Re: (TV) OT: Kids doing King Crimson

[Russ <russvr@pop.nwnexus.com>]

We were bad and then sometimes we were actually kind of tuneful. We 
called ourselves "Relic" - like after the Pink Floyd album of similar 
name. We started out trying to cover songs like 
BornToBeWild,GimmeShelter,NeedleAndtheSpoon, but as a three piece (and 
later we added a violin playing singing girl), my amplifier , a 12-watt 
Fender Princerton Reverb, was too underpowered to get any good 
sustain/distortion; and I  played a Fender Mustang, which sucked a lot; 
and the drummer was too loud for our cruddy little amps, and the bass 
player was into Queen, Rush, Yes and sorto-glam bands like Angel, which, 
at the time, I found to be a little foo-fee, even though I liked some of 
those bands. We gave up on covers because we didn't feel good enough. So 
we just played our own songs. We were an odd band, sort of punk (because 
we were still learning a lot) before any of us had heard any punk. Ah, 
them 70s.

Rex Broome wrote:
> On 5/24/06, Russ <russvr@pop.nwnexus.com> wrote:
>   
>> I'd like to see what they could do with some Capt Beefheart ...(also
>> well represented on YouTube.com)  as well as  , well, Television.
>> I'd agree that the kids look a little stiff, but probably  for the
>> reasons mentioned , and maybe possibly because Paul Green will kick
>> their asses if they screw up. ;-) But seriously, if I had the
>> opportunity to learn under these conditions when I was in high school ,
>> that would have been nothing short of , as we'd say, killer dude.
>> And I actually had my first band when I was 15, and never sounded nearly
>> as good. We were lucky if we could get through "Born to be Wild" and
>> "Jumping Jack Flash" without numerous glitches.
>>     
>
>
> BWAAAAHHHhahahhahh!  My first public gig was doing "Born to Be Wild" at the
> Variety Show in 11th grade (and one dicey original).  Perhaps strangely we
> were anything but stiff-- I mean, we were borderline spastic, really, and
> while far from tight we did get through the thing, and I got to play a FACE
> MELTING SOLO (sic) on those occasions when my amp didn't catch fire (which
> was 1/3 of the time).
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