80's New England Bands

[SomebodySomewhere]

Lynn LaPrad released this 7" white-vinyl single in 1981 -- the second release on Bosstown Records. The A-side, "Play with Boys," is a nice '60s girl group pastiche.


[b]Lynn LaPrad - Play with Boys[/b]
http://www.sendspace.com/file/h2t5by

[b]Lynn LaPrad - Need No Help[/b]
http://www.sendspace.com/file/tcyhr6

[SomebodySomewhere]

Earthy Somerville band Pat on the Back released the "Year of the Baby" EP (Gift Horse, 1987 - released early 1988), which featured this forgotten nugget.

Frontman David Michael Jahn went on to record other albums as Glampire. I no longer remember his backing musicians' surnames -- they were apparently too embarrassed to have them listed on the record.


[b]Pat on the Back - Grow[/b]
http://www.sendspace.com/file/20xqnt


Pat on the Back
David Michael Jahn - lead vocals, guitar
Chris - alto and tenor saxophone
Alec - drums

[gopherindian]

Somebody......

Great job on the posts. I think I now have enough music to cover about 3 or 4 months worth of my commuting from Concord to Nashua. I was glad to see Rash of Stabbings. I remember them playing JR's Fast Lane back in the day. Want to send a huge thanks to you, Randy, Boston Rocker, and everyone else who put up all the old local stuff over the course of 2009.

A band I used to see at the RAT every now and then....The Dogmatics. I know we can't post their music, as it's still available for purchase at Amazon and iTunes. However....I did stumble across a website that gives a brief history of them, as well as 3 songs available for download (Sister Serena, Gimmee The Shakes, and Christmas Time Sure Don't Feel Like).

http://redsox1918.tripod.com/dogmatic.html

Have a great 2010!!!!!!!

[tileboy]

[quote][i]Originally posted by SomebodySomewhere[/i]
<br>I hope you're not going to ask me to do The Neighborhoods. Wasn't a big fan, sorry!

I have the "Best Friends" 45 myself. Somewhere. Not sure where it is right now. I think I have 1 or 2 other 45s of theirs. (I have about 50,000 45s I need to alphabetize one of these days.) But "Best Friends" was definitely their best song.


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I won't ask you to do that, I have a bunch of Neighborhoods stuff. I was a huge fan of theirs in their punk hey day. In the late 80's early 90's they kind of morphed into a hard rock sound which didn't do too much for me.


Wow! Haven't heard that Limbo Race song since BCN played it or playing it as a college DJ. The cobwebs of the mind are clearing up with some of these songs , Thks again.

[gopherindian]

[quote][i]Originally posted by SomebodySomewhere[/i]
<br>Is there anyone here who doesn't know who The Fools are? After nearly 35 years together, you all better! They've had, like, 147 CDs (actually, I think it's , none of which have included their debut 7" single, "She Looks Alright in the Dark." That ode to ugly yet perfectly bangable chicks everywhere (b/w "Crash Boom Bang" - Castle Music Productions, 1978) would have fit right at home alongside their EMI albums, but remains confined to that limited self-release.

After being let go by EMI (I guess that was their reward for a pair of Billboard Top 200 albums and a pair of Hot 100 hit singles), they put out the hard-to-find "Hook in You" b/w "Out of My Head" 7" (Johnny Apollo, 1982) -- a 45 so meticulously-done, the title on the label of the "A" side was misspelled on most of the copies as "Hooking You" before being rubber stamped over with the correct title. Although the single's artwork and its B-side were carried over to the U.K.-only EP, "Out of My Head" (Invasion, 1983), the A-side was not. (Justifiably, I suppose. The B-side is the better tune.) "Colleen" is a fine track on "Out of My Head."

The Fools' EMI albums were released earlier this year on a CD 2-fer. Given the somewhat-ridiculous retail price and the totally-ridiculous omission of 1 track, I have no idea why anyone would want it. To buy reasonably-priced Fools CDs that are worth buying, head over to their website at www.thefools-band.com and visit the store. You can also get some of their music at iTunes.



[b]The Fools - She Looks Alright in the Dark[/b]
http://www.sendspace.com/file/46s9us

[b]The Fools - Hook in You[/b]
http://www.sendspace.com/file/3iwrim

[b]The Fools - Out of My Head[/b]
http://www.sendspace.com/file/051zmm

[b]The Fools - Colleen[/b]
http://www.sendspace.com/file/y5b030



The Fools
Mike Girard - lead vocals
Richie Bartlett - guitar, guitar synth, vocals
Stacey Pedrick - guitar (Castle Music/EMI years)
Doug Forman - bass, vocals (Castle Music/EMI/Invasion years)
Joe Holaday - bass, keyboards, vocals (PVC years)
Chris Pedrick - drums (Castle Music/EMI years)
Leo Black - drums, vocals (Invasion/PVC years)
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Did the Fools ever release their version of Johnny Rivers' Secret Agent Man? I've seen them perform it a few times (Boston, Quincy, Scituate)...but don't see it on any of their releases at their website. I'm noticing a few other songs missing that I know were available back in the day (Plumbing On My Mind; I Love Your T**t$; She's My Grandma, She's My Mother, She's My Wife; Trouble In The Henhouse), just to name a few.

[randy]

Great to see the Hi-Beams post. My copies were never in the best shape. Huge thanks!!! Anyone still local--there are still several copies of the vinyl 2 disc City History set at Lukse Record Exchange in Pawtucket.

Somebody--Any chance you have Rash's "I Kill With Warning"?

GREAT posts by the way!!

[SomebodySomewhere]

Man, this thread is on fire. 10,000 views. We're blowing this mutha up. (Oh, "Mutha." The Dream, right? Before CBS paid them off to change their name so they could have exclusive rights for that John Stamos-Jami Gertz MTVesque show they shitcanned after all of 4 whole weeks? A show that wasn't even called "The Dream"?!)

[quote][i]Originally posted by randy[/i]
<br>Somebody--Any chance you have Rash's "I Kill With Warning"?[/b][/quote]


Yeah, also transferred to mp3 by the same guy who did "Live in Shadows."


[b]Rash of Stabbings - I Kill with Warning[/b]
http://www.sendspace.com/file/laa4yu


Was that their only released track with Carlotta Christy on lead? Before whatshisface stole her away? (What did it take them, 20 years to get married? And already they're divorced.) I should probably ask my buddy. He didn't know who they were, I played "Cities Rise to Fall" (their BCN hit) for him once, and created a monster. Most of my Rash stuff is with him now because I didn't feel like hunting down another copy to give him. (He only likes the jangly later stuff with Bob Hymers on lead.)

gopher, "I Love Your Tits" is on the "World Dance Party Too" and "World Dance Party 2003" CDs. Need to check on the others. I have most of their albums and half of the singles, just don't have everything memorized (especially not when it comes to the "comedy" stuff -- I was a fan of their straight pop). "Secret Agent Man" was definitely not released. Have 3 Dogmatics tracks I can serve up (left off the CD/Amazon digital downloads), although I don't know why anyone would want to hear them.

[randy]

Years ago when I found the Outpost I was in the process of rebuilding my collection--Lets just say that someone had took off with ALL my vinyl--at the time about 1000 lps and about 600 45's--many of which were local in flavor. The Outpost has gotten me to the point in which I think I have "gotten back" almost all of my lost gems--(not to mention many many gems I never knew of)---the few gems that remain are all local in flavor ( I think--although there are a few non-local tunes I am sure I still need if I gave it further thought )

Rash' I Kill With Warning was always my favorite tune by them. Cities Rise To Fall WAS a great song though from their Shell Shocked lp which I was been able to get again.

Thanks Somebody!!

[randy]

When I started this thread I wanted to just share some of the locals I grew up with and hoped to find others with the same interest--which has happened--and everyone benefits. It would be great if some other areas of the country with great locals started threads of their own for their areas.(hint hint) Share those unknown classics-those that maybe only had one 45!!!![:D] Southeast? Lakes region? Alaska? Anyone?

[SomebodySomewhere]

If somebody ever took off with my collection, I would probably kill myself without warning. Mind you, the fucking thing takes up the better part of 5 rooms, so... they're not going to run off with the entire thing without a lot of help and a couple days to kill.

I'll probably be at this until next December, so by the time I'm done, I figure every single Boston new wave band who ever existed will be represented. Okay, not hardly, but I'll get all the big ones. Along with my favorite little ones.

[SomebodySomewhere]

Chain Link Fence were linked to the Throbbing Lobster label. In fact, you could say they were chained to it. They had a cut on each of the first two Lobster releases, followed by a pair of EPs, and when the label folded, they went with it. The Boston trio turned quartet led by Billy Barrett (guess whose brother) had a new drummer seemingly every time they went back in the studio. They were fairly garage with "The Happening" on the "Nobody Gets on the Guest List" (Throbbing Lobster, 1984) compilation, went post-punk on the first EP, "Fireworks" (Throbbing Lobster, 1985) and then morphed into jangle-pop (taking a page from Rash of Stabbings apparently) on the last EP, "Positive" (Throbbing Lobster, 1986). The patchy "Fireworks" 'generated' a good track in "Generate," while "Positive" was positively-terrific from start to finish and earned rave local reviews as Boston's "most-improved band." "Positive's" highlight, "Goodbye Game," made for a perfect goodbye.


[b]Chain Link Fence - Generate[/b]
http://www.sendspace.com/file/cn66i3

[b]Chain Link Fence - Goodbye Game[/b]
http://www.sendspace.com/file/xdbgh2


Chain Link Fence
Billy Barrett - lead vocals, bass
Prescott Cronin - guitar, backing vocals
Kip Boardman - bass, keyboards, piano, backing vocals
Tom Shutt - drums (1984)
Lawrence Sperry - drums (1985)
Adam Mujica - drums, percussion (1986)

[SomebodySomewhere]

I have no idea who these guys were, when their record came out, or even what some of their real names are, but here's one side of a 7" by Cambridge quintet Dutch Courage. The single (which I think I got in a thrift store in the late '80s because I liked the picture sleeve art) was released by Varulven and has no date -- or even a copyright. So feel free to steal it! No designated "A" and "B" sides but "Imagine My Surprise" is listed on top of the PS, so I imagine that one was meant to be the "A" side. It's a fucking trainwreck. However, the other side, "Let's Go to the Movies," is phenomenal power pop in the Raspberries vein. The tracks were written and produced by Tim Horrigan and Paul G. O'Malley. Perhaps those are the real names of the guys using obvious pseudonyms. Or not!


[b]Dutch Courage - Let's Go to the Movies[/b]
http://www.sendspace.com/file/ji9byd


Dutch Courage
Biff Hooper - vocals
Buck Young - keyboards, vocals
Rex Amour - guitar
Randy Swain - bass, vocals
Dean "Dino" Glines - percussion, vocals

[doctort13]

Thanks for all the music and memories! I grew up in Andover, MA listening to many of these bands in the early 80's on WBCN, Y-102 (pre-WFNX WLYN-FM), and WERS plus many other college stations.

I had most of the tunes that have been posted on vinyl, or tape, and regretfully sold most of it ages ago.

Just after graduation in '82 I published a music zine called "The Pulp for Pop People" than had interviews with The Phantoms, Drezniak, and The Gluons to mention a few. I never thought I would say this, those were the days! I should dig them out for a chuckle some day.

Here are a few requests from back then:
Bam Bam, Pastiche, Adventure Set, Science Friction

Regarding O-Positive, keeping in mind that I have not listened to them in about 20+ years so I am working only from my memories of seeing them a few times live, they were a fun live Brit-inspired pop act who seemed to draw many college girls. I agree that the Boston media all drooled buckets of praise for them, while ignoring many talented bands. Oh well, it's history now.

Thanks again for posting the tunes,

BOSTON ROCKS!

[SomebodySomewhere]

Hey, doctor. I have 3 Pastiche singles, a few compilation tracks (from the "Wicked Good Time" series) and the CD they put out recently, though the latter's still available. Which are your favorites?

Adventure Set's EP I have somewhere. Hasn't turned up yet, though. I wanted to post "Blue Is For Boys."

I think I vaguely remember Bam Bam (Afro-Cuban dance band right?) but I'm pretty sure I don't own anything of theirs. Science Friction I don't remember at all. The name doesn't even ring a bell.

[tileboy]

[quote][i]Originally posted by doctort13[/i]
<br>Thanks for all the music and memories! I grew up in Andover, MA listening to many of these bands in the early 80's on WBCN, Y-102 (pre-WFNX WLYN-FM), and WERS plus many other college stations.

I had most of the tunes that have been posted on vinyl, or tape, and regretfully sold most of it ages ago.

Just after graduation in '82 I published a music zine called "The Pulp for Pop People" than had interviews with The Phantoms, Drezniak, and The Gluons to mention a few. I never thought I would say this, those were the days! I should dig them out for a chuckle some day.

Here are a few requests from back then:
Bam Bam, Pastiche, Adventure Set, Science Friction

Regarding O-Positive, keeping in mind that I have not listened to them in about 20+ years so I am working only from my memories of seeing them a few times live, they were a fun live Brit-inspired pop act who seemed to draw many college girls. I agree that the Boston media all drooled buckets of praise for them, while ignoring many talented bands. Oh well, it's history now.

Thanks again for posting the tunes,

BOSTON ROCKS!


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I just saw O-Positve at this event Thursday night. They were unreal and the cream of the crop that night.
http://www.newenglandfilm.com/node/31661

Somebody. Do you you have anything from The Vinny band. I liked a song of theirs that was on a compilation. I think the name of the song was called "The Tube" it may have been a surf style instrumental.