THE JACKIE EARLE HALEYS - The Unreleased Tapes

Dug up some stuff from the vault.I was supposed to release this last year at this time,as there was a song to be pulled from this session,(our last full recording,recorded,mixed ,mastered and put to cassette ,all in one night!),that was slated for the 100 band compilation ,"Big Tit Hoagie" ,which has still not got it's shit together ,and gotten released yet,sheesh! Myself was on vocals,lyrics,and drums,mostly,maybe a little guitar as well.Billy Drake,did all lead guitars,and was/is the greatest guitarist I've ever known.Even though this band was based on 70's bands like T.Rex,Sweet,Kiss,Slade,and other rock and hard rock bands,Billy was as knowlegeable at  70's rock as he was at psych,folk,flamenco,grunge,and any other style you may want to mention.As well as being a multi-instrumentalist,as most all of us were in the close-knit Ft. Myers scene.Vance Burdge ,my best pal,is on bass,and some guitars as well.He did the recordings thru an analog 4-track cassette recorder,the same kind of old machinery that I still use til this day.Vance also mixed this stuff ,I believe,It may have been me,we both would do those duties,sometimes both of us would do our own mix,so there would be different versions /mixes ,of the songs.Vance is one of the most talented musicians I know of,multi-instrumental,plus studio ,mix,master,recording know-how.Anyway,back to these recordings,10 tracks of 70's styled rock,although we were getting a little bit too far away from home here,straying off into ballads,blues,funk,southern-rock,a cover of a Supersuckers tune,and a handful of tunes that both musically and lyrically,hearken back to our beginnings.When the band started it was just me and Vance.Billy joined ,eventually ,because he was usually hanging out while Vance and I were writing songs.At one point ,we had a full -line-up adding Mike Smith on drums,and recorded 3 practice sessions,2 of which I have,and need to upload.The first Haleys release was cobbled together from almost every tape session we recorded.There were many songs left off,and there will be a new compilation posted here,soon,as well as those live sessions.We were practicing so we could play gigs,but our drummer didn't really like the "rock and roll" sound of the band and left soon after.We never played live,but Vance and I did acoustic versions of a couple Haleys tracks at an open mic night at The Draft House in downtown Ft. Myers,back when it was a shit hole,and not all glitzy and glamorous like today.We did record one more song after this session,our last tune is called ,"(I Wanna Be A) Busboy",and is on the first compilation ,found elsewhere on this blog,if you want to hear the sound of a band making it happen,even in the face of breaking up.There's more to come,don't be sad.This isn't our best work,but it still ranks up there .
CLICK HERE https://sluggishatapes.bandcamp.com/album/the-jackie-earle-haleys-the-unreleased-tapes 

BUZZ WORKSHOP -Pollinator

Ed,Joel Rizzo,Tall Ray,and Mike Smith,on 4/28/1996,live at Club 5455,in Crime Manor.A lot of good was done on this day.A great recording,and a Zappa cover of,"Dumb All Over". "Buick MacKane",by T.Rex ,is also covered."Opening Number",is the eleventh song on this thing,and it would be a fine song to open a set with.Lots more great stuff,I could go on all nite about how great these guys are,although ,they are hardly ever downloaded.You people don't know what you're missing,I'll tell you what!
CLICK HERE: http://archive.org/download/BuzzWorkshop-pollinator/687BuzzWorkshop-pollinator.zip 

POOPY NECROPONDE -Burlap

This here's Poopy ,from Sockeye,Fossil Fuel,Dr. Bitch,and a hundred other bands,And this shit is dope! Starts off with a Rudimentary Peni number,goes into a doomy metal sound,and eventually gels into an updated T Rex./Bowie sound!Especially on the Flag Wavers Song. Check this out,I think it's on Sludgesicle Records.It rules!!Rock On Poopy!!
CLICK HERE:
http://www.mediafire.com/?78db19h6z85h4mr

ZATH-Zinc Ape Toilet Hangers

This is the pinnacle of the tardcore scene!Brand new band for 2010,with Food Fortunata,and myself,G O D,with a sound reminiscent of early Doobie Brothers!Don't get scared,I'm kidding!I sent Food some music and he sang on it,Food sent me music ,I sang on it,and we smashed it together for this release.Alcohol was involved.I e-mailed Food a couple words(ape hangers),he e-mailed me(zinc toilet)and we smashed that together as well!This will be an ongoing project,the letters will be an anagram,and have new meaning with each release!22 tracks of zippity dippity fun!vive' le ZATH!Finally a meeting of the kings of tardcore's main movers and shakers.Sluggisha meets Wheelchair!also available thru wcfoom records and tapes and cd thingys.out now!download  here!with a couple semi-T.Rex covers.
CLICK HERE: https://zath2.bandcamp.com/album/z-a-t-h-zinc-ape-toilet-hangers 

THE JACKIE EARLE HALEYS

okay,i wrote all the lyrics and the songs are all true stories.total 70's rock god worship lotsa t.rex,sweet,kiss,refrences.lotsa hookers,drugs,sneakin out at night,skippin' school,gettin' in trouble,smokin,drinkin,drivin,hot rods, hot chicks,love,love lost,power ballads,good hard rock before metal came about,still kinda has that punky(meadows)edge.if you lived thru the 70's,watched that 70's show,have a passing interest in any thing teenage related,smoke herb,went to high school(why do you think they call it "high"school?),or just are a culture fan,you will surely enjoy this.ed on vocals,vance on bass,billy on guitar,and we all played drums and switched around instruments.i started myself in 92,wrote the first 2 e.p.s,vance joined part way thru 2nd e.p.then by 94vance and i wrote abunch more tunes ,at which time somewhere into this era,billy joined.by the end of the year we had a full lineup including also tony and mike smith.only 3 rehearsals 2 tapes exist and that was it,never played live but coulda opened for the donnas or the runaways if given the chance.i'll tell more when i put more haleys up.kelly leek as he was known in the bad news bears,the bad news bears in breaking training,and the bad news bears go to japan,jackie earle haley was a bad kid.perfect name to relate these tunes of teen angst and joy.CLICK HERE: https://sluggishatapes.bandcamp.com/album/the-jackie-earle-haleys