Seems that as of Jan 2019...
the Blogger servers have deleted ALL of the
comments left over the years by you guys from ALL
of the posts... how fucked up is that!!!
And... right off the bat...
I want to thank EVERYONE in advance if any of the photo's here came from your site, post or where ever! Thank you so much for helping to make this blog entry simply a fucking awesome
walk down memory lane for so many of us!
Most of these photo's here were posted
by other's all over the Internet...
I just wanted to put them all in one place
for us to enjoy!
Thank you again for sharing!!
But if you do see something of yours here and want it gone... just contact me
and I will delete it right away okay!
tommyrawblog@gmail.com
The Rock Club Daze...
Part 2
The Bands
Here's a quick video
back in time...............
Twisted Sister / Bent Brother
We miss you already A.J.!!!
We can't thank you enough for being
a huge part of our club-going days!
Our heart goes out to the Pero family
and to every one of your band mates!
Anthony Jude Pero
March 20, 2015
Twisted Sister / Bent Brother
We miss you already A.J.!!!
We can't thank you enough for being
a huge part of our club-going days!
Our heart goes out to the Pero family
and to every one of your band mates!
March 20, 2015
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| They are STILL kicking ass!! They were simply the best local band of the day in my eyes. They made that night of partying an unforgettable experience! Even the nights when the fucking FDNY would shut the club down while they were still playing for over crowding... LoL Dee Snider Jay Jay French Eddie "Fingers" Ojeda Mark "The Animal" Mendoza A.J. Pero 
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(official extended video)
You just have to watch it one more time... LoL
It's fuckin' perfect!
Video from the bands final show
as a group in the Tri-state area...
... so says Dee
Lakewood, New Jersey
October 1, 2016
These next photo's are from the original
Twisted Sister lineup from about 1973
at Casper's rock club on Route 1
in North Brunswick, New Jersey
which later became The Royal Manor
JJ French... guitar
Billy Diamond... guitar
Mike Valentine... vocals
Mel Anderson... drums
Kenny Neill... bass
We all miss you brother!!!
The Flossie Band
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They kicked our asses!
Remember the fuckin' AC/DC set they did!?
Go For The Throat Muthafucka's!!!
Mark Tornillo on the left is now fronting the band Accept
touring the world as of 2009...
replacing Udo after he had enough of touring! This is just like
the movie... Rockstar with Mark Wahlberg!! Local boy makes good!
Walt Fortune
"Erock" Erik Ferro
Glenn Evans
David Henry
John Mollima
Dick Craig
Curt Benson
                                                                  
Here's some bonus
TT Quick memorabilia for us!
Everything below was sent to me by
Paul Kaufmann!
Paul and his friends
were a driving force behind
"Sloppy Seconds"
"Thrown Together Live"
&
"Recycled" by Prophet.
They helped with financing...
and even had a hand in the production!
You can see Paul and his friends listed as the
"Executive Producers"
within the credits on the LIVE album.
Too cool right!
So... Paul...
from every TT Quick fan out here...
thanx for sharing!!
Nothing but amazing memories!!
             
Here's some behind-the-scenes info
about the set list and album by Paul Kaufmann.
In his own words...
"My brother and I collected set lists from the TT gigs and this night was no different. And here comes Story #1.
You see the horizontal lines between the various songs
and if you look a your LIVE CD you will see that this follows
the lineup on the CD perfectly EXCEPT:
What TT live recording would be without Hard as Rock?
I mean, what the fuck, of course they would play Hard as Rock on the CD
but if you look at your song list, it is not to be,
BUT THEY PLAYED IT THAT NIGHT,
the set list proves it.
What went wrong?
Well, we sat the guys down before we got the sound board fired up
and reminded them that the songs had to be played in three song sets,
THAT'S WHY THE HORIZONTAL LINES on the set list.
This was because each tape reel can only fit about 3 songs max
on it since it is being advanced so fast for killer sound quality.
Simple, right?
WRONG!
Put your CD on and crank it up on Eye of the Storm
and play it to the very end. You will hear the song end and then
the unmistakable sound of Hard As Rock drum intro
firing off at E-Rock's drum kit and then the song fades completely out.
Why no Hard as Rock?
Because they didn't take a break after the Intro
and the first two songs so we could change the tape.
Nope, they charged full steam into Hard as Rock and well,
they played it but no tape, no recording.
We changed the tape and were ready to pick it back up at
Asleep at the Wheel which THANKFULLY we got on tape.
So, Story #2 was my doing.
You see, I LOVE KICKIN' ASS, its a fucking awesome tune but NOWHERE
is there a recording of the song so I was determined to get that down on CD somehow so months before this gig when we were setting everything up,
so the idea of putting it on the live album was put forth and Mark made it happen, VERY COOL!
Man I love the lyrics, that song is just totally TT and I am uber psyched
that we got that down for all to crank! I was told later that the band simply gave the producer what he wanted and that was way cool of TT to lay down that track for us, especially as the intro song."
((( I have to ask Paul why "Throat" isn't on the set list?
Maybe it was always just a given?? )))
TT Quick on stage
at The Playpen Lounge
Halloween October 31, 1990
                                
Photo's from the Birch Hill night club
                     
Phantom's Opera live at The River July 28, 1983
Riff Raff / Sin City / Rock 'n Roll / Roxy Roller / Sinner
Prophet / Edgar Cayce / Bombay
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The Flossie Band
Saw you play with both White Tiger AND T.T. Quick!
We all miss you brother!!!
Here's a few photo's from the band coming back to life from...
The Stone Pony December 13, 2014
I couldn't make the show, but thanx to
Charlie Wrede
we can all be there!
Reunion Show 2003 Whole Lotta Rosie
Reunion Show 2003 Good Times Bad Times
Trigger
Beware of Strangers
The Rockids
She's a Cartoon (live)
Baba O'Reilly (partial but great harmonica!)
Hot Ice
Won't Get Fooled Again (audio only)
Summertime Blues w/John Entwistle
The Molly Cribb Band
Capitol Theatre May, 7, 1977
Stone Pony September 19, 2010
Monroe
Street Survivor
Flirting With Disaster
Sweet Home Alabama/Simple Man
Crystal Ship
L.A. Woman
The Soft Parade
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| That's a promo pic of the band that they gave me on Nov 14, 1981. The show was at The Factory rock club in Staten Island, our second home right after The Rock Palace. We saw the band play almost every show they played up to that point and they got to know us just a bit. When they found out that I was shipping out to the navy in a day or 2 they gave me the photo, signed it and wrote that nice note to me. They also gave me the cow bell and the last set of drum sticks used on the last song of the night. We hung out for a bit after the show, had some beers, told a few war stories... they were really cool guys! The band stayed together for a few years I believe. I lost track once I went into the navy! And I'm pretty sure the shirt they're talking about was one that I had made up that said on the front... "Try your best" and on the back... "Be yourself and fuck the rest" Back then you could do things like that. Not like in this politically correct mess we live in nowadays... LoL I'd probably be arrested if I walked into a club! |
The Soft Parade
featuring
Joe Russo
This band...
formed by Joe Russo back in 1990
has been performing for 28 plus years now!!
Keeping The doors music alive in us all!
How incredible is that folks!
Long live The doors!
Long live The Soft Parade!
& of course
Long Live Rock!!
Five To One
Strange Days
Innocence
Harper
Whiplash
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| Johnny Gale on Facebook |
Peacock
Thorin Oak
Norman Nardini and the Tigers
Baby Blue
Reunion 2011 I've Seen All Good People
2009 Walk This Way
Steeplechase
Jezebel
The Stanton Anderson Band
Live at My Father's Place Dec 31, 1980
Live at My Father's Place Feb 26, 1981
Godspeed
Jetta Madge
Max
Rockit Boulevard
The Whiskey Band
Desperate Men
Thor
Cobalt Blooz
Pillow
Harlequin
Star / Backstreets...
Sapphire
Gabriel and then Dirty White Boys
Salty Dog fb
Good Girls Don't
The Features
Sam The Band
SSSteele
The Game
Condor
(Every Sunday night at the Rock Palace. They were great!)
John Lenza (aka Johnny Sing)
the energetic voice of Condor
is still active within the music world
and is now the voice behind a band called
The Rizing
The E. Walker Band
Icarian
Sinister Charm
Split Sydney
Pretty Baby Band
Rachel
Dr. Jimmy
Saturday Night Special
Wowii then John Galt
The Jasper Band
Friends
The Other Side
The Jimmy Carter Show then Run21
Matriarch
Swift Kick and then The Fury's
Spitfire
Fligg
Virgin Silver
Street Walker
Listen to Street Walker below
they sound amazing!
The Southern Cross Band
Another Pretty Face
The Great American Candy Bar Debate (slide show)
Spectrum
Jesse Bolt
(at Circus Circus rock club May 1981)
White Fire f/b page
The Watch
Sentinal
Arena
Borzoi
Nasty Lass
Street Cat
Precious
Lace
Sin Sity / Sin City / The City
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Mike Edie - Lead vocals
Jim Sartori - Bass, vocals
Bob Sartori - Drums, vocals
Bill Burke - Guitars
Tim Comella - Guitars
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The R Band
Impact
Badlands (Pretty cool video... read the entries below also!)
(And here's a follow up on that first video... very cool again!)
Rivendell
Samantha
Yasgur's Farm
Rivendell
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| Here's the band on stage at JJ Rockers from that benefit show for Louie I didn't know Louie personally but he always kicked our asses when my friends and I were in awe of Phantom's Opera up on that fucking stage! |
Samantha
Yasgur's Farm
Liar
Hollywood
Angel Face
Rock'em Sock'em
The Ticket Band
Hombres
Harlow
![Harlow... Jamie Holiday , Billy Diamond,Mike Monroe, Johnny Harlow ,Roseanne [Roxann Harlow]](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5Ciyna4acn0tJf8QN_zdx3qdA3Kgst32czCXQ-xgArMGvvDiXgwXaMMXsFvA3zsbpc2at5TZB4BZJc39Ov7-MXqEYsid1XaqYeGBN9Xz0fnwpmK8ZT8b4hP7rd34R8Twu4TfgulyGvZHd/s1600/Harlow_19.jpg "Harlow... Jamie Holiday , Billy Diamond,Mike Monroe, Johnny Harlow ,Roseanne [Roxann Harlow]")
The Crosswind Band
The Ravin' Band
Tattoo
Dethslaker / Dreamer
Received a great email
from one of the founding members...
bass player David schwab
and wanted to share the info with you guys!
Hi Tommy,
I just found your blog and was looking though all the newspaper listings and photos. Great stuff!
I was one of the founding members of Dreamer, but left the band (around 1978?) before they got more well known on the scene.
The band was originally called Dethslaker. We started out as a progressive rock band, playing Genesis, Yes, ELP, Gentle Giant, and so on.
The original members included Nic Luciano on guitar, who would later play with the Game and Phantoms Opera. You can also see his name on a lot of the artwork that was in the Aquarian, and he did the logos for Phantoms Opera, White Tiger, and others. Later on he was in the NJ cover band Lost in Place, which are still playing. I played bass with them for about 5 or 6 years.
The original singer in Dreamer was a guy by the name of Barry White. He moved up to Boston and became Barrence Whitfield (and the Savages). He was replaced by Anthony Racioppi, who would later sing with King Flux. Anthony was still playing in Dreamer fairly recently. I see their Facebook page is gone so…
The original keyboard player, who also played in the recent version of Dreamer, was Charlie Stoddard, of Uncle Floyd fame. At one point I quit the band, and they had another bassist (Bill Kreisel), who died in a car crash after a gig! So they asked me to rejoin.
I was the bass player, and Stephen Collins was the original drummer. Steve and I were childhood friends. Steve was unceremoniously kicked out of the band when we wanted a heavier sound, and was replaced by one of our roadies, Nick Ferro.
Around ’78 or so Nick and I wanted to play more punk/new wave type stuff, and we quit the band and formed the band the Jetsonz around 1979. We played around the NJ/NYC area, especially places like the Dirt club. We also opened for for acts like Billy Idol (at the Fast Lane), The Waitresses, Ebn Ozn, Violent Femms, and others.
About 10 years ago I joined a band with Nic Luciano and Charlie Stoddard called “Ironic Twist.” It didn’t last long enough for us to play any gigs!
Jetsonz
Foxxie
Babylon
Gibraltar
Prodigy
The Nines
Ruffian
Essence
Virgin
Tara
The Whitewood Band
Steadfast Cross
The Big Edsel Band
Shotgun
Aggressor
Cowtown
The Chase
Ezra
One Hand Clap
Prophecy
Smyle
The Nerve
The Hank Stevenson Band
The Metros
Rude Awakening
Reality
Carolyne Mas
Piper's Riot
The Uncle Chick Band
Savage
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Hey Tommy - did you ever find anything on Pink Savage? I am looking, too! I am friends with Alaina - the bass player and singer, and we are looking!
ReplyDeleteHey Bob... nothing yet! Sent you an email... not sure if I sent that fb group link before... but someone in that group might have something! Good luck... I will keep searching as well.
ReplyDeleteThank you for your work here Tommy ..This shook some webs loose for sure.
ReplyDeleteDid you ever hear of a band named 'Barabas' ? .. They were around during the early 70s .. Same time Truth was around .. Another one was 'Brass Balls' .. Both from North Jersey. Passiac County.
ReplyDeleteI have a photo of Aggressor where can i send it? My email is hwoodent@aol.com
ReplyDeleteI cannot believe that I only just discovered your blog. Just incredible. I saw most of these bands in the late seventies and early eighties. Most were very darn good. My local haunt was The Arrow Lounge in Scotch Plains. Awesome bands and $1 Rolling Rock nights with no admission fee if you got there early. Twisted Sister played every week on Tuesdays a Zaffy's when I was at school at Rutgers. My best buddy and I would never miss a show (or class the next morning). Probably 25 people in the club max. Needless to say, we have incredible pictures and would bullshit with the band on breaks. Such cool and funny as hell people.
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