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Regarding Dexter and the Flat Duo Jets...
Dexter and Crow had a deal with a big label for a while, back
around '97 or '98, but then everything fell apart after one album --
the deal and the band both collapsed. I understand that Crow refuses
even to speak with Dexter since. I could be way off base here, but
my hunch/impression is that Crow thought they'd finally hit the
bigtime, and Dex somehow blew it for them. (When I interviewed them
both right before the problem developed, Crow was ecstatic about the
money and tour support they were finally getting, but pretty much
all Dex wanted to talk about was his hallucinations of flying
sharks.)
Dex has had several different backing bands since then, sometimes
with more than one musician (even a full band with horns at least
once), but typically he performs with just a drummer (not Crow,
though, of course) and a "dancer." The "dancer" is a whole 'nother
story -- a grotesque man with a Buddah-shaped body who hops around
the stage wearing nothing but a ballcap and a daiper. His oversized
diaper is often artfully stained with globs of Hershey's chocolate
syrup. (I once saw him applying it to his "costume" in the restroom
at the Starlight Six, so I KNOW it's really chocolate.)
When Dex and the dancer performed at Drive-Invasion last year
(supporting Davie Allan & The Arrows), several people -- including
John from Daddy-a-Go-Go -- were so revolted by this display that
they've never been back.
--GREGORY NICOLL
S3 Agent #044
--- In , "loscobrassurf"
<loscobrassurf@y...> wrote:
> I saw them in the early 90's openning for the Cramps in Detroit.
Wow
> blew me away.(so did the Cramps )The drummer was one of those guy
who
> almost sits on the floor.Just his head poping out over the dums,
cool
> The guitar player was wow. How do you get that much sound out of
one
> guitar. Ivy and Lux were standing in the wings watching, Yea.
Miller
>
>
>
> --- In , "obmosquito"
<obmosquito@c...>
> wrote:
> > I love the Flat Duo Jets! They were lo-fi before lo-fi was cool.
And
> they were a 2-piece just
> > guitar and drums before that was cool too.
> > -Paul
> >
> > --- In , "Patrick"
<reverb_10000@y...>
> wrote:
> > > Just curious if any of you folks are into Dexter's stuff. I
just
> > > picked up "Blues that Defy My Soul" and "Chased By Martians"
and
> > > there's some killer stuff here. Not just the standard
> > > rockabilly/garage but some great instrumental stuff too
(including a
> > > killer cover of "Bombora" on "Chased by Martians").
> > >
> > > Pardon if Dex may be old hat to you folks, but being a
newcomer to
> his
> > > stuff, I'm blown away - this guy rocks.
