1985
SAN FRANCISCO
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ARE SOME PHOTOGRAPHS TAKEN BY SCOTT
ALEXANDER FROM A SHOW BY AMERICAN MUSIC CLUB (IN 1985
(I THINK) AT A CLUB CALLED GRAFFITIS (LATER CALLED CHAMELEON). THESE
ARE THE ORIGINAL BAND MEMBERS: BRAD
JOHNSON ON KEYBOARDS WHO NOW PLAYS WITH VIRGINIA
DARE , DAN PEARSON ON BASS, VUDI ON GUITAR, MATT NORELLI
(SLUGGO) ON DRUMS. GRAFFITIS WAS A GAY S/M BAR THAT WAS STARTING
TO BECOME A PUNK CLUB. I HAVE NO MEMORY OF THIS SHOW. ANY OF YOU
OUT THERE WITH 80'S NOSTALGIA WILL BE CURED AFTER SEEING THIS. I
HAVE A BUNCH OF PICTURES FROM OVER THE YEARS BUT I DON'T HAVE A SCANNER
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SO THANKS TO SCOTT FOR THESE.
SLUGGO - MARK - VUDI NOTE THE SYNARE DRUMS - WE WERE SOOOO CUTTING EDGE - ALSO NOTE THAT I ONLY MANAGED TO MAKE THAT GUITAR SOUND LIKE A BEE DRENCHED IN REVERB - IT LATER ENDED UP IN A DUMPSTER. I THINK IT LEPT INTO THAT DUMPSTER IN A DESPERATE BID AT FREEDOM FROM MY HORRIBLE GUITAR PLAYING MARK - VUDI (I DON'T KNOW WHY I AM LOOKING UP - PERHAPS I'M TRYING TO REMEMBER THE WORDS) BRAD - DANNY BRAD - DANNY AGAIN (CAN YOU TELL THAT WE ARE ROCKING OUT?) BRAD AT HIS MOST INTENSE ON THE STAGE OF ROCK.
MARK (FAILING TO LOOK INTELLIGENT FOR THE CAMERA)
MARK - THIS WAS FROM AN AD FOR A MONOBROW TRIMMING TOOL THAT NO ONE BOUGHT ("AFTER" PICTURE).
VUDI - I STARTED THE LAST VERSION OF AMC WITH HIM AND DANNY AND SLUGGO. AFTER AMC BROKE UP (THE FIRST TIME) HE TOURED WITH THE SWANS AND FORMED HIS OWN BAND "CLOVIS DE LA FORET". HIS FAVORITE BAND IS "TURBONEGRO". THESE DAYS HE DRIVES A CITY BUS IN BEAUTIFUL LOS ANGELES. OCCASIONALLY HE ABANDONS HIS "CLIENTS" SO HE CAN PLAY WITH THE CURRENT AMC.
SCOTT ALEXANDER WAS IN THE ORIGINAL AMERICAN MUSIC CLUB ALONG WITH BRAD JOHNSON. HE QUIT BECAUSE I WAS A PAIN IN THE ASS AND SUGGESTED THAT I RENAME THE GROUP: "THE MARK EITZEL ORDEAL. LATER ON HE WAS ONE OF THE PEOPLE WHO INVENTED THE WEB.
HERE IS GREG AND NANCY BONNELL-KANGAS. I MOVED TO SAN FRANCISCO WITH THEM FROM COLUMBUS, OHIO. WE WERE ORIGINALLY IN A GREAT BAND TOGETHER WITH A HORRIBLE NAME: THE NAKED SKINNIES. GREG NOW PLAYS IN THE (BEAUTIFUL) BAND MOVIOLA AND IS AN EXPERT GRAPHIC ARTIST.
TOM MALLON SMILING FOR THE CAMERA. HE PRODUCED, PLAYED DRUMS AND BASS FOR THE BAND DURING THE EIGHTIES. HE STILL DOES AUDIO WORK AND ALSO DEALS ANCIENT COINS.
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