From: Bomp-Digest-Sender To: bomp-digest@bolis.com Subject: Bomp V96 #94 Reply-To: Bomp@bolis.com Precedence: bulk Bomp Wednesday, 18 September 1996 Volume 96 : Number 094 In this issue: Band names the name game Re: Band names RE: Bomp V96 #90 -Reply Re: Bomp V96 #93 Re: Bomp V96 #93 Re: Bomp V96 #93 the Gestures the Gestures FRIENDS OF DEAN/MINSTRELS Re: Hentchmen? Re: Same names Invisible Men/LA Invitationals Re: Same names Re: FRIENDS OF DEAN/MINSTRELS The "New" Beatles Re: Thee Grayve Diggerz Re: Invisible Men/LA Invitationals ---------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Mark Robinson Date: Tue, 17 Sep 1996 10:01:42 -0400 Subject: Band names I was in a band that changed it's name after every gig. It's still amazes me that we got gigs with names like these: Duhr Whittier and the Nums-Nums Oo-Oo Lagoon and the Consuelos Beer Runts Domi Pelivakas and the Crib Snakes Mesmerines Gas Masterson and the Pulsating Blue Vulvas In case you were wondering, we did not "register" these names so please..... feel free..... ;) Mark ------------------------------ From: Andrea Lauritzen Date: Tue, 17 Sep 1996 09:11:00 -0400 Subject: the name game Has anyone ever heard an Israeli band from the 60's called THE CHOSEN ONES? I almost picked up an album one day, didn't, went back again and it was gone. Should I kick myself, or were they not that great? Andrea ------------------------------ From: Andrea Lauritzen Date: Tue, 17 Sep 1996 09:35:57 -0400 Subject: Re: Band names At 09:23 AM 9/17/96, you wrote: >Duhr Whittier and the Nums-Nums >Oo-Oo Lagoon and the Consuelos >Beer Runts >Domi Pelivakas and the Crib Snakes >Mesmerines >Gas Masterson and the Pulsating Blue Vulvas > Mark, these are absolutely hysterical!!! My favorite is Oo-Oo Lagoon and the Consuelos! This is hilarious! I should start collecting and compiling all this. Anyone else have any great names? >In case you were wondering, we did not "register" these names so >please..... feel free..... ;) I may just have to. ;-) Andrea 8-) ------------------------------ From: Hitomi I Date: Tue, 17 Sep 1996 19:45:21 +0900 Subject: RE: Bomp V96 #90 -Reply There was a band named Tokyo Beatles in '65 Japan. They released some flexi disk and disappered with unknown. We thought they are not cool because of theri foolish name for long, Anyone didn't care them, so the disk was not reisuued. But in this year their disk are reissued as CD. And we astonished to find they are cool !! One more episode In '60s there was a band named Beachers in Sweden. The name was stolen from Beatles and Serchers. But another Beachers had a wright of using the name.And demanded to change band's name. A radio station held "Name the new name"contest. The winning name was Namelosers!! Hitomi (from Tokyo) - ---------- From: Mark Robinson Sent: Tuesday, September 17, 1996 2:19 AM To: Bomp@bolis.com Subject: Re: Bomp V96 #90 -Reply Call yerselfs the New Beatles, or the New Who or the Sons the Grateful Dead. Piss off the legal departments of these institutions, get sued, get press....lots of press, whine in a five second snippet on Entertainment tonight and make money. It boils down to "Sell The Swindle". Mark ------------------------------ From: dothepop@ix.netcom.com (Lisa Lindstrom) Date: Tue, 17 Sep 1996 07:56:35 -0700 Subject: Re: Bomp V96 #93 Another aside to this band name thing. I was in band in Vancouver called Thee Upper Crust, recorded some demos, but nothing ever came of it. Awhile later, this other band on Upstart started getting a bunch of press and they were called the Upper Crust (no "thee"). Strange coincidence. Alan W. ------------------------------ From: dothepop@ix.netcom.com (Lisa Lindstrom) Date: Tue, 17 Sep 1996 07:52:57 -0700 Subject: Re: Bomp V96 #93 > >> My friend started the SoCal band, The Invisible Men, who played locally for a >> while before discovering the Pacific Northwest band of the same name (comprised >> of ex-Rip Offs, I think) The Invisable Men were Zack Hoppenrath (Statics), Donnie (Dtatics) and Shannon McConnell (Fallouts). They did one single with this line-up back in 1992. Then Donnie quit both the Statics and the IM, and Shannon switched to drums. Tom Henneberry was added on second guitar and Carlis played bass. Actually, they recorded some stuff before they got Carlis, and that one EP, which despite having Carlis' pic on it, doesn't actually feature him (Shannon overdubbed bass, also blowing the "recorded live on 2-track" claim of the Ep away). Tom quit before the EP came out, actually, and briefly had another band with Shannon called the Heaping Teaspoons with Efram Turchick as the singer (he did Freakout USA mag) and a girl whose name escapes me on drums. Briefly, Zack, Carlis and I did some stuff, just sort of jamming about and I'm not sure if Zack was planning on this being another version of the Invisable Men or not, but nothing ever really came of it, as I joined Primate 5 not long after and concentrated on them. Alan W. ------------------------------ From: Andrea Lauritzen Date: Tue, 17 Sep 1996 12:03:05 -0400 Subject: Re: Bomp V96 #93 At 11:43 AM 9/17/96, Alan W. wrote: >Primate 5 not long after and concentrated on them. Gorilla suits, gorilla masks and primates in general are an obsession of mine...I love gorilla suits! I love people in gorilla suits! You HAVE to go ballistic if you are wearing a gorilla suit! Some top exec, on his last day before retiring, needs to don a gorilla suit and go into a board meeting and start trashing the place! Anyone ever see "Morgan: A Suitable Case for Treatment?" My friend Barry was working for a big toy store, and on his last day he found what appeared to be a gorilla suit and started taking it out and putting it on, planning to storm the breakroom while wearing it. He got to the head and DOH! It was a werewolf! The kodak moment was lost! I have been known twice to done a chimp mask and dance for bands. Once at TrebleFest for the HateBombs, and once here in Beantown... Andrea ------------------------------ From: "Glenn Sadin" Date: Tue, 17 Sep 96 11:35:04 PST Subject: the Gestures Robbie White sez... Hello Glenn & Bill from the Monkees list! Hello, Robbie! BTW, could you give me Yesterday & Today's phone # again? Thanks! *********************************************** RE: the Gestures, Hitomi sez... 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. I agree! They were a very interesting band. (I have an original Soma pressing of "Run, Run, Run"!) Who is originater of Hi Heel Sneakers? An R'n'B singer named Tommy Tucker. (He recorded for Checker Records, a subsidiary of Chess.) Glenn ------------------------------ From: "Glenn Sadin" Date: Tue, 17 Sep 96 11:35:04 PST Subject: the Gestures Robbie White sez... Hello Glenn & Bill from the Monkees list! Hello, Robbie! BTW, could you give me Yesterday & Today's phone # again? Thanks! *********************************************** RE: the Gestures, Hitomi sez... 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. I agree! They were a very interesting band. (I have an original Soma pressing of "Run, Run, Run"!) Who is originater of Hi Heel Sneakers? An R'n'B singer named Tommy Tucker. (He recorded for Checker Records, a subsidiary of Chess.) Glenn ------------------------------ From: "Laura Taylor" Date: 17 Sep 1996 14:40:41 -0400 Subject: FRIENDS OF DEAN/MINSTRELS OK! Rockers and loungers unite with me for my concert review of FRIENDS OF DEAN MARTINEZ and THE MINSTRELS. I had no idea what to expect from the Minstrels-a 60s power-pop band, mostly from Canada. I'll ad, too, that I am mostly not impressed and mostly depressed by many bands I see. These wwwaaayyy-out Beatle/Gerry and the Pacemakers/invasion-ey band knocked me out not only with those aforementioned influences, but, imagine my shock and extreme pleasure, that they not only did Brigette/Serge's HARLEY DAVIDSON(in perfect Quebec French!), but also Taboo...ahhhhaahhhh....I lost my mind! So, it was 60s pop and exotica combined....too much, baby! FRIENDS OF DEAN MARTINEZ were absolutely SUBLIME! They opened up, steele guitar wailing, with SUMMERTIME, and ran thru other hits, as well as what I assume were many cool, western-Enio-desert originals...Dean Martin's(natch)"Sway With Me,"(rat-packers, is that the right title?) and...uh...the black-and-tan stained memories are interfering at this point...uh...some song Jack Jones popularized...oh, and they did MISTY, too. I got misty just hearin' it! So, it was a great night of lounge in a town that sorely needs it but probably wouldn't appreciate or get too much of it anyway, good ol' Tampa, Florida. Cheers to the drummer of the Minstrels, too, who wore a turtle-neck for his more mod band, and who filled in for FRIENDS OF wearing a Hawaiian shirt that might even make Jack Diamond a tad envious! And thanks to the gals who told me this would be a good show! Lounge Laura "it's just my nature to do weird stuff..." ------------------------------ From: Frank Uhle Date: Tue, 17 Sep 1996 15:16:38 -0400 (EDT) Subject: Re: Hentchmen? On Fri, 13 Sep 1996, Andrea Lauritzen wrote: > Saw them here in Beantown Tuesday. They were good, but not the > "best" I've seen 'em! (that would maybe be at GarageRage or > TrebleFest). The best Hentchmen show I saw was the first, here in Ann Arbor at their "Hentchhouse" about 3 summers ago (pre-Norton). The atmosphere was that of a frat party (lots of beers were drunk/or thrown out into the street), the guys did all our faves ("Hot Rod Millie" about 3 times), even tried some covers they hadn't played before... the essence of a garage rock experience. Finally the cops came and made them sweep the glass up that was littering the street. I later spoke with "the lads" and learned that John Hentchman had 7 farfisas. Frank ------------------------------ From: "T P Uschanov" Date: Tue, 17 Sep 1996 22:28:50 EET Subject: Re: Same names Frank Uhle delivers the goods: ~ Hey, this name thing is not solely confined to the 90s. There were tons ~ of 60s bands that had the same names, even with records out regionally (& ~ even nationally). How many Fugitives, Chosen Fews, Plagues, and more ~ were there. And, there were at least 2 Iguanas, Psychotics, Cryan' (Cryin') ~ Shames, Kaleidoscopes, Chocolate Watch Bands, even (there apparently was a ~ second band of that name in the U.K.!) And there was a _first_ band of the name Nirvana there too, recording for Island in the late sixties. I'm in a band that has around 15 names, one for each musical genre it dabbles in (e.g. The Five Lobsters - doo-wop; Gekkeikan - speed metal (from a Japanese beer bottle); I Won't Be Walking On Ice Anyway - gothic; The Linkolas - britpop (for Pentti Linkola, apocalyptic environmental theorist); Post-Impressionist Slim Blues Band - blues; Sartre - surf, don't ask why; Hank Wittgenstein & His Bluegrass Boys - country). We're dreaming of recording a sequel to the Turtles' pivotal "Battle of the Bands" album. T P Uschanov, University of Helsinki, Finland, European Union tuschano@cc.helsinki.fi ### http://www.helsinki.fi/~tuschano/ "Omnia praeclara tam difficilia, quam rara sunt." (Baruch Spinoza, 1632-1677) ------------------------------ From: Dgett Date: Tue, 17 Sep 1996 12:41:03 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Invisible Men/LA Invitationals The Invisible Men does have two Bomboras in it, yes (Shane and Dave). My friend, Keith, used to be one of the guitarists (along with Johnny of the Muleskinners), but he left the band about a month ago. I heard that one of Jackie and the Cedrics is going to be playing guitar with them now. Actually, my friend and I did a brief video documentary on the SoCal Invisible Men a while ago, which is fairly amusing. If anyone wants a copy send me a tape and some stamps. Shame the LA Invitationals are at Spaceland. Its a great club, but my gf is under 21, so I can't go to the show without angering her or getting her a fake ID. *sigh* - -Dgett ------------------------------ From: Menachem Turchick Date: Tue, 17 Sep 96 12:49:10 -0700 Subject: Re: Same names ~ Hey, this name thing is not solely confined to the 90s. There were tons ~ of 60s bands that had the same names, even with records out regionally (& ~ even nationally). How many Fugitives, Chosen Fews, Plagues, and more ~ were there. And, there were at least 2 Iguanas, Psychotics, Cryan' (Cryin') ~ Shames, Kaleidoscopes, Chocolate Watch Bands, even (there apparently was a ~ second band of that name in the U.K.!) ~And there was a _first_ band of the name Nirvana there too, recording ~for Island in the late sixties. And let's not forget this 60s group from Australia, whose name seems somehow familiar: The Velvet Underground! Menachem ------------------------------ From: ddalcin@digital.net (Dennis Dalcin) Date: Tue, 17 Sep 1996 17:01:52 -0400 (EDT) Subject: Re: FRIENDS OF DEAN/MINSTRELS >These wwwaaayyy-out Beatle/Gerry and the Pacemakers/invasion-ey band >knocked me >out not only with those aforementioned influences, but, >imagine my shock and >extreme pleasure, that they not only did Brigette/Serge's HARLEY DAVIDSON(in >perfect Quebec French!), but also Taboo...ahhhhaahhhh....I lost my mind! So, >it was 60s pop and exotica combined....too much, baby! ABSOLUTELY GREAT!!! I have to say that The Minstrels were one of the best beat/ garage bands I've had the pleasure of seeing (and hearing)!!! Excellent vocals & playing!! Pick up their new single "Lots of Rock 'N' Rollin'" b/w "End Of the Century" both songs are GREAT!!! Really nice guys too!! I sure hope they do come back later this year to play like they promised!! Write to: Anaba Pacific, P.O. Box 4665, Vancouver B.C., Canada V6B 4A1 for more info on the single. >FRIENDS OF DEAN MARTINEZ were absolutely SUBLIME! Also great!! Lots of cool instros to kick back to after the rave-up that was The Minstrels!! This show wasn't promoted at all and there were still about 70 - 80 people who showed up on a Monday night!! Tampa needs more shows like this one!! Cheers! Dennis ------------------------------ From: g.nicoll@genie.com Date: Tue, 17 Sep 96 23:58:00 GMT Subject: The "New" Beatles When Clay Harper formed the Coolies in Atlanta during the mid-80s, he at first used the name the Beatles -- only he used the Olde English "ye" spelling of "the" so at their first gigs they were listed as "ye Beatles." In a period interview he quipped, "We figured nobody else was using the name." No sale. The record moguls attacked, and within 45 days they were the Coolies. The Coolies originally played only Simon & Garfunkel covers -- but in various styles including punk, rap, metal, rockabilly, etc. My fave was their Ventures-style reverb instro of "Mrs. Robinson." They cut one LP of covers called DIG and one rock opera called DOUG before disbanding. Today Harper runs the Casino Royale label with Clash manager Kosmo Vinyl, and he records a new single every month. Moe Tucker of the Velvet Underground plays on the on that came out last month. - -- GREGORY NICOLL ------------------------------ From: Mattdietr@aol.com Date: Tue, 17 Sep 1996 22:29:23 -0400 Subject: Re: Thee Grayve Diggerz Hey Lounge Laura, if you're disappointed that so many Grave Digger variations are taken, how about calling yourselves the Cemeterians? I don't think that's ever been used, has it? Of course, you'll have to turn over that Theremin to me as a finder's fee. Just email it. Matt ------------------------------ From: Cyclops490@aol.com Date: Tue, 17 Sep 1996 22:29:08 -0400 Subject: Re: Invisible Men/LA Invitationals In a message dated 96-09-17 16:27:54 EDT, PARANGO@POMONA.EDU (Dgett) writes: >The Invisible Men does have two Bomboras in it, yes (Shane and Dave). My >friend, Keith, used to be one of the guitarists (along with Johnny of the >Muleskinners), but he left the band about a month ago. I heard that one of >Jackie and the Cedrics is going to be playing guitar with them now. Yeah, Jelly Bean, or whatever his name is. Can't remember at the moment. That show where they were mugged was at Jabberjaw, which just released a CD to get money so they can move outta their shitty neigborhood. Jabberjaw is the garage-rockingest all ages venue in L.A. Odd thing is, the CD has Everclear, of all bands on it, so Rolling $tone has a little paragraph on it. Very weird. I must get into the Invitationals. Dammit. Ben. ------------------------------ End of Bomp V96 #94 ******************* You have been reading Bomp-digest. For subscription requests, send a message to majordomo@bolis.com containing "subscribe Bomp-digest" or "unsubscribe Bomp-digest"