― Andy!, Friday, 5 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Simone, Friday, 5 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― friz, Friday, 5 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Brian MacDonald, Friday, 5 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― duane, Friday, 5 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
I heart the 5 6 7 8s.
― emil.y, Friday, 5 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
search - teenage head, flamingo, the two recent Norton records comps (the rarities one and the live one), the GoldStar sessions, Shake Some Action (the "we wanna be the Beatles" lp) and Jumpin in the Night (the "no, we wanna be the Rolling Stones" LP).
damage, slightly (can't quite bring myself to destroy any) - Sneakers (the self-issued first EP), Rock Juice, and the other sad little things they put out in the 90s.
While living in SF, I saw Roy Loney around town a few times. He was playing with a bunch of ex-Groovies in a band called the Fondellas for a while. Sounded much like the "Teenage Head" era band. I like both the R&B meets the MC5 era stuff AND the British Invasion- ish period stuff. Vacillate randomly between them, depending on mood, etc.
― pauls00, Friday, 5 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Andrew L, Friday, 5 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Arthur, Saturday, 6 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Yancey (ystrickler), Wednesday, 9 October 2002 16:05 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Amateur(ist) (Amateur(ist)), Thursday, 19 May 2005 07:37 (eighteen years ago) link
― edd s hurt (ddduncan), Thursday, 19 May 2005 16:44 (eighteen years ago) link
― Fritz Wollner (Fritz), Thursday, 19 May 2005 20:44 (eighteen years ago) link
― Fritz Wollner (Fritz), Thursday, 19 May 2005 20:48 (eighteen years ago) link
After Loney left, "Shake Some Action" was mostly good, in part due to Dave Edmunds, I wager. "Now" has just been redone. I don't miss it from my collection although I did like the cover of "House of Blue Lights."
Loney without the rest of the Groovies is uneven, too. Some Phantom Movers cuts are good, some are totally nondescript. Not motivated enough to categorize since I never listen to them anymore.
― George Smith, Thursday, 19 May 2005 21:16 (eighteen years ago) link
I saw Flamin Groovies guitarist Cyril Jordan with his current garage and a bit of power pop band Magic Christian last night. Fun fun fun. Eddie Muñoz from L.A. band The Plimsouls is on bass and Clem Burke from Blondie is drumming. They closed with a great version of "Shake Some Action." The singer is real good too---effective voice and banging away on the tambourine.
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 27 January 2009 15:01 (fifteen years ago) link
"shake some action" is a great guitar song.― Amateur(ist) (Amateur(ist)), Thursday, May 19, 2005 7:37 AM (4 years ago) Bookmark
― amateurist, Saturday, 24 October 2009 05:50 (fourteen years ago) link
I have always fought shy of using ILx to publicise the Hangover Lounge (which I help to run each week in London) but I am excited about the line-up we have this week, including Chris Wilson of the Flamin' Groovies. When we have live acts, they play completely unamplified: no microphones, no nothing. When it's awesome, it's awesome.
More details: http://hangoverlounge.blogspot.com/
― Tim, Wednesday, 10 March 2010 20:29 (fourteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EL3pP29N-Wc
Fucking goddamn hell-ass shit I love this song.
― Burning Hell Sunflower Blues Band (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Sunday, 31 July 2011 08:22 (twelve years ago) link
How was the NYC show and the Maxwells in Hoboken one?
― curmudgeon, Sunday, 7 July 2013 17:06 (ten years ago) link
ny show had more energy than rhythm & coherence, but maybe that was always true? they seemed happy to be there, that's for sure. chris wilson did most of the talking, in accents that kept shifting among british, german, and american. he was tipsy and occasionally incoherent, rambling on for a minute or two after the band had left the stage. but he was clearly happy, and he had a unique sort of rock-god jig he'd sometimes break into. the two guitars sounded great together, cyril jordan still rocking that dan armstrong plexiglass model. voices a little worse for wear but still functional. slow death, the highlights from shake some action, teenage head, all the hits. cyril's got to be wearing a wig. that's a wig, right? great beatle boots too -- always the fashion plate. fun show, worth seeing.
― Thus Sang Freud, Sunday, 7 July 2013 18:35 (ten years ago) link
I saw the Flamin' Groovies a couple of years ago, Roy Loney & Cyril Jordan line up, Chris Wilson came on to do a couple of songs inc Shake Some Action, he was one of the drunkest motherfuckers I'd even seen on stage in my life. They had to kind of manhandle him off after a couple of songs. Just before he went off he shouted "Flamin' Groovies forever!" into the mic. Chris Wilson OTM.
― Just noise and screaming and no musical value at all. (Colonel Poo), Monday, 8 July 2013 07:46 (ten years ago) link
They seem like one of those bands the Replacements would have loved, but I've never heard anyone shout them out save Yo La Tengo. Oh, and Cracker covered "Shake Some Action" on ... the "Clueless" soundtrack?
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 8 July 2013 12:11 (ten years ago) link
In the early '80s they were always name-dropped a lot by critics and such (I vaguely recall)
― curmudgeon, Monday, 8 July 2013 13:58 (ten years ago) link
they would be classic if this was the only thing they'd ever released
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PIcmk8WA10A
― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Sunday, 28 July 2013 21:04 (ten years ago) link
I love bittersweet, I can't hide, babes in the sky and way over my head. love time is good too. need to hear more of their stuff though. any recommendations?
― OutdoorFish, Sunday, 28 July 2013 21:20 (ten years ago) link
otoh, they'd be classic if this was the only thing they'd ever released
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkN9Nbr7XrY
― IIIrd Datekeeper (contenderizer), Sunday, 28 July 2013 22:54 (ten years ago) link
lol, sure, why not post it again?
― IIIrd Datekeeper (contenderizer), Sunday, 28 July 2013 22:57 (ten years ago) link
golden clouds and call me lightning are also excellent
― OutdoorFish, Monday, 29 July 2013 00:26 (ten years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CXfsHztgH84
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 29 July 2013 01:57 (ten years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQPAEXe20jA
Quality Dylan cover: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qu21t8pOMfs
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 29 July 2013 01:58 (ten years ago) link
yeah i guess shake some action b/w slow death is their greatest hit.
― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Monday, 29 July 2013 20:19 (ten years ago) link
always like this, too
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4EwXq8rtmhI
― IIIrd Datekeeper (contenderizer), Monday, 29 July 2013 22:26 (ten years ago) link
are the 2014 flamin groovies worth $20? they're playing with the men tonight which is sort of an inspired pairing imo
― adam, Monday, 28 April 2014 16:41 (nine years ago) link
I sadly missed their recent DC gig, but folks whose opinions I respect liked it (their complaints were more re the sound engineering that night).
― curmudgeon, Monday, 28 April 2014 16:43 (nine years ago) link
I was at the DC show where they had sound problems, $20 is more than reasonable for those two bands.
― skip, Monday, 28 April 2014 17:47 (nine years ago) link
awesome, thanks, let's see if i can motivate my lazy ass to go out on a monday
― adam, Monday, 28 April 2014 18:02 (nine years ago) link
Wait, Groovies and Sonics played two shows in Brooklyn last November?
― Bee Traven Thousand (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 28 April 2014 18:42 (nine years ago) link
You gotta follow Miriam Linna and Billy Miller of Norton records on facebook...Interesting garage and more stuff even if one is not in NYC
― curmudgeon, Monday, 28 April 2014 19:45 (nine years ago) link
Hm.
― Bee Traven Thousand (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 29 April 2014 04:01 (nine years ago) link
Really diggin Teenage Head rekkid tonight. Is there a recent vinyl reissue? I'm curious about the Ron Loney solo slab - is it any good?
― BlackIronPrison, Saturday, 22 August 2015 00:48 (eight years ago) link
There's a vinyl reissue on Norton, I think. Usually $16-20. There's a Roy Loney solo EP (Artistic As Hell) from the late 70s that's really good, acoustic guitars but rocking and basically a Groovies/Hot Knives reunion. I think the whole thing's on Youtube, worth checking out.
― a poetic ODE to FORNICATION (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Saturday, 22 August 2015 01:58 (eight years ago) link
Cyril Jordan has had a series of memoirs of his early years published in Ugly Things. Not sure how many episodes so far but its traced through from early 60s to early 70s in about 5 segments so far. Very interesting so far.
Also not heard mention of material I have as A Bucketful of Brains the Rockfield Sessions unless it's been rereleased as something else. Recorded in Wales in I think 1972. Think it's good but not heard it in ages.
Coincidentally I have the fabric to make myself some Blackwatch tartan jeans. Have wanted a pair since Chris Wilson got some down the King's Rd when I was 15 and seeing him frequently at the Regal in Kensington Market.
― Stevolende, Saturday, 22 August 2015 07:24 (eight years ago) link
new record coming from the groovies from what i understand...
― Thus Sang Freud, Saturday, 22 August 2015 07:27 (eight years ago) link
http://www.brooklynvegan.com/archives/2015/08/the_flamin_groo_2.html
― Thus Sang Freud, Saturday, 22 August 2015 07:31 (eight years ago) link
A Bucketful of Brains the Rockfield Sessions
I've heard this, it's good stuff. Also highly recommend the Slow Death (Amazing High Energy Rock'n'Roll) LP on Norton, super raw (in the best possible way) stuff recorded post-Loney but still sounds like Teenage Head/Flamingo era. A lot of material in common with the Rockfield album, though.
― a poetic ODE to FORNICATION (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Saturday, 22 August 2015 07:42 (eight years ago) link
Yeah forgot to add that I got that Bucketful of Brains in a sale in the mid 90s I think. Which would possibly mean that it wasn't in catalogue much longer and the material was up for further reissue.
― Stevolende, Saturday, 22 August 2015 08:17 (eight years ago) link
Oh it's actually different recordings, just a lot of songs in common I should've said. I think Rockfield's been reissued on CD with Sneakers though.
― a poetic ODE to FORNICATION (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Saturday, 22 August 2015 09:18 (eight years ago) link
Yeah, even "Shake some action" has a few released versions.
― Mark G, Saturday, 22 August 2015 21:45 (eight years ago) link
They are doing some November US tour dates
― curmudgeon, Monday, 24 August 2015 13:04 (eight years ago) link
Has anyone seen them live recently? Chris Wilson's voice seems to be absolutely shot
― PaulTMA, Monday, 24 August 2015 18:34 (eight years ago) link
A friend of mine who can be picky saw them a year or so ago, and mostly just complained about the sound system. So maybe that disguised his vocal issues
― curmudgeon, Monday, 24 August 2015 20:13 (eight years ago) link
Was it here that somebody was going on about Chris being noticeably drunk on stage?I think it may be something he had trouble with before. Think he said something to me when I was drinking in the mid 80s and bumping into him around London. Hope he's ok he was a nice guy when I was acquainted with him.
― Stevolende, Monday, 24 August 2015 23:14 (eight years ago) link
Brief interview w/Chris Wilson: http://www.downtownmagazinenyc.com/the-flamin-groovies-chris-wilson-talks-about-the-upcoming-tour-album-and-documentary/
― Love, Wilco (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 2 September 2015 07:37 (eight years ago) link
Saw the Flamin Groovies last night for the first time. Fun but not amazing. Chris' voice was not that impressive last night; and he was drinking. On their encore, the Stones "Jumpin Jack Flash" he sounded like he could have been any barband vocalist. They did covers of the Byrds, NRBQ and Freddie Boom Cannon ("Tallahassee Lassie") and maybe a another 1 or 2, that I forgot. "Slow Death" and "Shake Some Action" were fun
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 24 November 2015 15:53 (eight years ago) link
Roy Loney RIP
Roberta Bayley on FB:
Very sad news. Roy Loney, the original singer of the legendary Flamin' Groovies has died. Only minutes ago. Roy was a great talent, as a songwriter and performer, and a great friend. He was hospitalized last week, and I spoke to him Wednesday. He was in good spirits. He had a surgery this morning and never came out of it. Sorry, I have no other details. Roy will surely be missed by all who had the pleasure of knowing him.
― a bevy of supermodels, musicians and Lena Dunham (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 13 December 2019 21:19 (four years ago) link
Oh no, RIP Roy.
― I've Got A Ron Wood Solo Album To Listen To (Tom D.), Friday, 13 December 2019 21:21 (four years ago) link
RIP
― "Third of the Storms" Jazz (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Friday, 13 December 2019 23:03 (four years ago) link
Recently been picking up faves on vinyl for DJ'ing purposes, and one of my most prized recent acquisitions is the late 70s Euro twofer of Flamingo & Teenage Head, which is currently on my turntable.
― a bevy of supermodels, musicians and Lena Dunham (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 13 December 2019 23:08 (four years ago) link
much better band than the Rolling Stones
― calzino, Friday, 13 December 2019 23:22 (four years ago) link
― calzino, Friday, 13 December 2019 23:25 (four years ago) link
I guess he wasn't part of "Shake Some Action," but I've always loved this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eHfDjeGHtWI
― clemenza, Saturday, 14 December 2019 00:53 (four years ago) link
may i recommend everyone check out Roy's Artistic as Hell EP, which was more or less a Groovies reunion
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDB1kXNXCF4
But please don't drive the price up on Discogs
― "Third of the Storms" Jazz (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Saturday, 14 December 2019 01:51 (four years ago) link
glad i got the chance to see him and cyril fronting the a-bones at brooklyn's southpaw club. the very next day i remember spying him in the audience at at free performance by lee konitz in uptown manhattan.
― Thus Sang Freud, Saturday, 14 December 2019 15:09 (four years ago) link
cool
― Lidsville U.K. (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 14 December 2019 15:25 (four years ago) link