Life After Life
General Info
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Genre: Folk Rock / Psychedelic / Punk
Location SAN FRANCISCO/Praha CZ, California, US
Profile Views: 28076
Last Login: 1/7/2012
Member Since 8/1/2006
Website http://www.alternativetentacles.com/bandinfo.php
Record Label Alternative Tentacles Records
Type of Label Indie
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Bio
.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. from the Alternative Tentacles Records site: LIFE AFTER LIFE held their premier performance in San Francisco on New Year's Eve 1993. They played to a packed house at The Chameleon. Their next show was on Valentine's Day, when the band opened for Helios Creed. An ecstatic Jello Biafra approached them after the show and was heard to say, "I was blown away. Finally, a San Francisco band with a totally unique sound!" LIFE AFTER LIFE is a band that that meets in the intersection of East and West. Two members, Jim Cert and Jaroslav Sedivy, were freedom fighters in Communist Czechoslovakia, where they were persecuted for playing in rock bands that were not sanctioned by the state. Jaroslav was arrested and imprisoned twice for playing drums at underground gigs, which was officially considered a crime against the state. The first arrest happened when he was just a teenager. The police came to his mother¹s house in the middle of the night to drag the teenager to prison. They said, "Put your clothes on, we're taking you with us." (He) asked "What's the charge?" They said, "No charge. Just do it. Do you want to go naked or dressed?" Jaroslav was held in an underground cell for a week before he found out why he'd been detained. The charges were hidden in the fine print of a document his jailers wanted him to sign, which stated that the Primitive Group- his band at the time- represented a radical organization with influences from the West, and demanded that the group disband. His choices were to sign the document and go free, or refuse to sign and stay in jail. He signed, formed another band, and was arrested again for the same "crime against the state." Jaroslav escaped from Czechoslovakia using a false passport made by a friend who worked in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The woman was later imprisoned for providing him with the means for escape. Jim Cert was banned from performing in public and was arrested for doing so several times. An "official diagnosis" declared his lyrics "incompatible with the tenets of social realism and, therefore, undesirable to the ideology of the regime." In one small village pub, when one of the patrons decided to inform the police about Cert¹s performance there, the pub keeper leaped over the counter with a butcher knife and cut off the phone line, before the informer could say a single word. In the meantime, you can find us on iTunes and elsewhere for free listens. ~* *~ `' ..___/ Check iTUNES for NIFTY REVIEW of JUST TRIP by LIFE AFTER LIFE! :-) -
Members
Jim Cert ~ Vocals/accordion+ Dave Perkins ~ Stratocaster+ J.T. Schmeckie ~ Les Paul+ Robley R. Evans ~ Musicman Bass+ Jaroslav (Erno) Sedivy ~ Drums+ Andy Pollack ~ Keyboards+ ------- Jello Biafra ~ Vocals on Still Is Still Moving To Me. + .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. -
Influences
Sex, Drugs and Rock n Roll. See All .. -
Sounds Like
Hell ~~~ .... I Died One Monday by Life After Life.. ~~~ .... Harrahya by Life After Life.. ~~~~ .... Watching by Life After Life..
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Life After Life
New Old Vids up ;D
Don't Kill My Tree by Life After Life at The Bunkr, Prague, CZ 13 Dec 1996
Vocals, - Jim Cert Stratocaster - Dave Perkins Les Paul - J.T. Schmeckie Keyboard - Andy Pollack Musicman bass - Robley Evans Drums - Jaroslav "Erno" Sedivy ...
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- Proletkult_US23 days ago
{*_*} (") Hello Alternative Tentacles. Thanks for your friendship. I hope you're enjoying an awesome week and a warm spring season. Have a great day!
- Mike Nobody3 months ago
Hey,
I am doing some internet housecleaning.
MySpace is such a piece of crap.
Over 7,500 "friends" on here.
Do they even look at MySpace anymore?
It is okay that you can put your band's page up there and people can listen to your music...if the damn site doesn't crash your computer first.
Reverbnation & Facebook can do that without the glitches.
I thought about sending everyone a message, "HEY! I'm over HERE now! Check it out!"...and close the account.
That's maybe not a bad idea.
Maybe I'll leave the account to rot instead of closing it though.
Please "like" or "become a fan" eh?
Mike Nobody & The Island of Misfit Noise @ Facebook
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Mike-Nobody-The-Island-of-Misfit-Noise/126991700682002
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Life After Life
=D Rare! (=
Life After Life rare Live ~ Klub 007, Strahov - Prague CZ 1997
Vocals - Jim Cert Stratocaster - Dave Perkins Les Paul - J.T. Scheckie Keyboard - Andy Pollack Musicman bass - Robley Evans Guest drummer - Dalek from Poland...
Music
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12 Songs | Jun 10, 2008
Comments
- ikd-sj4 months ago
"doors" BILLION! ONE OF THE BEST SOUNDS EVER (´・ω・`)
- Steel Pulse7 months ago
Hi Life After Life! Please let your friends know about Steel Pulse's MySpace page, so that they can receive updates when Pulse will be performing in their area. There is also a new feature there where Pulse fans can receive Text Messages about local upcoming shows, so register your phone now! Also, check out many cool new items that have been added to the STEEL PULSE STORE!
http://steelpulse.com/store.php
Also, check out our friend, Red Hot Chili Pepper Chad Smith's group, Bombastic Meatbats, and their 2nd iTunes Top 10 neo-fusion release, 'More Meat'. ORDER NOW and please help spread the funk with your friends!
http://www.myspace.com/bombasticmeatbats
Thanks for all your support and love...'Life without music, I can't go!' - Damn Punk1 year ago
big thanks for the add i can only mail and comment due to static on the im i've been a big fan of your music for a lot of years well enjoyable
- MARIJUANA MUSIC AWARDS2 years ago
3 WEEKS TO 2011 MARIJUANA MUSIC AWARDS CLOSING DATE! Winners announced 3-5 June at Toronto Treating Yourself Expo. Check our page for entry link.
- Julia SAnchez2 years ago
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- Spellbound2 years ago
Hola Life After Life! Visiting to send U LOVE!
Hey, the brand new SPELLBOUND album "United Front" is available now! Join our United Front to help support the Funk!
Hear the new funk track "Witch Doctor" @:
www.myspace.com/spellboundbandlosangeles
Please join us on Facebook: www.facebook.com/spellboundbandlosangeles - Sepiachord2 years ago
"Mexico" by Life After Life is the Sepiachord song of the Day.
Life After Life
Bio:
from the Alternative Tentacles Records site: LIFE AFTER LIFE held their premier performance in San Francisco on New Year's Eve 1993. They played to a packed house at The Chameleon. Their next show was on Valentine's Day, when the band opened for Helios Creed. An ecstatic Jello Biafra approached them after the show and was heard to say, "I was blown away. Finally, a San Francisco band with a totally unique sound!" LIFE AFTER LIFE is a band that that meets in the intersection of East and West. Two members, Jim Cert and Jaroslav Sedivy, were freedom fighters in Communist Czechoslovakia, where they were persecuted for playing in rock bands that were not sanctioned by the state. Jaroslav was arrested and imprisoned twice for playing drums at underground gigs, which was officially considered a crime against the state. The first arrest happened when he was just a teenager. The police came to his mother¹s house in the middle of the night to drag the teenager to prison. They said, "Put your clothes on, we're taking you with us." (He) asked "What's the charge?" They said, "No charge. Just do it. Do you want to go naked or dressed?" Jaroslav was held in an underground cell for a week before he found out why he'd been detained. The charges were hidden in the fine print of a document his jailers wanted him to sign, which stated that the Primitive Group- his band at the time- represented a radical organization with influences from the West, and demanded that the group disband. His choices were to sign the document and go free, or refuse to sign and stay in jail. He signed, formed another band, and was arrested again for the same "crime against the state." Jaroslav escaped from Czechoslovakia using a false passport made by a friend who worked in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The woman was later imprisoned for providing him with the means for escape. Jim Cert was banned from performing in public and was arrested for doing so several times. An "official diagnosis" declared his lyrics "incompatible with the tenets of social realism and, therefore, undesirable to the ideology of the regime." In one small village pub, when one of the patrons decided to inform the police about Cert¹s performance there, the pub keeper leaped over the counter with a butcher knife and cut off the phone line, before the informer could say a single word. In the meantime, you can find us on iTunes and elsewhere for free listens. ~* *~ `' ..___/ Check iTUNES for NIFTY REVIEW of JUST TRIP by LIFE AFTER LIFE! :-)Member Since:
August 01, 2006Members:
Jim Cert ~ Vocals/accordion+ Dave Perkins ~ Stratocaster+ J.T. Schmeckie ~ Les Paul+ Robley R. Evans ~ Musicman Bass+ Jaroslav (Erno) Sedivy ~ Drums+ Andy Pollack ~ Keyboards+ ------- Jello Biafra ~ Vocals on Still Is Still Moving To Me. +Influences:
Sex, Drugs and Rock n Roll. See All
Sounds Like:
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