In the 80s, there was a local band named the Daisy Dillman Band

[KitchenWitch]

they had this great song, it was a ballad, about love gone wrong.

I wish I knew all the lyrics, but the line in the song that sticks out for me is as follows:

Superglue your forehead to a freight train
Take your love and shove it up your ass

[MN ChimpH8R]

1. I remember Daisy Dillman!

Used to see them at the Cabooze every now and then in the late 70s and early 80s. At least if IIRC - sometimes nights at the Cabooze got a little foggy.:)

[KitchenWitch]

2. Oh yeah!

Loved the Cabooze.

I used to go to Mr Nibs, and Duffy's as well!

[MN ChimpH8R]

3. Duffy's

was the best rock stage in the Twin Cities. Ever go to the Longhorn? Only punk/new wave bar in the universe with cow heads in the pattern of the carpet. Saw Blondie there for $4. Memories......

[KitchenWitch]

5. Never made it to Longhorns

Sounds like it was a fun place

[no name no slogan]

9. Longhorn in legendary in the TC music scene

Suicide Commandos, the Phones, even Husker Du played there, too IIRC.

It was just a little before my time (graduated HS in 1987); however, I have been in a number of bands over the years and the Longhorn is a legendary venue in TC music history.

[KitchenWitch]

14. Speaking of Duffy's

I hated when they changed to Norma Jean's....I really hated the phony "Marilyn Monroe" pink and black shit atmosphere...there was nothing authentic about the bar when they changed it.

[Left Is Write]

17. Norma Jean's was the first bar I went to legally.

Not the first bar I went to...just the first one I went to legally. ;)

[KitchenWitch]

18. Believe it or not

This may be a little before your time, but the first bar I went to (at 16 no less) was Doc Holliday's.

What can I say, I liked it rough back then!

First bar I went to legally was Duffy's

[Left Is Write]

6. I was at Mr. Nibs the night before it burned down!

I always felt a litle guilty about that. I was complaining about the red carpet and the crappy plastic chairs, and I thought maybe the bar committed suicide.

I never cared much for the Mirage, which sprang up in its place. My good friend and I spent many an evening at Nibs.

[no name no slogan]

11. The Mirage!!! Hairband central!

That place was a fscking riot! I used to like driving past there back in the day just to see all the teased hair. I have a couple of friends who played there a couple times (post-grunge, when they tried to get a little "street cred") and said it was a bit like playing in a warehouse: cool lights and lots of noise, but crappy acoustics.

[Left Is Write]

13. I only when there to see Gemini and one other band.

I briefly dated the lead singer of a so-so band that occasionally played the Mirage, so I'd go then.

[Left Is Write]

4. I remember Daisy Dillman. Do any of you other Minnesotans remember

the Jesse Brady Band or Chameleon?

[KitchenWitch]

7. I remember Chameleon!

They were a fun band!

[no name no slogan]

8. Chameleon! That's Yanni's old band

He played keys for them, believe it or not!
I had several friends in highschool and junior high who liked them. They were quite big around the Cities in the 80s.

[MN ChimpH8R]

10. Remember them both well

Jesse Brady was pretty prog-oriented back in the late 70s and early 80s and got more poppy. Chameleon always put on a good show and had a kick-ass drummer, Charlie Adams.

My favorite was Archangel - pure prog, did Yes, Genesis and ELP covers. The keyboards player went on to Chameleon, I think, then other things. You may have heard of him - it was Yanni. :)

[Left Is Write]

12. Before I turned 19, I used to go to the Burnsville Bowl

and play pool or pinball outside the Playpen Lounge so I could listen to Jesse Brady when they played there.

I have an old Twin Cities Rocks/Stereo 101 record that has Chameleon on it.

[MN ChimpH8R]

15. OMG

I followed the link to your website. I went to Metcalf Jr. High right after it opened, about ten years before you. I lived in Burnsville from 1964 to 1967 - a block and a half behind Vista View Elementary School. There weren't even paved streets when we moved out there What an age we live in. :silly:

[Left Is Write]

16. I went to Metcalf from '78 to '81, then started BHS in the fall of '81.

My parents built in North River Hills in 1964; I was born in '66.