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Jay Ferguson was the singer,had a hit withThunder Island" now he does the music for the NCIS tv show.
You want obscure? I got obscure. Two mid-70's bands from very different parts of North America that were working toward punk/new wave, putting together bits and pieces of
the Velvet Underground, Hawkwind, 60's garage rock, The Stooges, Krautrock, bum trip psychedelia, maybe even particles of Beefheart and Zappa. You might even lump Devo and Pere Ubu into this category, but at least they got some notoriety; from Canada, Simply Saucer...
And from Oklahoma, Debris...
Now, let's get real, real gone...
Imagine a world where Lou Reed was a nerdy, nebbish lounge musician, who didn't/couldn't get a date for the prom, still living in his parents' basement, making recordings on a Teac/Tascam 80-8, baring his soul(or something), wallowing in jealousy, obsession and paranoia. That world did exist in Endicott, NY, in 1976; I give you.....Gary Wilson...
A friend of mine who lived in neighboring New Paltz gave me his album(only 1000 were pressed at the time); another copy ended up in the hands of Beck Hanson, who name checked him in "Two Turntables And A Microphone". About 10 years ago Gary was tracked down living in San Diego(working in a porn store), "YTYRKM" was reissued on CD, and he took to gigging again. Sadly, capturing lightning in a bottle is a tough challenge; his subsequent releases try a little too hard to perpetuate the weirdo/creeper vibe, and miss the mark.
But then, there's always Klaus...
the Velvet Underground, Hawkwind, 60's garage rock, The Stooges, Krautrock, bum trip psychedelia, maybe even particles of Beefheart and Zappa. You might even lump Devo and Pere Ubu into this category, but at least they got some notoriety; from Canada, Simply Saucer...
And from Oklahoma, Debris...
Now, let's get real, real gone...
Imagine a world where Lou Reed was a nerdy, nebbish lounge musician, who didn't/couldn't get a date for the prom, still living in his parents' basement, making recordings on a Teac/Tascam 80-8, baring his soul(or something), wallowing in jealousy, obsession and paranoia. That world did exist in Endicott, NY, in 1976; I give you.....Gary Wilson...
A friend of mine who lived in neighboring New Paltz gave me his album(only 1000 were pressed at the time); another copy ended up in the hands of Beck Hanson, who name checked him in "Two Turntables And A Microphone". About 10 years ago Gary was tracked down living in San Diego(working in a porn store), "YTYRKM" was reissued on CD, and he took to gigging again. Sadly, capturing lightning in a bottle is a tough challenge; his subsequent releases try a little too hard to perpetuate the weirdo/creeper vibe, and miss the mark.
But then, there's always Klaus...
Phil Chen was the bassist on the first Butts band album. There are a lot on this list I still have, here's one of mine, on ELP's lable and produced by Greg Lake.:
My last band played "Quite Like You"...fun stuff.
Their drummer Kenny Soule became the drummer of one of my all time favorite bands, Dag from Raleigh, NC...popular in the 90's. I also dug "Time Bomb", which he cowrote. Search YT for Dag's "Lovely Jane" and "Our Love Would Be Much Better (If I Gave A Damn About You)". Great funk/soul jams
Their drummer Kenny Soule became the drummer of one of my all time favorite bands, Dag from Raleigh, NC...popular in the 90's. I also dug "Time Bomb", which he cowrote. Search YT for Dag's "Lovely Jane" and "Our Love Would Be Much Better (If I Gave A Damn About You)". Great funk/soul jams
LOL, That's what I thought about you when you mentioned them, I didn't think anybody remembered them. I still have both their CDs. They were like the AWB of the 90's.
If there was anyone whom I wanted to sound like it was Bobby Patterson! That dude just ooozed cool. I saw him crushing it in a jazz trio with Kenny and a guitarist whom I can't remember. I told him I was jealous and wished I were him; he said "wanna trade places?..." Turns out he had some demons to deal with (like so many super talents)..but man...what a band. Them, Ben Folds Five, Vertical Horizon, Gran Torino and Hipbone...all right down the street at the Blind Tiger.
Still the question remains: how did you know of them? I know they appeared once on Comedy central's "Viva Variety" show and BET sent someone to interview them at Quincy Jones' suggestion because everyone thought they were black lol, but....are you from NC also?
A great soul band(heading into funk territory)that didn't get their career going due to the frontman's early death from drug and weight problems; Wilson Pickett, Buddy Miles, and Tower Of Power fans, take notice...
Really? They were very big over here on the Punk scene. I went to see them twice. Dee Dee Ramone tried out for them on guitar, but wasn't taken, because, as Tom verlaine put it "he couldn't do an F chord." As, at the time, neither could I, I didn't find that funny.
Marquee Moon was one of the first albums I wore myself out on trying to learn the bass lines to. It is considered one of the best albums of all time, (N° 128 on Rolling Stone's top 500 list, and N°2 on Uncut's
100 Greatest Debut Records list.
I think they are still an active concern.
Recently touring with Jimmy Ripp in place of Richard Lloyd; a very iconic and influential band. They were the ones who found CBGB's and convinced owner Hilly Krystal to let them play there; everybody else followed them.
I'm surprised no one mentioned these guys(as far as I can tell)...primal proto-metal...
Then there's Pentagram, a long twisted tale..
Then there's Pentagram, a long twisted tale..
