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Echoes
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cool, looks like you have the 'Quiet Riot' look goin there....
I was in the LA cub scene from 78' to 84' what was the name of your band? and...what club is that it kinda looks familiar and I played em all.
I was in the LA cub scene from 78' to 84' what was the name of your band? and...what club is that it kinda looks familiar and I played em all.
evhfan
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killer pics!
being in that scene is nothing to be ashamed of...wish it was me...
i always had this picture in my head of mid 80s l.a. being like a paradise with musicians walking through the streets with their poiny guitars practicing for that night's gig...
being in that scene is nothing to be ashamed of...wish it was me...
i always had this picture in my head of mid 80s l.a. being like a paradise with musicians walking through the streets with their poiny guitars practicing for that night's gig...
david simpson
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Fun Times!!
I was there from 87 to 90 or so, but my band hung down the street at the Troubadour more often...we used to get some great spots at that club...Opening for Racer X comes to mind as one...it was the going away party for the drummer who was joining J Preist if I remember correctly....fun gig...
The Country Club....FM Station.....good times..
We were more of the jeans and shiney shirt look...
I was there from 87 to 90 or so, but my band hung down the street at the Troubadour more often...we used to get some great spots at that club...Opening for Racer X comes to mind as one...it was the going away party for the drummer who was joining J Preist if I remember correctly....fun gig...
The Country Club....FM Station.....good times..
We were more of the jeans and shiney shirt look...
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Gitfiddler
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I went out to LA about 10 years ago and made a point to go up to sunset blvd, hollywood blvd, etc. It was a holiday weekend and the streets were desolate. I felt like I was at Oz (tons of history on those streets) and loved every second of it
For you guys in LA in the 80's, was everyone happy as hell with the scene, or did everyone think it was lame and would get better? I was unfortunately playing in bands in the 90's and everybody was so damn depressed. I would loved to have been in hollywood during that era for just one night
For you guys in LA in the 80's, was everyone happy as hell with the scene, or did everyone think it was lame and would get better? I was unfortunately playing in bands in the 90's and everybody was so damn depressed. I would loved to have been in hollywood during that era for just one night
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Troub was always a fun place to play...
Steve
david simpson":a6249 said:Fun Times!!
I was there from 87 to 90 or so, but my band hung down the street at the Troubadour more often...we used to get some great spots at that club...Opening for Racer X comes to mind as one...it was the going away party for the drummer who was joining J Preist if I remember correctly....fun gig...
The Country Club....FM Station.....good times..
We were more of the jeans and shiney shirt look...
Troub was always a fun place to play...
Steve
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Gitfiddler
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sigh, the 90's were an opportunity for fat ugly girls to be cool.
They could stop shaving and bathing and could be cool by wearing oversized camping clothes. That was much easier than keeping in shape and teasing your hair up.
now the fat & ugly ones can wear black paint, have multiple piercings, and still get to wear oversized clothes yet remain cool.
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Everyone was diggin' the scene big time when I was playing it. It only turned lame when Seattle turned everything upside down... people had had enough spandex and power ballads I guess...
Steve
sigh, the 90's were an opportunity for fat ugly girls to be cool.
They could stop shaving and bathing and could be cool by wearing oversized camping clothes. That was much easier than keeping in shape and teasing your hair up.now the fat & ugly ones can wear black paint, have multiple piercings, and still get to wear oversized clothes yet remain cool.
Chubtone
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Living through that LA 80's scene was great and for me it was playing the exact music I wanted to play. I have some pics from my bands in that era that I need to scan. There were seperate scenes within that scene though. The glam thing, the slightly less glam but more "serious" bands like Lion, Racer X, Cry Wolf, Terriff (with Joe Holmes) and then the motorcycle rock bands.
The Seattle thing just killed it. It killed the stuff that needed to be killed, but took down all the great stuff with it. Some of my friends and bandmates grew goats, bought combat boots, jean shorts and flannels and pretended they forgot how to play and went grunge. To ME, that was being more of a poser than walking on stage looking like Poison, or Tuff, or Ruby Slippers. How do you LOVE the 80's and the great guitar playing that was required to pull it off and then just switch and start making fun of it and pretending like you were never a part of it so it didn't tear down your grunge credibility? We all knew you still had that yellow Ibanez 550 or purple Charvel under your bed and that you really secretly wanted to be playing Sykes and Lynch riffs on it.
The Seattle thing just killed it. It killed the stuff that needed to be killed, but took down all the great stuff with it. Some of my friends and bandmates grew goats, bought combat boots, jean shorts and flannels and pretended they forgot how to play and went grunge. To ME, that was being more of a poser than walking on stage looking like Poison, or Tuff, or Ruby Slippers. How do you LOVE the 80's and the great guitar playing that was required to pull it off and then just switch and start making fun of it and pretending like you were never a part of it so it didn't tear down your grunge credibility? We all knew you still had that yellow Ibanez 550 or purple Charvel under your bed and that you really secretly wanted to be playing Sykes and Lynch riffs on it.
evhfan
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amir derakh comes to mind (not grunge but joined that weird band orgy and pretended to forget how to play)
Chubtone":9fb28 said:Living through that LA 80's scene was great and for me it was playing the exact music I wanted to play. I have some pics from my bands in that era that I need to scan. There were seperate scenes within that scene though. The glam thing, the slightly less glam but more "serious" bands like Lion, Racer X, Cry Wolf, Terriff (with Joe Holmes) and then the motorcycle rock bands.
The Seattle thing just killed it. It killed the stuff that needed to be killed, but took down all the great stuff with it. Some of my friends and bandmates grew goats, bought combat boots, jean shorts and flannels and pretended they forgot how to play and went grunge. To ME, that was being more of a poser than walking on stage looking like Poison, or Tuff, or Ruby Slippers. How do you LOVE the 80's and the great guitar playing that was required to pull it off and then just switch and start making fun of it and pretending like you were never a part of it so it didn't tear down your grunge credibility? We all knew you still had that yellow Ibanez 550 or purple Charvel under your bed and that you really secretly wanted to be playing Sykes and Lynch riffs on it.
amir derakh comes to mind (not grunge but joined that weird band orgy and pretended to forget how to play)
jkdsteve
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I vote that some of you otehr 80s band members need to post pics :bump:
Steve manned up to it....so where are the rest???
Me..I actually learned one more chord since the 80s...so that's up to 4 now
Steve manned up to it....so where are the rest???
Me..I actually learned one more chord since the 80s...so that's up to 4 now
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Ruby Slippers... HA! Forgot about them...
Hey the Alice in Chains guys were all glammed up at one point...
Break out them scans, Curt! What were the names of some of your bands?
Steve
Chubtone":d4244 said:Living through that LA 80's scene was great and for me it was playing the exact music I wanted to play. I have some pics from my bands in that era that I need to scan. There were seperate scenes within that scene though. The glam thing, the slightly less glam but more "serious" bands like Lion, Racer X, Cry Wolf, Terriff (with Joe Holmes) and then the motorcycle rock bands.
The Seattle thing just killed it. It killed the stuff that needed to be killed, but took down all the great stuff with it. Some of my friends and bandmates grew goats, bought combat boots, jean shorts and flannels and pretended they forgot how to play and went grunge. To ME, that was being more of a poser than walking on stage looking like Poison, or Tuff, or Ruby Slippers. How do you LOVE the 80's and the great guitar playing that was required to pull it off and then just switch and start making fun of it and pretending like you were never a part of it so it didn't tear down your grunge credibility? We all knew you still had that yellow Ibanez 550 or purple Charvel under your bed and that you really secretly wanted to be playing Sykes and Lynch riffs on it.
Ruby Slippers... HA! Forgot about them...
Hey the Alice in Chains guys were all glammed up at one point...
Break out them scans, Curt! What were the names of some of your bands?
Steve
Gainfreak
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I Quickly learned in the 90's who was a poser and who really loved what they did by who qucikly cut their hair!! There were legions of guys who cut their hair and tried to play grunge and it sounded fucking aweful. I have no problem with people trying to make it by switching up music styles but trying to fake your way through anything just doesn't cut it and we all laughed!!
I knew back in the late 80's that we needed a change just by what was being released. The bands started getting cheesier and cheesier until it was more about the look then the music.
I had no problem with the change.. I just had a problem with people buying into the hype that all 80's music sucked. There was a lot of talent back then and to just dismiss it like they did was even cheesier then some of the c bands that came out
Chubtone":38860 said:Living through that LA 80's scene was great and for me it was playing the exact music I wanted to play. I have some pics from my bands in that era that I need to scan. There were seperate scenes within that scene though. The glam thing, the slightly less glam but more "serious" bands like Lion, Racer X, Cry Wolf, Terriff (with Joe Holmes) and then the motorcycle rock bands.
The Seattle thing just killed it. It killed the stuff that needed to be killed, but took down all the great stuff with it. Some of my friends and bandmates grew goats, bought combat boots, jean shorts and flannels and pretended they forgot how to play and went grunge. To ME, that was being more of a poser than walking on stage looking like Poison, or Tuff, or Ruby Slippers. How do you LOVE the 80's and the great guitar playing that was required to pull it off and then just switch and start making fun of it and pretending like you were never a part of it so it didn't tear down your grunge credibility? We all knew you still had that yellow Ibanez 550 or purple Charvel under your bed and that you really secretly wanted to be playing Sykes and Lynch riffs on it.
I Quickly learned in the 90's who was a poser and who really loved what they did by who qucikly cut their hair!! There were legions of guys who cut their hair and tried to play grunge and it sounded fucking aweful. I have no problem with people trying to make it by switching up music styles but trying to fake your way through anything just doesn't cut it and we all laughed!!
I knew back in the late 80's that we needed a change just by what was being released. The bands started getting cheesier and cheesier until it was more about the look then the music.
I had no problem with the change.. I just had a problem with people buying into the hype that all 80's music sucked. There was a lot of talent back then and to just dismiss it like they did was even cheesier then some of the c bands that came out
Gainfreak
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the guys I knew cut it all off and looked like guidos!! They were so far off the Mark!! After a few years in the 90's all us long hairs put it up in a ponytail because we knew the long hair thing was over!!
I still have mine long because It saves me money on haircuts!! I'm thinking about cutting it though. Maybe time for a change
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Most of the guys I knew who made the change to try and do grunge simply grew out their bangs and layers and dropped the aquanet...
Steve
the guys I knew cut it all off and looked like guidos!! They were so far off the Mark!! After a few years in the 90's all us long hairs put it up in a ponytail because we knew the long hair thing was over!!
I still have mine long because It saves me money on haircuts!! I'm thinking about cutting it though. Maybe time for a change
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Might as well cut it since it is always in a ponytail anyway...
I get my haircut at a barber shop now and it costs me $15/month. Not stylish, but practical, cheap and easy...
Steve
Gainfreak":cfc5f said::|::QBB:I still have mine long because It saves me money on haircuts!! I'm thinking about cutting it though. Maybe time for a change
Might as well cut it since it is always in a ponytail anyway...
I get my haircut at a barber shop now and it costs me $15/month. Not stylish, but practical, cheap and easy...
Steve
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Do eet!!!!
Gainfreak":191b0 said::|::QBB:
the guys I knew cut it all off and looked like guidos!! They were so far off the Mark!! After a few years in the 90's all us long hairs put it up in a ponytail because we knew the long hair thing was over!!
I still have mine long because It saves me money on haircuts!! I'm thinking about cutting it though. Maybe time for a change
Do eet!!!!
Gainfreak
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Exactly!! It's not like I'm ever going to wear it out again unless I join an 80's tribute band like MetalShop
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Might as well cut it since it is always in a ponytail anyway...
I get my haircut at a barber shop now and it costs me $15/month. Not stylish, but practical, cheap and easy...
Steve
Exactly!! It's not like I'm ever going to wear it out again unless I join an 80's tribute band like MetalShop