Last Show. Huge thanks to Jay Spooner Photography for use of the photos! If you’ve never heard the band live before, be prepared to hear some things that may offend you, some things that will make you laugh out loud and some things that will make you jump up and yell “Rock and Roll!!”
Tag: Magnolia Thunderfinger
Magnolia Thunderfinger- Old Ironsides, Sacramento CA 11/2/01
“This is a rock and roll show, remember, and we expect you to behave accordingly…” Photos provided by Jay Spooner Photography
Recorded by: Jim McLain
I wish I was in a Boy Band- Rare Out of Print Sacramento Comp CD w/ Skirts, Shortie, Willknots, Luxt
Here’s a bonus post for you today. Another audio post from an Eggplant tape with the expected live show is coming later.
In order to afford all of these 4K cameras and high-end vintage cassette decks and VCRs for this hobby, I sell CD’s, Cassettes and LP’s as a side hustle. A few years back, I bought up a few thousand of The Audio Nerd’s CDs when they closed down The Annex. I have not had time or space to dig into these, but I finally did a box last night… and I found this absolute gem of a CD.
This has a bunch of the top Sacramento rock bands(ca. 2001) doing boy band covers. It’s exactly as cringy/awesome as you’d expect. I am listening the Magnolia Thunderfinger track, and of course they make it sound like them. Amazing.
The Bands that Stole X-Mas Out of Print CD: Christmas songs from local bands 1998
So the kids were demanding Christmas music in the car yesterday, so I put this on and made it about halfway through the second song before a bleeped out F word happened and I had to change it… but it made me wonder if this was on youtube yet. Nope. So here you go- all Sacramento bands doing either their own Christmas composition or a cover of a Christmas classic. I am tagging all of the band members who I am friends with- feel free to tag others.
1 –The Decibels White Christmas 1:58
2 –Okra Pickles Get Some Santa Claus 3:22
3 –Magnolia Thunderfinger Deadbeat X-Mas 3:19
4 –The Brodys Frosty The Snowman 2:22
5 –Hung (3) T’was The Night Before Christmas 4:33
6 –Pocket Change (4) Happy Christmas (War Is Over) 3:09
7 –Universal Groove I Wanna Be A Reindeer 3:49
8 –Frank Jordan Long Night 3:38
9 –Hurt (8) The Grinch Who Stole Christmas 2:53
10 –Willknots I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus 2:46
11 –Firepie Christmas Folly 4:10
12 –Kozlo Swicky Phil The Dentist 3:24
13 –Kaya Silent Night 3:04
14 –Luckie Strike My X-Mas 1:58
15 –Trunk Blue Christmas 2:02
16 –Playground Merry Christmas 1:51
17 –Solarface Father Christmas 4:03
18 –Far Do They Know It’s Christmas Featuring – Chino Moreno, Grady Avenell 4:54
Magnolia Thunderfinger- Old Ironsides, Sacramento Ca. 5/22/98 xfer from low gen VHS tape
Here’s another incomplete Magnolia Thunderfinger show from that VHS tape I got a while back. This one features the band decked out in suits & ties. Probably the most consistently lit of the 3.
Recorded by: “I’m pretty sure some dude named Willie filmed this. He followed us around for a few years…filmed a ton of gigs…then just disappeared.”… well Skid, you obviously did something to piss poor Willie off. 🙂
Magnolia Thunderfinger- Old Ironsides, Sacramento Ca. 3/20/98 xfer from low gen VHS tape
Here is the 2nd of 4 shows on that VHS tape I got from Phono Select. This one is super dark, except Skid is lit well.
Recorded by (from Skid):
“I’m pretty sure some dude named Willie filmed this. He followed us around for a few years…filmed a ton of gigs…then just disappeared.”
Magnolia Thunderfinger- The Nevada Club, Grass Valley Ca. 1998? xfer from low gen VHS tape
Here’s the final incomplete Magnolia Thunderfinger show from that VHS tape I got a while back. This one is from a venue I had not hear of before- Nevada Club in Grass Valley. It took me some time to research where this place was!
Recorded by: “I’m pretty sure some dude named Willie filmed this. He followed us around for a few years…filmed a ton of gigs…then just disappeared.” There is a phone number written on the inside of the tape case. I just called it. Nope. Disconnected
Magnolia Thunderfinger- Old Ironsides, Sacramento Ca 12/31/97 xfer from low gen VHS
So I found this video for sale in one of our local COOL record shops. I checked with Jim McLain and was surprised to hear that it appears to be uncirculated! What a find!
The camera performs some extreme light adjustment when shotting skid (and the Old I lighted sign) and other members away from the light. It’s cool once you get used to it.
Recorded by: Unknown (Susana Halfon possibly?)
Revenge of Sac Rocks IV- 93 Rock Comp CD w/Brodys, Go National, Oleander, Decibels, More! Sacramento
Ah man, I hate posting stuff this late. It’s time for the local showcase portion of the collections posts. This one came from the man who helped spur the local showcase idea, Jay Knox! Jay, I still need to get your CD’s back to you. They are over here in the Jay pile.
Lots of great bands on this one- this is one of my favorites in the series.
Recorded by the bands at Pus Cavern I think