Saturday, June 19, 2010

HANGOVER STUDIO RECORDINGS

HANGOVER IN THE STUDIO

Yes Hangover recorded a studio demo. Here are six tunes from that sesh. I only know the names of three of 'em so if you know the rest, help a homie out and send any infos to us. We'll add corrections as we go. So for these recordings, to the best of our abilities, we believe the HANGOVER line-up to be:

JIM - Vocals
JESSE - Guitar
Kyle - Drums
Kenny - Bass

Let us know if you are new to downloading music and we'll try and walk ya thru it.
 A big shout out to Scott G for sending me music and for taking the photos back in the day. Another wassup to Jim A for putting me in touch with Kenny Ochoa. If y'all wanna add anything to this post, fly me a kite and we'll update it...
Download: http://www.mediafire.com/file/omoknqmmjjh/Hangover Studio.zip

Wednesday, June 9, 2010

Hectic....

Just an update because we've not posted in a bit. It's been hectic around here but I have been working on new posts. I had been in contact with Shawn regarding an Aggressive Youth post - got photos, mp3's, and flyers scanned. Was just waiting for a write up and fucksake - tragedy struck- his home burned to the ground destroying everything he owns and forcing him to have to relocate his entire fucking life! Jaysis. So obviously he has more important things to be concerned about. Our thoughts go out to Shawn and his family as they try to put their lives back together. Hang in there brother!

AGGRESSIVE YOUTH:


I have also been trying to get a Hangover post up and have been working with Zach and Scott G on this. Received a shit tonne of old photos that Scott sent to Ronnie and Zach, who then mailed 'em to me to scan. These pictures were not easy to come by and a huge shout out to those guys. Pure gold. Look for them in future posts here and on mine and Zach's FB pages. So but Hangover - I have some old cassettes and have been ripping all of this old SJP shit to mp3 when my tape deck crapped out. You might be surprised at how NOT easy it is to find a decent tape deck w/o spending an arm and a leg. But it's done, and have mp3's ready. Again, just waiting on some write-up about the bands from former members. Might hafta post up anyweys w/o 'em.

HANGOVER:


Finally, the guys from Cantankerous have been muy helpful and have gotten me pictures and a write-up. I already have mp3's for 'em so it's fairly ready to go. But. Being a sorta continuity freak, I'd like to get a few more posts of the older bands up first. But I might hafta say fuck it and go with what I've got.

CANTANKEROUS:


As always, we can definitely use all the help we can get. If you've got a line on old photos, flyers, demo tapes/vinly/cd's or even war stories that mebbe some of the photos remind yis of etc please share. Or if you're in contact with members of the bands send 'em a link of this blog. We'd love ta hear from ya!

Special thanks to:
Scot G, Zach Collins, Ronnie Collins, Tim Abshire, Jim Barr, Eric Ediger, Shawn Garard Leahy, and Jim Alfaro. It was a long time ago, and even if our memories are a grey area, it's sorta cool to try and put the pieces  back together. I useta be a blackout drinker as I tell people often enough, so it's really something to compare memories with y'all who may or may not have been as much of a degenerate as I was.

More to come....
-Glennerd Skinnerd

Friday, April 2, 2010

BTD capo studio live demo

So here's a tape I had to repair tonight in order to get it to work. This was the original tape that was in the boom box that was recording Bored to Death at the Capo Beach Studio, across PCH a bit up from Hole in the Fence. The Capo Studio was a great little party spot/rehearsal space that doubled if memory serves me, as a studio rental for a substitute teacher at Dana Hills High School? Help me out here People. I've fried waaaay tooo many brain cells to have my remembrance of the past held in any sort of account.
 The artwork above is by Steve Stearns and shows where he was heading with his talents. It also reminds me of the song included in the demo, Demon On The Loose, which I think he wrote the lyrics to as well. So there was definitely a developing theme that BTD was heading towards.

BTD were:
John Scrivner - Bass
Steve Stearns - Drums
Craig Pearson - Vox
Glen Manola - Guitar

Included in the upload file are a few pictures and flyers. Enjoy!

Sunday, March 21, 2010

SJP movement nowadays

Lots of people have passed over the years, and recently, but the "legacy" of it is still in heart... people are either dead, doing time, or doing great. Bands like No More Saints, Stitches, Raw Helmet (17-18 year old kids) are trying to accomplish one thing by still playing- for fun and memories to look back to. It upsets a lot of people to see how "punk rock" is labeled now..... Sublime is considered a good PUNK band.... ? WTF!
Anyways, listen to these bands (or don't, suite yourself asshole).


http://www.myspace.com/nomoresaints

http://www.myspace.com/rawhelmet

http://www.myspace.com/thestitches


got a few more to post soon... just a temporary post.

Wednesday, March 17, 2010

U.T.I. 7"

Under the mutha fuckin' Influence. Here's the 7" that was put out on the waaay obscure Rasputin Records. As this blog continues, I'd love to have a more in depth history of this band. All I really have are my own experiences of playing parties in other bands with them, and of course getting fucked up with 'em throughout the years. The line up was by no means consistent, with Jimmy Rosenbaum being the crux of the  thing. The line up on this single were:

Jim: Vox
Nick: Drums
Tots: Bass
Mike: Guitar

I got lotsa vague memories after over 25 years. The Rosenbaum Ranch, Swallow's Day parties, Playing Bars in Rosarito in my band,  Bored To Death, "opening" for UTI...ha! "Opening"... a whole contingent of SJP's showing up in Mex, for the gigs. Good times!

Oh yeah... don't let me forget to mention the obvious - the name of this blog is a kick-ass UTI tune, and the picture for the blog is UTI as well. Duh!

If anyone wants to contribute stories, either post up in the comments or send 'em to me to put up as a regular entry. Love the fuckin' war stories man....send 'em to me:
glen [dot] manola [at] gmail [dot] com
Download: http://www.mediafire.com/file/wiqkdmo3zyw/UTI.zip

Monday, March 8, 2010

ATG Lost In A Maze

 
So Here we have yet another gem. And again another 20 plus year old cassette recording ripped to MP3 formatting.

 Here's a brief description from  http://www.myspace.com/againstthegrainsjc :
Against The Grain was a Punk-Hardcore band that had started in the mid 80's from MV /San Juan Capistrano along with other locals such as U.T.I, Violation, Hangover, Bored to Death, F.R.I., Virulence, Symbolism Of Belligerency.
Originally a 3 Piece Band , They went on Tour and were the first out of the area to get some higher profile gigs. They scored a record deal & recorded, but the record company went Bankrupt before the album was ever released - The Test Pressing for this Album was Lost and never Found. They released their own cassette which was a live, raw sounding 2 track "LOST IN A MAZE" and were also on the O.C. compilation Album "O.C.'s Trail of Destruction" as well as other low budget DIY compilation cassettes. 
Jim Alfaro- Guitar and Vocals
Mike Kortz- Bass and Vocals
Darren McDermott- Drums and Vocals 


So. Back in the day, these dudes were a bit older than me and the bands i was in. Needles to say we all looked up to 'em big time. They really got the ball rollin'. Between Against the Grain & Hangover, the SJP scene was born. Legendary to all who are/were connected to this very DIY oldschool punk rock scene.

Tuesday, March 2, 2010

ARE YOU READY???

Violation "Six Songs To Die By" demo 1987
Vox- Brian
Bass- Tots
Guitar- Jesse
Drums - Fast Eddie
 

I've had this tape for over 20 years. It has definitely seen better days. The first song, "Padded Cell" is pretty much unlistenable ( anyone have a better copy? Send it our way!). The tape is so old school DIY, that track four, "No Control" starts on side A, and literally was just flipped over and resumed it's recording on side B. Classic! This demo includes a classic cover of the tune "Riot" by the Oppressed. Brings back some great memories. Good times!