Dead Boys re-union tour

[Sherri Sixxx]

Dead Boys Come to Life - Veteran punks reunite for spring tour

When singer Stiv Bators died in 1990, the prospect of a Dead Boys
reunion seemed to be snuffed out.

"We all agreed that that would be it," admits drummer Johnny Blitz. "I
guess time heals."

Indeed it does, as the group will be getting back together for a U.S.
tour this spring. The impetus for the reunion came when the surviving
Boys -- Blitz, bassist Jeff Magnum, and guitarists Cheetah Chrome and
Jimmy Zero -- were invited to do a Q&A session and performance (with
Chrome and Zero filling in for Bators behind the mike) in September in
their original home base of Cleveland.

Blitz recalls, "I said, 'It sounds like a great idea to me, but I
doubt you're going to get everybody else to agree to this.'"

To his surprise, the other surviving Dead Boys were game. "It was just
amazing," says Blitz. "I couldn't believe how tight we were. Two
nights of rehearsal and then we did the show."

Although the Dead Boys' story originated in Cleveland, it wasn't until
the group began trekking to New York City's CBGB club that they carved
their niche. Equipped with a stack of raw punk anthems and a stage
show that rivaled Iggy Pop's in both confrontation and
unpredictability, the Dead Boys issued a pair of albums, 1977's Young
Loud and Snotty and 1978's We Have Come For Your Children, before
burning out.

The group reunited sporadically for live gigs throughout the Eighties,
while Bators also fronted the goth-punk supergroup, Lords of the New
Church. But on June 4, 1990, Bators died from injuries sustained after
a car hit him while he walking on a sidewalk in Paris.

During the ensuing years, the Dead Boys continued to be name-checked
by such chart-topping rockers as Guns n' Roses, Pearl Jam and the
Beastie Boys, who have all either covered or sampled Dead Boys songs.

While the Cleveland show stuck strictly to the classics, the
forthcoming dates may very well include new compositions.

"Apparently there is new material, but that's between Jimmy and
Cheetah," says Blitz. "But I think we'll have enough time to put some
new songs together."

[Carl I.]

Good Lord. Well, atleast these guys aren't getting somebody knew. Nice to see it will still be the band, just without Stiv. Ya know? This one I will look into and probably support.

The Lords can still go fuck themselves.

[TheGlamMessiah]

[B]<font size=4 color=purple>Wow,I'm amazed..I played CBGB's in the 80's when the members of the Dead Boys all showcased their own bands...Johnny Blitz rode in our trusty Ford Econoline cuz their van puked midway thru New York State..So here we were...8 rawkers equipment and the manager that hosed us all in one van...but thatz another story..

<font color="#FF0000" size="1">[ January 29, 2005 03:16 PM: Message edited by: Markii Burnaway ]</font>