Th Rockin Rex!

otay…
this is FiNaLLy th’ follow-up t’ mi fLeekin 2nd post… ( already 3 yrs ago! )
nu blog friend bill donovan ask’d fer it… so here ’tis…

The CheeTah Club was located @ Th’ OLd Riviera Ballroom @ 53rd & Broadway…
a prime mid-town location that was operated by Borden Stevenson…
( son of th’ then late senator Adlai Stevenson )
but enuff ’bout th’ club fer now…
( i may update more so def e-mail me & bookmark this page if innarrest’d )

let’s jump straight t’ th rekkid…following th’ then ‘trend’ this comp is really a cvrs alb…
and mostly of inarrest t’ me is th’ lokel band…
The ESQUiRes…
Jeff Ginman - lead voc, harmonica, tambourine
Rockin’ Dante Renzi - Bass
Jay Savino - gtr
Danny Mahony - Organ
Mike Rubin - drums
who turn in decent enough Stones, Little Anthony & The iMPeRiaLs cvrs…
as well as a rendition of Lil Stevie Wonder’s ‘66 hit…
Uptight (Everything’s Alright)

okay, so as this is really sorta a ‘FuRST dRaFt’…
let’s get right t’ th’ songs fer now…
The ESQUiRes - ”PaiNT iT bLaCk!”

The ESQUiRes - ”GeT oFF Mi CLoud!”

The ESQUiRes - ”OuT oF Mi HEad”

The ESQUiRes - ”UPTiGhT!” ( OuT oF SiGhT! )

MaRk ShaW & The PRoPheTs - ”Good LoViN”

MaRk ShaW & The PRoPheTs - ”PaPa’s GoT a bRaNd NU BaG!”

ThuNdeRfRoG ENSeMbLe - ”BaBy DoN’T PuT Me ON!”

and finally… ThuNdeRfRoG ENSeMbLe - ”EVeRybody Needs SuMbody!”

otay… now v. qwikly…
here’s where this ’sorta neatly ties in…’ —> ffwd back to circa summer 1985… ( ?! )
Jim Gibson & i had sorta tried t’ start a ‘band’…
( we nvr even got t’ th dreaded ‘naming stage’… )
and th’ drummer we had found was DaNTe ReNZi Jr!
he was a WiCk’d Good dRuMMeR…
and had prev ( i believe / seem t’ remember ) been in ARMed FoRCe…
a ’sumwhut lokel’ ( i believe they were queens/bx/ynkrs ) HM HEaVy MeTaL bar-band…
( i MaY even post their demo - if i can find it! - and if anyone is innarrest’d… )
( if inarrest’d pls t’ e-mail me… )
well… i can tell yu that we ‘TRied’ t’ du sum cvrs…
SLaYeR - “CheMiCaL WaRfaRe!”…
and th’ Then V. PoPuLaR ( thx to heavy mtv airplay )
SUiCidaL TeNdeNCies - “iNSTiTuTiONaLiZed…”
but my vokels were more than creaky…
i jest couldn’t du anything that didn’t sound ‘geeky’…
so we practiced mebbe 3-4 times & decided t’ jest pack it in…
well that’s enuff fer this draft/post/ fer now…
mebbe more to come? ( i dunno… )

oh yeah… here’s th’ back cvr…