Hot Spit Dancers — Stockton, CA – demo tracks from mid 1980s.
Tag: Stockton
The Authorities- “Bootleg” Demo? Stockton Punk
This one is from Dal Basi’s collection. This must have come from a number of different sources, as the recording levels were all over the place and there was some tape damage on some of the tracks. I tried Shazam’ing a few of the songs and at least one of them showed up on the Puppy Love compilation released in 1995, but others are not ID’d at all. Not sure if any of these are unreleased but since Shazam couldn’t ID them I figured it was worth a post. If this is just meh recordings of previously released material, let me know.
Recorded by: The band
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Nakamichi Dragon and M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card
Hot Spit Dancers- Studio Session Stockton Hardcore Punk xfer from audio cassette
Alright everyone, I need your help here. This one is from Dal Basi’s collection and it seems to be the longest demo/studio session of the band. All I know is what you see in the picture. Does anyone have any details around what session this could be? Craig at Sac Punk Shows has an 11 minute demo and bonnie franklin has 1 short song up, and that was all I could find. Also, is this even all HSD? The 2nd song (surf instrumental) is shazaming as “byte sized lo-fi”.
Btw, I love tapes that look like they survived some hardship, like this one. Cramming beat to hell tapes into the dragon is always an adventure.
Hot Spit Dancers were Tharon Knight(Bass, Vocals), Nick Kappos (guitar), Vince Voodoo (vocals), Ronnie Burns (drums)
Recorded by: The band, possibly at Gary Young’s Louder than you think studio.
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Nakamichi Dragon and M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card
Fall of Christianity- Stockton, Ca. 6/20/80 w/ Gary Young from Pavement
Here is one for all the Pavement fans- Terry O’Reilly posted yet another EARLY punk video from Stockton. He said he actually filmed these with an old security camera- what is shocking to me is not the (as expected) video quality, but the audio. Those old cameras almost always had good mics.
Anyway, this will be of interest to Pavement fans, as Gary Young is on drums here. Opening for Dead Kennedys. The band also featured Brian Thalken (The Authorities) on guitar and Tharon Knight (Hot Spit Dancers, Prison Daddy) on bass and vocals
Thanks to Ken Doose for reminding me that this was posted, and for additional info about the band
Recorded /Transfer by: Terry O’Reilly