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by **randy** » Sun Mar 13, 2011 4:34 am

Always enjoyed this one from Willie Alexander. If I recall correctly he was the first winner of BCN'S rock rumble.

Love Sick Dog
http://www.zshare.net/audio/8774453733dbdbf8/

by **randy** » Sun Mar 13, 2011 4:39 am

Parallel 5th--more of a novelty type band had a hit with Carrots and Peas. I knew their original drummer Scott Seaback.

Carrots and Peas
http://www.zshare.net/audio/87744680fc70b888/

by **Pop Shivers** » Thu Mar 17, 2011 6:39 am

[quote][i]Originally posted by randy[/i]
 Always enjoyed this one from Willie Alexander. If I recall correctly he was the first winner of BCN'S rock rumble.

Love Sick Dog
http://www.zshare.net/audio/8774453733dbdbf8/
[/quote]
Thanks for the tune,[:)] always enjoyed almost all his music. If I recall correctly,[:0]the first Rumble was held in '79(?) and won by the Neighborhoods.

by **randy** » Thu Mar 17, 2011 6:42 am

You may be right--like I said--the brain going...

by **e.mcconnell** » Fri Mar 25, 2011 7:07 am

THANK YOU everyone for these posts...

by **SomebodySomewhere** » Fri Mar 25, 2011 11:41 pm

[quote][i]Originally posted by randy[/i]
 You may be right--like I said--the brain going...
[/quote]

No, you had it right. Thanks for all the new stuff -- I don't even remember half of these people!

Speaking of The Silencers, I did this one a while ago but never posted it. Tennie was doing her Lene Lovich thing on this EP. Probably my favorite cover art of any local Boston release from the '80s.

[b]Tennie Komar and the Silencers - 1985[/b]
http://www.sendspace.com/file/cmuazu

by **tileboy** » Sat Mar 26, 2011 1:16 am

[quote][i]Originally posted by Pop Shivers[/i]
 [quote][i]Originally posted by randy[/i]
 Always enjoyed this one from Willie Alexander. If I recall correctly he was the first winner of BCN'S rock rumble.

Love Sick Dog
http://www.zshare.net/audio/8774453733dbdbf8/
[/quote]
Thanks for the tune,[:)] always enjoyed almost all his music. If I recall correctly,[:0]the first Rumble was held in '79(?) and won by the Neighborhoods.
[/quote]

Against La Peste wasn't it ? I used to have a tape of the finals. I wonder if I look around hard enough I still have it.

Thanks again to Randy and Somewhere for all the music.

by **SomebodySomewhere** » Sat Mar 26, 2011 4:57 am

Primitive Romance were (like Ata Tat) Boston-based Floridian transplants. They did the WBCN Rumble in 1982 and put out a 7" single 2 years later - "The Spirit's Still There" / "Missionary Plan Failed" (Ashamed, 1984). (Apparently they released another 7" in 1981 but I've never seen it or know anyone who has. Does it even exist?) Frontman/songwriter Lester Esser clearly locked himself in a room with a box of early Cure records while writing this stuff. He even had a Robert Smithesque haircut if I remember correctly. "Spirit" was their last commercially-available release, although they had some unreleased tracks on the radio afterwards. The band split up in 1987, with half the members forming A Scanner Darkly.

[b]Primitive Romance - The Spirit's Still There[/b]
http://www.sendspace.com/file/vk9f2a

Lester Esser - lead vocals, guitar
Randall Barnwell - bass
Danny Holmes - bass (replaced Barnwell)
Allan Esser - drums

by **SomebodySomewhere** » Sat Mar 26, 2011 5:05 am

Esser soon became inspired by Sisters of Mercy, and so A Scanner Darkly was born. They had one album, "This Is the Way" (Sub Rosa, 1988), which was recorded in Boston but released on a Belgian label (and briefly available as an import). No sooner it was released than the band called it quits.

[b]A Scanner Darkly - Cigarette in the Rain[/b]
http://www.sendspace.com/file/uyxg62

Lester Esser - lead vocals, guitar
Robert Young - guitar, vocals
Randall Barnwell - bass, vocals
Terence Donahue - drums, vocals

by **SomebodySomewhere** » Sun Mar 27, 2011 3:15 am

And now for something more commercial...

David Finnerty and the Jackals released just one single -- 1980's "Hold On" / "Don't Turn Out the Light" -- but what a single it was. The second 7" release on the Deli Platters' label, after Robin Lane and the Chartbusters' "When Things Go Wrong," one wonders what Warner Bros. heard in that song and not this one. The Jackals also played the Rumble in '82.

Finnerty did make it to the majors later on -- with his next band, The Joneses -- but that's a much sadder, less listenable story entirely.

[b]David Finnerty and the Jackals - Hold On[/b]
http://www.sendspace.com/file/zjn6y6

David Finnerty - lead vocals, guitar
Tony Gilroy - guitar
Wally Jay - keyboards
Michael Walsh - bass
Jean-Do Sifantus - drums

by **SomebodySomewhere** » Mon Mar 28, 2011 10:22 am

Curious Figures were a Watertown, Massachusetts quintet. They put out a self-titled EP on their own Rugg Records in 1985. Like all the actually-good bands of the time, Boston ignored them.

[b]Curious Figures - Open Your Eyes[/b]
http://www.sendspace.com/file/h9pa5t

Lance Duncan - lead vocals, keyboards
David Griskevich - guitar, keyboards
Jim Anderson - bass, guitar, vocals
Ricky Iannuzzi - percussion
Keith Crane - drums

by **randy** » Tue Mar 29, 2011 6:08 am

Great posts SS. Sometimes it appears that all anyone cares about anymore is mixes and remixes ad nauseum.

by **UberRad Day** » Thu Mar 31, 2011 10:56 am

[quote][i]Originally posted by SomebodySomewhere[/i]
 Only a band as delightfully-twisted as The Dark could set new wave music to nursery rhymes and the sounds of dogs barking. The Boston quintet (later sextet) released 3 records their 4 years together, most of them revealing their odd fixation on The Maps'/Salem 66's Judy Grunwald. They debuted with the "You Are In No Danger" 7" EP in 1981 (which included an offer form for a custom, personalized cassette for the low, low price of $6.66. I paid $1.49 for the 7", so suffice to say, I didn't get one. But I'd like to hear the surviving copies that are out there if anyone's still got one) from which comes "Houses R Falling." The next year, they released the "Darkworld" EP (Ambiguous, 1982), which included "We Can Be Children." A year later was their third and last release, the "Don't Feed the Fashion Sharks" EP (Relativity, 1983), highlighted by my favorite track of theirs, "Fashion Sharks." They disbanded in 1984. Late addition Reeves Gabrels -- who joined the band in their death throes (just as he did with Rubber Rodeo) -- later found some success with David Bowie in Tin Machine.

[b]The Dark - Houses R Falling[/b]
http://www.sendspace.com/file/z7c7dk

[b]The Dark - We Can Be Children[/b]
http://www.sendspace.com/file/wzoadc

[b]The Dark - Fashion Sharks[/b]
http://www.sendspace.com/file/jps8yd

The Dark
Jace Wilson - lead vocals
Roger Greenawalt - guitar, vocals
Robert "Bob" Familiar - keyboards, vocals
Matthew "Matt" Gruenberg - bass, vocals
Michael Hausman - drums (1980-1982?)
Clark Goodpastor - drums (1982-1984?)
[/quote]

Greetings again!

My Bostonia Arcana compilation turned out magnificently, thanks to your generous additions of The Dark & Gluons. [8D]

I wonder if I could trouble you for "Houses R Falling"? I found a copy of this track from The Dark's single, but it was digitized & posted with several skips! It would be much appreciated.

Have an UberRad Day ;-/>

by **SomebodySomewhere** » Fri Apr 01, 2011 7:25 am

Two dudes and a token female rock photographer hooked up in Swingers Resort. Their lone 7" single, "Rockets & Rose," got a lot of airplay in Boston in 1981. (You can find it on some compilation.) "Movies" was the flip side. They also had "Hit List" on the first "Wicked Good Time" record the same year. I think those 3 tracks represent their entire released output.

[b]Swingers Resort - Movies[/b]
http://www.sendspace.com/file/sqstvr

Tim Hayes - lead vocals, guitar
B.C. Kagan - bass
Tom Bull - drums

by **SomebodySomewhere** » Fri Apr 01, 2011 7:30 am

The Dark repost...

[b]The Dark - Houses R Falling[/b]
http://www.sendspace.com/file/q6ily1

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