ONE FELL SWOOP - Live! at the Corkscrew Ranch ,Ft. Myers ,Florida ,3/21/1992

This is the second to last show by these guys (the next day was our final gig at Serena's ,a rock/metal club in Cape Coral ,but more on that later!) We were first to play in a line-up of over 10 bands ,our first time with a bass player ,Vance Burdge ,helping us out. The music sounds top-notch ,but we were out doors ,and the P.A. system was not loud enough to catch most of the vocals.Pictured above is beautiful, royal palm-lined McGregor Blvd. ,a side-road off of which led to the ranch.A very receptive crowd of everyone in the scene was in attendance ,and it was one of our finest moments. As previously mentioned ,the next day was our last show at Serena's ,and we had a flyer which stated it was a benefit for some dead girl ,who was not actually dead ,at the time ,and her parents were awfully pissed off ,when they learned of our advertisement.There were hair-bands and metal-heads galore ,we were the only alt-rock college music band playing ,and they sent us off to the upstairs stage ,while they ruled the main stage on the lower floor. Since we had drawn a crowd upstairs ,these fucking heshers followed us up ,as to eject us from the stage.A classic line was thrown at me and Chipmonk by one of them ,"Hey ,did you teach him to play guitar ,or did he teach you?" My reply was ,"We taught each other!" They did not like that,to say the least. Sadly the gig was not recorded,so this Corkscrew Ranch gig ,is our final recorded legacy. There is still one missing studio track ,with the core trio ,and Eric "Trig" Triglet ,on vocals (produced by Vance at his Kitty Grind Studios ,in the Cape). When I locate that ,I will surely post it ,as well as some remixes from various live offerings. Enjoy it ,and wish yourself back to the salad days of the FTM. Recorded 20 years ago,today!!!!!
CLICK HERE: http://archive.org/download/OneFellSwoop-LiveAtTheCorkscrewRanchft.Myersflorida3211992/OneFellSwoop-LiveAtTheCorkscrewRanchft.Myersfla.zip

ONE FELL SWOOP - Nubiles Galore

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On this ,their final home recording (next up is the live gig tapes ,from the Draft House and other locales!) the trio is joined by Sean Sommers ,and a few "real" nubiles ,Shannon and T.J. This day also saw the one-off recording of a side band ,Li'l Shavers (found elsewhere on this blog) There is also one long-lost track (Pull The Trig) ,recorded in Cape Coral at Mumsy's ,by Count Vance ,with Ed,Joel,& Chipmonk playing ,and Eric "Trig" Triglet, on vocals and mini vacuum ,which I will locate and post ,soon! On this particular recording ,tho' , Black Flag's "Nothing Left Inside" leads it off ,followed swiftly by the golden oldie ,"Shave And A Haircut" ,and then runs thru 6 more college-rock tunes ,and ends with a lo-fi voyeristic track ,"Packin' It In (With The Meat Puppets) ,wherein the core trio talks about several issues and the upcoming Meat Puppets show. A great band ,spun off from the mighty Cat Machine! You deserve everything that's coming to you! I'm talking directly to you ,the listener! Hope you take my tip! Recorded at Cat Machine house ,20 years ago today! Jan. 16,1992!

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ONE FELL SWOOP - Swoopin' Time !

It was 20 years ago on this day ,that Ed , Joel ,& Chipmonk recorded this tape , 9/26/1991 ,at Cat Machine house. There is a cover of "Black Betty" ,mixed into the 3 part finale ,"Swoop And Ska". Also a true story about a "Bogus Bomb" ,that was placed on the Cape Coral bridge ,at the time. And of course ,more of their trademark indie/diy/college rock sound ,that they were known for. Some down-east dialogue slips into the first track ,"Tie The Dog Loose,Jake" ,and the tune "Body Distortion" ,has some cool intercut samples during the playing of the song!
9 tracks ,in slightly over an hour, that slide down easy ,like that first cuppa java in the a.m.These guys were, and still are, cool beyond compare!
CLICK HERE:
http://www.mediafire.com/?0oqcvqhhhxsca27

SEXBOY-mumsy demos

this was a short-lived line-up(one day,in fact)of sexboy vocals,vance guitar,tony rizzo bass,and mike smith drums.it wasn't really tony's thing,tho and for some reason,mike didn't seem to like it either,it's just out and out punk-rock to the max!. cool session,8 songs,all live staples,except one curiosity."wreck of me" is here,the only time played by a full band.live at vance's mom's living room,in cape coral,hence the title.pic is from a show with deep red.
CLICK HERE: https://sluggishatapes.bandcamp.com/album/sexboy-mumsy-demo