cIuNyHg?fs=" width="480" height="385" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" hl="en_US" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always"></embed><br /><em>Pure Joy at The Vogue cca 1989</em><br /><br />My introduction to Pure Joy was also the band’s first release, a self titled Ep released in 1986. Didn’t really impressed me the first time I’ve given it a listen, but later I came to realize that <em>The Attempt</em>, <em>Courage</em> and not least <em>Ocean</em>, were actually pretty cool tunes.<br />My true love for Pure Joy actually began with the first minutes of their <em>Unsung LP</em> also known as <em>Welcome to my New Psychotic Dream</em>. The LP was recorded in 1987, with the intention of being released by No Big Business Records, which never happened. It would later be released on CD by Flydaddy Records in 1994. This LP is definitely the piece that defines Pure Joy. It is more poppy than the first EP and now the band starts to sound more like Rusty’s post-Pure Joy band, namely Flop. Also note that for this record the keyboardist Randy Willoughby was replaced by Craig Montgomery.<br />Craig didn’t stick for long as the band quit the keyboards for their next records: <em>Now I Know</em> single (Fat Bald Records , 1988),<em> Carnivore LP</em>(Popllama, 1989) and the live EP, <em>Sore Throte, Dead Goat</em> (No Three Records, 1990).<br /><br />Pure Joy broke up in 1990, Rusty formed the fantastic power-pop group Flop, and…I don’t know what happened with the rest of the crew members, except that in 1997 Pure Joy reformed and put out two more full-lengths: <em>Getz, The Worm</em> (The Great Utopia/Flydaddy, 1997) which sounds great, like a psychedelic version of Flop, and <em>Gelatin and Bright</em> (Book Records, 2003).<br /><br /><em>from S/T EP (Dwindle, 1986)</em><br /><a href="http://www.box.net/shared/954ld5324x">Ocean</a>---->was also included on the <em>Lowlife Compilation LP</em> (released by Ironwood Records), for which I’d kill to listen to...Any chance you have it digitized?<br /><br /><em>from Unsung LP (Flydaddy Records, 1994)</em><br /><a href="http://www.box.net/shared/yfdgaokvvx">Standing on a Bridge</a> ----> also included on the <em>Secretions Compilation</em> (C/Z Records, 1988)<br /><a href="http://www.box.net/shared/959bm651pu">Calvin and Hobbes</a><br /><a href="http://www.box.net/shared/mtlc7ezh3f">Deviant</a><br /><a href="http://www.box.net/shared/e3b8s9jdm3">Holocaust</a><br /><br /><em>from Carnivore LP (Popllama, 1989) </em><br /><a href="http://www.box.net/shared/inevx9266v">Whatever i can grow</a><br /><a href="http://www.box.net/shared/s12sm1eh6e">This condition<br /></a><br /><em>from Getz, The Worm (The Great Utopia/Flydaddy, 1997)</em><br /><a href="http://www.box.net/shared/dxm6zu77ot">What time it is</a><br /><a href="http://www.box.net/shared/fedq8gnrr9">Tea</a>Dan "Cluster"http://www.blogger.com/profile/02037756596757278622noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2007809748946274478.post-65284265761634770622010-08-08T02:56:00.001-07:002010-08-08T03:23:10.304-07:00The decline of north-western civilization: Overlord and the metal years!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-vJwBih4hO85RXanRRFRbF4VC_aNlj6VxOsvpV4JL0kpI2reRBwlclZv7J2-3ipUgd1DZtl9-D5Gh3p677xp0yoQE0n_NCeTbRc38nkWUornWxRVGzNeqxGVnH9qGrNfvTihjxAqIV9c/s1600/Overlord2.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5502981541606315314" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 292px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 220px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-vJwBih4hO85RXanRRFRbF4VC_aNlj6VxOsvpV4JL0kpI2reRBwlclZv7J2-3ipUgd1DZtl9-D5Gh3p677xp0yoQE0n_NCeTbRc38nkWUornWxRVGzNeqxGVnH9qGrNfvTihjxAqIV9c/s320/Overlord2.jpg" border="0" /></a> When we think about the pre-grunge era, most of us are tempted to remember the hardcore/noisy or post-punk acts of that time such as Accused, Ten Minute Warning, Silly Killers, Mr Epp or The Blackouts. But Seattle also had a healthy metal scene back in the early 80s. A good documenting piece of history from that era is the <em>Northwest Metalfest compilation</em> (released by Ground Zero Records in 1984) featuring bands such as: Overlord, Metal Church, SATO, Lipstick, Bondage Boys and a few more others. As a brief add-on for who needs a connection between this early metal scene and the stinky flannel-wearers generation: Steve Van Liew and Kurt Lofstrom from Overlord went to play in the mysterious band My Eye (about which I wrote a article almost a year ago <a href="http://myhairsprayqueen.blogspot.com/2009/08/my-eye-true-vision-of-heavy-metal.html">here</a>) and it seems that Mike Starr, the original bassist from Alice in Chains, played in SATO…ha, what about that !!!<br /><br /><div><div><div><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5502976260617127362" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpb5X8kvhzJTvE7ivZMzC2VHB89xP1aQn7EUXa2fmCGXg2nCBgLCSESz_rlYaj0AfBQsZCKeCSBQJbpCnLldxTXeS-jg5ElvjXughfUNrJS3q7yYPs4a75IYMn0Nv_mhm1C1BXKMaDtkY/s200/Overlord1.jpg" border="0" />Overlord formed in 1980 in Seattle, line-up including: Steve Van Liew (vocals), Kurtiss Lofstrom (guitar), Glen Logan (guitar), Kenny Kubsen (drums) and Doug Bane (bass). The band made its debut with its self-financed EP, <em>Broken Toys</em>, in 1982 released by Sad City records. In 1984 the band recorded a demo and contributed with the song <em>On the Edge</em> on the <em>Nothwest Metalfest Compilation</em>. Same year they called it quit.<br /><br />I don’t know much about the 80s’ metal scene from the northwest, but regarding the up-mentioned compilation I think Overlord didn’t quite fit with the rest of the bands. The band was a little bit different both in sound and image. They weren’t anything of the speed, power-metal stuff, instead they played an Alice Cooper-Iggy and the Stooges-mix-with-Aerosmith sort of thing. And that actually made some people believe they were the first grunge band, or at least played a significant role in the future local scene. </div><div>________________</div><div></div><div></div><div><em></em></div><div><em>from Broken Toys Ep</em></div><div><a href="http://www.box.net/shared/59ptxpkxdk">Another Lonely Night</a></div><div><a href="http://www.box.net/shared/snvjojqgyp">Blame It on the Kids</a></div><br /><div></div><div><em>from Northwest Metalfest Compilation</em></div><div><a href="http://www.box.net/shared/79799s3sfu">On the Edge</a></div><br /><div></div><div><em>from the '84 Demo</em></div><div><a href="http://www.box.net/shared/1peymtk3jy">Pomises</a></div><div><a href="http://www.box.net/shared/hutsf79zlc">Screaming At the Walls</a></div><br /><div><em></em></div></div></div></div>Dan "Cluster"http://www.blogger.com/profile/02037756596757278622noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2007809748946274478.post-35645113317189708552010-07-10T00:44:00.000-07:002010-07-10T02:22:46.235-07:00Milton Garrison Interview. Part II: The Vexed Years<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnJLEXMTMvFv7pkD6CvVy9jIKEi9WPZ5zg7Ga1t1Vsu-3xKXYstPhq9llPJK_10ky3SgMrXgbHv27v70ysUQ8tAg8xkCNOSHHH2Bl_yTXDuACv2FSz6t1LuPExg-xwbaS4ubYPm8WxoFg/s1600/11268_168328922556_164838527556_2743315_6516745_n.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5492183867515078770" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 159px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnJLEXMTMvFv7pkD6CvVy9jIKEi9WPZ5zg7Ga1t1Vsu-3xKXYstPhq9llPJK_10ky3SgMrXgbHv27v70ysUQ8tAg8xkCNOSHHH2Bl_yTXDuACv2FSz6t1LuPExg-xwbaS4ubYPm8WxoFg/s400/11268_168328922556_164838527556_2743315_6516745_n.jpg" border="0" /></a>I posted in February a Milton Garrison interview, from which you’ve learned about his other musical project like In Vitro Pope, Altered, The Drills and Yeast. One of the things that you don’t know is that the interview has a second part about Vexed and the band’s demo, about which, apparently, not many people know.<br /><br />You’ll also see in the interview bellow a mention of the Student Nurse band, about which I can’t help on saying a few words. Student Nurse was part of the <em>Seattle Syndrome</em> generation of bands, that ruled Seattle almost a decade before the whole grunge explosion. The band formed in the late 70s and disbanded at some point around 1983. They left behind, as far as I know, two 7’’s and a fabulous four song Ep, <em>As seen on TV</em>.<br /><br />Now, back to Vexed…Sadly the demo won’t be posted now but Milton Garrison promised us he will be back with the songs and we’ll post a link with them in the comment section. So…do check in often!!!<br /><br /><strong>1. We know about your projects before Vexed (from the previous posts), I know Alfred Butler played in Death of Marat along with Daniel House…What about the rest of the crew?</strong><br />Vexed was always a work in progress until David Lapp recorded with us. I'm not aware of bands he played in before Vexed. But after Vexed he managed to play professionally in San Francisco with a reggae/dub band.<br /><br />Billy Warner, who left Vexed in 1984, played in a band called Baba Yaga. Joe Newton played and recorded with us during 1985. He went on to play with Gas Huffer. Jason Fin played with us during 1988 and he went on to Love Battery and Presidents of the United States of America.<br /><br />Eric Muhs played lead guitar with us during 1984. He was known at that time for Seattle band Student Nurse and he continues to put out recordings as well as doing public performances.<br /><br /><strong>2. Tell me a little bit about the band’s contribution to the first Pyrrhic Victory Compilation? That was the band’s debut, right?</strong><br />Daniel House was one of the main players in getting Pyrrhic Victory compilation happening. The sessions we did for the recordings including “Six Foot Hole,” were recorded at John's Place.<br /><br /><strong>3. What did you think of the local scene when you first formed? Any band you can recall as a major influence from the Seattle area?</strong><br />I loved the early 80s Seattle alternative music scene! It was so spread out with all the different sounds. The biggest influence on the band, from Seattle, was Blackouts. We loved the minimalist rhythms with mesmerizing atonal riffing. It's been one of the high points of the last decade to see K Records release a Blackouts retrospective. But it would be misleading to say Blackouts were the only Seattle band to have profound influence. Student Nurse and the Beakers were two others that I loved. I liked hardcore punk. Bands like Rally Go, Little Bears From Bankok and the Beakers were all bands I saw and was influenced by.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiEQPHB53kRRXz3S5aaWDNV8ZBu-NIkJAWojDtoIn4OX7seeVr7lElaJSg4r7cYcJKYnOaof6GNjWc4kcgc9hqtcmlKFYs1lfzA-6qcVKbjWV2565y0n_tB8SdpP2QqPoDVlab81GGUCI/s1600/1234.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5492185325080361106" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 247px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiEQPHB53kRRXz3S5aaWDNV8ZBu-NIkJAWojDtoIn4OX7seeVr7lElaJSg4r7cYcJKYnOaof6GNjWc4kcgc9hqtcmlKFYs1lfzA-6qcVKbjWV2565y0n_tB8SdpP2QqPoDVlab81GGUCI/s320/1234.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><strong>4. Here’s a question I always seem to find interesting: Who came up with the band’s name and why?</strong><br />We had the usual problem with coming up a name. We all made suggestions. I remember looking in the dictionary for cool names. And the word vexed really resonated with me. The word suggested the state of mind I was going through. Life can be annoying as can art and politics. It nailed may reaction to the Reagan/Bush years. Annoyances can trigger anger. I suggested Vexed and it turned out to be the one we all hated the least.<br /><br /><strong>5. What are your best and worst memories from that time?</strong><br />My best memories involve when shows were amazing. When all the aspects worked and we pulled it off. My worst memories involve the only time we didn't finish a show. I should have canceled after our drummer was mugged trying to call us.<br /><br /><strong>6. Lyrically, what did Vexed express?</strong><br />Vexed rarely told stories like many song writers do. Most of our song lyrics dwelt in the area of frustration and anger. The emotion helped us deal with topics like government and religious sanctioned bigotry and the general social problems of the 80s. Rather than writing a lyric saying how bad capitalism was we wrote about the emotion.<br /><br /><strong>7. In your opinion, what was your best show?</strong><br />Our best show happened in 1992. We opened for Artis the Spoon Man and Sad Happy at the Backstage in the Ballard neighborhood in Seattle.<br /><br /><strong>8. Why did you split up in 1990, and what determined the band to reunite two years later? </strong><br />Vexed, to put it kindly, was by 1988 over and out. There was never a moment where we said, “We're not playing anymore”. It just happened. The same could be said of our next public stint 1992-1994. I say public because Alfred and I made contributions to projects while the band was on Hiatus.<br /><br /><strong>9. Regarding this demo, when and where was it recorded?</strong><br />The final demo was recorded in Jack Endino's basement in the late 1993. We managed to sound like a Seattle band without trying.<br /><br /><strong>10. What was the reason that these songs remained unreleased?</strong><br />Vexed was always Daniel House's love child. Without Daniel house we wouldn't have anything released and this interview wouldn’t be happening. Because Alfred and I haven’t really looked at remixing a multi track tape that seems to be missing. I have a copy somewhere of the rough mixes. Usually a band goes back to “mix” a final. This never happened with this demo.<br /><br /><strong>11. Why did the band break up after Cathexis was released?</strong><br />By the time Cathexis came out we were on auto pilot. Taking shows as they came; not really expending energy trying to get the band out there. In my opinion we became complacent. We'd always prided ourselves on sounding different. By that time one of our friends, Dawn Anderson, said in not so many words that our “advantage” was gone. It wasn't this revelation that did us in. It was a lack of interest on my part to do it anymore. I was burned out.<br /><br /><strong>12. Any idea what are the other guys doing now?</strong><br />I continue to perform publicly when I'm asked. I continue to write and record. And I often jam and record with friends.<br />David Lapp continues to play as far as I know in a dub reggae band in the CA bay area. I don't believe Alfred Buttler or Buzz Crocker play music.<br /><br />...Meanwhile you can download Vexed releases from <a href="http://murmurillum.com/vexed.html">here</a>.Dan "Cluster"http://www.blogger.com/profile/02037756596757278622noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2007809748946274478.post-65809398346501879632010-05-14T06:00:00.000-07:002010-05-14T06:47:25.870-07:00The Limp Richerds: War Between the States<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu0ad32cy6UiUKa6kGvoQqt46eX_6MUdHhdXQPfOzRD4U7caJkWinDlVt-7hECgNOA39B9bXkQWKW2f-hHkvR8Aygh6gnHxxlEp0015FksCzXebCtWS5jHURJ0soL-CsYU9DX22DJRU4w/s1600/untitled5.bmp"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5471121791211071858" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 229px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu0ad32cy6UiUKa6kGvoQqt46eX_6MUdHhdXQPfOzRD4U7caJkWinDlVt-7hECgNOA39B9bXkQWKW2f-hHkvR8Aygh6gnHxxlEp0015FksCzXebCtWS5jHURJ0soL-CsYU9DX22DJRU4w/s320/untitled5.bmp" border="0" /></a> Like many of you had noticed Mr Epp, unlike the Richerds, caught more attention over the web, and almost all of their material is pretty common among the collectors. I’d say there are two reasons:<br />1. Mr Epp featured Mark Arm as a full-time member (in Limp Richerds he only played for a little while, behind the drums). This really does it for the grunge-fiends…Or not!<br />2. A compilation containing everything that Mr Epp recorded was released in 1996 through Darren Morey’s (a former band member) label Box Dog and in conjunction with Steve Turner’s Super-Electro Records. This made their material much easier to circulate even though the CD is now out of print.<br /><br />Limp Richerd formed in 1981, around Dave Middleton who, back then, was a student at the Highline Community College. The very first incarnation of the band was: D. Middleton on vocals, Ross Guffy on drums, Charles Quain on guitar and Greg Billingham on bass. As in many cases of their contemporaries, people were coming and going, so the band didn’t had like, this stable line-up. I could say Middleton was for sure the only constant member. Mark Arm, Bill Connell were among those who played drums at some point. Scott Schickler and Steve Turner shared guitar duties…A couple of other bass players: Scott Warner and Werner Cooke. Lots of people…but they had time…from ’81 ‘till early ’87.<br /><br />The band made its debut on <em>The Public Doesn't Exist</em> compilation tape in 1983 with <em>Bob Hope's USO El Salvador Show</em>. They threw two songs on the famous <em>What Syndrome</em> compilation, namely <em>Death to Ivars</em> and <em>Non-Conformity Sox (live)</em> in April 1983. In May the same year they released War Between the States a 7’’split with Portland’s Rancid Vat (which you can also hear on Puget Power III with <em>Breaking Bones </em>, let me know if you have any other material from these guys). They were featured on <em>Sub Pop 9</em> with <em>My Dad Forgot His Rubber</em> in the same year. Finally, they put up an S/T cassette in December ’84 on Deus Ex Machina.<br /><br /><div><div><div>They played with a lot of local bands such as: Thrown Ups, Mr Epp, The Rejectors, The U-Men and so on, they managed to open for Husker Du in ’84 and for Dinosaur in ’86, and that was all. So there you have it…The Seattle’s worst band ever!!!</div><div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU9NsbPz9jcMCENptKbA7KL1laz93rBNlYcAGKdTPDjYh6CrStIqz4mKaznJhsdRGzbL_dzd5S1YFhosa7tYgqXLX83PPLaP5v0FPFv3Mtj95249yToVixsxFbOfBpt9heNJQF39A1_m4/s1600/warbetweenthestatesa.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5471118124988162578" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU9NsbPz9jcMCENptKbA7KL1laz93rBNlYcAGKdTPDjYh6CrStIqz4mKaznJhsdRGzbL_dzd5S1YFhosa7tYgqXLX83PPLaP5v0FPFv3Mtj95249yToVixsxFbOfBpt9heNJQF39A1_m4/s200/warbetweenthestatesa.jpg" border="0" /></a>from <em>War Between the States</em> </div><div> </div><div><a href="http://www.box.net/shared/omk2a7jf4d">Pat and Ben</a></div><div><a href="http://www.box.net/shared/r7yh2y92r2">My Dad Forgot His Rubber and I Was the Result</a></div><div><a href="http://www.box.net/shared/f13s20je68">Non-Conformity Sox (live)</a></div><div><a href="http://www.box.net/shared/n910etzjba">Death to Ivars</a></div><div><a href="http://www.box.net/shared/mtzvnhx171">I've Only Got a Nickel on Me, Honest!</a></div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div></div></div>Dan "Cluster"http://www.blogger.com/profile/02037756596757278622noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2007809748946274478.post-64576771412170315682010-03-23T12:53:00.000-07:002010-03-23T17:23:39.579-07:00Noise by Northwest. A Mixtape<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsRWlxpY0jYstRxPjQQ4tAz7XdNqljeAymy33ErUzKZlvU6hAkvND7bUkW-_pzZGZR4dKvWAhRftDjryNTSI9hudwCKrL5k02_DvuxIcN7FUG8aXNExt7zc3mnQ6R5XBihZcVSglOdXKs/s1600-h/01.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5451920926020266514" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 280px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsRWlxpY0jYstRxPjQQ4tAz7XdNqljeAymy33ErUzKZlvU6hAkvND7bUkW-_pzZGZR4dKvWAhRftDjryNTSI9hudwCKrL5k02_DvuxIcN7FUG8aXNExt7zc3mnQ6R5XBihZcVSglOdXKs/s400/01.jpg" border="0" /></a> One year and a couple of weeks since the first mixtape I’ve ever posted here. The picture above doesn’t have any connection what so ever with the tracks bellow. It was just a pun on the title of this article and the famous movie North By Northwest that made me post the Cary Grant picture. Enjoy...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.box.net/shared/mvyi688fnr">Teen Angels - Jesus Is On My Side</a> ( from Jesus Is On My Side b/w Shoot From The Hip 7'' released on Sub Pop in '95 -I think-, this is a post-Dickless band-with membership including Kelly Canary and Lisa Smith-)<br /><a href="http://www.box.net/shared/jsb4cnju2t">Sleep Capsule - Gray Cloud Theory</a> ( from their Mousepuss Lp on Spanish Fly Records, released in 1994)<br /><a href="http://www.box.net/shared/1ua1ujetba">Alcohol Funnycar - Pretense</a> ( the band's first 7'', Pretense b/w Drive By released by Rathouse Records)<br /><a href="http://www.box.net/shared/pizyujtrrf">Stymie - Toil & Folly </a>(this is from a split single with Lab Rat, released in 1993, I had order it myself from Adem Tepedelen, it totally rocks)<br /><a href="http://www.box.net/shared/beis0o5n4u">Porn Orchard - What Kills</a> (from Teriyaki Asthma)<br /><a href="http://www.box.net/shared/cxnla0dgi2">Seaweed – Inside</a> (and this song is pretty common, from the band's S/T LP)Dan "Cluster"http://www.blogger.com/profile/02037756596757278622noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2007809748946274478.post-60163314551978684072010-02-27T05:55:00.000-08:002010-02-28T01:42:17.697-08:00Three bands for Milton Garrison or a Vexed-related post<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5442923998845320290" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 222px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQhw_u5PBZMWq_195LSEjMXcVpOBVh1emdzrxqyWALgoo1p7lvLZrpNMViFWCbIYliArUtL6dHQhtk26ZZiD6G3WYu3UJzZ5G_7jxjsMJHCSE1gteaXCGsAsUuNrqF0GD_r4dPx58yqE0/s320/15119.jpg" border="0" />While I was searching on a gig poster website, about a week ago, I decided to type a rather familiar band, namely The U-Men. The only poster that drew my attention and finally made me came back so soon with a new mystery solved, was the one you see on the left. It features the great north-west legends The Wipers and the U-Men, along with Altered and Circle Seven.<br />I wrote <a href="http://myhairsprayqueen.blogspot.com/2009/08/on-dark-side-of-northwest-vexed.html">here</a> a little piece about Vexed a couple of months ago, and I got to admit I didn’t insist that much on the roots of the band. In other words, among others, I also forgot to note that other previous bands in which Milton Garrison played before Vexed, were In Vitro Pope and Altered. Apparently Milton’s website doesn’t mention anything about these last two or about his contribution in the band Yeast. And so quickly I was stricken by the idea of writing a post about all Milton’s projects. Being aware of not having any rich sources I could use, I’ve contacted Milton Garrison. He was really kind and answered to some questions I had about his music involvement along the years.<br /><br /><strong>1. What can you tell me about the bands In Vitro Pope, Altered, and Yeast?</strong><br /><em>In Vitro Pope: 82-83<br />The band's genesis was a weekly jam among my self and two teen women non-musicians. At the time I could barely play and I was “the band leader,” if such a thing existed. We sucked badly in most ways but enthusiasm. But the U-Men, especially Tom Price, were very kind and agreed to play a party or two with us.. I never tried very hard to play the songs. I just made noise. I loved the band more than I can tell you. And shared a tear at it's terminal moment.<br /><br />We have a demo tape which as I recall was recorded in our bass player's attic. The session was really called for Limp Richards a NW noise band if there ever was one. But since it was at our bassist's house we horned in and got a tape out of it. My chief bit was to turn the phaser on full and bash all six of the strings of the fender copy (property of Patrick McCabe of Drills, and active on many recordings of the drills,) and wail about the existential wash that was Reagan era landscape. I think Jack Endino digitized it for me. I'll look again.<br /><br />The Altered: 83-84<br />Hiro Yamamoto: bass<br />Billy Warner: drums<br />Milton Garrison: Guitar and Vox<br />At the time the In Vitro Pope tape was recorded, Billy was jamming with Hiro Yamamoto and Kim Thayil whom he had found through the grape vine. Both were fresh young men from Chicago.<br /><br />Although Billy and I were best friends, I was seriously worried. Because you didn't have to go far to find a better singer, writer or guitar player than I. Having said that, at the time I was blossoming as a guitar player. I embraced song structure if not guitar technique. I enabled a different chord voicing for each song. Needless to say we weren't punk nor metal enough for most tastes.<br /><br />Hiro decided to cast his lot with Billy and I. We spent several months woodsheding and then actively gigged. At one time Hiro and Billy lived in the same house with Chris Cornell. We rehearsed in the largest room, it was Hiro's.<br /><br />Fortunately for us, we had good friends that got us booked at the big, for the time, all ages venue, Metropolis. We ended up playing at least five times there opening for national acts: The Wipers, and Violent Femmes among many peer local bands of the day. At that time the owner of the Met said that I made him laugh. Splui Numa was a proto grunge band of the time that also played often. As I recall , they were quite witty; as were Mr Epp, with stage banter. We were later joined by a talented singer and writer with which we gigged briefly. We never recorded.<br /><br />Yeast: 87-89<br />Memory does not serve all personnel changes. The base membership was the following:<br />Al Tompkins: bass<br />Daniel House: drums and vocals<br />Matt Cameron: drums at one or two shows when our drummer bailed.<br />Milton Garrison: Guitar and Vox<br /><br />Of all my bands this was the only “off” band that I gigged with. Formed with members of Vexed, Daddy Hate Box, Skin Yard, and Soundgarden it was also the sloppiest since IP. I also thought we had the best chance of getting a deal. Although Soundgarden was one of the few being signed by that time, things we're feeling ripe in Seattle.<br /><br />I had heard Nirvana, Tad, and the rest and could tell something was changing. But I was sure Vexed wouldn't be part of it. So for a time, Al and I tried to take the band to a different level with trying different drummers and vocalists until I retired from public performance in 1990. I would reemerge to reform Vexed in 92'.</em><br /><br /><strong>2. Did any of these bands release anything? (If yes, what was the record label and who was the producer(s) of the material(s)?)</strong><br /><br /><em>Yeast was the only band of those listed above, other than Vexed, to record. C/Z records released: Too much of one thing b/w this; a 7” 45. We we're also on a Teriyaki Asthma. Jack Endino, Rich Hinklin and Phil Ek worked on various recordings.</em><br /><br /><strong>3. With whom did Yeast share bills that era?<br /></strong><em>Yeast played with many of the heavies of the era including: Tad, Love Battery and Soundgarden. We also played with Common Language and other alt rock bands playing the circuit; Squid Row, The Vouge, the Central and other lesser known clubs.<br /></em><br /><strong>4. Did any of the bands, In Vitro Pope and Altered, share a similar sound to Vexed? </strong><br /><em>Not really, none of the other bands I played in sounded much like 1988 Vexed. But you need to understand Vexed was really three different bands. The early 84 version was more similar to Pell Mell and Talking Heads than Killing Joke. That would come later when we nailed our style. So I'd have to say that early Vexed sounded like late The Altered and to a lesser extent, Alfred Butler's earlier band Death of Maratt.</em><br /><br /><strong>5. Was Vexed already formed when you were performing in the band The Drills?</strong><br /><em>The collaboration I did The Drills happened largely in the early 80s. The earliest around 82'. So my involvement occurred during In Vitro Pope and The Altered. Some may have happened during early Vexed.</em><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5442924118103710402" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 216px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFJzKPy4oTvCUUNoqxiNtwcuoSKXeGsfsWAoqnIypMbwJbMd_EERz7tc7jvCrhhgCJfPOwPO4Q3iqPfux_3g_lEIz0WRaz7poZeGswc7Uq1S6H0C3g76AMkonNsH3w8Ha2MZMrd5LE3L0/s320/13169.jpg" border="0" /> <strong>6.Did you perform in other bands after Vexed split?</strong><br /><em>You know I didn't until last year. I formed the band: Enter the Nine and played about a year: <a href="http://www.myspace.com/enterthenine">Myspace.com/enterthenine</a>. This band had more to do with all the bands I've been and none. I say this because I put it together with out any preconceived notion as to what we would play. I called it a mix of Neil Young and Fugazi. It will sound like Seattle to some folks. And that's fine because I'm proud to be lumped with Seattle bands. I love that heritage.</em><br /><br /><strong>7. Have you done any reunion shows for either of these bands?</strong><br /><em>I'm currently recording some songs on my PC. The bassist of Enter the Nine, Steve Alpers, will contribute to the project. I finished the preproduction in January 2010. I've since been layering. It will sound decidedly more pop than many of my previous efforts. But I sill love punk and metal and you can hear that in the mix. I will post the songs to myspace.<br /><br />As for previous efforts: That's something I'd do in a heartbeat believe me and I think I've made it clear to one or two people of that. So for the record I'm interested. </em><br /><br /><br /><p>Milton also offered to get me in touch with Allen Tompkins. I didn’t missed that chance as I wanted to find out more about the band Yeast. See bellow :<br /><em>”Yeast was a collaborative side project that started with me, Milton, and Daniel House (CZ records owner) about 1988-89 or so. Over the short time we played together, we had 2 additional singers, Micheal Fantod, and Eric Johnson (Pearl Jam's go to guy). We opened for a number of fairly bad ass local shows, but never hit the road. That was really the only regret, but we really didn't need to tour.</em></p><p><em>Our single "Crisco Wristwatch" had both accolades and a bitter hate letter from the Yeasty Girls of NY... with a cease and desist threat, claiming first right to use the word Yeast... I remember that Daniel framed the letter and had it on the wall of the SubPop offices. The record cover, if you can find it, is classic!”</em></p><p><strong><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCS7PFwkcxnKplrz5smyTgw7VnmknGSwnk39IEx9rOgsobMzWRM8zmdl1LAQ-SJNh-Rib8A553qQPU_xkQXCur2j-64ot_uqkA-DP0kNGF7DEbMcgd7yhVtl_uVCapRIehEeeGcxmjUlo/s1600-h/untitled.bmp"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5442924344421948658" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 159px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCS7PFwkcxnKplrz5smyTgw7VnmknGSwnk39IEx9rOgsobMzWRM8zmdl1LAQ-SJNh-Rib8A553qQPU_xkQXCur2j-64ot_uqkA-DP0kNGF7DEbMcgd7yhVtl_uVCapRIehEeeGcxmjUlo/s320/untitled.bmp" border="0" /></a>What are your best memories from that time?</strong><br /><em>“My coolest memory was a benefit show we did for The Fluid, on tour in Seattle, their equipment was ripped off. The lineup was pretty cool: Yeast opening for SoundGarden, Mudhoney and the Fluid. I remember passing out fliers the week before at a Mother Love Bone and Jane's Addiction show.”</em></p><p>Allen Tompkins played in a number of Seattle band starting from ’85. That list includes: Strange Bulge, Ebb and Flow, Death and Taxes, SET, Yeast, Mr Happy (members of The Derelicts and Gas Huffer) , Daddy Hate Box (members of TAD and Coffin Break) , Curtis (Joy Division cover band), Wally World, The Sheites, Kristen Barry's Band, Jangletown, Sledge, Derision, Mustard, Resonator, El Revengo, Dark Matter Noise, The Jaggies, Brothers of the Sonic Cloth (Tad's new band). Currently he plays in Misericords along with Kurt Danielson and Mike Mongrain.</p>from <em>Yeast - Crisco Wristwatch 7''</em><br /><a href="http://www.box.net/shared/5amd2lg0sj">Too much of one thing<em> </em></a><br /><em></em><a href="http://www.box.net/shared/qiqrq9udse">This<br /></a>Dan "Cluster"http://www.blogger.com/profile/02037756596757278622noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2007809748946274478.post-33014205227384756282010-02-16T00:47:00.000-08:002010-02-16T04:38:54.365-08:00Blood Circus: The Sub Pop's hair-rising, motorcycling, primal rock!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_M8byfUrDu2dIWSYqvnTrp__weZdNfUu9FIjj-_Ti80XL3CGSDWDDU8u3v6QHiBhjjXSUSkgZK6mP9umdeKprYCGeaoVLFLeJYDt7zQmYeMAPmfUkIYLGOyKjO9GUlFPTMDo_jwzRAuU/s1600-h/l_eb981478de0644baa43d538fd0a611ae.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5438771313709001154" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 155px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_M8byfUrDu2dIWSYqvnTrp__weZdNfUu9FIjj-_Ti80XL3CGSDWDDU8u3v6QHiBhjjXSUSkgZK6mP9umdeKprYCGeaoVLFLeJYDt7zQmYeMAPmfUkIYLGOyKjO9GUlFPTMDo_jwzRAuU/s200/l_eb981478de0644baa43d538fd0a611ae.jpg" border="0" /></a> As, probably many of you observed, my blog was more of a record-friendly to C/Z or Empty Records than to Sub Pop. Probably Sub Pop will never forgive me for this (and that would be the reason they don’t answer to any of my emails….hmmmmmm….I was just kidding!!!) so I’ve thought of a way to make it up to them. Leaving aside Nirvana and Mudhoney, other legendary bands that were part of the Sub Pop 200’s generation were Blood Circus, Cat Butt and Swallow.<br />But the one band that rocked out the hallways of Sub Pop’s headquarters so loudly, that eventually made Jon Poneman and Bruce Pavitt to release a CD version of the band’s early material, was Blood Circus. The band was indeed the true definition of rock, even the title of their non-single material self-explains it, <em>Primal Rock Therapy</em>…..Not to mention that the lead singer of the band inspired me in letting my hair to grow long at some point, or that they messed up Pearl Jam’s plans to be the first grunge band to write a song about surfing.<br /><br />The band formed in 1987 by T-Man (his real name, Tracey Simmons) on bass, Doug Day on drums, guitarist Geoff Robinson, and Michael Anderson (who played a short period in the first line-up of Swallow) on voice and guitar duties as well. They played their first show at the Vogue, opening for The Obituaries (and I’m planning a post about them some time in the future). Shortly the band was signed to Sub Pop and made their vinyl debut in 1988 with <em>Two Way Streetb/w 6 Feet Under</em> single (SP13). Next they contributed with the song <em>The Outback</em> to the <em>Sub Pop 200</em> compilation and let everyone with their mouths’ opened, a year later, after releasing <em>Primal Rock Therapy Ep</em> . The EP was recorded by no other than Jack Endino at Reciprocal Studios, and features 5 songs.<br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5438771475938741730" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 311px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0IBw2ohE58W41G2cbc175LJKU6CB6NE-iFJN9RB770eZxHp4h7-e3CRAjFBHUJ1GZ3wkS6nKTDtARMSj4U6Z_4UAZvw-JGQByk8EypKjkPa-kx7nw4YwPOlLh1z1tWeSx03QBWyQjSEg/s320/l_3869994d287946c6be7c1ce68d13308b.jpg" border="0" />Blood Circus played tones of shows with most of Seattle bands and also shared bills with bands such as The Flaming Lips, Butthole Surfers, White Zombie, etc; they’ve had an U.S tour and split up in 1990. Michael played in Hard Belly Lloyd and T-Man joined the band Yummy for a period. Luckily Sup Pop reissued Primal Rock Therapy on CD in 1992(with their debut single and five songs from an aborted 1989 recording session) and the band did a couple reunion shows in Seattle.<br /><br /><em>Primal Rock Therapy EP</em><br /><div></div><div><a href="http://www.box.net/shared/v88l0gz9d5">Road to Hell</a></div><div><a href="http://www.box.net/shared/qcaan7abz9">Part of the Crowd</a></div><div><a href="http://www.box.net/shared/gthx8h8jhi">My Dad's Dead</a></div><div><a href="http://www.box.net/shared/xvtb5funxr">Two Way Street</a></div><div><a href="http://www.box.net/shared/nmv63930ix">Gnarly</a></div><div></div>Dan "Cluster"http://www.blogger.com/profile/02037756596757278622noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2007809748946274478.post-76610064623516951732009-12-30T06:55:00.000-08:002012-02-10T07:13:51.533-08:00DC Beggars: A short trip to the RathouseAlthough it is kind of late, I’ll give it a try to see if that Santa costume still fits me. Now, five days after Christmas and before breaking into the new year, I’ll try to make some grunge fanatics happy by spreading the word about another unspoken and requested band, namely DC Beggars.<span style="margin-right: auto; margin-left: auto;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5421045730494334898" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 202px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik2ey7Im26ZcUZF2buthU9HQDx1A7tj4CZa_qO4bTilml9ZFq0Plnl66djzS_Yy6lflkbHXBJBUxOaHNOwJr9PE2LEIVaUZteXO3CBpgsBNsouyHk_WfZHhtl3FqSCIrDCbweHm-cD25w/s400/untitled.bmp" border="0" /></span>The band story began in 1989 after Carla Sindle left Ohio for Seattle leaving behind the punk rock band Fallen Chandaliers. A year later she became the lead singer for the just-formed band DC Beggars. The band membership included Carla Sindle on vocals, Adrian Garver on bass, Steve”Hougie” Gero on drums and Julian Gibson on guitar. In the same year the band moved into the Rathouse (19th and Denny Way, Seattle) which was actually a practice space at the Central District. Other bands that fit that crew were The Gits (they actually owend the house), Officer Down, 7 Year Bitch and Alcohol Funny Car. In 1991 DC Beggars were featured on the first Rathouse release, <em style="font-weight: normal; ">Bobbing For Pavement - A Seattle Compilation</em>, the band’s contribution were two songs, <em style="font-weight: normal; ">Tale Of Lies</em> and <em style="font-weight: normal; ">Narrow As A Sin</em>. Other bands featured here: Gas Huffer, The Gits, Bay of Pigs, Big Brown House, Hammerbox, My Name and The Derelicts (this compilation was re-released on CD in 1994). Same year (that is 1991) the band made their second appearance which was actually the second Rathouse release <em style="font-weight: normal; ">You're So Pretty But You Make Me Sick 7’’</em>.<br /><p style="font-weight: normal; ">Not much I could find on the internet about the next band’s release, that is: <em>Love, Money, and Power 7" EP</em> (Smiilin' Ear) in 1992. What I did find interesting was actually a little review taken from <em>10 Things Jesus Wants You To Know</em> fanzine:<br />“<em>Finally over a year later we get another offering from this wonderful underrated punk band. Deathtrip is unlike their past stuff, it's heavy pounding with snarling vocals and very powerful. The songs on the flipside are the Beggars I remember, powerful female vocals and the guitars, bass and drums are definitely heavier. Black Moon Rising reminds me of early Siouxsic. This bands deserves an album now! --Dan<br />Their best release to date. A-side is an atypical Beggars tune--more melodic and less thrashy then usual, and it works really well . Great song. Flipside is more what you'd expect, showcasing singer Carla's Jello-like vocals. –Parker</em>”<br /><br />From ’90 to ’93 the Beggars’ did extensive tours in USA, Canada and Europe. Finally the band was featured on another compilation called <em>Power Flush: San Francisco, Seattle & You</em> released by Broken Rekids and Rathouse Records featuring Seattle bands such as Alcohol Funny Car, 7 Year Bitch and The Gits. Sadly, same year, Mia Zapata is murdered, DC Beggars dissolves, and the Record Label resigns.<br /><br />I would be really glad to see some comments on this post. Also if any of you have the <em>Love, Money, and Power EP </em>or<em> You're So Pretty 7’’</em> please send me a link with them.<br />Now late-Santa Dan is sitting comfortable on his chair wishing you all a Happy New Year.</p><p align="justify" style="font-weight: normal; ">from <em>Bobbing For Pavement - A Seattle Compilation</em></p><p align="justify" style="font-weight: normal; "><a href="http://www.box.net/shared/dxt2shesx8">Tale Of Lies </a></p><p align="justify" style="font-weight: normal; "><a href="http://www.box.net/shared/y507ot5e0f">Narrow As A Sin</a></p>Dan "Cluster"http://www.blogger.com/profile/02037756596757278622noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2007809748946274478.post-65042539135561867002009-12-09T11:48:00.000-08:002009-12-10T01:49:12.405-08:00Does MyHairsprayQueen love Seattle Hardcore Acts?<strong>Part 1: Jesters Of Chaos</strong><br /><br />This is the first piece of writing that I’ve ever done on a Seattle hardcore band. I won’t post Mr Epp or Limp Richerds as you might have expected. I’m happy to surprise my readers once again with a post about Jesters Of Chaos. The idea for a Jesters’ post stroke me about two weeks ago, after finding a Discharge 7’’ in a record store.Somehow a connection formed in my brain...in a way, those English dogs reminded me of the Jesters. Although the band fits more into the wide variety of UK political punk rather than into the noisy hardcore of northwest…Jesters of Chaos played a significant part in the early Seattle Punk scene during the late 80's.<br /><p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5413328321273230098" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 217px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirfk_gK2460lAI8KmAqsHcQdu-zX7GyB9PR7fOf_P33Mgh7UbKgNWo2qPPC37sTedr7F6ohDwLwExkK_dRaDRijf8JtTCWUQWfTu0kQr0enzoBJt6UrEIwXTGNuF7YdG_jE2-1v91bCuo/s320/Jesters.jpg" border="0" />The band formed in 1985 in Seattle. They had numerous changes of drummers and bass players, the only constant member remaining Jeffro (voice), Maddy (guitar) and Kenny (second guitar). They finally set with a solid line-up in’87, now, also including Tyler on drums and Theo on bass. In ’88 the band recorded 13 songs (only 4 of them made it to vinyl) and a self titled Ep (released by Horton/Reflex Records) including the songs: <em>Behind a mask</em>, <em>A message</em>, <em>Violent States Of America</em> and <em>Murder of the church</em>.<br /><br />I couldn’t find much information about the band on the web …I assume they split up in the early ‘90s. Lead signer, Jeffro, died in ‘92 due to a fatal motorcycle accident. Except Maddy, who now plays in The Bloodclots (myspace <a href="http://www.myspace.com/thebloodclots">here</a>) there is nothing I could find about the others. I know I’m forgetting something now…oh, yes…They shared bills with: Subvert, The Derelicts, Aspirin Feast, Coffin Break, A.M.Q.A, No Means No, Accused, SGM, Poison Idea, Soundgarden, Skin Yard, and other few more. </p><p><a href="http://www.box.net/shared/fq9rozqhi4">Jesters Of Chaos - Demo Cassette</a><br /><br />I grabbed a(n) (almost) 19 minutes long mp3 (from this page <a href="http://www.diypunks.com/index.php?pg=Music">here</a>) with the full demo cassette of the band. So check this page up…lots of diy hardcore punk, covering Seattle and Portland as well. See you next time.</p>Dan "Cluster"http://www.blogger.com/profile/02037756596757278622noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2007809748946274478.post-85509352372559849932009-11-10T22:49:00.000-08:002009-11-12T07:18:37.952-08:00Special Guest Post. Not another dead Seattle record label!!!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY7mYjia8-BGYlPVRXx3tUocz6srICuRavPyyYWJXRjlEqIsYgVDMH7rB84RlWBcGyaAPVqH-GmAr7oZa_qPobOt8wCT-yyhzUd9wZw5EirXtgVzABxhtL_U_HLs0H0eCgrGC9r-kE8KU/s1600-h/106084.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402844323853474754" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 198px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY7mYjia8-BGYlPVRXx3tUocz6srICuRavPyyYWJXRjlEqIsYgVDMH7rB84RlWBcGyaAPVqH-GmAr7oZa_qPobOt8wCT-yyhzUd9wZw5EirXtgVzABxhtL_U_HLs0H0eCgrGC9r-kE8KU/s320/106084.jpg" border="0" /></a> Sorry about the lack of posts lately, but I've been a little busy with the beginning of my second year at collage...also with the moving in and everything. I’ve, once again, left my hometown and I won't really come back until the late next year’s summer.<br /><br />Having in mind the last post (that is the Stomach Pump one) I've done some research on Penultimate Records. Before I got in touch with the founder, Volker Stewart, everything I knew was that this record label released little material from some of the Northwest legends like Cat Butt, the Derelicts, and of course Stomach Pump. Therefore my dark-spy-side told me I had to find out some inside information. So, I contacted Volker and he was kind enough to answer me with an essay he wrote about his record label:<br /><br /><em>I guess the label itself was born in 1986 to release a tribute album to a music club in Santa Cruz, CA - the record was a comp called "At Dianne's Place." I had been approached by two other folks, Stephen Long and Rojir Silverstein, to help them with the project as I had some limited experience as a portion of the business that started as Masking Tapes, a cassette-only label, which eventually morphed into eMpTy records, which later split into two entities, and I am sure you can find the grim story about that in a number of places. </em><br /><em></em><br /><em>In 1987 I mov<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRPUQUfXZX5UnFXUjo-6CZHSNe0kF2AiS9Qkw25-ondt8XlDrTSYw0kvoKGf9Tk7LQE19TCz83Vi2klUepNr2tk7rhPwHONugQYqliqZQmIFgaZA_PZOXGyNhODZobr9qqhrAuviLf6SI/s1600-h/1922864.jpg"></a>ed to Seattle, as it was a cheaper place to be unemployed than San<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwEDYOXdi_VhmIg43i1RJiPHaQQDMppUAa8COX3t5WC8BXwYqRGeKjlp6nnzYCvtH7SUrSIz3M-po8JSDKKl7AxaPTFyU2npGYSwEfdasDHvq3Ci9bDSkDss4xwY1_vtezTuUiw6jJj70/s1600-h/1922864.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402843529630046082" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 195px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwEDYOXdi_VhmIg43i1RJiPHaQQDMppUAa8COX3t5WC8BXwYqRGeKjlp6nnzYCvtH7SUrSIz3M-po8JSDKKl7AxaPTFyU2npGYSwEfdasDHvq3Ci9bDSkDss4xwY1_vtezTuUiw6jJj70/s200/1922864.jpg" border="0" /></a>ta Cruz, and I was toying with the idea of grad school. I got to know some folks in the music scene, primarily through the fine folks at Fallout Records and Jimmy the Budman. I decided to pursue Penultimate in the northwest, and the first record I did was the CatButt"64 Funny Cars/Hell's Half Acre" 45. Blake from eMpTy, with whom I had gone to high school in Germany in the early 80s, had moved to Seattle, and we decided to make it a split release, Penultimate/eMpTy. This cooperation continued with the first Derelicts 45"Bullet for Fifi/Sharon Needles", although the release after that (the Derelicts "Love Machine"12") was just a Penultimate release. Blake had at this point started doing exclusive eMpTy releases, and we were in a friendly rivalry from this point on (obviously Blake was infinitely more prolific than I). </em><br /><em></em><br /><em>eMpTy Germany licensed the Derelicts material for Europe and somehow failed to mention any credit to Penultimate. Oh well. Sort of indicative of how they saw things in general, cf. their later legal action against Blake. </em><br /><em></em><br /><em>After the Derelicts I stumbled across Love and Respect, a great band featuring Ed from the Thrown Ups, Joe and Whiting fromBig Tube Squeezer, a stand up fellow named Steve LaRose on vocals and occasionally Steve Turner on lap steel. Their show at Squid Row knocked my socks off and we did a 6-song 7" ep("Deep and Heatfelt") and later an LP ("The Love & Respect Record"). Still my fave part of the Penultimate portfolio.</em><br /><em></em><br /><em>In 1991 I was out of grad school, horribly underpaid, and a little bummed out by Seattle becoming a mecca. When I moved there in 1987, people in California thought I was crazy, and four years later those people were flocking up there. I decided it was time for a change of pace, and moved to Baltimore. Baltimore was a crazy place in 1991, it was quite a change of pace indeed. I figured I'd get some work experience here and go back west, now it's been over 18 years...I put out four 45s here, two by local legends Liquorbike and Helicopter, one by Primordial Undermind, and the ill-fated Stomach Pump 45. I say ill-fated because a good chunk ofthe inventory fell victim to a flood I had in a former house of mine, which also knocked out a lot of the Primordial Undermind 45s. There are probably only about 2-300 of either of these floating around, possibly less of the Stomach Pump.</em><br /><em></em><br /><em>In 1994 I quit my job as a university reference librarian and started working on opening a brewery/restaurant in midtown Baltimore. That was pretty much the end of my label career. We opened in 1996 and I have been doing that ever since. (</em><a href="http://www.thebrewersart.com/" target="_blank"><em>http://www.thebrewersart.com</em></a><em> if you are interested).</em><br /><em></em><br /><em>Stephen Long had moved </em><em>to San Francisco at about the time I moved to Seattle, and he had a few Penultimate releases scheduled there, although only one of them saw release, a 45 by the Bay Area's Los Cerveceros, which featured former members of Bad Posture. I believe he lives in North Dakota now. Rojir had moved to LA long before hand, and I lost touch with him.</em><br /><br />So there you have it. Let's just say...another mystery solved.<br /><br />From "Bullet For Fifi/Sharon Needles":<br /><br /><a href="http://www.box.net/shared/ykqqvejaph">Bullet For Fifi</a><br /><a href="http://www.box.net/shared/amht0zsn9o">Sharon Needles</a>Dan "Cluster"http://www.blogger.com/profile/02037756596757278622noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2007809748946274478.post-47437724639244772342009-10-03T02:18:00.000-07:002009-12-21T13:24:31.688-08:00That's barf rock, and...one day, they just sort of started going...And that was Stomach Pump.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOnw-zbnktRH4ljucAuUfhp9MKWQ_fneE08FY-E3B27VYROKHZVxjIGXz_4-7FYmCRBeRT0QTbi5EiH9Yce0PEiPu1qGBWtberCpucmDh5jkgvuUPWacAfNCGe-gjptOTdLAGQFu1i7cs/s1600-h/1.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388308543805498226" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 196px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOnw-zbnktRH4ljucAuUfhp9MKWQ_fneE08FY-E3B27VYROKHZVxjIGXz_4-7FYmCRBeRT0QTbi5EiH9Yce0PEiPu1qGBWtberCpucmDh5jkgvuUPWacAfNCGe-gjptOTdLAGQFu1i7cs/s320/1.jpg" border="0" /></a> Sitting on the edge, bettween The Thrown Ups and My Eye related bands, here we have the first Stomach Pump post in the blogspots' history. Musically the band finds itself placed on the same page as The Thrown Ups, although it shares two of My Eye members. From the very first minute of their (only) single -Log Clench/Cake Hole- the band reminded me of the early swamp-punk australian acts, I'd say, the band is like a dry mix between The Scientists and Salamander Jim. Their music is accompanied by this unic voice, something you'll never find at a typical Seattle band(this "typical" line is really funny!!!). Conclusion: Another great, short-lived Seattle band. Therefor it was time for me to hit Google.<br /><br />The investigation in finding a clue that would eventually lead me to a story began. I've searched ebay in hope of finding a cover of their single, looked for the band's gig posters, but nothing. Finally my search stoped <a href="http://www.furious.com/perfect/johnleightonbeezer.html">here</a> at this Leighton Beezer interview. But I still needed more of the band's info. So...the only thing left for me to do was getting in touch with one of the band's member. Who would tell the story better than the founder? That's right, I've contacted Leighton to ask him a set of questions about one of Seattle's mysterious bands and he was really kind and accepted.<br /><br /><strong>1.Why did The Thrown Ups split up and when did you formed Stomach Pump?</strong><br /><em>Mudhoney was taking a lot of Mark and Steve’s attention, so I kicked them out of the band. Stomach Pump formed right afterwards and actually picked up an abandoned Thrown Ups show for our first show.</em><br /><br /><strong>2.How did you recruit Max Godsil and Duff Drew from My Eye?</strong><br /><em>I used to hang around a lot with My Eye, and Max and Duffy were a really great rhythm section. I don’t recall the exact details, but basically I think I roped them into it.</em><br /><br /><strong>3.What about JC, how did you recruit his as the singer and what happened to him afterwards?</strong><br /><em>JC was a Thrown Ups fan and we got to be friends. When the Thrown Ups broke up, he wanted to give it a try. I’ve found that for the style of music I play, singers are always the hardest to find and I will usually try to build a band around one if I find one. So once I realized JC had a gift for it, I decided to put a band together. He is a talk radio jockey today living in Austin , Texas and goes by the name Jack Blood.</em><br /><br /><strong>4.Who came up with the band's name and why Stomach Pump?</strong><br /><em>I think it was me, but I’m not sure. It kinda stuck without a lot of thought. But in retrospect, it was an appropriate name for a follow up to the Thrown Ups. Once you’re done throwing up, you can only get more through mechanical intervention.</em><br /><br /><strong>5.The band sounds to me like early Australian punk acts, would you regard them as influence?<br /></strong><em>Not a huge influence, but we were certainly aware of and admired bands like The Scientists, and Lubricated Goat and that ilk. Not too shocking if it sounds like we were wallowing in the same swamps.</em><br /><br /><strong>6.Was Stomach Pump based on the same improvising idea as The Thrown Ups?</strong><br /><em>Yes, absolutely.</em><br /><br /><strong>7.What can you tell me about the shows, who did you share bills with?</strong><br /><em>We didn’t share too many bills ... we were kind of a scene unto ourselves. We played a lot of warehouse parties and things like that. I remember one show where we were opening for another band and we kept mispronouncing their name just to bug them. I also remember doing a show where Stephanie Sargent from 7 Year Bitch performed with us. I think she ended up making fun of me the whole time and I didn’t realize it until later. My favorite show was at a place right off of Hollywood and Vine in LA, which was reputed to be Bruce Lee’s dojo ... musically, it wasn’t a great show, but it was a lot of fun. The room was designed to amplify sound, so Bruce could speak softly and be heard by a crowd of a couple hundred people, so we set up where the speaker is supposed to stand for maximum acoustic amplification and proceeded to blast everyone out the back of the room – it was painfully loud for the audience. A woman came up to JC and complained about the volume and JC pulled a switchblade out of his pocket and told her to shut up. Lots of fun!</em><br /><br /><strong>8.Was the Log Clench/Cake Hole Single the only band's release?</strong><br /><em>Yes. We did put together some informal cassettes if that counts. One was called "The Caucasian Album" and another was just referred to as the "Be a Dick" session. Both were pretty good, but I don’t know where to find copies since I haven’t had a cassette player in years. I’d love to hear them again if anyone else is able to track them down for you.</em><br /><br /><strong>9.Where did you record your single and who was the producer?</strong><br /><em>I remember the place, but I don’t remember the producer. It was in a basement studio in Seattle ’s Belltown neighborhood. It was a great place and I think we got a cheap rate because it was new or something. I remember the singer from Coffin Break hanging out, but I don’t think he was the producer?</em><br /><br /><strong>10.Why did the band breake up?</strong><br /><em>I don’t remember exactly ... people kept moving in and out of Seattle . JC and Max both moved to LA at different times. There were a few gaps while people were out of town, then I guess the last gap just hasn’t ended yet – JC and Max are still living in different cities and I just moved to NY. Eventually, I started playing with another improv band called El Grande Conquistador (http://johnbeezer.com/music/egc.html). Now that I’ve left Seattle I’ve got a new band in NYC but we’re still going through line-up changes, etc. so we don’t even have a name yet.</em><br /><br /><strong>11.Could you tell us something about your future projects?</strong><br /><em>I’m pretty psyched about the new band here in NY. The singer/keyboard player is named Jason Dennie and the drummer is named Jerod Allen. We just lost our guitar player since he moved a couple hours away and started going to night school. I’m also recording a lot of solo pieces just for my own amusement ... some of those are on my MySpace page: </em><a href="http://myspace.com/johnleightonbeezer"><em>myspace.com/johnleightonbeezer</em></a><br /><br />Again...any of you who own The Caucasian Album or Be a Dick Session, please contact me at <a href="mailto:myhairsprayqueen@yahoo.com">myhairsprayqueen@yahoo.com</a><br /><br />Now that we've got another case solved, enjoy:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.box.net/shared/ra1nuyvakd">Log Clench</a><br /><a href="http://www.box.net/shared/jtaba6tpo7">Cake Hole</a>Dan "Cluster"http://www.blogger.com/profile/02037756596757278622noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2007809748946274478.post-54557718591085869062009-09-24T13:28:00.000-07:002009-09-27T06:06:31.673-07:00Tit for Tat..."What the fuck is a Bible Stud?"Like I promissed, My Eye related posts won't stop here..sadlly the gifts will. So there you go..the second part of My Eye's related post trilogy: <img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5385134613067802754" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 260px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjopalJ6yP-p0cSr0Q8Yj4Gqsu5VAveEGpD_FbpxuCkZl5lCjLLOg58PPQ8v0E4a2rjj55vrciTOXBrRovmCPGWWTFuFxVPX8BxV_9dacIN1IjylyPWToU1FnzX-sWTSfSZgCvJ8Fhb4OA/s400/untitled.JPG" border="0" />Founded in '89 by Steve Van Liew after My Eye dismissed, Bible Stud was Steve's attempt to get back to his hard rock/metal roots, what he initialy did with Overlord. Therefor he reunited with Glen Logan, the original Overlord's guitarist and put together the foundation of the hard rock/metal nearly grunge band, Bible Stud. Soon they were joined by Kenny Jakobsen on drums, Dave "Gundo" Gunderson on bass and Ric Vaughan on guitar. Same as usuall the internet was poor in info regarding the band but their <a href="http://www.myspace.com/biblestud">myspace</a> was pretty helpfull, here's a copy-paste from it (that is actually an article from the <em>Rocket Magazine</em>, year 1989, writen by Jeff Gilbert):<br /><em>Sounding better than ever, original Overlord guitarist Glen Logan and vocalist Steve Van Liew have quietly kept their hard rock flame lit all these years, and with their new band, BIBLE STUD, it’s now turning into a four-alarm rock ‘n’ roll bonfire. This is due ,by and large, to Logan’s skill and mastery in songwriting. Tracks like "Blood Red" and "Tit for Tat" show confident swagger, bringing the energy level up from a steady simmer to an irresistible overflow boil. Van Liew’s half-cleared throat vocal style also gives Bible Stud an extremely distinctive, raw sound. As longtime partners Logan and Van Liew have used their hard, street level chemistry, channeling in into vital, pulse-pounding rock. Bible Stud also include Kenny Jakobsen on drums, Dave "Gundo" Gunderson on bass and Ric Vaughan sharing guitar duties.</em><br /><br />I gues it was about two years ago...I saw on a web page an article about Bible Stud, mentioning that the band's name had something to do with their practice space. Anyway, any of you who remembers something, please leave a comment. Now back to the story...The band recorded two demos and released a single in '89 <em>Cried/Tit for Tat</em>. In late '90s, getting more further from any grunge influence the band metamorphosed into Crawl.The line-up: Steve on voice and guitar, Ric Vaughan also on guitar, Dave Gunderson on bass (later replaced by Denn Grim) and Eric Fenner on drums. Here's a little something about Crawl from <em>Spin</em> Magazine:<br /><em>Crawl used to call itself Bible Stud.Overlord before that. You can call it what you want, the band doesn't mind. Heavy(of course), guitar-overdriven(surprise, surprise), and high gloss polished with sandpaper(ouch). Crawl is one of those bands that grows on you-like moss, and before you know it, you're doing the Swamp Thing. No Seattle cliches, just a deep, hypnotic, soulful crunch. Vocalist Steve Van Liew has one of the most distinctive voices this side of a blade sharpener...</em><br /><br />I'm happy to declare myself as the first who has ever posted the Stomach Pump Single. Stay tuned...Next time---->Stomach Pump futuring Leighton Beezer from The Thrown Ups and Max Godsil and Duff Drew from My Eye.<br /><br /><em>Bible Stud-Cried/Tit for Tat (Single)</em><br /><a href="http://www.box.net/shared/7vvhcf5a1b">Cried</a><br /><a href="http://www.box.net/shared/q9q1nvxi6c">Tit for Tat </a>Dan "Cluster"http://www.blogger.com/profile/02037756596757278622noreply@blogger.com2