Local bands from my younger years (anyone else remember?)

[BunsenH]

Oh! I just thought of another: Crack the Sky.
...
Or, who could forget...
Surf City, here come the sharks
Dodge City, here come the lights

OMG! They were one of my favorites. I bet I still have a CD somewhere.
....QUOTE]

I have 'Crack the Sky - Live' on vinyl. I "mp3'd" it and Surf City occasionally comes up on my iPod.

Hey whitey, whitey, whitey, whitey !!

 

[mick67]

Anyone who knows the Hooters and Tommy Conwell should also remember Robert Hazard ("We're riding on the escalator of life..."). Robert Hazard and the Heros, I think it was. And how about Dick Tracy.

"Crack the Sky" was a line from a Red Rider song. Remember Red Rider?

 

[JVL1018]

Ok, this is my first post on the Community Board, but just curious if anyone remembers the local band the Nerds. You would have to live in PA/NJ area. I believe that they still play. I remember seeing them at the Barn (I believe that was the place in Bensalem) also down at LBI all the time. I would love to drop my mommy life for a day and go to a bar to see them again and possibly even try to drink the same amount of alcohol that I could back then! Oh, the good ole' days.....

I was just about to post about them. They played all the time at a bar here in my town called Walley's, they used to be there every Thursday night..it was always packed when they played!

 

[goofygirl]

I remember the Hooters, Tommy Conwell ( I have a photo of him when he came to my college to play) and Robert Hazard.

How about the Dead Milkmen? They were a local punk band.

 

[Allie322]

I saw the Hooters and the Outfield (another blast from the past) at Providence College in 1985 (give or take a year).
At my college that year, the homecoming concert was Icicle Works--one hit wonders--"A Whisper to a Tear" was their claim to fame. The year before that was local faves John Cafferty and Beaver Brown ("On the Dark Side").
Gee, I feel old now!

 

[RUDisney]

The brother of one of my friends is in the And We Danced video. He's one of the boys trying to get his friends out of the trunk of the car at the drive in. My friend hung around with the band a lot during their early years. She played softball with them, Cyndi Lauper and Adam Ant.

The original drummer from The Hooters (went to one of their concerts and had a t-shirt from it) got sick right before they made it big. He then hooked up with Tommy Conwell (saw them in Wilkes Barre after their 'popular' cd came out.) He thought it would be his shot at stardom, but they were basically one hit wonders, so that didn't work out either. We got to hang out with them after the show, though. Those were the days when I could stay out until 3 a.m. on a work night and get up for work the next morning.

 

[koopa]

Yeah, I remember The Hooters well in the 80s.

The Ocean Blue were out of Pa and big in college in the early 90s. I always wondered what happened to them.

The Smithereens were popular too, and I thought they were out of Philly. "Girl like you."

 

[buddy&wooz]

Ok, this is my first post on the Community Board, but just curious if anyone remembers the local band the Nerds. You would have to live in PA/NJ area. I believe that they still play. I remember seeing them at the Barn (I believe that was the place in Bensalem) also down at LBI all the time. I would love to drop my mommy life for a day and go to a bar to see them again and possibly even try to drink the same amount of alcohol that I could back then! Oh, the good ole' days.....

I actually just heard an ad for them on the radio! They're playing tonight at a club near me.

edited to add - the club is Colorado Cafe in Watchung if anyone really wants to check them out . I'd go if I didn't have such a nasty cold right now.

 

[Cindy B]

Hooters: Made it big. They actually played at my high school in 1984 for a fundraiser! The next year they made it big and never came back. They did about four albums and still gets tons of royalties courtesty of Cyndi Lauper.

Tommy Conwell-- I have that cassette somewhere as well. I have a Mp3 of "I'm not your Man"

John Eddie- last I saw he was playing at the Quarterdeck Inn at Long Beach Island a few years back. I actually have his cassette somewhere as well.

Robert Hazard-Escalator of Life guy. Quick side story about him... my two BIL's had a band in the early-mid 70's. They knew him then, and they played with Robert Hazard. They say he was a jerk. Anyway, when Escalator of Life came out his daughter was a student at Shawnee high school. I went to a few parties and she was there.. and she acted like she was all that.. a real witch!

Mojo Nixon--totally awesome stuff. Loved him-my favorite thing from him was Punk Rock Girl.. I have that Mp3' as well. Some of his other stuff is truly fantastic.

Dead Milkmen- another one that made it pretty big in the alternative market during the late 80s. Witching Camaro was a pretty big single (well its not really Witching, but you can figure it out). I loved the Dead Milmen and have thier cassettes around somewhere as well.

 

[LadyyRedd]

I had a huge crush on Ronnie Younkins as he was good friends with my oldest brother and at our house lots. I was probably 14 or so and just ga ga over him. I remember the first time I heard The Itch on the radio and told all my friends "I know them, I know them". No one believed me.

Ronnie Younkins is my best friend's cousin!!!!!!!!!!! LOL!!!! I even just asked her to make sure and it's him. I remember it being a big deal back in middle and high school.

A couple of my friends used to run into Dave Matthews in some of the DC bars.

Kimya

 

[LadyyRedd]

I forgot to add that Ronnie Younkins plays in a band now called Blue Vultures. You can link to the site from the Kixx site.

http://kix-band.com/

Kimya

 

[PaulaSue]

Anyone remember Live ~ they grew up here

 

[DaN_Edman]

I'm out on a limb here and bearly know where I've ended up, but here's the deal:

I'm desperately searching for info on an old American rock band called MONARCH. They're supposed to have released an album in '83 called "As your kingdom falls". Is this the band you have been mentioning in this thread? If it is, could someone PLEASE get in touch with me w/ more info. I'm dying to hear this band.

...and if it's not the band I'm looking for, please let me know too, so I can scratch this lead from the list

thanx + cheers

DaN ( dans_mp3ATyahooDOTse )

 

[U2_rocks!]

Having spent most of my youth in suburban Philly, I remember the Hooters well, my favorite song being "All You Zombies."

Oh yes, that was a great song!

 

[apirateslifeforme]

Oh, wow...LOVED The Hooters. I still hear them all the time on the radio.

 

[The Mayor]

I remember The Hooters...they opened up the first Live Aid concert in in Philly...anyone remember Duke and the Drivers.

 

[MichelleVW]

Loved The Hooters!!

The Dead Milkmen--"I've got some buddies and we all drink bleach"

Bleach Boys

I've got some buddies and we all drink bleach
you know we practice what we preach
We're not a drunken bunch of frat boys drunk on beer
or a stoned bunch of hippies with no careers
I wanna drink bleach with a Georgia Peach

My pals and I all drink Clorox
or eat Snowy right out of the box
Teenage suicide rate shot high and we
understand the reason why
Bleach does more than whiten socks

Don't you wanna hang out with the bleach boys baby
in a land where ministers murder golf pros?
Don't you wanna drink some bleach tonight?

Maybe there'll be a party at the beach
We'll ***** about life and chug-a-lug bleach
No ones getting high and no one's getting drunk
we got a case off bleach stashed in the trunk.
I wanna die with clorox within reach.

I'm very proud of the respect I've earned
and my voice is very deep 'cause my throat got burned.
Bleach keeps you young so I've been told
'cause no one who drinks it lives to be old
Drink it with a chaser is the first thing I learned.

Don't you wanna hang out with the bleach boys baby
in a land where midgets run for mayor?
Don't you wanna drink some bleach tonight?

I had 26 friends in the beginning
but now it seems our numbers are thinning
Some people drive fast others love to bet
still others snort coke in a private jet.
But drinking bleach is my way of winning.

(solo)

I'm so bored I'm drinking bleach...

 

[Poohnatic]

These all sound familiar. When I first moved to Hagerstown, Kix was all the rage and a coworker had dated one of the band members, lol.

I've forgotten more Long Island acts than I remember, but here are some good ones:

Good Rats. They'd perform as the Rat Race Choir to do gigs in small clubs at the height of their popularity. Peppi Marchello was good friends with my eldest sister and he is my nephew's godfather. Biggest hit they had was "Tasty"

Blue Oyster Cult-Always performed on LI as Soft White Underbelly.

Mazarin-great bar band, never understood why they hadn't made it big.

Suzanne

 

[donnajon]

We had a local band that made it pretty big. You might have heard of them. Hootie and the Blowfish! We went to the same college (University of South Carolina).

 

[AuntieM03]

I loved a Hooters song, I think it was called All You Zombies. I remember they sang it at LiveAid.