Woo hoo, it’s Monday. That’s about all the enthusiasm I can muster today. Fabulous Disaster was an SF-based punk band that put out 4 albums along with a bunch of split releases with others. Man, I don’t understand why they didn’t get bigger- this is great melodic punk.
This performance took place right after Cinder from Tilt joined the band. Nice fit for her vocal style.
Recorded by: Rick Sylvain
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Nakamichi Dragon and M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card
I learned something new with this tape. I didn’t know that the 4 guys from American Steel added a keyboard player in 2002 and their new sound was so different, they decided to change their name. They put out a couple of albums and EP’s under the Communique name. Cool!
I checked youtube and see a grand total of zero live shows posted of the band, so this one might be somewhat of a rarity. Thanks Rick!
Recorded by: Rick Sylvain
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Nakamichi Dragon and M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card
I don’t have much info on this band- they were an east bay punk band from the late 90s into the early 2000’s. The released a few CD’s and a 7″ before fading away. One member was Ange Andrews, who went on to play in the Black Furies. That’s all I’ve got about them.
Recorded by: Rick Sylvain
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Nakamichi Dragon and M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card
Has it really been 2 weeks since I posted any KALX stuff? Man, I need to get back on it. I thought that this was a Me First and the Gimme Gimmes tape- then I started listening to it and realized that there was a totally different bay area band called Me First. They consisted of Bob Conlon, Chris Lenart, Denise Campanaro, and Helen Williamson and had a few CD’s and 7″s released, including one on my ex-brother in law’s label, Sympathy for the Record Industry. They sound great, love to learn about cool new/old bands.
From Rick Sylvain’s collection. Performance starts at about 3:30min.
Recorded by: Rick Sylvain
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Nakamichi Dragon and M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card
Here’s one of the better sounding KALX in-studios I have heard. The quality and mix definitely improved over the years.
Subincision were an East Bay punk band who had a few albums out on Substandard Records in the late 90s/early 2000’s. This incarnation of the band included John Mendiola, Cory Moore, Mike Montoya, and Pat McMains.
Recorded by: Rick Sylvain
Transfer by: Shayne stacy
Equipment used: Nkamichi Dragon and M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card
Man, talk about obscure- this band has no listings on Discogs, and I can’t find anything on the google. Hopefully Rick can help with some context.
Recorded by: Rick Sylvain
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment Used: Nakamichi Dragon and M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card
Here’s one from Rick Sylvain’s amazing collection of KALX master tapes. Frenchy were a jazzy, loungy band who had a couple of releases on Dionysus Records. It looks like the most recent release before this session featured East Bay Ray from Dead Kennedys on guitar. I did not get a chance to check and see if he is on this one.
Recorded by: Rick Sylvain
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Nakamichi Dragon and M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card
I have been lagging on the punk posts lately. I pulled this one from Rick Sylvain’s collection to make up for it. I recently became fb friends with Mike Avilez from the band, so this one goes out to him.
I have some of the KALX reels done, but I want to get the cassettes I have digitized posted first. Some really cool stuff on those reels.
Recorded by: Rick Sylvain
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Nakamichi Dragon and M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card
One of the many reasons why I continue to work on the archive is the joy of discovering new bands. I had never heard of Creeps on Candy, but they were around for a short time in the late 1990s and put out one album on Alternative Tentacles. Kinda noise rock sounding. Someone mentioned that these guys pick up where Barkmarket left off. Good stuff.
Recorded by: Rick Sylvain
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Nakamichi Dragon and M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card
Here’s the last KALX tape for a bit- time to move over and digitize more of Wayne’s stuff. I really enjoy these KALX sessions- it exposes me to a bunch of regional bands I had no idea existed.. and a lot of them are really good. The band consisted of Brian Moss, Caitlin Love, Josh Staples, and Shane Stevens. Looks like they put out a couple of albums (on CD) and a 7″.
Recorded by: Rick Sylvain
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Nakamichi Dragon and M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card
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