DannySnyder
Joined: Mar 02, 2006
Posts: 11016
Berkeley, CA
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Posted on Sep 26 2013 12:51 AM
My shortlived punk band in 1985 - God's Third Leg.
— Danny Snyder
"With great reverb comes great responsibility" - Uncle Leo
Playing keys and guitar with Combo Tezeta
Formerly a guitarist in The TomorrowMen and Meshugga Beach Party
Latest surf project - Now That's What I Call SURF
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Matt22
Joined: Feb 15, 2007
Posts: 2813
Fredericksburg, Virginia
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Posted on Sep 26 2013 05:48 AM
DannySnyder wrote:
My shortlived punk band in 1985 - God's Third Leg.
The band was hung?
I was in a mod band right after I got out of the army and we tried to sound British and somehow came up with the stupid name:
"Screamin' Davy Rodriguez and the Westingham Express"
Our goal was to play "Go, Scoot Go!" in the Bay area with the likes of the Crawdaddies (Driving Wheels, and other incarnations) and the Event.
— Matt "tha Kat" Lentz
Skippy and the Skipjacks: 2018-
Skippyandtheskipjacks.net
https://www.facebook.com/skippyandtheskipjacks
Otto and the Ottomans: 2014-2015
The Coconauts surf band: 2009-2014
www.theamazingcoconauts.com
Group Captain and the Mandrakes 2013
http://www.gcmband.com/
The Surfside IV: 2002-2005, 2008-2009
the Del-Vamps: 1992-1999, 2006-2007
http://www.dblcrown.com/delvamps.html
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Noel
Joined: Mar 15, 2011
Posts: 8528
Back in Piitsburgh, Pennsylvania, where I grew up.
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Posted on Sep 26 2013 08:39 AM
Matt22 wrote:
Our goal was to play "Go, Scoot Go!" in the Bay area with the likes of the Crawdaddies (Driving Wheels, and other incarnations) and the Event.
So, did you?
— This is Noel. Reverb's at maximum an' I'm givin' 'er all she's got.
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Matt22
Joined: Feb 15, 2007
Posts: 2813
Fredericksburg, Virginia
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Posted on Sep 26 2013 08:59 AM
No, we didn't last but a few months. The drummer's house burned down in early 1991 and we ceased to exist after that. Luckily he didn't lose his drums, but we lost our practice space.
3 of us went to Go Scoot Go in 1990 and were just amazed at the bands that had played. Xan McCurdy and Bart Davenport were there, but that was before they formed the Loved Ones, which was a pretty amazing 60s-style blues band that almost hit it big. Xan later went on to join the band "Cake." He was one of the best guitarists I'd seen live at that time. He was playing in the Driving Wheels at Go Scoot Go and Ron from the Cradaddys was playing drums and singing. That band blew me away!
— Matt "tha Kat" Lentz
Skippy and the Skipjacks: 2018-
Skippyandtheskipjacks.net
https://www.facebook.com/skippyandtheskipjacks
Otto and the Ottomans: 2014-2015
The Coconauts surf band: 2009-2014
www.theamazingcoconauts.com
Group Captain and the Mandrakes 2013
http://www.gcmband.com/
The Surfside IV: 2002-2005, 2008-2009
the Del-Vamps: 1992-1999, 2006-2007
http://www.dblcrown.com/delvamps.html
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Surf_Skater
Joined: Sep 06, 2012
Posts: 1289
Lawrenceville , GA
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Posted on Sep 26 2013 10:50 AM
PolloGuitar wrote:
Surf_Skater wrote:
Jehovah's Sickness mid eighties punk/oi band from Tampa Bay Florida
Were you in Tampa at that time? I remember that band.
Yes, I lived there for a while. I went by the name "Tattoo" and regularly skated the Bro Bowl. Vince and John from the band were good friends. John went on to play drums for Helmet and last I heard was playing with Mike Patton in Tomahawk. Some great shows at the Cuban Club during that time.
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RobC
Joined: Oct 11, 2010
Posts: 152
Bainbridge Island, Washington
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Posted on Sep 26 2013 02:12 PM
I shit you not- I was in a band called Max Pad and the Sanitary Napkins.
circa 1990-1991.
I was Max.
It was mercifully short lived and we never made it out of the practice space
Our influences were Metallica, Robert Johnson and Devo. Some things just don't mix.
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Squid
Joined: Aug 22, 2010
Posts: 1013
Portland, Oregon with Insanitizers
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Posted on May 02 2014 11:45 AM
Short and focused: The Schytts.
Unlike the extreme obscurity of the bands mentioned above, The Schytts have a long history of hit songs:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schytts#Svensktoppen_songs
They also have a noted bad promo photo:
http://www.ugo.com/web-culture/schytts
— Insanitizers! http://www.insanitizers.com
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JObeast
Joined: Jul 24, 2012
Posts: 2762
Finknabad, Squinkistan
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Posted on May 02 2014 12:10 PM
Friends of mine with whom I played since high school as the Shooters Bible, we're invited to participate in a talent show at Hard Rock Cafe on Van Ness in San Francisco, ca. 1989. We amassed a large 'orchestra' of largely non-musician friends with various acoustic instruments such as steel radiators hammered with copper pipes, and performed as "Holiday Death Toll", holding forth loudly for an extended moment (halting the flow of time at the Hard Rock) until they figured out it was a joke on them and they shut off the PA.
— Squink Out!
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arny
Joined: Aug 22, 2010
Posts: 608
Netherlands, Europe
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Posted on May 02 2014 12:21 PM
One of my first bands in the early 80's was called Boikots, wich was changed to BoyKotz and finaly Kotz (Kots = dutch for vomit). We played a mixture of noiserock (sonic youth) and hardcore (black flag) with some funk (Defunkt) influences. During our first gig I had to ask someone in the audience to tune my guitar, didn't know how to do it
Although tuning didn't even matter, during the first song I usually put a screwdriver between the strings and neck and used it as a sort of tremelo to make noise...
— www.alohasluts.com
Aloha Sluts on BandCamp
www.arnyzona.com (my photography)
Aloha Fest on facebook
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Wombat
Joined: Oct 13, 2011
Posts: 251
Byron Bay, Australia
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Posted on May 02 2014 04:49 PM
Local 'indi' band was named
SONS OF LEE MARVIN
— 'Surf Music Lasts Forever'
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Old_Tele_man
Joined: May 01, 2014
Posts: 76
Tucson, AZ
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Posted on May 02 2014 05:51 PM
Only one (local) baddie was: "Clyde Carburetor & the Four Barrels"...would you believe a 'wanna-be' surf band from Yuma, Arizona, in the middle of the sand dunes?
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vintagesurfdude
Joined: Nov 28, 2011
Posts: 795
Prescott Valley, AZ
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Posted on May 03 2014 01:51 AM
Had a short lived band in '69 in Biloxi MS. We had differing opinions on names so we combined them and ended up being: "Hard Thymes with the King George Rock and Soul Band" which BTW won't fit on a kick drum head.....
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Hammond101
Joined: Feb 22, 2013
Posts: 342
SoCal USA
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Posted on May 29 2014 12:52 AM
No one mentioned the "Cunning Stunts".
— Keep it Drippy Brothers and Sisters!
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mom_surfing
Joined: Feb 27, 2006
Posts: 5270
the outer banks of north carolina
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Posted on May 29 2014 06:47 AM
and then there was the group i played with last summer.......'lady j and the jives'. thank goodness i was not in on naming this band. and, what the hell is a jive?
— www.surfintheeye.com
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Noel
Joined: Mar 15, 2011
Posts: 8528
Back in Piitsburgh, Pennsylvania, where I grew up.
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Posted on May 29 2014 08:24 AM
mom_surfing wrote:
and then there was the group i played with last summer.......'lady j and the jives'. thank goodness i was not in on naming this band. and, what the hell is a jive?
The Jive is a fast dance. It's changed from a Glenn Miller Swing in the forties to R&B/Soul in the sixties, and now it's in the Latin category in Ballroom competition. Jive is also slang for misleading someone you don't respect.
You didn't really want an answer to this, did you?
— This is Noel. Reverb's at maximum an' I'm givin' 'er all she's got.
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DannySnyder
Joined: Mar 02, 2006
Posts: 11016
Berkeley, CA
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Posted on May 29 2014 09:28 AM
Walking my dog this morning I saw a poster for the big Oakland music fest - Burger Boogaloo (which in and of itself is rather ridiculous) and there is a band on the bill called "Personal and the Pizzas"
— Danny Snyder
"With great reverb comes great responsibility" - Uncle Leo
Playing keys and guitar with Combo Tezeta
Formerly a guitarist in The TomorrowMen and Meshugga Beach Party
Latest surf project - Now That's What I Call SURF
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WhorehayRFB
Joined: Jun 12, 2008
Posts: 3331
Huntington Beach, CA
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Posted on May 29 2014 11:11 AM
PolloGuitar wrote:
surferXmatt
term for a Quaalude.
Any surf band need a name? How about <B>"The Aquaaludes"</B>?
That is impressive. I'd pay to see that band.
— Radio Free Bakersfield--60 Minutes of TWANG, CRUNCH, OOMPH.
http://radiofreebakersfield.com
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Radio-Free-Bakersfield/172410279636
http://www.sandiegojoe.com/rfb.htm
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WhorehayRFB
Joined: Jun 12, 2008
Posts: 3331
Huntington Beach, CA
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Posted on May 29 2014 11:20 AM
WaveOhhh wrote:
Elvis Hitler and the Nashville Nazis
I recall Elvis Hitler but not the Nashville Nazis part. I also recall being turned off by the name. That fine line between stupid & clever, you know.
— Radio Free Bakersfield--60 Minutes of TWANG, CRUNCH, OOMPH.
http://radiofreebakersfield.com
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Radio-Free-Bakersfield/172410279636
http://www.sandiegojoe.com/rfb.htm
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acidjoker
Joined: Mar 28, 2013
Posts: 61
Århus
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Posted on May 29 2014 02:41 PM
Almost started a band together with a coworker with the name "wizards knobs & pineapple logs" project died right out of the starting gate. No surprises there....
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dp
Joined: Feb 26, 2006
Posts: 3546
mojave desert, california
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Posted on May 29 2014 02:58 PM
Here in the Mojave Desert from 1979 to the early 1990s, I was part of several badly-named punk-garage-type outfits:
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1979-1980: our sophomoric (grade 8/9) effort "Patty, Linda and the Beavers" (aka "PLB") was a four piece ad-hoc punk thing that was simply horrible. No one in the group could tune or play their instrument. Sounded a lot like Neil Young meets Wire meets U2 and they all get wasted and pass out with amplifiers screeching. We were named after "Patty and Linda's Hallmark Card Shop" and of course, we named the other guys in our band "The Beavers".
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1982-1983: "Hermaphrodites from Hell" (HFH) , this was one of the greatest bands ever formed on planet Earth. We played cover versions of Johnny Cash, Hank Williams, Neil Young and ZZTop mixed in with our own original country punk screaming guitars and vocals. We played one paying set at the local Cowboy Bar,and nearly got murdered in the parking lot afterward by boot wearing diesel driving cowfolk. The "real" cowboys in our town didn't appreciate our avante guard approach to the classic repetoire.
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1980s : there was this horrible terrible band named "CDM" that I cannot even describe. The names behind the acronym was the epitome of disgusting. Mainly spent our time playing drunken back yard pool parties and college gigs. Non-stop punk rock Louie Louie. I wish I could tell you what "CDM" stands for... well, it's how motorcycle folks earn their "red wings"...
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1990: "The Pagan Dogs" punk poetry jazz combo. Several bad gigs and a lively recording session for this awfully named trio. "Ace Freehley's Ghost" was our major hit in High Desert music circles.
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