Here is Banger’s set from Blue Lamp on Saturday. They were one of the last bands to play, so the crowd had thinned a bit. I learned that the blue lamp has a lighting system that is turned on, or turned off- there is no in between. So, Banger asked for the front lights to be turned down… so they are a bit dark.
Band features Bill Heston from Identity Crysis- a local punk band who was on mystic records back in the 80s.
Wahzoo was a short-lived band from Sacramento in the mid-90s. They consisted of:
Bill Heston- guitar,
Dan Yoas- drums,
Rick Bowersock- bass and vocals. Rick has also played with RKL and Stalag 13 (must be an Oxnard native).
Analog recording on 2 inch tape,1996
MASSIVE thanks to Mark Murray for digging this one up. A CLASSIC episode from Roseville cable with so much good stuff. First, we have an unknown band playing a garage. Then we have Identity Crysis live in studio. Up nest is an interview/profile of Last Warning (formerly Malfator) and show concludes with Outrage.
Check Mark Murray’s amazing commercial at the 10:00 mark. So awesome.
You gotta hand it to Roseville Cable- it seems like you could air anything you wanted back then.
Recorded by: Mark Murray
OK, everyone is asking for old local stuff. I bought my first video camera on 5/6/88. I went straight to Gilman to film Operation Ivy and my battery died. The next day, the guys in Identity Crysis invited me over to their rehearsal space to video. They were based in roseville, and had a 7″ single on Mystic Records back around this time frame. Oh, also, since I had a new camera, I was video taping everything in sight.. so at the beginning you will get to see my mom’s old cat Molly (she was a jerk) and my mom briefly with her fabulous 80s hair. Enjoy.
Recorded by: Shayne Stacy
I want to be sure that everyone knows that Ken Doose has a LOT of really great quality Sacramento area stuff in his collection. High quality master audio and video tapes. So, why did I decide to post this as the very first thing from his collection? It’s because Jeff Arellano has been asking me if I had this damned video for like 15 years. HERE. haha. Also, The Mine Shaft was a legendary teen hangout in the 80s and this is the only video I have ever seen from there.
This video was so dark that you could not see anything at all. I was able to fix it up so you can see the band and denoise all of the graininess. Still sounds awful though.
I promise you- great stuff coming from Ken’s collection!
R.I.P. The mine Shaft.
Recorded by: ? (from the band’s collection)
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Panasonic AG-1980 — Datavideo TBC1000 – Tevion USB Adapter — Virtualdub
Enhanced in Adobe Premiere Elements/Neat Video
Collections time, and another one from Ken Doose’s box of videos. He got this VHS tape from the band, so it is most likely 1st or 2nd gen.
This one made me chuckle because there is almost no guitar in the studio mix. Even when playing for TV, Bill has his amp cranked to 11 (louder stage volume=lower board levels for the uninitiated). LOL, just kidding Bill. You owe me a text btw.
I don’t know which community cable this was filmed with- probably Roseville or Sacramento. Lighting was so dim that I had to bump up the brightness and exposure before denoising.
Recorded by: Community cable
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Panasonic AG-1980 — Datavideo TBC1000 – Tevion USB Adapter — Virtualdub
Enhanced in Adobe Premiere Elements/Neat Video
Oh man, what a day. I had digitized a VHS tape and was all ready to post it at about 5pm and realized that show took place on June 5. D’oh! You’ll see that one tomorrow.
So I found an Old 97s show from Harlow’s that I could have sworn I had posted before AND that Jim McLain and I multicam’d, but it’s not on youtube. Sooo I start processing that one and it is going to process for 5 hours, past my bedtime. So here is plan C. Not a bad one.
I got this in trade from Ken Doose way back in the 1980’s when I first started trading tapes. Ken has had some health issues so this one goes out to him, hope you feel better soon!
One day we will do proper transfers from Ken’s master tapes. He taped a bunch of stuff off the radio from studio A.
Recorded by: Ken Doose
Transfer by: Shayne stacy
Equipment used: Nakamichi Dragon and M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card
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