"Here's MC5 filmed live on the campus of Wayne State University in Michigan and aired on hometown TV show "Detroit Tubeworks" in 1970 doing their biggest hit "Kick Out The Jams." We found the master tapes of over 11 hours from this legendary show which had been stored in a basement in Michigan. Other great guests we found on this underground show from 1968-1973 include MC5, Ted Nugent, Phil Ochs, Commander Cody, Captain Beefheart, Earth, Wind & Fire, Humble Pie, Fleetwood Mac featuring Peter Green and Joe Cocker. Also part of this archive is a 45-minute unseen concert of the Rolling Stones filmed at Olympia Stadium in Detroit on their 1969 tour."
French Post-Punk survivor and 1980's Synth Pop legend, Daniel Darc (who was mainly famous for fronting Post-Punk synth band, "Taxi Girl" as their main singer/ songwriter...) was found dead last night by his current producer who was helping him on a fairly successful come-back trip. Taxi Girl and Daniel was something of a French equivalent to Joy Division and Ian Curtis; although quite different, they both shared a Dark post-apocalyptique Romantic vision and, starting from 1978 up to their demise in 1986, they were definite role-models for the French post-punk generation of what we called here : "Les Jeunes Gens Chic et Mödernes. Daniel, following the auto-destructive path of Johnny Thunders and the Velvet Underground before them, was having some problems with shaking his Heroin habit (and an assortment of Various other Drugs!)... a nasty habit that killed a lot of his friends along the way and turned him from the Romantic French Pretty Boy he was to something of a vegetable wreck (I know! I met him a few times... Scary); he was considered a Survivor of the times. So, sadly it comes as no surprise, as people were expecting his fall sooner or later. Nevertheless, he still deserves some praise in creating some of the most definite French classic Pop-rock tunes of these Cold-Wave years : "Cherchez le Garçon", "Mannekin", "Aussi Belle qu'une Balle" ... and this : "Les Armées de la Nuit"! (RIP Daniel; He was 53.)
Vintage French TV doc. on the band... "Hey! Mec. C'est Paris, P-A-R-I-S, Paris! Respire son Bon Air..."; The composing duo had on guitar Mirwaïs, famous for producing Madonna's era-defining album : "Music"!
I grabbed these off FaceBook where they were posted by Scott Beadle who writes "The cartoon flyer is drawn by Bob Montgomery, the middle brother of Vancouver punk rock drummer legends Chuck Biscuits (DOA, Black Flag, Danzig) and Dimwit (Subhumans, Pointed Sticks, Four Horsemen). Besides cartooning, Bob served as roadie for all of these bands, and more, during his career. I also have several crappy colour snapshots of YMG from this show." I don't think they're crappy at all :) I'm jealous as I never got to see these guys.
Originally posted at Stupefaction: I recently received an email from Paul Tschinkel due to some of his videos I shared here, and over at James Chance Official.
He was happy to see them being put to use, and mentioned he would start
posting more. Well, it looks like he just might be doing that, starting
with this full episode of InnerTube from 1980 starring Levi & The
Rockats, Jayne County, and the Dead Boys, filmed at Max's Kansas City
and at CBGB.
As Paul himself says, "This 'Paul Tschinkel's Inner-Tube' program appeared on his Manhattan
Cable TV show in 1980. It features live performances at Max's Kansas
City and CBGBs in New York that epitomize the dynamic, exciting music of
the time. We see a riveting performance by the Dead Boys and a fast
paced one by Levi and the Rockats that also includes a guest appearance
by rocker Jayne County. A short piece of old time fiddling music, taped a
fiddling convention in Independence VA in 1973, rounds out the program."
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