Ciao! For me the best drumkit are LUDWIG fab four model wit 22" bassdrum I have 2 kits, one black oyster and one silver sparkle... and i LOVE them, i would never change (i tried with Gretsch and other brands but i don't like them very much)..they are top quality in materials and beautiful outfits. You can have a look there! www.myspace.com/thehangeev If i would have much more money i would buy also the white pearl version and the gold sparkle. They are reissues, but, trust me, i used to have before a 60's drum, Hollywood Meazzi, that was great in looking while sound sucked! (old wood, pretty damaged) ;-) Ludwig rules!

Hey Guys
I have a 67 Vox Apollo guitar (made in Italy) and the vox logo is damaged due to a house fire I had years ago. It sort of started to melt the headstock and damaged the letters. If anyone knows where I can get a parted out kneck to replace those letters please let me know! I would really appreciate it!
Paul

Just wondering if it's out yet,on dvd. does anyone have a release date??
~T

This was posted on his page:

I want to thank all my music lovers for supporting me these last 3 months with your Wonderful heartfelt letters praying for my speedy recoveryas I battle this demon that Attacks so many other friends and their loved ones. So for now, no touring for a while.... I have rectal cancer....
I had to undergo 6 weeks of chemotherapy and radiation every day, Monday through Friday. Now I have rested and healed another 6 weeks from the Radiation and Chemotherapy.
April 4, 2008 my surgeon Dr Hoffman and 2 other surgeons will cut out the tumor at Cedars - Sinai Medical Center Hospital in Hollywood, Ca. I will have chemo afterwards to finish up.
Then I will kick back and heal…. Then I will go back into reconstructive surgery and more Chemo.
Then go to Hawaii and surf....
I again, thank all of you from my deep within and promise me, keep smiling…. D

I was lucky to have the chance to see him twice already but I would be bummed to never see him again.
Keep him in your thoughts. If it wasn’t for him there would be no “Reverb Tank” group…

ALL HAIL KING OF THE SURF GUITAR!!!

I saw the Shangs back in their prime in Oklahoma City. It was a package show headlined by The Dave Clark 5. I had a bad pre-teen crush on all those girls!

<<Mary Weiss's CD with the Reigning Sound is great too>>
Mega dittos!

Whoa! great stuff Evel, thanks for sharing

i was at a grindcore show once.. weirdest show ive ever to/ been a part of.. i dont know, i dont like talking about it, lol

Never read Ronnie's bio, but I've heard it's pretty good. I may be wrong, but I think it's out of print already.

The bio I read was by Mark Ribowsky. I don't have my copy on me (it's one of my most borrowed books) but I know that it was originally written well before the infamous trial, and was recently added extra chapters.

I may be going to the Stomp! I went last year! It was amazing. This year promises to be a great show as well!

Who's Going?

I am! I missed it last year and my first was the previous year in Memphis so I'm really looking forward to New Orleans. I'm going to eat my head off...

Come in, grap a lawn chair, we're opening up the patio. Its a garage punk fest right in my very own backyard starring Howard Devoto with and without the Buzzcocks and a killer cut by The Bantom Roosters. Check it up. Man, this hideout place is so freakin cool, I love it. http://mottey63.podomatic.com/

Personally I'm thinking of changing guage too

I play of an epiphone '56 gold top lespaul (P90s)

it's strung with ernie ball regular slinkies (10s)

and i'm thinking of going over to Ernie Ball Power Slinkies which have the 1st three strings a little thicker

do you guys think that this will beef up the higher notes? I'm trying to play stuff like Fell in Love with a Girl and Have Love Will Travel and I think that the 1st 3 strings could be louder and just have more tone or whatever

thanks, g

damn, i can't wait for the tour dates. i hope they come in the viccinity of this shite hole. whatever happened to king khan and the bbq show? oh and just wanted to note that jared swiley, or hondo, is hella down to earth and full of good advice, so i'd take it any day. yep.

first compilation was the best, especially Melvin

hello there, this is the SYA HQ writing to you rekkids fans commando we love so much. Most of you already know we have an upcoming 7"EP by The UPTOWN BUMS - out very soon...but right now we would offer you a strictly ltd pre-order bonus deal. Well, we recently found a 50-pieces pack of The Rippers "...are coming behind you" EP on red vinyl (SYA007) we didn't sell at that time and lost somewhere in the mess of our house. We don't have sleeves anymore right now so we printed 50 different xerox sleeves and made a nerdly "50 COVERS COLLECTION" edition. We just wanna know if you're interested in one of them - sorry we can use only ONE each customer. If you're into let us know which sleeve you would like to have and we put that one left for you til the next order. Please write 3 choices at least, we deserve the first one available for you. first come first serve price: 5,00 EUR plus shipping go and take your own hype www.syarecords.it -> RECORDS -> SYA007 ->click on "50 Covers Collection" (yellow link) direct link : http://www.syarecords.it/sya007col.htm thanks SYA loves YOU

The songs of Brassard and Blodgett, Mike & The Ravens, as done by Finland's finest, Them Bird Things, can now be heard at www.myspace.com/thembirdthings Check 'em out, Lenny especially...

I still use a phone.

I still use a tuning fork!

i seen the cramps a few back, old as hell and lux still tore the place up like no other band i ever seen. he was all over the place breakin crap chuggin a bottle of vodka, climbin speakers. supa sleeze bad ass. reverend horton heat, ah not the craziest but one of the sickest guitar players i ever seen. him and his bass player did a solo where they were both had one hand on the guitar and the stand up bass. but dead boys would most definitely put them all to shame. come on who else randomly throws crap out in the middle of their show like "we're only doin it for the money" and "throw your pussies at me" ha that right suckas[IMG]http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b370/spotlessmind15/393428807_l.jpg[/IMG]

hmm i've been interested in fuzz for awhile though i don't even have a decent amp to put it through as of yet

I've had very little luck in finding out what fuzzes were used for the 80s Fuzztones and Pandoras recordings, i think that's my ideal fuzz

Bongo Beating Playlist March 13th:

Öresund Space Collective : Rumble
Herschell Gordon Lewis & The Pleasant Valley Boys : Theme From 2000 Maniacs
Smogtown : Bad Vibrations
Tractor Sex Fatality : Crime in the Bushes
The Drags : My Girlfriend's in the FBI
Guddommelig Galskab : Ungdomshuset Blir
Hærværk : Dyster Definition
President Fetch : Victimized
Hjertestop : Spøgelser
Black Keys : I Got Mine
Blacktop : Tornado Love
Black Sunday : This Heart is now Aluminum
Joe Hall : Bongo Beating Beatnik
Danny Wheeler : Teenie Weenie Man
Fleshtones : Going back to School
Peter Belli & Baby Woodrose : Nok Af Dig
Groundhogs : Strange Town
Church Of Misery : I Motherfucker (Ted Bundy)
Tunnel Of Love : Ghetto Child
Rocket 455 : Sister Fuchsia June
Television : See No Evil