early 80s power pop bands of L A club scene

[GATOR MONROE]

THIS was truly the golden era of new wave. after the first punk outfit on the west coast THE NERVES disbanded that trios members including JACK (hanging on the telephone)LEE, PAUL(the beat) COLLINS and PETER (the plimsouls) CASE, improved on sounds that the rasberries and the knack made famous. other ACTS included 20/20 THE MOTELS, THE SIGHTS,GARY MYRICK,TOMMY TUTONE,THE WEASLES,MONKEY CHOW,GLEAMING SPIRES,JAMIE SHERRIFF,KID AMERICA,THE RUBBER CITY REBELS,NAUGHTY SWEETIES,THE QUICK,BUGGS TOMMOROW,THE WIGS,GREAT BUILDINGS,VISITOR,

[flamingyouth]

1. I love 20/20 and the Quick

This is a very cool thread.

I have good friends who were in a band called the Droogs. They started in the early '70s by doing '60s garage-rock covers, like "He's Waiting" by the Sonics, and "Light Bulb Blues" by the Shadows of Knight. They played with most or all of these bands.

Again - cool thread.:thumbsup:

[bullimiami]

2. the rezillos. and that was martha and the motels wasnt it?

and X of course.


to be cont.....

[Tikki]

3. Pearl Harbour & Explosion, Pandoras

The Pop, The Unclaimed, Salvation Army, Green on Red, The Gears, Bates Motel...The Runaways were still recording under a different configuration at that time.





Tikki

[GATOR MONROE]

4. OTHER acts of that era...

SPIKE (bomb Iran)MARLIN of dr.DEMENTO fame,j.r.& the z man,dead of winter,spin out,GLUE,pigmy love circus,lucky pierre,the wild stares,devil in miss jones,europa,ron anthey,jeanna fine,tequila mockingbird,dean swayden,warren pash (songwriter for hall&oats),don bolles,exene cervenka or X,francis x and the bushmen,motorcycle boy,the kingbees,the fiends,M D A,the law,DOGS OF WAR with jamie sherriff,johnny angel& the housewives,the balancing act,the fabulous rick vincent cotton band,the silver tears,walking wounded,thetwilight idols,the joneses,michael kline,tinted souls,too many joes,preston smith, the carlites, jim (mad about you)whelan & the late show,frontline resistance,burning (belly of the whale) sensations with tim mcgovern,people in motion, and last but not least MEGA DEATH the other one WITH MEMBERS OF THE CIRCLE JERKS,KID AMERICA,THE PLIMSOULS,AND harlin hollander.

[Tikki]

5. I am going to name some bands from that era with...

..female bass players.

The Germs
Fibonaccis
Alley Cats
Bangs (you know who)
Pandoras
Gun Club
Go-Gos
Textones

Yikes, I know I've missed some...



Tikki

[GATOR MONROE]

6. keep um comming...

mr lucky , code blue , angry samoans , spirit house , congregation , sparks , cowboy junkies, daniel webster ,flesheaters,rawhead,crank,my pain,yo la tengo,mysteria,the devils playground,tainted souls,tragicanimation,lord have mercy,the humpers,dr.shock,the hollywood hos,plugz,los lobos, and the places they played for money or fame( Gazzari's,MADAME WONGS EAST,MADAME WONGS WEST,club LINGERE,MUSIC MACHINE,TEN MASHA SUSHI,raji's on hollywood blvd.,THE IVAR THEATER,Bebop RESEDA,COUNTRY CLUB,THE CENTRAL,THE RHINO,COCONUT TEASER,OLIO,ANTI CLUB,theBLUE LAGUNE SALOON,HOP SINGS,the FAME CAFE,NOMADS, CLUB 88 ,the SCREAM,BLAK&BLOO,the WHISKEY A GO GO, THE ROXY, THE SANTA MONICA CIVIC AUDITORIUM,CULVER CITY ARENA,... PLUS ACTS WITH TOP NOTCH BOOKING PLAYED the GREEK THEATER ,DISNEYLAND ,KNOTTS BERRY FARM,MAGIC MTN. ...

[Tikki]

7. More....

Suburban Lawns, Black Randy and the Metro Squad, The Dickies, The Weirdos, The Vandals, The Plugz, Fear, Top Jimmy and the Rhythm Pigs, Jimmy and the Mustangs,
The Bags, The Devine Horsemen, Screamers. D.O.A., Controllers, Skulls, U.X.A. Middle Class, Zeros, Zippers, The Eyes, Rik L Rik. CH3, Catholic Discipline

THE MASQUE, Blackies, Starwood, Stardust, Hong Kong Inn, Golden Bear, Argyle, On Klub.
TOPPERS, Olympic Auditorium, Elk’s Hall Lodge, Perkin’s Palace, Florentine Gardens, Cathay de Grande, Palladium, Palace (on Vine) Edited to add Al's Bar....

Don't know if this is genuine..if so... it was February 1978




Tikki

[GATOR MONROE]

8. lets open up the flood gates...

orange county and inland impire bands too??? I was last drum tech for el duche and the MENTORS, BANDS I SET UP FOR THE BEAT aka PAUL COLLINS BEAT on CBS records & tapes,THE PLIMSOULS AND PETER CASE SOLO STUFF ON GEFFEN,the SIGHTS with hit songs(virginia)(so much for everlasting love),20/20 during (my yellow pills)heyday,AL KOOPER's temparary sanity,with shuggy otis and ritchie hayward plus jerry webber from the SURF PUNKS, THE WEASELS (beat her with a rake)and another culver city band MONKEY CHOW,WARREN (private eyes)PASH,JACK (hanging on the telephone)LEE and the most fun was MEGA DEATH super group with stage show.

[Touchdown]

9. You missed Oingo Boingo, and Red Hot Chili Peppers?

Is that because they became famous later on?

[GATOR MONROE]

10. they were not power pop fans

in real life, I DID SEE THEM EARLY ON AND LATER at the beach as mystic knights of the... and during A&M DAYS AT GREEK, PEPPERS WERE KIDS THEN. HOW BOUT NON- LA TRANSPLANTS the STRANGLERS, the professionals,... and later hit maker stan ridgeway and WALL OF VOODOO

[Touchdown]

11. Love the Stranglers, and have Ridgeway's only CD.

The Big Heat, is it? I hate beans, and couldn't deal with the Mexican Radio video. :puke:

[GATOR MONROE]

12. the STRANGLERS were a fun bunch like

blue rhondo alaTURK WITH THAT FUNNY SONG (ME AND MR.SANCHEZ) AND THOSE STRANGELERS SONGS LIKE (THE MAN THEY LOVED TO HATE) wHAT DO YOU THINK OF PAUL COLLINS &THE BEAT HITS LIKE (rock&roll girl)their version of nerves tune (I DONT FIT IN)OR MTV HIT (on the highway) from second cbs album????

[Muzzle Tough]

13. One of my favorites.

The MTV video for this song from 1982 was the first "film noir" that I ever saw.

http://www.lyricsxp.com/lyrics/o/only_the_lonely_the_motels.html

Only The Lonely

The Motels

We walked the loneliest mile
We smiled without any style
We kissed altogether wrong
No intention

We lied about each other's drinks
We lived without each other thinkin'
What anyone would do
Without me and you

It's like I told you
Only the lonely can play

So hold on
Here we go
Hold on
To nothing we know
I feel so lonely
Way up here

You mention the time we were together
So long ago well I don't remember
All I know is it makes me feel good now

Only the lonely
Only the lonely can play

Only the lonely
Only the lonely can play

Only the lonely
Only the lonely can play