Aside from the concept of “All”, other songs on the album such as “Coolidge”, “Pep Talk”, and “Clean Sheets” dealt with themes of broken relationships, while “Iceman” was loosely based on the play The Iceman Cometh by Eugene O’Neill . The album was released through SST Records , who had…
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On December 16, 1987, during the recording of the first All album Allroy Sez , Pat McCuistion died when his fishing boat sank during a storm. Stevenson remarked that “He had 15,000 pounds of fish onboard, so I guess you could say he died in heated pursuit of All. He…
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Big Drill Car was formed in 1987 while Frank Daly and Mark Arnold were in M.I.A. ; the pair had written some songs that were not M.I.A.-style songs so they got together with some friends (Bob and Danny) and started playing around. Their first shows were a mix of covers…
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After three tours in support of I Don’t Want to Grow Up , the band recorded Enjoy! in March and April 1986 at Radio Tokyo studios in Venice, California . Drummer Bill Stevenson acted as producer of the album, working with recording engineers Richard Andrews and Ethan James.
Evan Dando , Ben Deily and Jesse Peretz formed the Lemonheads as teenagers at the Commonwealth School in Boston . The band was originally called the Whelps, until inspiration came from a brand of candy , which Dando noted was “sweet on the inside and sour on the outside.” The…
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Retitled “My Brain Is Hanging Upside Down (Bonzo Goes to Bitburg)”, the song appeared on the band’s ninth studio album, Animal Boy (1986). Produced by Jean Beauvoir , formerly a member of the Plasmatics , the album was characterized by a Rolling Stone reviewer as “nonstop primal fuzz pop”. Making…
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The band supported Enjoy! with a tour through the Summer of 1986. Following the tour both Carrion and Cooper left the band, and were replaced by Karl Alvarez and Stephen Egerton , respectively, from the Utah band Massacre Guys. In 1987 New Alliance was sold to SST Records , who…
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In 1986, Maniac Subsidal changed their name to the Offspring. The band released their first single ; the 7-inch ” I’ll Be Waiting “. They released the single on their self-made Black Label record company, named after the brand of beer . An earlier version of “I’ll Be Waiting” (then-called…
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In 1985, Joe formed a new version of the band with DMZ guitarist J. J. Rassler, bassist Kevin Kecy, and drummer Hugh O’Neill. The band broke up again in 1989 after King bought a restaurant, but the next year were re-formed by King and O’Neill, with Sean Rowley on rhythm…
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The band’s only release of 1985 was the British single ” Bonzo Goes to Bitburg “; though it was available in the United States only as an import, it was played widely on American college radio. The song was written, primarily by Joey, in protest of Ronald Reagan ‘s visit…
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