BOC: Drumming and bass and Exlax

[Richard Manny]

-----Original Message-----
From: Brad Dahl <dahl at AROS.NET>
To: BOC-L at LISTSERV.SPC.EDU <BOC-L at LISTSERV.SPC.EDU>
Date: Friday, September 01, 2000 5:17 AM
Subject: BOC: Drumming and bass and Exlax


>Hey guys,
>
>I was just listening to the "Original Master Recording" of BOC, S/T and
>Tyranny and Mutation and I was thinking "The drumming on Tyranny and
>Mutation is totally possessed".
>
>...
>
>Back to pregnant women OD'ing on Exlax,
>
>Brad Dahl, reporting live from the Utah Poison Control Center

Hey, Brad.  I completely agree, although I think that Secret Treaties might
have be a fabulous album its production values had been different (i.e.,
better).  I think we get an idea of the bands' musical brilliance when you
listen to "On Your Feet..", but I wish that we'd have had a better live
chronicle of those early days than the "Official Bootleg", or whatever the
heck it's called.  The first time I saw the band was at the Atlanta-Fulton
County Stadium for an all day (night rock fest).  Two unknown bands opened,
Bob Seeger and the Silver Bullet Band and .38 Special.  Johnny and Edgar
Winter followed and the BOC.  Top of the Bill was KISS.  I can
summarize--the first 3 bands were a heckuva lot of fun.  BOC would have
soared if it hadn't rained.  Al Bouchard played the drums non-stop while it
rained and he blew KISS's drummer off the stage.   BOC came back and played
a few more songs, the out came KISS and the KISS Army--yech!  I think that I
was most amazed by the number of flubbed notes by KISS, not their stage
show.

Sorry you can't go to the upcoming show, but it'll still be fun.  See you
work for the Utah Poison Control Center, did some time in tox at University
of Texas at SA and then a lot of time at Univ. of Il in Chicago.  Tox has a
special place in my heart and on a nice pair of shoes that I used to wear
(there's nothing like emesis of activated charcoal, twinkies, aspirin and
beer to really screw up cheap leather).

Richard
Tampa, FL