Between Me and You And The Tubes...
I got sucked up into a vortex of sorts in the later 90's and got to know some of these nice folks. I tell you, it was really something floating around on a pool raft when some of these guys/gals started talking about "The Old Days"...
There were a few pretty serious on-stage accidents but the show always went on...
Wanna know who the evil genius and most inspired maniac was in the group?
It was Cotten.
(In case you are wondering, I just discovered You-Tube (We finally got DSL!) I've been taking a bit of a stroll down memory lane,checking out people I used to know... When you are around "celebrities", you learn to recognize and despise name-droppers, and I realize this post is like that so I am changing my ways. Every time I think "I used to know..." I'll chew on a stick of gum...)
11 comments:
Oh my goodness, what was that?
They were one bunch of wild performers. I think they were a little before their time.
I was never a 'gal to kiss and tell, either!
THAT, Shirley, was a Bay Area based band that turned concerts into theatre and theatre into concerts.
Here is a decent old clip, Shirley, for your edification...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kux0myeldwE&mode=related&search=
I'm star struck so name drop all you want.
well as crazy as it looks now, somehow its very deja-vueish!
I was in Hot Topic yesterday with my daughter, standing there amongst the black-denimed and pierced, with my 42 year old blonde hair and mommy self.
I found a tag on the clothing that said Celebrating 25 years of punk and it suddenly hit me that I was once like them, and that many of the bands they celebrate, I actually saw and hung out with back in the day.
And their shows this last week in SJ & SF were *great*! Catch them if you can -- http://www.thetubes.com
Way over the top! Must have been a hoot!
There are name droppers and then there are name droppers.
I haven't a clue who these guys are.
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