Chesterfield Kings - 1984 Live

[Hallucalation]

As a person who basically ignored (and sometimes hated) all garage revival stuff, i was completely blown away by this recently uploaded footage of Chesterfield Kings in their garage punk era prime.

It's the next best thing if you looking for complete filmed set of say.. Chocolate Watchband, Them or Q65 in 1966. Greg Prevost to me here is like Van Morrison in 1965.

 

[Dave Baldwin]

They were so good at The Continental Club in Austin back then that I gave Greg a copy
of The Merlynn Tree 45 after the gig. Andy is one of the funniest people I've ever met.

 

[gregk25]

So you usually take along rare BFTG sides to a gig and if the band delievers they get a treat? I might reconsider never learning an instrument...

 

[Dave Baldwin]

So you usually take along rare BFTG sides to a gig and if the band delievers they get a treat? I might reconsider never learning an instrument...

LOL...back in 1984 BFTG was still on Vol. 1 and I don't think Tim had ever heard the Merylnn Tree 45.
I knew Greg from as far back as Future Magazine...and that record still turned up used in Austin then.
I think I found it for a quarter at a garage sale...in 'well-loved' VG- condition. I'd hoped that The Kings
would cover "Look In Your Mirror" someday...Greg would have sang the **** out of it.

 

[captainsalty]

not a big fan of the scene neither, but the Chesterfield Kings I always liked, albeit the often sterile production on the LP's. Something did set them apart a bit from contemporaries.

In relation to "modern" garage revival bands, the 1980 did have some originality that is mostly lacking nowadays. Sometimes I'm tempted to check out a group that's hyped by the big garage mailorders, only to find out it's the same lifeless music that was to be expected. farfisa / organ simulation, fat fuzz riffs,... pretty blatant.

you wrote you "hated" some of the revivalists. i can absolutely understand what you mean. many years back, the Strollers' new LP was hyped to death by mailorders and i bought it. i absolutely hated it. i detested if, even though i'm a die hard garage fan.

The fact that many of those groups are balding 30+ males turns me off hard. (no offense)

 

[Hallucalation]

not a big fan of the scene neither, but the Chesterfield Kings I always liked, albeit the often sterile production on the LP's. Something did set them apart a bit from contemporaries.

Greg Prevost vocals and attitude back then. Also the cat could had write good songs even if he ripped off forgotten 60s ones. I follow their stuff more or less until band's death in 2009 (excerpt some brief shitty flirtation with hard rock in late 80's-early 90s.)

 

[Laurent Bigot]

his book is very entertaining and beautifully put together

 

[Hallucalation]

Yes, i've got it. Laughing aloud at some sections in it. Greg is a great guy, nothing fake about his old band or himself. His solo albums are excellent as well.