{"id":9877,"date":"2011-10-27T18:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-10-27T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/?p=9877"},"modified":"2011-10-27T16:12:48","modified_gmt":"2011-10-27T20:12:48","slug":"wanted-townspeople-who-know-a-shitload-about-any-of-the-following-bands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wanted-townspeople-who-know-a-shitload-about-any-of-the-following-bands\/","title":{"rendered":"WANTED: Townspeople Who Know a Shitload About Any of the Following Bands"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Someone asked me recently, &#8220;Mr. Moderator, if there was one thing you could do to make Rock Town Hall even better than it already is, what would that one thing be?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Don&#8217;t take this the wrong way, but I&#8217;ve been thinking about this question for the last few days. As great as this place is, who says we can&#8217;t make it even better? Today I believe I have settled on an answer: <em>We need a few Townspeople who know a shitload about any of the following bands to step forward and make their mark<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Sure, I want <strong>facts<\/strong>, but I also want a sense of your <em><strong>passion<\/strong><\/em> for any of these bands. I had no idea any of these bands existed, but they stumbling on the following <strong>Birth Control<\/strong> performance had led me down a rabbit hole of obscure hard-rockin&#8217; bands representing fans with lifestyles I can barely imagine. I want to get to know these people. Check out the ancient worlds I have unconvered:<\/p>\n<p>First, Birth Control, a band that seems to have captured the essence of <strong>Eric Burdon<\/strong>&#8216;s <em>psychedelicized<\/em> Peace Warrior ravings and mixed in Krautrock and the heavy organ noodlings of <strong>Deep Purple<\/strong>. I know you&#8217;re gonna want to clap your hands when this number gets going!<\/p><iframe class='youtube-player youtuber' type='text\/html' width='425' height='355' src='http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/y7tDhS3Hlao?rel=0&amp;fs=1&amp;ap=%252526fmt%253D18' webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen frameborder='0'><\/iframe><p>Next up is <strong>Epitaph<\/strong>&#8230;<!--nextpage--><\/p><iframe class='youtube-player youtuber' type='text\/html' width='425' height='355' src='http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-sAG_mzp7eI?rel=0&amp;fs=1&amp;ap=%252526fmt%253D18' webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen frameborder='0'><\/iframe><p>I&#8217;m pretty sure that&#8217;s <strong>Anthony Kiedis<\/strong>&#8216; dad on bass and vocals. When <strong>Greg Ginn<\/strong> got <strong>Gone<\/strong> underway, did he and his bandmates have visions of pulling off the kind of ending this song features?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Lucifer&#8217;s Friend<\/strong>&#8216;s &#8220;Ride in the Sky&#8221; is heavy on <strong>Black Sabbath<\/strong>-style heavy melodicism, but what most interests me are the singer&#8217;s hair and the anticipation of hearing that brass instrument again.<\/p><iframe class='youtube-player youtuber' type='text\/html' width='425' height='355' src='http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/b5DpOdf-_yM?rel=0&amp;fs=1&amp;ap=%252526fmt%253D18' webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen frameborder='0'><\/iframe><p>Gotta love a band named <strong>War Horse<\/strong>, especially one fronted by a singer who looks like he should be a professional wrestler! I can even overlook the band&#8217;s Poor Man&#8217;s &#8220;Highway Star&#8221; of a song. See if you don&#8217;t agree&#8230;<em>after the jump<\/em>!<\/p>\n<p><!--nextpage--><\/p><iframe class='youtube-player youtuber' type='text\/html' width='425' height='355' src='http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/aSOnQi56m8s?rel=0&amp;fs=1&amp;ap=%252526fmt%253D18' webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen frameborder='0'><\/iframe><p>The more I think about it, the more I&#8217;m sure that Rock Town Hall needs a few experts in these areas of music. Sometimes, when I see Townspeople in person, they say things like, &#8220;[Insert band name] is a band I could never talk about in the Hall!&#8221; No, man, you can! No one&#8217;s gonna stone you if you come clean and declare your love for War Horse or Birth Control. Folks will appreciate your insider knowledge and enthusiasm.<\/p>\n<p>So, in conclusion, is there an obscure band from 1971 that&#8217;s better poised to make a splash in today&#8217;s indie rock world than <strong>Juicy Lucy<\/strong>?<\/p><iframe class='youtube-player youtuber' type='text\/html' width='425' height='355' src='http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QXkmuUoUyT0?rel=0&amp;fs=1&amp;ap=%252526fmt%253D18' webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen frameborder='0'><\/iframe><nav class=\"page-links\"><strong>Pages:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wanted-townspeople-who-know-a-shitload-about-any-of-the-following-bands\/\" class=\"post-page-numbers\"><span class=\"page-num\">1<\/span><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wanted-townspeople-who-know-a-shitload-about-any-of-the-following-bands\/2\/\" class=\"post-page-numbers\"><span class=\"page-num\">2<\/span><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wanted-townspeople-who-know-a-shitload-about-any-of-the-following-bands\/3\/\" class=\"post-page-numbers\"><span class=\"page-num\">3<\/span><\/a><\/nav>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Someone asked me recently, &#8220;Mr. Moderator, if there was one thing you could do to make Rock Town Hall even better than it already is, what would that one thing be?&#8221; Don&#8217;t take this the wrong way, but I&#8217;ve been thinking about this question for the last few days. 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