Local/Live Music During the Age of New Wave

[Ollie Stench]

[quote][i]Originally posted by WolverineSyr[/i]
<br>Hey hexicon, did the Heats release any lps or singles? Sounds like they're right up

[KYYX4ever]

It is very cool reading your guys' recollections, and who made it big amongst the groups you've seen!

Seattle was an amazing fertile ground of a scene with lots of energy and fun. There were thousands of bands, it seemed like. Ok, maybe hundreds. Someo

[WolverineSyr]

It was great reading your post Andrewkstone. I moved to Boston in 1985 and I missed some great bands. I really got into November Group, they had just released an album on A&M (I think.) I did get to see the Del Fuegos a couple of times.

I didn't rea

[waukena]

[quote][i]Originally posted by randy[/i]
<br>Among my favorites(and Im sure to leave some out by mistake) were:
Blind Dates
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[andrewkstone]

WolverineSyr,

Glad you enjoy my reminiscing. After posting, I took a work break and went to my now-local coffeehouse (unfortunately a Starbucks, not a cool indie where tracy Chapman might have played). I was thinking about other Boston bands I forgot

[2Nu]

[quote][i]Originally posted by WolverineSyr[/i]
<br>I lived with 3 women at the time, all of whom ran with a bunch of other women who were

[fritzb]

We had a pretty vibrant scene in my neck of the woods (Delaware). We had all of the up and coming Philly bands. Some bands you know, like The Hooters, Robert Hazard, The A's, Dead Milkmen, Pretty Poison, and Tommy Conwell; some you probably don't know l

[randy]

See--I forgot November Group--always liked their tune "We Dance"
Another band I forgot to mention was Boys Life. "Heroes of the Dead" was alway a classic.

[WolverineSyr]

[quote][i]Originally posted by 2Nu[/i]
<br>[quote][i]Originally posted by WolverineSyr[/i]
<br>My wife was a personal trainer in Long Beac

[randy]

Blind Dates were great live band. Lots of fun and energy. Got some of their stuff on vinyl--one of these days I need to get it to cd.

[geoffolehane]

Hey andrewkstone - you left out the Fools. They were pretty big in Boston then if I recall.

I went down to the Paradise to see Ivy a couple weeks ago. That place hasn't changed much since I was last there in the mid-80's.

[Horrorgrrl]

Back in the late eighties here in Indy I happened to be friends with some guys in a great band called Tin Lounge. They wrote and performed all original music which was heavily influenced by Talking Heads, Robyn Hitchcock and Elvis Costello. They were a

[patchyfogg]

If I remember correctly, Zebra moved from New Orleans to Long Island to make it big, just as The Stray Cats moved from Long Island to England to make it big.

Ollie:

If you're still in Minneapolis, check out a band called Atomic Flea. Some of my fri

[andrewkstone]

[quote]
Andrew - is Passim still around? I spent my entire 10 years in Boston working in Harvard Square, and I walked past it almost every

[andrewkstone]

[quote][i]Originally posted by fritzb[/i]

Here's a taste of the era: <a href="http://home.comcast.net/~fritzb1/LiveZombies.mp3">The Hoote