Hey, did someone mention these guys here awhile ago? I got a great treat when I went into NYC last night to see some friends play. I got there terribly early to help set up and started chatting up this mellow dude at the bar. Turns out he's Steve Dalton, the former drummer of Holly and the Italians. We talked New Wave for over an hour, and he was seemed pleased that their names had come up on our board.
He had quite a lot of great stories about the old days - personal acquaintances like Joan Jett, Jayne (formerly Wayne) County, the X guys, Joey Ramone, Blondie, the Conrete Blond guys, recollections of some days out in LA with Rodney Bingenheimer, how the Go-Go's used to be all pissed off that they couldn't get any air time over somebody (I can't remember who - I was getting pretty buzzed), etc. He also ran off a huge list of remembrances of concerts he caught in LA, NYC, and London - big Plimsouls fan it turns out which made him cool in my book. I wish I had the senses to remember more - it would have made a nice formal interview.
Just thought I'd share - it was a blast!
PS. He can't freakin stand REM!!! [^]