Here is the name of our 2nd supergroup, @Captain Dave Poulin : InFusion Of ConFusion
This is not to be confused with a group I actually played with a few years back called, Visions of inDecision.
Thank you kindly.
Here is the name of our 2nd supergroup, @Captain Dave Poulin : InFusion Of ConFusion
This is not to be confused with a group I actually played with a few years back called, Visions of inDecision.
Most people here disappoint me, so I am not surprised in the least.I will most likely be disappointing you, so ready yourself.
Pick #1: Alex Chilton
Born in Memphis, Chilton burst onto the scene in 1967 with The Box Tops and their #1 hit, The Letter, at just 16 years old. They followed that up with a lot of other great blue-eyed soul cuts, including Soul Deep and Cry Like a Baby. Alex’s singing with the Box Tops was all gravely soul that belied that he was a skinny white teenager.
The Box Tops fizzled out by 1970, but just a year later, Chilton found himself joining a Memphis band called Icewater. They renamed themselves Big Star and would go on to become one of the most influential bands ever. Chilton and [Ranch] were a songwriting duo on par with anyone, up to and including Lennon & McCartney. Their debut album, the winkingly titled power pop masterpiece #1 Record, was released to universal acclaim, and the stage was set for world domination. But then a funny thing happened, their record label couldn't get records on shelves. In an effort to fix that, they sold to Columbia, who then promptly pulled the album.
Chilton wrote a lot of great songs on the album, but Thirteen is the highlight of highlights, and perhaps the greatest ode to adolescent love and innocence ever written:
Deeply frustrated by the fate of their debut album, the band went back into the studio to record a follow-up only for everything to fall apart. There was literal fighting between band members, and [Ranch]'s drug habit and depression led to him departing, leaving Chilton without his songwriting partner. The band even briefly broke-up before deciding to get back together as a 3 piece. It's a great thing that they did, because they would go on to release the acclaimed and still winkingly titled Radio City - i.e. it was going to get tons of airplay. Once again, however, fate stepped in and record label shenanigans meant that records weren't on shelves. Only 20,000 copies sold, but right there, on side 2, track 10, is the greatest power pop song ever recorded, the oft-covered and genre-defining September Gurls:
Big Star went back into the studio and Chilton did something completely unexpected. He followed up two albums of pure power pop with a strangely haunting effort that reflected his disillusionment with everything and the toll it was taking on him. He was allowed total creative freedom and produced an album that no one at the time wanted to touch. It was promptly shelved and was never even properly titled, and it was the death knell for the band. Third/Sister Lovers only really saw the light of day a few years later after the first two Big Star records were re-released together in the UK and a real following developed. Here is the devastating Holocaust from the album:
Any plans for the band to get back together however ended when [Ranch] crashed his car into a tree, dying just as the star-crossed Big Star was finally getting it's well-deserved due.
Chilton then struck out on a solo career and spent time in NYC playing shows at CBGBs just as the punk movement was in full swing. He befriended some of the bands in that scene and produced a few records, and started to become something of a cult figure. Things came full circle when one of those band, The Replacements, wrote an homage him (that they hid from him, because they were worried it wasn't cool enough), appropriately titled Alex Chilton.
And children by the million sing for Alex Chilton
When he comes 'round
They sing, "I'm in love
And what's that song?"
Or, "I'm in love
With that song"
I never travel far
Without a little Big Star
Alex Chilton the song led to renewed interest in Alex Chilton and Big Star. The band would reunite without the deceased [Ranch], supported by [Ranch] and [Liverwurst] from the Posies and spent the rest of the 90's and 00's touring on the Big Star catalogue until Chilton died of a heart attack in New Orleans in 2010, at just 59 years old.
I was lucky enough to see him play the Khyber Pass Pub some time around 2003, and it was a fantastic show. Such an intimate setting and he played for at least an hour and a half, taking requests from the audience, and was beamingly happy on stage.
@Strawberry Fields
Flock of Ty’s?I just had a great idea for the direction you should take this band, and if you do not, I will be supremely disappointed. I thought of a name and everything.
Only you could come so close, yet be so wrong.Flock of Ty’s?
Pick #1: Alex Chilton
Born in Memphis, Chilton burst onto the scene in 1967 with The Box Tops and their #1 hit, The Letter, at just 16 years old. They followed that up with a lot of other great blue-eyed soul cuts, including Soul Deep and Cry Like a Baby. Alex’s singing with the Box Tops was all gravely soul that belied that he was a skinny white teenager.
The Box Tops fizzled out by 1970, but just a year later, Chilton found himself joining a Memphis band called Icewater. They renamed themselves Big Star and would go on to become one of the most influential bands ever. Chilton and [Ranch] were a songwriting duo on par with anyone, up to and including Lennon & McCartney. Their debut album, the winkingly titled power pop masterpiece #1 Record, was released to universal acclaim, and the stage was set for world domination. But then a funny thing happened, their record label couldn't get records on shelves. In an effort to fix that, they sold to Columbia, who then promptly pulled the album.
Chilton wrote a lot of great songs on the album, but Thirteen is the highlight of highlights, and perhaps the greatest ode to adolescent love and innocence ever written:
Deeply frustrated by the fate of their debut album, the band went back into the studio to record a follow-up only for everything to fall apart. There was literal fighting between band members, and [Ranch]'s drug habit and depression led to him departing, leaving Chilton without his songwriting partner. The band even briefly broke-up before deciding to get back together as a 3 piece. It's a great thing that they did, because they would go on to release the acclaimed and still winkingly titled Radio City - i.e. it was going to get tons of airplay. Once again, however, fate stepped in and record label shenanigans meant that records weren't on shelves. Only 20,000 copies sold, but right there, on side 2, track 10, is the greatest power pop song ever recorded, the oft-covered and genre-defining September Gurls:
Big Star went back into the studio and Chilton did something completely unexpected. He followed up two albums of pure power pop with a strangely haunting effort that reflected his disillusionment with everything and the toll it was taking on him. He was allowed total creative freedom and produced an album that no one at the time wanted to touch. It was promptly shelved and was never even properly titled, and it was the death knell for the band. Third/Sister Lovers only really saw the light of day a few years later after the first two Big Star records were re-released together in the UK and a real following developed. Here is the devastating Holocaust from the album:
Any plans for the band to get back together however ended when [Ranch] crashed his car into a tree, dying just as the star-crossed Big Star was finally getting it's well-deserved due.
Chilton then struck out on a solo career and spent time in NYC playing shows at CBGBs just as the punk movement was in full swing. He befriended some of the bands in that scene and produced a few records, and started to become something of a cult figure. Things came full circle when one of those band, The Replacements, wrote an homage him (that they hid from him, because they were worried it wasn't cool enough), appropriately titled Alex Chilton.
And children by the million sing for Alex Chilton
When he comes 'round
They sing, "I'm in love
And what's that song?"
Or, "I'm in love
With that song"
I never travel far
Without a little Big Star
Alex Chilton the song led to renewed interest in Alex Chilton and Big Star. The band would reunite without the deceased [Ranch], supported by [Ranch] and [Liverwurst] from the Posies and spent the rest of the 90's and 00's touring on the Big Star catalogue until Chilton died of a heart attack in New Orleans in 2010, at just 59 years old.
I was lucky enough to see him play the Khyber Pass Pub some time around 2003, and it was a fantastic show. Such an intimate setting and he played for at least an hour and a half, taking requests from the audience, and was beamingly happy on stage.
@Strawberry Fields
Did you happen to make it there before they renovated it? It was an absolute shithole back before 2010 or so. Awesome place to hang out nonetheless.Great pick. Also, Khyber Pass Pub is arguably the best "dive" bar in all of Philadelphia. My bachelor party kicked off there in 2015. That must have been epic.
Did you happen to make it there before they renovated it? It was an absolute shithole back before 2010 or so. Awesome place to hang out nonetheless.
Did you happen to make it there before they renovated it? It was an absolute shithole back before 2010 or so. Awesome place to hang out nonetheless.
Nah my first time there was probably around 2013-2014 or so. I had a work training nearby and popped in there for lunch. Their bar food is as good as it gets. I brought a bag of bacon grease popcorn back to the training and people were going nuts over it lol
Did you happen to make it there before they renovated it? It was an absolute shithole back before 2010 or so. Awesome place to hang out nonetheless.
Sounds like a weeknight at the Khyber to me. Perfect.Back in 2003ish, I saw someone pull a knife on a guy over a gravy vs sauce argument while The Coral played. Good times.
Did you have grease stains all over the withdrawal and deposit slips for weeks after that?
I ain't no teller - don't make me cut a bitch
You said you had TRAINING. Damn it, man.
Was the knife guy pro gravy or pro sauceBack in 2003ish, I saw someone pull a knife on a guy over a gravy vs sauce argument while The Coral played. Good times.
Was the knife guy pro gravy or pro sauce
I am a 3rd party here, I'm just trying to get the full storyOh no you don't. This is how you get a knife pulled on you.
Did you want him? I remember you being a Pumpkins fan.
Ty of Seagulls?Only you could come so close, yet be so wrong.