From: Bomp-Digest-Sender To: bomp-digest@bolis.com Subject: Bomp V96 #87 Reply-To: Bomp@bolis.com Precedence: bulk Bomp Tuesday, 10 September 1996 Volume 96 : Number 087 In this issue: Re: Bomp V96 #86 RE: The Stillroven-Reply -Reply Re: Bomp V96 #86 Re: Bomp V96 #86 Re: Bomp V96 #86 Re: Bomp V96 #86 RE: The Stillroven(Shouldn't we change the subject line?) Re: Bomp V96 #86 Re: Bomp V96 #86 Re: Byrds Question English Freakbeat V. 6 released Trips(?) Tucson festival? RE:High Heeled Sneakers Re: Byrds Question Re: Byrdsman Question Re: Bomp V96 #86 Re: Bomp V96 #86 Cool new records Re: Bomp V96 #86 Re: Bomp V96 #86 More on the thoughts of Tim Gassen Re: Cool new records Re: Bomp V96 #86 Modslist Re: Cool new records - The Queers Re: Bomp V96 #86 Knights Of Fuzz book ---------------------------------------------------------------------- From: SSamSS@aol.com Date: Tue, 10 Sep 1996 08:46:51 -0400 Subject: Re: Bomp V96 #86 In a message dated 96-09-10 03:24:39 EDT, you write: << >Anyway, you'll get a detailed (more upbeat) report on TrebleFest in Teen >Scene #56, comin' at you in a couple weeks, I believe. >> Wow!! It always seems to be months between Teen Scenes! Don't get callouses on your typing fingers, now. ------------------------------ From: Mark Robinson Date: Tue, 10 Sep 1996 09:50:24 -0400 Subject: RE: The Stillroven-Reply -Reply "Hi Heel Sneakers" was a hit for Tommy Tucker....if I recall. Actually 12 of the 16 tracks are unreleased (all sides from the Gestures three singles are included). Those familar with the "Sixites Rebellion" series will recognize the Zombie-ish "Don't Mess Around" - included on this compilation. Mark >>> Hitomi I 09/09/96 09:33am >>> I got it.I'm astonished all of trucks are unreleased before except "Run Run Run". I love their sound ,and imitated Gig ticket of them with CD. Who is originater of Hi Heel Sneakers? Hitomi ------------------------------ From: dothepop@ix.netcom.com (Lisa Lindstrom) Date: Tue, 10 Sep 1996 08:04:45 -0700 Subject: Re: Bomp V96 #86 My two cents regarding the whole Tim Gassen thing. I've known Tim for years and he's always been really nice to me, and taken any criticisms I've had of his band, or his attititude (I was critical of his booh, "Echoes In Time") with a grain of salt, so what can I say? Yeah, we can all be an egomaniac at times, especially when doing something we are way into. I guess I should say then that from myn persepctive, and from my experience going to garage-rock-festival whatever you want to call these shindigs, is that there's always a a division in the audience over who was good, who sucked, etc. Plus, there's always gonna be people there that don't like other people, I'm afraid that's human nature. For instance, at a Garageshock we attended, we noticed a big division between certain west coast groups (usually tagging along with a band) and the New York crews. Neither groups seemed to like each other, and there were instances of words being exchanged. Even in such a narrow group as a "garage rock" group, there's still lots and lots of difference of persoanlities and opinion. Just check out alt.music.banana-truffle, or even the Bomp! list, for proof. ------------------------------ From: Timothy Gassen Date: Tue, 10 Sep 1996 09:29:51 -0700 Subject: Re: Bomp V96 #86 Dear Andrea, I'm just getting started with this on-line thing, so bear with me if I don't do all the stuff like quoting previous postings correctly. I wanted to say that I enjoyed meeting you at Treblefest, and I thought I'd try to clarify I few things, so, as you put it so well, "we can all get along!" First: Please join me in giving all at 360 Twist! a big hand for putting on Treblefest. It was a great event, and they worked very hard to make it happen. I'm so glad that they included me and my band, The Marshmallow Overcoat.I had a great time, and met so many friendly and cool folks. Second: My Treblefest article for the Arizona Daily Star has been taken a little out of context, perhaps. The article was (and is) available from the paper's on-line service. If you saw it there, it would have the complete text without comments, the complete headlines, captions, the side-bar second article, plus all the color graphics. On the front cover of the section there is a 10" square color photo of The Swingin' Neckbreakers, and inside there's full color Billy Childish, plus the Element 79! Anyway, my editor demanded from me a balanced piece, and if the entire thing is read and considered, I think it is. (There's a lot of positive stuff in there, but no one is discussing that!) To sum up, in the piece I write many positive observations of specific bands -- and I compliment ALL the bands on their performances. It's a fact of band-life that when you get 15 different groups together that there's bound to be a little friction here and there. That's the real world. I wasn't trying to pick on anyone personally, but to convey to readers that have never been in a band that there are many different personalities in motion at an event like this. (It takes two to tango, so I'll adnit that I can be part of that friction, too!) I've been an active fan of almost all the bands at the festival. (There were a few that I hadn't heard yet). You'll read very positive things about the Swingin Neckbreakers and The Makers in my new book, for instance. I wish all these bands (including The Hate Bombs -- who were fabulous!) could sit down with me now (away from the heat of the moment) and have a few beers -- I'm sure we could all get along and have a great time. So I hope I have that chance sometime soon -- there are no hard feelings from me toward any of the bands! I apologize if my piece has offended anyone. That really, really wasn't my intention. Period. Third: Now that I have access to on-line stuff, I hope I can clear up some mis-representations concerning me and my band. Case in point: A fellow named Manacham Turchick resently made up quotes about Treblefest, attributed my name to them (he said I said it), and then posted these ficticious comments here. I don't talk to this person, and I've never said anything like his quotes to anyone. They're made-up. Please keep this kind of fabrication in mind when reading these postings. Now that I "exist" on-line, please write to me directly and ask about stuff -- I'll be glad to discuss anything with you, especially if you disagree with something I've said or done! If you get to know me, I hope you'll see that I stress the positive in what I do. Andrea, I look forward to hearing from you, as well as everyone else who digs cool music and bands! Thanks for your time. Sincerely, Timothy Gassen > > From: Andrea Lauritzen > Date: Mon, 09 Sep 1996 09:31:22 -0400 > Subject: Re: Treblefest Article > > To all: > > Tim Gassen's article is the smarmiest, most pretentious fucking thing > I've EVER READ!!!!! > > Andrea > > > > From: Andrea Lauritzen > Date: Mon, 09 Sep 1996 16:05:41 -0400 > Subject: Re: Treble Fest! > > At 04:07 PM 9/6/96, you wrote: > > Michael, > > I would like to put in some more about Tim. You did put it into another > perspective for me; thank you for pointing out the "big picture". I still > think that his article was total crap and am not sure where he is coming > from there. I did meet Tim and hung out in his room; I wrote about the > "infamous penis comment" which, yes, was jokingly (I know I didn't clarify > it at the time). I thought, at the time, that he WAS a nice guy; I also > found him to have a great stage presence and was in general funny as hell. > Mick (Hate-Bombs) and I sat on the bed with him for a while shooting the > shit while he massaged Mick's back with his feet...he even gave us some of > the more expensive beer. We left the party early to try to weed it out, as > things looked as though they may get messy and I just did not want to be > involved. I couldn't beleive during Overcoat's set that Tim announced to > about 200 people that there was a party at his room! How could he NOT > expect people to show up? I know people are making him look like a > "big creep" on the bomp list, and he made some of the bands he mentioned > look like "big creeps" in his article. I don't really have a point here, > I guess I don't know what the fuck I'm talking about. Treble Fest was > undoubtedly the #1 event of my year so far as far as fun goes. I'm > totally glad I went and totally glad 360 Twist! put it on. I wish we > could all just get along... > > Andrea > > > From: Andrea Lauritzen > Date: Mon, 09 Sep 1996 16:22:20 -0400 > Subject: Re: Treblefest Article > > At 11:49 PM 9/5/96, you wrote: > > > "To be honest, we booked the bands for this festival that we personally > >wanted to see," says Daboll. "It might sound selfish, but we thought that > >other people would want to see and hear them, too." > > HEAR, HEAR!!!! (exactly what I would do!) > > - - Andrea > ------------------------------ From: Andrea Lauritzen Date: Tue, 10 Sep 1996 12:36:48 -0400 Subject: Re: Bomp V96 #86 At 12:26 PM 9/10/96, you wrote: Tim, Thank you for contacting me and clarifying things. I admit that I jumped the gun and got a little hotheaded, possibly without knowing the facts, and I apologize. I didn't see the actual article, just what was printed here. Perhaps we all should have talked to you before pointing fingers (myself included). Now we can all get down to talking about what TrebleFest really was: the best damn party of the year!!!!! Viva le 360 Twist!!! Andrea ------------------------------ From: Timothy Gassen Date: Tue, 10 Sep 1996 10:22:49 -0700 Subject: Re: Bomp V96 #86 Andrea Lauritzen wrote: > > At 12:26 PM 9/10/96, you wrote: > > Tim, > > Thank you for contacting me and clarifying things. I admit that I jumped > the gun and got a little hotheaded, possibly without knowing the facts, > and I apologize. I didn't see the actual article, just what was printed > here. Perhaps we all should have talked to you before pointing fingers > (myself included). > > Now we can all get down to talking about what TrebleFest really was: the > best damn party of the year!!!!! > > Viva le 360 Twist!!! > > Andrea Dear Andrea, Thanks for taking the time to respond! I know that some people just plain get mad about an isue and won't even consider listening to other opinions -- so thanks again for having an open mind. The folks at 360 Twist! are some of the best, no doubt about it! Tell me, have you heard the "new" Bomboras CD on Dionysus? It's a collection of their 45s, I think, but I hadn't heard a lot of it before. They're one of my fave insto-mood outfits right now. Any cool new stuff you can recommend? Best -- Timothy Gassen ------------------------------ From: Brian Phillips Date: Tue, 10 Sep 1996 13:41:04 -0400 (EDT) Subject: RE: The Stillroven(Shouldn't we change the subject line?) >Who is originater of Hi Heel Sneakers? > Hitomi Tommy Tucker, who's real name is/was Robert Higginbotham. He also did a wonderful song called "Alimony" which Ry Cooder covered, I think. Other versions that I know of: The Cross Section(on the Quadrophrenia Soundtrack) and Jose' Feliciano(!) Brian Phillips MindSpring Techinical Support 404-815-9111 800-719-4660 ------------------------------ From: Menachem Turchick Date: Tue, 10 Sep 96 10:42:33 -0700 Subject: Re: Bomp V96 #86 In response to the following from Tim Gassen: > Second: My Treblefest article for the Arizona Daily Star has been >taken a little out of context, perhaps. The article was (and is) >available from the paper's on-line service. If you saw it there, it would >have the complete text without comments, the complete headlines, >captions, the side-bar second article, plus all the color graphics. > Third: Now that I have access to on-line stuff, I hope I can >clear up some mis-representations concerning me and my band. Case in >point: A fellow named Manacham Turchick resently made up quotes about >Treblefest, attributed my name to them (he said I said it), and then >posted these ficticious comments here. I don't talk to this person, and >I've never said anything like his quotes to anyone. They're made-up. Yikes! I'm sorry this Treblefest discussion has degenerated into a discussion of anyone's personality flaws, real or imagined. Tim, I don't know if you were on the list when I brought it up, but originally I simply asked Andrea for her impressions of the concert. Your article appeared the next day, which I thought was a neat coincidence, so I mentioned its existence. A couple people asked that it be posted to the list, which I did. I supplied the main article, EXACTLY as it appeared in the Star, with no comments of my own added to the text. Obviously I couldn't reproduce the photos, and the sidebar article dealt with your new book, so I only mentioned its existence, and asked if anyone had seen it yet. I'd be happy to send a photocopy to anyone who cares, though I suspect no one does. As for the "fictitious comments" (i.e., Tim saying the Overcoat blew the other bands away), these came from a friend of mine who said he heard Tim say it. I did not hear this first-hand, so I apologize for spreading rumors. And now, on to something more interesting! Just in case this hasn't been posted before, Delirium Records in the UK has a simply amazing web site at www.delerium.co.uk, which features old articles from Freakbeat magazine and the ENTIRE texts of both of Vernon Joynson's monumental books, "Fuzz, Acid & Flowers" and "Tapestry Of Delights"!!!! Discographies and histories of hundreds of obscure British and American garage, beat and psych acts! Truly a wealth of info at your fingertips. Menachem mturchic@igate.iscg.pima.gov ------------------------------ From: Andrea Lauritzen Date: Tue, 10 Sep 1996 14:10:53 -0400 Subject: Re: Bomp V96 #86 At 01:19 PM 9/10/96, Tim wrote: >The folks at >360 Twist! are some of the best, no doubt about it! No kidding! On the first night there was a guy who was a bit "too drunk" and I was a bit suspicious about his "accidentally" knocking into me (when he did so his hand touched my ass and I wasn't the only one this happened to!). I casually mentioned it to Mike and Max -- I wasn't really upset by it, but they were. They asked me to point him out to them and tell him if he got out of hand again. I'm really glad to see that kind of chivilry (sp?) out there, and how concerned these guys were about ALL the attendees having a good time without any problems! > Tell me, have you heard the "new" Bomboras CD on Dionysus? It's a >collection of their 45s, I think, but I hadn't heard a lot of it before. >They're one of my fave insto-mood outfits right now. > Any cool new stuff you can recommend? Haven't got the new Bomboras...haven't bought anything "new" in a while... sigh...my travels have nearly made me broke, not to mention rent and eating, etc. I have to learn the fine art of sleeping on floors (I stayed at the Denver Regency 4 nights! Ouch!) and having people feed me. There's a cool band here in Boston called The Bald Guys. They are on tour now with some other bands ("The Tube Tour"). 2 guitars & drums, instro and vocals, from surf to Sonics... Check 'em out. They also sometimes go under the name "Thee Krakens". Andrea ------------------------------ From: patrick@xpedite.com (Patrick Cashin) Date: Tue, 10 Sep 96 14:29:50 EDT Subject: Re: Byrds Question Who wrote the song "I Come and Stand at Every Door" on The Byrds 5D album? ------------------------------ From: Chris Barrus Date: Tue, 10 Sep 1996 12:02:55 -0700 Subject: English Freakbeat V. 6 released Just a FYI to the list - the CD version of English Freakbeat Vol. 6 is now out. Track listing is as follows: 1. The Fairies - "Get Yourself Home" 2. The Fairies - "I'll Dance" 3. The Fairies - "Anytime At All" 4. Junco Partners - "Take The Hammer" 5. The Cheynes - "Respectable" 6. The Wild Ones - "Bowie Man" 7. Rhythm & Blues, Inc. - "Honey Don't" 8. Erkey Grant & Earwigs - "I'm A Hog For You" 9. David John & The Mood - "Bring It To Jerome" 10. David John & The Mood - "I Love To See You Strut" 11. Bill & Will - "Goin' To The River" 12. Blues By Five - "Boom Boom" 13. Steve Aldo - "Baby What You Want Me To Do" 14. Jason Eddie & Centremen - "Singing The Blues" 15. Bo & Peep - "Young Love" 16. Chicago Line - "Shimmy Shimmy Ko Ko Bop" 17. Chicago Line - "Jump Back" 18. The Wranglers - "Little Liza Jane" 19. David John & The Mood - "To Catch That Man" 20. David John & The Mood - "Diggin' For Gold" 21. Nix-Nomads - "She'll Be Sweeter Than You" 22. Bo & Peep - "Rise Of The Brighton Surf" EF6 is available in stores or direct from BOMP! Mail-order. - -c. - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Chris Barrus - No-Fi, IndieWeb, etc. | Who would argue with the "Eyes http://www.pacificnet.net/~xibalba/ | of Frozen Shrimp" on your side? ------------------------------ From: Chris Barrus Date: Tue, 10 Sep 1996 11:38:10 -0700 Subject: Trips(?) Tucson festival? Someone earlier mentioned a garage-fest that was happening in Tucson sometime Real Soon Now. Does anyone have the full scoop on this in regards to the whens and who's on the bill? TIA, Chris - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Chris Barrus - No-Fi, IndieWeb, etc. | Who would argue with the "Eyes http://www.pacificnet.net/~xibalba/ | of Frozen Shrimp" on your side? ------------------------------ From: Mark Robinson Date: Tue, 10 Sep 1996 16:09:34 -0400 Subject: RE:High Heeled Sneakers ..and let us not forget PR & The Raider's version.....speaking of which (nice tie in) - I have heard rumors that Mr. Revere has retired? Does anyone know for sure? If he has, does this suggest that Mike Love will be leading the Raiders into the next millenium? Mark >>> Brian Phillips 09/10/96 12:41pm >>> Tommy Tucker, who's real name is/was Robert Higginbotham. He also did a wonderful song called "Alimony" which Ry Cooder covered, I think. Other versions that I know of: The Cross Section(on the Quadrophrenia Soundtrack) and Jose' Feliciano(!) Brian Phillips MindSpring Techinical Support 404-815-9111 800-719-4660 ------------------------------ From: Menachem Turchick Date: Tue, 10 Sep 96 12:49:12 -0700 Subject: Re: Byrds Question >Who wrote the song "I Come and Stand at Every Door" on The Byrds 5D album? The words were written by the Turkish left-wing poet Nazmin Hikmet. I don't know who did the translation, but Pete Seeger came up with the music, based on a (traditional?) tune called "The Great Silkie." I'm told by a local folk-music authority that there are at least two other melodies being used with these words in Japan. Menachem ------------------------------ From: Frank Date: Tue, 10 Sep 1996 16:19:53 -0400 Subject: Re: Byrdsman Question This question is perhaps off topic a bit, but a couple of months back there was some discussion of a live Radio Birdman release that we poor pogues in the US would be able to obtain domestically. Anyone have any news/feelings on this (please, emote)? Have heard some of the band's recent efforts* and am looking forward to nice, polished release to adjoin 70's lps. *if you're out there Ed, it has begun to grow on me. Regards, Frank ------------------------------ From: User Date: Tue, 10 Sep 1996 16:33:16 -0400 (EDT) Subject: Re: Bomp V96 #86 On Tue, 10 Sep 1996 SSamSS@aol.com wrote: > In a message dated 96-09-10 03:24:39 EDT, you write: > > << >Anyway, you'll get a detailed (more upbeat) report on TrebleFest in Teen > >Scene #56, comin' at you in a couple weeks, I believe. > >> > > Wow!! It always seems to be months between Teen Scenes! Don't get callouses > on your typing fingers, now. > Yeah, back in the good ol' days, when the TS was between 4 & 8 pages per ish, it came out every month. But since mid-'94, it's been a longer mag, so it takes me a bit of time... Plus I no longer have a job that bores me to death and gives me time to do it at work. Of course, if it weren't for that job, I probably would never have gotten into doing the 'zine in the first place. ;) But the next ish should take looks of varying depth at each of the summer's big garage fests, plus include a couple interviews, as well as lotsa other fun stuff. More info soon. Blair ------------------------------ From: User Date: Tue, 10 Sep 1996 16:45:11 -0400 (EDT) Subject: Re: Bomp V96 #86 On Tue, 10 Sep 1996, Lisa Lindstrom wrote: > nature. For instance, at a Garageshock we attended, we noticed a big > division between certain west coast groups (usually tagging along with > a band) and the New York crews. Neither groups seemed to like each > other, and there were instances of words being exchanged. Really? This must've been before '94 (the first one I went to), because I don't recall any of this sort of thing at GShock '94 or '95. In fact many of us NY types became pretty friendly with both CA & TX folks. Even in such > a narrow group as a "garage rock" group, there's still lots and lots of > difference of persoanlities and opinion. Just check out > alt.music.banana-truffle, or even the Bomp! list, for proof. Completely true. Of course, the more people you put in any one place (physical or otherwise), the greater the chances of personality conflicts and differences of opinion. This isn't necessarily bad. Now... as it relates to Tim's article.... As I've said already, Tim & I didn't talk too much, but the chatting we did was amiable. He seemed fairly nice. As to his book, I never bought it - I couldn't afford to. I understood the pricing (small press from England, etc.), but that didn't make it any more affordable. Maybe I'll ask someone for the new edition - The Knights of Fuzz - for a birthday or Christmas present (any takers? ;)) But the article *did* bother me. I just kept wondering *who* Tim was watching. And why. Maybe I'm just too self-absorbed. When I go to these things, I'm there not only to see the bands, but to hang with my friends from all over the place that I rarely get to see - people I've met on bomp list, Modslist, banana-truffle, thru correspondence due to my 'zine or another I may have written for or to, or folks I've hung out with at other garage fests and become friendly with. At Treblefest, I had a great time doing all of these things. And I loved the whole thing... Maybe you get out what you put in... BB ------------------------------ From: User Date: Tue, 10 Sep 1996 17:27:03 -0400 (EDT) Subject: Cool new records While The Queers have been a band for about 15 years now, they've been coming on strong these last few. Their latest, on Lookout, entitled "Don't Back Down", is another knockout punk/pop blast. The title track, a cover of The Beach Boys' classic, is just perfect. They've also got a 45 out, "Bubblegum Dreams", a 4-song EP, with two covers on the flip... a version of "Little Honda" that shifts me into third pretty quickly. Plus a version of The Muffs' "End It All" with Cub's Lisa Marr guesting on backing vox. Blair ------------------------------ From: Andrea Lauritzen Date: Tue, 10 Sep 1996 17:47:36 -0400 Subject: Re: Bomp V96 #86 > Completely true. Of course, the more people you put in any one >place (physical or otherwise), the greater the chances of personality >conflicts and differences of opinion. This isn't necessarily bad. "Good for the soul", eh, Blair? ;-) > > I'm there not only to see the bands, but to hang with my friends >from all over the place that I rarely get to see EXACTLY! A few people here were befuddled that I would fly all the way to Denver and spend 100s of dollars on a trip to see a bunch of bands, but...SO MANY OF MY FRIENDS WERE THERE! And, since we are all scattered across the U.S., these are the only chances we get to see each other! Of course, it IS worth it to me to fly 2,000 miles to see bands, esp. the ones that played at T.F., because what are the chances of these bands playing Boston any time soon? (especially after our discussions about the "production fees" -- jeez!) BTW, apparently the Linwood does NOT charge a production fee, so if anyone ever wants to play there and needs the #, I can forward it. >Modslist Umm, could someone tell me a bit MORE about this? This is the first I've heard of it! Andrea ------------------------------ From: mary@catalogue.com (mary robinson crews) Date: Tue, 10 Sep 1996 18:02:46 -0400 Subject: Re: Bomp V96 #86 > User wrote: >But the next ish should take looks of varying depth at each of the >summer's big garage fests, plus include a couple interviews, as well as >lotsa other fun stuff. More info soon. > > Blair hey! what fests exactly will you be covering? i've been following the thread about treblefest, but i'm curious if anybody else out there went to sleazefest 96. it was truly amazing. anybody else? mary robinson crews +=-==-==-==-==-==-==-==-==-=+ mary@catalogue.com | FREEZE 'EM and EAT 'EM | http://www.catalogue.com/ | -Chilly Willee | http://www.chapel-hill.nc.us/ +=-==-==-==-==-==-==-==-==-=+ ------------------------------ From: Steve Coleman Date: Tue, 10 Sep 1996 22:55:46 +-100 Subject: More on the thoughts of Tim Gassen - ------ =_NextPart_000_01BB9F6B.6403AC60 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable From: Andrea Lauritzen Subject: Re: Treblefest Article To all: Tim Gassen's article is the smarmiest, most pretentious fucking thing I've EVER READ!!!!! Actually I thought it was well written, avoided over use of the personal = pronoun =20 and a damn good read. It did stress the "clique" angle too much at the = end=20 though. The garage scene is no different to any other musical genre or = indeed=20 social grouping. There are always going to be hierarchies, tis human = nature. =20 Like it or not so many people need to dress up and hang out. In a = perfect world there will be more bands like the Lyres sporting jeans, = sneakers, ragged T-shirts and without a hint of pose. You need simply = to close your eyes and listen to one of the toughest sounds around. (OK = this is circa 'On Fyre'). Some of the observations Tim makes can certainly be levelled at the = scene here in London. For instance it is really annoying to see a band = and their fans leave the venue when the following group take the stage. = In many cases both bands have strong musical similarities. So you have = to wonder what the hell is going through these people's minds. = Similarly get talking to someone and they often have gaping holes in = their knowledge of even the most fundamental bands=20 (DMZ, Dictators, 'Tones, Groovies etc). Still this is not supposed to = be a train=20 spotters convention and the world would indeed be a dull place if there = was no=20 new or old bands to discover. Perhaps part of Tim's gripe is that he has been into this music for = *very* long=20 time, put out numerous records and written a very good book on the = eighties=20 scene. Anyone remotely serious (ouch!) about garage rock should = investigate=20 'Echoes In Time' pronto as it comes straight from the heart. Maybe it = is a little irritating being an "elder statesmen" to see a lot of = younger fans heap praise on *their* peers to the detriment of musicians = who have remained true to the genre for years. Perhaps Tim should look = at things philosophically, shrug his shoulders, smile and walk away. = Five, ten, fifteen years time he will probably still be writing about = his cherished music. The question is how many people at who attended = Treblefest '96 will share his passion?=20 I do not know this guy but I hate to see someone rubbished who has = obviously=20 done a lot of good for the scene over the years. Now change the = subject! 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Am i the only one kinda' of sick of the Ramones in general, cause so many other bands do the same thing much better and in a much more acceptable (read independent) way? - -pHIL On Tue, 10 Sep 1996, User wrote: > While The Queers have been a band for about 15 years now, they've been > coming on strong these last few. Their latest, on Lookout, entitled > "Don't Back Down", is another knockout punk/pop blast. The title track, a > cover of The Beach Boys' classic, is just perfect. > > They've also got a 45 out, "Bubblegum Dreams", a 4-song EP, with two > covers on the flip... a version of "Little Honda" that shifts me into > third pretty quickly. Plus a version of The Muffs' "End It All" with > Cub's Lisa Marr guesting on backing vox. > > Blair > ____________________ | phil@picante.com | http://www.picante.com/~phil egassemsdrawkcabaniatnocyamgissiht ------------------------------ From: "Lisa Gerson" Date: Tue, 10 Sep 1996 18:23:02 -0600 Subject: Re: Bomp V96 #86 > >Modslist > > Umm, could someone tell me a bit MORE about this? This is the first > I've heard of it! > The modslist home page is at http://www.modernist.com/modslist All the info about the modslist is there. Write me if you need more info. Lisa ================================================================ Lisa Gerson - lisa@modernist.com, lgerson@mcs.net Collectors Row Antique Mall http://www.collectors-row.com/ manager, modslist http://www.modernist.com/modslist manager, lipgloss(Pulp) http://www.bolis.com/L/listinfo/lipgloss ================================================================ ------------------------------ From: User Date: Tue, 10 Sep 1996 21:44:17 -0400 (EDT) Subject: Modslist On Tue, 10 Sep 1996, Andrea Lauritzen wrote: > >Modslist > > Umm, could someone tell me a bit MORE about this? This is the first > I've heard of it! > Modslist is an e-mailing list dedicated to all things Mod: from scooters to clothes, music to lifestyle, etc. Personally, I'm in it for the music, but that's me. I'm not really a Mod, tho'. Subscribe by sending a msg to majordomo@bolis.com with the body saying subscribe modslist Blair ------------------------------ From: User Date: Tue, 10 Sep 1996 21:51:59 -0400 (EDT) Subject: Re: Cool new records - The Queers On Tue, 10 Sep 1996, Phil Lerman wrote: > You notice that the version of Don't Back Down makes the Ramones attempts > at harmoninizing seem pretty pathetic. Am i the only one kinda' of sick > of the Ramones in general, cause so many other bands do the same thing > much better and in a much more acceptable (read independent) way? > This is an interesting observation. I hadn't thought about it, actually. I've always loved The Ramones (well, at least the recordings thru about '81 or so... after that things were extremely hit or miss.) However, Phil's point is well taken => The Queers do the harmonies *much* better than The Ramones ever seem to have bothered to even *try.* Sure, my fiancee says Joe sings in a somewhat nasal manner, but, uh... Joey doesn't have the greatest voice, either. And those vocals on The Queers record sound real nice... even the falsetto parts of Don't Back Down. Blair ------------------------------ From: User Date: Tue, 10 Sep 1996 21:47:30 -0400 (EDT) Subject: Re: Bomp V96 #86 On Tue, 10 Sep 1996, mary robinson crews wrote: > what fests exactly will you be covering? i've been following the thread > about treblefest, but i'm curious if anybody else out there went to > sleazefest 96. it was truly amazing. anybody else? > Teen Scene #56 will cover the 3 major garagefests of Summer, '96: 1) The Crap-Out in Vegas Probably my thinnest coverage since I didn't actually have anyone out there to write it up for me. Instead, I've asked numerous friends who were there to give me their impressions... unfortunately, I've only gotten back a few answers. Ah, well... I tried. 2) TrebleFest in Denver All me and it's pretty damn long... I never was a good editor. 3) SleazeFest in Chapel Hill Couldn't make it myself, but my friend Lisa went and said she'd cover it for me. Of course, I'm still waiting to get that version... In the meantime, my pal Eric has already submitted his take on it. If Lisa doesn't finish hers in time, Eric gets sole billing; otherwise, they share the limelight. Blair ------------------------------ From: Timothy Gassen Date: Tue, 10 Sep 1996 22:35:32 -0100 Subject: Knights Of Fuzz book Brendan Lepschi wrote: > > Hey Tim, > > Throughout the Treblefest discussion that has been going on for the past few > days there has been mention of your two Garage Rock books (can't recall the > titles). I have heard about these before, but I've never seen them. Could > you tell me where I could get a hold of either (both) of these and how many > clams they're gonna set me back? > > Any info gratefully received, > > Brendan Hello Brendan, Thanks for writing! My first book on garage/psych bands was published in 1991, and is titled "Echoes In Time." It was sold-out only a couple months after publication. I don't know of anyone who has any left for sale, but who knows? I've spent the last four years scouring the globe for information for that book's "sequel," titled "The Knights Of Fuzz: the garage & psychedelic music explosion, 1980-1995." It has just been published, and I recieved some copies for the first time just last week. (Both books are published by Borderline, a U.K. publisher with a whole line of cool 1960s-era garage/psych books. My book is the only one of theirs dealing with more recent bands...) You can find out a lot more, and read a sample from the book at the book's web site. The address is: http://www.azstarnet.com/~tgassen/ The book is 300 pages long, with a color cover and color photos inside on heavy gloss paper, and was published in the U.K. (where printing is very, very expensive) -- so it'll cost more than $20 here, I'm sure. Anyway, I think it's much more fun than the first book, and I was helped by scores of the coolest record labels and bands, plus hundreds of fans who contributed photos, info and band histories. "The Knights Of Fuzz" is over 500,000 words in length, and I hope that readers will see that I devoted myself to it because of one reason: I love this music, and I want to share that passion with other fans. I hope to hear from you again! And as one garage-head friend of mine says: "Don't forget the fuzz!" Sincerely, Timothy Gassen ------------------------------ End of Bomp V96 #87 ******************* You have been reading Bomp-digest. 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