Seth Baer, drums; Mike Frank, bass; Dorothy Haug, organ/vocals; Jim McMahon, guitar; Andy Rosenau, vocals; Jim Slade, guitar/vocals
Influences
The Beatles, Brian Jones-era The Rolling Stones, Motown, The Clash, Elvis Costello & the Attractions, XTC (pre-Skylarking), The Undertones, The Who, The Kinks, Pere Ubu, TSOP, Nick Lowe, and so forth.
With a vision that borders on myopic, Nixon's Head continues to bust through the nooks and crannies of the 3-minute pop song with a sound the Camden Courier-Post characterized as "The Standells meet Squeeze." The band paved its own way onto the Philadelphia underground scene in 1986 with the self-produced EP The Doug Factor… Another EP; a single; and many raised, beer-soaked fists followed until the usual suspects ground operations to a halt in 1991. Since reforming in 1998, these Philadelphia torchbearers for garage-pop have released 2 CDs, Gourmet and Take It!, and appeared on numerous comps. A new album of darker material is in the works.
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Love the music...Definitely feel some Beatles inspiration. Check out our song "Dirty Girl." Think you'll like it. Hopefully we'll get to hear you guys live sometime soon!
In seeking out some tracks and an entire album by Jefferson Airplane last night, I came across an album by another SF band I'd always heard about but never heard, Sons of Champlin. The album I stumbled across is called Follow Your Heart. After checking it out last night, I'm tempted to say that I've finally found a SF band I can sink my teeth into: really soulful singing, nice ensemble playing,
little of the melodrama that has always bogged me down with Jefferson Airplane. Along with the title track, I was impressed by "Children Know", "Before You Righ Now", "Hey Children", and "Child Continued". Anything else worth checking out by this band?
Hello! Anyone who knows "The Claw" has to be one of the best bands! Thanks for stopping by, and better yet, thanks for being a friend! I like the tunes!
Hey! I remember it like it was yesterday....playing at that club in Philly (what was the name of that place?) with the cute club owner (what was her name?) and that great beer (Penn something...it came in a bottle).
Many great gigs with Nixon's and the Dipper. Glad to hear you are still treading the boards. If you ever make it to Walla Walla look me up.
steve
hey, i've been a fan since you sent the new world over/what we lack single to WLVR in the early 90's.. are you playing out again?... i never got to see you in a live setting
