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Anyone recall this Ray Zell led Band?
Just found the live tape I did. Got some pic's also from the gig.
I have the vinyl album and the 12" single also.
From memory, I beleive the album was release on the same day as the Babysitters album and also on the same label! I used to play them both back to back. Brilliant at the time!
I remember the name but never heard any of their stuff. I know it was Ray's band but only knew of him thru Kerrang, and Pandora Peroxide.
I moved my copy on over to CD. Oddly enough, it was a battle on eBay between this and The Babysitters that brought me into touch with Buttz. I was trying to get this album, and The Babysitters album, but I had trouble getting the Babysitters one, as somebody was fighting me for it. Guess who? I could only afford one at the time, and it seemed the other person really wanted the Babysitters one, so I let it go. For some reason I offered to make a copy of the Babysitters album for the winner (I think the seller was starting to seem a little questionable), if they never got the album. I had a copy of tape, and I had transfered it to CD. He wrote back and it was Buttz. Pretty crazy, actually. Poor guy, I've been bugging him off and on ever since then. [img]biggrin.gif[/img]
Oh yes,they were kewl.Saw them once play with Liza Dominique in London :-)
marionette were the best band in the world for a year.. so we nicked their drummer Pig for a while. They never wanted to headline a gig, never did , and everybody loved them. Ray was the best frontman, and his brother Kev was on the bass...He was the third best bass player....
I never heard them neither... have a load of pix still though.
Ermh,this band was actually called The Marionettes
<font size="4" face="Arial">No, Zell's band was Marionette. The Marionettes (formerly the Screaming Marionettes) were a Goth band. They did the magnificent "Ave Dementia".Quote:
Originally posted by Sherri Sixxx:
Ermh,this band was actually called The Marionettes
<font size="4" face="Arial">Buttz, what was "Pig"'s real name(look who I'm asking [img]wink.gif[/img] ) ?? BTW...who was in the band when the tracks on TOD were cut?Quote:
Originally posted by Buttz:
marionette were the best band in the world for a year.. so we nicked their drummer Pig for a while. They never wanted to headline a gig, never did , and everybody loved them. Ray was the best frontman, and his brother Kev was on the bass...He was the third best bass player....
An interview with Ray Zell on Sleazegrinder soon...
Pig's real name was Pig. He was quite big at the time. "Trash on delivery" was everyone's first recording. I think that Pig played for us, as well as Marionette on that album. Stik Wunonim joined us later when his band Bad Detective split. Marionettes' Ray and Kev were Alice Cooper fans, and Jimbo and I were more ..well.."Nolans"y. Hang on,.. Pigs real name was Adam.. Pig.....
Happy days..."T.O.D".. That's a good album. I think that was Rays first album cover design??
<font size="4" face="Arial">So "Pig" was basically the drummer for both Marionette and you, at least at that time. Bad Detective, Favourite Record, great!! Of course you and Jimbo were Nolansy, 'Tis Only A Windup [img]wink.gif[/img] !!Quote:
Originally posted by Buttz:
Pig's real name was Pig. He was quite big at the time. "Trash on delivery" was everyone's first recording. I think that Pig played for us, as well as Marionette on that album. Stik Wunonim joined us later when his band Bad Detective split. Marionettes' Ray and Kev were Alice Cooper fans, and Jimbo and I were more ..well.."Nolans"y. Hang on,.. Pigs real name was Adam.. Pig.....
Happy days..."T.O.D".. That's a good album. I think that was Rays first album cover design??
Yeah, TOD is good. I have wonderd why so much of it was reissued material of major bands, mostly under the name of one member. I recall Crash KO was supposed to be on it, what happened there? It was supposed to be all new image bands, what happened?
Is TOD going to be reissued on CD. If so, how about its companion, Rock Pretty??
To be honest, I was only aware of a few of the bands at that time. The Babysitters had really only formed for a laugh (as there weren't many bands around having fun). I was 17 when it was recorded, everyone else was older, and in charge, and before I knew what was happening...... Our two tracks were basically recorded live, I think that was the deal,whereas "Rock Pretty" where the ego's set in, and everyone had a producer all of a sudden. We put the "Beard Song" on just to bring it down to earth.
"The Beard Song" was the first thing I ever heard by you lot. A mate of mine was DJing at a local club and played it, causing multiple outbreaks of "What the fuck was that?".
Ah Yes'Rock Pretty' now there's an Album I just dug out!!
I made the T-Shirt of the cover, as I loved that drawing at the time! There were a few of the best bands of the time on there! The album came out before the Sitter's album so the tracks were the sitter's did were slightly different.
The Grip were on there too. and a band that went on to support Wrathchild... Napalm Hearts, I have a photo of them with me posing with 'em!!! I have their demo tape that I bought the first time I saw and met Wrathchild. Marrionette were on there too.
What the hell happened to Aunt May? These must of been the only tracks by them that got put down on vinyl? They always seemed to be gigging at the time.
Surely they should of put an album out??
This album was great at the time, although like Buttz has said was probably a bit over produced.
But for us out side of London it was the only music available of thes bands. We wanted to hear 'em and this was as near as dam it, we could get!
<font size="4" face="Arial">What a great song, That great in fact, my band, THe Gutter Cats played this live for a number of years and even recorded it! (don't worry Buttz we made nothing on it!) Can send ya a copy! We actually did an extended version (about 15mins) and threw in a bit of Monty Python .... Always Look On The Bright Side of Life!!!! Shame we never recorded the live version.Quote:
Originally posted by LeeRatbag:
"The Beard Song" was the first thing I ever heard by you lot. A mate of mine was DJing at a local club and played it, causing multiple outbreaks of "What the fuck was that?".
Aunt May was a bloke who thought he was Alice Cooper. He would shuffle on stage dressed as an old hag, and then suddenly...
I didn't like his show, but he was a nice bloke. He appeared on "Stars in your arse" on t.v. a couple of years ago..as Alice Cooper. He lost.