Me and my uncle would drink and sing “wango tango” over the summer
“Pretend your face is a Maserati”
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Me and my uncle would drink and sing “wango tango” over the summer
“Pretend your face is a Maserati”
Born and raised in MD, and never heard of them. Now, KIX, the Ravyns, Rob Fahee & the Pieces, Crack the Sky, etc. I am familiar with.
Love Crack the Sky!!!
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When I was stationed in Germany I was in a Combat Engineer battallion. Lots of those guys were heavy equipment operators from the South and Midwest. They loved their sh*t-kicker music and since I had a reputation as a knowledgeable music guy they always tried to stump me. One guy in particular was from Corpus Christi Texas and he asked if I knew a local band called Bubble Puppy from there. I said sure- "Hot Smoke And Sassafras". He couldn't believe it that I knew them, but I had the 45 and saw them on American Bandstand in 1969.
Long before they adopted the name Kix, they were the "Shoes". A band I was in played against them in a battle of the bands in those days. They skunked us. Go figure. By the time they signed with Atlantic they were using the name "The Generators" which explains the sparks and industrial setting of the cover art for their first album. The only snag was that Atlantic reportedly discovered that they already had another band by that same name, so our guys had to make a last minute change and Kix was born.
Still remember seeing the Ravyns at Gerard's before it burned. Still have my original Vinyl of their first LP. Like the song says, I was "Raised on the Radio" Now, I'm gonna go fire up my turn table...
When it came to Crack the Sky, the first album and Safety in Numbers were always my favorites. I didn't think the change in lead vocalists hurt the sound at all.
Remember spending quite some time hanging with real punks at the Marble Bar in them days, too.
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I thought this was suppose to be punk.hanging with real punks......
Cool pictures of punk royalty at the time. They all look so young.hanging with real punks......
Here's a group that's probably more familiar in the northeast. Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes. From what I can gather, they're still active today. Here they are doing a gig with Bruce Springsteen and Steve Van Zant
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