Comments on: 1970s nightmares part 2: forgotten bands, hopeless causes & the search for the missing chord http://stewarthomesociety.org/blog/archives/2180 Better Living Thru Chemistry Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:38:12 +0000 hourly 1 By: mistertrippy http://stewarthomesociety.org/blog/archives/2180/comment-page-2#comment-4690 mistertrippy Wed, 09 Sep 2009 09:10:29 +0000 http://stewarthomesociety.org/blog/?p=2180#comment-4690 Didn't know Benham worked with Dave Fenton of The Vapors.... or of the row between him and Jimmy Pursey in Chertsey.... Any idea of the date of the bundle at what I guess is The Camden Palace, it was called The Music Machine up to 1980, Are there press clippings? I used to go to the Music Machine a lot, but never once it became the Camden Palace. I used to go and see Sham before they had hit records too... and managed to avoid the problems at their later gigs. They were fun before they became big. Didn’t know Benham worked with Dave Fenton of The Vapors…. or of the row between him and Jimmy Pursey in Chertsey…. Any idea of the date of the bundle at what I guess is The Camden Palace, it was called The Music Machine up to 1980, Are there press clippings? I used to go to the Music Machine a lot, but never once it became the Camden Palace. I used to go and see Sham before they had hit records too… and managed to avoid the problems at their later gigs. They were fun before they became big.

]]> By: Duncan Gillbert http://stewarthomesociety.org/blog/archives/2180/comment-page-2#comment-4684 Duncan Gillbert Tue, 08 Sep 2009 22:30:44 +0000 http://stewarthomesociety.org/blog/?p=2180#comment-4684 Oh, I just remembered, after a row one night between Bo Benham of The Pleasers and Jimmy Pursey of Sham 69 in a pub near Chertsea in Surrey. Hundreds of fans of both bands battled it out after a Pleasers gig at what was then called The Camden Paley in Camden. What a fight that turned out to be... Teeth everywhere... Oh, I just remembered, after a row one night between Bo Benham of The Pleasers and Jimmy Pursey of Sham 69 in a pub near Chertsea in Surrey. Hundreds of fans of both bands battled it out after a Pleasers gig at what was then called The Camden Paley in Camden. What a fight that turned out to be… Teeth everywhere…

]]> By: Duncan Gillbert http://stewarthomesociety.org/blog/archives/2180/comment-page-2#comment-4683 Duncan Gillbert Tue, 08 Sep 2009 22:22:18 +0000 http://stewarthomesociety.org/blog/?p=2180#comment-4683 Having recently seen The Pleasers headlining an amazing gig over whose left of The Clash, The Sex Pistols and The Buzzcocks at The 100 Club in London. My pals and I thought they were f*****g brilliant. Melodic, great harmonies and great song structures. I never got to see them the first time around, but since their recent successful Powerpop album release in Japan, I think they are going to perform some gigs in Tokyo around March 2010, that I have simply got to go see if poss! Did you know that Bo Benham (Singer Co-writer/Bass Player) of The Pleasers wrote several songs with Dave Fenton of The Vapours, which have never been released. This was just after The Pleasers broke up when Bo was forming his own new band called 'Bo and The Generals' who were signed to Island Records. They released a track called 'Rich Girl' produced by the producer of Squeeze. This band also included The Pleasers lead guitarist Nick Powell, all Interesting stuff... a! And, Paul McCartney was asked in 1978 about what he thought of The Pleasers music back in an interview for the Melody Maker 1978 and he said 'The Pleasers were the only band around at the time keeping the melody alive to a powerful back beat! Plus Bo Benham once lent his Bass Guitar amp to U2 for their rehearsal and never got it back. Bo Benham went onto formatting and producing a Music TV series for ITV1, ITV2 & MTV called New Music Television back in 2000. This series was responsible for helping to break over 24 new bands into the UK top 20. The bands included 'Feeder' The White Stripes' and 'The Hives'. Sorry, I know all this because I'm a bit of a music nerd! But I assure you, its all true. Having recently seen The Pleasers headlining an amazing gig over whose left of The Clash, The Sex Pistols and The Buzzcocks at The 100 Club in London. My pals and I thought they were f*****g brilliant. Melodic, great harmonies and great song structures. I never got to see them the first time around, but since their recent successful Powerpop album release in Japan, I think they are going to perform some gigs in Tokyo around March 2010, that I have simply got to go see if poss!

Did you know that Bo Benham (Singer Co-writer/Bass Player) of The Pleasers wrote several songs with Dave Fenton of The Vapours, which have never been released. This was just after The Pleasers broke up when Bo was forming his own new band called ‘Bo and The Generals’ who were signed to Island Records. They released a track called ‘Rich Girl’ produced by the producer of Squeeze. This band also included The Pleasers lead guitarist Nick Powell, all Interesting stuff… a!

And, Paul McCartney was asked in 1978 about what he thought of The Pleasers music back in an interview for the Melody Maker 1978 and he said ‘The Pleasers were the only band around at the time keeping the melody alive to a powerful back beat! Plus Bo Benham once lent his Bass Guitar amp to U2 for their rehearsal and never got it back.

Bo Benham went onto formatting and producing a Music TV series for ITV1, ITV2 & MTV called New Music Television back in 2000. This series was responsible for helping to break over 24 new bands into the UK top 20. The bands included ‘Feeder’ The White Stripes’ and ‘The Hives’.

Sorry, I know all this because I’m a bit of a music nerd! But I assure you, its all true.

]]> By: howling wizard, shrieking toad http://stewarthomesociety.org/blog/archives/2180/comment-page-1#comment-4617 howling wizard, shrieking toad Fri, 04 Sep 2009 01:15:46 +0000 http://stewarthomesociety.org/blog/?p=2180#comment-4617 Hey, Brooklyn suuuuccckkkkksssssss.......doood.... Hey, Brooklyn suuuuccckkkkksssssss…….doood….

]]> By: howling wizard, shrieking toad http://stewarthomesociety.org/blog/archives/2180/comment-page-1#comment-4616 howling wizard, shrieking toad Fri, 04 Sep 2009 01:14:04 +0000 http://stewarthomesociety.org/blog/?p=2180#comment-4616 GutterDandy, well hey....dude... Are you an Ammmurrrcan Injun too man ? I mean, I will bet yer grandmammy was Cherokee...right? See ya....dude.. GutterDandy, well hey….dude…

Are you an Ammmurrrcan Injun too man ? I mean, I will bet yer grandmammy was Cherokee…right?

See ya….dude..

]]> By: Gutterdandy http://stewarthomesociety.org/blog/archives/2180/comment-page-1#comment-4599 Gutterdandy Wed, 02 Sep 2009 19:33:20 +0000 http://stewarthomesociety.org/blog/?p=2180#comment-4599 "Mink Deville were another example of real rubbish — a lot of awful Lou Reed poseur copyists — actually, I read somewhere he’s another one of those Americans who says he’s errr…..urrrrmm…..”native Amuuurrrcan Indian” — when of course, his grand dad was probably from Glasgow, or if you want to get more exotic, perhaps from Rotterdam or Belgium." Shut up you snotty little piece of British scum. Have a little respect for the dead. Mink De Ville didn't copy Lou Reed -- what an idiotic statement. And Willie certainly did some fine singing on his own, especially on the Live In Berlin acoustic trio double-CD of a few years back. And now he's dead, thinking he had Hep C (bad enough) and finding out he also had pancreatic cancer. If you're ever in Brooklyn, drop me a line and we'll get together and talk about "rubbish" Lou Reed imitator Willie DeVille. You suck. “Mink Deville were another example of real rubbish — a lot of awful Lou Reed poseur copyists — actually, I read somewhere he’s another one of those Americans who says he’s errr…..urrrrmm…..”native Amuuurrrcan Indian” — when of course, his grand dad was probably from Glasgow, or if you want to get more exotic, perhaps from Rotterdam or Belgium.”

Shut up you snotty little piece of British scum. Have a little respect for the dead. Mink De Ville didn’t copy Lou Reed — what an idiotic statement. And Willie certainly did some fine singing on his own, especially on the Live In Berlin acoustic trio double-CD of a few years back. And now he’s dead, thinking he had Hep C (bad enough) and finding out he also had pancreatic cancer. If you’re ever in Brooklyn, drop me a line and we’ll get together and talk about “rubbish” Lou Reed imitator Willie DeVille. You suck.

]]> By: Herman Brood – Rock And Roll Junkie « Mister Trippy http://stewarthomesociety.org/blog/archives/2180/comment-page-1#comment-4421 Herman Brood – Rock And Roll Junkie « Mister Trippy Mon, 10 Aug 2009 09:04:57 +0000 http://stewarthomesociety.org/blog/?p=2180#comment-4421 [...] Herman Brood came up on a blog I posted a few days ago, I’ve been thinking about why I like his tune Rock & Roll Junkie. There are elements [...] [...] Herman Brood came up on a blog I posted a few days ago, I’ve been thinking about why I like his tune Rock & Roll Junkie. There are elements [...]

]]> By: Old Rope http://stewarthomesociety.org/blog/archives/2180/comment-page-1#comment-4304 Old Rope Mon, 03 Aug 2009 20:56:03 +0000 http://stewarthomesociety.org/blog/?p=2180#comment-4304 Geldof is a doofus Geldof is a doofus

]]> By: Merseymania – a ‘great’ lost Lou Reed album? « Mister Trippy http://stewarthomesociety.org/blog/archives/2180/comment-page-1#comment-4301 Merseymania – a ‘great’ lost Lou Reed album? « Mister Trippy Mon, 03 Aug 2009 16:43:23 +0000 http://stewarthomesociety.org/blog/?p=2180#comment-4301 [...] that then you might also believe The Pleasers should have been bigger than the Beatles.  See my blog of a few days ago – and in particular some of the comments – for more on The Pleasers. Aside from the [...] [...] that then you might also believe The Pleasers should have been bigger than the Beatles.  See my blog of a few days ago – and in particular some of the comments – for more on The Pleasers. Aside from the [...]

]]> By: mistertrippy http://stewarthomesociety.org/blog/archives/2180/comment-page-1#comment-4225 mistertrippy Thu, 30 Jul 2009 15:18:01 +0000 http://stewarthomesociety.org/blog/?p=2180#comment-4225 Old Rope - when I saw The Pleasers that one time supporting Burlesque I thought they were absolute shit - but Paul Weller seemed to enjoy them... So take your pick, was I right or was Weller? But if you haven't done so already you can hear a bunch of Pleasers tunes on their MySpace profile: http://www.myspace.com/thepleasersmusic It mostly sounds like merde to me... And even the shameless Tony Wilson looks kinda embarrassed to be introducing them on the embedded YouTube clip on that page (the first one - and this seems to be one of their better and more 'rocking' tunes). Well choosing between Paul Weller and Tony Wilson is like choosing between a rock and a hard place.... And I hate to find myself on the same side as Wilson, but if I wasn't I'd be on the same side as Paul Weller (which is just as bad). At least Tony Wilson is dead! And yes I've had the misfortune to talk meet both of 'em, a long time ago. And someone calling themselves rizlatune has uploaded a load of Pleasers videos on YouTube... And check this comment from one of them: Bob Geldof said of The Pleasers "If the Jam were The Who, The Stranglers The Doors: and we were The Stones, why can't these guys be The Beatles." That's at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vIpff2HgpdQ - I first saw The Jam several years before they had a record contract, and they definitely weren't The Who, they were playing top ten covers among other things... The Stranglers were better than The Doors, although the vocals and lyrics let them down.. but at least they had a bass player live to anchor the sound and didn't have Jimmy the Ninny fronting the band... Personally I think Mick Jagger is a plonker but Geldof and The Boomtown Rats make him look fabulous in comparison. Geldof and Weller for The Pleasers? Doesn't sound good! Old Rope – when I saw The Pleasers that one time supporting Burlesque I thought they were absolute shit – but Paul Weller seemed to enjoy them… So take your pick, was I right or was Weller? But if you haven’t done so already you can hear a bunch of Pleasers tunes on their MySpace profile:

http://www.myspace.com/thepleasersmusic

It mostly sounds like merde to me… And even the shameless Tony Wilson looks kinda embarrassed to be introducing them on the embedded YouTube clip on that page (the first one – and this seems to be one of their better and more ‘rocking’ tunes). Well choosing between Paul Weller and Tony Wilson is like choosing between a rock and a hard place…. And I hate to find myself on the same side as Wilson, but if I wasn’t I’d be on the same side as Paul Weller (which is just as bad). At least Tony Wilson is dead! And yes I’ve had the misfortune to talk meet both of ‘em, a long time ago.

And someone calling themselves rizlatune has uploaded a load of Pleasers videos on YouTube… And check this comment from one of them:

Bob Geldof said of The Pleasers “If the Jam were The Who, The Stranglers The Doors: and we were The Stones, why can’t these guys be The Beatles.”

That’s at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vIpff2HgpdQ – I first saw The Jam several years before they had a record contract, and they definitely weren’t The Who, they were playing top ten covers among other things… The Stranglers were better than The Doors, although the vocals and lyrics let them down.. but at least they had a bass player live to anchor the sound and didn’t have Jimmy the Ninny fronting the band… Personally I think Mick Jagger is a plonker but Geldof and The Boomtown Rats make him look fabulous in comparison. Geldof and Weller for The Pleasers? Doesn’t sound good!

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