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We were considered
the "Underground Band" on the suburban high school
circuit. We refused to play Louie, Louie unless we
made a complete joke out of it and most of the kids
hated us because they couldn't dance to our music.
But the ones who understood what we were doing
absolutely loved us.
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Personnel:
Dean Milano - Bass and Keyboards
Pat Cannon - Lead Vocals
Dave Turnquist - Rythm Guitar
Bob Baum - Lead Guitar
Rusty Ward/Ken Slauf - Drums
Steve Zoellin - Bass
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Influences:
Doors,
Mothers of Invention, Stones, HP
Lovecraft, Grateful Dead, Buffalo
Springfield, etc.
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Setlist
Sample:
Light My Fire, Morning Dew (Grateful
Dead), Mom and Dad (Zappa), Mr. Soul
(Buffalo Springfield), Sumertime Blues
(Blue Cheer), Let's spend the Night
Together.
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Equipment:
Farfisa organ, Shure Vocalmaster PA,
mainly Fender amps and guitars
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Rehearsal
Space:
All of
our collective basements and
garages.
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Band
Vehicles:
Our
parents station wagons.
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Fashion
Statement:
Originally
"mod" clothes, then more of a "hippie"
style.
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Best
Gig:
Glen
Ellyn Youth Center- We decided to do a
tribute to Bubble gum music and half the
people took our parody
seriously.
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Gig
from
Hell!:
Our final
gig at the Blue Village in Westmont, IL.
The BIG agent was waiting to audition us
and our drummers car broke down on the
way. He never got to the gig and we never
played together again as a
band.
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Last
Gig:
See
above
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Comments:
The late '60s Live
music scene was an incredible time to be in a band.
We didn't know how good we had it and had no idea
how bland the scene would eventually become years
later.
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