ONE FELL SWOOP - Live! At The Draft House ,Downtown Ft.Myers ,Florida 2/26/1992

I found a lost live recording in the vault! This is a really good one! Our last gig ever ,at the Draft House ,Joel ,our defacto drummer ,had a broken arm ,so he was relegated to keys and also did vocals on a few numbers.Shane Carwile was beating the skins ,Chipmonk and I were on guitars ,and Billy Drake plays guitar on a number with Sean Burch on vocals! The last track is the very first time FUCK (the terror rock band with Mad Asshole-bass vox,Big Black Cock -guitar ,and Shaggy Dick -drums) ever played together ,with a totally improv number ,"You".They later recorded several sessions together,and toured Europe. But back to OFS! Different versions of all their set list ,all their usual covers ,and some improv instrumentals. New covers we never played before include ,Wire's "12XU" ,KISS "Rock N' Roll All Night" and Cat Machine "Queen Turd Of Shit Hill"!And the usual covers of The Fall ,The Flamin' Groovies ,The Beat Happening,Syd Barrett,Pink Floyd,the Stooges ,Misfits,and Black Flag. Chris's guitar never sounded better ,and with Shane on drums ,we were pretty tight! Plese leave comments ,and let me know what you think of this great recording! Thanks! Great cover shot of The Draft House (blue roof) with the shitty ZOO ,next door!
CLICK HERE: http://ia600202.us.archive.org/16/items/OneFellSwoop-LiveAtTheDraftHousedowntownFt.myersflorida2261992

ONE FELL SWOOP - Live At The Draft House 2/7 or 2/14/1992

It's a mystery when this show was recorded. It's listed on the cassette cover as the 7th ,but on another mix it's listed as the 14th. I put up the flyers from both shows ,one of which was not recorded ,at least I could not locate it in the vault.Black Nerd only played with us once ,and this was not the time ,despite the flyer. Pillows ,was a Michael Griffin (rip) noise project ,and I'm not sure about the Nomadz ,but I do know Boneshaker's original name was The North Cape Nomadz ,then TRV , for Tony,Ron,Vance ,the boys in the band.This is not your typical OFS live tape. It's pretty much Chipmonk's show ,as ,unbeknownst to either Joel or I ,Chipmonk had placed the microphone we were recording the show with ,right in front of his amp. It's just like him to pull some shit like that ,and after only a few more shows together (posted here soon!) the band was over. Joel said this about the tape : "Of sub-bootleg quality,actually it barely qualifies as a bootleg". The vocals ,my guitar ,and the drums ,are virtually washed out by Chipmonk's wall of jealous noise.There are some fine moments here ,including an improv instro (Magic Bowel Movement -Symphony In E Minus) , a bunch of cover songs,a lengthy and funny version of "Teach Wants Quiet" ,and a spoken word ending ,"The Ant-ectdote" ,a story of ants that is a parable of our times (the 90's). The audience was small but receptive. If you love the Chipmonk ,this is the tape for you ,wah-wah pedal,feedback ,and all. Not the most even recording ,and probably one of the worst sounding live recordings ,we ever did. Thanks ,Chipmonk!
CLICK HERE:http://azrowear.net/download/581/ONE_FELL_SWOOP_-_Live_At_The_Draft_House_2-7_0r_2-14_1992.zip.html

ONE FELL SWOOP with BLACK NERD - Live at the Draft House 1/31/1992

This is a re-post of a previously posted tape.(back in 2009) This time I give you the flyer for the actual show ,with our original logo and mascot(see above,duh!),plus Billy and Shane were at the Edison Mall ,handing out flyers to the show ,and Dave from Wendy's ,was on a book signing tour ,and Billy handed him a flyer ,which he then placed on the table in front of him.It can be seen in the pic above ,which was on the front page of our local ,Ft. Myers News-Press newspaper! How's that for publicity? The following is from the original posting ,where all is explained!:

Me,Joel and Chipmunk,in our little alt-rock trio,me and Chip on guitars,Joel on drums,except when he sings,me on drums,we all sing,mostly me.i wrote the lyrics and we cover,Flamin'Groovies,the Fall,Syd Barrett,Hendrix,Stooges,Sonic Youth,Led Zeppelin,and Black Flag.Kinda Electric Eels style,no bass,just guitars.we sound much different live,with a real drum kit,instead of our usual kit(see other One Fell Swoop posts for details)and the flyer on the other post is for this show ,the flyer on this post is for a show a week later,Black Nerd opened for us(re-posted below!),and we had a big crowd of locals who were rather pissed at my intro to"Red Letter Day"when i razz Nirvana for their sell out video(smells like...)on mtv at the time,lots of folks walked out after i make my comments,oh well,they missed the rest of a hell of a good show!We aquired a residence as the house band at the Draft House for some time after this.I was the one who got them to let us play and start a scene in our crappy little town.Kinda busted open the floodgates for a million embryo alt rock bands and punks to play and hang out, before that downtown was just drunken bums hangin at the bar.Lots more live tapes to come.The first track is an improv,which we usually used to apply to a regular set list,we'd always do a few improv jams.A fine document of a fantastic band,stay tuned for more! The flyer also lists the next show to be posted ,from 2/1/1992 ,with Stimpy!! Coming soon!

CLICK HERE:http://www.mediafire.com/?jynzwdmawng

and for the Black Nerd show
CLICK HERE: http://www.mediafire.com/?n2t55tz2mhx

ONE FELL SWOOP - First Gig Practice Tape

This is a re-post of the practice for the first One Fell Swoop gig!(originally posted May 7,2010).
Recorded live, 1/23/1992,(20 years ago ,today!), at Gramps,the Cat Machine house,and the typewriter case,pizza pan drum rim,hammer and pliers drumset is in full-effect.The first half is originals,the second half we cover: the Flamin' Groovies(twice), the Fall, Hendrix(2 hits), and Kiss. The between song banter is good for a few guffaws,and we were still re-learning these songs,picked from several sessions. Good for what it is. The song," I Need Cash",swipes a Kike riff! The first gig led to a residency as the "house" band of the Draft House, (for a few months), we actually cracked downtown wide open ,bringing in opening acts ,and making a place for kids to hang out ,and see and hear local and out-of-area bands. Before that ,there wasn't really any venues for punk/alternative bands to play. Art by Eric J. This has been posted for nearly 2 years ,and only 10 downloads? Well ,now that I've fit it into the sequence of tapes ,posted in order of their recording dates ,maybe more of you will get to hear this!
CLICK HERE:
http://www.mediafire.com/?y1fx4yejwen

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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KINGSMEN -Louie,Louie

A compilation which includes my fave Kingsmen cut,"Haunted Castle".This used to be in the jukebox at the Draft House,and if I ever played anything on there,it was Haunted Castle.You can find a swell cover of that song on an earlier posting ,as done by the Del Lagunas.
CLICK HERE:http://www.mediafire.com/?7t5o1c9y2xq7z3i

EPHEDRINE SYMPHONY-live at the draft house tavern,1/13/93

Hey,it's these guys 4th gig ever,before delving into the full-fledged Fall worship,tho' a Fall song is covered here,at least lyrically.Also ,"The Draft House Theme",the last track here,is based on a Tim Buckley number,and is great!Kinda free-jazz,beat-poet,beatnik punk,that you can really wrap your head around.Check it out,we play at midnite!.Get the other 2 live sets ,previously posted,where we really get down and dirty with a bunch of The Fall tunes(and a Burl Ives song!).This is really cool,I think you shall dig!Me on keys,Joel (as Mark E. Smith)on vocals,Vance bass,Philbert Ze Chocolat Clown on sax,Sean Burch percussion.
CLICK HERE:
https://archive.org/download/EphedrineSymphony-liveAtTheDraftHouseTavern11393/414EphedrineSymphony-liveAtTheDraftHouseTavern-1-13-93.zip 

ONE FELL SWOOP-LIVE! +SEGMENT ONE OF N.Y. CHEESECAKE!!

hey this is one fell swoop live at the draft house,ft.myers ,florida.we were the first band to play the draft house,and get a live music scene started downtown.this is our cover of a syd barrett chestnut.we dust it off,and rock it out!also part one of episode one(11 parts in all)where i teach you how to make the best new york cheesecake in the world!with some comical moments.see the whole 11 parts at youtube,search under sluggisha~!

MYOPIA-live at the draft house-the final show

I finally got a RCA Y-plug to upload this.All the sound was on one side,now in glorious fake stereo.Don't know where this show was mic'ed at,but sometimes the drums and vox are the loudest.Tony,Billy,Shane,and (as Pat Smear joining Nirvana)Ron Bohn.This was a historic event,if you were there,you are lucky to have witnessed Myopia live!As always very rare stuff,this is the only known copy.covers of Big Black,Angry Samoans,and almost The Fall(at which point the tape ran out,damn!),as well as that trademarked Myopia groove.Tony ,please fill us in with more info,I don't know the date,was there a flyer?
CLICK HERE:  https://archive.org/download/Myopia-liveAtTheDraftHouse-theFinalShow/396Myopia-liveAtTheDraftHouse-theFinalShow.zip

APOCALYPTIC CENTURIONS-LIVE! AT THE DRAFT HOUSE-THE 2ND COMING-SAMHAIN OF THE CENTURY-10-31-92

this is the long lost companion piece,the remainder of the trilogy of live shows from the guitar orchestra you all know and love.here's the line-up:me,joel,nathan,steve,and a quartet of seans:sommers,fleck,woodcock,and mcardle.a great show,lots of fans,there's 2 tracks of audience chatter,and you can hear conversations,and if you are a local,you probably know who's talkin!duped from the video,as there was no audio recording made,or it's lost somewhere.screen shot of the famous tape-head move.

CLICK HERE:

http://www.mediafire.com/?w22ndbztdhy

NOISEKILLR-LIVE! 10-10-92 THE DRAFT HOUSE

the title says it all,the pic above is solo artist,noisekillr with some of his equipment.opening for industrial belt b-38,these 5 improv performances.bass,guitar,vocals,radio,samples and more are used and abused as to squeeze out every bit of noise from within.some german tourists were there,and said it was(along with b-38)the best thing they had seen or heard in america ,for their whole trip!duped from a video.

CLICK HERE: https://archive.org/download/Noisekillr-live10-10-92TheDraftHouse/297NoisekillrLive.zip/ 

ED WOOD ---- SPOKEN WORD MASSACRE

more solo projects,as i,under the guise of "ed wood",so as to avoid persecution under the law for free speech,do some spoken word.not to be boasting or anything ,but ask anyone from the old scene,and they will agree,i hope,that i was the catalyst that got downtown going,to what it is today(sorry).i got rick,owner of the draft house at the time,to let our band,one fell swoop play there,when no one was playing downtown,and then by reading poetry between or after bands(when gary had the draft house),i got the whole poetry slam thing going and then the coffee house opened(thanks to cindy bruce),and everyone tried to follow suit.most poets were reading lame love poems,and celebrating the most boring poetry of all time.me, i was more confrontational,mostly reading lyrics to songs by bands i was in,some of which are hilarious,some serious,and some got peoples blood rushing.i would say what everyone else was too scared or embarrased to say,but wish they could.this is not all of my spoken work ,but about 10 choice picks of gigs from the coffee house,the draft house,pathfinders(thanks linda),and a studio piece.you'll also hear a few moments from sean mcardle,and red head nikki.vance plays guitar on session 10,i did all backround music for track 11,and i accompany myself on several acoustic numbers scattered throughout.no track lists,but i usually say the title before each piece,also each track is a whole dated session.a couple of times the people running thangs tried to censor or stifle me,and wait till you hear the results!folks in an uproar over the pictures i paint in their brains,get 'em thinkin',then they get mad!no one can top me.this one strange character would show up unannounced,and take the mic from time to time.he wore a cape and some sort of bird mask with a beak,anyone know this man's identity?i never solved that mystery.but anyway here i am in some of my finest moments,i cover lydia lunch,nick cave,henry rollins,emilio cuberio,and other famed poets.i always listened to william s. burroughs,ginsberg and other beat poets,and said,i can do this,this is cool.i never went for people telling me what i could and could'nt say,and always went against the grain.i still hold these truths today.

PART ONE CLICK HERE:http://www.mediafire.com/file/ti42jjktu1m/ED WOOD 1.zip

PART TWO:http://www.mediafire.com/file/ijizenozi1t/ED WOOD 2.zip

PART THREE:http://www.mediafire.com/file/nn1nyvhgn1y/ED WOOD 3.zip

FORDS OF CHAOS

our local ft.myers minutemen cover band,but they were so much more.a band of brothers and a friend,play minutemen covers so realistic,you'll swear you are hearing the genuine article.seth,luke,mark,and brett,have a knack for reproducing the hits of d.boon and co.as well as minor threat ,home,dinosaur jr.,steely dan(via the minutemen)and other bands they love. i wish i had a flyer for this show,but alas,no luck.upon first hearing them,i was amazed that at their young age they were so proficient,cruising along like a well oiled piece of machinery.you too will stand gape-mouthed at the sounds you will hear,and may even feel disbelief that this is not the minutemen.if anyone knows what track 7 is let me know in comments,thanks .5/25/96 at the draft house.i am still floored everytime i hear the ford boys,as will you be when you click here:
http://archive.org/download/TheFordsOfChaos-liveAtTheDraftHouseft.Myersfl/154FordsOfChaos.zip

ONE FELL SWOOP-live at the draft house 1/31/92-first live show ever!

me,joel and chipmunk,in our little alt-rock trio,me and chip on guitars,jorl on drums,except when he sings,me on drums,we all sing,mostly me.i wrote the lyrics and we cover,flamin'groovies,the fall,syd barrett,hendrix,stooges,sonic youth,led zeppelin,and black flag.kinda electric eels style,no bass,just guitars.we sound much different live,with a real drum kit,instead of our usual kit(see other one fell swoop post for details)and the flyer on the other post is for this show ,the flyer on this post is for a show a week later,black nerd opened for us(i'll post that later),and we had a big crowd of locals who were rather pissed at my intro to"red letter day"when i razz nirvana for their sell out video(smells like...)on mtv at the time,lots of folks walked out after i make my comments,oh well,they missed the rest of a hell of a good show!we aquired a residence as the house band at the draft house for some time after this.i was the one who got them to let us play and start a scene in our crappy little town.kinda busted open the floodgates for a million embryo alt rock bands and punks to play and hang out,before that downtown was just drunken bums hangin at the bar.lots more live and studio tapes to come.the first track is an improv,which we usually used to apply to a regular set list,we'd always do a few improv jams.a fine document of a fantastic band,stay tuned for more,for now click here:http://www.mediafire.com/file/jynzwdmawng/ONE FELL SWOOP-first show live 1-31-92-the draft house.zip

STIMPY-avant tarde frizz form jazzums

yes,this is stimpy,not one of the many other crap bands with this name,this is THE stimpy,the original.kinda noisy jazz freeform paintings,some instros,some with vocals.the first 8 tracks comprise "the sounds of stimpy" e.p.,the next 11 tracks are the tape,"heady brew o' noise",and finally the last 5 tracks are "stimpy,live at the draft house".three slightly different lineups for each session.1st tape is:me,joel,chipmunk,and fred ,and a sax.2nd tape is:me,joel.chipmunk,fred,and shane,and a sax and trumpet.the live is me and sean burch,popping coins in the jukebox and playing on top of rock classics,announcements,and an original tune,very wild and funny,and a sax.if you dig coltrane,pharoh sanders,albert ayler,or any free form jazz,you'll dig it.if you like noise,you may find something here you may enjoy.thanks trish for sax!.leave comments.please!link here:  https://archive.org/download/Stimpy-avantTardeFrizzFormJazzums/108Stimpy.zip 

APOCALYPTIC CENTURIONS-the 1st coming

1 song in 3 movements "diseases of astonishment"a)spit fire kitten,b)shit from china,c)godbotherer,which gets cut off on this recording but i'm sure it's all on video.

live at the draft house 2/8/92 billy,ed,joel,vance ,tony,chipmunk on guitars.tony(warm up beats),shane,and sean on percussion.a good time was had by all.all shows are on video i need to find out how to put them up on here.don't try this at home.more musical than later outings which just turn into sheer noise.still mind-blowing tho.the guitar orchestra lives.G O D click here:http://www.mediafire.com/file/cmznqfmiymy/apocalyptic centurions-1st coming-diseases of astonishment.zip

EPHEDRINE SYMPHONY or "The Fall"jr.-WE PLAY AT MIDNITE!!

One of the greatest American "The Fall" cover bands,they existed for only a few months,and even then,only in a live context.These recordings were done at the world famous "Draft House"and included such local luminaries in it's ranks as, Joel Rizzo,( as Mark Smith),Ed Wood (me),Vance Burdge,Philbert Ze Chocolat Clown,Hippie Sean,Billy Drake,Mike Brophy,Eric Triglet, and more.

Since Joel is the biggest Fall fan in the U.S ,forming this band was a natural.All                              
 members practiced alone at home and then performed as a group on the evenings of our shows.dude we had people goin off in the draft house.we ruled for a few months and then faded out to obscurity.

thanks to gary,the owner of said bar,and the great and receptive audience.we once again make our mark (smith),ha ha. see ya soon, GOD.
https://archive.org/download/EphedrineSymphonyOrtheFalljr.-wePlayAtMidnite/017EphedrineSymphony.zip