iamthebassman wrote:Faves
1. The Elton John Band
2. The Jam
3. The Band
Least Faves
1. REO Speedwagon
2. Styx
3. Journey
Reminds me of a story....I was in a Punk band in Texas during the late 70s, we had a show in Corpus Christi and were at a local radio station for an interview to promote that night's show. During the live interview I started noticing all the gold records on the walls; REO, Styx, Journey, Van Halen; really horrible stuff, and I started going off on the DJ, asking why she plays such horrid music, this garbage is so outdated, had she even heard the Sex Pistols? She was stunned. Corpus Christi was, probably still is, a backwards little town, completely isolated from anything of cultural significance. It's all about smoking pot and surfing. Anyway, the gig that night was packed! The whole town turned out to boo/injure/kill us. It was a fantastic show, someone even got backstage afterwards and punched our singer in the face, luckily our huge roadie took care of the guy, and we had to have a police escort from the building to our van, and from the parking lot to the freeway out of town. The venue, "The Ritz", an old converted theatre banned us from ever playing there again. They had banned two other acts previously; Patti Smith, who'd played there a couple months before us. and Elvis Presley, who'd played there in the early Sixties.
Outstanding Ron! Brings to mind many lovely memories
