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"We Didn't Put Out the Fire - Eulogy" by Benedict Arnold & The Traitors... (Original Post) GReedDiamond Jul 2012 OP
Ah-ha! Iggo Jul 2012 #1
Weird is good, as far as I'm concerned... GReedDiamond Jul 2012 #2
It didn't. Iggo Jul 2012 #3
Thanks, got it... GReedDiamond Jul 2012 #4
Trip seeing that Cathay flier. Iggo Jul 2012 #5
Back in the Cathay days, we played there quite a bit... GReedDiamond Jul 2012 #6
I remember this release riqster Dec 2012 #7
Hi riqster...long time... GReedDiamond Dec 2012 #8

Iggo

(48,271 posts)
1. Ah-ha!
Sat Jul 21, 2012, 10:44 PM
Jul 2012

I was wondering how it got back to the top with zero replies!

I thought I was losin' it...lol.

Nice fat tone for the rhythm on the verses. (Bmf! Bmf! Bmf!)
Cool "bullfight" lead.
Jumped off the bridge (so to speak) at the end there, huh.

Weird, but I like it.

GReedDiamond

(5,371 posts)
2. Weird is good, as far as I'm concerned...
Sun Jul 22, 2012, 06:58 PM
Jul 2012

...hadn't considered the "bullfight" vibe, but you are correct.

Thanks for likin' it.

BTW, how did it get "back to the top with zero replies"?

Iggo

(48,271 posts)
3. It didn't.
Sun Jul 22, 2012, 07:27 PM
Jul 2012

When I saw this thread, I didn't realize that it was a dupe of the Lounge thread (the one that sank).

Iggo

(48,271 posts)
5. Trip seeing that Cathay flier.
Mon Jul 23, 2012, 01:09 PM
Jul 2012

Takes me back. Not that I went there a lot. I didn't. I'm a metal head. But I hung with this punk rock chick in the late 80s to mid 90s who was always trying to get me to go there. I remember messing with her head, saying things like "Cafe de What?" LOL...good times.

GReedDiamond

(5,371 posts)
6. Back in the Cathay days, we played there quite a bit...
Mon Jul 23, 2012, 09:14 PM
Jul 2012

...but after '82, The Traitors evolved into The Hundredth Monkey and we were doing "psychedelic punk."

The Cathay always smelled like piss and stale beer (especially downstairs), so we bitched about the stink, and the fact that we were the only "punk" band hauling a Hammond organ around with us, but, in retrospect, it was fun playing there.

The late El Duce of the Mentors used to hang out there a lot, and since we were both playing 60s era Camco drum kits, we had some interesting drum talks.

Most often, the sound guy was Don Bolles (Germs, 45 Grave, Celebrity Skin, etc). The last time I ran into him, about a year ago, he actually remembered working with us when we were The Hundredth Monkey. He said we were doing stuff that he found interesting, so it left an impression on him. He may have been simply making conversation with me, but I think he actually did recall working the sound for us all those decades ago.

I wish now that the Cathay de Grande was still around, in all of its original "glory."

GReedDiamond

(5,371 posts)
8. Hi riqster...long time...
Wed Dec 26, 2012, 06:39 PM
Dec 2012

...I/We are still around, but we're doing a new project called Green Sparkle Frog.

You may check it out at our web site or at ReverbNation.com.

If you'd like a copy of the new CD, PM me your postal address.

Happy Holidays!

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