Mon/Rob/James/Regina...
In response to a relevant question regarding 'Old School Obits'........
chronologically:..........
Monica Nelson - vocals........
Rob Landoll - guitar........
Laura O'Donnell - bass.........
Aaron MacMahon - drums..........
(Laura and Aaron went onto other things).........
then.........
Dan Cunneen - drums.........
John Blender - bass........
(John Blender went on to other things)..........
then..........
John Naylor -bass.........
(John Naylor and Dan Cunneen went on to other things).......
then........
Regina La Rocca -bass.........
Dave Triebwasser -drums........
(Dave Triebwasser went on to other things)........
then........
Rudy Apodaca -drums.......
(Rudy Apodaca went on to other things).........
then........
Roby Dale -drums........
(Roby Dale went on to other things)..........
then........
James Mahone -drums.........
So the vocals and the guitar have been the same since the beginning,..........
Regina, the longest bassplayer...........
and James, the last drummer...........
* FIONA MARTIN-previous manager,
LINDSEY BURDETTE-previous road manager,
DAVID "THE ACK" ACKERMAN, many many photos,
present day manager: BRANDON LIEBERMAN
Influences
EVERYTHING INFLUENCES whether you want it to or not
Sounds Like
A 20 + year fanzine and newspaper columnist as well as author and influential punk/hardcore musician Tabb's been a well documented activist since the beginning of the World Trade Center illnesses even before he himself knew he was sick which is by no means a local issue, but an issue of humanity, please help him with what he wants to accomplish (beside the wanting to stay alive part)
TABB'S FRIENSHIP, TALENT AND CONTRIBUTION TO THE WORLDWIDE LITERARY AND MUSIC PUNK/HARDCORE SCENE AND IN REGARDS TO ENCOURAGING OTHERS IN WHAT THEY WANT TO ACCOMPLISH SHOULD NOT GO UNNOTICED AT A TIME LIKE THIS, look him up please. Help save a true definition of DIY by slapping a banner up on your page and to give him a bigger platform for what he's been shouting about in regards to others who aren't as punk rock loud as him for the last almost 6 and a half years (drop a line to this page for banner codes), Thanks!
-Monica Nelson
Seattle Weekly April 19th, 2006: Monica Nelson:
An influential female figure to Kathleen Hanna and the late Mia Zapata
(http://www.seattleweekly.com/2006-04-19/music/weekly-notable-shows.php)
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One of the premier and influential Northwest bands: punk/metal with a bluesy edge from April '86 to Jan 1990.
Relatively few releases under their belt, they spent most of the time (and minimal funds) playing live shows around the country as well as at home. The Obits were on bills with Green River, Mother Love Bone, Sonic Youth, Godfathers, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Alex Chilton, Catbutt, Screaming Trees, Coffin Break, The Gits, Babes in Toyland, The Lemonheads, Afghan Whigs, Napalm Beach, Descendents, Soundgarden, Mudhoney, Dead Moon, The Witnesses and Hell Cows. Nirvana opened for the Obits (in the summer of '88 at Squid Row) as did Soundgarden (at Satyricon). For two years running they were invited to play The Annual Mayor's Ball, headlining the alternative stage in '89.
The live shows were legendary in many respects and far superior to some of their studio recordings. A revolving door rhythm section (each bringing their own exciting flavors to the table), the guitar manned by ROB LANDOLL could be commandingly urgent or intoxicatingly bluesy (a distinctive style that was widely appropriated after their demise), a frontwoman, never predictable from one show to the next. Sometimes a bluesy cat, sometimes a chainsaw roaring demon -and, you never knew if she was gonna lift her dress over her head, start doing stand up comedy, slug some guy in the audience she thought was being rude or begin crying whilst singing cuz something bad happened to her before the show. One of the most artless front persons ever on a Northwest stage -but backing her neuroticism up was lyrical content and melodies that were fiercely talented.................Today, no matter what a bands and/or individual musicians contribution and their historical value to the scene, if only a few sentences (or perhaps nothing at all) can be googled about them (and we're talking about bands that existed-toured-released-got reviewed before newspapers and mags went online and everybody owned computers) well, it's like important links in the chain don't exist..... if no record exists online". Please visit Portland Underground Museum page that's in the top friends
.............................................................UPDATE: THE OBITS ARE BACK FROM THEIR SUPER LONG LUNCH BREAK FROM EACHOTHER and have been playing live shows and have just released a 21 year retrospective CD consisting of a few previously released studio cuts,live radio and show performances, obscure 4 -tracks recordings and some brand new stuff.
A thousand were pressed and currently being sold in local Portland Oregon record stores and through CDBABY.COM and on ITUNES.
The Obits are currently working on next full length recording of all new material to be released next year and might be going on a few road trips.
The above song is on HELP GEORGE TABB VOL. 1 compilation CD which except for this is wall to wall headbanging punk rock available on PSYCHIC HAMSTER RECORDS all proceeds of which go directly to help George Tabb pay his medical bills. the disc is $13 -MN
Bands involved:
Meditation--Whole Hog Betty Crocker, Punk Rocker--Mike Blanx (Blanks 77) Come For The Bastards--Something Fierce Monkey In A Man Suit--American Business Machines I Am The King--Two Man Advantage Mama Married A Mau Mau--The Adz The Taxidermist--Norman Bates and The Showerheads Dreamt Everything--Monica Nelson Bring Me The Head Of Jerry Garcia--Full Boar Cleavage To Beaver--Paul Ryder Mad Dog/Sorry Ass Sucker--Drunko Made In China--Mattithias Against The World--Nightime Dealers Pumpkinhead/Burger King Is Dead--Pro-Ject:Radiation Twisted Nerve--Suburban Lockdown Abduct Me--Last Rate Service Bulletproof--The Bullitts Gilligan--Mike Blanx, VTRH, Nigel, Rev. Matt, Paul Ryder, and DG.....
