Showing posts with label Peoria Local Scene. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Peoria Local Scene. Show all posts

Tuesday, April 2, 2013

The Dave Moe Band



A soaring squelch of an over driven 6 stringed
axe. Able to slay any rock mongrel with beats
and bass.The first introduction of The Dave Moe Band
exploded into my eardrums with excitement. With the
bearer of this vessel I also explored frightening realms
of mind altering chemicals. Issuing flames that filled
up a room as the music played on. Empowered by the
grooves we boasted. Like joyful children we moved
our discovery outside to show our crowded sprawl.
The next attempt shot fire that soared up to the sky to
bully the moon. If ears could smile!
Recorded with Chris Anderson
Featuring Dave Moe, Dave Van Kley, Ryan Geddes, Nick Bursett



Wednesday, February 2, 2011

Fast Food Revolution



I remember the walk to the straight edge house.
A house not named by the residents, It was only
that they didn't abuse themselves like we did. It
seemed fitting to name a house like it was our
opposite. Not good against bad, we all hung out
at the same shows, the same restaurants, just a
reference for conversation. Today they were
having an early show. Right down the back
alley and around the corner we walked. Excited
about what I was on my way to see because it was
my friends. I didn't know that I would walk away
feeling like I didn't really know them any more.
It was in the living room where I think I was first
blown away. Pulsing beats that set a pop dirge off
to other worlds. Mesmerizing attacks hooking me
into a groove. I swayed in awe just bewildered.
How could they have kept this a secret from me?
-Brody

http://www.mediafire.com/?d68uk82jg8uziog

Then there was this other tape of 5 songs recorded
over whatever they could find. Mine was dubbed
over Ratt's "Invasion of Your Privacy".

The Other Tape:

http://www.mediafire.com/?qayq73eyydyreev


Monday, January 31, 2011

Hushpad



We met Hushpad at the Pekin Marigold Festival in
the mid to late 90's. A friendship was sparked.
Meetings were set. North St. was the location for
the recording of "for kites and string". I don't
remember were the 4-Track came from. I don't
recall the exact year. I remember wonderful nights
pushing ideas with cymbals and snare, following
leads while nudging moments to blossom
into an enchanting escape. -Brody

http://www.mediafire.com/?kxn9sbicte7dgit

side one 1. introducing...2. dear jenny 3. tennis anyone?
4. cricket (when he's at home) 5. part of everything/everything
gets psychedelic 6. wanderlust 7.watching the rain side two
8. china dance party usa! 9. with that light in your eyes
10. shindig 11. fallen leaves 12. a song for harold angel esquire
13. october and november 14. little ways 15. that ain't me
16. for kites and string
the end

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Hushpad/113361518732003

http://hushpad1.bandcamp.com/album/for-kites-and-string

http://blog.shelflife.com/2009/04/15/hushpad-saturday/


Tuesday, July 13, 2010

Morse Orchid




Although this is a home for evil eye hOneytree. No information has been given about them. Until now..........They started out with Joel Madigan on Drums, Jeff Hyde Bass and vocals, Brody Maag Guitar and vocals. A few years later they invited Nathaniel Lucas to join. He has since made noise and melody with various toys. Another year or so passed and Joel moved on. Chris Wheeler was invited to play Drums. At the same time Dave Moe was asked to come along to add more guitar flavor. They are almost finished with the recording of the current song list with this line up.

..but recently they finished the release with the original line up. The songs that were played the first 2 years. Since they still hadn't released it when Nate started, they made him contribute... sorta like a hazing.


http://www.mediafire.com/download/a8taf1hvqbe6e3e/evil_eye_hOneytree_-_Morse_Orchid.zip





Saturday, June 5, 2010

Pretentious Artist #9

"When asked about the draw to Montana Star Rock
I find myself explaining Pretentious Artist #9.
It all started from these songs. These songs are
the building blocks. "Patients" supplied me with
the means to see beyond my own want and existence.
Not so much what a man needs to survive but what
mankind needs to move forward. With "A Year's Supply
of Oxygen" I realized that I was not alone.I was driven
upward out of my own recluse to join with my brothers
to envision the tools needed for any future."

Rudy Montana
199?-199?

This is a little departure from the theme here but, just a step away... like a cousin to the evil eye. Jeremy Kerner made these amazing tapes in the mid 90's, precursor to Montana Star Rock. Pretentious Artist #9 was one of the more amazing acts to come outta North St., the castle of creativity and dreams.

Currently he is living in California making music with Solar Wimp. Memory also places Jeremy in Soul Sister Birgade, Three Boyfriends, Fast Food Revolution, Mirandis and the Solar Wimp Trio.

Am I missing anything? Put it in the comments.


Friday, May 21, 2010

Montana Star Rock


Lost in a sour hallucinogenic desert, three men fight their
way through disillusions of mortal confusion and fear.

Jeremy Kerner stepped out of the room that spawned
Pretentious Artist #9 to join with Jeff Hyde. Jeff was fresh from
his escapades in The Norms with some songs of his own.
They teamed up with Brody Maag and his frightened
stumble of a drunk beat. Individually they took on a new
persona, a new name. Names that would bring them
closer to the enlightenment for which hearts often yearn.

Not jumping because they thought they could fly. They knew
that their weightlessness was an inevitable expense to bring your
ears with them. Fast through a hazy residue of loss and despair,
these notes resonated a path to the future. Only few took their way
along this dizzying adventure hoping to find enlightenment,
solace, or even rescue from the troubles of living and faith.

Bound to the rules constricting around them, like a step away from
the being beyond a mortal death. Rudy Montana, Carmen Star, and
Mod Rock were found dead, floating in a pool representing an
amniotic sack of life surround. In leaving us with this small gift of
history, these three men have invited us to go with them.
………To be reborn

Honest and welcoming, such an embrace should not be ignored.

Friday, April 2, 2010

the End o' Men




end o' men - 1996
Name taken from the early Nora Hate song End Of Man.
A brotherhood bound by the apocalyptic actions of the common stooge. The garbage, the killing, lying, cheating, the things people do, the effects that keep building. Loud reflections of the time they where living. An audio image of the shit that they were seeing. They found it hard to slow down, so hard to sit still. A God Damn Vibration!
Chad Trone worked Drums, Chris Cowgill abused bass, Brody Maag took guitar and sang on this unfinished batch of disgust and complaint.

http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?kml0zmmaxom