I bought some years ago a Gretsch Catalina, because it had a good price, I am poor, and it wasn't that bad. In that period I liked the 20" kickdrum, but after a while I wished I had a bigger one, at least with a hole on it. Since I'm poor I'll keep my old one, but I agree, and understand your feeling! Otherwise you can play as I do with Alfredo Garcia and His Bikini Voodoo Drums, that is take it away directly, and just play snaredrum-floortom-cymbal (ride). Eventually standing. In the end, I unfortunately haven't any good advices... http://www.thewaukees.com/ag/TMP_AG/alfredo_garcia03.jpg sorry, some problems with the image...

All I can say is that I like this drum kit. Also, Pearl's site has "Drummer's Forum", and you can ask which maker's drum kit is best there! http://www.pearldrum.com/pearlusa.asp

Really?!? Nobody has an opinion?

I am looking into buying a new drum kit. I have a Gretsch that I bought about 8 yrs. ago that has just been beat to shit. It's had beer spilled and spit on it; other people have mistreated it; it's all dinged up from touring; and I want to get a new kit. It's time. I'm just wondering if anyone out there has any advice or any certain kits that they like. I'm thinking I want to have a 24" bass drum and a dark sound. I guess I'm wanting to know if anyone has a kit that they or their favorite drummer swears by that I can take into consideration as I look for my next drumkit.

What about Motley Crue? Nikki Sixx 4EVER! hahahaha

Check out The Genders from Israel: http://www.myspace.com/thegenders

L.A. Guns? Give me a fuckin' break! "Hard rock" is generally NOT GOOD in my opinion. And that also goes for Nashville Pussy and the Reverend Horton Heat. They should've both hung it up a decade ago!

HOWEVER, I highly recommend The Raunch Hands, GG Allin, the Devil Dogs, 9 Pound Hammer, Sons of Hercules, Lazy Cowgirls, the Dirtys, Campus Tramps, etc.

The muthafuckin' JONESES!!!!!!!!! http://www.amazon.com/Criminal-History-Joneses/dp/B00003ZAHL <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3

Have to add the Dwarves to the list, the cover to Blood Guts and Pussy is just way to cool.
Less sleazy and more tasteless was the Mentors, never really comfortable with any of their music actually.

HEY...U JUST REMINDED ME I HAVE A CASETTE???? OF THE L.A.GUNS HAVENT PLAYED IT SINCE 1988

Playlist March 23th:

Alejandro Jodorowsky, Ronald Frangipane & Don Cherry : Psychedelic Weapons (Holy Mountain soundtrack)
Final Solutions : Pink Violence
Death Token : Holy Shit
Dirtbombs : Ever Loving Man
Aron : Morgendis
Voivod : Voivod
Juan El Matematico : Loco Te Patina El Coco
Persuaders : Las Vegas High Stakes
Knivknep : Bøssepis
The Beguiled : She Devil Rock
Haunted George : Buried Alive
Tunnel Of Love : Bitch Better Have My Rock n Roll + Eileen
Necessary Evils : Twist, Grind, Rock n Burn
Child Molesters : (I'm The) Hillside Strangler
Tank : Shellshock
Feelers : Creeps
The Villiage Idiot : Teenage Punk
Mourning Shakes : Back To Bataan
Rat Traps : Cunt Eyes
Users : Sick Of You
The Motards : Johnny Tremaine
Mad : I Hate Music

In the 50s it was all, as everyone is saying, flat wound strings, very heavy gage.
Those do have that sort of plonking sound you hear on records from that era but are hard to play and might even warp the neck of a guitar without a real solid truss in it. Funny you should be talkin' about Harmony Rockets...I've had a SERIOUS jones for onr of those lately. Right now, I have a Hagstrom Swede and a really solid LP Junior copy (Japanese).

get a rail road speaker and cut it in half. then try putting it back together with peanut butter. maybe take a whole bunch of cough medicine. i've been told that works.
~Steven Von Stomp

I added you to my friends list and will PM you.

Have you heard the Rough Mixes version? http://shorl.com/jonovuhystesi If not, I highly recommend it - especially, "Ain't Nothin' To Do" is killer! You can buy the DVD at Amazon, Tower Records, HMV etc...

CANT FIND MY VINYL COPY OF YOUNG LOUD........... HELP IM HAVING TROUBLE REMEMBERING THE SONGS??????.......WHERE CAN I BUY THE D.V.D????

Dead Boys Return Of The Living Dead Boys: Halloween Night 1986 Description: On Halloween (of course!) 1986 the gods of punk rock rose from the dead. The original members of the Dead Boys reformed for a short jaunt to pre-Disney NYC and leveled the audience of old heads, burnouts, prostitutes, junkies, geeks and freaks. This DVD is the document of that hallowed evening at the Ritz. Stiv Bators, Cheetah Chrome, Jimmy Zero, Jeff Magnum and Johnny Blitz got it together for one more show in their old stomping ground of New York City. Starting with an introduction from long time supporter Joey Ramone, to the power riff of the honest-to-god anthem "Sonic Reducer" (played twice!) to an unreal cover of the Stooges' "Search and Destroy," the Dead Boys put the boot to the notion that all reunions suck. Media: Watch trailer/clip » Track Listing: Joey Ramone Intro Sonic Reducer All This And More Caught With The Meat In Your Mouth Calling On You Won't Look Back What Love Is I Need Lunch Ain't Nothing To Do Down In Flames Son Of Sam Detention Home 3rd Generation Nation Tell Me (cover) Search And Destroy (cover) Flamethrower Love High Tension Wire Sonic Reducer Bonus Materials: Super Rare 'Sonic Reducer' Video Rare 1980 TV interview featuring Stiv, musical collaborator Frank Secich and interviewer Gary Cubberly It's out now!

Hey, where's You're Gonna Miss Me??!!

Always put your show on my iPod. Always great shit. Thanks!

I'm addicted.

To my knowledge there wasn't any other record containing 'Sore Loser' except the Sympathy soundtrack and the 45 you mention...

I would ask him, but I don't have myspace... thanks though.

Try: http://www.myspace.com/deejaymatty - Royal Pendletons guitar player

I have the Sore Loser 7", but I was wondering about the Sore Loser version that's on the Sore Losers soundtrack. Does that version only exist on the soundtrack, or was there a 7" or an album with that version as well? I can't find any listings, but I don't exactly know where to look other than Grunnen Rocks.

Is this the Spector biography that Richard Williams wrote? I know there's more than one Spector bio.