Founding Members Dave Chavez - guitar/vocals James C. Pravda - drums Daryll Ulm - synthesizers Mike Crooker - bass/engineering
Additional Members Raynard Packard - bass/vocals Marq Ire - bass/engineering Dan Curtain - synthesizers Matt Patterson - synthesizers Jeffro Smull - guitar
Influences
Joy Division : BauHaus : The Cure : Gang of Four : Killing Joke : Spaceman 3 : Wire : David Bowie : Dvorak : Franz Kafka : Wolfgang Press : Albert Camus : Red Lorry Yellow Lorry : Siouxie & The Banshees : The Creatures : Rainer Maria Rilke : Aspirin : The Cramps : The Swans : Stiff Little Fingers : The Ramones : Bach : The Clash : Sisters of Mercy : Sex Pistols : The Damned : Der Prager Handgriff : Legendary Pink Dots : The Birthday Party : The Virgin Prunes : X-Ray Spex : Echo & the Bunnymen : This Mortal Coil : Franz Schubert : The Smiths : Oscar Wilde : John Donne : Willima S. Burroughs: Fyodor Dostoevsky : Vaclav Havel : Werner Herzog : Milan Kundera : Milos Forman : Jan Svankmajer : Jaromil Jires : Plastic People of the Universe : Velvet Underground : Gustav Mahler : The Who : Iggy Pop & The Stooges : George Gershwin : Sylvia Plath : Erik Satie : Richard Wagner : Edward Elgar : Henryk Górecki : Beethoven : Edgar Allen Poe : Devo : Kraftwerk : Fields of the Nephilim : The Jesus and Mary Chain : Nick Cave : Factory Records : Mission of Burma : New Order : My Bloody Valentine : Love & Rockets : Guided By Voices : Galaxie 500 : Dead Can Dance : Robyn Hitchcock
Sounds Like
The winds of Pluto freezing as it reaches the zenith of its farthest orbit from the sun.
Germ Free Adolescents: It's beginning to and back again.
KENT, OH - In the 1980's, the underground, alternative music scene was in full stride in university towns across America. It was a raging era of socio-political uncertainty (Reagan, communism, Star Wars, Iran-Contra-Gate and Wall Street greed) that added fuel to the creative fire. Kent, Ohio, a hotbed for independent thought and political activism grasping at the throat of the status quo was no exception, especially with its pervasive music scene and plethora of bands striving to be heard.
In the summer of 1986 marks the formation of the Germ Free Adolescents—a moniker borrowed from an X Ray Spex song. The confluence of an eclectic mix of personalities: Dave Chavez, guitar/vocals; Daryl Ulm, keyboards; Mike Crooker, bass; James Pravda, drums, and later Raynard Packard, bass formed the foundation for one of Kent's more esoteric musical projects. What precipitated was an experience for the hear-and-now of the late 1980's music scene, inspired by the UK post punk movement of Joy Division, Wire, Killing Joke, The Cure, and Gang of Four. It was personal and for those that listened, the Germ Free Adolescents were content to play their brand of experimental, underground music.
Over time, the band decided to break out of the Kent-Akron-Cleveland scene and take the show to New York City's infamous CBGB's—a venue that hosted the American punk school, and legendary performances of bands such as the Ramones, Blondie, Sonic Youth, and the Talking Heads. On their first trip to the Big Apple, someone helped themselves to the band’s equipment after the show. It was a major setback that nearly finished Germ Free Adolescents. Packard departed while Chavez and Pravda vowed to regroup. Chavez invited longtime friend, Marq Ire to play bass. The quirky Ire seemed like a natural fit for this motley gathering of personalities. He proved to be exceptional on bass and in his studio during the band's recording projects. The sound continued its evolution. Gone were the passionate ecstasy and elegiac melancholy keyboard treatments. Welcome a swirling, delay-drenched guitar texture, emotive bass counter melodies, and frenetic, break-stick drumming. Some say what emerged from this eccentric triad was a lyricism or personification of the "alternative"— namely inspiration derivative from the nihilism of Joy Division, neo-romanticism of The Cure, and sonic explosion of Spaceman 3 and Killing Joke.
Hi there, hope all's good with ye and life is a happenin' event. The visual and audio decorators have just left the STY, please feel free tae drop by and have a wee listen. Wishin' you and all yer kinfolk a very very merry merry and a fantastic HOGmanay. PEACE, LOVE AND GOOD VIBES from Thee alienPIG X ;@)
Hey hope all is well your way! If you don't mind we'd like to tell you a little about ourselves.
We're a 'Street Rock n Roll' band based out of Dayton, OH. Since 2006 we've been combining Rock 'n Roll, Punk, Metal, and Glam to make our original sound. We just released a new record 'Shotgun Hero' on our own label, and toured the Mid-West and East Coast.
If you have a chance we'd really appreciate it if you could swing by our page and check out our tunes. If you like what you hear let us know!
Peace Sunday, June 5, 1982, Rose Bowl, no nukes - nuclear disarmament - stop nuclear madness concert - NYC - Central Park - June 12, 1982, 1,000,000 person march and rally for Nuclear Freeze. Photography and presentation by Curtis Rainbow. 'Give Peace a Chance' music by Achim Schultz. Inspiration by Yoko Ono. Dedicated to John Lennon.
Hey whats going on? Hope you don't mind us whoring ourselves on your page, we're a new band from Akron trying to get the word out about our 1 year aniversary show, our biggest show yet, you should come out. Support local music.
THE KENT STAGE PRESENTS ^♠^ GOD'S BLACK.45 ^♠^ HALLOWEEN PARTY 1 YEAR ANIVERSARY SHOW
We are a taking break from recording, for our aniversary which is featuring other great acts such as: Skel Riffton, Catera, Snuff Film, Not This Body, and Born Empty.
Tickets are $5.00 dollars, Get them now, we WILL sell out. Just hit us up on here, leave us a comment or a message if you want a ticket. We can mail them, you can pick them up, or we even have a person that goes out once a week and drops them off. they are going fast!
Its all ages! doors open at 7:00pm they sell fairly cheap beer and wine there, but security's loose, and i'm sure their drinks aren't as cheap as stuffing a 5th of 110 vodka into your girlfiends purse, Just a heads up. I don't like our fans being discuraged to come see good music by bar prices.
(photo of GB.45 at Old Glory almost 1 year ago)
Also for those of you who aren't familiar with Halloween in Kent, it is the biggest Halloween festival in Ohio drawing anywhere from 10,000 to 25,000 costumed drunks ready to reek mayham downtown till the sun comes up. So the after party will be right there waiting.
The Kent Stage is located right in the heart of downtown Kent, you can't miss it.
12" Vinyl Black&White Marbled A - Free Energy | B - Creeping Stream 45 rpm - ca. 135g - Schnittecht Cut and Master. 2 long analog tracks produced and premaster by Hesed. Graphic by Sputnik Contains traces of theremin and modular synthesis. Listen the mp3 on: www.atm23.net and www.myspace.com/analogtecnemodel Greetz
Hi there, hope all's good in yer life. New PIG EP and vidage uploaded, THE DREAM MAN, a slice of sick-oh-dole-ache punk blues. Drop by the STY for a listen. PIG, X ;@)
Shag Nasty are pleased to announce the release of their 5 track Broken Britain ep. It is available through their official websites on Myspace and Reverbnation with links to iTunes, Napster, Emusic, Rhapsody and Amazon. You can also get your hands on a hard copy via Detour records. Enjoy.
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keep it turned up!
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