Shall I start a "Boston" thread?

anything for a spot of noise....

Can you clarify if mean 'bands from Boston' or the band 'Boston'? And whether you mean 'new' Boston (US) or the original Boston (UK)? :-D

I'd rather talk about The Modern Lovers, but if somebody has a bong and a bag, I'll fish out my frye boots and and talk about the late Brad Delp and his hairband.

There was band called Boston from the UK? ;^)

I have trouble remembering which came first, TheTornados or The Tornadoes, too....

Boston? I'm an old and avid Mission of Burma fan. I also grew up in the early 1980s and Boston hardcore punk was some of the best. Gang Green, Jerry's Kids, The Freeze, et al.

L liked the stuff MOB did in the 80s - a lot of great bands came out of that city: Ultinate Spinach, DMZ/The Lyres, Jonathan Richman and The Modern Lovers, The Dogmatics (one of the most energetic bands I ever had the pleasure of seeing live), The Real Kids... much better better "scene" than we had in DC, in my opinion.

You're reminding me of things - I saw the Dogmatics - excellent. Terrific record, too, and saw the Lyres at least twice. I have bought the DMZ reissue stuff, too.

All great stuff - I saw all the above as well, except for the DMZ incarnation. Sad thing about The Dogmatics is that one of the brothers in the band was killed in a motorcycle accident - he was young, not even 20 I think. They sure could play and obvioulsy loved the music - smiled the whole time they were on stage. They weren't into the angry thing, it seemed.

I remember a band called J. Geils which I saw open for Procol Harum once and somehow I thought they might have been from Boston. They were really good. Anyone here see the Standells?

benwaugh.

I take it you are from DC. Do you know anything about the Hangmen. My college room mate was the equipment manager for the Hangmen. They were popular in the sixties.

Yes - great band. I have the " Bitter Sweet" lp and the single of "Faces" - which is different (faster) than the lp track. Would love to hear more about them (etc.), if you know more (shows, anecdotes, what they've been up to,...).

The DC 70s-80s garage-punk band, The Slickee Boys used to cover thier song "What a Girl Can't Do" (or "Boy", when Martha Hull was fronting).

re 9. Was not tall enough when they were around - but have a few lps - a great and nearly forgotten band (what about The Ultimate Spinach?)

Aren't the Pixies from Boston? The solo stuff may be variable but the original albums still sound great (apart from 'Trompe Le Monde' where they seemed to run out of steam).

A good Standells comp is "Hot Hits & Hot Ones", contains a good selection, leaving out most of the duff album tracks.

ahh the notorious failed "Bosstown" Sound....Beacon Street Union, etc...Aerosmith is still my favorite Boston band,however unhip that me...pre 1984 Aeroamith,anyhow..

"On bluuuuuuuuuuuuuuue avenuuuuuuuuuuuuuue" - I like that one Beacon Street Union album. I have listened to another of theirs that was not so memorable. I loved Aerosmith back in 70s - the soundtrack to many victimless crimes.

In the 80s I was really into The Modern Lovers (who got no airplay in DC until ther 80s), DMZ, The Lyres and The Dogmatics (who were barely out of high school when I saw them - high energy, smiling all through their set - seemed like they were having as much fun as the audience was).

Motomama: Although I wasn't in Boston, I second that Boston hardcore nostalgia! What an incredible scene. Boston seems to have had a lot more vareity than most hardcore scenes had. And, there's certainly been a considerable amount of other good stuff coming out of there on a consistent basis. Of course the DC scene was incredible too...

Bringing punk rock, Jonathan Richman and books together: Dr. Frank of The Mr. T. Experience. He is clearly influenced by Richman. He re-wrote the song She's Cracked in about ten different ways (Disconnected, Dictionary Girl, Psycho Girl, et al., each of them good!) and he has a novel out; King Dork. I'm surprised he's not on LT.

Alex Taylor had a bit of a following around Boston,i believe...always liked that "Dinnertime" LP of his...Jonathan Edwards was a big deal too at one point,i guess....not that "Sunshine" or "Shanty" are the epitome of the Bosstown sound,but nonetheless...