From: Bomp-Digest-Sender To: bomp-digest@bolis.com Subject: Bomp V96 #39 Reply-To: Bomp@bolis.com Precedence: bulk Bomp Sunday, 21 July 1996 Volume 96 : Number 039 In this issue: Re: Haunted RE: Haunted ---------------------------------------------------------------------- From: RALPHA6982@aol.com Date: Sun, 21 Jul 1996 15:48:37 -0400 Subject: Re: Haunted Well, interestingly enough, I finally met Haunted guitarist/leader Jurgen Peter right here in Vancouver where he lives. As I had written the liner notes to those Voxx lps, we thought we should finally get together. He came over one night to where I work as I was designing some cd cover or other and he was a really nice guy, played me all sorts of stuff he's been recording on 8 track at home and it all sounds exactly like his old Haunted stuff, told me he has live tapes from the old days and all sorts of stories about meeting Jimi Hendrix and stuff. Very fascinating and, in hindsight, a drag that the guy I had done the interview with for the Haunted re-issues (their first singer) had not turned me on to where Jurgen was at that time as Mr. Peter is definately the man, however, being a nice guy has cost him dearly as he does not see any money from any of these re-issues since the ownership is very cloudy. Greg, I hope this stuff is all sorted out, as it is a drag to hear this from these people. The worst rip-offs were the foreign releases of 1-2-5 that he never knew about. He had asked a friend to write foreign labels and send them tapes of the single to see if there was any interest. Turns out the guy licensed it all over the world, pocketed all the advances and never told anybody. He was found out last year when he sold a South African 45 of 1-2-5 to a Vancouver collector who then asked Jurgen to sign it. Needless to say, Jurgen flipped!! It was an incredible 4 hours of conversation (I wished I had a tape recorder) and we were supposed to get together again, but I haven't heard from him since. I almost got him to come out and see my band as I was also playing with Lauren Agnelli and Dave Rave at the time, and we had been talking amongst ourselves about some of the old 60s bar band techniques and styles of playing, especially the 60s approach to lead guitar prior to the psychedelic guitar wanks, and we figured Jurgen probably had a lot of secrets and forgotten lore to pass on, which he does, but he couldn't make it down. One tidbit was that the first thing you did when you bought an amp, was to immediately buy chicken wire to cover it up so it would survive flying beer bottles and stuff. The Haunted also were on TV every weekend for Channel 7 in Sherbrooke, Quebec, for some kids show, and apparently bootleg videos of these appearnces exist. The Haunted were the only English Montreal rock band to appeal to both English and French audiences. Jurgen ended up marrying the Haunted Fan Club president and their daughter is currently a model. So there you go. Print this out and slip it inside the plastic covering the Haunted lp as an addendum to my original liner notes. Ralph Alfonso, July 21, 1996 ------------------------------ From: Hitomi I Date: Sun, 21 Jul 1996 23:52:38 +0900 Subject: RE: Haunted Hi Blair Thanks your Teen Scene! > the group.") and (2) that "the sounds you will hear on this album were recorded in Montreal by John Monk, singer; Jurgen Peter, leader and rhythm guitarist; Al Birmingham, lead guitar and background vocals; Bob Bozac, bass; and Nick Farlowe, drums. This is 2nd lineup of Hunted in '67-69. The LPwere originaly recorded in '67 from Trans World . Hitomi ------------------------------ End of Bomp V96 #39 ******************* You have been reading Bomp-digest. For subscription requests, send a message to majordomo@bolis.com containing "subscribe Bomp-digest" or "unsubscribe Bomp-digest"