OT - Of interest to metalheads only (and Kingston Trio fans)

[Michael B]

Gary,

Thank you for the kind words. Nice photos and good color correction. The tungsten lights they use in concert lighting can mess up the colors. I still shoot analog aka film so I use tungsten corrected film or flash when I can. Dave Grohl is from the next City over - Alexandria, VA the same hometown as Stewart Copeland of The Police. He and his mom are starting a podcast from what I read.

I am a fan of Pat Smear's original band, The Germs. They never played up in Boston as far as I know as their singer, Darby Crash committed suicide by OD'ing on heroin in 1980. There is a great documentary movie on the LA punk scene - 'The Decline of Western Civilization' by Penelope Spheeris. It features Black Flag, the Circle Jerks, Fear, Catholic Discipline, The Germs and X. Lots of candid footage and concert scenes.

[mr2686]

Originally Posted by Michael B

Gary,

Thank you for the kind words. Nice photos and good color correction. The tungsten lights they use in concert lighting can mess up the colors. I still shoot analog aka film so I use tungsten corrected film or flash when I can. Dave Grohl is from the next City over - Alexandria, VA the same hometown as Stewart Copeland of The Police. He and his mom are starting a podcast from what I read.

I am a fan of Pat Smear's original band, The Germs. They never played up in Boston as far as I know as their singer, Darby Crash committed suicide by OD'ing on heroin in 1980. There is a great documentary movie on the LA punk scene - 'The Decline of Western Civilization' by Penelope Spheeris. It features Black Flag, the Circle Jerks, Fear, Catholic Discipline, The Germs and X. Lots of candid footage and concert scenes.

Wow, haven't thought about The Germs in quite awhile. I was actually at their first gig on April 16th, 1977 at the Orpheum Theater on Sunset Blvd. Well, "gig" is not the right word...train wreck is more like it. They couldn't play at all, and 12 bars in to their first song Darby (I think he went by Bobby Pyn at the time) takes out a jar of peanut butter and spreads it all over himself. I guess the promoters had told him not to because of the mess, so they pulled the plug on them and basically kicked them out, taking their small set of drums and throwing them in the corner. LOL The weirdos and the zeros were the other two bands on the bill and they were great (saw both sets from both of them that night). A good book on the scene and that night is "We've got the neutron bomb" by BRENDAN MULLEN AND MARC SPITZ. The only inaccurate account of that night in the book is that the Orpheum was "packed". Me and 2 buddies were sitting about two thirds of the way back with our feet up on the next row of seats and there wasn't anyone remotely near us...and the place only held 100 people.

[doug.goodman]

I don't take a lot of pictures, but I did take this one...

I would kill to work for Dave Grohl.

[GoCubsGo32]

Originally Posted by doug.goodman

I don't take a lot of pictures, but I did take this one...

I would kill to work for Dave Grohl.

Super jealous of that picture. Awesomeness x100!
Any Grohl stories? Truly seems like an all-around good dude.

[doug.goodman]

Slightly off topic from this off topic thread, does anybody have access to worthpoint?

I'm curious what the value of these Kiss sheet / bedspreads is?

https://www.worthpoint.com/worthoped...-bed-761692326

https://ar.pinterest.com/pin/697846904742277180/

I found a brand new one which has been neatly folded and sitting in a box for the last 35 years, and had never been used prior to that.

Doug

[doug.goodman]

Slayer plays the legendary Dynamo Club in Eindhoven Holland.

These pix are from the soundcheck, the fans in line, and the "tour bus"

[doug.goodman]

I miss this thread, especially Michael B's fantastic pictures and stories.

On July 27 I saw these shows :
1984 - Judas Priest at the Cow Palace in San Francisco
1990 - D.R.I. at the Student Union in Regina Saskatchewan
1997 - H.O.R.D.E. Festival at Pine Know outside of Detroit
1999 - Washington, DC on a 16k mile motorhome vacation with my lovely wife
2000 - Warped Tour in Knoxville, TN
2001 - Warped Tour in Orlando, FL
2002 - Warped Tour in Chicago, IL
2003 - Warped Tour in Jacksonville, FL
2008 - Fuji Festival north of Tokyo with Ben Folds Five vercsion02
2009 - Green Day at The Garden in New York City
2013 - Smashing Pumpkins in Tilburg, Holland
2016 - Warped Tour in St Louis, MO
2018 - Smashing Pumpkins in Baltimore, MD
2019 - George Lopez in Saratoga, CA
2020 - enjoying the Zombie Apocalypse
2021 - enjoying net54 as the world gets closer to normal

[GoCubsGo32]

Originally Posted by Michael B

Gary,

Thank you for the kind words. Nice photos and good color correction. The tungsten lights they use in concert lighting can mess up the colors. I still shoot analog aka film so I use tungsten corrected film or flash when I can. Dave Grohl is from the next City over - Alexandria, VA the same hometown as Stewart Copeland of The Police. He and his mom are starting a podcast from what I read.

I am a fan of Pat Smear's original band, The Germs. They never played up in Boston as far as I know as their singer, Darby Crash committed suicide by OD'ing on heroin in 1980. There is a great documentary movie on the LA punk scene - 'The Decline of Western Civilization' by Penelope Spheeris. It features Black Flag, the Circle Jerks, Fear, Catholic Discipline, The Germs and X. Lots of candid footage and concert scenes.

I did hear about the podcast, will be tuning in! I actually never heard any of The Germs songs despite how great Pat Smear is. I'll need to focus on that in the near future. Seems like a fun listen!

[perezfan]

Originally Posted by Michael B

Gary,

Thank you for the kind words. Nice photos and good color correction. The tungsten lights they use in concert lighting can mess up the colors. I still shoot analog aka film so I use tungsten corrected film or flash when I can. Dave Grohl is from the next City over - Alexandria, VA the same hometown as Stewart Copeland of The Police. He and his mom are starting a podcast from what I read.

I am a fan of Pat Smear's original band, The Germs. They never played up in Boston as far as I know as their singer, Darby Crash committed suicide by OD'ing on heroin in 1980. There is a great documentary movie on the LA punk scene - 'The Decline of Western Civilization' by Penelope Spheeris. It features Black Flag, the Circle Jerks, Fear, Catholic Discipline, The Germs and X. Lots of candid footage and concert scenes.

Ah yes.... Great documentary and Better Days!

Brings back fond memories of my all-time favorite love song... Beef Balogna by Fear.

Lee Ving... always the romantic.

https://www.streetdirectory.com/lyri.../beef_balogna/

[doug.goodman]

I miss this thread, and particularly Michael B's posts...

[bigfanNY]

My stub from 1978 Black Sabbath at Madison Square garden. Opening act was some young guys from California called Van Halen.
Yes great thread.. hope it gets going again