720 - LOST BOYS of SUNSET STRIP [Freak Show #3]

 

 

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Rattlesnake Shake, Alice Be Tokelas, The Wild, Long Gone, Hans Naughty, Imagine World Peace, Bad Blood, Cyclone Sound, Hap Hazzard, Charlotte, Lypswitch, Bad Bones, Enticier, Scratch, Hardley Dangerous, Sam Mann and Thee Apes , Mad Reign, The Mimes, Shake City, Blackboard Jungle, Paradise, Hollywood Rose, Taz, Daddy Ray, Children, Shel Shoc, Dallas Dollz, Deaf Dumb & Blonde, Cold Shot, New Improved God, Agent Zero, Aces & Eights, Rough Justice, Byte the Bullet , Spyder Blue, Charlemagne

Rattlesnake Shake, Alice Be Tokelas, The Wild, Long Gone, Hans Naughty, Imagine World Peace, Bad Blood, Cyclone Sound, Hap Hazzard, Charlotte, Lypswitch, Bad Bones, Enticier, Scratch, Hardley Dangerous, Sam Mann and Thee Apes , Mad Reign, The Mimes, Shake City, Blackboard Jungle, Paradise, Hollywood Rose, Taz, Daddy Ray, Children, Shel Shoc, Dallas Dollz, Deaf Dumb & Blonde, Cold Shot, New Improved God, Agent Zero, Aces & Eights, Rough Justice, Byte the Bullet , Spyder Blue, Charlemagne

ROCKSTORY

"(LOST BOYS of the SUNSET STRIP)"

"“ In the late 80s and the first couple of years in the 90s, hard rock genre has given us some of the most inspired and commercially successful albums that are rightfully considered nowadays to be classic and timeless. Surely, MTV played a significant role in turning bands like Guns N’ Roses, L.A. Guns, Ratt, Great White and others into household names and it wouldn’t be an exaggeration if we pointing down that Los Angeles and especially Sunset Strip was the…Mecca of a genre that transformed through the years from a glam metal incarnation to a more sleaze and street inception that became popular after 1987 and the release of Guns N’ Roses’ milestone record “Appetite For Destruction”. Like it happens in every musical trend, there were those unsung heroes that didn’t make it in the first league and remained virtually under the radar of all those multinational record labels. We are talking about hundreds of bands that released their songs in limited quantities through independent labels or even worse couldn’t get to the next level and the songs stayed in a demo stage. But this doesn’t mean that they were less talented than the more heralded acts of the genre. As a matter of fact, some of them were actually pioneers of the genre but for a number of reasons remained unknown to the masses; they remained the glorious underdogs! Rattlesnake Shake 1986 - 1991 name from an old blues song about masturbating Alice Be Tokelas 1987 to 1994 A play on Alice B Toklas (April 1877 March 1967) an American born meber of the Parisian avant-garde of the early 20th century The Wild 1985 to 1991 Johhny and the Jaguars was formed 1986. They reformed and came back THE WILD Long Gone 1987 - 1991 . Taken from a movie of the same name. Movie is about underdogs beating the odds. Hans Naughty ; 1981-1993. "We wanted something European and that described us" Imagine World Peace 1989 - 1991 a name with the idea to write songs to identyfy and adress solutions for world peace. Bad Blood There are at least 7 Bands with the name BAD BLOOD. Probably more… 1)-Bad Blood (UK) trashy snotty punk meets early hardcore 2)-Bad Blood (Brooklyn, NY) 3)-Bad Blood (Australia) 4)-Bad Blood (U.S.A.) 5)-Bad Blood (Croatia) 6)-Bad Blood (USA) 1988 - 1993 Hollywood sleaze rock band from the 90s. After a gig at Shamrock it ended with a fight with a biker.and the club had chalked lines from a murder the night before so the name seemed appropriate Cyclone Sound 1988 to 1993 Band name chosen to represent the power of music A Cyclone of Sound Hap Hazzard 1983 - 1995 Started in North west Indiana as a cover Band called Prisoner. Had to change and HAP HAZZARD described us. Chaotic and Unplanned Charlotte 1986 to 1993 Named after Charlotte the Harlot legendry ambassador of interpersonal relations. Lypswitch 1988 - 1991 Inspired by a steet name in Orlando FL Bad Bones 1989 - 1992 Out of the ashes of a reformed Hollywood Rose (post Axl/Izzy) Wanted to call band Skin and Bones, but figured Bad Bones would put them next to Bad Company Enticier 1982 - 1989 Started off as Wicked Bitch but realised they where not bitches. Enticier spelled with an extra I like the french Scratch 1990 - 1992 Name was completely Random Hardley Dangerous 1988 - 1993 First called Rocket Queen' (1985) which later morphed into Hardly Dangerous. All-female Sunset Strip act . "The band reunited for shows at The Whisky a Go Go in 2012 and 2013 Sam Mann and Thee Apes 1984 - 1993 Band came together when Sam Mann and Al Turman who played in a band together in late 70s Eventually al and his brothers Howard and Eric put together another Band and used Sam Mann to fill in. The never got one so the called the band Sam Man and the apes Mad Reign 1984 - 1995 Turmoils ode to the errant dominant gene infecting mankind The Mimes 1986 - 1991 origanly called the Antja Mimes which was slang for Aunt Jemimias. Name was changed before a concert in 1989 cause the UCLA had a problem with it. Shake City The was formed in 1987 under the name Hot Wheelz, changed the name cause the where from the earthquake pron West Coast however the band split up in 1992. Blackboard Jungle 1985 - 1995 Formed out of members of Filthy Rittz, Blackboard Jungle became one of the most talked about bands on California's Sunset Strip rock scene. The lineup at this point consisted of Kenny Price (Vocals), Dave Zink (Guitars), Britt (Bass), and Joel Faith (Drums). Paradise 1986 - 1992 Sounded positive and upbeat the exact oppositr of what was cool on the sunset strip. Hollywood Rose The band Chris Weber was in with Axl, Izzy and Andre was called Rose . So he added HOLLYWOOD Taz 1984 - 1990 TAZ from the Tazmanian Devil Daddy Ray 1985 - 1990 First Name was URGE DAMMIT until Bobby Murray drummer from femme fatal sugested DADDY RAY after a man he worked with Children 1986 - 1991 Before moving to Hollywood the band decide on children cause thats what people said they acted like Shel Shoc 1984 - 1990 "How we felt ater seeing bans like ACDC" Dallas Dollz 1984 - 1995 Sounds like they all came from the Dallas area to Hollywood Deaf Dumb & Blonde 1991 - 1993 Formed at the tail end of the netal reign on the sunset strip Cold Shot 1984 - 1994 COLD SHOT was a term used by singer Adam Murray after hearing a story describing a cold heartless woman New Improved God 1986 - 1990 this was based on marketing and advertising that everyone knows and made it new and improved Agent Zero 1988 - 1992 Sounded Cool Aces & Eights 1984 - 1994 On the anniversary of Wild Nill Hickoks death it was mentioned that he died holding what became known as dead Mans Hand 2 Aces 2 Eights and a red queen Rough Justice 1990 - 1992 "We wanted to be comic book cops from Gotham City with edgy overtones" Byte the Bullet 1986 - 1993 Formed in High school moved from Rome Georgia and adopted BTB as a slogan.. BITE THE BULLET Spyder Blue 1987 - 1992 Spy in spyder comes from cartoon SPY vs SPY. Charlemagne 1986 - 1994 After much debate it was chosen cause it was unique to hollywood, King Charlemagne ruled the throne with power, intelligence and sophistication. everything we embodied "