Some of you may know Jocey and I from the 80's Fresno punk band Capitol Punishment. In '95 after that band broke up I continued working on other bands and musical projects as Jocey took a break from playing bass. The last project right before the Dustups was an ill-fated cover band that was a musical illustration of the development of punk throughout the history of rock. Sounded like a good idea at the time, but in '02 after a negative review it was time to go back to the drawing board. In writing new material a soul-searching analysis of purpose followed. Having been a punk ideologue for many years, it was painful to watch that scene fragment and morph in the late 90's into something that had in my opinion lost it's original ideals. Most of the people I considered visionary from the 80's either went away or passed away. But the one constant thing throughout the years has been our love of music in general and Democratic politics. Getting emotional over political issues, old pop songs, music from movies and live performances of all types has always been fuel for the fire. Favorite mix tapes from the 80's usually had punk on one side and either rockabilly, post-punk, pop or comedy on the other. This project is an attempt to get back to that Eden of primal music and yet move on to something new and yet mature. No easy task I assure you.
In a quest for the big reasons why I end up back at the political lyrics of the folk singers of the protest era, the cool groove of the earliest rockers, the art of the masters of songwriting and pure punk pragmatism. I hope we can synthesize these elements into something good and meaningful. Dale Stewart
uh...I was going directly into the PA on that gig. I'm not really a gearhead, but I try to keep up. I am not unhappy with the Bugera when I play my Reverend guitar. My Fender became erratic a while back and it needed to be replaced; it was no longer gig-worthy.
You know what I discovered the other day? I run my Godin electric classical into an Acoustic amp, then run an output jack to the Bugera. To have the tone of the Acoustic amp and the sheer power of the Bugera is a win/win situation.
Lookin' forward to opening for Y'all on Friday! I've got a lot of new stuff that I think you'll like. I'll throw a couple extra protest songs in the mix for ya!..
Thanks for the compliment on my video. My favorite punk band as a kid was Capitol Punishment. My friend Michelle had your records. When I found out that you guys were local, it made you even cooler. If you ever want to do a video for your new music, let me know.
Thank you sincerely for your review-not many get to the last track on the list which shows (I hope) real interest.Thanks for the compliment on the lyrics and guitar work (I teach).To return the compliment I thought the "fire" track had great chord changes and real emotion as well as interesting lyrics.Cheers,Nick
How's it going man? I went to Washington too. I really appreciate your activism and participation on the things we got done in your neighborhood. Thanks for adding me and thanks for your support!
hi dale and gang, skip roil here. we will with all luck be performing in fresno around sept 24, so hopefully you guys will be playing the night before so we can see you groovy catz and trip out on the wicked sounds. and get drunk. hope everybody is good. luv and hugs, skip r
Incredible site-and Billy Butler rules the world! Have you ever heard of Bill Jennings? He played with Louis Jordan, and cut a few solo sides that have to be heard to be believed-sorta like Link Wray goes early fifties jump blues. Thanks for the add!
