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We started out as a 3 piece. Spanky would jump on stage 3/4
the way through the gig wearing airborne jump gear (including
parachute), then strip to James Bond Theme unveiling a Tuxedo
underneath. Then we would rip into Bennett Cerf. He added
rhythm to most of the songs later, and we kept a couple 3 piece
numbers ready for when he would go out of tune, which was alot
since he played a '86 Rickenbaucher back then.
The bass lines are incredible. When SMOASP's bass player
passed away a couple of years ago, we learned "Reid's
Situation" in honor of him. I tried and tried to figure that bass line
out. Ended up faking on some of it. I remember thinking to
myself that Reid was getting a kick out me dog-cussing his
talent in bass writing.
I'm like you, no particular favorite album. I lean toward the
melodic, more structured tunes.
--- In , "Brian Neal"
<bneal@i...> wrote:
> Hey Trace,
>
> Was Spanky in the band when you played the SMOASP tunes?
Just wondering if
> he had to make up rhythm guitar parts for them.
>
> The bass lines are very critical to SMOASP's sound...pretty
inventive stuff!
>
> So which one of their albums do you like the most? I listened
to fragments
> of all their CD's, and the "Dim the Lights, Chill the Ham" CD
sounded the
> least appealing (although it had some good songs). The other
two sounded
> better, at least on first listen.
>
> Thanks,
> BN
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: trace_luger
> >
> > I'm a huge fan of SMOASP!!
> > Learned how to play bass by attempting to figure out their
> > songs. The Penetrators first show included about 5/20
songs
> > from them (we had one original).
