The world never seemed like a stranger place the moment I found out that the sleaze rocker singing the words "sixteen and savaged" was none other than Michael Phillip Des Barres, a.k.a. T.V.'s "MacGyver." But truth is almost always stranger than fiction, and to be honest, it's not all that different than Lee Ving, frontman of the California Punk band FEAR, cast as the sleazy strip club owner in "Flashdance."
He is also known for replacing Robert Palmer in Power Station, fronting the band at 1985's Live Aid. He is also the ex-husband of "super-groupie" and novelist Pamella Des Barres.
I'm not gonna waste your time with this one, re-telling you all the histroy of the band that you already know, much less force you to read some bullshit remedial material spewed from my mouth. So I'm jusat gonna post the records and leave it at that.
From America's east coast, Banchee released their debut album on Atlantic records in 1969. The band, singer/guitarist Peter Alongi, drummer Victo Digillio, rhythm guitarist Jose Miquel DeJesus, and bassist Michael Marino, teamed up with producers Warren Schatz and Steven Schlakz (?!?!)
The album is very typical for the time, though was very much "more heavy than hippi."
High energy guitars, very tuneful structure, but none the less ultimately hard, guitar-driven rock. Th album even spawned a single: "" Just Don't Know" b/w "Train of Life."
Two years later they released "Thinkin'" and also saw them with a new label, Polydor. The group also expanded to a five piece wit the addition of singer/percussionist Fernando Roman (who just also happened to be DeJesus' cousin). With the band co-producing with Dave Paslmer and Ralph Moss, the sophmore band saw themselves aiming for an even tougher rock sound. Unlike the debut, which was largely democraticproject wit everyone contributing their writing duties, this time around Jose Miquel DeJesus was responsible for a majority of the material.
While it wasn't particularly original or ground breaking, this was one of those rare albums where ther simply wasn't a bad song in the list.
(with material from Bad Cat Records)
Stack Waddy were an English Blues-Rock band from Tiperley, Manchester most actively in the late '60's and early 70's, and again in 2007. After seeing the band play live at the Buxton Blues Festival in 1969, John Peel immediately signed them to his Danillion label. The original lineup of John Knail, Mick Stott, Stuart Banham, and Steve Revel (replaced by John Groom on the second album), released two albums and singles before breaking up for a while in 1973. Supposedly, rumor says that there is a hidden archive stored away with several albums more worth of material. (studio jam sessions, and rehersals).
On January 24, 1972 (transmitted on the 18th of February) the band also recorded a performance for the John Peel BBC Radio 1 show. The tracks were; "Hoochie Coochie Man", "Rock Me Baby", "You Really Got Me", and "Willi the Pimp." (which is entirely fitting given the bands uncanny "Beefheartesque" sound).
They have reconvined several times with their second lineup of Knail, Stott, Banham, & Groom, with the last gathering for the Dandilion Records Bigraphical DVD film shoot in 2007.
