Search and Destroy: Paisley Underground

Interesting bill although I assume Dream Syndicate will consist of more current membership, and I haven't listened to the others in ages.

EYEBALLS: Obviously you kept in touch with Mark and Dennis, but was there ever any effort to put the original lineup back together? Or are Karl (Precoda) and Kendra (Smith) out of music entirely?

WYNN: Neither of them are playing very much. I really have no contact with Karl, and very little with Kendra, so that wasn’t ever a possibility. I have stayed in touch with Paul Cutler, the second guitarist, and we’ve remained really good friends, but he wasn’t interested in doing any kind of reunion or a tour

http://www.slicingupeyeballs.com/2013/05/22/steve-wynn-dream-syndicate-reunion-interview/

I don't know too much about True West but the first couple of Russ Tolman solo albums are great aren't they? I particularly like Galveston Mud off the debut (Totem Poles & Glory Holes) and Domino off Earthquake Town.

Just got back from the LA reunion concert. It was fun... for once I wasn't the oldest person in the crowd.

I never saw the Precoda-less Dream Syndicate. Weird seeing them now... wildly furious sound that would put the Replacements to shame, but I miss the unsettled noir sound that made the first album so great. I love that the Three O'Clock is like that part in the Monkees when the camera speeds up. "No Easy Way Down" is still the most mind bending song this whole scene came up with.

The Bangles played a stunningly gorgeous cover of "I'm Waiting For The Man" that merged seamlessly into "Manic Monday." After that Vicki announced "tonight we're playing as The Bangs - nothing later than 1984!" Time travel ensued. They were the best band back then. Certainly the best now.

Noted that during the big finale with everyone + Rodney on stage that no one sang with Wynn.

so jealous

^

I was all set to see the Dream Syndicate this year, but I didn't have a ticket and there were only a few left on the door, and my bus got stuck in traffic on the way there, so it was sold out by the time I got there :'(

^^^
Forgot all about this, but I suppose it sold out soon after going on sale in October.

Erm... it wasn't a sellout. I bought my ticket the day before.

Now I'm double-bummed.

Rain Parade:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2fzLapSlEyY

Dream Syndicate:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1WxG4-WpiFk

Three O'Clock

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Koxw3EIwXA

Bangles

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNiO-OoWYUo

Finale:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJvrmrAyyn0

Oh … I didn't know about this. Not that I could have gone. But when I interviewed the PU bands earlier this year, I said to them all: why don't you do a package show? And they all went … Yeah, we should! That would be great! Maybe this was the result …

2cd Suspects anthology set
http://www.dimeadozen.org/torrents-details.php?id=618084

Yow!

https://www.npr.org/sections/world-cafe/2018/10/09/655594303/hear-the-bangles-cover-the-three-oclock-for-paisley-underground-compilation?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=music

Quercio is MAGA per his own FB

Bangles lineup for this is original four piece with Annette Zilinskas.

I came here to say I really like the 3x4 album but now because of this thread I've looked at Quercio's Facebook page and it made me a little sad. Not so much his politics, which are scattershot, but just he seems like a doofus.

Good album tho.

ET, are you catching these Rain Parade recordings that are going up on D1me at the moment? A couple I've never seen before.

Speaking of the Dream Syndicate, I posted this on an ILB thread re talk of a recent Matthew Specktor book about 80s etc., Always Crashing in the Same Car: On Art, Crisis, and Los Angeles:
Would I enjoy a whole book by Matthew Specktor, mooning around the smog of L.A.? Maybe---I do enjoy the detailed, flashlight clarity of his thoughts and feelings about the Dream Syndicate, especially live, leading to the download of his collection (the link still works, I just now used it again)
https://saveyourface.posthaven.com/the-dream-syndicate-live-1982-1983

But also I came here because nickn suggested it might be a good place for this:

Savage Republic
Meteora

Mobilization Recordings

20 May 2022

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6LOWuMFaXSE

Savage Republic will release their album Meteora out May 20 in North America via Mobilization Recordings.
Hailing from the Los Angeles underground of the 1980’s, Savage Republic forged an astonishing reputation for themselves as art-post punk-industrial pioneers. Throughout the 1980s, their five albums combined with their legendary live performances blurred and distorted the boundaries of post-punk, industrial, and soundtrack music – all wrapped up beautifully in Bruce Licher’s innovative graphic design.

After 1989, the Republic went quiet. 13 years passed before they would briefly resurface for a US reunion tour in support of the reissue of their five studio albums and related singles on CD. Thom Fuhrmann, Ethan Port, and Greg Grunke revived the band in 2005, and in 2006 they added drummer extraordinaire Alan Waddington to the fold. This lineup released the full length 1938 LP on Neurot Recordings (2007) and a pounding tribal cover of The Cure’s “Hanging Garden” on a compilation CD included in the French magazine Fear Drop #14 (2008).

In 2009, Savage Republic decided to raise their game. With the departure of Greg Grunke, multi-instrumentalist and recording engineer Kerry Dowling joined the band and they’ve never looked back since! The current four-piece line up (Thom Fuhrmann, Ethan Port, Kerry Dowling, and Alan Waddington) has taken the band’s discography to a whole new level with their bombastic live performances. Touring Europe regularly, they have created a live set that never lets the audience catch a breath – four musicians in their 40’s, 50’s, and 60’s playing with the passion and energy of bands 1/3 their ages.

This longest running lineup of the band have released the full length albums Varvakios (2012) and Aegean (2014), and singles “1938”/”Taranto” – on Italian label “A Silent Place” (2009), “God and Guns”/”Tranquilo” (2018), and “1938”/”Siam” (2019) – recorded by Steve Albini at Electrical Audio during their Midwest Trek tour and capturing more of the raw energy this lineup unleashes in the live setting.

Meteora features some of Savage Republic's best work yet. Self-recorded in a secret cavernous location, their mix of tribal textures, political anthems and Morricone-esque surf instrumentals once again transport the listener to faraway lands at turns both haunting and beautiful. One of many highlights of Meteora is the pandemic inspired piece “Unprecedented” (gifted to the band by Wire’s Graham Lewis) that is sure to become a staple in their set list. This longest-lasting lineup of Savage Republic have infused all the power of their legendary live performances into a cinematic sonic dreamscape.

Over the decades, Savage Republic has performed with or collaborated with similar like-minded artists including Blaine L. Reininger of Tuxedomoon, Einstürzende Neubauten, Flipper, David Yow, Camper Van Beethoven, The Dream Syndicate, Psi-Com, 100 Flowers, Kommunity FK, Christian Death, Sonic Youth, Live Skull, members of Big Black, The Minutemen, Fugazi, the Buzzcocks, and Graham Lewis of Wire.

If you have any questions, contact caroline at clarioncallmedia.com.

I guess Jellyfish was post-Paisley Underground?

FWIW, Dream Syndicate's doing LA and NYC shows this January with Vicki Peterson & John Cowsill as their opener.

LA's on sale now, NYC goes on sale on Friday.

Wow, thanks for the tip!

Did anybody mention the Dream Syndicate live archive being up on archive.org.
So loads of stuff similar to the Day Before Wine & Roses from the Kendra era.& I think up to date.

Used to be a site great for Grateful Dead live sets.
Also really good for out of print books on a load of subjects.

I love archive.org but I'm also bracing for it to mostly come down, namely the print material. They got sued by some of the major publishers and lost - case is currently being appealed, but if any of those books you read are downloadable, I'd download them as soon as you can.

(see here for reference: https://blog.archive.org/2023/09/11/internet-archive-files-appeal-in-publishers-lawsuit-against-libraries/ )

tha's a drag.