From: Bomp-Digest-Sender To: bomp-digest@bolis.com Subject: Bomp V96 #19 Reply-To: Bomp@bolis.com Precedence: bulk Bomp Friday, 28 June 1996 Volume 96 : Number 019 In this issue: Sonics? -Reply Re: Dogmatics -Reply Re: The Time Beings Re: Dogmatics US Soccer league- Psyche bands Re: Teen Scene #55 /JL Pierce Re: Sonics? Re: mike gibbons update! Re: Sonics? Re: Teen Scene #55 e-mail ve Re: US Soccer league- Psyche bands Re: Iggy, Singin' for the Man! Re: Dogmatics Re: Teen Scene #55 e-mail version is out. Re: Teen Scene #55 /JL Pierce Re: US Soccer league- Psyche bands re- sonics - beware! Re: Sonics? -Reply Re: mike gibbons update! Re: Dogmatics Re: The Time Beings GS I LOVE YOU ---------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Mark Robinson Date: Fri, 28 Jun 1996 09:32:42 -0400 Subject: Sonics? -Reply >Which of their CD reissues is worth getting? Is their anything domestic? I have an import (German, the label is Line) compilation called *Full Force* that gives a good representation of the band's day's Etiquette. Not exceptional but not bad. I picked this disk up several years ago because is was the only Sonics CD I could find at the time. Since then Etiquette (domestic) has issued a comprehensive collection called "Here Are The Ultimate Sonics". In addition, I picked up a copy of "Maintaining My Cool" on the Jerden (domestic) label. This compilation pretty much covers the band's days with the Jerden label. Some great cuts and an absolutely horrendous cover of *Hanky Panky*.....(these were the same guys who covered *Sweet Pea*????). >From what I have heard the Etiquette release should not be missed, but if you can't find it, I can recommend the other two. Mark ------------------------------ From: Ben Waugh Date: Fri, 28 Jun 1996 09:03:59 -0400 Subject: Re: Dogmatics -Reply Erica Wissolik wrote: > > A friend of mine gave me a compilation CD for my birthday earlier this year, > contains the 2 albums and a few extra songs - sorry I can't remember what > label its on. I have it at home and can let you know later. > --Erica Thanks! ------------------------------ From: User Date: Fri, 28 Jun 1996 09:15:55 -0400 (EDT) Subject: Re: The Time Beings On Thu, 27 Jun 1996 LaniDoe@aol.com wrote: > Also, in response to another post: > Satan's Pilgrims will be in Boston this Sunday (June 30) with The Time Beings > at the Middle East, Upstair. Should be a great show. Wow! The Time Beings are *still* together??!!! Have they released any 45s I can get a hold of? I saw them about 5 years back at Flannery's in NYC (when Gary Balaban was still booking shows there) and I thought they were great. Is Reverend Joe (Longone, who published Fuzbrains and then did a book called *The Great Rock'n'Roll Survey (1980s)*) still managing them? If so, someone please tell him I said hello. Blair ------------------------------ From: Ben Waugh Date: Fri, 28 Jun 1996 09:02:13 -0400 Subject: Re: Dogmatics User wrote: > > Unfortunately, one of the brothers died in a car accident some years > back. It was a great loss; they were a *fantastic* group. Most of their > material has been reished on CD, I think by Shredder. I just have these > great memories of "Sister Serena". And the "Gimme The Shakes" single > (that song was later covered live by The Pussywillows). > > A friend of mine was about 15 when she lived in Boston in an apartment > directly above the band's practice space. She tells me she was pretty > much nuts about them all. Thanks for the reply, grim though it was. I'll have to look out for the cd. It seems the 1st lp has taken a hike from my colection, Everybody Does It is all I have left, played it when I got home last night. I'm probably just getting old, but listening to that album I found myself waxing nostalgic for those days when rock 'n' roll was fast and fun (as opposed to sappy and over produced). ------------------------------ From: "Donald G. Smith" Date: Fri, 28 Jun 1996 09:42:24 -0400 Subject: US Soccer league- Psyche bands another Mark Robinson sent me this list of upcoming US Soccer league games and almost frighteningly they sound to me like '67/'68 era Psyche bands... especially the "New England Revolution" anyone have any singles by these bands or gone to any games? Don >>> Teenbeat 97 HQ Arlington 06/27/96 09:03pm >>> Here's the sched. 7/7 vs. Dallas Burn, 3pm 7/12 vs. Tampa Mutiny, 7:30 7/28 vs. Columbus Crew, 4 pm 8/4 vs. Kansas City Wiz, 3 pm 8/18 vs. Los Angeles Galaxy, 4pm 9/6 vs. NY/NJ MetroStars, 7:30 9/17 vs. New England Revolution, 7:30 9/21 vs. Colorado Rapids,7:30 Where did they come up with those names ??!!! Later Mark ------------------------------ From: Ben Waugh Date: Fri, 28 Jun 1996 09:55:44 -0400 Subject: Re: Teen Scene #55 /JL Pierce a memoriam piece on Jeffrey Lee Pierce by LJ Cunningham I apologize for living in a cave, and I hestitate to ask what seems obvious- but I had no idea JLP had died (Wasn't he credited on a recent Nick Cave cd?). The Gun Club was another great, original band that seems to have been swallowed by oblivion (I've never been able to find Miami on cd). I always thought that they'd sort of invented their own sub-genre - something along the line of eerie voodoobluespunk: Robert Johnson, CCR's Green River lp, and Stooges elements welded together might come close to describing them(Esp. with their spin on Run Through the Jungle - or hell, all of Miami & Fire of Love). In concert you always sort of expected them to start passing snakes around or something. At any length, I'm very sorry to hear this additional bad news. ------------------------------ From: Ben Waugh Date: Fri, 28 Jun 1996 10:16:46 -0400 Subject: Re: Sonics? Phil Lerman wrote: > > Which of their CD reissues is worth getting? Is their anything domestic? I believe Full Force and Ultimate Sonics, both on the Etiquette label, are domestic. I have Full Force, and it's quite good. It's a compilation package rather that an lp reissue, though. I assume US is as well - it contains most of the songs that are on FF, +many others. I assume it'l touch you for at least $25. Etiquette has a website, I believe. ------------------------------ From: Tawsurf@aol.com Date: Fri, 28 Jun 1996 11:30:22 -0400 Subject: Re: mike gibbons update! rob, feel free to jet a copy to my radio show, thee booze party. thee booze party airs every thursday nite on WRVU, 91.1, vanderbilt university's 91 rock and has been, for the last 3 years, featuring the finest in vintage and contemporary surf, garage, rockabilly, and slop. my address is todd williams, 1417 calvin avenue, nashville, tn 37206. i will be pleased to send you a play list to either prove how cool the show is or point out the airplay your comp receives.....do you know greg gammonley, tampa slop guitar extrodinaire or of the late, great benny love???cheeres,todddamn of thee phantom 5ive ------------------------------ From: Tawsurf@aol.com Date: Fri, 28 Jun 1996 11:29:17 -0400 Subject: Re: Sonics? get em all, those sonics!!!!!!! ------------------------------ From: "Laura Taylor" Date: 28 Jun 1996 11:19:41 -0400 Subject: Re: Teen Scene #55 e-mail ve RE>Teen Scene #55 e-mail version is out. 6/28/96 Do you mean the Outsiders from Tampa? Of so, we need to talk! laura@wusf.usf.edu - -------------------------------------- Date: 6/28/96 1:15 AM To: Laura Taylor From: Bomp@bolis.com After something like 7 months, the new version of The Teen Scene is finally ready, at least in e-mail form. (The print version may not appear till next week. When that time comes, I'll let you all know what the price will be.) If you've seen it before, you know the Teen Scene is dedicated to garage/punk, power pop, surf, mod, etc., mainly of the Today's Scene variety, but that's slowly changing, as well. #55 includes interviews by Bob Kondrak with The Drags, Teengenerate, and Alex Cuervo (bassist for Blacktop and now the King Sound Quartet), plus articles on the Greek Scene (courtesy of bomp-lister Cristopher Kakkos), The Outsiders (see, some original garage material!) courtesy of the maintainer of the Outsiders' Touch homepage, Filippo Dulio, Radio Birdman's performance at the Big Day Out in Perth by Michael Seman, a memoriam piece on Jeffrey Lee Pierce by LJ Cunningham, Bill Luther introducing us to the Omega Men, plus me on all sorts of stuff from Ray Davies to the Nomads, Aqua Velvets (*not* the SF surf group), what the Devil Dogs are up to now, plus lotsa record reviews (including a long one on the Untamed Youth Untamed Melodies CD.) All it takes to get the e-mail version is a request to me at blairb1@gramercy.ios.com Blair ------------------------------ From: Squishy@aol.com Date: Fri, 28 Jun 1996 11:44:04 -0400 Subject: Re: US Soccer league- Psyche bands >Where did they come up with those names ??!!!< I don't know, but in L.A. we're fortunate to hear news of the Raiders every time we turn on the radio.... Go Mark Lindsay!! Greg ------------------------------ From: Ben Waugh Date: Fri, 28 Jun 1996 11:46:52 -0400 Subject: Re: Iggy, Singin' for the Man! > > It would be even cooler if Ron, Scotty and James got a cut. > > Deniz Yeah. I considered the potential faux pas-by-omission right after I popped that off. Anybody who thinks Iggy was the Stooges only need listen to some of those godawful solo boots from the mid 70's (I'm thinking of the one I have: Suck On This. Suck it does, too - a very lackluster crooning of Stooges numbers accompanied by a backing band that cannot be described as tight) - or even a couple recent efforts, for that matter. The big, obligatory disclaimer: Don't get me wrong, I'm no infidel; Iggy Pop will always be one of the Names of Power - but none of the solo stuff, fine as much of it is, ever came close to that force of nature quality that the Stooges had. ------------------------------ From: kgodbout@procept.com Date: Fri, 28 Jun 1996 12:27:27 -0500 Subject: Re: Dogmatics Ben Waugh wrote: >I'm probably just getting old, but listening to that album I found myself >waxing nostalgic for those days when rock 'n' roll was fast and fun (as >opposed to sappy and over produced). I hear ya, looking back when there was a true, vibrant and FUN scene hear in Boston I feel bad for the kids of the MTV generation getting into the homogeneous alterna-rock of Letters to Cleo. Everything is way too trendy and controlled, security staff mingling with crowds to assure a stable rock n' roll environment. All the great venues (even the Rat) have spruced up their decor to attract the college crowd. TT's has even installed these goofy "gothic" gargoyles around their bar. Blachhh. Of course while I was digging The Proletariat and Mission of Burma I'm sure folks felt I really missed out on Hendrix. Waaaaaaaah....Kevin ------------------------------ From: delp@epb3.lbl.gov (Woody Delp) Date: Fri, 28 Jun 96 09:51:10 PDT Subject: Re: Teen Scene #55 e-mail version is out. > All it takes to get the e-mail version is a request to me at > blairb1@gramercy.ios.com > Blair send me one..... thanx ------------------------------ From: mary@catalogue.com (Mary Robinson Crews) Date: Fri, 28 Jun 1996 12:49:16 -0400 Subject: Re: Teen Scene #55 /JL Pierce Ben Waugh wrote: >I apologize for living in a cave, and I hestitate to ask what seems >obvious- but I had no idea JLP had died (Wasn't he credited on a recent >Nick Cave cd?). he died suddenly march 31st of a blod clot to the brain. Phast Phreddie wrote a nice piece that ATN published in their music news of the world on april 2nd . if you wanna read it and can't get to it on the web let me know and i'll email it to you. don't know about the nick cave thing. _|__________________________|_ mary robinson crews | | mary@catalogue.com | FREEZE 'EM and EAT 'EM | http://www.catalogue.com/ | -Chilly Willee | http://www.chapel-hill.nc.us/ _|__________________________|_ ------------------------------ From: "Lisa Gerson" Date: Fri, 28 Jun 1996 12:36:03 +0000 Subject: Re: US Soccer league- Psyche bands > another Mark Robinson sent me this list of upcoming US Soccer league > games and almost frighteningly they sound to me like '67/'68 era > Psyche bands... especially the "New England Revolution" anyone have > any singles by these bands or gone to any games? Don > I haven't been to a game, but I've seen parts of a couple of them on ESPN. They're billing the league as international quality soccer, but from what I've seen, the names are about the best thing about these teams. Lisa > >>> Teenbeat 97 HQ Arlington 06/27/96 09:03pm >>> > Here's the sched. > > 7/7 vs. Dallas Burn, 3pm > 7/12 vs. Tampa Mutiny, 7:30 > 7/28 vs. Columbus Crew, 4 pm > 8/4 vs. Kansas City Wiz, 3 pm > 8/18 vs. Los Angeles Galaxy, 4pm > 9/6 vs. NY/NJ MetroStars, 7:30 > 9/17 vs. New England Revolution, 7:30 > 9/21 vs. Colorado Rapids,7:30 ------------------------------ From: "J. Emery" Date: 28 Jun 1996 12:25:07 U Subject: re- sonics - beware! i'm really surprised no one has mentioned this, since there are people on this list much more knowledgeable about the sonics than me: beware! i have the Here Are the Ultimate Sonics comp (etiquette #024027) - it's the 2 disc set. i have seen more recent comps of them, so it may be out of print, but there is one thing any sonics fan/worshipper should know about this comp before shelling out twenty-something bucks for it. the version of "psycho" is missing the part of the vocal track where he screams "psycho!" right before the hook each time. the first time i heard this i thought i was hallucinating - but i checked w/ 2 other friends who have the same reissue and hadn't listened to it all the way thru - they were more pissed than i was. it renders this version of "psycho" virtually unlistenable, it ruins it for me. other than that, the comp is great. to clarify since i'm a confusing idiot: baby, you're driving me crazy i'm going out of my head now i wish i was dead you turn me on, then you cut me down tell me baby, am i just your clown [PSYCHO!] -----------this is the part that's missing after each verse the GOOD news is that if you pick up the sonics' "Maintaining my cool" disc on jerden, you DO get the original version. does anyone know why the version w/ the altered vocal track even exists? it's definitely not a different version of the song - everything is totally the same on both versions, only the one on the etiquette reissue is missing the most critical screams in the song! ------------------------------ From: User Date: Fri, 28 Jun 1996 15:21:50 -0400 (EDT) Subject: Re: Sonics? -Reply I've heard from reliable sources that the "...Ultimate Sonics" double CD is currently out of print, although they think there's a single disc version available. Also, Mark... I *enjoyed* that version of Hanky Panky; it's hilarious. Blair ------------------------------ From: "Laura Taylor" Date: 28 Jun 1996 15:12:16 -0400 Subject: Re: mike gibbons update! RE>>mike gibbons update! 6/28/96 Hi! Rob is the coordinator but you'll be communicating with me if you use e-mail. My name is Laura and i sing for Rob's band, the Baskervils, also on the comp. Thanks for the offer, and we'll surely take you up on it! >>>.....do you know greg gammonley, tampa slop guitar extrodinaire or of the late, great benny love??? No...was that a Tampa band, or one from somewhere else? >>>cheeres,todddamn of thee phantom 5ive are you in a band? is it "garage?" Laura ------------------------------ From: Ben Waugh Date: Fri, 28 Jun 1996 15:46:21 -0400 Subject: Re: Dogmatics kgodbout@procept.com wrote: I'm sure folks felt I really > missed out on Hendrix. Waaaaaaaah....Kevin Yep, in the late 70's my accomplices and I loafed around in basements, woods, garishly dented cars, whinging about that ourselves - to a backbeat of exploding seeds. But a couple of years later we were amazed at the explosion of creativity that was going on - and all the amazing stuff we never heard from the 60's and early 70's that was being unearthed and cited by the new bands. W.DC's Home Grown radio, WHFS (R.I.P.), gave the new scene heavy support and coverage (today, of course, the station is a corporate property and a font of drivel). Here's hoping it'll happen again for the next generation of bored delinquents. ------------------------------ From: LaniDoe@aol.com Date: Fri, 28 Jun 1996 17:30:25 -0400 Subject: Re: The Time Beings Blair wrote: "Wow! The Time Beings are *still* together??!!! Have they released any 45s I can get a hold of?" The Time Beings just released a CD which I have an advanced copy of, and would be happy to tape for you if you mail me a tape. Preston Wayne is still the star of The Time Beings. He was in The Odds (not the ones from Canada!), and DMZ (for a few days), and a few other awesome garage/surfy bands. Lani ------------------------------ From: Hitomi I Date: Sat, 29 Jun 1996 07:11:38 +0900 Subject: GS I LOVE YOU Hi Don Yesterday I bought the cd GS I LOVE YOU(Japanese Garage Bands of the 1960s) from Big Beat. I think it is good selection from Japanese reissue 4 CD. And the liner notes is worth to understand Group Sound .I think it is best written in English. Please send me your trading Video list to hitomi@kiwi.co.jp Hitomi(from tokyo) ------------------------------ End of Bomp V96 #19 ******************* You have been reading Bomp-digest. For subscription requests, send a message to majordomo@bolis.com containing "subscribe Bomp-digest" or "unsubscribe Bomp-digest"