From: owner-bomp-digest@ (bomp-digest) To: bomp-digest@Bolis.com Subject: bomp-digest V1 #63 Reply-To: bomp Sender: owner-bomp-digest@ Errors-To: owner-bomp-digest@ Precedence: bulk bomp-digest Saturday, March 8 1997 Volume 01 : Number 063 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sat, 8 Mar 1997 07:13:39 -0600 From: tj@13fg.com (T.J. O'Brien) Subject: Re: makers new album >Man i downloaded a clip (tear your world apart) off the new makers album >it fuckin RULES! Like rocknroll the way it supposed to be played loud >and fast! ( i think i stole that from the matador catalog). it kinda >sounds like the jsbx identify real trashy oh well now i have to buy >their new album through mail order since i can not find any makers >albums or cds here. >Yepper... I downloaded that song, too, and man is it smokin'. I guess the new Makers album you were referring to was Hunger, not Fuck You/The Bird, in the original thread about the Makers vs. the Swingin' Neckbreakers. I didn't know there was a new album out until I visited their web-site the other day to get those Heacoats tour dates. I gotta pick that record up, and, luckily, since we practice in the basement of a cool record store/head shop, I'll probably do so tonight... - -T.J. ==================================================================== This message is from the Bomp Mailing List. To unsubscribe, send an email message to majordomo@bolis.com with "unsubscribe bomp" in the message body. ------------------------------ Date: 8 Mar 97 10:17:44 +0000 From: "Blair" Subject: Re: Southern Culture on the Skids >Still bummed about missing their sold-out New Year's Eve show at >Maxwell's in >'95/'96, Well... while this was a fantastic night, overall (with Cub and The Muffs on the bill, too), SCOTS had to cut things to a half hour 'cuz Rick was in truly terrible shape, having been in the emergency room most of the day, due to a back problem, I believe. He kept apologizing after the show for not being able to truly put on a great one. He, Mary and Dave are three wonderful people. SCOTS played the wedding of Telstar Record Prez Todd Abramson a couple years ago, with the Coctails opening up. That was a blast! The wedding favor was a split single between the two groups. WOW! Blair - --------------------------------------------------------- This msg was sent using CyberDog... a human's best pal on the 'Net - --------------------------------------------------------- ==================================================================== This message is from the Bomp Mailing List. To unsubscribe, send an email message to majordomo@bolis.com with "unsubscribe bomp" in the message body. ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 8 Mar 1997 09:55:37 -0600 (CST) From: dothepop@ix.netcom.com (Lisa Lindstrom) Subject: Re:Lyres/Mono Men >I'm going on two things here, Alan: First, I saw an interview somewhere on the web entitled "Monoman Rants" where he says a few nasty things about them. For one, he was pissed that they took the name (he was gonna use that name back in the 70's), and then he went on to say how they were pesky and annoying and found them to be superfluous. He even knocked Estrus, saying that the label the Mono Men were on was obviously run by some guy with a trust fund because they put out so many records with slick looking covers. He, apparently, didn't know Dave owns Estrus. This brings me to my second story: Last summer, my band played with the Mono Men in Normal, IL (a genius show that featured Bill Grapes of the Mortals as fill-in guitarist after the departure of Mort). Afterwards, at the after-hours shindig, I was hangin' out with Ledge doing what I always do when I hang out with Ledge (smokin' a joint), and I brought up the interview in which Mono let 'em have it. Incidentally, the reason it came up was because we were talking about the Lyres' "A Promise Is A Promise" and I mentioned it wasn't one of my favorites, while he said it was his favorite! I immmediately segued into the "so I hear Jeff Conolly hates you guys" thing, and he started laughing. He hadn't seen the interview, though he told me a hillarious story about an experience they had with him one time: Ledge and Dave drove up to British Columbia to see a bunch of bands and the Lyres were on the bill. At thedoor there was some sort of confusion about them being on the guest list, so someone suggested they ask Mono Mann to get them in. Right then, Mono Mann, having heard this, walked around the corner, saw them, and started yelling, "I hate those guys-they're not on the guest list!". Of course, I'm paraphrasing here, but it was something to that effect. Now, Alan, I don't have the DMZ Bomp! CD, so I wasn't aware that Jeff had changed his position, but I'm just tellin' you what I read and what I heard from one of the Mono Men that was actually on the receiving end of a Mono Mann rant. Who knows?> Yeah, I think it might be one of those things where Jeff, when promoting himself and the Lyres, uses the Mono Men thing to say "Hey, this band named themselves after ME, so I'm famous or whatever. I mean, I love the Lyres 9and DMZ) but Jeff can be a complete weirdo (and an asshole), too. >And, Todd, as far as the Mono Men being a metal band goes... I dunno about that, but they are pretty heavy.> I've been hearing this same quote, from so many people, about the Mono men being "a metal band." Maybe my definition of a "metal band" is a lot different from what other people think (I think Poison and Motley Crue) but if you can find me a metal band that does covers of the Sonics, the Wipers, Kit and the Outlaws, Link Wray and the Rumblers, then I'll call the Mono Men a "metal band." I know that Dave himself gets a kick outta thi talk, considering he just thinks of the band as a "rock n' roll band," and labels mean almost nothing to the guy. ("labels are for clothes" a wise man once said) You know, I think what is rather so humorous about this is that I asked a very retro/purist guy once what he hated about metal bands and why he thought bands such as the Mono Men where metal. His answer was something like, "well, metal bands dress up all silly with lots of make-up and teased hair and it's juts an act and a show." His favorite bads were things like the Fuzzztones, Chesterfield Kings, etc., so my response was like "sure, just like those bands who dress up and have bowl haircuts and it's just an act." Same difference (tho', for my own musical tastes, I'd take the 'Tones and Kings over Crue and Poison anytime), it's just entertainment. On the other hand, I have to say i think the Mono Men are honest in their approach in that they like this music and it just comes out this way. They get up there in their jeans and t-shirts and wear dorky glasses and rock out for the hell out it, with little or no pretense. They don't have teased hair, big label producers, videos on MTV, and a lot of the trappings of "metal bands," so how are they a metal band? I guess I'm just curious here. Is it the sound? Is it the production? Is it Dave Crider's attitude? Maybe the fact that I grew up in a small Ontario town that was literally filled with bad Top 40, and , yes, Metal bands - bands that played covers of Crue and Poison and Guns and Roses and were really heavy but simply didn't rock made me respect a band that can be heavy without being cliched metal stuff. Or maybe it's just that I actually like some early '70s "metal" (ACDC, Kiss, Black Sabbath) and I still don't think ther Mono Men sound like them, either. I remember when we brought the Cynics and the Mono Men to town for a big all ages show, and the Mono Men certainly did not go down too well with some of the "metal crowd" who showed up outta curiosity. A club known for booking lameass, but heavy rock bands even turned the Mono Men down for a show based on the fact that they thought their tape wasn't very good, and too "amateurish." They obviouslyu didn't think they were "metal" enough to book them. Okay, 'nuff said. I love ther Mono Men and I'll defend 'em 'till the day I die. Alan W. ==================================================================== This message is from the Bomp Mailing List. To unsubscribe, send an email message to majordomo@bolis.com with "unsubscribe bomp" in the message body. ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 8 Mar 1997 10:34:17 -0600 From: tj@13fg.com (T.J. O'Brien) Subject: Re:Lyres/Mono Men >Alan said: >Okay, 'nuff said. I love ther Mono Men and I'll defend 'em 'till the >day I die. >...and said quite well, too, I might add. I agree 100%. - -T.J. ==================================================================== This message is from the Bomp Mailing List. To unsubscribe, send an email message to majordomo@bolis.com with "unsubscribe bomp" in the message body. ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 8 Mar 1997 12:12:58 -0500 (EST) From: Squishy@aol.com Subject: Re: Mono Mann vs. The Mono Men << I don't have the DMZ Bomp! CD, so I wasn't aware that Jeff had changed his position, but I'm just tellin' you what I read and what I heard from one of the Mono Men that was actually on the receiving end of a Mono Mann rant. Who knows? >> Truth be told, when Jeff submitted those liner notes, I had to tone down his remarks about the Mono Men, which I thought were gratuitous and completely unfair. When I talked to him about it, he had no idea who they were, was just bugged that they used a name he had thought up. I told him i thought it was more like a tribute than a ripoff. He agreed that I should change the notes,but I guess he never got around to changing his mind.... he can be a bit off the wall sometimes, as we all know, but then that's part of why we love him.... Greg ==================================================================== This message is from the Bomp Mailing List. To unsubscribe, send an email message to majordomo@bolis.com with "unsubscribe bomp" in the message body. ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 08 Mar 1997 15:05:28 -0800 From: tgassen@azstarnet.com Subject: Knight of Fuzz, etc.... Hey! A page about all the other cool Borderline Productions books is finally attached to the web site for my new "Knights of Fuzz" garage/psych book. My book documents the '80s/'90s scene, while most of the other Borderline books deal with the '60s output. They're worth a look... http://www.azstarnet.com/~tgassen And my regular page of garage/psych reviews is in the new Magnet (a national music magazine). The column was supposed to be called "Garage Nation," but is listed as simply "Garage" for this issue. We'll see what it's called next month! We might be able to attach each column to my web site as well, since there isn't (yet) an on-line version of Magnet... new releases of mine: A couple Purple Merkins cuts on the Misty Lane compilation LP "Transworld Garage." Plenty of great tracks on this Italian LP, with the Pandoras cover by Thee Flypped Whiggs my current fave.(And dig Darren Merinuk's '66-styled Batman cover art!) One of the Purple Merkins' songs is listed by The Marshmallow Overcoat by mistake. Easy mistake since both bands have the same members! (The "Merkinmania!" LP tapes are done and now searching for a label...) And the vinyl version of the new self-titled Marshmallow Overcoat LP is finally available from 360 Twist. (The CD has been out for a couple months...) Gotta love that full-color cover photo full of Vox and Dan Electro! One more: Bacchus Archives has taken both of the Dearly Beloved and Grodes LPs and combined them as the "Let's Talk About Girls" 28 song CD. (Thanks again Greg!!!) Both bands were kings of the 1960s Tucson scene, and as a Tucsonan I was especially pleased to be able to re-write/edit Greg Shaw & Lee Joseph's extensive liner notes (which were great to begin with!) More cool re-issues on the way.... All for now. Drop a line if you have anything you want me to review... Don't forget the fuzz! Timothy Gassen PO Box 121 Tucson, AZ 85702 USA ==================================================================== This message is from the Bomp Mailing List. To unsubscribe, send an email message to majordomo@bolis.com with "unsubscribe bomp" in the message body. ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 8 Mar 1997 16:39:40 -0500 From: garrow@webtv.net (Linda Highland) Subject: Re: Mono Mann vs. The Mono Men Being a Bostonian and having the "pleasure" of having Jeff throw watermelon rinds off our front porch during a party once (He also wanted me to beat him with a steak knife...but enough about that) I have anther thing to add about the "Mono Men"--I believe Jeff has occassionaly used the name himself, when playing with people who aren't the Lyres--kind of one shot deals here and there. He's supposed to do this at my husband (Kenne Highland)'s birthday Apr. 2 at the Kirkland Cafe in Somerville--it'll be the "Mono Men" fronted by Jeff, backed by Kenne, K's bassist Mike Quirk, Doom Buggie drummer Alex, and guitarist Bruce of the Devotions. At least, thats the PLAN..... along with 12 other bands... ==================================================================== This message is from the Bomp Mailing List. To unsubscribe, send an email message to majordomo@bolis.com with "unsubscribe bomp" in the message body. ------------------------------ End of bomp-digest V1 #63 *************************