Where is the love for all these bands from my vinyl 12-inch "R" shelf who have rarely if ever been mentioned on ILM?

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Yeah, that 12-inch single, and also their self-titled album (which also includes "No Tengo Dinero.") Plus, I just realized their name rhymes with "riviera," not "diarrhea", duh! I am so slow sometimes.

"Vamos a la playa, WOH-OH-OH-OH-OH..."

"No tengo dinero, WOH-OH, no tengo dinero, WOH-OH-OH-OH..."

(Later to be perfected by Baltimora in "Tarzan Boy", of course.)

I have about half a dozen Renaissance albums on my shelf, used to be a big fan of their pretty prog, rarely play 'em anymore.

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Renaissance -- Horribly boring English art prog band fronted by Annie Haslam and bassist Jon Camp. Albums beloved by classic mid-70's snob FM like "Ashes Are Burning" and "Turn of the Cards." No guitars. One of the worst concerts I've ever attended. Eating a box of sterile cotton swabs would have been entertaining.

Rockets -- Detroit, much love on ILM for them. Dennis Gilbert, the singer, died of the usual unsuccessful rockstar-related causes. None of their good records ("The Rockets" with "Oh Well" and "No Ballads") made it to CD. Wounded Bird just reissued their last two which aren't real good. For a Detroit band, they had a southern feel and wrote mostly for pop radio, so the records aren't particularly heavy for a hard rock boogie band. "Oh Well" and "Desire" are the high points. Fiery guitar work from Cactus' Jim McCarty but if you're expecting anything Hendrix-oid, which he was known for, or scrambled really heavy boogie, like from Cactus, you'll be disappointed. His best moments, naturally, are on their live record. Plus drumming by the well known John Bdanjek, America's Ringo before Kenny Aronoff, or something like that.

Riot -- American speed power metal band before there were any speed power metal bands. Pretty good up until the second album with Rhett Forrester as singer. All the albums with Guy Speranza, the first singer, are amazing, even with the weird harp seal motifs. Still in action, but only one original member, the guitarist and I've not paid attention.

"Most recently, Rex recorded his sixth album, SIMPLY...REX for MCA-Universal Records." Six albums!

No Red Temple Spirits? Dang...

Yay! I thought I was the only one who remembered them!

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CD of "Pirates of Penzance"
Producer Joseph Papp's Broadway spin on Gilbert & Sullivan's The Pirates of Penzance cannily employs pop firepower in its casting, adding an inviting Yankee accent to roles normally associated with (and sometimes embalmed in) plummy English locution. Erstwhile country-rocker Linda Ronstadt, who by this point had already proven she could tackle pre-rock pop standards, stretches successfully as its heroine. Rex Smith, then dismissed as a pop-rock heartthrob, proves he could be a "legitimate" musical leading man, a niche he's since inhabited comfortably. And Kevin Kline returns to his stage training as the hearty King of the Pirates. Onstage, Papp celebrated the slapstick possibilities of the deliberately silly plot, which weaves reliably tart observations about class consciousness and gender politics into a pirate band's invasion of a Cornish coastal town. A faithful big-screen adaptation added Angela Lansbury for marquee clout, but even without that grande dame of the Great White Way, this original stage cast is a corker, the music glorious and the performances spirited.

Redbone, of course, were the premier Native American/Chicano rock act in the early 70s. They were very swampy and danceable, especially on the big hits "Come and Get Your Love" and "Witch Queen of New Orleans". The main songwriters in the band also wrote my favorite P.J. Proby song, "Niki Hoeky".And they inspired Gino Soccio to create Witch Queen. I keep meaning to get a greatest hits compilations. Those songs are so good--there must be more where they came from.

Yes. First album is great, second album not far behind. Lots of good riffs and hooks. "Pull the Plug" was the worst tune on the first, but tops in crassness. If you saw it on network TV, you saw a sanitized version. Live, Starz made my skin crawl when they did it, linking it to a dirty story, told by Smith, in which the "girlfriend" masturbates herself into a brain-dead coma with a whiskey bottle.
Utterly taboo filth!

>Riot -- Pretty good up until the second album<

A good history of Gilbert and the Rockets, pointed out to me many moons ago by another fine ILM contributor:

http://www.metrotimes.com/editorial/story.asp?id=3550

Boyfriend girlfriend thing as I recall, he plays the guitar (poorly) and yowls, and she is the worst drummer in the world. They toured with Mates of State in 2002? and supplied me with one of my all-time favorite concert memories. As the show went on, it became painfully apparent that the drummer was not only chewing gum, but had synced her kick drum to the gum chewing rate and tempo (which was fairly inconsistent.) This observation was perfected by the moment in the 4th song of the set where her gum rocketed out of her mouth onto the snare drum, and she casually stopped playing, searched it out, (this is all while panic-eyed guitarist soldiers on), reinserted it, and came in squarely on the scond beat of the measure. And stayed there.

Maybe the album is better...

As for Rex, I've got *Where Do We Go From Here,* and I swear Martin Popoff got that one right in his '70s guide -- most entertaining tracks are the title tune and "You're Never Too Old Too Rock & Roll". Martin's "Hooplish" might be slightly wishful thinking, but they sure sound more like Mott the Hoople than, um, anything on the new Aimme Mann album does. (George will understand that, if nobody else does.) Though not more than the one track on that new 101ers reissue on Astralwerks that sounds exactly like "Honaloochie Boogie," I suppose.

Rennaisance = boring, yeah. Very. I'd never heard a note by them before, at least not consciously; picked up a live album a couple years ago out of curiosity, since it was really cheap. Guess I kept it since the singing sometimes reminds me Anneke in the Gathering.

I still can't get my head around to who's the real Roxanne.

I just remember "Get Up On The Get Down" by The Real Roxanne being a highlight of her album from 1988. There was really bad ballad filler on that album, but her actual rap tracks made up for them.

And here is a thread about some nitwits named the Rock 'n' Roll Soldiers whose CD I have heard and who are crippled beyond belief,
having not obviously learned how to rock 'n' roll growing up wherever it is they grew up.

"Kick me, I can take it, I'm a Rock 'n' Roll Soldier."

And which Rhythm Pigs are we talking about? There seem to be a few.

Raydio: Even though he's something of a serial plagiarist ("Jack and Jill" ripped Sly's "Stand," and "Ghost Busters" infamously stole from "I Want a New Drug,"), I've always had a soft spot for Ray Parker. A great rhythm guitarist, and a good arranger.

The Real Roxanne: Not as real as Shante, this Roxanne was real only to the extent she was the one created by UTFO.

Redbone: "Come and Get Your Love" still kills, although you could safely forget the rest of their ouevre.

Red Rider: If Tom Cochrane's "Life Is a Highway" doesn't thrill you, there's no reason to hear his pre-solo stuff.

Renaissance: Genesis without the smarts. Or hooks.

Rod: "Shake It Up (Do the Boogaloo)" seemed infectious at the time.

Rossington-Collins Band: Lynyrd-Skynyrd minus the essential bits.

Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels: The white soul band for those who found Wayne Cochran too creepy. Best known for having provided Springsteen with encore material.

Sort of Meat Puppets-ish El Paso artcore trio on Mordam, early '80s.

Rossington-Collins Band had at least one great song: "Don't Misunderstand Me."

I saw the Rockets live a couple times when I lived in Michigan and George has them pretty well nailed down. Albums were undistinguished IIRC. Their rhythm guitarist Dennis Robbins made a couple country albums in the early 90s and I believe he writes songs in Nashville.

No Ruby Starr records?

As opposed to LA Band of the same time, Top Jimmy and the Rhythm Pigs, which had members of X, The Blasters and Flesh Eaters over time. Yep, Top Jimmy was the inspiration for the Van Halen song of same name.

revive

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hUxADCsPV8s

indulging in a bit of early p-funk bagpipe country funk via Osmium - Silent Boatman - Ruth Copeland - and found myself stumbling upon Borders P-funk affiliate Jesse Rae - whats the deal with this gadge ? anyone have anymore info ? searched ilx and came here ...

anyway, some fine squelching buckfast funk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68skia4veC0&safe=active

oh shit his you tube channel is awesome

Kid Funkadelic, Warren Macrae and Jesse in full highland dress driving round Embra on a tractor playing "Inside Oot"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0wA1JQEAhY