From: owner-bomp-digest@ (bomp-digest) To: bomp-digest@Bolis.com Subject: bomp-digest V1 #17 Reply-To: bomp Sender: owner-bomp-digest@ Errors-To: owner-bomp-digest@ Precedence: bulk bomp-digest Friday, January 24 1997 Volume 01 : Number 017 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 24 Jan 1997 13:16:13 -0000 From: "Andrew Fergus Wilson" Subject: Hi - ---------- > Jeff wrote: > >PS Happy 51st to Malcolm McClaren, the scourge of the (western) music > >world (to hear Mr. Lydon tell it!) yeah and weren't lydon and chums so majestic w/out McClaren's involvement on the reform - ha. Tho' i guess worse things could've happened: exploited reforming anyone? a couple of years ago a friend interviewed McClaren and me and another friend tagged along - although we had to pretend not to know her when he turned up at the cafe, we looked too scuzzy or something; anyway he was looking *very* healthy and apparently going on about the complacency of today's youth: too accepting of the banal, not inventive enough. She said he was basically a really nice guy, although my friend and i were more impressed by the intensely beautiful oriental woman who 'collected' him. anyway, just thought i'd say hi as i've just joined the list: no claims to fame (tho' my friend jyoti is number one here in the uk at the moment), not even in a band (and the one tape of my creative endeavours - a bedroom a cover of vegetable man featuring guitar, tin pans and hairdryer at the tender age of 16 - has disappeared - aah), just love music. talking of which, the *real* reason i'm pounding these keys is, having returned my ear to my spacemen 3 vinyl, i see that sonic plays, mostly, a vox starstreamer: it's not enough that he gets such cool sounds out of it, but just the name "Vox Starstreamer", wow, it makes me so itchy just to hear it. wtf does this guitar look like? I'm sure it looks as beutiful as it is named/sounds. but can someone tell me what the beast *is*? thanks, andrew lp for the day: germ free adolescents - x-ray spex http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/6368 ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 24 Jan 97 14:27:55 UT From: "Bill Holmes" Subject: RE: The + Count yourself lucky. We get an hourly dose of Porno For Pyros along with Bush, Pearl Jam, Alice In Chains, Silverchair and 311. You can set your freakin watch to it. This is alternative? Our supposed "hip" station is just as rigidly formatted and ass-kissing as the other stations they make fun of. Shame/ Trolling For Pop, Bill Holmes bholmes_fm@msn.com http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/8282 VISIT THE WEBSITE! NEW RANTS AND LINKS WEEKLY ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ in the player right now... Martin Luther Lennon - "Music For A World w/o Limitations" The Pursuit Of Happiness - "The Wonderful World Of..." The Odds - "nest" Squeeze - "Ridiculous" Richard X Heyman - "Hey Man!" ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ - ---------- From: Bomp-Sender@bolis.com on behalf of Andrea Lauritzen Sent: Thursday, January 23, 1997 11:44 AM To: bomp@bolis.com Subject: The + Evan said: >I think I (perhaps unwittingly) lumped them in with all the other "The" + >one-syllable-word bands of the time: The Beat (US, not English), The Pop, The >Sports, The Knack, The Last, The Fast, et al. What about The Cold? (Louisiana) Why of why does this radio station have to play at least 3 Janes Addiction songs a day? Do they know how much I detest Perry Farrell? Thanks Andrea ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 24 Jan 97 10:14:18 -0500 From: Evan Davies Subject: Re: The The William von Hagen wrote: >In the early eighties, John Cale managed/promoted a NYC punk/new wave band >(back when those terms were unclear) called "The The". They played at a I was just about to bring this up after seeing the initial 'the the' question. I remember friends of mine in college who were huge Cale fans complaining that whenever they went to see him there was this horrible opening band called The The. From the way they described it, it was clearly not the same band/artist that went on to modest commercial success under the same name. >They were cool (as was their name!), but Cale was not My friends would argue otherwise. Me, I never heard them and wasn't really into Cale either. Evan - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Evan Davies "Look out honey, 'cause I'm using technology" - I. Pop evan@funk.mtvn.com http://www.interport.net/~efd MTV Networks may deny all knowledge of the existence of this message. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 24 Jan 97 10:20:10 -0500 From: Evan Davies Subject: The Heats/The Heaters/The Heat So I realized last night (borne out by a visit to the Trouser Press guide) that the album I was thinking of was by The Heaters, not The Heats. The weird part is that I couldn't find the album even though I'm pretty sure I had it. The other weird part is that I made the Seattle connection even though The Heaters aren't from there. And while I was warming up I recalled another great NYC power pop band from the turn of the [last] decade, The Heat. Anyone remember "High School Sweater"? Evan - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Evan Davies "Look out honey, 'cause I'm using technology" - I. Pop evan@funk.mtvn.com http://www.interport.net/~efd MTV Networks may deny all knowledge of the existence of this message. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 24 Jan 1997 08:06:23 -0800 From: dothepop@ix.netcom.com (Lisa Lindstrom) Subject: Re: bomp-digest V1 #11 >Has Yardbird Keith Relf's cover of Bob Lind's "Mr. Zero" made it onto CD anyhow >anywhere? I think both sides of the single were added to the Yardbirds 'Roger the Engineer' CD on the German label Repertoire. Which is annoying as I have the Edsel reissue. - - -- Rat Catcher Yeah, but the Edsel reissue on CD isn't too hot. They edited all the songs, many are shorter and have sooner fadeouts than on the LP... Alan W. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 24 Jan 1997 08:26:48 -0800 From: dothepop@ix.netcom.com (Lisa Lindstrom) Subject: Re: Heats > Hey, I think I might have that album. Is the cover dark blue or something, > with their name in orage or yellow? Wasn't there sme Danny Kaye connection > with this band (recorded in a studio he owned...?!) Am I just totally out of > it today? No, actually the cover is white with a cartoonish drawing of the band from the knees down. Yes, there's a Danny Kaye connection in that they recorded the album at Kaye-Smith Studios. It was the hottest place to record back then in Seattle. Howard Leese (Heart) produced the album. The regional hit was "I Don't Like Your Face," and it was probably the weakest song on the album. They opened for The Knack on the "Get The Knack" tour. There was something close to Heatsmania here for about a year, and there are a lot of us who are still mystified as to why they didn't make it. The album you have may be a post-1980 album. Never heard it, never saw it. Deej Actually, I think the Heats albums are pretty weak. Their first single "I Don't Like Your face"/"Ordinary Girls" is great, produced by Buck Ormsby (Wailers). "I Don't.." was suposedly written about fellow powerpopper Jim Basnight (Moberlys). Their second single, "Rivals"/"Count On Me" shows the band adopting a more commercial sound, which is present on the subsequent LPs. They later moved to L.A. and disappeared. Alan W. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 24 Jan 1997 09:02:44 -0800 (PST) From: michael@hal.com (Michael Coxe) Subject: RIP: Richard `Louie, Louie,' Berry - 1/23/97 From todays AP wire - michael - --------------------------------------------------- `Louie, Louie,' Songwriter Dies Friday, January 24, 1997 10:08 am EST LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Richard Berry, who sold his simple song about looking for true love for $500 only to watch ``Louie, Louie'' become a rock 'n' roll anthem, especially among the frat house crowd, has died. Berry died at his Los Angeles home Thursday, possibly of complications from a previous aneurysm, said John Kim, a filmmaker who collaborated with Berry on a short movie last year at the University of Southern California. Kim said Berry was about 60. The song, written in 1955 or 1956, was about a bartender named Louie and a customer intent on finding true love in Jamaica. Recorded by Rockin' Robin Roberts and the Wailers in 1960, it enjoyed modest success in the Northwest. But the version everyone seems to know -- the electric piano pinging out the three simple chords, the cymbal-heavy drums and those unintelligible lyrics -- was recorded by The Kingsmen in 1963. The lyrics were rumored to be obscene when the record was played slowly, but federal investigators said, ``We found the record to be unintelligible at any speed we played it.'' Blame the drunken-sounding lyrics on the primitive studio -- singer Jack Ely had to scream the words at a microphone suspended 12 feet over his head. The song, a hip party tune that preceded the Beatles' huge success in the United States, rose to No. 2 on the Billboard charts in December 1963. ``Everybody can play it, basically,'' said Jeff Riedle, who has collected about 1,000 versions of the song. ``It's three-chord rock and roll. It defined what garage rock and roll was about.'' The song enjoyed a revival following the 1978 parody of college life, ``National Lampoon's Animal House.'' In 1987 and 1989, Oregon lawmakers proposed making the Kingsmen's version the official state rock song. Berry sold the song for $500 in 1956, but an artists' rights group secured the copyright for him for about $2 million in the late 1980s, Kim said. Despite the money, Berry chose to live in south-central Los Angeles. ``He lived down there because that was his home, that's where he grew up,'' Kim said. ``He was not one of those people who leaves a place just because he made good.'' ``He was a tremendously generous man,'' Kim said. ``He had really been through a lot in his life but rather than have his hardships (make) him bitter, he had gained a lot of wisdom and he had passed it on to other people.'' ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 24 Jan 1997 12:04:57 -0500 From: Erica Wissolik Subject: Austin Chronicle on the Estrus fire Somebody needs to go by the Austin Chronicle's offices and put those folks in their place. I found this comment in the current issue more than *slightly* irritating. - --Erica >>>>>>>>... The Smell of Burning Vinyl Fans of local acts like the Inhalants, 1-4-5's, and Lord High Fixers, all of whom had records out on the Estrus label, had better snap up what copies remain in local record stores as the Estrus warehouse in Washington has burned down, destroying the label's stock, artwork, and any masters that the bands themselves hadn't retrieved. (Of course, since the label dealt largely in lo-fi music, the loss of master tapes might not make that much difference.) All their mail-order information was lost as well, meaning if you ordered anything from them, they now have no record of it. Then again, they couldn't send you anything now even if they knew you ordered it! ------------------------------ Date: 24 Jan 97 12:45:31 -0400 From: Laura Taylor Subject: RE: Re: The The/cale "It's just my nature to do weird stuff..." Laura Taylor (813) 974-3733 ltaylor@wusf.usf.edu William von Hagen wrote: >In the early eighties, John Cale managed/promoted a NYC punk/new wave band >(back when those terms were unclear) called "The The". They played at a >local club here in Pittsburgh (Phase III), opening for him. They were cool >(as was their name!), but Cale was not - I was interviewing them when he >walked up and found out who I was (I'd flamed a previous local show of his >in my local fanzine - I guess he found a copy). At any rate, he took my >cassette recorder, removed the tape, and stomped it to death on the floor. >So much for freedom of the press... > >They had an album at the time, but I don't remember the title. John Cale >really did suck at the time. > > Bill > That's a bad story! I really am sorry to hear that....because I am a BIG John Cale fan! I do only like his VU and early '70s stuff. I missed the opportunity to see him in Orlando in 1985(I, then, an ambitious college student) and I hear I didn't miss much. Apparently, they had to raise him from a drunken stupor, as he languished in his Holiday Inn room. Still, I LOVE THE MAN, even if he is a cjerk! Hey, who says these guys have to be *nice* anyway! Look at Dylan! :) Lounge Laura ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 24 Jan 1997 06:26:06 -0500 From: ccarlson@valsmtp.riag.com Subject: Re: Power Pop DIDs I wrote: Which reminds me of one of my favorite horseless carriage numbers, "I'm a Police Car" by Wreckless Eric and his Psychedelic Rowdies on the "Live Stiffs" album. Bonehead. It's Larry Wallis, not Wreckless Eric. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 24 Jan 1997 13:36:50 -0500 From: William Jones Subject: Cars Tim Gassen asked: > Anyone else have some other fave "car" songs? How 'bout Radio Birdman's "455 SD"? And I love The Cheepskates' wonderful "Drive-In Movie" that appeared on their first album. "Be My Ambulance" by Sneakers and "Death Garage" by Peter Holsapple are nice quirky-pop tunes that are somewhat car-related. Also, a Long Island band from the early 80's called The Convertibles did two cool auto-rotic tunes titled, "67 Cat Convertible Cruisin' Machine" and "Top Down." BTW, has any band recorded under the name of The Convertibles? Seems like it would be a popular band name, but I haven't heard of any others. And how about The Waves? I was in a high school surf band with that name and I also haven't seen it elsewhere. Brian likes: "Surfin' Hearse"--The Untamed Youth Didn't The Splat Cats (from Buffalo) do that song on their "Sin 73" album? Is it the same tune? Lola asked: > I know this sounds like a spoof but - wasn't there actually a band called The The? Yes, as others have pointed out that band IS Matt Johnson. I have an extended 12" of "Uncertain Smile" that's got a nice lazy hook to it, not unlike Style Council's "Long Hot Summer." The LP version didn't compare. Be seeing you, Bill ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 24 Jan 1997 05:09:49 -0500 (EST) From: Squishy@aol.com Subject: Re: Iron Butterfly In a message dated 1/24/97 6:30:55 AM, you wrote: <> They WERE original members---of Fleetwood Mac. Obviously someone made a misprint! ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 24 Jan 1997 11:12:29 -0800 From: michael@hal.com (Michael Coxe) Subject: Re: Fabulous Flipsides My biggest surprises as a kid: "I'm Down" on the b-side of "Help" (Beatles 1965) incredible version of "Why" on the flip of the Byrds "Eight Miles High" (1966) I've really never recovered from these events. - michael ------------------------------ Date: 24 Jan 97 14:41:56 -0400 From: Laura Taylor Subject: raunch-o-rama Anyone have any info on this Gainesville, FL event? When, which bands, etc? Lounge Laura "It's just my nature to do weird stuff..." Laura Taylor (813) 974-3733 ltaylor@wusf.usf.edu ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 24 Jan 1997 14:42:30 -0500 (EST) From: DKugel@aol.com Subject: Re: The The bill - its bernie from mystic eyes-- great cale story --- when the orig cynics gettin back together? ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 24 Jan 1997 14:08:08 -0500 From: mlawren1@explorer.csc.com Subject: Re: The The John Cale also produced - and manned the mellotron for - a band called something like "Alternative TV" (A sort of punked-up Devoish sound). Their single, "So Afraid of the Russians" (b/w "Unknown Soldier") received a good bit of airplay. Anyone know if they ever released anything else? The only post VU Cale I've ever given a listen to that I had any regard for was "Guts." He put on a pretty good show though (9:30 club, "83). William von Hagen wrote: John Cale > really did suck at the time. > > Bill ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 24 Jan 1997 15:38:36 -0500 From: ccarlson@valsmtp.riag.com Subject: Re: Austin Chronicle on the Estrus fire Erica quoted The Austin Chronicle on the Estrus fire. Erica, Is this a *real* paper, ie a bonafide daily, and not a shopping rag? If so, you are correct that the tone is snippy at best. Ah, mankind. Craig "I like people, I just like it better when they're not around". (Mickey Rourke in "Barfly") ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 24 Jan 1997 21:12:29 -0800 From: kris verreth Subject: apemen-vice barons Apemen swiss dates feb 28 Kuba,Baden March 1 Bikini Test,Chaux-de-Fonds more Swiss Apemen dates in May,details tba.in the mean time if anyone in Germany is interested in booking the Apemen on either Feb 27 or March 2,get in touch with me. Vice Barons March 7 album presentation Botanique,Brussel(B) April 18 De Vlerk,Rotterdam(Holland) more Belgian & Dutch dates for March/April announced soon Swiss tour around May 19(3-4 dates),contact either Vendetta in Switserland or me for details.new Vice Barons lp/cd out next week. kris ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 24 Jan 1997 17:36:51 -0500 (EST) From: blairb1@mail.idt.net (The Teen Scene) Subject: Re: Cars Bill Jones wrote: >And I love The Cheepskates' >wonderful "Drive-In Movie" that appeared on their first album. Geez... this is one Bill and I used to sing like mad hanging out in Northport, Smithtown and Huntington, LI in the mid-80s. Be it the sidewalk, the dock, or the car going into The Dive, we'd be singing at the top of our lungs. That first Cheepskates LP was fantastic. Bill & I even wrote a song loosely based on "Run Better Run" some years later. (Well... uh, OK... we never actually finished it, but...) ;) >Also, a Long Island band from the early 80's called The Convertibles did >two cool auto-rotic tunes titled, "67 Cat Convertible Cruisin' Machine" and >"Top Down." I think that Convertibles gig with The Mosquitos at the 3rd Rail in St. James, LI may have been the night Mr. Jones and I first hung out. "Top Down" *still* ranks among my favorite car songs. "We've got the Top Down / and we're on our way Goin' to the beach, we're gonna stay there all day..." Somehow that rang so incredibly true to my teenaged Long Island heart. It pretty much summed up life in the summer. What kinda car was it that John had, anyway, Bill? > >BTW, has any band recorded under the name of The Convertibles? I don't remember if they actually did a record, but there was a band up in Rochester, led by one of the U of R custodial staff called Big Al Holly & The Convertibles. Damn fun, from what I remember. Bill Holmes, got any info? >Brian likes: >"Surfin' Hearse"--The Untamed Youth > >Didn't The Splat Cats (from Buffalo) do that song on their "Sin 73" album? Yup. >Is it the same tune? I believe so. (By the way, it was The Splat Cats' first 7" EP, "5 Big Ones," that gave me the name for my 'zine, The Teen Scene. Great lyrics in there. Pure teen fun. ;) Blair **************************************************** * Please make note of my new e-dress... * * blairb1@mail.idt.net * * * * The old address will remain in service a few * * weeks longer, forwarding my mail to the new one * **************************************************** ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 24 Jan 1997 17:36:58 -0500 (EST) From: blairb1@mail.idt.net (The Teen Scene) Subject: Re: Austin Chronicle on the Estrus fire Not only is this irritating and in poor taste, but - from my conversation with Dave Crider last Friday night - some of it is just plain FALSE!!! According to Dave, all their mail-order info and financial records were in the office - a totally different location. Has anyone got an e-mail address for this paper? I'd like to write a letter to the editor. Blair Erica... have you posted this to banana-truffle? I know lots of Austin-ites hang out there. >Somebody needs to go by the Austin Chronicle's offices and put those folks in >their place. I found this comment in the current issue more than *slightly* >irritating. >--Erica >>>>>>>>>... >The Smell of Burning Vinyl > >Fans of local acts like the Inhalants, 1-4-5's, and Lord High Fixers, all >of whom >had records out on the Estrus label, had better snap up what copies remain in >local record stores as the Estrus warehouse in Washington has burned down, >destroying the label's stock, artwork, and any masters that the bands >themselves hadn't retrieved. (Of course, since the label dealt largely in lo-fi >music, the loss of master tapes might not make that much difference.) All their >mail-order information was lost as well, meaning if you ordered anything from >them, they now have no record of it. Then again, they couldn't send you >anything now even if they knew you ordered it! **************************************************** * Please make note of my new e-dress... * * blairb1@mail.idt.net * * * * The old address will remain in service a few * * weeks longer, forwarding my mail to the new one * **************************************************** ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 24 Jan 1997 13:31:12 -0800 (PST) From: "D.J. Johnson" Subject: Re: Heats On Fri, 24 Jan 1997, Lisa Lindstrom wrote: > Deej > > Actually, I think the Heats albums are pretty weak. Their first single > "I Don't Like Your face"/"Ordinary Girls" is great, produced by Buck > Ormsby (Wailers). "I Don't.." was suposedly written about fellow > powerpopper Jim Basnight (Moberlys). Their second single, > "Rivals"/"Count On Me" shows the band adopting a more commercial sound, > which is present on the subsequent LPs. They later moved to L.A. and > disappeared. Hey, I was just talking to Buck today! Small world... Anyway, I guess this is one of those subjective things, because I can't even begin to fathom calling the Have An Idea album "weak." For me, there were several great pop songs on the album. Off the top of my head, the songs I'd consider strong were "I Don't/She Don't Mind," "Call Yourself A Man," "Night Shift," "Ordinary Girls," "Some Other Guy," "Have An Idea," and there are a few more I just can't think of at the moment... in fact, now it's DRIVING ME CRAZY trying to remember... These are all songs that I felt could have pushed them onto the radio had they been signed to ANYBODY other than Ken Kinnear (who had little actual time for anybody but Heart in those days). On top of that, their live shows were a blast. The sarcastic humor of "Let's All Smoke" was strong enough, but when they'd all light up and cough during the song... I enjoyed those shows. I didn't think much of The Range Hoods, Steve Pearson's next band, however. Boring, mostly. Anyway, that's my two cents on The Heats "weak" albums. I can't speak for the 2nd album, just Have An Idea. Deej - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Cosmik Debris Online Magazine * http://www.cosmik.com/cosmikdebris A webzine for people who refuse to tie themselves down to just one genre of music. * E-mail moonbaby@serv.net for free ascii subscriptions. - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 24 Jan 1997 19:18:24 -0500 (EST) From: Phil Lerman Subject: Richard Berry Not sure if anyone has posted this yet... This is the latest AP story. `Louie, Louie,' Songwriter Dies By LARRY GERBER Associated Press Writer Friday, January 24, 1997 6:40 pm EST LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Richard Berry, the singer-composer whose hit ``Louie, Louie'' once provoked a federal investigation into its lyrics and became a rock anthem, especially at frat parties, has died at 61. More singers have covered the three-chord standard, written in 1955 as a Jamaican love song, than any pop tune besides the Beatles' ``Yesterday,'' estimated Eric Predoehl, a filmmaker working on a television documentary of Berry's life. Berry died in his sleep Thursday at his home in South Central Los Angeles, possibly of complications from an aneurysm, said John Kim, who was also working with Berry, on a feature film biography. While the lyrics were rumored to be obscene when the Kingsmen's version of the song was played slowly, federal investigators said, ``We found the record to be unintelligible at any speed we played it.'' Berry's original lyrics told of finding true love in Jamaica: ``Louie Louie, me gotta go. Louie Louie, me gotta go. A fine girl, she wait for me. Me catch the ship across the sea. I sailed the ship all alone. I never think I'll make it home. Louie Louie, me gotta go ...'' Racier versions spread by word of mouth. Some schools banned the song and the bands that played it. Iggy and the Stooges recorded a dirty version, according to The Rolling Stone Illustrated History of Rock & Roll. Berry sold the rights to all his work, including ``Louie Louie,'' in 1956 for $750, said Predoehl. ``He was just a tremendously kind and generous man, and he experienced a tremendous amount of hardship,'' Kim said. ``A black man growing up in L.A. in the 1950s, and he had his most famous song taken away for a paltry sum of money.'' In 1986, an artists' rights group helped Berry recover royalties worth about $2 million. He continued to live in South Central, performing from time to time. Berry recorded ``Louie Louie'' in 1957 with the Pharoahs on Flip Records. It was intended as the B-side of ``You Are My Sunshine.'' Rockin' Robin Roberts, according to legend, found the disc in a Tacoma, Wash., 10-cent bin and recorded it with the Wailers in 1960. It became a regional hit in the Seattle-Tacoma area, and other Northwest bands were quick to put it in their repertoire. The hit version -- the version copied by bar bands everywhere -- was recorded by the Kingsmen in 1963. Its reedy electric organ intro gives way to a three-chord guitar thrum that even beginners could play. Blame the drunken-sounding lyrics on the primitive studio -- singer Jack Ely had to scream the words at a microphone suspended 12 feet over his head. The song, a hip party tune that preceded the Beatles' huge success in the United States, rose to No. 2 on the Billboard charts in December 1963. ``Everybody can play it, basically,'' said Jeff Riedle, who has collected about 1,000 versions of the song. ``It's three-chord rock 'n' roll. It defined what garage rock 'n' roll was about.'' The song enjoyed a revival following the 1978 parody of college fraternity life, ``National Lampoon's Animal House.'' In 1987 and 1989, Oregon lawmakers proposed making the Kingsmen's version the official state rock song. Born in Extension, La., Berry lived in Los Angeles from age 1. At Jefferson High School, he started singing doo-wop music, later joining the Flamingos and other groups. As a singer, he was known for his range and style, sometimes taking bass and tenor parts on the same song. ``Even if this man never wrote `Louie Louie,' he should go down in history as one of the great pioneers in American rhythm and blues,'' Predoehl said. Berry sang the lyrics on the original ``Riot in Cell Block No. 9,'' and sang counterpart to Etta James on her recording of ``Roll With Me Henry.'' Until 1986 and his copyright victory, Berry struggled, performing where he could. ``He was able to live more comfortably after that,'' Predoehl said. Berry suffered an aneurysm in 1994. Berry met the Kingsmen in the early 1980s at a Tacoma ``reunion'' concert that included the Wailers, said Dick Peterson, the Kingsmen's drummer. Two years ago, he was honored in a commemorative plaque at the building where the Kingsmen recorded ``Louie Louie.'' Berry is survived by his mother, Bertha Harris, and six grown children: Pamela, Richard Marcel, Stephani, Karen, Linda and Christy, who all use the Berry surname. Richard and Christy are also musicians. Funeral arrangements were still being made. Copyright 1997 The Associated Press Again if somebody already posted this, sorry for the spam... - -pHIL http://www.picante.com/~phil htlaehruoyotsuodrazaherasegassemsdrawkcab ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 24 Jan 1997 19:20:22 -0500 From: mary robinson crews Subject: Re: raunch-o-rama hey lounge laura & other interested parties, i don't know who will be playing at raunch-o-rama (catchy name, eh?) this year, but you can drop by the covered dish's website at or email the dish at and ask 'em direct like. tell 'em i said "hey". +=-==-==-==-==-==-==-==-==-==-==-==-==-==-==-==-==-==-==-=+ mary robinson crews FREEZE 'EM and EAT 'EM mary@catalogue.com -Chilly Willee http://www.catalogue.com/ http://www.chapel-hill.nc.us/ +=-==-==-==-==-==-==-==-==-==-==-==-==-==-==-==-==-==-==-=+ ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 24 Jan 1997 16:30:50 -0800 (PST) From: "D.J. Johnson" Subject: Re: Fabulous Flipsides I can't really explain why... but my favorite flipside experience happened the day I bought the single of "I'd Love To Change The World" by Ten Years After. I flipped it over and heard "Let The Sky Fall," and all my psychedelia buttons were happily pushed. Sure, it's just a variation on "Good Morning Little School Girl," but the backwards guitar bits blew m'mind. I guess a close second would be that fateful day I flipped "Let It Be" over and heard "You Know My Name." Of course, I was in the depths of a Thai-Stick stupor at that time. Wearing bell bottoms, too. Not a pretty sight... Deej ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 24 Jan 1997 20:50:34 -0800 From: Jeff Penczak Subject: Re: Power Pop DIDs/Bomp@bolis.com Pierre GURDJOS wrote: > > Jeff Penczak wrote: > > .... personal Power Pop Desert Island Disks. > > ... > > Wonderful World of - Wreckless Eric (British style) > > ... > > Oh, you're talking about Wreckless Eric aka Eric Goulden ? > Does he have any fame here ? > One of the most underrated pop artist of the last decade ! > This guy didn't stop to cut great records ("Wreckless Eric", > "Le Beat Group Electrique","Big Smash"..."Donovan of Trash") ! > Also, in he mid-80's he recorded with his band > the Len Bright Combo one LP which was termed by a writer at this > time as the "future of rock'n'roll" no less ! and it wasn't a > pure "journalistic" excitation...it was quite true.... > > Sadly, I think that all his records are quite impossible-to-find now ! > Now he lives in France (Normandie as far as I can remember) and has > a new band (Hitsville House Band)... > > PierrePierre: Thanks for the update on Eric. BTW, I believe he released a solo LP under his own name recently. Can anyone confirm? If true, has anyone heard it? Is it worth searching out if you're into this sort of thing??? Jeff ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 24 Jan 1997 20:54:36 -0500 (EST) From: Mark Robinson Subject: Re: Iron Butterfly Were not Green, Fleetwood, McVie in a later (circa '67) version John Mayall's group? This would be prior to Fleetwood Mac. M At 05:09 AM 1/24/97 -0500, you wrote: > >In a message dated 1/24/97 6:30:55 AM, you wrote: > ><Butterfly? Rhino's new Iron Butterfly video (which I have not seen) >features the "original band members Peter Green, Mick Fleetwood..." This >is too weird.>> > >They WERE original members---of Fleetwood Mac. Obviously someone made a >misprint! > > ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 24 Jan 1997 20:57:04 -0800 From: Jeff Penczak Subject: Re: The + Evan Davies wrote: > > Andrea wrote: > > > What about The Cold? (Louisiana) > > That's a good addition; I haven't heard of them. I think there was also The > Now, and of course from Jeff's original post, The Shoes. > > > Why of why does this radio station have to play at least 3 Janes Addiction > > Would that be BCN, or FNX? > > Avoiding the radio by listening to the fine Power Pop of Pen Pal, > > Evan > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------> Evan Davies "Look out honey, 'cause I'm using technology" - I. Pop > evan@funk.mtvn.com http://www.interport.net/~efd > MTV Networks may deny all knowledge of the existence of this message.I think the end-all and be-all of this topic has to be Matt Johnson's current band, The The!! Jeff ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 24 Jan 1997 20:33:45 -0500 (EST) From: Mark Robinson Subject: Re: Fabulous Flipsides At 12:20 AM 1/24/97 EET, you wrote: >Frank Uhle wrote: > >> There are some others like this, anybody else have a fave? > >Some of the tough flips I play more than their tops include: > >...... >The Gestures, "It Seems to Me" c/w "Run, Run, Run" >.... This was a GREAT group, with a killer track "Don't Mess Around". "Run, Run, Run" taint too shabby either. Mark ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 24 Jan 1997 21:13:13 -0800 From: Jeff Penczak Subject: Re: The Heats/The Heaters/The Heat Evan Davies wrote: > > So I realized last night (borne out by a visit to the Trouser Press guide) > that the album I was thinking of was by The Heaters, not The Heats. The weird > part is that I couldn't find the album even though I'm pretty sure I had it. > The other weird part is that I made the Seattle connection even though The > Heaters aren't from there. > > And while I was warming up I recalled another great NYC power pop band from > the turn of the [last] decade, The Heat. Anyone remember "High School > Sweater"? > > Evan > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------> Evan Davies "Look out honey, 'cause I'm using technology" - I. Pop > evan@funk.mtvn.com http://www.interport.net/~efd > MTV Networks may deny all knowledge of the existence of this message.Evan, I'm almost embarrassed to admit it, but I actually have BOTH (yes, there were at least 2!) Heaters LPs and, worse yet, I even saw them perform live at the Bottom Line in NYC (to a standing room only crowd, no less!) Ah, the innocent 70s! Anyway, the first (eponymously) titled LP was released in 1978 on Ariola records (SW 50032) and was co-produced by a local (NY, later CA/L.A.) DJ, Scott Shannon for "Dazzle-Em productions." The 2nd came 2 years later on CBS (NJC 36486) and was called "Energy Transfer." Now, I think I've given them more fame than they had during their entire existence, so let's move on.... Jeff ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 24 Jan 1997 21:28:27 -0500 (EST) From: FFortune@aol.com Subject: Mitch Ryder/Fortune & Maltese Hey Michiganders! Fortune & Maltese & The Phabulous Pallbearers will be opening for Mitch Ryder this Saturday at the Blind Pig in Ann Arbor. If anybody wants to make the scene, we will see you there! Freddy Fortune ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 24 Jan 1997 21:23:14 +0500 From: William von Hagen Subject: Re: The The Great to hear from you! Gregg and Michael have just started to talk again, so maybe ther's hope for the actual core of the Cynics to do things again. As for the original Cynics, I'm holding out until we get big $$ on the Holiday Inn circuit. Probably around the same time that the sun becomes a cold dark cinder. More seriously, I'd do it anytime, but I have to wait for the band itself to be over. I'm Pete Best at the moment... Bill BTW, happy new year! At 02:42 PM 1/24/97 -0500, you wrote: >bill - its bernie from mystic eyes-- great cale story --- when the orig >cynics gettin back together? > > ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 24 Jan 1997 21:26:41 -0600 From: paddygav@kcnet.com (Paddy (or Steve)) Subject: Power PopDID Everyone else is doing it, so shouldn't I? Buzzcocks "Singles Going Steady" Cheap Trick "Cheap Trick" "30 Seconds Before the Calico Wall" Walker Brothers "Anthology" Montage "Montage" Emmit Rhodes "American Dream" Magazine "Correct Use of Soap" Tubeway Army "Living Ornaments" The Rutles Scratch Bongowax "Zero Conformity Intuition" The Fall "This Nation's Saving Grace" I don't really know if this is all really relevant to this list, but there are defintitely a couple in there that would work for some of you. There is nothing that has been released by a new band that I would bother with (save Scratch Bongowax), and if I were to list all of my actual albums I would have to list an Edwin Starr or Chuck Brown and the Soul Searchers. That is all for now. Except of course, my question of the day, which is. . . can anyone tell me about a group called Sidekicks? I have a 45 of "Up on the Roof" b/w "Suspicion". It's on RCA, and I have never been able to find anything on them. Why, oh why. . . uh, what was the question again? http://kcnet.com/~paddygav/images.html ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 24 Jan 1997 23:51:25 -0500 From: "Paul E. Piacentini" Subject: Re: Iron Butterfly >><>Butterfly? Rhino's new Iron Butterfly video (which I have not seen) >>features the "original band members Peter Green, Mick Fleetwood..." This >>is too weird.>> speaking of Iron Butterfly, wasn't one of the original members missing in action... thought to be abducted by aliens or something? I'm not making this up! I swear I saw something along these lines in one of the gossip rags a few months ago.... - -Paul ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 24 Jan 1997 22:11:47 -0800 From: gary mollica Subject: Re: Power Pop DIDs/Bomp@bolis.com Pierre GURDJOS wrote: > Sadly, I think that all his records are quite impossible-to-find now ! And how 'bout my 10" version of the 1st LP?? And isn't Whole Wide World one of the most perfect pop tunes ever? And don't the kids just love it? best; GaryM ------------------------------ End of bomp-digest V1 #17 *************************