BIG BOYS Austin TX punk, 'Funk Off' / 'Baby, Let's Play God'
Biscuit pretty much was the god of the Austin punk scene.
did you see them? big boys
i was only in austin once or twice in the 70's. but john took me to rauls and we saw sharon tates baby. doug (drug) russel from our n.dallas neighb was there, he was lending the band his bass and amp.
As I can say about large chunks of my Austin years, I honestly don't remember. But I lived in a small 15 unit complex on Rio Grande that was for awhile a bit of a minor punk colony and most of my punk era memories are not about the music but about the characters, Jukebox, Billy Pringle, Delirious Dave, Blond Bomber, Lou Shill (not all of them musicians), and their interactions with the sorority girls in the complex across from us.
I was impressed by the Huns and the Dicks (at Raul's).
Apperaring at SXSW next month: Terminal Mind
Local favorites in the fertile chaos of the late 70s Austin Punk scene, Terminal Mind released an ep in 1980 and appeared on the first "Live At Raul's" album. With original guitarist/vocalist Steve Marsh (playing through an amp that once belonged to David Koresh!), the current lineup features veteran rock goddesses Terri Lord on drums and Cindy Toth on bass, uniting after 25 years to play fast, loud and timeless tunes like "Radioactive", "I Want To Die Young", and "Zombieland".
http://2005.sxsw.com/music/showcases/band/20518.html
The Dicks are evidently still alive, in SF, and are playing in Austin late March, I don't think as part of sxsw but maybe.
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- bill 2-05-2007 4:05 pm
Biscuit pretty much was the god of the Austin punk scene.
- jimlouis 2-05-2007 4:17 pm [add a comment]
did you see them? big boys
i was only in austin once or twice in the 70's. but john took me to rauls and we saw sharon tates baby. doug (drug) russel from our n.dallas neighb was there, he was lending the band his bass and amp.
- bill 2-05-2007 4:26 pm [add a comment]
As I can say about large chunks of my Austin years, I honestly don't remember. But I lived in a small 15 unit complex on Rio Grande that was for awhile a bit of a minor punk colony and most of my punk era memories are not about the music but about the characters, Jukebox, Billy Pringle, Delirious Dave, Blond Bomber, Lou Shill (not all of them musicians), and their interactions with the sorority girls in the complex across from us.
- jimlouis 2-05-2007 4:58 pm [add a comment]
I was impressed by the Huns and the Dicks (at Raul's).
- tom moody 2-05-2007 6:47 pm [add a comment]
Apperaring at SXSW next month: Terminal Mind
Local favorites in the fertile chaos of the late 70s Austin Punk scene, Terminal Mind released an ep in 1980 and appeared on the first "Live At Raul's" album. With original guitarist/vocalist Steve Marsh (playing through an amp that once belonged to David Koresh!), the current lineup features veteran rock goddesses Terri Lord on drums and Cindy Toth on bass, uniting after 25 years to play fast, loud and timeless tunes like "Radioactive", "I Want To Die Young", and "Zombieland".
http://2005.sxsw.com/music/showcases/band/20518.html
- johnschw (guest) 2-05-2007 6:56 pm [add a comment]
The Dicks are evidently still alive, in SF, and are playing in Austin late March, I don't think as part of sxsw but maybe.
- jimlouis 2-05-2007 8:22 pm [add a comment]