* John Chumbris - Bass, vocals
* Giles Cook - Drums
* John Hansen - Rhythm Guitar
* Martha Hull - Lead Vocals
* Kim Kane - R. Guitar, Vocals
* Thomas Kane - Bass
* Marshall Keith - L. Guitar, Vocals
* Mike Maxwell - Bass, Vocals
* Mark Noone - Lead Vocals
* Emery Olexa - Bass
* Dan Palenski - Drums, Vocals
* Chris Rounds- Drums
* Andy von Brand - Bass
* Howard Wuelfling - Bass, Vocals
Influences
Sounds Like
...The Slickee Boys Discography:
HOT & COOL (1976 7" Dacoit-US)
note: 1st pressing has color cover with front cover flap. 2nd pressing black on orange sleeve.
Manganese Android Puppies / What a Boy Can't Do / Brand New Cadillac / Exodus / Psychodaisies
SEPARATED VEGETABLES (1978 LP Dacoit-US) (1980 LP Limp-US) (1981 LP "Dacoit"-Italy)
note: 100 copies of the Dacoit (black on white sleeve) version were pressed, 200 (numbered) of the Limp re-issue (red on white sleeve). The 1981 issue is a bootleg with "Long Way to Go" added. Also bootlegged as LOS ANGELES AND VICINITY VOL.2 (66 Records, red vinyl, 300 copies) with different artwork, also includes "Long Way to Go."
Control / Heart Murmur / Golden Love / Red Rocket Roll / Six Feet Under / Just Blow Away / Dr. Boogie / Road Runnah--Walk Don't Run / Streets of Your Town / What Ya Gonna Do 'Bout It / No Money Down / Creep Skin / What a Boy Can't Do '77
MERSEY, MERSEY ME (1978 7" Limp-US)
note: 1st pressing sleeve is blue, 2nd pressing is red.
Put a Bullet through the Jukebox / Let's Live for Today / The Girls Want to Be with the Girls / Heart On
30 SECONDS OVER D.C. compilation (1978 LP Limp-US)
note: some copies red vinyl
Slickee Boys track:
Attitude
3RD EP (1979 Limp-US)
note: 2nd pressing's cover art is black & white
Gotta Tell Me Why / Forbidden Alliance / Golden Love / Glendora
BEST OF LIMP, REST OF LIMP compilation (LP Limp-US)
Slickee Boys tracks:
Gotta Tell Me Why / I Love You / Question of Temperature
"The Brain That Refused to Die" (1980 7" Dacoit-US)
note: on some covers, the brain border is colored in green, on others it's just black & white.
The Brain That Refused to Die / (Are You Gonna Be There at the) Love In
BATTLE OF THE GARAGES compilation (1981 LP Voxx-US, Line-Germany)
note: The Line release features different cover artwork.
Slickee Boys track:
Going All the Way--Glendora
NEWLINES VOL.2 compilation (1981 Line-Germany)
note: Promo only release.
Slickee Boys track:
Going All the Way--Glendora (edit)
"Here to Stay" (1981 7" Dacoit-US)
note: also 50 hand-numbered promo copies with different sleeve art.
Here to Stay / Porcelain Butter Kitten
HAN-O-DISC compilation (1982 LP D.I.Y.-US)
note: Clear vinyl. The bands received copies on black vinyl.
Slickee Boys track:
Here to Stay
"Long Way to Go" (1982 6" flexi Gorilla Beat-Germany)
note: 1000 copies. Came with Gorilla Beat magazine ..13.
Long Way to Go
HERE TO STAY (1982 LP Line-Germany)
note: All tracks previously released except "Kids." Line re-issued it on white vinyl in 1987 and released a CD version in 1988.
Glendora / Golden Love / Forbidden Alliance (mis-titled "Forbidden Love") / Put a Bullet Through the Jukebox / Let's Live for Today / The Girls Want to Be with the Girls / Heart On / Here to Stay / Porcelain Butter Kitten / Brand New Cadillac / Psychodaisies / Manganese Android Puppies / What a Boy Can't Do / Theme from "Exodus" / Gotta Tell Me Why / The Brain That Refused to Die / (Are You Gonna Be There at the) Love In / Kids
"When I Go to the Beach" (1983 7" Dacoit-US, Twin/Tone-US)
note: Dacoit pressed 3000 copies, Twin/Tone - 5000. Dacoit promo sleeve has different art.
When I Go to the Beach / Invisible People
CYBERNETIC DREAMS OF PI (1983 LP Twin/Tone-US, Line-Germany) (New Rose-France)
note: US & German releases feature different cover artwork. Line later reissued it on white vinyl.
Escalator 66 / You've Got What It Takes / Life of the Party / When I Go to the Beach / Pushin' My Luck / Invisible People / Nagasaki Neuter / Say Goodbye / Time Spent Waiting / The Crawling Hand / Pictures of Matchstick Men / Marble Orchard
THE REBEL KIND compilation (1982 LP Sounds Interesting-US) (1983 LP Lolita-France)
note: US and French releases feature different cover artwork.
Slickee Boys track:
Invisible People
THE TRAIN TO DISASTER compilation (1983 LP Bonafide-US, LSD-Germany)
Slickee Boys track:
Nagasaki Neuter
"When I Go to the Beach" (1984 7" New Rose-France)
note: completely different cover art from the 1983 version
When I Go to the Beach / You've Got What It Takes
UH OH...NO BREAKS! (1984 LP/CS Twin/Tone-US, LP only New Rose-France)
note: All previously released songs on this LP are newly recorded versions.
Dream Lovers / Death Lane / Teenage Romance / Disconnected / Gotta Tell Me Why / The Brain That Refused to Die / Bad Dream / Can't Believe / Going All the Way--Glendora / Danger Drive / Jailbait Janet / When We Were Kids (formerly "Kids")
MIDNIGHT CHRISTMAS MESS AGAIN!! compilation (1986 LP Midnight-US)
Slickee Boys track:
Hazy Shade of Winter
LASEROCK'N'ROLL PARTY VOL.1 compilation (1987 CD New Rose-France)
Slickee Boys track:
When I Go to the Beach
"Your Autumn Eyes" (1987 7" New Rose-France)
Your Autumn Eyes / Eye to Eye / Without a Word of Warning
FASHIONABLY LATE (1988 LP/CD New Rose-France)
Sleepless Nights / Hesitation / The Missing Part / You Can Run / Blind, Deaf and Dumb / The Mean Screen / Your Autumn Eyes (LP mix) / Droppin' Off to Sleep / The Dive / If I Could Lie / Love Twilight / Eye to Eye (CD only) / Without a Word of Warning (CD only)
"This Party Sucks" (1988 7" New Rose-France)
This Party Sucks (frat mix) / This Party Sucks / Little Red Riding Hood
PLAY NEW ROSE FOR ME compilation (1986 2-LP New Rose-France)
Slickee Boys track:
Misunderstood
10TH ANNIVERSARY EP (1988 7" Dacoit/D.S.I.-US)
note: Black on yellow sleeve in hand-numbered edition of 100 of 500 pressed, also purple on tan sleeve, green on grey sleeve. 2nd pressing: yellow sleeve with white marbled vinyl.
Shake / commercial / Darker Side of Me / Reverse Psychiatry / Sea of Your Love
LIVE AT LAST (1989 LP/CD New Rose-France, LP Giant-US)
Gotta Tell Me Why / Dream Lovers / Missing Part / Sleepless Nights / Disconnected / Droppin' Off to Sleep / The Brain That Refused to Die / Death Lane / Life of the Party / Pictures of Matchstick Men / When I Go to the Beach / Jailbait Janet / This Party Sucks / Here to Stay / Your Autumn Eyes (CD only) / (Are You Gonna Be There at the) Love In (CD only)
EVERY DAY IS A HOLLY DAY compilation (1989 CD Giant-US, double 10" New Rose-France)
Slickee Boys track:
Down the Line
LASEROCK'N'ROLL PARTY VOL.2 compilation (1989 CD New Rose-France)
Slickee Boys track:
This Party Sucks (frat mix)
NEW ROSE STORY compilation (2000 4-CD box set Last Call-France)
Slickee Boys track:
This Party Sucks
The Slickee Boys released its first EP, "Hot and Cool," in mid-1976 - an event documented by members of the new wave community as the third DIY new wave record ever recorded. The band was founded by guitarists Marshall Keith and Kim Kane (with Kane as the principal songwriter) and featured Martha Hull on vocals. By 1978, Mark Noone was singing lead and the lineup as seen in this 1981 9:30 club gig included (L-R) Emory Olexa on bass, Kane, Dan Palenski on drums and Keith in the fluorescent pink sports coat.
The Slickee Boys benefited from Noone's showmanship as well as his songwriting. In 1983, a music video of Noone's "When I Go to the Beach" got second honors in MTV's Basement Tapes competition giving the Slickee Boys heavy rotation and the distinction of being the first band from the area to be played on the then new video channel.
Other members of the Slickee Boys came and went - Kim Kane left in 1988 - but Noone and Keith remained constants from 1978 until the band disbanded in 1991. Still, New Year's Eve reunion shows happen like clockwork, and a best-of CD titled "The Slickee Boys: Somewhat of an Anthology" was released in 2002.
Join us at the Beachland Ballroom This Saturday - Tonight! -May 9th - Cleveland, OH - with Wraygun, Topcats, Chris Webb w/Jason Kay & Gary Small, and Webb Wilder - - carve it into your calendar - Link Wray’s Raymen
hey Slickee fans! FYI, the Boys will be playing two shows in December: the 26th at the Otto Bar in Baltimore, and the 27th at the Surf Club in Bladensburg. See y'all there!
