I'm assuming the above image and the band in the video below are the same band. I don't know a whole lot about Bloodrust other than that we played with them, they were from somewhere South Jersey-ish, and they seemed to take things very very seriously. Apparently people in Belgium know about them though, or at least sell their LP on ebay . The French too . You can also just buy it here . Or you can give up on them altogether and check out a newer band called [...]
I don't know if Time's Up amounted to much of anything. They were a Middletown, NJ, outfit and one of the guitarists was friends with my brother's group of friends. For whatever reason, I only have one song's worth of footage. This was from the same show as all of the Arcane footage below.
...but still, it will make my life easier, as the comment moderation queue ends up with thousands of spam comments if I don't clear it every week. So anyhow, in order to comment you'll have to register, which is free, easy, and not a big deal because I don't care about your personal info. I just don't want to have to spend my free time cleaning up the trash.
I finally got the rest of the Arcane video up. Here is part 1.
I think I was given marching orders to not put any of this stuff online, but then again, with the exception of the one eurotrash looking dude on the keyboards, you really can't see a whole lot. Plus, this was shot 7-8 years ago I believe, and hairstyles change, so the eurotrash looking dude probably gels up nowadays. I actually do know 4 of the 5 members, I'm just not saying who they are so I don't get in trouble. The one I don't know is - you guessed it - the eurotrash looking dude. [...]
When I was in Tonsul we played a show with Arcane at the Bates Lodge in Red Bank, NJ, on June 6th, 1996. Here is their closing number, with the rest of what I have to follow (it's over 10 minutes so I'll have to break it up. I don't know yet if it's the entire set.)
Just in case you haven't noticed, I've put up a betahat store with a bunch of stuff for you to buy. It's set up so you can buy who albums or you can hit the '+' and buy individual songs. Here's the catalog so far: Tonsul - "Hand Over Fist" Tonsul - "Live at Dari's" Everyone Calls Me Chris - "s/t" Enjoy!
Apparently the Everyone Calls Me Chris Cover Art has touched some hearts . But you have to wonder what's going on once Babelfish translated it . If you haven't yet, grab the Everyone Calls Me Chris mp3s here .
I was trying to think of what to do with the site, seeing as how it's been many moons since my last post. I thought I'd kill the blog, but apparently a couple hundred people or so a month are still visiting. So I'll keep the blog and do some retooling to make it more useful (including posting more.) Go check out the betahat catalog on iTunes, which should be growing before too long as well: Tonsul - "Tonsul" [...]
Sorry to put all of you off once again, but life is currently interesting and I don't have much time for this blog. Good stuff coming at some point!
Good stuff, I promise. I have been way too busy lately to work on this blog, and for that I apologize. Many of you have been just fine at finding the good stuff on the site though
The classic 1988 tape "Politics" by Ouch is now on iTunes! This tape was really experimental for us - we were both 14, didn't yet have a sequencer but we did have a bunch of keyboards and a 4-track. I seem to remember the gear being a Casio CZ-1000, Roland S-10 (sampler), Ensoniq Mirage (also a sampler), Akai AX-73, and I think that was it. It's fun stuff, if a bit odd. Ouch - "Politics" A couple of [...]
Finally a new post!! I apologize for taking so long between posts, but this blog gets bottom billing on the priority list when things get real busy. For that I apologize, but from the stats I see it's not stopping people from checking out alot of the stuff on here, which is cool. So I've got something new for you guys and gals to check out. My brother Andy did the RPM Challenge in February under the moniker Everyone Calls Me Chris . I'm really proud of him for writing and [...]
Yikes still busy. I will put something interesting up soon! In the meantime, be sure to listen to the 73s below and vote!
Been busy! I know I use that excuse alot, but I am actually busy. In the meantime, go ahead and scroll down about 2 posts, download the two 73s and vote on the poll to the right with the one you think is best.
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