My Back Pages

BlonzMy buddy Art over at Art’s Bar & Grill just wrote a great entry entitled “Looks, Attitude A Must!“.  I just laughed so hard when I remembered thumbing through the back pages of Atlanta’s Creative Loafing to put a band together.  This phrase was a common use of every and any band in the Atlanta area that was taken straight from the blueprint of the Sunset Strip Glam scene only instead of Sunset Strip, these guys were rockin’ Marietta Square.

I was suddenly reminded just how homely my little band Rachael’s Dead was.  We were four of the ugliest guys you could put in a room together.  We had bad skin, bad hair, we had ZERO play dude.  We were clumsy, headbanged OUT of unison and looked like 4 guys who hang out in record stores looking for the most obscure Iron Maiden 12” single.  Well, that’s because we were.  Much like Art’s awesome band Zen, we were just real guys.  We were trying to cut our teeth on a scene were other bands had the looks, the gear and most of all, the chicks.

I was relating to Art that I remembered sharing the bill with a band called 21 Down.  These guys had the hair, the tight pants, the cordless guitars/mics, you name it.  After our set one night, they blocked off the bathroom to “get ready to take the stage”.  I had to piss so bad that I threatened to piss on the shoes of the guy blcoking the door for them.  Then there’s the time we shared the stage with a band called Shanghai Lilly.  They were kinda like Pretty Boy Floyd.  Huge black hair, bright red lipstick, black leather, zero talent.  They had a backdrop that was bigger than the venue itself and we waited for 30 minutes for them to hang it and then by the time they “hit the stage”, they were too drunk to even play… or maybe they just really sucked.

Head over to Art’s blog and CLICK HERE to read the entry.  It’s a great read and a great memory for me!  Thanks Art!

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