bar bands of the 1970s: a picture thread

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now breathing manually (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Tuesday, 27 July 2010 01:50 (fourteen years ago) link

A+ thread!

scott seward, Tuesday, 27 July 2010 02:12 (fourteen years ago) link

omg this thread!

now breathing manually (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Tuesday, 27 July 2010 02:14 (fourteen years ago) link

this is amazing. also SALEM should use that as their next album cover.

The Portrait of a Lady of BJs (the table is the table), Tuesday, 27 July 2010 02:24 (fourteen years ago) link

instant classic thread. I would book "Slapp."

Doctor Casino, Tuesday, 27 July 2010 03:45 (fourteen years ago) link

amazing thread and thank you for my new screen name.

would make an excellent Taschen book

Chewawa Allstar (herb albert), Tuesday, 27 July 2010 04:16 (fourteen years ago) link

http://crackersweb.com/reg4.jpg
lol

Trip Maker, Tuesday, 27 July 2010 04:17 (fourteen years ago) link

IMpULSE are freakin intense

Trip Maker, Tuesday, 27 July 2010 04:18 (fourteen years ago) link

I mean Impulse

Trip Maker, Tuesday, 27 July 2010 04:18 (fourteen years ago) link

pretty much still looks like any bar band in my town right now

nonightsweats, Tuesday, 27 July 2010 07:06 (fourteen years ago) link

City Pages file cabinet to thread...

Pete Scholtes, Tuesday, 27 July 2010 07:21 (fourteen years ago) link

Marshall amp and a briefcase at the front of the stage? I bet Hendrix never tried that.

ninjas and lasers and gold and (snoball), Tuesday, 27 July 2010 11:02 (fourteen years ago) link

instant classic thread. I would book "Slapp."

It's 'The SLAPP' dude... Clearly hoping that they'll get gigs based on their singer's vague resemblance to Steve Harley. Also lol it's an autographed picture!
The glam bandwagon jumpers are hilarious, in each group there are obviously some members who are more committed to the idea than the others.
Would book Pork on the basis of their tagline.

ninjas and lasers and gold and (snoball), Tuesday, 27 July 2010 11:09 (fourteen years ago) link

a+ thread

call all destroyer, Tuesday, 27 July 2010 11:11 (fourteen years ago) link

The 1970s was a time when people were really happy to be in bands.

uNi-tArDs (Hurting 2), Tuesday, 27 July 2010 14:20 (fourteen years ago) link

also, chick from TIGHT: WS

uNi-tArDs (Hurting 2), Tuesday, 27 July 2010 14:21 (fourteen years ago) link

"legendary" sirius trixon & the motor city bad boys

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_lFtHzeOal_c/TAnRzbxCmqI/AAAAAAAABJs/MYdSUGiN3hw/s1600/mcbb.jpg

too rock for country/too country for rock & roll (m coleman), Tuesday, 27 July 2010 14:25 (fourteen years ago) link

the MAGI truck is requisite cause these bands usually had tons of expensive gear, hauled around their own PA systems etc

too rock for country/too country for rock & roll (m coleman), Tuesday, 27 July 2010 14:27 (fourteen years ago) link

Is that drummer set up in a pink cadillac?

Trip Maker, Tuesday, 27 July 2010 14:33 (fourteen years ago) link

yes and believe it or not he's dennis thompson of MC5

too rock for country/too country for rock & roll (m coleman), Tuesday, 27 July 2010 14:37 (fourteen years ago) link

"would the owner of a pink cadillac license plate DY-9175 please move your car - it's blocking the stage"

too rock for country/too country for rock & roll (m coleman), Tuesday, 27 July 2010 14:39 (fourteen years ago) link

http://demokidblog.files.wordpress.com/2009/10/rosco_1972.jpg

gnarly sceptre, Tuesday, 27 July 2010 14:42 (fourteen years ago) link

looks like some of those dudes were also in CHICKOREE
http://demokidblog.files.wordpress.com/2009/10/chickoree_1972.jpg

gnarly sceptre, Tuesday, 27 July 2010 14:49 (fourteen years ago) link

what the

uNi-tArDs (Hurting 2), Tuesday, 27 July 2010 14:50 (fourteen years ago) link

and AIRTIGHT

http://demokidblog.files.wordpress.com/2009/10/airtight_1974.jpg

gnarly sceptre, Tuesday, 27 July 2010 14:51 (fourteen years ago) link

and QUADRANT
http://demokidblog.files.wordpress.com/2009/11/quadrant_1975.jpg

gnarly sceptre, Tuesday, 27 July 2010 14:53 (fourteen years ago) link

They look like an Air Supply cover band

Chicago to Philadelphia: "Suck It" (Bill Magill), Tuesday, 27 July 2010 14:55 (fourteen years ago) link

God, when will the uniform thing ever come back?

We were having a meeting about a band that was really fashion-challenged, and I asked, "Is there any chance we could turn them into a uniform band?" There were literal gasps of horror.

誤訳侮辱, Tuesday, 28 August 2012 20:50 (twelve years ago) link

I didnt realize Warm played at Woodstock.

One Way Ticket on the 1277 Express (Bill Magill), Tuesday, 28 August 2012 21:33 (twelve years ago) link

yeah it's weird i looked up woodstock on wiki and the actual bill was so much different than what was depicted in the movie!

Jandek at the Disco (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 28 August 2012 21:37 (twelve years ago) link

like CCR and Incredible String Band played, bunch of big stuff got left off plus some weirdos like Warm etc

Jandek at the Disco (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 28 August 2012 21:37 (twelve years ago) link

The two blokes on the right in Wheatstone Mission seem to have wandered in from the present day

bidfurd, Tuesday, 28 August 2012 21:56 (twelve years ago) link

^^i still think a photo quiz website called "vintage or hipster" is a good idea

○ (gr8080), Tuesday, 28 August 2012 22:14 (twelve years ago) link

nine months pass...

http://mydadwasinaband.com/

http://threeframes.net (gr8080), Monday, 17 June 2013 16:39 (eleven years ago) link

Okay, now that is a good idea for a blog.

Doctor Casino, Monday, 17 June 2013 16:59 (eleven years ago) link

oh what the heck...my band "broken hearts" circa 1978. i'm on the right.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/23103438@N07/9043656286/

Thus Sang Freud, Tuesday, 18 June 2013 00:10 (eleven years ago) link

did that not work?

Thus Sang Freud, Tuesday, 18 June 2013 00:12 (eleven years ago) link

whatevs...over here

Thus Sang Freud, Tuesday, 18 June 2013 00:15 (eleven years ago) link

broken pic of broken hearts

This Is Not An ILX Username (LaMonte), Tuesday, 18 June 2013 00:15 (eleven years ago) link

story of their lives.

Thus Sang Freud, Tuesday, 18 June 2013 00:19 (eleven years ago) link

where there's a will there's a way.

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7380/9043656286_04b266343a.jpg

Thus Sang Freud, Tuesday, 18 June 2013 00:24 (eleven years ago) link

is that you far right, sang freud?

i guess i'd just rather listen to canned heat? (ian), Tuesday, 18 June 2013 00:50 (eleven years ago) link

oh, so you are, great pic!!!!

i guess i'd just rather listen to canned heat? (ian), Tuesday, 18 June 2013 00:50 (eleven years ago) link

thanks! i get all melancholy looking at it, for a multitude of reasons, not least of which that the guy standing next to me just passed away. rip stephen.

Thus Sang Freud, Tuesday, 18 June 2013 01:07 (eleven years ago) link

audio clips or it didn't happen. come on, soundcloud it.

scott seward, Tuesday, 18 June 2013 01:20 (eleven years ago) link

klassik!

set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 18 June 2013 01:23 (eleven years ago) link

we never really recorded anything for realz. just gig tapes and practice tapes. i'll see what i can scrounge. gimme time though.

Thus Sang Freud, Tuesday, 18 June 2013 01:44 (eleven years ago) link

it's awesome that you also look like you could be a band from 1991, 2002, 2013...

data halls and oate (stevie), Tuesday, 18 June 2013 06:28 (eleven years ago) link

haha, I was thinking that too! That could have been slipped into any press kit circa 2001-2005 and no one would have batted an eye.

Doctor Casino, Tuesday, 18 June 2013 20:13 (eleven years ago) link

my hushpuppies are the giveaway, tbh.

Thus Sang Freud, Tuesday, 18 June 2013 22:02 (eleven years ago) link

Sad that Paul Rudolph's son doesn't know anything about his dad.

everything, Tuesday, 18 June 2013 22:55 (eleven years ago) link

For a second I thought you were talking about the architect and my mind was about to be blown.

Doctor Casino, Wednesday, 19 June 2013 03:12 (eleven years ago) link

thus sang freud's band looks too cool to be on this thread

screen scraper (m coleman), Wednesday, 19 June 2013 10:01 (eleven years ago) link

it's awesome that you also look like you could be a band from 1991, 2002, 2013...

my hushpuppies are the giveaway, tbh.

i thought EXACTLY the same thing about yr shoes hahaha which only goes to show how old we are :)

screen scraper (m coleman), Wednesday, 19 June 2013 10:03 (eleven years ago) link

the grungy photo setting and lack of self-serious "we have come to ROCK you" posturing make it timeless

screen scraper (m coleman), Wednesday, 19 June 2013 10:06 (eleven years ago) link

haha. the reprobate look will never die. that was outside our rehearsal space, which was the basement of a dry cleaners in a strip mall in hicksville long island.

Thus Sang Freud, Wednesday, 19 June 2013 13:08 (eleven years ago) link

three months pass...

Erics of Thor

what's up ugly girls? (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 30 September 2013 22:54 (eleven years ago) link

oh hey yeah it's shadrack chamelon

http://www.lysergia.com/LamaWorkshop/Shadrack/ShadrackPhoto.jpg

screen scraper (m coleman), Monday, 30 September 2013 22:59 (eleven years ago) link

scando bands are a gift

http://awesomeimage.net/img01/swedish-dance-bands01.jpg

screen scraper (m coleman), Monday, 30 September 2013 23:00 (eleven years ago) link

http://awesomeimage.net/img01/swedish-dance-bands02.jpg

screen scraper (m coleman), Monday, 30 September 2013 23:01 (eleven years ago) link

http://awesomeimage.net/img01/swedish-dance-bands03.jpg

screen scraper (m coleman), Monday, 30 September 2013 23:02 (eleven years ago) link

http://awesomeimage.net/img01/swedish-dance-bands04.jpg

screen scraper (m coleman), Monday, 30 September 2013 23:02 (eleven years ago) link

http://awesomeimage.net/img01/swedish-dance-bands05.jpg

screen scraper (m coleman), Monday, 30 September 2013 23:03 (eleven years ago) link

i mean i can't even
http://awesomeimage.net/img01/swedish-dance-bands06.jpg

screen scraper (m coleman), Monday, 30 September 2013 23:04 (eleven years ago) link

one year passes...

Amazing!

Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 2 December 2014 01:05 (nine years ago) link

And more

https://twitter.com/lala_laurie/status/539488717963296768/photo/1

Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 2 December 2014 01:06 (nine years ago) link

eight years pass...

there we go

Thus Sang Freud, Saturday, 29 July 2023 16:30 (one year ago) link

matching bass and guitar!

Terrycoth Baphomet (bendy), Tuesday, 1 August 2023 15:01 (one year ago) link

Looking forward to hearing the 707 and Helix covers once they get the line-up sorted! Dream Theater, less so.

Scene report: Rochester MN (Matt #2), Tuesday, 1 August 2023 16:15 (one year ago) link

Proud of his banner.

3' X 9.75' ft. black vinyl banner backdrop with the band logo on it, in florescent neon yellow, orange, and green colors to hang on the wall behind the drum set on stage (There is a picture of the Sunset Strip banner backdrop in my images section on my profile)

Three Rings for the Elven Bishop (Dan Peterson), Tuesday, 1 August 2023 16:46 (one year ago) link


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