WEBVTT 00:00:02.709 --> 00:00:07.209 Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to violence. Welcome 00:00:07.209 --> 00:00:09.529 to another edition of Pop Rocks Radio, where 00:00:09.529 --> 00:00:13.669 obscurity isn't a curse, it's an aesthetic. As 00:00:13.669 --> 00:00:17.250 always, I am your host, Bijan. Today we're taking 00:00:17.250 --> 00:00:20.329 a paisley pattern detour into that glorious early 00:00:20.329 --> 00:00:23.129 80s movement when a bunch of Los Angeles kids 00:00:23.129 --> 00:00:25.589 decided, what if Sid Barrett joined a garage 00:00:25.589 --> 00:00:28.809 band and learned how to harmonize? Yes, that's 00:00:28.809 --> 00:00:31.010 right. Today we'll be featuring bands from the 00:00:31.010 --> 00:00:34.789 Paisley Underground. I'll tell you more as we 00:00:34.789 --> 00:00:37.149 go, but first things first, here's a shimmering 00:00:37.149 --> 00:00:39.950 slice of 60s magic by way of a power pop legend. 00:00:40.189 --> 00:01:02.060 This is Tommy Keene with Carrie Ann. the janitor 00:01:02.060 --> 00:01:05.799 you played a monitor then you played with all 00:01:05.799 --> 00:01:10.439 the boys and prefects what's the attraction and 00:01:10.439 --> 00:01:15.859 what they're doing hey Carrie Ann what's your 00:01:15.859 --> 00:01:23.579 game now can anybody play hey Carrie Ann what's 00:01:23.579 --> 00:01:29.079 your game now can anybody play you're always 00:01:29.079 --> 00:05:41.129 something special See you. That was Seattle's 00:05:41.129 --> 00:05:44.370 own Young Fresh Fellows with two lives from 1985's 00:05:44.370 --> 00:05:47.310 Topsy Turvy. Continuing my quest to highlight 00:05:47.310 --> 00:05:50.449 great Seattle bands, these guys, to me, have 00:05:50.449 --> 00:05:53.209 always been the sound of Seattle. We featured 00:05:53.209 --> 00:05:55.410 Scott McCoy and some of his bands like The Minus 00:05:55.410 --> 00:06:01.350 Five on an episode a few weeks back. She was 00:06:01.350 --> 00:06:02.990 the kind of woman that made you want to drop 00:06:02.990 --> 00:06:05.569 to your knees, and thank God you were a man. 00:06:09.000 --> 00:06:11.399 She reminded me of my mother all right, no doubt 00:06:11.399 --> 00:06:16.160 about it. This next band has quite a storied 00:06:16.160 --> 00:06:19.060 history, and with the help of Greg Shaw of Bomp 00:06:19.060 --> 00:06:22.420 Records on his subsidiary label Vox, they also 00:06:22.420 --> 00:06:24.699 have a legend that was built from the ground 00:06:24.699 --> 00:06:27.800 up. They pretended to be a 60s band releasing 00:06:27.800 --> 00:06:31.620 an anthology of work in 1983, but they were really 00:06:31.620 --> 00:06:34.800 an 80s power pop band. A gentleman named Matthew 00:06:34.800 --> 00:06:37.019 Street on YouTube does far more justice to them 00:06:37.019 --> 00:06:39.420 than I ever could. I will put a link to his latest 00:06:39.420 --> 00:06:41.160 video on the band in the show notes. He's done 00:06:41.160 --> 00:06:44.439 a few now. The band is called The Numbers, and 00:06:44.439 --> 00:06:46.680 they just released their first album in over 00:06:46.680 --> 00:06:50.319 40 years, and it's pretty damn cool. This is 00:06:50.319 --> 00:06:53.120 off their latest, Mad Day Out. This is She Is 00:06:53.120 --> 00:07:18.589 Everything. She said she had to go. I don't remember 00:07:18.589 --> 00:07:23.490 how she walked away now. Time had moved so slow. 00:07:24.189 --> 00:07:29.350 And I don't recall any rationale that would make 00:07:29.350 --> 00:07:35.290 this my idea. Just other thoughts and late night 00:07:35.290 --> 00:07:46.319 hearts and wishes she was here. just one thing 00:07:46.319 --> 00:08:07.360 I think of her and she is everything I've forgotten 00:08:07.360 --> 00:08:11.160 the colors and the street noise thoughts I carry 00:08:26.319 --> 00:08:31.939 sun came up so cold guess I'll carry on and tell 00:08:31.939 --> 00:08:38.159 you why it all remains untold but the wind blows 00:08:38.159 --> 00:08:42.480 cold out on the street where we used to walk 00:08:42.480 --> 00:09:18.600 last spring I remember All I remember is her 00:09:18.600 --> 00:09:26.820 and she is everything All I remember is her and 00:09:26.820 --> 00:15:20.830 she is everything Un, deux, trois, je suis Kudos 00:15:20.830 --> 00:15:23.149 proving once again that Southern California actually 00:15:23.149 --> 00:15:27.210 begins somewhere in London. Before that, we heard 00:15:27.210 --> 00:15:29.909 the Peppermint Kicks from Boston with Too Sweet 00:15:29.909 --> 00:15:33.370 Oh Yeah off their latest album on Rumbar Records 00:15:33.370 --> 00:15:36.669 with a name that I think is pretty awesome, Pop 00:15:36.669 --> 00:15:45.090 Rocks and My Chewing Gum. ABC presents Tuesday 00:15:45.090 --> 00:15:49.899 Movie of the Week. All Tom Hanks Wanted. was 00:15:49.899 --> 00:15:52.440 a quiet vacation at home. This is what I need, 00:15:52.480 --> 00:15:57.700 Carol. I need this. Welcome to Mayfield Place. 00:15:59.960 --> 00:16:04.379 A typical street in The Burbs. Our movie of the 00:16:04.379 --> 00:16:06.779 week is one of my favorite comedies of all time, 00:16:06.980 --> 00:16:10.740 The Burbs. In my opinion, it's not only Tom Hanks' 00:16:10.840 --> 00:16:14.139 funniest performance, and it is funny as hell. 00:16:14.750 --> 00:16:17.370 but a subversive little gem about the glossy 00:16:17.370 --> 00:16:20.590 veneer of 1980s suburban conformity and the darkness 00:16:20.590 --> 00:16:23.750 festering just beneath it, usually in the basement. 00:16:24.970 --> 00:16:27.889 Directed by Joe Dante, the film stars Tom Hanks, 00:16:27.990 --> 00:16:31.149 Carrie Fisher, Bruce Dern, Rick Ducomen, Corey 00:16:31.149 --> 00:16:34.409 Feldman, Henry Gibson, and the one and only Brother 00:16:34.409 --> 00:16:37.879 Theodore. The story takes place in a quiet little 00:16:37.879 --> 00:16:40.559 suburban paradise shot on the Universal Studios 00:16:40.559 --> 00:16:44.080 backlot to give the most 50s sitcom leave -it 00:16:44.080 --> 00:16:47.240 -to -beaver look possible. Monotony is king until 00:16:47.240 --> 00:16:49.980 a mysterious new family, the Klopeks, moves in 00:16:49.980 --> 00:16:52.299 next door and refuses to come outside during 00:16:52.299 --> 00:16:55.080 the day. Everyone is concerned about the noises 00:16:55.080 --> 00:16:57.100 that are coming from the basement and the fact 00:16:57.100 --> 00:17:00.500 that their last name Klopek sounds Slavic. It's 00:17:00.500 --> 00:17:02.620 like they're cooking a goddamn cat over there. 00:17:03.259 --> 00:17:05.920 Tom Hanks plays Ray Peterson, a bored family 00:17:05.920 --> 00:17:09.019 man on vacation who wants to relax but gets pulled 00:17:09.019 --> 00:17:11.720 into the madness by his neighbor Art, played 00:17:11.720 --> 00:17:13.680 by Rick Ducoman. Ray, do you want him to take 00:17:13.680 --> 00:17:15.599 your family, kidnap them, tear their livers out 00:17:15.599 --> 00:17:18.160 and make some kind of satanic pate? Bruce Dern 00:17:18.160 --> 00:17:20.720 is at his best as a sometimes unhinged Vietnam 00:17:20.720 --> 00:17:23.619 vet who also has settled into suburban life, 00:17:23.799 --> 00:17:26.680 eating animal crackers while on lookout in survival 00:17:26.680 --> 00:17:31.839 gear. In Southeast Asia, we call this type of 00:17:31.839 --> 00:17:36.829 thing. Bad karma. Rounding out the cast, Corey 00:17:36.829 --> 00:17:39.269 Feldman plays the teenage neighbor who treats 00:17:39.269 --> 00:17:42.390 the escalating chaos like live theater, inviting 00:17:42.390 --> 00:17:45.230 his buddies over to watch the show. Ray tries 00:17:45.230 --> 00:17:47.970 to resist Art's escalating theories, but he's 00:17:47.970 --> 00:17:50.549 already cracking under the pressure of lawn maintenance, 00:17:50.809 --> 00:17:53.509 golf, and nightly Jeopardy sessions with his 00:17:53.509 --> 00:17:56.369 wife, played by Carrie Fisher. Art's childhood 00:17:56.369 --> 00:17:58.670 story about a well -liked drugstore clerk from 00:17:58.670 --> 00:18:00.829 the neighborhood who suddenly snapped and murdered 00:18:00.829 --> 00:18:03.640 his family rattles him. because deep down, Ray 00:18:03.640 --> 00:18:07.039 worries that just may be him. The Klopeks, sure, 00:18:07.200 --> 00:18:10.319 they're weird. They inexplicably dig what look 00:18:10.319 --> 00:18:13.079 like graves in their backyard at night and drive 00:18:13.079 --> 00:18:15.140 their dripping bags of garbage from the house 00:18:15.140 --> 00:18:18.440 to the curb. But is it sinister, or are they 00:18:18.440 --> 00:18:20.900 just different? What have you got in the cellar 00:18:20.900 --> 00:18:24.539 here, Klopek? Brother Theodore plays Reuben Klopek, 00:18:24.579 --> 00:18:26.859 who lives in the house with his nephew and... 00:18:26.859 --> 00:18:31.299 My brother, the doctor. Played by Henry Gibson. 00:18:32.000 --> 00:18:34.259 For those of you too young to have watched Laugh 00:18:34.259 --> 00:18:36.599 -In, and granted I watched it in reruns as a 00:18:36.599 --> 00:18:40.920 kid, Henry Gibson was the sincere poet. My potato 00:18:40.920 --> 00:18:47.160 is falling off by Henry Gibson. My potato is 00:18:47.160 --> 00:18:50.220 falling off and I haven't even got to peel it. 00:18:50.660 --> 00:18:53.680 I guess I should have stood still or put up a 00:18:53.680 --> 00:18:56.779 fence, but I got so used to the way it just balanced, 00:18:56.980 --> 00:19:00.440 I never imagined it might just, whoops, there 00:19:00.440 --> 00:19:03.779 it goes. Oh, well, I've still got my turnip. 00:19:03.859 --> 00:19:07.019 Hey, man, that stuff killed back then. The wives, 00:19:07.119 --> 00:19:09.339 for their part, also find the clopex strange, 00:19:09.480 --> 00:19:13.039 but offer far more sensible explanations. But 00:19:13.039 --> 00:19:15.700 sensibility goes out the window as the guys work 00:19:15.700 --> 00:19:18.660 themselves into a paranoid frenzy involving giant 00:19:18.660 --> 00:19:22.039 dogs, swarms of bees, boilers, gas explosions, 00:19:22.180 --> 00:19:25.359 and lots of pizza, all played with that cartoonish 00:19:25.359 --> 00:19:27.700 chaos that Joe Dante has brought to other films 00:19:27.700 --> 00:19:30.099 like Rock and Roll High School and Gremlins. 00:19:31.470 --> 00:19:34.029 In Reagan's America, this movie highlighted the 00:19:34.029 --> 00:19:36.329 fact that you couldn't just put a nice white 00:19:36.329 --> 00:19:38.529 coat of paint over everything and make all the 00:19:38.529 --> 00:19:42.289 bad stuff go away. And maybe, just maybe, it's 00:19:42.289 --> 00:19:44.970 you who are the crazy one. Although it's easy 00:19:44.970 --> 00:19:47.029 for some to get suspicious of those not like 00:19:47.029 --> 00:19:49.930 themselves, being just like everyone else denies 00:19:49.930 --> 00:19:52.170 the reality that there is no such thing as perfect, 00:19:52.369 --> 00:19:55.150 there is no such thing as normal. That's why 00:19:55.150 --> 00:19:57.349 this film made such an impression on me as a 00:19:57.349 --> 00:20:00.140 young man. It confirmed my suspicions that for 00:20:00.140 --> 00:20:03.119 every person who pointed at my earrings and spiky 00:20:03.119 --> 00:20:06.579 hair, yeah, so radical, I know. Everyone has 00:20:06.579 --> 00:20:08.960 their own dark secrets, and pretending they're 00:20:08.960 --> 00:20:12.880 not there, deep down, fools no one. I saw Bruce 00:20:12.880 --> 00:20:14.839 Dern talk about this movie at a film festival 00:20:14.839 --> 00:20:17.980 in Port Townsend a few years back, where he lamented 00:20:17.980 --> 00:20:20.599 that no one remembered the film. I made a point 00:20:20.599 --> 00:20:22.539 of going up afterwards and telling him otherwise. 00:20:23.259 --> 00:20:26.599 The Burbs is the best kind of comedy. Sweet, 00:20:26.660 --> 00:20:29.259 clever, subversive, and hysterically freaking 00:20:29.259 --> 00:20:31.799 funny. Which makes it, as far as I'm concerned, 00:20:31.960 --> 00:20:34.819 damn near perfect. And is there something sinister 00:20:34.819 --> 00:20:38.059 going on in the Klopeks' house? Could be. You'll 00:20:38.059 --> 00:20:40.680 get no spoilers out of me this time. But the 00:20:40.680 --> 00:20:43.099 really scary part? It's probably the same thing 00:20:43.099 --> 00:20:44.880 that's happening at your neighbor's house right 00:20:44.880 --> 00:29:48.210 now. Anytime. We closed out that set with the 00:29:48.210 --> 00:29:50.849 latest single from Eric Barlow, originally from 00:29:50.849 --> 00:29:53.390 New England and part of the Boston music scene, 00:29:53.490 --> 00:29:56.430 but he has since relocated to New York. That 00:29:56.430 --> 00:29:59.109 was Burn, released on Soundcove out of Boston, 00:29:59.230 --> 00:30:02.750 a digital singles -only label. Before that, we 00:30:02.750 --> 00:30:05.569 had the Gypsy Boss, also out of Boston. That 00:30:05.569 --> 00:30:09.349 was And You Know I Do from their EP 5x5 from 00:30:09.349 --> 00:30:12.880 4, now out on Rumbar Records. And of course, 00:30:12.900 --> 00:30:15.180 kicking off that set, we had Start All Over from 00:30:15.180 --> 00:30:18.400 the Jimmy C from Melbourne, Australia. All of 00:30:18.400 --> 00:30:20.759 these are available on Bandcamp, so show some 00:30:20.759 --> 00:30:23.359 love and pick them up there. Ladies and gentlemen, 00:30:23.700 --> 00:30:27.839 it is my sincere wish that immediately after 00:30:27.839 --> 00:30:32.500 my death, my head be severed from my body and 00:30:32.500 --> 00:30:35.599 that it be replaced by a bouquet of broccoli. 00:30:36.750 --> 00:30:38.910 Since we've been talking about what lies beneath 00:30:38.910 --> 00:30:41.569 the surface of the mainstream of 1980s America, 00:30:41.970 --> 00:30:44.470 our featured artists this week all come from 00:30:44.470 --> 00:30:46.990 the L .A. musical movement in the 1980s known 00:30:46.990 --> 00:30:50.569 as the Paisley Underground. Bands who were inspired 00:30:50.569 --> 00:30:53.130 by artists like Love and The Birds, incorporating 00:30:53.130 --> 00:30:56.170 elements of psychedelia, pop, and garage rock. 00:30:56.609 --> 00:31:00.269 All those bands? Jangly, psychedelic, doomed, 00:31:00.529 --> 00:31:03.890 romantic, never as huge as they deserved. but 00:31:03.890 --> 00:31:06.750 casting a long shadow over everything from indie 00:31:06.750 --> 00:31:09.849 rock to dream pop to cow punk. Our first band 00:31:09.849 --> 00:31:12.230 is one of the more successful of the era. They 00:31:12.230 --> 00:31:15.069 started out being called Salvation Army, but 00:31:15.069 --> 00:31:17.950 as you can imagine, that was problematic. So 00:31:17.950 --> 00:31:20.130 they changed their name to the Three O 'Clock. 00:31:21.009 --> 00:31:23.170 Michael Corchio, the band's founder, actually 00:31:23.170 --> 00:31:25.210 coined the term the Paisley Underground to describe 00:31:25.210 --> 00:31:27.829 what they and other bands we are featuring today 00:31:27.829 --> 00:31:31.670 were doing. This is from their 1984 album, 16 00:31:31.670 --> 00:31:35.029 Tambourines, produced by Earl Mankey, who also 00:31:35.029 --> 00:31:37.430 produced the album Mondo Deco by The Quick, a 00:31:37.430 --> 00:31:39.369 band that included the 3 O 'Clock's drummer, 00:31:39.549 --> 00:33:59.880 Danny Bonaire. This is Stupid Einstein. If you 00:33:59.880 --> 00:34:02.059 ever wished the birds were sadder and slightly 00:34:02.059 --> 00:34:05.700 more stoned, congratulations. Rain Parade made 00:34:05.700 --> 00:34:08.619 that wish come true. Rain Parade included brothers 00:34:08.619 --> 00:34:11.239 David and Stephen Roback, who had been in a band 00:34:11.239 --> 00:34:13.840 called Unconscious with Susanna Hoffs, who went 00:34:13.840 --> 00:34:16.860 on, obviously, to join the Bangles. As I mentioned, 00:34:16.980 --> 00:34:18.960 they are a bit darker amongst the bands in this 00:34:18.960 --> 00:34:22.599 list, but their 1983 album, Emergency Third Rail 00:34:22.599 --> 00:34:25.360 Power Trip, has been hailed as perhaps the best 00:34:25.360 --> 00:34:27.610 album to come out of that movement. One critic 00:34:27.610 --> 00:34:30.670 even said that it ranked among the best psychedelic 00:34:30.670 --> 00:34:34.050 albums from any era. This is from that album, 00:34:34.150 --> 00:34:36.250 though the song was released as a single before 00:34:36.250 --> 00:34:39.010 as well. This is what she's done to your mind. 00:37:32.969 --> 00:37:35.670 Probably, well, actually not probably, definitely 00:37:35.670 --> 00:37:38.329 the most successful band to have come from the 00:37:38.329 --> 00:37:41.789 Paisley Underground is The Bangles. Formed in 00:37:41.789 --> 00:37:45.050 1980 as first The Colors, then later The Bangs, 00:37:45.050 --> 00:37:47.269 the lineup included Vicki and Debbie Peterson, 00:37:47.550 --> 00:37:51.230 Susanna Hoffs, and Annette Zielinskas. After 00:37:51.230 --> 00:37:53.969 Zielinskas left to work on her own project, Michael 00:37:53.969 --> 00:37:56.429 Steele, a founding member of The Runaways, joined 00:37:56.429 --> 00:37:59.320 the band and the classic lineup was set. The 00:37:59.320 --> 00:38:01.840 band leaned more and more into their pop and 00:38:01.840 --> 00:38:04.579 power pop roots throughout their career and were 00:38:04.579 --> 00:38:08.239 hugely successful for it. Though not really representative 00:38:08.239 --> 00:38:11.219 of their sound, their hit Walk Like an Egyptian 00:38:11.219 --> 00:38:14.139 has become a sort of shorthand when talking about 00:38:14.139 --> 00:38:17.099 mid -80s pop. I've mentioned it before, but I 00:38:17.099 --> 00:38:19.079 saw them at the peak of their popularity and 00:38:19.079 --> 00:38:22.760 they were just absolutely a kick -ass rock band. 00:38:23.469 --> 00:38:26.869 This is a Bangles cover of a song by Rain Parade 00:38:26.869 --> 00:38:29.269 done for a compilation album where bands from 00:38:29.269 --> 00:38:32.269 the Baisley Underground swap songs. This is Talking 00:38:32.269 --> 00:42:09.110 In My Sleep. To say all these bands shared a 00:42:09.110 --> 00:42:13.230 sound is honestly selling them a bit short. They 00:42:13.230 --> 00:42:15.550 may have all leaned on similar influences, but 00:42:15.550 --> 00:42:18.269 as a testament to their talent, they all took 00:42:18.269 --> 00:42:20.769 those influences and did their own amazing things 00:42:20.769 --> 00:42:24.630 with them. One band that had a moodier, darker 00:42:24.630 --> 00:42:28.250 take was the band Opal. Opal formed in the mid 00:42:28.250 --> 00:42:31.030 -80s with David Roback from Rain Parade and Kendra 00:42:31.030 --> 00:42:33.849 Smith from Dream Syndicate, along with drummer 00:42:33.849 --> 00:42:36.880 Keith Mitchell. They released their first full 00:42:36.880 --> 00:42:39.960 -length album, Happy Nightmare Baby, in 1987, 00:42:40.260 --> 00:42:42.900 and Smith left the band during that subsequent 00:42:42.900 --> 00:42:46.820 tour. Hope Sandoval took over on vocals, and 00:42:46.820 --> 00:42:49.420 that band eventually morphed into Mazzy Star, 00:42:49.679 --> 00:42:52.280 best known for their moody 90s hit, Fade Into 00:42:52.280 --> 00:42:55.579 You. This is from a collection of Opal's early 00:42:55.579 --> 00:42:59.719 recordings, called Early Recordings. With Kendra 00:42:59.719 --> 00:47:30.739 Smith on vocals, this is Fell From The Sun. Another 00:47:30.739 --> 00:47:32.900 band that was part of the movement but had their 00:47:32.900 --> 00:47:36.519 own distinct sound was the Long Riders. Their 00:47:36.519 --> 00:47:39.360 approach was more Graham Parsons, Flying Burrito 00:47:39.360 --> 00:47:41.500 Brothers mixed with their punk sensibilities 00:47:41.500 --> 00:47:43.880 to give us something more along the lines of 00:47:43.880 --> 00:47:46.599 The Blasters or Beat Farmers, a sound that has 00:47:46.599 --> 00:47:49.659 come to be known as cow punk. Gene Clark from 00:47:49.659 --> 00:47:52.139 the Byrds is also credited on their first album, 00:47:52.260 --> 00:47:56.039 Native Sons, in 1984. This one is from their 00:47:56.039 --> 00:47:58.800 sophomore album State of the Union on Island 00:47:58.800 --> 00:48:01.480 Records and produced by Will Birch, a founding 00:48:01.480 --> 00:48:04.119 member of the band The Records. This is Lights 00:48:04.119 --> 00:51:10.849 of Downtown. The next band is the Dream Syndicate. 00:51:11.849 --> 00:51:13.769 Founding member Steve Wynn had played in many 00:51:13.769 --> 00:51:15.869 bands while away at college, till moving back 00:51:15.869 --> 00:51:18.269 to Los Angeles to form the Dream Syndicate in 00:51:18.269 --> 00:51:21.590 1981. They've always been a critically loved 00:51:21.590 --> 00:51:24.750 band, and their debut album The Days of Wine 00:51:24.750 --> 00:51:27.909 and Roses has proven to be an underground classic. 00:51:28.289 --> 00:51:30.570 But even though they opened for bands like REM 00:51:30.570 --> 00:51:33.650 and U2, they never found commercial success, 00:51:33.929 --> 00:51:35.889 and found themselves dropped from their label 00:51:35.889 --> 00:51:39.530 A &M. and eventually breaking up in 1989. Wynn 00:51:39.530 --> 00:51:42.130 reformed the band in 2012, and they have been 00:51:42.130 --> 00:51:45.230 playing and releasing music together since. I 00:51:45.230 --> 00:51:46.869 believe they have a show coming up in Seattle 00:51:46.869 --> 00:51:50.070 soon, too. Gotta get on that. This is from 50 00:51:50.070 --> 00:51:54.170 in a 25 Zone, an EP released in 1987, but it 00:51:54.170 --> 00:51:57.429 also found its way onto a deluxe release of their 00:51:57.429 --> 00:52:00.630 1986 album, Out of the Gray. This is Drinking 00:52:00.630 --> 00:55:33.320 Problem. one more band for you today i wanted 00:55:33.320 --> 00:55:37.019 to end on something that just felt epic to that 00:55:37.019 --> 00:55:40.760 end i give you green on red they're another band 00:55:40.760 --> 00:55:43.780 that like the long riders moved more into a country 00:55:43.780 --> 00:55:46.300 rock sound but their earlier records embraced 00:55:46.300 --> 00:55:49.920 the psychedelic influences broadly the band formed 00:55:49.920 --> 00:55:53.099 in 1979 in tucson but later moved to la just 00:55:53.099 --> 00:55:55.119 to show how the bands of the paisley underground 00:55:55.119 --> 00:55:57.769 all kind of moved in the same circles Green on 00:55:57.769 --> 00:56:00.730 Red's first EP, Two Bibles, was released on the 00:56:00.730 --> 00:56:03.210 Down There label, started by Steve Wynn from 00:56:03.210 --> 00:56:06.409 Dream Syndicate. And Keith Mitchell from Opal 00:56:06.409 --> 00:56:08.849 and Mazzy Star also joined the band after the 00:56:08.849 --> 00:56:12.849 release of 1985's Gas Food Lodging. After many 00:56:12.849 --> 00:56:15.650 configuration changes, they disbanded in 1992, 00:56:16.269 --> 00:56:19.530 reforming in 2005 to do a few shows with their 00:56:19.530 --> 00:56:23.070 classic lineup. Our final track from the Paisley 00:56:23.070 --> 00:56:26.269 Underground today is from Gas Food Lodging. an 00:56:26.269 --> 00:56:28.369 album that has in some circles been listed among 00:56:28.369 --> 00:56:31.550 the best alt -country albums of all time. This 00:56:31.550 --> 00:56:33.869 is the opening track from the album. This is 00:56:33.869 --> 01:00:59.960 That's What Dreams. Okay, that's it for our featured 01:00:59.960 --> 01:01:03.139 artists today. Hope you enjoyed that little detour 01:01:03.139 --> 01:01:06.280 to the punk and power pop adjacent this week. 01:01:06.659 --> 01:01:09.199 If there is an artist you'd like us to feature 01:01:09.199 --> 01:01:12.059 on Pop Rocks Radio, drop me a note and we'll 01:01:12.059 --> 01:01:18.260 show them some love. Ray, you're chanting. Ray. 01:01:19.519 --> 01:01:22.840 Ray, look. Ray. Unconscious chanting. You're 01:01:22.840 --> 01:01:27.530 chanting. I want to kill everyone. Satan is good. 01:01:27.670 --> 01:01:32.070 Satan is our pal. Ray, Ray, you're chanting. 01:01:32.650 --> 01:11:08.060 Hey, once they get in here, it's over, pal. lot 01:11:08.060 --> 01:11:10.779 of good stuff that last set we kick things off 01:11:10.779 --> 01:11:13.279 with time thieves from chicago with their latest 01:11:13.279 --> 01:11:17.479 single stare at the sun after that we had a dream 01:11:17.479 --> 01:11:20.579 ain't perfect by edward salinski implosion from 01:11:20.579 --> 01:11:23.420 pittsburgh and he will be releasing a full album 01:11:23.420 --> 01:11:26.180 later this fall and we close things out with 01:11:26.180 --> 01:11:29.479 a band called 65 miles per hour from the uk with 01:11:29.479 --> 01:11:32.279 their single didn't you know all these artists 01:11:32.279 --> 01:11:34.539 are on band camp so please show them you are 01:11:34.539 --> 01:11:38.050 loving their music by supporting them there Okay, 01:11:38.109 --> 01:11:40.369 more to come here on Pop Rocks Radio, but first, 01:11:40.649 --> 01:11:44.529 a word from our sponsor. But, as you know, since 01:11:44.529 --> 01:11:47.770 we don't have a sponsor, it's really just a word. 01:11:48.829 --> 01:11:52.350 From Portland to Paraguay, Girls Rock Camp Alliance 01:11:52.350 --> 01:11:55.430 helps young women, trans, and gender -expansive 01:11:55.430 --> 01:11:58.750 youth grab instruments, form bands, scream their 01:11:58.750 --> 01:12:01.289 truth, and absolutely wreck your idea of what 01:12:01.289 --> 01:12:04.369 a girl band sounds like. They don't just teach 01:12:04.369 --> 01:12:06.369 power chords, they teach confidence, community, 01:12:07.159 --> 01:12:09.260 and how to fix your own amp when it starts smoking. 01:12:10.420 --> 01:12:13.920 Visit girlsrockcampalliance .org and toss them 01:12:13.920 --> 01:12:16.680 a few bucks, because today's camper could be 01:12:16.680 --> 01:12:19.359 tomorrow's Paisley Underground legend, or at 01:12:19.359 --> 01:12:21.899 the very least, someone way cooler than your 01:12:21.899 --> 01:21:47.380 eye was at age 13. That was Drugs and Sport closing 01:21:47.380 --> 01:21:51.300 out our all -Aussie set with their single Gravitational 01:21:51.300 --> 01:21:54.260 Crush from their album If Only We Could Use These 01:21:54.260 --> 01:21:57.739 Powers for Good. Before that, we had Seven Saint, 01:21:57.899 --> 01:21:59.899 the project of Bruce Schneider from Maitland, 01:21:59.939 --> 01:22:02.439 Australia, with their track I'd Do Anything to 01:22:02.439 --> 01:22:05.180 See You Once Again. And we kicked that one off 01:22:05.180 --> 01:22:07.600 with a classic Australian band, The Scientists, 01:22:07.800 --> 01:22:11.500 with their 1979 single Frantic Romantic. The 01:22:11.500 --> 01:22:13.399 Aussie language is a naturally smart -ass language. 01:22:14.320 --> 01:22:16.039 Like you ask someone how they are in Australia, 01:22:16.199 --> 01:22:17.880 they don't tell you how they are. They tell you 01:22:17.880 --> 01:22:20.300 what they're not. And you get to guess the rest. 01:22:21.100 --> 01:22:25.199 Okay, mate, how you going? Oh, not bad. What 01:22:25.199 --> 01:22:28.500 have you been doing? Oh, not much. Where is this 01:22:28.500 --> 01:22:32.300 place? Oh, it's not far. When are we going? Oh, 01:22:32.380 --> 01:22:35.680 not long now. How much was that, mate? Wasn't 01:22:35.680 --> 01:22:43.390 cheap. This old bloke who lives next door to 01:22:43.390 --> 01:22:46.289 me, he only ever tells me part of a story. So 01:22:46.289 --> 01:22:48.630 they go, hey, John, he's not feeling too bloody 01:22:48.630 --> 01:22:55.029 good, mate. I'll tell you that much. Looks like 01:22:55.029 --> 01:22:57.590 we have time for one more set today. This is 01:22:57.590 --> 01:23:00.890 another one from Australia. Those sugar beets 01:23:00.890 --> 01:23:04.010 from Wollongong. Sorry, that was harder for me 01:23:04.010 --> 01:23:05.970 to say than I thought it would be. This is from 01:23:05.970 --> 01:33:20.500 their latest. The song is Beat to My Heart. Closing 01:33:20.500 --> 01:33:22.779 out that set, we had the band Dan Murphy and 01:33:22.779 --> 01:33:25.859 High on Stress with Tethered, a track written 01:33:25.859 --> 01:33:28.800 by members Nick Leet and Dan Murphy. Dan Murphy 01:33:28.800 --> 01:33:31.000 was one of the founding members of Soul Asylum, 01:33:31.100 --> 01:33:34.300 another great band. And before that, we had the 01:33:34.300 --> 01:33:36.420 latest single from the martial arts with Paul 01:33:36.420 --> 01:33:39.880 Kelly, who was originally from BMX Bandits. That 01:33:39.880 --> 01:34:06.340 was Empty Out Here. And with that, we have come 01:34:06.340 --> 01:34:08.560 to the end of another episode of Pop Rocks Radio. 01:34:09.239 --> 01:34:12.060 Join us again next time when we'll remain proudly 01:34:12.060 --> 01:34:15.119 underproduced, overdressed, and severely emotionally 01:34:15.119 --> 01:34:18.859 invested. This is Dennis Schockett and Cliff 01:34:18.859 --> 01:34:22.220 Hillis with Violet Blue. And this is Bijan from 01:34:22.220 --> 01:34:25.779 Pop Rocks Radio. Be good, be weird, and we'll 01:34:25.779 --> 01:34:26.560 see you next time.