VORTEX OF INSANITY!

FhLkG


I got a promo tape from the lead singers girlfriend in the 1990's

Cherry People

tommy Keene

Shudder to Think
Dismemberment Plan
Jawbox
Smart Went Crazy

The list goes on and on... Pretty much any band on Dischord that is not Fugazi.

Artful Dodger...a Fairfax-based band from the early 80's that almost made it big...

I actually liked these guys/gals. They may still be around.

I don't know of any. What is the scene like here anyway?

Jimmie's Chicken Shack got a little play on MTV.

Meade looks a little like the fat guy in Clockwork orange.

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Tommy's been out in California for years. This is places that he left.

Fairfaxunderground rules: Lilliputions, not ok. Midgettville ok. I got it now.



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> anyway?


funny eesh

Pentagram is a doom metal band from Arlington in the early 70s. The band is still around but the only original member is the singer, who started the band. They played at Jaxx not too long ago.

MEADE SKELTON!

Numbers Wrote:
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> Meade looks a little like the fat guy in Clockwork
> orange.


Meade is very good looking!

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New Potato Caboose was a Dead cover band in the 80's. They recently played the Birchmere. Then there was this gay ass rock band called Pistol also from the early 80's. They got some play time on HFS I remember

Jimmy's Chicken Shack?

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Jimmy's Chicken Shack were a bunch of losers who thought they were super famous. They had one video on MTV and were bottom level performers at HFStival. They sucked so bad their asses got pushed to the parking lot stage. Pole smokers

wow, you all are amateurs; Fugazi (DC), Vertical Horizon (DC), SOJA (Arlington, VA), Sev (Fairfax). Sev had that Pepsi blue commercial that ran a few years back. I liked Jimmy's Chicken Shack, but they were more Bmore than our area. If we are including them, we might as well include Good Charlotte.

Municipal Waste

New Potato Caboose was doomed when the fucked Rich....

They did fuck Rich.

Damm, he taught one member how to play from scratch.

I heard he is a big time Lawyer in FLA now.

Skip Castro.

The Road Ducks.

More DC but they did play Nova back in the day. Black Flag and State of Alert which was fronted by Henry Rollins

I knew the guys from Egypt who were a funk/rock band out of Annandale. They were good but never made it big.

Meade Skelton Experience

Forgot to mention Everything also who had the song Hooch.

Car Seat Headrest are originally from Leesburg. They got tons of airplay on college stations over the past year, actually one of the better indie rock albums to come out in 2016 in my opinion.

More B-More area but anyone ever remember Kix? Also had the chance to make it big but just never happened.

Anyone also remember the Slickee Boys? They were actually pretty good too but they're management just wasn't proactive enough to get them national attention and air play

Kix anyone? Wrote:
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> More B-More area but anyone ever remember Kix?
> Also had the chance to make it big but just never
> happened.
>
> Anyone also remember the Slickee Boys? They were
> actually pretty good too but they're management
> just wasn't proactive enough to get them national
> attention and air play

Kix is still around. They had a number of decent albums, 2 top 10 hits and one platinum album.

Kix was a nationally known act in the late 80s with albums that made the charts and MTV videos. They were from Hagerstown, which is pretty far from here. They were probably on the verge of becoming huge, but then Nirvana happened and all of a sudden long haired glam metal guys were considered douchebags, and radio started playing all alternative rock stuff.

Does Mary Chapin Carpenter count? She played in Arlington for many years.

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> all of a sudden long haired glam metal guys were
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Rightfully so.

Do we count Dave Grohl?


Tom Principato

Danny Gatton and the Fat Boys.Danny Gatton RIP The Worlds Best Rock N Roll Guitar Player! There was another local guy way back named Steve Bishop, he was a great player too. Not the guy by the same name today, they said back then Danny G and Steve B were the Greatest round the DC area.. Never heard any more of Steve B. This was bout 1973-74 or so. But Danny G would have been World famous if he wanted to tour..He was very well known! He preferred to stay in the DC area and home in Charles Co Md. Don't ask what happened to him..You punks..!

That said I saw Jimmys Chicken Shack back in August 1992 at the Bottle and Cork..They were young long hair skinny guys then..Jumping Up and Down ..The Music was loud ..the beer was in cans in iced tubs..and was cheap and cold..I was happy..By Now they gotta have Beer Bellys..

DAJAX If You Have To Ask .."Where's the Bottle and Cork"..You Don't need To Know!!

Daryl Davis is great.

Local Talent beyond the pale Wrote:
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3c5QzFMNsI

LollyPerdue Wrote:
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> Does Mary Chapin Carpenter count? She played in
> Arlington for many years.

She's from Bethesda

John Wednesday, anyone?




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They Were Way Back In Time Wrote:
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> Danny Gatton and the Fat Boys.Danny Gatton RIP The
> Worlds Best Rock N Roll Guitar Player! There was
> another local guy way back named Steve Bishop, he
> was a great player too. Not the guy by the same
> name today, they said back then Danny G and Steve
> B were the Greatest round the DC area.. Never
> heard any more of Steve B. This was bout 1973-74
> or so. But Danny G would have been World famous if
> he wanted to tour..He was very well known! He
> preferred to stay in the DC area and home in
> Charles Co Md. Don't ask what happened to
> him..You punks..!
>
> That said I saw Jimmys Chicken Shack back in
> August 1992 at the Bottle and Cork..They were
> young long hair skinny guys then..Jumping Up and
> Down ..The Music was loud ..the beer was in cans
> in iced tubs..and was cheap and cold..I was
> happy..By Now they gotta have Beer Bellys..
>
> DAJAX If You Have To Ask .."Where's the Bottle
> and Cork"..You Don't need To Know!!


Nighthawks too from the same era. They had modest success and Thackery made a few solo albums but really they were more of a beer-in-your-hand live kind of band.

Root Boy Slim if you want to go out on the fringe.

Lascivial was pretty good circa 2005-2008.




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DAJAX's life story in song of growing up around DC in the 70s.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rDZweIG_Te4


lol

Nils Lofgren was a local guy too though he probably qualifies as actually making it vs almost.

Little known fact - he did the song for the old Jhoon Rhee "Nobody Bothers Me" commercials.

https://youtu.be/n7PEMGuA6tw

Kix anyone? Wrote:
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> More B-More area but anyone ever remember Kix?
> Also had the chance to make it big but just never
> happened.
>
> Anyone also remember the Slickee Boys? They were
> actually pretty good too but they're management
> just wasn't proactive enough to get them national
> attention and air play


Probably the best heavy metal ballad ever.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=JRx0NIvwQQg

We all know she likes to compose music. Right miz?

Root boy slim.
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Grin Wrote:
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> Nils Lofgren was a local guy too though he
> probably qualifies as actually making it vs
> almost.
>
> Little known fact - he did the song for the old
> Jhoon Rhee "Nobody Bothers Me" commercials.
>
> https://youtu.be/n7PEMGuA6tw

Nils played at least once at the Falls Church Community Center back when I was about 10 and not allowed to go to concerts. (I played rec league basketball, and was mesmerized by the posters announcing the concert)

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> wow, you all are amateurs; Fugazi (DC), Vertical
> Horizon (DC), SOJA (Arlington, VA), Sev (Fairfax).
> Sev had that Pepsi blue commercial that ran a few
> years back. I liked Jimmy's Chicken Shack, but
> they were more Bmore than our area. If we are
> including them, we might as well include Good
> Charlotte.


If you find yourself having to explain Sev's claim to fame, and that is all you are able to come up with, then they do not warrant mention in this thread. That is all.

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> > Nils Lofgren was a local guy too though he
> > probably qualifies as actually making it vs
> > almost.
> >
> > Little known fact - he did the song for the old
> > Jhoon Rhee "Nobody Bothers Me" commercials.
> >
> > https://youtu.be/n7PEMGuA6tw
>
> Nils played at least once at the Falls Church
> Community Center back when I was about 10 and not
> allowed to go to concerts. (I played rec league
> basketball, and was mesmerized by the posters
> announcing the concert)


I think one of Nil's shows was the first concert that I ever went to. Don't even remember where it was now. Took a hot little girl named Rita. I do remember that part. lol

I'm thinking Meade could break out if he started covering Root Boy.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-feoaUWMEIk


lmao @ the thought of it.

Grin Wrote:
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> Nils Lofgren was a local guy too though he
> probably qualifies as actually making it vs
> almost.
>
> Little known fact - he did the song for the old
> Jhoon Rhee "Nobody Bothers Me" commercials.
>
> https://youtu.be/n7PEMGuA6tw

That fact is well-known.

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> Probably the best heavy metal ballad ever.
>
> https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=JRx0NIvwQQg


this song is horrendous

it's not even metal

They Were Way Back In Time Wrote:
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> Danny Gatton and the Fat Boys.Danny Gatton RIP The
> Worlds Best Rock N Roll Guitar Player! There was
> another local guy way back named Steve Bishop, he
> was a great player too. Not the guy by the same
> name today, they said back then Danny G and Steve
> B were the Greatest round the DC area.. Never
> heard any more of Steve B. This was bout 1973-74
> or so. But Danny G would have been World famous if
> he wanted to tour..He was very well known! He
> preferred to stay in the DC area and home in
> Charles Co Md. Don't ask what happened to
> him..You punks..!
>
> That said I saw Jimmys Chicken Shack back in
> August 1992 at the Bottle and Cork..They were
> young long hair skinny guys then..Jumping Up and
> Down ..The Music was loud ..the beer was in cans
> in iced tubs..and was cheap and cold..I was
> happy..By Now they gotta have Beer Bellys..
>
> DAJAX If You Have To Ask .."Where's the Bottle
> and Cork"..You Don't need To Know!!


Gatton was awesome, as was Roy Buchanan, Roy clark, Robert Cray, Steve Earle, OCMS, Patsy Cline..... but they are not from NOVA. I say to be included, you have to be from one of the forums on this website.

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> Gatton was awesome, as was Roy Buchanan, Roy
> clark, Robert Cray, Steve Earle, OCMS, Patsy
> Cline..... but they are not from NOVA. I say to be
> included, you have to be from one of the forums on
> this website.


Too hard to determine 'from' and on the basis of born and raised here that would mean basically none other than some obscure garage bands that nobody has ever heard of. We'd go to G'town, Psyche Delly, etc., all the time to see regular local bands whether they were from here or not. Most often not to see them necessarily but they'd be playing wherever all the time so you'd see them. As long as they were known regular local performers, then I'd count them.

On that basis, I'd count Gatton on that list since he was always playing playing around here and lived locally. You could go out on a given Tuesday night not really intending to and run into him and the Fat Boys or some other kick-ass musician playing a nothing bar with 20 other people counting both of the bartenders. That's pretty damn local.

I wouldn't count most of the others just because they played and you could see them here. Lots of people used to come through regularly. Actually, I wouldn't count any of them since they're all big enough to be considered famous vs almost famous.

Sudden Attack...80's band.

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+1 for the Root!
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Before moving over here someone told me that Ludacris went to high school for a year in Fairfax? Is this true?

I also heard Steely Dan wrote about Annandale in a song? Is it true The Little River Band got the name from Little River Tpke?

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> +1 for the Root!


Guy's background is completely off from what you'd guess. Relatively wealthy family. Went to Sidwell Friends. Yale grad and frat bro of W. Bush.

The Annandale mentioned in the Steely Dan song is Annandale-On-Hudson, in Upstate New York.

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>
> FhLkG
>
>
> I got a promo tape from the lead singers
> girlfriend in the 1990's


Foo Fighters

Jim Morrison

Prog metal band from PA. Shadow GallProg Great band. Don't know about being almost famous though

Artimus Pyle went to Marshall HS

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> > https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=JRx0NIvwQQg
>
>
> this song is horrendous
>
> it's not even metal

Come on ! 13000 up votes 300 down that's 98 percent approval!! This is your classic heavy metal .. Def leppard, motley crue, ratt, scorpions power ballad.

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That's right. Can you tour his house in Alexandria?

Does he have sheets on his bed....I hope not.

i would say ...

Battle of the Bands

is the biggest name in shows in the minds of real Fairfax denizens

Does Joan Jett count as almost making it? She's pretty well known
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>Gatton was awesome, as was Roy Buchanan, Roy clark, Robert Cray, Steve Earle, OCMS, Patsy Cline..... but they are not from NOVA. I say to be included, you have to be from one of the forums on this website.

Yes Danny Gatton's Fat Boys was Most Def a Famous Band from this area. Yes he lived in Charles Co, but he played in Va, Md and Mostly DC. and he was a awesome player.Loads of folks from NOV saw him play and would consider him a "Local Player" If he toured like his managers wanted him to..His "Fat Boys" would have because a World Famous Band..they were that good. As said he was a home boy at heart, he did some tours and did not like it.

Sadly he took his life in his garage in Charles County In Newburg near the Rt 310 bridge area about 1994. It was a huge sad shock to his fans.. that's for sure. As his music was a good as it ever was..

Matt Abts "Of or Was Of" Govt Mule was from NOVA/Fairfax. He did make the big time in many ways,..but is not a mainstream well known name. He is/was a drummer in the band and 40 + years ago he played with the Steve Bishop guy I spoke about in this thread. In a local band whose name I cant remember. ..Chessman?? Maybe that's it.. Both were awesome players.

DAJAX There was some pretty good loud Roc N Roll bands that played at NOVA in Annandale back in the day..when they sold 3.2 beer in plastic cups and we stacked um to the ceilings..and we could drink at age 18 in Va. when the drinking age was 21 before July 1st 1974..when it went to age 18 for Beer..
I was not a student so I had to find the open door Natch!! Sneaking In Over The Border!! LOL!

A Great Interview of Danny Gatton in 1990 in Charles Co.Md

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KbNKMlrkHMc

Typical Danny at Work !

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KbNKMlrkHMc

Steve Bishop and The Chessmen... Old DAJAX'S memory's still sharp Baby!! Wit Matt Abts.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eg17qOyuR1w

Now get some links or Pics of those other "NOVA Garage Players" LOL

DAJAX..You Tube has Loads Of Danny Gattons Music..He played a lot of Blues type tunes as well as "Everything Else"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rUpP7CnW4yA

There a link..I posted the same Danny G link twice..On the above post..

"Wooden Shower" On Me From The Libs.. Slap Slap..DAJAX.. Din Not mean To Do It!!

Okay, this isn't the Danny Gatton thread.

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> Okay, this isn't the Danny Gatton thread.


agree. nowadays you can go to any blues guitar show and see the exact same thing. he's impressive, but now I know where "jam bands" get their relentless shit from. it's tiring.

Where can I go catch a show? Maybe we can keep posting concert dates? I'd love to see some live local music!

car seat headrest _ up and coming indie band

>Battle of the Bands..

Ya Baby.. Was Wild.. Bailys X Roads in the center cross from that Big Giant food built there 20 back..Louies Was the Place to Go...After NOVA got Sissified..The College on Rt 236..No More.. 3.2 Beer...Loud Music..Then there was Geo Masons Café..!! Ho Ho..Not Bad.. But it was lame compared To NOVA..Ratskeller..WTF..Lame..! NO Plastic cups stacked to the Ceiling!!

DAJAX.."Now Boy"!.."Me".."Asshole" Stay the Hell Outta Politics a While Give IT A REST!! Leave The Libs Alone..The Illegals..

I Dig It..!! I will Be Brave..and Try..!!

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> Where can I go catch a show? Maybe we can keep
> posting concert dates? I'd love to see some live
> local music!


I started to say to try the State Theater in Falls Church. They used to have some good local music and some bigger headliners now asn then. But looks like now it's all tribute bands for the next two months. WTF?

Pig Destroyer.

They almost made it in the 80's.

Root Boy lived in some apartments off Piney Branch in TP for a while. Those places were full of old people and stoners. Root often hung out at this house on Sligo Mill Road on the Maryland side. A bunch of stoners lived there, too. All kinds of people crashed there. This was back when it was behind the Gino's. The building for the Gino's is still there, but Gino's is long gone. Ah, the days..............


Root actually had national fame. Yale graduate, came from money, but totally whacked out. His real name was Foster McKenzie III, or something like that. He used to play the Cellar Door in Clowntown and sell it out.

When Bill and Taffy Danoff were just Bill and Taffy, they had a stroung local cult following. They were national one-hit wonders. Bill ran a place on MacArthur for many years after the one hit wonderful experience, but I don't know if he still runs it.

Danny Gatton and Buchanan? Arguably the best to come out of Washington Area. There was this pablum Soft Explosion band in the 1970s called Bread. They were awful, but scored a couple of hits. They weren't from here. Supposedly, they broke up because David Gates wanted a heavier sound while the rest didn't. Supposedly, their last national hit, GUITAR MAN, was about Buch.

Nighthawks actually had fans as far north as Massachustts. I saw them play there a few times.

Robert Gordon-Cut a record with Link Wray that made National Charts. Rockabilly guy.

D.C. Slickee Boys-Mark Noone. They got airplay up and down the Atlantic Coast. WLYN in Lynn, Massachusetts used to play their material all the time. They were the house band at 9:30 Club when it was still at 930 F.

Tom Guidara and Angel Band-Guidara was Emmylou Harris' BF. The band was her backup band. She had a strong following. She and the band auditioned in Memphis. The record companies wanted Emmylou, but didn't want Guidara or Angel Band. She jumped at the opportunity and had a pretty good career. She left Guidara and the rest behind.


There is an original member of the Grateful Dead, Jerry Peloquin, who lives in the D.C. Area. He was with them when they were the Warlocks and the early days of the Grateful Dead.

Stacey Lattisaw-Soul singer who had a strong local following but never made it big.

Tahoka-House band at the Bayou before the Nighthawks.

Sky Cobb-Played backup for Chuck Berry every time that he plated this area.

Aerosmith, Metallica, The Scorpions, Queensryche and Journey: all from Fairax County.

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> car seat headrest _ up and coming indie band


Car Seat Headrest is great

Eddie from Ohio

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> ok, enough Wrote:
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> > Okay, this isn't the Danny Gatton thread.
>
>
> agree. nowadays you can go to any blues guitar
> show and see the exact same thing. he's
> impressive, but now I know where "jam bands" get
> their relentless shit from. it's tiring.

You sound super knowledgeable bro.

And Jerry Pelican wasn't in the Grateful Dead.

Mike O'Meara Show Fan Wrote:
> And Jerry Pelican wasn't in the Grateful Dead.

Wrong SF band-he was an original member of Jefferson Airplane. Thinking of something else when I was typing, Got two pwoplw confused.

Never saw them, never met them. never listened to their first album. But I did meet a person at restaurant in Fairfax City across from the Massey Building courthouse in the early 1980's, when I was having a cocktail there after work. He said they were very nice guys and talented. The fellow I met there said he was an recording engineer or manager of the band. So I went down to Penguin Feather records in Vienna and purchased their album. It's now hanging in my home on my "Rock'Roll" wall a fame, framed.



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