So this was a stretch in the early 80’s. The “f word” was used in the hook. But it’s not that I want to get fu*&ed up, it’s that I want to get more fuc*&d up. I thought it was insightful. Anyway, it’s just raw base and drums with vocals. Read more…
Steve Couch wrote this song around 1980. Ian Camfield on base, Ronny Trueherz on guitar, and me on drums. It’s Party Punk!
This song was written in and recorded by me and Max Camfield in 1979. Kind of a slow reggae feel in three, jazz and punk mashed together. The melody is dissonant. I think I slide down to an augmented 6th in the melody from flat seven. To my ears, just a chromatic Read more…
I wrote this while reading Games People Play by Eric Berne, M.D. I’m riffing on Keith Moon on the drum part in the chorus. A bit disruptive just like Keith. I’m a big Keith Moon fan. The next version is better. Later we did a nice version in the Band Darling Read more…
Everything is in three. This is a state of mind. Zen like. Three notes repeating upwards. No chords. The highest note implies tonic at the beginning. However, the verse is rhythmically phrased four beats over three beats, so depending on when we land creates the tonic of the part. The Read more…