Gun Club, Pt. 2: Walking with the Beast: 1983-85

Posted by Lance Davis - June 21, 2015 - Chris Stein, Debbie Harry, El Monte, Gun Club, Jeffrey Lee Pierce, Los Angeles, Sean-Michael Yoder

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Last August, my old Chico runnin’ buddy, Sean-Michael Yoder, became the first guest writer in the history of The Adios Lounge. I let Sean run loose on the early history of The Gun Club, particularly their first 2 albums, Fire Of Love (1981) and Miami (1982). For years, Gun Club was a band I’d […]

I Stand for Language, I Speak for Truth, I Shout for History

Posted by Lance Davis - September 18, 2014 - D. Boon, George Hurley, Hüsker Dü, Joe Carducci, Los Angeles, Michael T. Fournier, Mike Watt, Minutemen, San Pedro

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“Punk wasn’t a style of music, it was a state of mind, and the style of music was up to each band doing it.” –Mike Watt 30 years ago this summer, The Minutemen — D. Boon (guitar, vocals), Mike Watt (bass, vocals) & George Hurley (drums, percussion, vocals) — released Double Nickels On The Dime, […]

Gun Club: Preachin’ the Word, Pt. 1

Posted by Lance Davis - August 7, 2014 - Gun Club, Howlin' Wolf, Jeffrey Lee Pierce, Los Angeles, Nirvana, Sean-Michael Yoder, Sex Pistols, X

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Last November, my good buddy, Sean-Michael Yoder, wrote the first guest post in Adios Lounge history (Death and Renaissance in Smog City: L.A. 1978-85). Well, Sean is here to write the second guest post, a variation on the original theme (Los Angeles punk). However, this time he mainly focuses on 3 bands: X, Gun […]

Death and Renaissance in Smog City: L.A. 1978-85

Posted by Lance Davis - November 17, 2013 - Blasters, Crawdaddys, Flesh Eaters, Gun Club, John Doe, Legal Weapon, Los Angeles, Middle Class, Plugz, Rank And File, Redd Kross, Repo Man, Sean-Michael Yoder, Tex And The Horseheads, X

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For the first time in Adios Lounge history, I’m having someone else write a post. (What do you mean I have control issues? That doesn’t sound like me. Must wash hands.) Anyway, I’ve known Sean-Michael Yoder for over 20 years. He was my assistant music director at KCSC (Chico State) in the early ’90s and […]

Keeps Me Wonderin’ What Might’ve Been

Posted by Lance Davis - April 23, 2013 - Dolly Parton, Doug Sahm, George Drakoulias, Jayhawks, LaVern Baker, Lone Justice, Los Angeles, Maria McKee, Sir Douglas Quintet

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Maria McKee, You Gotta Sin To Get Saved, 1993

“And where will you be in 1993? Still sitting in the same chair Sinning is for sinners and I’m just a beginner But, I’ve never really been touched there” —Soul Asylum, “Never Really Been,” 1986 “You gotta sin to get saved.” –Maria McKee, 1993 It’s largely overlooked, if not outright dismissed, but Maria McKee‘s […]