Conference napalm::heavy_metal

    
    Are they all the same members that were in Bang???
    
    
    

    3 of the guys are the original members from "Bang" with the addition
    of 1 new member.
    
    They sound better than ever.
    
    Their first album should be out very soon.  Their "MTV" music video
    will be telivised in May sometime.  I don't have the exact date
    right now.
    
    Diane
    

    
    	Did they do anything I might recognize?
    
    							GTI
    

                                                                   
    RE: .2
    
      Is it the same guitarist??? I saw them once with Maximum and they
    were cool. I remember the guitarist doing some screaming stuff.
    
    Who are they playing with at Narcissus???
    
    RE: .3
    
     Why do you think that they "blow"???
    
    								R.C.
    

    I was never a Bang-head myself.  I mean, I remember EARLY Bang days
    (like the 'Jimi and the Trouser-Snakes live here' days!), and I was
    never really into them.  Paul was an good player...I mean, he had
    chops, but no identity IMHO.  He *was* EVH!  Their tunes sounded  *so*
    much live VH too, it was really lame!  I did like the song Summertime,
    however.
    
    Maybe I'll check out the new band

                Very negative attitude, Pete! :')
                

    #.3
    prc
    
    Give these guys some credit huh, they felt they were not going
    to make it in Boston.  One of the original "Bang" members left the
    group, so the rest of them decided to go to New York, find a 
    replacement and within two months of them being in New York they
    got signed by a record company, made an album and already did a
    "MTV" special.  How many Boston bands that you know of got this
    far in such a short time? 
    
    "Bang" did not blow it, they got BETTER.
    
    
    #.4
    GTI
    
    When they were "Bang" all their music was original, still is.  One
    of the songs that made them famous in Boston was "Summertime".
    
    They have written all new songs for there album.
    
    
    #.5
    R.C.
    
    Do you mean the Bass Guitarist?  If you do the answer is yes.  His
    name is Rob DeLuca.
    
    I don't know who they are playing with at Narcissus, sorry.
    
    
    #.6
    prc
    
    None of your statements are true, they have written their own music,
    they have progressed, and they have excellent showmanship.  You
    have a right to your own opinion but like #.8 says "you have a very
    negative attitude".
    
    Read the beginning of this note "Spread Eagle" have done very well
    for themselves.
    
    Diane
    
    
    
    
    

    
    	I heard "Scratch Like a Cat" on the HBB and I liked it ...
    	reminded me of early Motley Crue as far as overall sound
    	and "roughness" goes.
    
    	I'd like to hear more.
    
    	Keep a look out for the "Spread 'Em in the USA" tour.
    
    							GTI
    

    anyone want to enter a review of the show last night at the channel?
    /k

    
    
    	I thought they sounded great... and talk about full of energy..
    	wow.. these guys must have wip-lash after every show!! 
    
    	Then again.. they did'nt go on untill 7 screwdrivers later..
    	;*) >hick<

    
    Picked up the album last night - its not bad, a bit samey.

    re: .12  
    ......they probably needed the screwdrivers to get through the "bimbos
    on parade" portion of the evening. without the drinks they probably
    would have been embarrassed to play after that ridiculousness......../k

    Saw Spread Eagle on the HBB last night... Cool enough band if you
    like your vocals to sound like Bon Scott gargling with Sulphuric
    Acid.... but the whole band sounded a wee bit AC/DC ish... (The
    riffing especially)...
    
    Overall 6/10...
    
    Bonzo (generocity is my failing)

    
    
    I borrowed this tape from one of my friends the other day and I
    listened to it a couple of time.  It is really not that bad.  To
    me they have the sound of the Skid Row on Slave....  In some
    parts I could swear the singer of Spread Eagle is Sebastian (sp?)
    
    Over all not too bad....
    
    						-Seth

    
    
    
    That CD was out LONG before Slave... and it does kick buuutttt!!

    
    
    re:-1 
    Oh... I know it was out LONG before, but I just listened to it this past
    week...   I wasn't comparing them, and saying it was *bad*.   I think it
    is very very good...
    
    						-Seth
    
    I like to listen to stuff that sounds like Slave.

    Yeah,i also rate that album. "Switchblade Seranade" etc.
    
    JOe Strummer.
    

    
    My fav track on that album is the title track.
    
    "When your lying on the floor SPREAD EAGLE!!"
    
    Gotta love it.

    
    Well I had to give to copy I borowed back, so this weekend I went
    out and got my own copy.  "Switchblade Seranade" is a great song.
    re:-1 "Spread Eagle" is a cool song also..  I think the whole tape
    is very good.  Does anyone know what they are up to now?  Will they
    be recording soon?
    
    					-Seth

    
    
    
    	They where around alot last year, but then they seemed to fall
    off the face of the earth... Have'nt heard much of anything... 
    
    The last album is definitely GREAT.. another pure attitude band! 
    
    The vid for "Switchblade Seranade" is also cool...
    
    
    JW-

    
    
    Ohhhhhh...  There is a video... Darn...  I love the song..  I 
    would love to see the video too.   I don't think I have much
    of a chance of them playing it on HBB though...
    
    
    					-Seth

    RE .21    
       They are currently recording their second album which
    should be out sometime around March or so. The working
    title is,'GIVE EM THE BIRD',which I think is rather
    fitting. The bass player , Rob DeLuca is a good friend
    of mine who I grew up with in Delaware, in case you
    were wondering how I know all this. They plan on
    starting live peformances again around New Years
    in the Boston/New York area.
    
    Later,
    Clark C
    

    
    re:24
    
    Great!!! Thanks for the info...  When it gets closer to
    New Years can you let me know (that is if you do) when
    and where they are playing..  I gotta see these guys
    when they come around.  I am in the Boston area (sort of) 8)
    
    					Thanks a bunch,
    						-Seth
                                            

    
    
     Clark,
               Did tommy leave the band ????   I was talking to tommy's
               wife's mother the other night and I think she mentioned
               that he did.......
    
    
                                                 Marko

    
    RE 26
    The last that I heard, as of last week, was that Tommy was going
    to be back in the band. Apparently, They've worked out their
    differences and are ready to get it going again. As far as the
    recording goes, they had someone else lay down the drum tracks
    (The drummer from Billy Idol, I think he said) up until now.
    Whether or not they are going to re-record those tracks with
    Tommy, I'm not sure.
       Personally, I'm glad to hear that it looks like it he
    is going to be back in it. He's a great drummer , a great person,
    and the band wouldn't be the same without him.
    
    Clark C

    But the burning question is...*is* Tommy *really* Jimi of
    the aforementioned "Jimi and the Trouser Snakes"?!?!?  And,
    why was that written on the door of his QUEENSbury St. apt?
    
    Hmmm?  Hmmmm??
    
    Enquiring Minds...

    RE:16
    
      The Skid Row comparison is more ironic than you think. Sebastion
    Bach has come up and sang "Broken City" with Spread Eagle at a few
    gigs and has remarked that it's one of his favorite tunes. The 
    band was impressed by the production of the Spread Eagle album
    and was interested in having Charlie (producer of Spread Eagle)
    work on "Slave to the Grind". That apparantly never worked out,
    but the influence does show. By the way, both bands are good 
    friends with each other.
       I'll let you know when they are coming to Boston, Seth. I
    should find out sometime by mid-November.
    
    Clark C
    
    

	re: -1


	Really?  are you serious?  So then Slave was sort of influenced
	by Spread Eagle?  That is to weird...   I had *no* idea..  I just
	thought they sounded similar.   

	It *must* be around halloween.......  8)

	Thanks for saying you will give me the info...  I can't wait to
	see them...


	-Seth/HMBP

    
      It looks as though the gigs around New Years that I mentioned
    a few notes back have got pushed back to around Feb/Mar. The 
    band is still in the studio finishing the album. I'll post the
    tour dates in here when I find out.
    
    Clark C.
    

    New album due out this spring....
            Drummer Tommi Gallo has returned.
    
                  Frizkid
    

    -1
    
    I figured Tommi would return.  I mean, was "Jimi and the trouser snakes..."
    all for nothing?  methinks not!
    

	Hi all!


	Sat. June 6th Spread eagle will be playing at 
	Derringers in Brockton.......

	For all you fans who wanna go....




					-Sethypooh who is DEFINATELY going
						to this one!!!!!!!!!

    Hi Folks,
    
    I have not been in this notesfile for quite awhile.
    
    I don't know if any of you out there remember the band "BANG"
    from Boston.  They moved to New York about 1 1/2 ago.  They
    changed their name to "SPREAD EAGLE".  Their first album came
    out last year and they are now working on their second album.
    Also, I saw one of the band members last week and they have
    changed alot of their music.
    
    I just thought if any of you are interested in seeing them
    they will be playing on June 9, in Manchester, N.H. at the
    "DEC A Dance" club.  They will be also playing in Boston on
    June 10 but I don't know where yet.  When I found out I will
    post it.
    
    Hope you come to Manchester to see "SPREAD EAGLE".
    
    DIANE
    

	There is already a note for these guys!! ;)


							-Seth

    
    
    
    I think they're playin Saturday (the 6th) at Deringers..

    
    
    
>    I think they're playin Saturday (the 6th) at Deringers..

	Hmmmmm  I have heard that somewhere....

	hehehehehe!!!   see 282.34!!!!  I put that note in last weekend! 


							-Seth

    ...anybody going to see these guys tonight at Axis??.............../k

    Woah, deja vu there /k... you adding/deleting/re-adding those notes
    like that!!  8^)
    
    I'm not going...I've seen BANG! one too many times in my day.  No
    desire to see what Spread Eagle is up to, either!
    
    
    Buck, who remembers the Berklee days and parties over Tommy's apt.
    on Queensbury St. (scary)

    Q:  Does SE still play 'Summertime'?

    ....buck..i don't know what happened..i wrote the note...went to enter
    it and it disappeared...so i had to write it againn....you see/?.....
    saw this band at the channel last year and they were pretty good..../k

    
    
    No sh!t buck, you were at those parties???   We might have meet
    before...   Ah I remember now you were the kid in that little kitchen
    that spilt his beer on me.....  ;^)
    
    
                                                      Mcmark
    

    >No sh!t buck, you were at those parties???  
    
    Yup.  Remember his apt. door had "Jimi and the Trouser Snakes live
    here' written on it, and EVERYTHING was called a 'Jimi'?  8^)
    
    
    >We might have meet before...   Ah I remember now you were the kid in
    >that little kitchen that spilt his beer on me.....  ;^)
    
    Could be.  I looked different back then...I had long curley hair,
    bleached out blonde (ala /k's).  Times do change, huh?
    
    8^)
    

    ...excuse me??...bleached out blonde.....mines natural, except for 
    a couple of streaks here and there and don't you fergit it buckyboy
                                                    ...harrummpff......
    /k

    RE: /k
    
    >...excuse me??...bleached out blonde.....mines natural,
    
    Sorry, poor wording on my part.  What I meant by "like /k's" was
    that it basically looked like yours...blonde and curly, cept only
    the curls were au natural!
    
    Sorry to imply to the general public you were 'on the bottle'  ;')

    
    >          -< ..82",...i was dead...read married.... >-
    
      _    /|   
      \'o.O'    
      =(___)=   Aack!!!
         U      
    

    why thank you for making that statement much clearer.......;'))......./k

    FWIW, I think this band's name is stupid.  I'd have to avoid
    seeing/hearing them on general principles.
    
    gh

    ...eagles??
    
                                                Staynz

    
    
    This band rocks! The last album was the nuts.. HEAVY like the newest
    Skid Row... 
    
    JW-
    

    Has Paul D. gotten over the "I wanna BE Eddie Van Jerkoff" craze yet?!?
    

    
    
    I saw a band on Mtv the other day that was a VH copy, I mean even the
    song on how it was arrainged... I thought I was going to puke......
    
    They problibly could be sued because it's so noticeable.....
    
    
                                                             MCmark

    I saw that too.Even the way the vidio was made was a copy of early
    VH vids.The Clonin_guitarist even did his best"Wide_Open_Mouth_and
    I'm_Excellent_Smile_Eddie"imatation!!
    I can't remember the bands name,because my brain didn't want to.
    
                    Crazy_BAD_Al

    The guitart player was using one of those new Gibson's, with reversed
    ponty headstock, maple board, 3 humbuckers ...

    ....an m3?? and isn't it a humbucker,single,humbucker....?
    
    
    
                                                Staynz

    Pretty sure it's 3 hummers .. I could be wrong though.  

    
    
    
    Are we talkin about the band that sings that song 'rock the craddle' or
    something like that.. uhhhh.. What was the name??? 
    
    Roxxi Blue! (I think) if not.. they reminded me of old VH, mostly cuz
    of the backup vocals...
    
    
    Jwit-

    Bingo !  It's a "Hot For Teacher" rip-off ... with a touch of "Show
    Your Love" thrown in ...
    
    Jerry

    
      New release is due out Sept.1 and it has some killer tracks on it.
    "Fame","The Devils Road", and "Revolution Maker" are the standouts
    in my ears. Rob played me the rough mix a few months ago and I can 
    only imagine how great the cd will be. The band has been playing
    various club gigs through the Northeast, but should launch a
    whole U.S. tour this fall. The last I heard it will called either
    "GIVE 'EM THE BIRD" or "OUT OF ORDER".
    
    
    
                                More later,
                                    Clark C.

	Cool!  Thanks for the info Clark!!


					-Seth

    
      Looks like I spoke too soon a couple replies back. The release
    date has been pushed back to Dec 1. Also the title has been changed
    to "OPEN TO THE PUBLIC". And also again, the song I called "fame"
    is actually "fade away", sorry. Anyway the album's very hot and
    hopefully will be out by christmas.
    
            Clark C.

    Hey Clark,
    
    Ask Tommy about "Jimi & the Trouser Snakes"!

    is that Tommy Gallo you talking about? I played guitar in a band (Iron
    Rage) with hime several years ago. He's was cool, but very off the 
    wall and flakey....
    
    Bob

    Yeah, Tommy Gallo -- I remember Iron Rage (I was working sound for
    most of the major clubs in Beantown back then), but Bob, Tommy is
    a drummer -- were you playing something else, or was this a 
    dual-drummer/Molly Hatchet-type of band??

    I play guitar, too......I was playing rythym and John Williams did all
    of the lead stuff....We did some 8track studio stuff which was cool at
    the time.....I was only in the band for 6 months or so, becuase I got
    tired of their attitudes. Tommy is one strange charachter.
    
            
    Bob

    Anyone remember those seemingly endless BANG! gigs at TT the Bears?

    Howay.
    
    Let`s have less of these puff comments,otherwise i might have to say:
    
    NAEBODY CALLS ME A PUFF.
    
    Er,any news on a new album coming out,btw?
    

    
    
    Went and saw these guys last night at Axis.. Great show.. the new stuff
    sounded great also! I didn't see the whole show (was upstairs), but 
    from what I heard.. I'd buy the next album!
    
    
    Whit-

    Whats the scam on the latest album ?

    
    
    I got a flyer in the mail recently stating something about the 
    new album and release date.. but forget exactly when.. Soon though..
    
    WP-

    
    
    Arrgghh..
    
    Are these guys gonna release something new this century or what ?

    
    
    
    New Album is due out in mid Jan.
    
    

    
    vaporware...
    
    
    
    

    
    
    
    	
    Figured I'd type in the flyer I got in the mail the other day..
    
   -------------------------------------------------
    
          This is a band you get into.
    	
    		SPREAD EAGLE
    	     OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
      The New Album In Stores January 19
    
    
    		Featuring
    	     "Devils Road,"
    		"Shine,"
    	      "Fade Away,"
    		  and
           "Revolution Maker"
    
    
    	 On MCA CDs And Cassettes
    
    
    	Tour Coming Soon To A Town Near You
    
    
    	  Spread Eagle World Wide
        P.O. Box 914, Saugus MA 01906
      Hear a taste of the New Spread Eagle
     		
      	   1 - 818 - 777 - 6182 
    ------------------------------------------
    
    
    
    Thats about it....
    
    
    

    
    Bought the first album after watching 'Switchblade Seranade' on Raw
    Power and it has to be one of my favourites from my collection, great
    songs, amazing guitarist , real heavy. 
    
    re :- Previous notes about the release of their second album, did it
    actually come out in Jan and if so why are there no more notes on it.
    
    Dean.
    

    
    
    Yes, the new album "Open to the Public" is out. 
    
    EXCELLENT album.. a must buy.. if you liked the 1st one, you'll like
    this one..
    
    
    Whit-

    
    Finally got the new album and I'm impressed but ...
    
    Not too keen on the mixing. In places the bass is far to low in the
    mix and the guitar is a little muddy. There are times when the bass 
    needs a fuller sound (like on Shine On). The guitar playing is pretty 
    good but the main glitch for me is that they seem to still be trying 
    to find their own style and so the songs are a little shaky but overall, 
    thumbs up.
    
    (mhofwiw)
    -Tony

    ...just heard that 'spread eagle' formerly bang is now named 'GOAT
    SINGER'......hey, i'm just reporting what i heard.....apparently
    theyr'e playing the rockpile tonight with jake e. lee ............./k

    GOAT SINGER?!?  ...and I thought Mud Slick was a stupid name!!  8^)
    
    I tell ya, some people just don't get it!!
    
    
    Buck, who liked em when they were BANG!

    
    
    
    Say what?!

    ....what can i tell you....i just called the rockpile and that's what
    they said............;')........i predict the next band name they'll 
    choose will be something like 'toejam'........if of course
    'goat-singer' doesn't work out...............;')....../k
    

    corrected note title...
    

    ....greg..you've got to change the note title again....mudslick isn't
    part of the equation..that's a little private joke between myself and
    buck.....i think it went like this Bang>spread eagle>goat
    singer....quite the collection, eh?....................../k

    Thanks Karen, I wasn't sure, from the discussion.  This is better
    anyway, since it all fits on the screen.
    
    gh

    ..don't worry..we'll probably found out that this was all a horrible
    joke and you'll have to change it again..............;"))........./k

    
    toejam and earl... a cool band name :')
    

    Goat singer........crappest name out!Mind you,wasn't there a band
    called  "Rhino bucket" at one point?
    
    						ian
    

    
     Well, actually Rob Deluca (Bass) is the only member from Spread 
    Eagle and/or Bang that is in Goatsinger. The music is quite 
    different , sorta Nirvana-ish with the singer throwing in a 
    lot of poetry (ala Moody Blues). Poetry metal, I guess. I went
    to visit Rob in May and saw Goatsinger at CBGB'S in New York.
    Great show!! Hopefully, they'll find a deal soon and put something
    out. 
                                Clark C.