Conference napalm::heavy_metal

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CSC32::J_HERNANDEZ                                    5 lines  29-AUG-1988 10:45
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    I once saw a band called Moxy Roxx at DJ's night club, not sure
    if is the same one cuz I wuz pretty hammered.
    
    devildog

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VICKI::STAGING                                        2 lines  29-AUG-1988 10:50
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    RE:214.1
    WHERE IS DJ'S LOCATED? 

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CSC32::J_HERNANDEZ                                   15 lines  29-AUG-1988 13:40
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    DJ's was in Colorado Springs. It was a 3.2 heavy metal bar. Some
    of the bands that appeared there was: Molly Hatchet, Great White,
    MSG, Alcatraz, Loverboy, Axe, Anthrax, Helix,and more that I can't 
    think of. Jag Panzer (ever heard of them?) useta  play there a lot. 
    The place closed down when they changed the drinking age to 21.
       <insert sentimental music here>
    I loved that place and remember many a night getting hammered and
    jamming to whatever band was there, talking to the Snatch and her
    friends and playing quarters. I especially remember on amateur <sp>
    night when D.Zaster area made their first (and last )appearance
    there when we threw beer on the crowd and Zoo kicked his amp and
    nearly started a fire. That was one wild place!!!
    
    the devildog who now lives in a city without a heavy metal bar.

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CSC32::J_HERNANDEZ                                   10 lines  29-AUG-1988 15:25
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    Actually if you're ever in C.S. you oughta check out O'Furry's or
    Meadow Muffins, both are wilder crowds, no cover, 49 cent drafts
    and $1.99 long Island Iced Teas. The only places in town outside
    of CIty Lights that you can still see people trying to dance to
    AC/DC.  Most other places are for picking up women. (not that I'm
    against that, sometimes I just wanna rock out with some friends
    and kill beers!!)
    
    the devil dog who loves to drink beer 

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NINJA::COOPER "I got the tone, He's got the bone !"  11 lines  30-AUG-1988 06:54
            -< If that telephone booth in the corner could talk... >-
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    I was staying with some friends and skiing (Copper Mtn,Vail etc...)
    and one night I went down to Meadow Muffins  and another place across
    the street (kinda diagonal, if I remeber correctly thru my alcoholic
    haze) Isn't that O'furry's ?
    
    Anyhow, Muffin's was the gnads.  $.99 mixed drinks, and way-cool
    bufflo wings...
    
   jc

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CSC32::J_HERNANDEZ                                    6 lines  30-AUG-1988 11:12
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    re .9 The place you are refering to is Thunder and Buttons, not
    a bad place but not Meadow Muffins.
    
    the devil dog who's been carried out of Colorado Springs' finest
    bars.  

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CSC32::G_HOUSE "Big Yolanda will get YOU!"           16 lines   2-SEP-1988 11:23
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    re: Colorado Springs night life...
    
    Meadow Muffins has been really dead the last few times I've been
    there.  Don't know what the problem is. 
    
    City Lights has some decent R&R and HM bands, but the drinks are
    expensive and there's almost always a cover.
      
    For a C&W bar, Cowboys is pretty good.  Not to my taste though.
    
    This area has very little to offer me because I don't dance and
    I don't womanize.  I like to watch good live bands.  There are very
    few local bands that appeal to me and VERY few clubs that even bother
    having live bands.
    
    gh

      Rats- I would've thought the Springs would have a little more
    nightlife than what I'm hearing. Syracuse, NY isn't exactly the
    Big Apple either but we have a decent amount of options as far as
    seeing live bands. The Lost Horizon ( also known as the Lost Whore
    Zone) just had Bad English last Sunday night, this Thursday is Blue
    Oyster Cult, Trevor Rabin in two weeks, and numerous HM or near
    HM bands five days a week! The place holds 1200. Syracuse has at
    least five other bars that ROCK and numerous country, blues, and
    jazz clubs. Anyone that complains about not having much nightlife
    here ( for a city of 350,000) can't read the weekly "New Times".
      
      I play out in a band and don't know if I could handle living in
    a city where a decent band can't get steady gigs. My band never
    travels more than an hour out of town and we're booked steady.
      Do people in the Springs travel up to Denver a lot to catch a
    good bar show?

    >  Rats- I would've thought the Springs would have a little more
    >nightlife than what I'm hearing. 
    
    There are a few clubs, but we're talking like 50-100 seats max, except
    for one place (City Lites) which if I remember right, seats about 250. 
    They have a few national recording artists play around, but nobody real
    big.  
    
    As far as local bands, things are maybe a little better then they were
    when I wrote that.  There seem to be several bands that play around on
    a regular basis at this point.
    
    My band is still working on getting enough material together to play
    clubs so we haven't explored how easy/difficult it is to get hired yet. 
    Check back in a couple of months...  
    
    None of these clubs will hire bands that play originals (as far as I
    can tell). Skip Turnbaughs' band Hydra plays pretty much exclusively in
    Denver because of this.  I'm sure he could tell ya a lot more, as he's
    played around town here for several years. 
    
    The real deficiency in my eyes is the lack of clubs that will hire a
    hard rock/metal band.  There's only a couple that I know of (City
    Lites, The Gardens).
    
    >  I play out in a band and don't know if I could handle living in
    >a city where a decent band can't get steady gigs. My band never
    >travels more than an hour out of town and we're booked steady.
    
    Sounds really nice...  I guess people are more into live entertainment
    there.
    
    >  Do people in the Springs travel up to Denver a lot to catch a
    >good bar show?

    Should they ever want to, that's about the only choice.
    
    gh
          

>    They have a few national recording artists play around, but nobody real
>    big.  

	 Unfortunately this is true....a lot of the up and coming acts
	 get around here, but very few of the already hot acts....we
	 just don't have a big enough place for them to play....
	     
>    The real deficiency in my eyes is the lack of clubs that will hire a
>    hard rock/metal band.  There's only a couple that I know of (City
>    Lites, The Gardens).

	 Screaming Elrods, Meadow Muffins (occasionally), The
	 Cavalcade (sp?) in Pueblo.....

	 I think what needs to be remembered here, that even in Mass,
	 people drive 1 hour+ to see a show......you can easily drive
	 an hour here and see anything you want in Denver....and an
	 even bigger selection in Boulder.  The problem is that people
	 back east are used to commuting, we aren't.

	 Regardless of what people think, Colorado Springs is not a thriving
	 major metropolis.
	 	    

	 One of the major problems with the Springs that I see, as
	 Greg stated, is that no one will hire you if all you play are
	 originals...all the clubs here vie for the crowds, and they
	 feel you can't get a crowd without the popular music....

	 kath

    >	 Screaming Elrods, Meadow Muffins (occasionally), The
    >	 Cavalcade (sp?) in Pueblo.....
    
    I'd much rather go to Denver then Pueblo...
    
    Meadow Muffins?  I've never heard of a hard rock/metal band playing
    there, I just can't see it.
    
    Screaming Elrods, they're sure pushing themselves with the hype.  I
    have my doubts that they'll survive very long.  There have been like
    five different clubs in that same building over the past couple of
    years.  The bottom line is that it's in a pretty nasty location and (on
    the outside anyway) looks like a dive.  Anyone actually been there? 
    How is it?
    
    gh

Perhaps we should carry on the discussion from 99.lastely here ??

I noticed in  -.1 that Greg would rather travel to Denver than Pueblo.
Dood, as I've been raving about all weekend to ya, Cavalcade kicks
major fanny !!  I think you should come there Thursday night and see
for yourself.  :)

Cavalcade (IMHO) is better than The Gardens and Boomers and Rack-n-roll
put together.  Quite a crowd, and a classy/clean place too.  Too bad they only
do metal night on Thursday.  A four nighter down there would be a nice gig!

jc

    Coop,Greg: Do you guys know of any Christian "H_M" out here?
      I know a couple guys that are always trying to put one together but
    I never here of them. I guess it's not my scene but I can't think of
    even one.  
    
            Frizkid
    

    Re-1
         What are YOU talking about?
    
                          Frizkid
    

He was commenting on your use of quotes to (seemingly) imply that 
Christian Metal is not real metal.

Anyway, I know of one band that our sound dood plays with/runs sound 
for.  They don't play on the "circuit" though.  I think they do specialty
shows and a lot church gigs and stuff.  They're busy, I know that.

jc (who thinks J_N would go over BIG here)

    I don't know of any Christian HM bands out here.  I see ads
    occasionally on music store bulletin boards, but I sure don't know
    where the bands (if they ever get together) play.
    
    gh

    FWIW-The Zimbricks played their last show last night at the Clubhouse.
     We went as a favor to the singer because the music was way alternative
    but I enjoyed some of it.  The alternative scene is doing good with
    plenty of freakshows on display walking around. 
    All I can say is...The Clubhouse has a cool pooltable and the
    Headbangers had full rights to it all night. 8)
    
                 friz
    

    The Zimbricks?  I had a teacher at Doherty named Zimbrick.

    Jesse: That's who the band was named after...The singer went to
    Doherty.    They even had his head ona goffy little boy on the inside
    of their tape.
    
           Friz
    

    NO sh*t Huh?  Too funny. WHo is da singer?

    Mike Stevens....
    
                Friz
    

    Why did they split up?
    
    gh

    Greg: When the Zimbricks started out they were more jingle/jangles
    stuff and then they started getting a following...The some of the guys
    in the band started thinking they needed to sound "different" ala:
    Soundgarden/Nirvana.  Which in fact made them sound generic and Seattle
    sounding. Mike asked Pose what he thought and he said he like em'
    before they changed. Mike thought about it for along time and decieded
    he did too but hte rest of the guys wanted to stay the way they're
    going. So Mike left....He's really talanted and probably doesn't need a
    band.  I guess Mike and Pose really respect each other opinion?
    
               Friz
    

>So Mike left....He's really talanted and probably doesn't need a
>    band.  
    
    What do you mean?  He's gonna do solo shows or what?
    
>    I guess Mike and Pose really respect each other opinion?
           
    Sounds that way.
    
    gh (who likes both those kinds of music)

    Mike is a singer/guitarist/drummer. (What a deadly combo!) ACK!
         I don't think he'll do solo shows....I'm sure he'll just put
    another band together. Greg, I think you'd like the stuff he does.
    
     Yea...I also think TOO much of what each other think. I feel like
    taking a stick to Pose's head when he comes up with this "Mike said"
    sh*t!  
    
            Friz
    

>    Mike is a singer/guitarist/drummer. (What a deadly combo!) ACK!
    
    Oh, so you mean he could *record* all the stuff himself if he was into
    it, right?  Could be cool...
    
>Greg, I think you'd like the stuff he does.
    
    Perhaps, what's it like?
    
>    I feel like taking a stick to Pose's head when he comes up with this
>    "Mike said" sh*t!   
    
    He probably thinks that when you say that "Greg said..." stuff too (if
    you ever actually passed on the stuff I told you).
    
    gh                     

    Yea...He could record all the stuff by himself if he wanted.
    
      His material is real alternative(?) I don't know...But it's more up
    your alley than mine.
    
      Greg said stuff: HA!HA! Very true...I tell them some stuff.
    
                  FRIZ
    

    ANYWAYS........
    Check out Pure Energy Nightclub 
    They have kick*ss bands every friday night