The nostalgia is killing me!
And the resurrected, long-dormant roar in my ears almost made me cry!
(Oup. No. That's just tinnitus.
)
Forgot about a few from that Rumble list--the bands that didn't emit much from beyond our insulated northeastern circle, but just as awesome. (How could I forget these?!)
Third Rail, Unnatural Axe, Pastiche, The Sex Execs, The Schemers, Judy's Tiny Head, Dumptruck, Rash of Stabbings, Adventure Set, Bim Skala Bim, Heretix, Blake Babies, Uncle Betty (I had one of their t-shirts until recently!), Dambuilders, and Digney Fignus and their girl with the curious hand! (Somebody ought to compile one of those one-hit-wonders discs, Boston-style, if one doesn't already exist.)
Remember these guys?
New Man
Ball & Pivot
Nope. Sorry.
Excellent! My copy of Tribe's Abort LP is signed by all five members. Somewhere there's a tape of a radio interview I did with them. (Am I being that guy, statler? If so, sorry.)
Be that guy. Keep them alive!
I used to drag people off to Tribe's shows. I thought they had IT.
Frequently, I still play their EP and first major label release and it always elicits a 'who is this?' every time I play it when the unenlightened are in the room, who then always ask for a copy. Tribe's mistake was going all moody and losing what was left of their thumping tom-tom party undercurrent on their follow-up release. Pity.
Do you recall?
Bullet LaVolta
The Bags
Sleep Chamber (basically the house band at Man Ray)
Hell, yeah! on Bullet LaVolta.
However, The Bags that I knew were out of LA.
There was a house band at Man Ray?
Was I always that fockered when I was there that I didn't know it had live music? Heheheh
Absolutely!
Providence may trump Boston: it's the birthplace of the
Talking Heads.
Then you must include The Mundanes... you know who was in that band... right?
And Rubber Rodeo, the Detectives ... okay I'll stop.
I'm burning out my own memory network now.
statler said:
Somehow the Dresden Dolls got left out of this discussion.
This neo-cabaret thing will probably go the same way as the neo-swing movement of the late nineties, but there is no denying that the Dolls are at the forefront. For better or worse.
Check out Rick Berlin as well as his associated bands--Orchestra Luna, Berlin Airlift, The Movie
Also forgot to mention earlier: Birdsongs of the Mesozoic, and ... one other I am blanking on.
