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"Mama We're All Crazy Now" was
especailly singalong. Things were
looking up, then the rain came down
in buckets. Blackfoot were pretty
damned good. Heaps of drums,
bags of riffs and lashings of ginger
beer. U.F.O. were almost melodical
Their set was lively with not a hint of
boredom. They also got the first en-
core, with "Doctor, Doctor," Predict
able. Meatloaf was his usual bulb-
ous, tuneful self. I quite enjoyed him
until he started shouting about how
mean he was. The Scorpions rip-
ped into their set with enough
energy to get things up to a high per-
formance state of affairs. Their use
of the crowd was terrific. Also, the
PA was turned up for them, and with
1/4 of a million watts on tap, it was L-
O-U-D. They were definitely like
able. Some dudes were so into it,
they were mud wrestling in a big cir-
cle. The Scorps appeared pissed
about the hype Deep Purple had
been getting. They left their mark,
and Purple, with a hell of a job on
their hands, but, Deep Purple lived
up to it. Keeping the crowd waiting
until 9:45 to start wasn't a wise
move. They probably wanted the
tinuously and wrecklessly. At the
Stone was some hip-hop-rockin'
and jammin' by those L.A. boys, the
Red Hot Chile Peppers. The house
was packed with babes, who were
lovin' it, especially when vocalist
Anthony took off his American Flag
mini-skirt in favor of nothing except
the foot sock off the end of his
schwantz-genitalia. The girlies were
gasping and squirming and swearin'
hard at this one...Well, it finally hap-
pened. We tried to erase it from our
past, but it came back anyway. We
tried to forget it, but we remembered
it just the same. You're probably
wondering what in the hell I'm talkin
about, well "It's the '60s man." The
spirit has come back to San Fran
cisco, in late June, in the form of a
two day concert in Golden Gate
park, featuring a bunch of the people
who used to do this same sort of
deal way back when, when you
could go to prison for the posession
of a marijuana joint. Some of the
performers included The DI-
nosaurs and Kantner, Balin, Cas-
sady, fragments of Jefferson
Airplane (Airplane Parts?) and
Starship from the past; Jack Cas-
sady, Marty Balin and Paul Kant-
ner. There was Band of Gypsies
which featured Randy Hansen on
Jimi Hendrix guitar variations, a
band called Trak, who were winners
of MTV's Basement Tapes contest.
At the end of their set, Eddie Money
came out and did two songs. Carlos
Santana came on to play with John
Lee Hooker, Translator played,
which was worth missing because
they definitely aren't a big outdoor
rock-type band and are best limited
to clubs like the I-Beam, where the
pretty people can go see them. The
gig was an effort to drum up cash
and food for the hungry, especially
those Africans we've been hearing
so much about. It was, for the most
part, an enthusiastic success and
another one is tentatively scheduled
for Sept. 22nd, at the Polo Fields in
Golden Gate Park. Bands featured
will hopefully include The Di-
nosaurs, The Grateful Dead, a
couple other big old bands and
some more contemporary, sub-level
enthusiastic energy music, Le..
semi-punk stuff. Rumor has it that
Agent Orange may be considered
and another band, who's identity is
being kept top secret up to this
point KNEBWORTH 85. AN EN-
GLISH REPORT. 6/22/85 What
makes about 60,000 hard rock fans
wait for 12 hours in the rain? The
prospect of 7 live bands going
through their paces, that's what
Add to that Deep Purple's first En-
glish gig since their reformation in
April 1984, and maybe you begin to
understand it. Tommy Vance, the
Radio One hard-rock DJ announced
the first band Alaska. The crowd
didn't like Tommy, so hundreds of
plastic beer bottles flew up on stage.
Alaska went up on stage, again the
bottles flow. Mountain, a U.S. band
were next. Better than Alaska with
good riffs and bass, but soon degen-
erated to less worthwhile tones.
Next, the Mama's Boys; The Boys
were hot. The Slade number,
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a
IGOR'S
record collection
THE TAIL GATORS
Swamp Rock
Wrestler Records, 1900Eastside,
Austin, TX 78704
The south is risin' again? Three
cats from L.A. (lower Austin) callin
themselves the Tail Gators are sha-
kin' up my speakers and rattlin' my
brain.
The current onslaught of roots
bands playin' old Chuck Berry riffs
and praisin' the "Old days," makes it
hard to separate the sincere bands
from the band-wagon jumpers.
However, the Tail Gators, in my
opinion, are playin' from the heart
Check out "Pick Up The Deck,"
They Call Me Rockin'," and "All
Night Worker for some rompin'
stompin' sounds. Lots of guitars and
drums with some fiddles and rub
boards tossed in this rock and roll
gumbo. It reportedly took two days
to record, and lots of beer.
Bethlehem, PA area. Two fanzines
you can get from there to let you
know everything that's going on are:
Freedom of Expression and A.O.C.
Freedom of Expression is 50 cents
(postage paid) and you can get it by
writing to Frank Pearr Jr., RD 1,
Box 422, Northampton, PA 18067.
A.O.C.'s address is 4467 Meadow
Drive, Nazareth, PA 18067 Some
of the bands from that area include
the Russian Meatsquats, who are
funny as well as decent musicians,
Constraint, Youthful Aggression,
Follow Fashion Monkeys, Ameri-
can Dream, The Clap, Youth
Quake and Proper Author
Ity...People are scouting around for
new places to play in Phily and
there's always the Kennel Club, but
for now it seems things won't be
happening as often as before... If
you're interested in seeing what's
going on in some New Jersey areas,
good fanzine to read would be No
Deodorant. Not only is Al (who puts
it out) in contact with bands and peo-
ple for the 'zine, but he is in a band
himself (also called No Deodorant).
and he does shows! So if you are in-
terested in playing there, hearing
about other peole who play there or
wondering, in general, what's going
on, contact Al at P.O.B. 251, Cali
fon, NJ 07830. In Lowell, Mas-
sachusetts RRR offers tapes, al-
bums and Ep's from independents;
worth checking into because the
variety is tremendous and it saves
you from having to trek all over town
for something obscure that the
neighborhood store never heard of.
RRRS address is 151 Paige St.,
Lowell, Massachusetts 01852...For
those of you who are familiar with
AHA a wacky fanzine from Kent,
Ohio, you'll be sad to hear that AHA
has put out its last issue, however a
new issue, called Avant Garage,
should be out in July/August. If it's
anything like AHA expect a package
chock full of craziness and zani-
ness. Also, they are looking for con-
tacts, contributions, submissions,
etc. So write to John Beers, c/o
Avant Garage, Suite 651, 1840
Rhodes Dr., Kent, OH 44240 As-
bestos Rockpyle have a new re-
lease out. The band (well, at least
one member) is now operating out of
California, and they have formed a
label called Warpt Records...you
can write to Warpt Records West,
P.O.B. 8945, Santa Cruz, CA
95061-8045 for information on the
new release and also if you are in-
terested in acquiring any of their pre-
vious releases (they have four re-
leases available, and also a compl-
lation tape of various artists)...86,
from Atlanta, are planning to tour
soon. Their sound is totally unique
BLACK FLAG ON TOUR Sup
porting their newest release, Black
Flag will be playing these dates, as
follows: 8-1 Springfield, IL/8-2 Col
umbia, MO 8-3 Kansas City, MO 8-4
Wichita, KS/8-6 Lawrence, KS/8-7
Lincoln, NE/8-8 Omaha, NE/8-9 Des
Moines, IA/8-10 Minneapolis, MN/B
11 Winnepeg, Man/8-12 Regina,
Sask 8-13 Saskatoon, Sask./8-14
Edmonton, Alb./8-15 Calgary, Alb/
8-17 Vancouver, B.C.8-19 Olym-
pia, WA/B-20 Seattle, WA8-21
Spokane, WA/8-22 Wala Wala, WA
8-23 Portland, OR/B-24 Eugene,
OR...NOTES FROM PHILADEL-
PHIA (And other assorted
areas)...Four bands were show
cased at a performance for Mystic
Records which might lead to a com-
pilation album. Electric Love Muf-
fin, Five Story Fall, Initial Attack
and Scram played at Sound Step
Studios to give the Mystic people a
chance to hear their sound...A good
band to keep your ears open for is
Children's Crusade. They debuted
at a benefit for the homeless a few
months ago. They make music that
is energetic, melodic and very mov
ing...Hammerhead, a three-piece
featuring Wayne Paupst-(ex Little
Gentlemen) on drums, debuted at
the Underground in Bensalem, PA
Primarily heavy metal complete
with the heavy metal "look...The
Dead Milkmen's new album is out-
look for it in stores near you It's
called Big Lizard in My Back
yard. Bunnydrums played their
first local show in a long while and
were fabulous. They added backup
vocalists and an extra guitarist for a
set that blistered its way through the
ears and mind...M-80's are looking
for a new guitarist. Chuck Treece
has left the band to continue working
on his solo project McShred. De-
control had an album release party
at the Kennel Club and performed
along with another band called
Sons of Hate... Home to a lot of
heavy action is the Allentown
a sort of heavy power industrial
music. They released a debut
album which did so well it com-
pletely sold out. Rude Buddah,
from North Carolina, are also plan-
ning to tour soon. Their album Rude
Buddah Goes to Church is com
pletely wild a blend of African, Car-
ribean, jazzy sort of punk rock. It's
an absolute must for anybody. Write
to Rude Buddah, Box 243, Route 1,
Castleton, VA 22716 and get a copy
for yourself.
KILLDOZER 85
There's No Mistaking Quality
Lucha Libra Records, P.O.B.
1841, NYC 10009
AWFUL, AWFUL, AWFUL IN-
TERESTING SHIT HERE! The tone
is a little on the high end, but still, this
comes across audibly, making you
wonder how much better some of
the songs sound live. The singer's
vocals sound like some whiskey voi-
ced, sometimes high pitched dude
singing about stuff in the late eigh-
teen hundreds, wild west type bank
robber stuff. Like in "Ballad of Jesse
Carrion." Shot that Pinkerton agent
So fast he couldn't think We cut his
guts out and filled him with rocks/To
make sure he'd sink. But my favorite
is "Home Is Where the Heart Is."
Touching singola here with a cello
ending the song.
THIS MORTAL COIL
"IT'LL END IN TEARS"
4AD RECORDS
Something different to dream
with. Peaceful rhythms of relaxing
beauty, draws you into a soothing
fantasy realm. This Mortal Coll is
made up of members from, The
Cocteau Twins, Modern English,
Dead Can Dance, X-Mal Deutsch-
land, Colourbox, Cindy Talk, &
Wolfgang Press, with which they
compose quite an interesting selec
tion of fine music. Soft and easy, the
harmonies flow with seductive
juices, using a wide variety of instru-
ments and smooth sounds. Fea-
tures the singles "Kangaroo," and
"Song to the Sirens," plus a melody
called "Holocaust" with vocals by
Howard Devoto (Magazine). Impre-
ssive with the quality to be a time-
less platter of meditating enjoyment.
Let loose of the tension and float
away with This Mortal Coil
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