Original Member
Where are they now: Editor; Niagara Falls Reporter
Brian Hudson (drums & back vocals)
A.K.A. Brian Morgan
Original Member
Where are they now: Deceased
Mike Metoff (lead Guitar & back vocals)
A.K.A. Tommy Gunn, Ike Knox
Original Member
Where are they now: 6 string legend is retired from the game
Tim Allee - Bass
Original Member
Where are they now: Underground in Cleveland
Bob Richey - Drums
A.K.A. Bobby Morgan
Came Along Later
Where are they now: Los Angeles Pornographer
Bill Digiddio (Bass)
A.K.A. Robert Conn
Came Along Later
Public Works Commissioner, LaGrange Texas
Chas Smith (Keyboards)
Came Along Later
Where are they now: ???
Influences
Ghoulardi, The Three Stooges, The Choir, The Animals, Rapsberries, Hendrix, Velvet Underground, Rolling Stones, Kinks, Ramones, New York Dolls and the streets of Cleveland.
Sounds Like
MIKE HUDSON UNMEDICATED Cd
Order @ www.sonicswirlrecords.com
Record Label
Drome / Terminal / Treehouse / Sonic Swirl / Crypt
It all started summer 1977. Handfull of young lads had nothin' better than do than play some rock n' roll music. Cleveland back in the 70's was not ready for a band like the Pagans. Most people where stuck on top 40 radio. The band did not relate to that sound. It wasn't real to them. Pagans came straight off the dark streets Cleveland. Thats where the band devolpe with their rough, raw, high energy rock sound.
After the band released their first single in '77, "Six And Change" on Neck Records, which goes over $800 on Ebay. They followed with handful of singles for Drome records, that became punk classics. Such as "Street Where Nobody Lives" in '78, "Not Now No Way" in '79 and also "Dead End America".
Most part of the 80's the band change members. It was not until the late 80's they would release a record since 1979. They signed a deal with Treehouse records releasing few singles and two lps that became punk rock classics. "The Pink Album" Recorded live at the Mistake in Cleveland, also at the college radio station WRUW and Mike Hudson's basement in late '82 and early '83. Lineup was Mike Hudson lead vocals, Mick Metoff on guitar & vocals, Bob Richey on drums, Robert Conn on bass. Mastered and mixed by Jim Jones of Mirrors, best known for Pere Ubu fame. Second lp of a live lp titled "The Godlike Power of the Pagans" 14-song LP, recorded live, November 1986, at the 7th Street Entry in Minneapolis.
In November, 1989, Pagans played their last show, opening for another 70's classic punk band, the Buzzcocks, in Cleveland at the Phantasy Theatre. 1990 Pagans released their final studio release "Family Fare" (on Glitterhaus, Germany) Six-song mini LP. All songs from the Beat Farm sessions in 1988 and 1989.
During the 90's more releases pop up around the world. Re-issueing all the old classics on Crypt records vinyl & cd format with extra rare recordings. Cleveland's label Sonic Swirl records released a live cd titled "Live Road Kill". Features loads of unreleased live recordings from the beginning band's caree to the very end.
Mike Hudson was founder and lead singer of Cleveland's legendary punk rock band the Pagans, who performed with Patti Smith, the Ramones, the B-52s and other leading lights of the era. In a prose style reminiscent of Hunter Thompson and William Burroughs, Hudson paints a stark insider's portrait of a life lived outside society's boundaries.
ISBN 978-0-9797693-1-3
160 pages, illustrated
$19.95
Availble @ www.amazon.com
New Turku Romantic Movement album is ”The Album of the Week” in MySpace Finland. Click www.myspace.com/turkuromanticmovement to listen to it and enjoy!
The new album "Ace In The Hole" will be released in Europe on January the 30th!
"Demons" on tour:
2.19.09 United Club 2.20.09 Onirica 2.21.09 Valverde 2.22.09 Casbah 2.23.09 Traffic 2.24.09 TBA 2.25.09 TBA 2.26.09 Area 24 2.27.09 Perché No? 2.28.09 Jack The Ripper
hey the Pagans/hudson bio that bob richey mailed me in june was a very nifty surprise, since i did not know the book existed. i wasn't working the next day so i got to read it right then in one sitting that evening.
for about the last ten years, Little Black Egg fast/pogo-speed is the 5th song of the set right after the first short pause (of about 6 over 35 songs and 50-55 minutes) during which the Nightcrawlers and Pagans 45s always get namechecked more or less like this (at 2:20 in here)
Hey! Hi PAGANS! Your music's totally killer and totally rocks. Totally! Thanks a bunch, for the add. I think it's a darn shame you guys never received more acclaim. You (guys) were a rockin' band. Thanks for the songs (I think they rule). Take care. Have a gosh darn great day.
I remember the days...Damn sad I missed the Phantasy gig in 1989. 1 year after I moved away from town. Great Band from such a Great era in Cleveland music history!
What a pleasure to call you one of our friends!!! What's this shit called love, Boy can I dance, Eyes of a Satan, ... will linger on forever!! Mike Hudson solo sounds great as well!
