[bomp] Re: DEAD BOYS

["POKEMONOJEFF" <pokemonoman@xxxxxxx>]

I STILL NEED TONS OF PRACTICE NOT "INSULTING PEOPLE", BUT......
IT "IS" VERY IRRITATING TO HEAR PEOPLE MAKE THESE
"BLANKET STATEMENTS' LIKE: "AT LEAST THE DEAD BOYS KNEW WHEN TO THROW IN 
THE TOWEL"....
I MEAN, THAT IS TOTALLY "UNFAIR".
MAYBE THERE WERE OTHER REASONS WHY THE DEAD BOYS STOPPED RECORDING OR
PERFORMING.
I KNOW FOR A FACT THAT THE DEAD BOYS NEVER ACTUALLY "THREW IN THE TOWEL", AS
YOU SAY.
I WAS BEST FRIENDS WITH STIV BATORS.
WE RECORDED TOGETHER.
STEVE NEEDED A CHANGE, (HE TOLD ME HIMSELF),
AND MOVED OUT WEST TO MAKE POP RECORDS FOR BOMP, I DON'T THINK THE DEAD BOYS
ACTUALLY EVER THREW IN THE TOWEL, IN FACT I KNOW THAT STEVE WAS VERY PROUD
OF THE GROUP.
I SAW THEIR VERY 1ST SOUND CHECK AT CBGB'S IN AUGUST OF 1976, BACK THEN 
THEY HAD NOT EVEN A BASS PLAYER YET.
IF YOU WANT, I CAN TRACK DOWN STEVE'S "WIDOW", CAROYLN IN PARIS, AS I DON'T
THINK SHE'LL MIND "SETTING THE RECORD STRAIGHT"
I SAW THE CLASH IN HARVARD SQUARE IN 1978, AND THEY WERE
ABOUT AS IMPRESSIVE AS THE JAM WAS OPENING FOR DMZ, WHICH IS TO SAY, THEY
WEREN'T EVEN CLOSE TO BEING AS GOOD AS MOST AMERICAN GROUPS OF THAT ERA.
IF YOU DON'T LIKE THE SONGS BY THE CLASH, I'D SAY YOUR OPINION IS
RIGHT ON. THEY DID NOTHING FOR ME. I HATED REGGAE AND ALL THAT POLITICAL
B.S., JUST LIKE: THEY WERE THE "U2 OF THEIR DAY". THEY "IMPRESSED EVERYBODY"
WITH THEIR BONO-LIKE POLITICAL B.S. WHICH MADE THE U.S. ROCK AND ROLL
COMMUNITY OF THAT ERA BOORED WITH THE U.K. , PERIOD.
ONE THING FOR SURE, ALL THE CLASH'S U.K. VINYL PRESSINGS ARE HIGHLY PRIZED
"AUDIOPHILE CLASSICS", CHERISHED BY THE READERS OF "THE ABSOLUTE
SOUND"/"MICHAEL FREMER GANG".

PMJ

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