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Title: Band pictures from way back
Post by: alembic76407 on January 06, 2011, 10:51:12 AM: here's a photo from 1977 of my band, my Series 1 was already one year old, that bass has been around the block, once or twice

pre Sir David T

(http://club.alembic.com/Images/449/93300.jpg)
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Post by: David Houck on January 06, 2011, 05:14:27 PM: What was the name of the band?
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Post by: alembic76407 on January 07, 2011, 05:49:11 AM: Fable was the name of the band
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Post by: glocke on January 07, 2011, 03:46:24 PM: what kind of music did the band play?
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Post by: mike1762 on January 07, 2011, 05:43:39 PM: Your sister called... she wants her clothes back!!! Actually, I used to dress exactly like that in one of my late 70s early 80s band. Here is a pic of my last serious band:

(http://club.alembic.com/Images/449/93403.jpg)

Lets keep this thread going!!! I know Art has a great pic of himself that everyone would be interested in seeing.
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Post by: dadabass2001 on January 09, 2011, 08:01:20 AM: Here's my band from the early 70s: Pentagram

(http://club.alembic.com/Images/449/93528.jpg)

I'm the guy in the stripped djellebra (okay, weird was a selling point).
Mike
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Post by: pauldo on January 10, 2011, 06:32:18 PM: I'm not that old but I was still kinda weird: 1981 - Assasin
(http://club.alembic.com/Images/449/93649.jpg)
Late 80's Angel Marie Michael Band - she was blind and played like Jeff Healey (guitar on lap) - Dig the spider belt buckle and the 'gold' Italian Horn necklace W.T.F.?!
(http://club.alembic.com/Images/449/93650.jpg)
The famous Dexter Bracket band:
(http://club.alembic.com/Images/449/93651.jpg)
Oh and one more from the early 80's!!! A short while after this I got the second 15" cab for my Traynor stack!
(http://club.alembic.com/Images/449/93652.jpg)
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Post by: lbpesq on January 10, 2011, 06:52:30 PM: (http://club.alembic.com/Images/449/93656.jpg)

Stonetrout, probably late 80's. I'm in front.

Bill, tgo
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Post by: 2400wattman on January 10, 2011, 10:01:02 PM: Ahhh as usual Bill has a leg up on everyone!
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Post by: dadabass2001 on January 11, 2011, 10:09:37 AM: Look out! His bicep is radioactive!
I'd recognize you anywhere, counselor.
Mike
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Post by: keavin on January 11, 2011, 11:11:08 AM: Me at 19...(http://club.alembic.com/Images/449/93708.jpg)
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Post by: jedisan on January 11, 2011, 02:41:03 PM: (http://club.alembic.com/Images/449/93725.jpg)

Johnny Quest, early 80's... I am second from left. This pic was shot in a back alley in Niles, CA by the drummers brother, who was a semi pro shooter at the time. Here he has just whipped out of his coat a Mickey Mouse camera, and said Cheese. We all busted up, and he took the pic. Not with the Mickey Mouse camera though!
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Post by: lembic76450 on January 11, 2011, 04:09:43 PM: This is me, at about 23-24 playing my poor mans Alembic,

We were opening for the New Riders..

(resized pic two posts down)

(Message edited by mica on January 11, 2011)
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Post by: lembic76450 on January 11, 2011, 04:18:59 PM: Oops, sorry about the size, I'm still trying to figure this stuff out. Can you lend a hand Dave?
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Post by: mica on January 11, 2011, 04:40:45 PM: Hi Kenn-

Here's your pic resized and slightly lighter for more detail:
(http://club.alembic.com/Images/449/93737.jpg)
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Post by: lembic76450 on January 11, 2011, 04:59:04 PM: Mica, you are the best. Thank you so much.
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Post by: crobbins on January 11, 2011, 06:35:23 PM: The Elmo Nails Band 1974.
Thats me on the left with the ES330.
(http://club.alembic.com/Images/449/93743.jpg)
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Post by: 811952 on January 12, 2011, 10:13:40 AM: Here's an oldie:

(http://club.alembic.com/Images/449/93792.jpg)

John
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Post by: 811952 on January 12, 2011, 10:27:58 AM: dumplicate post

(Message edited by 811952 on January 12, 2011)
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Post by: eligilam on January 12, 2011, 12:41:58 PM: John, you still have that Steiny (XL2?)? That picture is awesome...
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Post by: gleech on January 12, 2011, 12:53:30 PM: Two for the record. First, Steppin' Stones from around '67, (1967, that is) me on the left with the '65 Jazz Bass I still have. I was 2 years old at the time... Second, Morningstar, Kansas City, around 1978. Playing the lead guitarist's '67 P-bass. Note edge of Moog Taurus pedals to left of house right flash pot cloud. Just for fun, a fan has this: www.kcmorningstar.com (http://www.kcmorningstar.com)

(http://alembic.com/club/messages/449/93811.jpg)

(http://alembic.com/club/messages/449/93812.jpg)

(Message edited by davehouck on January 13, 2011)
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Post by: tomhug on January 12, 2011, 01:31:34 PM: 1981 - Chicago area. My Peavey t-40 is upside down behind me. (I am on the right)

(http://club.alembic.com/Images/449/93816.jpg)

We wanted to make it looked like a smashed pile of equipment, but actually carefully placed everything to avoid damage/scratches. We were punks, but also gear aficionados too!
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Post by: David Houck on January 13, 2011, 03:49:07 PM: Thanks Mica!

I love that pic of the Elmo Nails Band!
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Post by: harald_rost on January 14, 2011, 12:38:34 AM: Nice thread! Here is an old picture from our rehearsing room. Should be around 1986. I'm on the left playing my Aria SB-1000 through an Ampeg SVT and a JBL cab.

(http://club.alembic.com/Images/449/93941.jpg)
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Post by: bigredbass on January 14, 2011, 06:03:16 AM: This stuff is just priceless ! I can still smell the old beer and cigarette smoke, hear somebody drunk over there, and see a stage full of Peavey and clear plastic drums and MXR and Morley pedals . . . Time to go back, somebody kill the jukebox !

My favorite 'we're gonna take a break' line: 'Gotta run back to the motel and check the traps!'.

J o e y
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Post by: terryc on January 14, 2011, 07:40:12 AM: harald..the guitarist has a lonely wah pedal..how would the modern guitarists of today survive with just one pedal instead of the pedal boards which cover the whole stage!
You lot are very brave showing these pics...mine went in the trash years ago(bad haircuts, bad dress sense and even bad music!!)
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Post by: gleech on January 14, 2011, 04:59:49 PM: Maybe not brave, but proud of what we all did to play the music. In my small town in Missouri, in 1967, there were two bands playing full time. I was in the keyboard band, my brother in the 2 guitar band. We rented the Legion hall and each of us took home $100 a night. More than I made when touring a national album release. Heady times indeed. That band from '67 is back together, playing benefits for the local causes. Thanks to all for posting. So very cool. See http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RW2Wpz38vLc&feature=related (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RW2Wpz38vLc&feature=related)
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Post by: David Houck on January 14, 2011, 06:24:32 PM: Hi Greg; welcome to the board!
Title: Re: Band pictures from way back
Post by: gleech on January 15, 2011, 07:58:31 AM: Thanks, Dave. I've been lurking on the site for the 4-5 months since I got my first Epic, a 5 string. I've waited 33 years to finally have an Alembic, and just love it. I'll post pics when I get them taken. Great to be part of the family.
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Post by: jon_jackson on January 15, 2011, 08:37:30 AM: Hey Greg, I live in Prairie Village now but grew up in southwest Missouri in the '60s. What town were you playing in?
-Jon
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Post by: gleech on January 15, 2011, 11:06:07 AM: Jon, we played out of Kansas City. Southwest MO would have been the ranch in Galena, KS. Probably played there 5-6 times a year if not more. Skip and Kenny would fire another band to give us a gig for the week end. What a rocking place. Always packed. Yes, the smell of cigarettes and beer, fighting in the parking lot, and the other 'things' that we did in the mid-late '70s
Later, Hammonds Arena at SW Missouri University.
Any other Alembic owners in the KC area? Sounds like a party to me...
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Post by: 811952 on January 15, 2011, 02:21:40 PM: Eligilam - It now belongs to my brother. Great instrument in many ways.

John
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Post by: gleech on January 17, 2011, 05:47:06 PM: Vote: Elmo Nails Band: best picture, on a truck bed? quick escape?
Oldest band pic: Steppin' Stones, 1967
Other?
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Post by: gleech on January 18, 2011, 06:37:02 AM: An 'Other' category I forgot:
Best clothes; Fable
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Post by: David Houck on January 18, 2011, 06:59:22 PM: Mid '90s; so not as old as some of the others.

(http://club.alembic.com/Images/449/94511.jpg)
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Post by: funkyjazzjunky on January 20, 2011, 09:58:28 AM: Hey David,

I see you played with Weird Al Yankovic (the guy to left in the 1st picture)
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Post by: alembic76407 on January 31, 2011, 10:00:41 AM: Me doing a Bass wiz
(http://club.alembic.com/Images/449/95577.jpg)

(http://club.alembic.com/Images/449/95578.jpg)
this is around 1979 or 80 [moderator's edit: stacked pictures vertical] (Message edited by artswork99 on February 08, 2011)
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Post by: alembic76407 on January 31, 2011, 10:03:45 AM: Me doing a Bass wiz

this is around 1979 or 80
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Post by: jazzyvee on January 31, 2011, 12:04:55 PM: Here are a couple from 1992 when I was touring in the USA with a reggae band. Pic 1 is in orlando florida
(http://club.alembic.com/Images/449/95596.jpg)
That guitar was a casio midi guitar controller MG510, and the pickups were pretty noisy when I got on a big stage so during my tour I picked up the strat. Pic 2 is in the bullring in Tijuana where we opened for Santana for two shows.
(http://club.alembic.com/Images/449/95597.jpg)
The second is my trusted Fender Strat Ultra with an ebony board and lace pickups. A wonderful guitar. Me on guitar and Elias on bass. around 1978/79
(http://club.alembic.com/Images/449/95598.jpg)
Cimar (Gibson Marauder Copy) I loved that guitar, it had clear plastic see through pickups and later became the my pickup and wiring and switching explorations.
(http://club.alembic.com/Images/449/95599.jpg)
Last one with my new(at the time) Ibanez SA400WN semi acoustic oh and that was my first car two door Ford Cortina 1300gls
(http://club.alembic.com/Images/449/95600.jpg)
I was a big fan of the Blackbyrds at the time hence the dungarees. Jazzyvee
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Post by: toma_hawk01 on February 04, 2011, 11:36:55 PM: That's me with my Pan Bass back in 79!

This Fender Jazz copy,
sounded better than the real thing.
I talked much about this bass
on past threads, so when one
of my lady friends had sent
me this picture, I was happily
surprised to show this on
this thread.

The way we were... WOW!

What a trip!

Peace and Love,

Hal-

(http://club.alembic.com/Images/449/96002.jpg)

(Message edited by toma_hawk01 on February 04, 2011)
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Post by: dadabass2001 on February 05, 2011, 06:40:45 AM: The Elmo Nails pic has me smiling everytime I look at this thread. Check the speaker cabinets, it looks like the band is playing AT each other (battle of the band?)
Mike
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Post by: crobbins on February 05, 2011, 10:21:58 AM: Mike, that was our on-stage monitoring system..
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Post by: terryc on February 07, 2011, 06:46:03 AM: jazzyvee..J reg Cortina GLS that would make it 1969 model and looking at the pic I would say around 1974 or 75 whan that pic was took..maybe even 1976.
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Post by: gleech on February 07, 2011, 06:29:41 PM: to jon_jackson, went back and re-read your question and my former posts and decided I gave a lame answer. In the 60s, I was playing in Higginsville, 20 miles north of Warrensburg, 50 miles east of Kansas City. WTF geography lesson for most posters, but that's the correct answer. Still very cool to see all the posts. How many thousands of hours of music have been produced by all us bass players? Congrats to all of you.
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Post by: jazzyvee on February 08, 2011, 12:12:36 AM: Terry, I think it was a 1971 Cortina and I bought it for my birthday in 1979 and sold it late in 1981. I bought that guitar in 1980 so that kind of dates the picture to between those years. I was still at school during 1974 -1976 and not an ASBO, joyriding, truant teenager posing with a stolen car hahaha.

(for our non UK friends, ASBO = Antisocial behavior order (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-Social_Behaviour_Order))

Jazzyvee
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Post by: terryc on February 08, 2011, 08:13:25 AM: jazzyvee...looked in good condition for a 79, as an ex Ford mechanic, they rotted from the floor upwards.
I had the GL model which was a Fred Flintstone car..ie holes in the floor pan, I gave it to a mate to weld some plates on it when he worked at British Steel, when it got MoT'ed the examiner said was I planning driving over a minefield..my mate had welded 3/8 steel plate to it and I wondered why it didn't accelerate!!
Those were the days....
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Post by: jazzyvee on February 08, 2011, 10:12:09 AM: Yep I had dodgy sills on that one eventually and the heater was always leaking and it was so bad that in winter it blew steam up through the vents which frosted the inside of the glass...!!! Not very good.

Yeah those were the days you could do work easily on your own car. These days I can't even change the 6 spark plugs in my three cylinder smart car because the engine has to be removed to get them out....!!!

Sometimes not everything that is new means progress.
Jazzyvee
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Post by: cozmik_cowboy on February 08, 2011, 12:12:01 PM: For reasons I never understood, my parents bought what had to be the only Cortina in the state of Ohio from the estate of a little old lady Latin teacher; I generally walked rather than be seen driving it.

Peter
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Post by: terryc on February 09, 2011, 06:21:11 AM: cozmik..they were usually a teenagers first car, that or the Mini.
The engine bays were huge with this tiny engine in, not as jazzyvee says where most modern cars have two bonnets(hoods to you usa guys), the metal one on top and one inside the engine compartment.
Progress mean you cannot touch them which = large garage service bills.
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Post by: thumbsup on March 11, 2011, 06:10:15 PM: haven't found any photos from the 70s but heres an 80s

(http://club.alembic.com/Images/449/99119.jpg)

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Post by: thumbsup on March 11, 2011, 06:10:46 PM: haven't found any photos from the 70s but heres an 80s
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Post by: thumbsup on March 11, 2011, 06:12:47 PM: Another 80s me on the left
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Post by: thumbsup on March 11, 2011, 06:16:45 PM: Me and my Jazz
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Post by: sonicus on March 11, 2011, 06:19:52 PM: Cool pics guys! I have some old photos that I have to scan and I will post them as well .
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Post by: thumbsup on March 11, 2011, 06:21:11 PM: Another Heart band lol Me and my Music Man
Played alot of country in the 80s It paid more so sue me!
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Post by: thumbsup on March 11, 2011, 06:35:18 PM: Heart band was one of the many that opened for Willie and he invited us in the buss and got looooaaded!
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Post by: thumbsup on March 11, 2011, 06:45:40 PM: Opened for Steve Warnier..cool dude and super picker!
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Post by: thumbsup on March 11, 2011, 06:51:07 PM: Opened for Exile..Bass Player was exceptional and very personable!
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Post by: thumbsup on March 11, 2011, 06:58:31 PM: Opened for Gary Morris and Mason Dixon...Mason Dixon was cool....
Gary was a jerk unless you wore a Skirt! It was his last stop of tour..guess he was just ready to go home!
Won't post any photos til he apolgizes...it's been over 25 years Gary...still waiting! LOL

(Message edited by thumbsup on March 11, 2011)
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Post by: thumbsup on March 11, 2011, 07:08:40 PM: Early 2000s Funk Band Me and my Ibenez 5 (3 piece horn section not pictured) Wish I had my MK then!
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Post by: thumbsup on March 11, 2011, 07:19:58 PM: The Band Easy My good friend Richard, guitar player far left had heart attack and past right after a gig.
Died doing what he loved to do! RIP Richard!

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Post by: thumbsup on March 15, 2011, 06:33:58 PM: Lets see some Disco Bands Please!
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Post by: David Houck on March 15, 2011, 07:49:42 PM: Not a band pic; but I found this today. Spring, 1973, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

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Post by: sonicus on March 15, 2011, 09:37:38 PM: Cool Dave, had you decided on a Major at that time ?
I have a snap shot of me playing one of my Alembic modified Guild Starfies at about 1974 that I need to scan and touchup a bit.
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Post by: jacko on March 16, 2011, 05:50:21 AM: You haven't changed a bit dave :-)

Graeme (going into the loft tonight to see if I can find some early pics of my own to post)
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Post by: David Houck on March 16, 2011, 06:15:26 AM: Wolf; between then and the time I finally graduated, I went through a few changes in major. Thinking back to that particular time, it was an amazing experience, for which I am deeply grateful.
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Post by: 811952 on March 16, 2011, 06:51:02 AM: Here's a dark scan from the mid-80's..

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John
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Post by: rustyg61 on May 06, 2011, 12:41:17 PM: Here's me with The Dennis Welch Band cira 1985. The promo shot was taken after I sold my Series 1. The live shot has the S1.
(http://club.alembic.com/Images/449/103813.jpg)

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Post by: rustyg61 on May 06, 2011, 12:58:45 PM: Here's my 1st bass, a 1971 Fender Musicmaster. I made a new body in woodshop in high school & used the neck & electronics from the Musicmaster.
(http://club.alembic.com/Images/449/103820.jpg)
Here's the woodshop bass -
(http://club.alembic.com/Images/449/103821.jpg)
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Post by: pauldo on May 07, 2011, 05:19:53 AM: Nice hippy sandwich Rusty!
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Post by: rustyg61 on May 07, 2011, 10:11:42 AM: Thanks Pauldo! This picture was at a pop show at our high school. I still have that shirt up in my attic!
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Post by: jacko on May 09, 2011, 01:20:23 AM: Nice Mullet in your promo shot rusty. We could have guessed the date without being told ;-)

Graeme
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Post by: rustyg61 on May 09, 2011, 03:23:17 AM: I had the mullet before they were called mullets! I survived the disco of the 70's only to succomb to the big hair of the 80's! Here's a better shot. My kids love to make fun of this one!

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Post by: jacko on May 09, 2011, 05:01:12 AM: That look's coming back into fashion Rusty. Now here's a look that never went out...

(http://club.alembic.com/Images/449/104056.jpg)

This was the night of Prince Charles' first wedding in 1981. I can't say as I've changed much ;-) The guitarist with the afro is now totally bald.

Graeme
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Post by: rustyg61 on May 09, 2011, 05:30:53 AM: Unfortunately (or fortunately!!!), I will never have the mullet again, my next look will be bald too! As soon as my crop circle on top gets a little bigger, I'm shaving it! It works for Tony Levin!
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Post by: georgie_boy on May 10, 2011, 03:08:30 AM: And me!!!! LOL
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Post by: jacko on May 10, 2011, 04:36:03 AM: I heard on the radio this morning (on the bbc so it must be true) that scientists had developed an anti balding serum from the lining of a pigs bladder. Apparently it's to be injected and forms a protective layer around the follicles while promoting new growth. I think I'd rather go bald ;-)

Graeme
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Post by: dadabass2001 on May 10, 2011, 06:28:50 AM: I seem to remember that ram's bladders can be used to prevent earthquakes...

Sir Bedevere
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Post by: rustyg61 on May 10, 2011, 07:41:37 AM: Bald is beautiful!
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Post by: mario_farufyno on May 10, 2011, 08:04:22 AM: We can't regret being young someday, but regarding our outfits...
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Post by: rustyg61 on May 10, 2011, 09:15:04 AM: ......& our hairstyles!
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Post by: smokin_dave on May 10, 2011, 09:44:53 AM: From 1980.Good Lord,was I really that young?I'm the long haired freak with the Stones shirt on,top row.I still play in bands with the guy next to me.
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Post by: jacko on June 09, 2011, 05:15:42 AM: Sometime in the mid 80's. I can't believe I was ever this thin...
(http://club.alembic.com/Images/449/106615.jpg)

Still have the customised precision.

Graeme
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Post by: benson_murrensun on June 09, 2011, 09:35:03 AM: Dark Star of Davidson - not really from way back, though; just 2 years ago...
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Title: Re: Band pictures from way back
Post by: David Houck on June 09, 2011, 04:35:36 PM: For some of us, two years ago is way way back.
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Post by: edwin on June 09, 2011, 10:29:00 PM: Well, it's not the whole band, but this is ca. 1993. Both basses are mine, a Ron Guliotta and a David King fretless.

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Title: Re: Band pictures from way back
Post by: benson_murrensun on June 10, 2011, 02:02:17 PM: For some of us, two years ago is way way back.

Yeah, David. On the other hand, A year passes like nothing, with the Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers.
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Post by: wideload on June 10, 2011, 04:46:38 PM: Heard a line that probably fits us all- I'm trying to figure out what happened to the 20 years between 1969 and 1975, and the six months between 1976 and 2011!
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Post by: richbass939 on June 12, 2011, 09:26:31 AM: Wideload,
That is PERFECT .... so true.
Rich
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Post by: hankster on June 12, 2011, 06:38:22 PM: OK, show of hands - how many of us have played in a band called the Rhythm Kings? Mine's up.

R.
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Post by: David Houck on June 14, 2011, 04:40:20 PM: Never played with the Rhythm Kings; but I did sit in with the Radio Kings (http://www.amazon.com/Aint-Easy-Radio-Kings/dp/B000003AB8/ref=ntt_mus_ep_dpi_3) in the mid 90's when they played a gig in Charlotte and their bass player had to return to Boston.
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Post by: JimmyJ on July 05, 2011, 12:07:54 PM: Just came across this and remembered this thread. Maybe 1971? Guild Starfire, I think (with a coiled cord!). Would have been a few years before I learned about Alembic. And it looks like I'm reading music. Ha! I developed my commanding stage presence early on.
Jimmy J
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Post by: lembic76450 on July 05, 2011, 02:44:34 PM: Wow, Soooo many questions....
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Post by: herbbone on July 05, 2011, 05:48:55 PM: 1981 My first Ric.
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Title: Re: Band pictures from way back
Post by: David Houck on July 05, 2011, 07:02:40 PM: A horn band in 1971; covers of Chicago, Ides of March, and BS&T?
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Post by: JimmyJ on July 05, 2011, 07:15:55 PM: You are correct sir. Also some Spirit, Jethro Tull, Ars Nova, and a bunch of original music that sounded a lot like the above. Ha!
Mark, that is a most excellent picture!!
Jimmy J
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Post by: pauldo on July 05, 2011, 07:40:16 PM: Mark wins!
Bonus points if your band played My Sharona.
8-D

I'm guessing that was high school and you had a gaggle of groupies for sure.
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Post by: pierreyves on July 05, 2011, 07:48:34 PM: in 1981....
http://www.batraciens-reptiles.com/amethyste.htm (http://www.batraciens-reptiles.com/amethyste.htm)
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Post by: edwin on July 05, 2011, 08:34:12 PM: Jimmy, I didn't know you were a Starfire player!
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Post by: jacko on July 06, 2011, 01:05:21 AM: Bonus points if your band played My Sharona.

My current band still does :-)

Graeme
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Post by: mike1762 on July 06, 2011, 04:33:41 AM: The Knack was a great band!!! The songs were well crafted and always a little dirty: (...And she makes you want to scream, Wishing you could get inside her pants...). HA!!! That guitar solo in My Sharona is insane!!!
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Post by: herbbone on July 06, 2011, 06:48:03 AM: Yea we did My Sharona. I'm thinking I was playing Let's Go by the cars here. We also had a great female singer so we managed to do some Pat Benatar,Joan Jett, and The Go Go's. Fun Times!
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Post by: rustyg61 on July 06, 2011, 07:11:53 AM: Our singer just emailed today that she wants to learn My Sharona!
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Post by: dannobasso on July 06, 2011, 07:52:45 AM: Not that old but 88-89. (http://club.alembic.com/Images/449/108580.jpg)
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Post by: mario_farufyno on July 06, 2011, 09:49:41 AM: Oh, the eighties and the mullets we had...

ps.: your guitarrist needs a haircut (at his chest)
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Post by: jazzyvee on July 06, 2011, 10:05:17 AM: Wow that bass has very narrow string spacing. Did you use fingers or a pick on it?

Jazzyvee
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Post by: dannobasso on July 06, 2011, 10:44:38 AM: Used a pic. The drummer is Lou Gramms nephew and the son of drummer Ben Gramm. Guitarist is very talented and very wealthy. This was before metro sexual body waxing.
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Post by: herbbone on July 06, 2011, 02:54:20 PM: My First Band. 1977 We called ourselves Pain. Couldn't really play a whole song. But we thought we sounded good. Pre-bass days, I'm In the back with the Ibanez V, age13. Bill is the other guitar player 12 or 13. Brent his brother (drummer) age10 or 11.
(http://club.alembic.com/Images/449/108601.jpg)
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Post by: mike1762 on July 06, 2011, 04:53:02 PM: (http://club.alembic.com/Images/449/108613.jpg)
Hit the Dek
(http://club.alembic.com/Images/449/108614.jpg)
Roxx: The most dysfunctional band ever
(http://club.alembic.com/Images/449/108615.jpg)
Hit the Dek (Version 2): We did a few major label showcases, but no takers
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Post by: bigredbass on July 06, 2011, 10:13:04 PM: Coiled cords . . . . KUSTOM PA cabs . . . . I remember you would rule the world if you had a Shure VocalMaster head and a pair of Altec Voice of the Theaters. Moving the B3 from place to place (groan . . . . ). The band descending on Denny's or IHOP or Waffle House after the gig with tonight's catch . . . . I miss the fun I had in those way simpler times, would give anything if it were still that way.

J o e y
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Post by: mike1762 on July 07, 2011, 03:08:43 AM: I hear ya Joey. My current band was preparing to play an outdoor festival here in Knoxville. The money wasn't going to be great, but we have been giving all the money to the members who have lower paying jobs anyway. Then we found out that the PAY was actually the COST of participating in the festival. Let's see... haul all our shit downtown (where there is little to no parking), hang around in the heat of the day waiting for our turn to play, no sound check, hang around the rest of the evening (once you're there you're trapped), get treated like a nuisance by the promoter... and PAY for the privilege??? Nah, I'll stay home and have a beer.
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Post by: cozmik_cowboy on July 07, 2011, 06:45:46 AM: OK, I gotta guess, Mike - the guy in the tiger-print tights was the drummer, right?

Peter
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Post by: mike1762 on July 07, 2011, 07:42:24 AM: Guitard player actually
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Post by: palmann on July 11, 2011, 11:24:26 AM: I'm happy that in the 80's I was too young for band pictures. :-D

Well, I have too look if I find the picure of my band when we were standing on a heap of grit which looked pretty awkward. At least I have a print of it somewhere...

Gruesse, Pablo
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Post by: jazzyvee on July 12, 2011, 03:13:27 PM: Today I found a video on youtube from my first USA tour in 1992 with the reggae artiste Pato Banton. The gig is Skippers Smoke house in Tampa Florida
On that tour I was playing a white casio Midi guitar that I replaced for a Fender Strat Ultra on the second leg of the tour which was the west coast of the USA.

I'm on the left hand side of the video and the music starts about 2 mins in which is after the interview with Pato.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9t4t1zL-TFo&feature=share (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9t4t1zL-TFo&feature=share)

Jazzyvee

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