I got a call from my good friend Damon Gayden that his brother Gregor had passed away on Tuesday Jan 30th while in the hospital. Gregor Gayden was the vocalist for one of the original Seattle Punk Rock bands The Telepaths. Some say that the Telepaths did the very first Punk Rock show (beating out the Sex Pistols by a couple of months) I can't speak to that argument (someplace there are posters for the show that prove it) but I can say that I was saddened to hear this infomation. I don't know much more on the circumstances except he passed away the hospital here in Seattle. I will post more info as I hear about it. He will be missed. It has been a hard week for musicians here in Seattle. First Ben McMillan of Skin Yard and now this, it just wears people down. Here is some of the scant on-line info on the Telepaths; http://pnwbands.com/telepaths.html

Just managed to get my hands on a Starstream! Maybe I'm gonna start a forum for guitars and crap here... There must be one already no?

If it's half as good as Ian McLagan's All The Rage I'll definitely get it.

Well, that's xlnt. I'm curious about his times with the Jeff Beck group, too. He's seen quite a bit of history and it would suck if it was just a Stones fan book. I'll be getting it soon.

I haven't bought it yet (waiting to get it from a friend), but everyone who's read raves about it. Apparently, he does go into detail about the British rock scene of the 60's, so it's definitely not just about the Stones.

usually they keep a pretty tight lid on that shit until the last minute, but if you check out the website www.sxsw.com, they'll stick up the schedules. as far as non sxsw stuff goes, it's more word of mouth when it comes to backyard bbqs and that kind of thing. usually, casino doesn't host bands as a venue, but sometime's casino's band the sons of hercules will do a show out back on the patio w/ one of their friend's bands. last time i went down for it, it was the nomads and it was fucking great....

The problem people had on the Paul Weller forum had more to do with the constant spamming by the From The Jam "street team" rather than the bands name. It started to piss at lot of people off when every other thread you opened was about a Jam tribute act. Mind you it did make me laugh when the From The Jam moderator started slagging off Weller as "he split up our band". This same person now has a photo of her & Weller on her MySpace. Double standards or standards rule ok? In the end I'm not surprised that the plug got pulled on the Paul Weller forum.

He hasn't aged into pompous ass, he was always a miserably bitter and arrogant person. I think the Gallagher brothers modelled themselves on him, lol !

I don't like Weller's solo music and I even found the Jam weak, but I have a great fondness for the Style Council (the only band of his that Weller disowns today ... sigh ...).

Did you put that out, PJ?

Great news, I didn't know about the biography either ... Has anyone read it ?

Yup, I remember Philippe Manoeuvre, he turned me on to a lot of great bands and I also loved his TV show, "Sex Machine" (if I remember right) with Jean-Pierre Dionnet.

I also had my very own 'radio libre' show, on girl groups ... Ah the good old days ! Now you open the radio, it's only rap/hiphop shit :(

Please do write reports or start a thread with comments/opinions if you attend these type concerts, they are useful and fun for the rest of us who couldn't make it. Thanks !

Have you tried Music Man Murray in L.A. ? That guy has got EVERYTHING !

Ya, Matt was the guy i dealt with at Skull Duggery, sorta remember something about him moving....think it was to go to school or something. Figgered he was a basement or bedroom operation and could easily move.

when i was ordering records from matt of skull duggery, he was based in massachusets at the time. he released some records by the lillingtons, a banana splits tribute 7", a 10" sampler called fallen on deaf ears, a young fresh fellows 7" on some other releases. he did put a fluid waffle record very early on which he sent me for free and i still have.

Ya, Skull Duggery from minnesota...used to trade stuff with them many years ago. They put out a least a coupla 7' ers, did some Canadian releases, like Hoover Effect, Scarlet Drops and maybe Fluid Waffle if memory serves me correct.

I can see it being useful if your were in a sonic youth cover band and you didn't want to lug around 20 guitars... Pressing a button and switching from standard to an open A or a custom tune is kinda cool... However, EAGDBE (flat) is all I write in, and I personally don't care that much about being in tune to be concerned with it in a live setting... I carry 2 guitars to shows because I tend to break strings...

Mostly it just seems kitschy and I would feel like a total tool being onstage with one.

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Thanx it must of been the Johnny Fuller version that I learned it from, I remember the Sam the Sham version, it was different. Maybe it was on a Kinbgsmen album? it does seem like the kind of stuff they did. Thanx again.

My God! I 've thought for years that I learned Haunted house from the Kingsmen. Shit!! Well it was over 40 years ago. Where did Haunted House come from??

Actually, the B-side to The Kingsmen's "Louie Louie" was "Haunted Castle," which is an entirely different song from "Haunted House."

[quote]Fueled by amphetamine psychosis and the music of Bob Dylan and the Fugs, a band that was of the people playing for free from flatbed trucks and alternatively on bills with the likes of Led Zeppelin, The Deviants and Pink Fairies were key in shaping a London that was still swinging. This is the fascinating story of a musical and social movement that left behind psychedelia and preempted punk rock, and it features the likes of the Edgar Broughton Band and Hawkwind. Introduction by Mick Farren.
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45 pages into this awesome book on the wacky London underground scene in the late60s/early70s - Fans of Mick Farren's excellent Give The Anarchist A Cigarette should order Keep It Together - RIGHT NOW!

Interesting...

Damn, they are great! The video is awesome. Thanks for the knowledge transfer.

One of the definitive '60's punk rock tunes! Chesterfield Kings used to do it live back in '80-82......and they had the steps down!

I just got this in;

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Date: January 28, 2008
Seattle, WA USA

Seattle Rock Singer Ben McMillan Loses Battle With Diabetes

After an eight-year battle with diabetes, Ben Scott McMillan, legendary vocalist for GrunTruck and Skinyard died in his hometown of Seattle, Washington, U.S.A. at age 46.

Complications from a related blood-clotting disease are said to have worsened his diabetic condition, which was severe.

The survivng members of Gruntruck, as well as other Seattle rock luminaries are planning an assortment of tributes and memorial projects in his name; details to follow.