THE GAIN
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first of all, the only reason I went to
were really good-not any of that emo-
OK The Gain last Saturday night tional, I'm bummed out' shit-just lots of
was because Jack told me that Ricky Schroed-
er of "Silver Spoons" fame was the drummer
in the band. Shit, I can't miss this for nothin', I
thought as I rustled up the six bucks it cost to
get in. Memories of the "Silver Spoons"
episode where Ricky wears wraparound sun-
glasses and attempts to dine 'n' ditch to
impress his new punker friends came rushing
into my mind as I quickly locked up the house.
Bounding out the door, I wondered if maybe
any other childhood stars such as Gary Cole-
man, or red-headed Danny Cooksie of "Dif-
f'rent Strokes" fame would be there. To say
the very least, I was slightly more than extra
excited as we jumped in the car and sped off
towards Hollywood and the Café Bleu.
Won't you imagine, then, my utter dismay
when at 9:00 pm The Gain jumped up on
stage and there was no Ricky amongst
them! I turned to punch Jack the liar in the
Carm as hard as I could, but as I did, The Gain
fuckin' exploded off the stage in a frenzy
of very loud power-pop craziness. They
THE
GAIN
Again, and Steve (the guitarist) used to
play a zebra-striped guitar with a scalloped
neck for faster licks. They used to dress
more like me, you know, hairspray and
spandex, biker boots..." Giggling under his
breath, Jack asked him who they sounded
like back in those days. He replied, "Oh
man, they were kind of like a combination
of like Warrant and Steve Vai, you know,
real fuckin' rippin' stuff." Upon hearing
this, I didn't laugh out loud like Jack did,
but I did just about fall off my barstool. By
now the glam guy was confused, so I quick-
ly remedied the situation by asking if he
raw energy and goofiness mixed in with a
bunch of metal-inspired guitar licks and
such. As if this weren't enough, by the time
they finished I figured out that the drum-
mer, though he was no Ricky Schroeder,
indeed used to be a member of the "Silver
Spoons" cast! He's the blond-haired and
four-eyed kid who came over to Ricky's
house with Alfonso to play Tempest and
stuff. I think his name was Freddie on the
show. Needless to say, I was ecstatic upon
coming to this realization, so much so that
I rushed over to the bar and began to cele-had any tapes of Then Again that he could
brate heavily. As I explained to Jack how
much I loved The Gain and how indebted I
was to him for bringing me along, this
poofy-haired, glam-rock guy sitting next to
me broke in and said: "Man, all I can say is
that you should have seen 'em back in '92
when they were seriously rockin', man."
Confused, I asked him what he meant by
that, and he continued: "Man, back in
those days they used to be called Then
hook me up with. He replied, "Sure, man,
give me your address and I'll send you a
copy of a tape I've got. I'll even put some
of my band's new stuff on there too!"
"OK," I said, as I wrote my PO box number
on a bar napkin, thus beginning my jour-
ney into the fascinating LA glam-rock
scene. Accordingly, look for my scoop on
White Lion next month; or wait a minute,
was it Whitesnake?
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