Category: Philly bands (Page 2 of 21)

Boneheads – BunnyDrums

Boneheads

The Boneheads, who were part of the 70’s Philadelphia punk/new wave scene, along with the Sic Kidz, Stickmen, Warm Jets, Autistics, King of Siam, Pure Hell, and others. They played regularly at the Hot Club in Philly, and New York; including CBGBs, Max’s Kansas City and Tier 3. They opened shows for Richard Hell and the Voidoids, B-52’s, Wreckless Eric, The Lurkers, Mission of Burma, Nico, The Feelies, Madness, Necessaries (Chris Spedding), and others. In the summer of 1979, the band entered Starr Recording Studio in Philadelphia, and recorded 4 songs; ‘New Jersey‘, ‘Surfing UFO‘, ‘Adam & Eve‘ and ‘Yesterday‘. Unfortunately, the masters were lost and the tracks never released. Luckily, a cassette of the original recordings was recently discovered. The Boneheads disbanded shortly after morphing into the prolific Philly band, Bunnydrums.

Single 1978-79

Bunnydrums

Bunnydrums was a highly innovative and influential band that pushed the boundaries of post-punk music. Their unique sound, experimental approach, and introspective lyrics set them apart from their contemporaries. While they may not have achieved mainstream success during their active years, their impact on the alternative music scene cannot be overlooked. Bunnydrums’ legacy lives on through their groundbreaking music and the influence they had on future generations of musicians. To Reptile is a Live 1984 from Unitas Wageningen, Netherlands LP

To Reptile

Flyers

Autistics

Very early Philly Punk Band – I didn’t realize where on Bandcamp until recently – two live shows one from the Hot Club and the other on WXPN. Later went on to be DJ Bobby Startup and the Bunnydrums.

Bobby Startup – Vocals, Attitude
Bruce Glider – Guitar, Vocals, Clothes
Johnny Vukovich – Bass, Looks
Joe Ankenbrand – Drums, Expressions
With Karen ? – Bass, Education (Hot Club)
Other guitar guy – Beard (WXPN)

Live at Hot Club – 4-14-79

Live at WXPN – Early 1979

Flyers

Zonic Shockum

Late 80’s, 90s Philly band (although still around today as a duo). They have 2 full length LP’s and a compilation of their singles (links below) on apple music. I’ve included the rest of the songs from the singles, youtube version of the first cassette release and a live reunion show from the Khyber in 2004.

History of the band from Wikipedia
In 1988, Stephen P. Anderson, under the moniker of Zonic Shockum, recorded a 17-song cassette titled Pleasure which received distribution through Sound Choice mail-order catalog and Tower Records in Philadelphia and garnered a positive review in the German music magazine Zap. The tape featured girlfriend Debbie Polak singing on one song, and co-worker Marc Sonstein programming drums for another. Anderson’s cover of “Chinese Rock” was carted at Drexel University’s 91.7 for regular airplay.

In 1989 Polak and Sonstein joined Anderson as permanent members to form the nucleus of the performing and writing outfit.
Read More at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zonic_Shockum

1989 – Pleasure [Cassette]

Sessions 1989-1995

Whores / Woe Is Me / Tape Worm 7″

A – Whores (Sessions)
B1 – Woe Is Me
B2 – Tape Worm

Testosterone 7″

Used Rugs (Sessions)
Blair Soup
Tooth (Sessions)
Well Song (Sessions)
Filth Divine (LP)

No, You Suck / Lollipop / Bullet 7″

A – No, You Suck
B1 – Lollipop
B2 – Bullet

Between The 6s / Lugy 7″

A – Between The 6s (Sessions)
B – Lugy (Sessions)

1997 – Zonic Shockum LP

Alley Hunter / The Ugly Pear 7″

Alley Hunter (Here Today)
The Ugly Pear (Here Today)

Compilations

Dream Away from Chairman Of The Board – Interpretations Of Songs Made Famous By Frank Sinatra

Labor from ¡Scrapple! (A Philadelphia Compilation, With A Touch Of Class)

Double Agent Series 1302

Zonic Shockum – Ultraman
Gizzard – Buck Fevor

MediaFire Zip of all files not on Sessions

2001 – Here Today…

Live at the Khyber Pass 2004

01 – Used Rugs
02 – Tooth
03 – Dirty Old Car
04 – No, You Suck
05 – Maidenhead
06 – Labor
07 – Lollipop
08 – Whores

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Season’s Greetings Philadelphia

Philly Christmas Comp from 1997 with Rolling Hayseeds, Buzz Zeemer, Marah, The Friggs and more.

  1. Buzz Zeemer – Psychedelic Santa
  2. Cory – Any Day Now
  3. Tommy Conwell – Kinda Chrismassy
  4. Marah – Beer In a Bar
  5. John Flynn – Santa Claus and Mickey Malone
  6. Jim Fogarty – God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
  7. Rolling Hayseeds – Merry Christmas (This Makes One)
  8. Philly Gumbo featuring Jeannie Brooks – Xmas in New Orleans
  9. Eltro – Avoiding Christmas Tragedies
  10. The Friggs – Dig That Crazy Santa Claus
  11. Emily Valentine – Hey Hooray!
  12. The Manayunk Homeboys – Christmas Eve Eve
  13. The Shimmers – Coal
  14. John Train Quartet – Hora Bucovinei
  15. Lindsay Gilmour and the Organic Planet Band – Market Street
  16. Tom Hampton – The Road South
  17. Fifty/50 – (It Will Be A)Merry X – mas
  18. Mark Boyce Combo – Silent Night

Cashing in on Christmas

Black Hole Records Christmas Comps – started out with mostly Philly bands then expanded. Includes Stuntmen, Thorazine, Jukebox Zeroes, Doomed To Obscurity, Missile Toads, Violent Society, Limecell, Angry Snowmans plus a lot more band’s christmas songs .

Volume 1

Volume 2

Volume 3

Volume 4

Voulme 5

S-21

Philly five-piece S-21 made politically-charged punk rock 2015 – 2017
S-21 was Cella (Fugitive Family), Brian (Fugitive Family), Nneka, Tiff (Haldol) and Cassidy (Blank Spell, Cape Of Bats, Destructos).
My friend Bret gave me the files from their live set on WFMU – but I found FMU had already posted it on the freemusicarchive (see link to it below). So, instead I pieced together everything I could find for S-21 so here are their recordings and some live videos for YouTube.

Short Interview with Yoni before 2017 Break Free Fest

Demo 2016

Year Zero

Operation Menu EP

Live on Hello Children with Faye, WFMU 1/15/2017

Videos

S-21 at The Rotunda in Philadelphia, PA on 2017-05-27

2016-11-05 – Philadelphia, PA

2017-09-01 – Philadelphia, PA

Welcome Worlds – Music From Philadelphia

Philadelphia tape compilation from 1987 with a wide mix of musical styles. Bands included are Executive Slacks, Ruin, The Stick Men, Uh-Oh, Charles Cohen, Jim Meneses, The Ambush Bugs, The Heathens, Woz, Interplay, Jack Wright, Da Pliar, Peter Rose, Stephen DiJoseph, Increase The Angle, The Shamanistics, Lump, The Polite Force & Peggy Carrigan. The original wav file is here https://archive.org/details/noise-arch_ww-mfp. It is one file for each side of the tape – I edited out the different tracks from the original file.

A1 – Uh-Oh – Metropolis II
A2 – Charles Cohen – UTEP I
A3 – Jim Meneses – Running In Place
A4 – The Ambush Bugs – Third Degree Burns
A5 – The Heathens – Ooleigh At Great Adventure
A6 – Woz – Taba
A7 – Interplay – Ictus
A8 – Jack Wright – Solo Saxophone
A9 – Da Pliars – Whippin Dog
A10 – Executive Slacks – I’m Coming
A11 – Peter Rose – Idiots
A12 – Stephen DiJoseph – Small Things (Piano Solo)
B1 – Increase The Angle – Picasso’s Last Stand
B2 – The Ambush Bugs – Foaming At The Brain
B3 – Charles Cohen – UTEP 2
B4 – Uh-Oh – Isabella
B5 – The Shamanistics – Quakoids
B6 – Lump – Duo
B7 – The Polite Force – Excerpt From ”Living In The Heart Of The Beast”
B8 – Peggy Carrigan – You
B9 – Ruin – Life After Life
B10 – The Stick Men – Rock’s Alive
B11 – Thom Dura – Intensive Care

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Punkin’Pie Hubbub 1990

What is the Punkin’Pie Hubbub? We still don’t know! But it has something to do with carting a bunch of city slickers through a small town main street, with screeching guitars and freaked-out antics aboard some approximation of a float.

Shot in a variety of formats including 16mm color film, Simon Nagle and I created and recorded this event for a documentary film course at Temple in 1990.

Look for Richard Fravel, Arthur DiFuria, Andrew Clees and Noel Babineau of the Uptown Bones. Also Eric DeJesus, Elizabeth Duby, Tom Miller, Jim Reed, Joe David, and an entourage of Hubbub followers and fans.

Happy Halloween! Enjoy.
—Paul David

Cave Canem

cave canem was a Philadelphia band comprised of former members of Electric Love Muffin. Frank Campbell (drums) and Brian Campbell (Bass) The two joined forces with Kate Heim on lead vocal and Rich Cartes on lead guitar and began playing locally in March ‘91. cave canem formed in the fall of 1990 and have since sought to combine the simple emotion and power of hard rock with a unique melodic quality. Each member contributes their own diverse influences to the band to create cave canem’s powerful moody original sound. Kate and Brian are currently in a reformed Poppy with Craig from Scram.

Wishing Well 7″

01 – Wishing Well
02 – Waterfall
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