The Vectors

VINYL RIP (7" ep)

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The Best and loudest S.F. punk Band in the '90s.
(Not to be confused with the older band "The Vectors").

Saw them a bunch, played with them a few times and along with bands like the Idiots and the Loudmouths were friends in the local "music scene". My band started covering their song "San Francisco" years later, but we never did it justice.
And the band today? Dave moved to New Orleans and ODd. Tim - I heard - moved to Memphis and became a Baptist preacher. No idea where Ben is, and I ran into Vinnie in L.A. and he's doing well and playing music. This here is a 4 song 7" ep, but the songs on side A go right into one another, so I left it as one 4 minuteish track. Enjoy!

Rockin' The Floorboards

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Big Balls and the Great White Idiot

VINYL RIP

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I got this bootleg (my xerox cover not pictured) at the Sound Exchange in Austin. I think the same day this guy's band played there and knocked down the entire CD display racks he was singing on top of.
BBATGWI formed in 1975, being Germany's first punk band. They remind me a bit of the Kids, and have a great, gritty old school KBD kinda sound. According to Wikipedia, 2 of them got arrested days before a 2001 reunion tour smuggling a couple tons of hash off the
coast of France. One of 'em had to be the 3rd guy from the left. He looks like the guy who gave me PCP in high school.
A long time ago I mentioned these guys on a garage rock message board and Greg Shaw emailed me that he loved them and was stoked someone else loved them too. that was the only time I ever talked to Greg Shaw (RIP).
I think these are the MP3s I ripped from my boot several years ago, but perhaps I got these later from somewhere else. Either way, turn this shit up and have a Schlitz!

Anarchy in Germany

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Some VIDEOS I filmed

Here are some shows I filmed. I uploaded bits to youtube.
Check out my video channel for more. Gonna upload a bunch of new stuff in a couple weeks. I used to film everything I went to just about...
Videos are High Quality if you hit the HQ button!

Unwound @ Jaberjaw

Kyuss @ Slant 6

Tight Bros From Way Back When @ Bottom of the Hill

Nik Turner's Space Ritual (Hawkwind)

Zoogz Rift @ Mr. T's Bowl (we drove down for his last show)

Oiler

VINYL RIP (7")

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One of my favorite "noisy" punk bands of the early '90s was L.A.'s Oiler. There was a time when I could tell you the names of the people in the band, but it's been too long. Aside from this 7", they did splits with Rig and Bokomono...not sure what else they put out. They were really cool live, and the female singer used to bang on an oil drum while singing. Oiler was also one of the few L.A. bands brave enough to come down to Palm Springs for a show playing at "J.B.'s Thirsty Bull" when I was 20 years old. Actually I think Dave Gomez from "Left Insane" may have been in this band.
I like side 2 better than the A side, so if you like stuff like Pain Teens and Distorted Pony, give it all a listen!

Surrogate Spike

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The Crums

VINYL RIP (7")

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Larry May from the Candy Snatchers sings vocals on these four songs -the last tune actually being the Candy Snatchers' "Haunted Road". Larry is still doing stuff with these guys as well as playing in "Born Loose" in NY, singing for another band in Long Beach, and God knows what else.

The first track on each side were of my favorite Punk/Rock 'n' Roll songs of the late '90s, so give 'er a download!

Ain't Got Shit

Orson Welles

VINYL RIP (12" EP)

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When I was a kid my mom "forced" me to watch classic films(after she walked in on me watching the severed penis throwing scene in "Street Trash"). I protested, but it was pretty great actually. I had seen The Third Man already, but I soon saw The Trial, A Touch of Evil, The Stranger, Lady From Shanghai, and several years later, without my mom's insistence, F For Fake and Mr. Arkadin. All
fan-fucking-tastic.
That said, no one knew how to cash a paycheck in later years like Mr. Orson Welles. From hosting and narrating cheezy specials, to radio advertising (his rant on Celebrities at Their Worst is a classic), Welles' genius had either dried up, or no one dared to lose money funding his "vision".
A curious addition to all this is his blissfully short "musical career". Side A of this record is very Shatner-like, while side B doesn't seem to feature him at ALL. Bloated pretentious idiot? Genius? Don't let this shit sandwich hinder your judgment, the guy had to eat (a LOT) after all!

F For Failure

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Meco

VINYL RIP

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Disco Sucks!
When I was a kid, my coke-head psychopath of a step-uncle was a head honcho over at Casablanca records so I got all my KISS records for free (promos that more often than not wouldn't include the inserts, but beggars can't be choosers). One Christmas I told him the LPs I wanted and when the package came from Casablanca, they had filled it with Meco records! I never forgave Meco for that. Also I remember having a "disco sucks" iron-on shirt with an arrow going through John Travolta's head so a box of disco was nothing I'd ever want -even if the airbrushed covers looked cool.
A long time back I began to listen to a bit of disco for nostalgia and for laughs, so I picked up this old LP. It's SO good/bad I don't know where to begin. Most of you know Meco for his disco version of Star Wars, but this Wizard of Oz LP is the real prize. It's bizarre and often hilarious. The songs go into one another, so there is just a side A and B files. More info on Meco is here.

Ding-Dong The Disco's Dead

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