Showing posts with label DETROIT BANDS. Show all posts
Showing posts with label DETROIT BANDS. Show all posts

2.24.2014

DETROIT'S MUSICAL YOUTH


Cheri Clair introduces two young bands making big waves in the waters of Detroit

THE PORCELAIN DOLL COLLECTION

The young standout band The Porcelain Doll Collection is a punk/garage revival, mostly female, band from Riverview, MI. The band consists of Alayna Brooke on Vocals, Lauren C Reyna and Cam Anderson on Guitar, Dylan Kissel on Bass, and Zoe Kissel on Drums. TPDC was formed on September 23, 2012. TPDC is heavily influenced by the RIOT GRRRL movement and garage rock/punk. TPDC's sound can be likened to Bikini Kill, L7, Tijuana Sweetheart, The Ramones, The Cramps, Kathleen Hanna, The Runaways, Joan Jett, and The Cramps. 

 Quote from the band: "We aren't here to bring around an old movement, we're here to create a whole new generation built on the staples of groups before us. An "in your face" act of feminism and other f-words over an energetic angst fest of raw music." 


SHOCK WAVE


Three Macomb teens have been shocking audiences and making waves all over Metro Detroit lately. The band, appropriately known as Shock Wave, has been together for about 3 years, but in that short time, has played an unprecedented amount of shows. Comprised of Angelo Coppola (17) – Drums & Lead Vocals, and brothers David Frankel (16) – Guitars, and Dylan Frankel (18) – Bass & Vocals, these young men have been making a name for themselves in the local and national rock scene. 

Aside from performing all over Metro Detroit, the band has made it a priority to use their talents to help those less fortunate. In their short time together, Shock Wave has played for over a dozen charitable events ranging from fundraisers for private individuals in need, to well known non-profit organizations that have raised money for children’s autism, toys for tots, breast cancer, children’s hospital and more. 


2.07.2014

DETROIT'S TOP ROCK DRUMMERS!


A band's only as good as its drummer..some of the very best in the world are from Detroit...Not in any particular order..

Please do post your favorite Detroit drummer videos in the comment section below....


PART TWO will feature the younger drummers and up and coming as well...


1.18.2014

30 DETROIT GARAGE ROCK GEMS OF THE 1960S MC5-RATIONALS-BOB SEGER


**THIS IS FROM THE MICHIGAN BRAND NUGGETS BOOT ISSUED IN THE 1970S

01_The Woolies - Who Do You Love (Detroit, 1966)
02_Bob Seger & The Last Heard - East Side Story (Detroit, 1966)
03_The Rationals - Respect (Ann Arbor, 1966)
04_MC5 - Looking At You (Detroit, 1968)
05_The Unrelated Segments - Where You Gonna Go? (Detroit, 1967)
06_The Shy Guys - We Gotta Go (Oak Park, 1966)
07_Underdogs - Love's Gone Bad (Grosse Pointe, 1966)
08_Terry Knight & The Pack - What's On Your Mind? (Flint, 1966)
09_The Human Beings - Because I Love Her (Detroit, 1965)
10_MC5 - Borderline (Detroit, 1968)
11_The Tidal Waves - Farmer John (Roseville, 1966)
12_Bob Seger & The Last Heard - Persecution Smith (Detroit, 1966)
13_? & The Mysterians - Can't Get Enough of You Baby (Flint, 1967)
14_Southbound Freeway - Psychedelic Used Car Lot Blues (Detroit, 1967)
15_The Rationals - Sing (Ann Arbor, 1967)
16_The Wanted - In the Midnight Hour (Detroit, 1966)
17_The Rationals - Leavin' Here (Ann Arbor, 1966)
18_The Bob Seger System - Lookin' Back (Detroit, 1971)
19_MC5 - I Can Only Give You Everything (Detroit, 1966)
20_The Amboy Dukes - You Talk Sunshine, I Breathe Fire (Detroit, 1968)
21_Underdogs - The Man In the Glass (Grosse Pointe, 1965)
22_MC5 - One of the Guys (Detroit, 1966)
23_Bob Seger & The Last Heard - Chain Smokin' (Detroit, 1966)
24_Dr. Jack Van Impe - An Important Message (Troy, 1966)
25_Bob Seger & The Last Heard - Heavy Music, Pt. 1& 2 (Detroit, 1967)
26_The Rationals - I Need You (Ann Arbor, 1967)
27_MC5 - I Just Don't Know (Detroit, 1966)
28_Tim Tam & The Turn-Ons - Wait a Minute (Allen Park, 1965)
29_Ormandy - Good Day (Lansing, 1970)
30_The Beach Bums (Bob Seger)- Ballad of the Yellow Beret (Detroit, 1966)

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1.07.2014

MY SHARONA: THE KNACK


My Sharona" is the debut single by the Knack. The song was written by Berton Averre and Doug Fieger, and released in 1979 from their album Get the Knack. It reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart where it remained for 6 weeks, and was number one on its 1979 Top Pop Singles year-end chart. It was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America, and was Capitol Records' fastest gold status debut single since the Beatles' "I Want to Hold Your Hand" in 1964

 

The characteristic riff of "My Sharona" was written by the band's guitarist, Berton Averre, years before he joined the Knack. He had played the riff as well as a drum groove for Doug Fieger, the group's lead singer and rhythm guitarist, who loved it and promised to make it a song, although he did not have any ideas for the lyrics.

 
When Fieger was 25, he met 17-year-old Sharona Alperin, who inspired a two-month-long run of songwriting, as well as becoming Fieger's girlfriend for the next four years. Fieger recounted that "It was like getting hit in the head with a baseball bat; I fell in love with her instantly.


And when that happened, it sparked something and I started writing a lot of songs feverishly in a short amount of time." Fieger and Averre worked out the structure and melody of the song. Averre was originally averse to using Alperin's name in the song, but Fieger wanted it to be a direct expression of his feelings; Averre ultimately relented. Fieger claimed that "My Sharona" was written in 15 minutes
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