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JOCKEY CLUB GUESTLIST
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From: "Kip Roe" ..
Subject: Doc & The Pods
Date: Tue, 02 May 2000 09:46:29 +0000 (EDT)
I can't believe that The Pods played so many gigs at the Jockey Club...it's as of they were the house band. Where is Bill Leist? Where is Pete Weggly? Whatever happened to the Jockey Club juke box?
From: "Bryce" ..
Subject: hongry
Date: Sun, 07 May 2000 22:35:05 +0000 (EDT)
Is Sylvia's Mexican Restaurant still open?
From: "Ace" ..
Subject: Tex and the Horseheads
Date: Tue, 16 May 2000 15:43:28 +0000 (EDT)
I can't believe that SS-20 played so many gigs at the Jockey Club...it's as of they were the house band. Where is Jughead? Where is Ace? Whatever happened to the Jockey Club urinals?
From: "Mark Milner" ..
Subject: Thanks for this great page!!!!!
Date: Wed, 17 May 2000 22:57:57 +0000 (EDT)
Although, I never got to go to the Jockey Club due to my age I knew a guy by the name of "Dennis" who worked there in 85 or 86. I also have got to meet and talk to Bill Leist and Handsome Clem a few times!! If only we could turn back the clock and get in to the door One more time!! I would love to get copies of (on tape or Cdr's) any shows from the Club feel free to email me if you might have some! There isn't a time that i drive by there i dont think of the JC!!! Thanks again!!!! Mark Milner
From: "kuko" ..
Subject: Where?
Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2000 01:05:34 +0000 (EDT)
Where are the pictures promised for June? I feel cheated. What happened to 1983? I know the Circle Jerks played that year. Although I was too young to go to the.. Yea whatever. Remember the farewell show? I do. How about that record thowing contest. I think I still have a couple of those 45's that was gettin' tossed that night. It was A GOOD NIGHT. Except for when the guy from the Edge was singing that hippy shit this where we belong song. That always bothered me, and to this day wonder how we let him get away with doing that. P.S I know where the urinals are and I ain't tellin' you fecal freak!
From: "BIG BEN " ..
Subject: Jockey Club
Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2000 19:04:52 +0000 (EDT)
I worked security at many a show at the JC. Don,t forget about JAH WOBBLE,THE CIRCLE JERKS,MDK,THE GUN CLUB,D.O.A.'S FIVE SHOWS, What was left of the DICTATORS SHOW. THE REPLACEMENTS......... If you want more info on other shows e-mail at the above address any time SPLIT HIS HEAD............ BEN.
From: "Chris Smith" ..
Subject: Jockey Club
Date: Tue, 20 Jun 2000 17:55:40 +0000 (EDT)
The Jockey Club will always hold a very special place in my heart and in my mind. The countless great and some not so great times formed a beautiful period in my life and in the lives of so many who passed through its doors. One legendary act after another, yet another breath taking show, "it's a freak show ace" was a common fraze of the day or back in the day shal we say. I posted fliers, did some promotion, radio and otherwise for years, promoting the club and many of the bands that performed on its stage. I loved that place as so many did. If I had to mention just a few shows of major proportions ( a difficult task, I might ad )I might mention the following; The Vibrators "84"-The Exploited "84"-Violent Femmes "84"- Replacements "84"-Plan 9 "many dates"-D.O.A. "many dates"-Love and Rockets "85" -The Fall, The Ramones, Black Fag, The Cramps, Johnny Thunders, Gun Club, GBH, Dead Kennedys, Circle Jerks, and countless others. So many classic local bands of the day as well, such as, The Reduced-The Thangs-Cybermen- Libertines-Snare and the Idiots-BPA and Major Morgan and the Waist Baskets to name a few. See what I mean...the list could go on and on. Enough said for now. Enjoy the page and your memories "Sieze The Moment and Sieze the Day" Walt Whitman. Fondly, Chris Smith
From: "Bryce again" ..
Subject: hmnnn...
Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2000 19:07:31 +0000 (EDT)
JC fans: What about a new jockey club reunion concert? I could get SS-20 to do it for sure, but it would have to be more than them. And of course, the Southgate Haus would have to be the venue. It's just a bare bones idea, but the interest in just this website has surprised me just a little and makes me think the time is right. Thoughts?
From: "Jonny D" ..
Subject: Violent Femmes
Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2000 00:44:33 +0000 (EDT)
I was standin at the door to the jc Jimmy D was workin the door this guy comes up and goes to go in Jimmy D tells him what the cover is the guy says hes in the band Jimmy D doesnt believe him the guy says what do u want me to do sing a song Jimmy D kinda agrees i think, so he starts singing it mite have been when im walkin i strutt my stuff and im so strung out im hi as a kite i just mite its the singer for the femmes gordon gano i think Jimmy D lets him in it was funny jonny
From: "Dave Davis" ..
Subject: Jockey Club Dates
Date: Tue, 08 Aug 2000 19:44:08 +0000 (EDT)
24 Apr 2000 Hiya, I will find a bunch more over time but I came across one poster last night and thought I'd get it off my chest since it's a ton of bands and a wierd gig too. Most of these bands probably played the club on other nights you're missing, but at least this covers a lot of bases. (not sure of order, Somebody headlined) 1/26/85 Somebody / Present Tension / Fucking Cunts / Midgets / Black Republicans / Dream 286 / Dennis the Menace / Boo Boo Ray / Visitors Snowed like hell, so more people in bands than fans showed up. It was a bizarre family reunion type gig so many of the bands no longer formally existed at the time of the show. But the players were part of the history. The Cunts played the 2nd or 3rd show of the JC's existence... opening for Million Dead Cops who were paid $400 by Shipleys (now Top Cats) NOT to play there the night before. MDC smelled really bad from too many hours in a van and had some very hard lesbian chicks for roadies (very good roadies and they smelled better than the band). Green River may have played at that show as well, or else it was another night the Cunts played. The FC's had lots of punk cred: Bands like MDC, Green River, Toxic Reasons liked playing with them here. Present Tension was an off shoot of this band. The Black Republican's was Greg Dulli's band before the Whigs. Jamie Ozias (local acoustic guy lately) was in there, alongside Hermano bassist Steve Brown. I believe Steve Earle drummed in that band but it was a long time ago. Dream 286 played the club a lot, often with Dementia Precox, and almost certainly with Get Smart on the night listed. Their record release had a ton of bands playing and was the first bonafide sell out of the club... packed to the gills and really sweaty night. Randy Cheek, now an Ass Pony was Dream's bassist, and his later Libertine mate Joe Hamm was the drummer. Dennis The Menace was another rich band... BooBoo Ray was an off shoot contemporary of that by way of Dennis frontman Michael Devanney who was also in Nervous Pioneers about this time which was home for Marc Chenault. Ditchweed's drummer Kendall Davis was in Dennis as was Jerry Chambers who's been in tons of bands before and since. Somebody was the bastard child of all of these parents. I played in that band, along with a few of the others. I was a fairly regular sound man at the JC for most of it's existence. It was Stacey Doose's system, and Jim Davidson was a punk smartass enough to want to be there a lot. When Stacey or Jim didn't want to work, or a band I was in or associated with was playing, I worked it. Early on that was maybe 2-3 nights a month. I worked more touring, and then studio sessions, so that had ¡dwindled by the time of this particular gig to 1-2 nights a month. Stacey had a better gig by that point, so there was always work there. One of the very best shows EVER at the JC was Big Black. I'm guessing it was in 84 or 85 as it was on thier tour supporting Atomizer. It had just come out. 99% of the people who will tell you they were there were liars: the only people in the club that night were myself, Bill Leist and the friends I managed to call to say "get the hell down here" after a terrifying sound check. Aside from being one of the most intense, heavy performances I'd ever seen anywhere, aside from the fact that they put on this show for maybe 8 people, and aside from the fact that they probably didn't get paid, the most notable feature of the show was thier soundman had somehow managed to push the JC PA beyond the limits. I had NEVER heard ANYTHING as loud. Ever. Jimmy and I both prided ourselves in being able to milk every dB out of that rig, but Big Black took it to another level. No one before or later ever played the JC as loud. Not even close. Oh yeah, thier songs, for the uninitiated, can be piss-your-pants scary too, at any volume. Unfortunately I'm not sure of when specifically this show was. Albini mentions a Newport show on a tour diary on a website somewhere, but I believe that was the Southgate show on thier farewell tour. Big Black played great at that show too, but it wasn't the same. Maybe they played great and loud at the JC to torture Bill and Shorty cuz they knew they were getting screwed later on. -d- Dave Davis UltraInteractive
From: "Randy Cheek" ..
Subject: wow
Date: Tue, 08 Aug 2000 20:09:59 +0000 (EDT)
14 Mar 2000 shit, fucking amazing really...............chris and or jimmy smith used to have flyers for damn near every show hangin on the wall ..........maybe they could supply more dates/info.........as funnyman bob hope says, "thanks for the ..FUCK! am I still alive?" Randy Cheek
From: "Chris Lee" ..
Subject: Jockey Club show listing
Date: Tue, 08 Aug 2000 20:13:24 +0000 (EDT)
2 May 2000 Hello! Awesome idea for a site. I have a couple of shows that aren't listed there on your show list. I played in a band called V.A.G. back in the Jockey era days and have a videotape of us playing there January 24, 1987 (The bill was V.A.G./ The Blaze) and an audio tape of a February 12, 1987 show there (V.A.G., The Blaze, again) I also went through some old flyers I have and found : Feb 22, 1985-Vale of Tears/Harvey and the Larvae Jan 25, 1985-Toxic Reasons/Snare & The Idiots Oct 31, 1985-The Reduced, The Thangs, The Highwaymen, SS-20 Dec 20,1986-SS-20/Destructive Criticism/Face Reality Dec 31, 1986-The Reduced/SS-20/The Highwaymen Hope this helps out. Talk Later, Chris Lee
From: "greg" ..
Subject: Show Info
Date: Tue, 08 Aug 2000 20:16:31 +0000 (EDT)
First of all great site- brings back alot of great memories. I located a flyer of a show I attended at the Jockey Club. The date was Friday Nov. 29, I believe the year was 1985(flyer lists no date). Bill was Suicidal Tendencies/The Primates/SS-20(flyer says "last gig" for SS-20 which was obviously short lived). Hope this is of some help. If you would like a copy of the flyer e-mail me your address. Thanks- Greg
From: "Bryna" ..
Subject: Jockey Club site
Date: Tue, 08 Aug 2000 20:35:50 +0000 (EDT)
16 May 2000 Hey, Bryce! I didn't know it was you! I was wondering who'da gone and done a crazy this like this. How have you been? I always knew there would be a good reason to keep all of these articles and fliers. I'm glad to help. Unfortunately, I had a roommate, more than a few years ago, who stole most of the stuff and ALL of the really good stuff. He also decimated my music collection, so all of my vinyl and tapes from those days are long gone. What a shame. What I wouldn't give to hear Juggie sing "Pope's on Tour" one more time . . . But memory is incredible. I can still smell the place, still picture the bathrooms, still remember the very first time I walked in, still remember watching Bevo slither out of his pink dress to get naked on stage, yet again, and I still remember letting Metallica in through the back door during the packed Ramones show. I remember the pinball machine, and the mannequin, and chatting with Shorty and Tiny on a Tuesday afternoon before a show that nobody came to. Ah, memories . . . Whatever happened to Billy anyway? I can still hear his voice in my head, with that Kentucky drawl . . .
From: "Bill Igerent" ..
Subject: MS and peeps at the JC
Date: Wed, 09 Aug 2000 19:12:38 +0000 (EDT)
Anybody know what happened to some of these people who hung out at the JC around 1983-84? Jakki Repellent - Bass Player for Musical Suicide Ben Shipman - Guitar Player for Musical Suicide Myra/Moira Jan Gerber Steve Lawrence - Played standup bass for the Hop Heads and the Warsaw Falcons for a time. Steve the Skinhead - took over singing for MS after my nervous breakdown. There are tons more. I can see their faces but I can't find their names.
Subject: jockey club
Date: Mon, 14 Aug 2000 07:57:14 +0000 (EDT)
09 Aug 2000 Bryce, Well, look at that! It looks like you and Doc and what used to be me. How 'bout that! Didn't know I was still so ticklish! I read the page and all the shows really brought back a boatload of wonderful memories. I didn't realize how much of my youth was wasted at the JC AND how many great shows I missed! I wish I could add something to your page, but unfortunately I was much too busy drinking beer out of surplus Australian oil cans to document any of the magic. I showed a friend of mine your page and we scrolled down the list of shows. He was amazed at how much I remembered (as was I). Now I'm getting sleepy and should tie up all the loose ends so I gotta go. You got 'um good pages. I'll force all my friends to visit. Take care and don't neglect your amphibians.
From: "Pat Patton" ..
Subject: Jockey Club dates
Date: Mon, 14 Aug 2000 08:10:24 +0000 (EDT)
Hey Great site you have. I was a regular at the JC from 1984 till the end and I really miss the place. I used to tape shows on my Sony Walkman all the time and also video taped a few. I just went through my list of audios and was amazed to find that about 90% of them are not listed on your page. I'll go through my videos and flyers and get back with you (hopefully with more dates). Do you know anyone who has a copy of the Dead Kennedys show(s) on video? I know it was filmed but I've never seen it. I think a guy named Ed taped it. Someone must have a copy of it. I had fun going through my old flyers and remembering all those shows I saw. Just when you thought you had all the dates you would be able to find, here comes some more. I saw your note about the furniture and stage being left outside for scavengers. I have a table and four chairs, three stage lights (I got them from Rick Sims of The Reduced), and the Jockey Club sign that used to hang above the sidewalk. I have some newspaper articles on the JC. One of them has a picture of Bill Leist standing near the bar and one of them has a Picture of Black Flag (Henry) on stage. Also, a copy of "weekend edition" from the Sunday Enquirer listing the 10 best things to do in Cincinnati. Stage Diving at the Jockey Club was #1 if you can believe that....
From: "Bryce" ..
Subject: DICKIES/DOC
Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2000 19:53:54 +0000 (EDT)
Knowing nothing of the Jockey Club really,other than THE DICKIES would be there, we showed up ridiculously early, like 7 or 8pm or something. I still laugh about that.I wouldn't even go outside to the car to listen to the unreleased"Stukas Over Disneyland" tape that STAN LEE pulled out of his pocket, so I met LEONARD too and heard their great soundcheck: NIGHTS IN WHITE SATIN! It was over a year before I came back to actually play onstage and it was Doc & the Pods' first paying gig. We held the club in such esteem that we thought we'd need to play for YEARS and work our way up to the Jockey. But the booking came easily and it was only like our 3rd or 4th show. We played there twenty times and it goes without saying it was our favorite place to play. It certainly was the only place to repeatedly welcome back the Pods! We were lucky enough to play that hectic final night, especially seeing as how we'd really been playing there less and less, but we somehow also played the JC one week earlier, and hadn't been there in a long time. We walked in to what felt like home and had to ask ourselves why we'd been gone so long. And nobody knew a thing about any closing, and we had ourselves a real fun, relaxed show. We thought WE were splitting (we weren't, not yet) and felt we'd come our full circle. It was more special to me even than being a part of the big last show. Only maybe one time sucked for us, it was mostly always a packed enough house, diggin' it.
From: "ed pittman" ..
Subject: toxic reasons
Date: Sat, 26 Aug 2000 23:06:37 +0000 (EDT)
hail, hail the jockey club! as lead singer of toxic reasons thru 79-84, had a chance to play many times at the jc. will always remember bill, clem, shorty, tiny, and giant cans of foster's for $2.50! jug head, mickey's from the corner liquor store, white castle, and of course the legendary bathrooms (did anybody ever get that beer can out of the last shitter on the right?) it's great to see homage paid to such a great club. it was a great place for bands and music. the jockey club will always have a place in my heart. long live shorty!!! long live the jockey!!!
From: "David Zinner" ..
Subject: fuzzy memories
Date: Sat, 02 Sep 2000 20:25:28 +0000 (EDT)
The funny thing is (OK, not so funny, really), I don't remember a lot of the bands at the JC, but I remember the club very well. I do remember a Valentine's day show called, "The Lowlife-Scum of Broken Hearts" dance-I still have a flyer somewhere. I remember that cavernous space, and I remember it sometimes being packed. But there was always room to dance. It was the Skank pit then, pre-mosh. The stage was enormous-I remember some bands went crazy with all the room they had. I think I remember seeing the Toxics there. In the back, I remember two ancient pinball machines-two games for a quarter, five balls a game! I do recall cheap alcohol(which may be why I'm hazy on the bands) at a very scarred wooden bar. There always seemed to be regulars there, folks in their 60's and older, no matter how loud the show. Just one more oddity at the JC. The rest rooms were putrid in a way that only Hell could approach. I remember being careful about wahat I ate before going to a show, so I wouldn't have to sit down, or even take a breath. The walls-graffitied doesn't begin to describe them. spray paint and marker may have been the only things holding them up. I always thought that punk should tear society down, but leave the toilet standing (How bourgeouisie, eh?). Was the "Ladies" room that bad, too? I hope photos get posted here. Maybe more of my memory will return. Find Bob Butler, now in Cincy. He probably has stuff from the shows.
From: "Glenn bennison (Ben's little brother !!)" ..
Subject: The Jockey Club twisted my youth !!
Date: Sun, 10 Sep 2000 17:04:42 +0000 (EDT)
I attended the Plan 9 show, Many a night I saw shorty with that stogey in his chops !! (probably the same one - the whole time) Long live the jockey club, and the teen-punk girl that turned me into the man am !! Butcha-baby ! - pass the electrical tape.
From: "Dianna Ray" ..
Subject: I know I'm getting old when reminiscing is this much fun.
Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2000 14:16:27 +0000 (EDT)
Great site, especially good for those of us who's memories of the 80's are a bit fuzzy. I was in a band, Mydolls, and we played there several times. Bless the Jockey Club and it's wonderful facade and "green room" area. Two songs on our last release, Speak Softly and Carry a Big Stick, were recorded live at the Jockey Club. My favorite memory was eating Salad Nicoise lovingly prepared specially for us. The jockey Club was one of my favorite places to play. Gald to see a fine homage erected for it. What is everyone doing these days? Anyone still playing music? I dust off the bass every now and then. I'll see if Trish or I have any posters or photos from there and I'll pass them along. Bless you all.
From: "Ken Sims" ..
Subject: memories
Date: Sun, 01 Oct 2000 18:13:28 +0000 (EDT)
helious creed were from san francisco and came to my house to take showers and eat. John James from wizzard records borrowed this tape from me and kept it. F.O.D. I partied with them in the back of jockey club...great show.... impulse manslaughter they played twice...then they played again and something happened i think....they stole some beer or something ....clem announces the jockey club is now serving jolt cola!! and tells some bad jokes. I tell pat to stay away from my microphone .... Brain Dead from louisville I got the tape...theres a great crowd in a good mood.... For the record i knew this guy who i got going to the club and he was always selling joints so he started hanging out at the jockey club and one time the Accused were playing...and were selling merchandise behind the counter in the back and he went back with the band and sold 150 exactly big joints to just about everyone in the place....great show...everyone was high...and there was a bat that got in the place and shorty stopped the show and turned on all the lights and got this big pole with a net on it and chased the bat!!! it was great!! Remember that ever happening?? I have a pic of pedro (I forget what band he was in??) he's sitting next to dan carroll with like 70 joints in his mouth!!! I should let you put that on here....if I can find it....and i have a pic of my friend john (singer of the slobs) in the bathroom falling in the stall...maybe the only bathroom pic?? I'm gettin' into this braindead tape...ok ok... nine pound hammer I have no idea why i dont have a nine pound hammer tape... i loved them!! and we use to party all the time!! they hated dealing with bill cause he ripped them off before... I got a pic of bevo wrapped up in porno mag pics when he performed on stage....another great pic that should be on here...
From: "kenny" ..
Subject: sylvias
Date: Mon, 02 Oct 2000 12:11:43 +0000 (EDT)
yea silvias is still open. I remonber my friend john giong in there after a showand puking on a picture that was on the wall....It stayed there on the painting forever cause it looked like it was part of the picture! Does anyone remomber the night the lion got out on the roof?? As i remember it, they had a real lion and it got on the roof of sylvias...
From: "John Scudder" ..
Subject: Great tribute!!
Date: Sun, 05 Nov 2000 15:50:07 +0000 (EST)
Thanks for all of the wonderful memories revisited! I didn't care for much about my youth, but one of the biggest parts of my life was definitely the JC! It did not matter who was playing a lot of the time. We would usually drink "a few" beers and smoke up and then head on down to the Jockey. Some of the greatest musicians and most terrible ones graced their stage. I remember hearing Flipper for the first time there and thinking "This is so horrid, its wonderful!" After that, and a few Black Flag shows, I was hooked. If the JC didn't exist, I would probably have become a lot sorrier person than I already am. Thanks for the memories:) John
From: "Bryce" ..
Subject: Sylvia's lion
Date: Sun, 05 Nov 2000 19:03:10 +0000 (EST)
The escaped lion, (just one of Sylvia's "borderline" illegal activities?) according to the framed newspaper article hanging in the restaurant, got on the Jockey Club's roof, not Sylvia's. At least that's how I recall it. Man, I loved chowing there after a gig. I still strap on the feedbag at Sylvia's on occasion but knowing the JC aint next door makes it about half as fun. You could tell Sylvia's mood by how deadly her salsa dip was.
From: "John Zeh" ..
Subject: The Jockey Club
Date: Mon, 13 Nov 2000 03:36:59 +0000 (EST)
Thanks for having this site and look back on an unforgettable era . Groups like No Goo Heroes carry the banner on. John Zeh AMP Alert alertamp@aol.com http://linx.CincyRing.com
From: "Karl Meyer" ..
Subject: Sluggo Site
Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2000 20:31:59 +0000 (EST)
Hello: Jockey Club fans! I'm working on a Sluggo site. Check it out: www.sluggocincinnati.com There will even be a photo of Handsome Clem there. Later, Karl (ex-Sluggo, ex-SS20, ex-The Edge, ex-Human Zoo, ex-cetera)
From: "Neil Aquino" ..
Subject: Fang
Date: Thu, 16 Nov 2000 09:34:54 +0000 (EST)
I watched the People's Court one afternoon with Fang. The real People's Court with Judge Wapner. We watched it in an apartment in Downtown Cincinnati. I think it may have been the apartment of Terry Starr. (I'm not sure that is the correct spelling of Terry's name) The gentleman who was the lead singer of Fang drank beer all day. I can't recall his name anymore. Right before the Jockey Club show that evening, the singer gentleman had some White Castle's from the White Castle on York Street. He threw up on stage, but kept the show going. He really cared about his public,I suppose. Nothing stopped him.
From: "Liam Dolan" ..
Subject: ...???
Date: Fri, 08 Dec 2000 15:29:35 +0000 (EST)
I don't remember the Jockey Club, but that's because I was six years old in 1984. In any case, if any of you fleabitten senior citizens would like to contribute your hazily recollected memories to the Neus Subjex's ongoing attempt to compile a canonical enyclopedia of Cincinnati punk rock, email me. Otherwise, I'll just steal it off of your websites. Got to the "zero worship" page at neussubjex.net for details, as well as the initial contributions by Victor "Che" Garcia-Rivera and Dave Davis.
From: "Karl Meyer" ..
Subject: The gypsies of the JC
Date: Tue, 02 Jan 2001 20:25:54 +0000 (EST)
Does anyone else remember the 2-3 Arab-looking guys that would come into the Jockey Club occassionaly to sell velvet posters of Elvis and Jesus? Jughead called them simply "the gypsies". I watched in awe of his bargaining prowess as he talked them from $30 down to $5 for a velvet Elvis one night. They really added to the ambiance.
From: "Chuck Byrd" ..
Subject: Me and Biligerent
Date: Sat, 06 Jan 2001 03:12:28 +0000 (EST)
I just saw that picture of Biligerent and myself from the Jockey Club. I was also in that group photo taken at the JC with Clem and Juggy and the sluggo guys. I saw my first show at The JC when I was 15. The Zero Boys and Killing Children. Scared the shit outta me but changed my life forever. I was at most of the shows on that big list of dates. I had my first date with my wife Betsy at the Dead Kennedys show. I first met Clem at "Another" records in Clifton. I met Billy Blank at "The Record Alley" in Kentucky where I bought my first Sham 69 record. Me and my buddy Nick used to make back drops for some of the bands and Bill would let us in free. I still have some of the old photos I took from way back when. I'm 35 now and really enjoy this look back at my teen and early 20's years. Thanx for the memories, Chuck
From: "Steve Libbey" ..
Subject: Wonderful!
Date: Mon, 08 Jan 2001 11:45:58 +0000 (EST)
I am awash in nostalgia and memories...well, what memories are left, anyway. Not that I was oblivious back then; I was a straight edge punk (I even was ambitious enough to put x's on my hands!), but cursed with a poor memory. However, I do recall a show that I didn't see on your list: Dag Nasty/Corrosion of Conformity/someone else. It sticks out in my mind because it was my first (and possibly only) JC police raid. Being underage, I, along with Joe Koontz, George DuSchane, Dave Grundy and some other folks bolted out the back, only to have the door held open for us by the singers from both bands! Starstruck, we chatted with them about cops, etc. I was wearing a homemade shirt of Calvin (of Calvin and Hobbes) zombified, saying some punk rock slogan, and the singer for Dag Nasty asked me to make one for him. I mailed him one from college in Boulder and he never replied. Alas.
Anyone remember that date?
BTW, I was in a band that started in the Murphy's Pub days, Shocklogic, and we released a tape in 1989. My new label/distribution company, Royal Fuzz (www.royalfuzz.com) is rereleasing it on CD, to the horror and embarrassed silence of Cincinnatians. But hey, what the hell. That and more current releases of many bands, some Cincy ones such as Bulbous, Ruby Vileos, Irritants and more, can be found at www.royalfuzz.com.
Steve
From: "William Weber" ..
Subject: Tiny
Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2001 00:05:14 +0000 (EST)
Any chances of getting any photos of "Tiny"?..., Shorty's brother and partner. http://www.williamweber.com
From: "Neil Aquino" ..
Subject: Former Days
Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2001 23:43:50 +0000 (EST)
A few years ago I had dinner at former Cincinnati Concilman John Mirlisena's house. John was talking about all the places he would go in the 40's and 50's. He mentioned the 633 Club. 633 York Street in Newport. John said he used to go out in a tuxedo for his big nights on the town, stay out all night and go to his plumbing school classes on Saturday mornings still in the tuxedo. Also, the WW II exhibit at Union Terminal has an old time trolley car. One of the advertising placards in the trolley is for the 633 Club. The Jockey Club was located at a very distinguished address.
From: "mudball" ..
Subject: Naked Raygun
Date: Sat, 20 Jan 2001 10:53:48 +0000 (EST)
I know there were not many people at the shows, but someone else has to remember the incredible aural experience provided by the Chicago band Naked Raygun. They played the JC twice, and it was f@cking incredible.
From: "Bryce Rhude" ..
Subject: more incredible shows
Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2001 18:10:43 +0000 (EST)
I have three shows that really stick out to me as awesome experiences maybe because I didn't know these groups, didn't know what to expect and was just knocked out: PRIME MOVERS, from Boston I think, LEGAL WEAPON, from L.A., WHITE ANIMALS, from Nashville maybe on a Wednesday and they brought their own really good lightshow. I saw some three piece group do Ode To Billy Joe once, the best version of that I ever heard, not really a punk version or anything but still brilliant, don't remember who that was! Some really super players went through those hallowed halls.....
From: "Lawrence Tarpey" ..
Subject: THE JOCKEY CLUB RULES!!!!
Date: Thu, 01 Feb 2001 01:59:40 +0000 (EST)
Wow! It's great to see a JC web site, I loved that dive. There were so many great shows. One that really stands out in my mind was the Cramps, I can't quite remember the date, but Lux was in great form that night. He was an animal , drinking red wine out of a bottle on stage pouring all over himself and then in mid-song with a perfect toss he threw the bottle through a hole in the ceiling where a tile was missing. Anybody else see that one? Does anyone remember the original JC club stage? it was kind of runway style and not real conducive for rock'n. The band I was in, Active Ingredients played tons of shows there. A couple of shows I noticed that are not listed was The Replacements/Active Ingredients show in 84' I think it was The Sorry Ma tour. They were drunk as shit but it was a blast. There were only about 20 or 30 people in the place. Another show I remember that is not listed was The Dickies/Active Ingredients/Musical Suicide show on Nov 12th 84 or 85. I used to have tons of flyers for alot of the JC show but quite a few of them have disappeared over the years. All the people in the Northern KY, Cinn. scene at that time were cool as hell and a blast to hang out with. If it wasn't for Bill, Jughead, Clem, Shorty, Snare, Tiny and tons of other folks making it happen, I would have never seen so many of the great punk rock bands of all time from Europe and the US.............Thanx for the site...over and out. Lawrence Tarpey
From: "Karl Meyer" ..
Subject: Replacements / Active Ingredients gig
Date: Thu, 01 Feb 2001 10:06:44 +0000 (EST)
I remember the Replacements/Active Ingredients gig that Lawrence Tarpey mentioned above. That was a great, great show. The Replacements were absolutely plastered. They played practically none of their original tunes, and spent the whole night playing country songs instead. I was amazed at how they dished out one sorry rendition of an old country song after another, completely oblivious to the anguished cries from the punks to play "Fuck My School" or whatever. The guitarist, Bob, was dressed completely in drag, including blush, eyeshadow, etc. The singer kept substituting the word "Bob" in for key words in the country tunes to a very humorous effect. I think at the end of the night they relented and played 2 or 3 thrashers to appease the audience, but by then we were down to a skeleton crew. They made an artform out of getting drunk and pissing off the audience.
From: "Bryce again" ..
Subject: memory flash
Date: Sat, 03 Feb 2001 09:53:36 +0000 (EST)
My first night playing at The Jockey we again showed up way early, to no soundman, no mikes, and then it was showtime. Jimmy D. strolls in, just out for fun, naturally has to do sound, and we in Doc & the Pods had one microphone so we did our three part harmonies and stuff into one mike, drums and amps not reinforced. It seems hard to believe but they said we got the first standing ovation of the year, and it was Dec 28th!I guess they felt bad about the sound, so we were invited back for the following night. This would be our third gig in 3 days, and we were into it! We had a soundman, many mikes, and we weren't near as groovy! Pods always turned hardship into triumph, but couldn't improve upon no hardship. One of those nights we weren't allowed to leave the building, the block had been circled by police. I later learned that this was the night that two newport cops were facing each other with guns drawn on this guy in between them. Well, one cop shot and maybe killed the other, missing the bad guy. So of course they framed him for it is how I think the story went. This was our first experience. We made $77 for both nights and thought that was pretty damn cool.
From: "Kathy Leigh" ..
Subject: The Damned
Date: Sat, 03 Feb 2001 23:28:59 +0000 (EST)
My favorite show at the JC was the Damned in March of 86. They were absolutely wonderful but I remember the toilets overflowed and the floor of the club was awash in barely diluted sewage. Unfortunately I slipped and fell in it and so I smelled very bad at the party after the show. Fabulous show however. I will always be grateful to the folks at the Jockey Club for giving me the opportunity to see these bands without driving 500 miles (or more).
From: "Kimberly Hayden" ..
Subject: Jockey Club
Date: Sun, 04 Feb 2001 21:23:40 +0000 (EST)
Man, oh man. What a website. One time I went to the JC to see Husker Du. When I got there, Grant Hart was sitting there at the door with Shorty. He was BAREFOOT and looked like Shorty's bastard son. I saw the Replacements there twice. The first time was the show that Larry Tarpey mentioned. The second time, Scott Payton played guitar with them for a couple of songs. Scott doesn't know how to play the guitar. One other time I was there and Metallica came to a Ramones show after they played with Ozzy in Cincinnati. I went there for the first time in 1983.
From: "Markel Tumlin" ..
Subject: Replacements
Date: Mon, 05 Feb 2001 20:19:00 +0000 (EST)
The second Replacements show must have been in about October 1984. It was the first of many 'Mats shows I saw, although I swore I'd never go see them again, since they were too wasted to complete any numbers that night. Kim Hayden is only partially correct in saying that Scotty Payton played guitar that night. Actually, Scott played guitar while a bunch of other guys from Lexington took over the other instruments and played the Lexington punk tune "Party in my Head." I don't remember the name of the band that did that song originally, so maybe somebody from Lexington can help me out. One last note about that show. After it was over, Bill Leist went to pay the band whatever sum they were guaranteed, but Paul Westerberg refused payment. He told Leist, "I let half the people here in free, and we didn't play for shit."
From: "Bill Igerent" ..
Subject: There's a Party In My Head, And You're Not Invited!
Date: Wed, 07 Feb 2001 09:59:27 +0000 (EST)
I still sing that refrain to myself on a regular basis! The Slumlords out of Lexington did that song. They also played as the Naked Painters some times. I don't remember much else about them but I remember that song! I know I'm going to be singing it to myself all day now!
From: "Robert Sturdevant" ..
Subject: JC forever
Date: Wed, 07 Feb 2001 12:50:18 +0000 (EST)
What a great site totally cool- Jughead
From: "Neil Aquino" ..
Subject: Hot Tip
Date: Sun, 11 Feb 2001 23:04:56 +0000 (EST)
I always played the pinball machine with the horse racing theme. I think it was called Hot Tip. The machine had a drawing of one jockey smashing his hand into the face of another jockey during a race. Where did that machine go?
From: "paul" ..
Subject: god's own band
Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2001 15:40:09 +0000 (EST)
Unfortunately I don't have anything to say about the jockey club because I was 2000 miles away. From everything I've read today though it sounds like it was the place to be. In fact we've got our own little dive bar here in town called the jockey club that we're pushing to get shows happening in. This is a call to anyone who can further my quest in contacting any members of Snare and the Idiots. I'm co-owner of a record shop in portland, OR. and someone brought in a Snare 7" among several other midwest records for store credit. The Snare found itself glued to the turntable for weeks. I was instructed to find more copies of this record. One customer asked me how the search was going for 'god's own band'. Unfortunately I haven't had any luck whatever in contacting any of them. I've gone so far as to call all the record shops in KY...I thought I was close when the guy at phil's told me that steve snare buys records there every week. I left my name and number to no avail. Really if you're out there snares I'd love to hear from you. paul/discourage
From: "Jonny" ..
Subject: the best
Date: Sat, 17 Feb 2001 15:12:22 +0000 (EST)
Johnny Thunders, Violent Femmes, Damned, Ramones, Thangs, Reduced, Fucking Cunts, Tex and the Horseheads, Lords of the new church, Auburnaires, doc and the pods, snare & the idiots were some of the very best
From: "SNARE" ..
Subject: fun at the jockey club
Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2001 15:06:57 +0000 (EST)
This is Snare from Snare & the Idiots & 101 Damnations. Between the two bands that I was in I must have played at the Jockey Club 60-70 times.I think I had the most fun in my entire life in that place. I still see a few of the old-timers around now & then. I still keep in touch with my old bandmates.We've been kicking around the idea of playing an Idiots reunion show.If anybody wants to sent me an e-mail please do so,I'd love to hear from the people I haven't seen in years. until then "SAUSAGE ACE".Steve "Snare"Arnzen Dayton,Ky 2/18/01
From: "snare" ..
Subject: snare & the idiots
Date: Tue, 20 Feb 2001 14:24:16 +0000 (EST)
To Paul in Portland Oregon This is Snare from Snare & the Idiots.You can reach me at (859)491-4049 10PM EST is the best time to reach me.
From: "jonny thang" ..
Subject: the club
Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2001 21:07:01 +0000 (EST)
Great site, b. rhude. I remember, being in a band, it was a drag to book a show @ another club around town cause you might miss something important @ the club.I went to so many great shows there when I had NO idea what I was going to see.I followed the crowd for the ride of my life, and I thank god i'm still alive. We were all fortunate to be involved in such a once in a lifetime, nay, millenium,experience. One of my proudest moments in life is still when Shorty showed up at an after gig thanksgiving party at the Thang mansion. We're not worthy!!!
From: "Ken Ehrman" ..
Subject: JC memories
Date: Sat, 24 Feb 2001 17:20:33 +0000 (EST)
This site is great! THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU! I wish i had pix to contribute, but i never even owned a camera back then. it was my favorite place to go in the whole world ('specially since i didn't turn 21 till after the place closed). my band Blue Othello played there, I'm trying to track down the dates. we played with ss-20 one night and i'll have to find out about the others. (i have to admit i was usually pretty f-d up.) ss-20 really took care of us, pete wegele and uncle dave did as well, i owe a good portion of my record collection picks to handsome clem's radio show Stories ------- i was sitting on the floor of the lobby trying to hold my head up and this dude from one of the bands asked me to work the door. i thought he was kidding. "uh, no--nobody else will do it." i pretty much let all the girls in and told the underage guys to leave. (i let 'em in anyway--what a puss!) one night on stage i knocked the mic stand over and tried to upright it by putting my foot down firmly on the base of the stand and spent the rest of the show spitting out the chipped bits of my front tooth. (boy did those mics smell great or what?) my favorite shows were d.o.a. (my first stage dive), modern vending (learned something different that night in their oil-lamp shows), and every ss-20 and reduced concert (i pegged that fucker)! everybody there was cool as shit! i always had a good time and never had a hassle. i miss the way the girls used to dress. anyway i should quit rambling; THANK YOU again ho-ho records, this site freaking rocks!
From: "Evan" ..
Subject: Unconfirmed Tupelo Chain Sex
Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2001 12:54:10 +0000 (EST)
I saw Tupelo Chain Sex at the JC in 86, but don't know if 8/23 was the date.
From: "bryce pod" ..
Subject: fuzzy math
Date: Thu, 01 Mar 2001 16:08:45 +0000 (EST)
Ok, I've been hoping somebody would smoke out the truth on this. Tupelo Chain Sex was there in '85 and it was grrrrreat, a very weird and visual kind of band with ex-Mothers of Invention, one of whom hadda be that old guy on the BASS SAX who looked like Santa on acid. In my calendars I have them down again later but just not where! I hazily think I saw them again at Sudsy's, could that be my unconfirmed date? Anybody? Hey, and while we're kinda on the subject, did Brian Brain play the club only once or was it twice? One last thing: Anybody seen Billy Ace lately? I saw him at the Chuck Berry show in '96 and he looked pretty darn good, considerin'...
From: "kenny" ..
Subject: anotherlost band
Date: Fri, 02 Mar 2001 13:32:56 +0000 (EST)
Does anyone remember a band from florida that played at the jockey club called charlie picket & the eggs?? They played there a few times, but once we went to see them, and I think there was 6 people in the whole place, but one of the best shows ever.... They had lots of props like the meatmen used, and at the end for the encore, they did freebird, and had a big lynnard skynnard tour plane prop and during the end of the song, the singer caught the plane on fire , and threw it across the stage while it was in total flames.... It was one of the wildest things.... Also I have discovered in my dusty collecion, a reduced halloween party tape...anyone wanna relive the pill popping bill leist experience on cd?? I remember seeing Active Ingredients once, and someone thru a beercan at the drummer, and he flew in the audience and grabbed the guy at the table by the throat and shook him .... Lawrence if ya see this, I was fortunate to tape active ingredients on march 21, 1987 when you opened up for M.S.I. (more stupid initials)... Would you like to relive the experience? send me a note! I never knew a active ingredients tape existed until I ran into a band mamber at a record expo years ago...I always wondered why it never came out on record at the height of everything..many people only know of the 2 ep's... And last of all, where the hell is bill leist? kenny
From: "JIMMY SMITH" ..
Subject: RE: ANOTHER LOST BAND
Date: Wed, 07 Mar 2001 06:31:59 +0000 (EST)
I LOVE THIS SIGHT! KENNY I WOULD BE WAY INTERESTED IN A CD OF THE REDUCED HALLOWEEN SHOW. I HAVE THIS GIG ON VIDEO IF YOU'RE INERESTED. I ALSO HAVE A REDUCED GIG ON VIDEO WHERE CHARLIE PICKETT JOINED US FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF NUMBERS.. . FANTASTIC SHOW THE CLOSER WAS THE STONES' ''LAST TIME'' AND SNARE, JOHNNY THE DOGFACED BOY, JONNY THANG, PAT MALONE AND A BUNCH OF OTHERS HOPPED ONSTAGE FOR A FEW BARS OF NONE-TOO-MITCH MILLER LIKE SING-A-LONG.
From: "Jimmy Davidson" ..
Subject: the jockey club
Date: Fri, 09 Mar 2001 17:57:10 +0000 (EST)
Bryce, I love the site and all efforts. I wish I could help you out more. But, I was in The Reduced and, well.. you know...one of them fosters cans....my head....well, fudge....I guess... I split it WIDE!!!!!!!! love you long time. jimmy d p.s. I still own for the Highwaymen mini tour. Me and You on stage at CBGB's together. jd.
From: "Karl Meyer" ..
Subject: Newport Gestapo
Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2001 08:30:14 +0000 (EST)
Of course, the Jockey Club experience is not entirely complete unless you had a run-in with the notorious Newport Police. I had mine while watching The Edge in January or February of 1984. I was at the JC with Julian Bevan and Myra McKee, may she rest in peace. I was sitting at the bar, watching the band when 2 cops came in and asked me for my ID. I told them I didn't have one (rather than show them my very fake ID in my wallet), and they told me to wait there for them while they went to the back of the club, presumably to round up more youngsters. I dashed for the front door, grabbing Myra, and I asked Jughead to go to the back and tell Julian, who was by the stage, that the cops were here and to go out the back door and get to the car. Myra and I made it to the car, which was parked in the cab lot next door. I put Myra in the car, started the engine, and then left it running while I went back to the back door to get Julian, who nearly ran me over, jumping out the back door with a look of terror on his face I'll never forget (he was only 14 years old, after all). We made it back to the car, and just as I was backing out, I saw the flashing lights of the cop car pulling into the cab lot and blocking my car in. The cops made us get out of the car. They were pretty angry that I had left the bar after they had told me to wait for them. The one cop barked at us while the other searched my car, looking for drugs I suppose. The first cop shined his flash light at my Ohio plates and asked me, "what does that say?", and I said "Ohio", guessing what he meant. He replied, "That's right, and that's where you should stay. You got no business coming to Newport."
I guess they didn't find what they were looking for in my car, and to my amazement they let us go after their search turned fruitless, even though all three of us were very underage (a 14, 15, and a 16 year old), and Myra was visibly drunk.
By the way, the cop was completely wrong. I had plenty of business coming to Newport, and all of it was at the Jockey Club.
From: "Bryce the channeler" ..
Subject: plenty of time but I see a reunion on the horizon
Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2001 17:16:49 +0000 (EST)
The twentieth anniversary of the kick-off is just about 1.5 years away and I think we should for sure do something about it. As I mentioned months ago (but I sure wasn't seeing the 20th creeping up on us at that time),The Southgate House has gotta be reserved for this special occasion. I'll be turning 40 in September of 2002 so maybe this event could be like a special life moment for me or at least keep me from being too bummed out. The most known lineup of Snare & The Idiots is rehearsing, The Cybermen are now gigging again and I think even a tour is on the books, SS-20 and The Wolverton Brothers have never been gone, the same is true of BPA but I hear they are shy or something and refuse to do gigs. We shall see. My good pals The Hopheads could appear as they did do early gigs at The JC even though they really aren't known as a Jockey band. One thing I want to hope to avoid is hastily scrambled together ex-bands just to do the gig. I think it should be groups from THEN that are here NOW. Seems more sincere to me. That leaves me out of it, but I wouldn't mind seeing The Thangs shake hands and come out rockin'! Sometimes Mercy Baby has Jim Cole sitting in on lap steel, that's close enough to Auburnaires for me to consider an exception. But who am I to play GAWD? Maybe Bill could be coaxed out of retirement to actually set this thing up and maybe put a vintage punk national act on the bill? Hint, hint: DICKIES. Is that crazy? I'll do it but I gotta tell ya I haven't had too much luck in getting my current band in there, though I'm not trying too hard. My only success of any note was that big Beatles tribute down there in 1993, called "Don't Let It Be!". Betcha didn't know that was me! I was between jobs and just lived on the phone for three months talking to bands and it was the best time of my life! But it was hard too, and I can see why Bill got pooped out after hundreds of shows. So be thinking about it. Short sets, and hopefully lots of 'em. Who else have I forgotten?
From: "Irv Ross" ..
Subject: Jockey Club
Date: Sun, 18 Mar 2001 20:33:25 +0000 (EST)
I have many many fond memories of the JC. Made many trips from Louisville to see shitloads of bands. The Louisville crowd was not very well liked there,we were full of agression,and left most of it at the JC many times. I will never forget that place and the great times we all had there.I have a few old flyers that i have to dig up,will let you know if i can help with any of the dates or pictures.Thanks
From: "BILL-e LEIST" ..
Subject: fudge
Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2001 16:43:36 +0000 (EST)
split it wide boys n girls be back soon ha ha
From: "stinky" ..
Subject: j.c.
Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2001 20:38:40 +0000 (EST)
looking at this site was very cool.I remember a lot of faces but not as many names.it would be great to see more pictures. so you folks holding them(bob butler and george duchaine) cough them up.
From: "Sissy" ..
Subject: How bout....
Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2001 21:29:20 +0000 (EST)
CFA,DRI,JFA, skinny dipping with the Exploited in Amy Millers pool!
From: "Adam" ..
Subject: What happened to Buffy!
Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2001 11:40:48 +0000 (EST)
Buffy was the hottest thing in the scene (84-89) If anyone knows how to get a hold of her let me know. A
From: "Elizabeth Stevens" ..
Subject: Oh. my, my, my.....
Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2001 14:46:46 +0000 (EST)
Kudos to YOU - YOU, who took the time to sit down and put something like this together - so great! it takes heart! I also believe that I do have quite a few pictures somewhere, rolled up, in a box, under some books, sitting in storage, stinking of mothballs - I'll get back to ya.
From: "Katy Action" ..
Subject: wish I'd been there
Date: Sun, 25 Mar 2001 10:05:01 +0000 (EST)
Hey Bryce, This is a great site!! By the time I had heard about the Jockey Club it had closed. (Some djs on waif talking about it) I was too young anyway. You, Bryce, may remember me as one of the annoying SCPA students that bugged you at that job you had by Sterling's art supplies downtown. I was the taller one. (As opposed to my 4'10" friend.) Reading your Doc & The Pods zine inspired me to make my first zine. Which eventually got me making webpages, which I am obsessed with to this day. (You should feel special! hehehe) I wish I had been able to experience the whole JC scene. Then again, I think I'd be even more bitter about the sucky "scene" of today. I just like the 80s anyway.
From: "Jughead" ..
Subject: Good article
Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2001 15:22:40 +0000 (EST)
Karl Meyer sent me this site take a look. www.good authority.org/0103/db01316/db01316.bhtm This site brings so many great memories flooding back, Shorty would be proud JUGHEAD
From: "jim doerflein" ..
Subject: jimmy d had hair !
Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2001 08:25:12 +0000 (EST)
i love this sight !!! way to go bryce ! it's very cool to scroll thru the list of old shows (i'm glad melba t. made the cut!).the idea for a show is great.maybe it could be old bands still hooked up, re-union bands, and maybe OLD FOLKS who are playing together in new bands?!( i'm playing w jimmy d and jim welch presently, for example, hint, wink, nod.)the only thing i would question is your contention that you shouldn't play GAWD.i think YOU make an AWESOME GAWD!!!
From: "Joby" <118@prodigy.net>
Subject: 5 26 88 30 pieces
Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2001 20:24:29 +0000 (EST)
Amazing how time flies!!!I played guitar in 30 Pieces. I remember walking in and Shorty handed me a broom and told me to clean the stage!!!WTF!!!! I did it though ,and we played the gig. Had a blast.Still cant figure out what the dried up green mass was stuck to the mens bathroom ceiling though. If anyone knows the where a bouts of the rest of 30 pieces, Let me know.Cheers. Joby
From: "Bryce" ..
Subject: Sunday afternoon at JC recording studio
Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2001 18:00:22 +0000 (EST)
Jimmy asked Shorty if the Pods could record down there on a Sunday afternoon and Shorty agreed! Was he alright or what? Way down at the other end of the club we watched Shorty as he watched a small black and white TV. I layed on the cool linoleum floor in the dead center of the club. It was like laying on the center line of a highway or something. The club was weirdly empty. The other guy was there, what was his name, Bud? Old, tall, and had a flattop. Steve O., our bassist arrived and was really hung over from the night before, as he never took our recording sessions too seriously, which we were OK with! He proceeded to walk right in the back door, and in one fluid move, put his bass down, and laid down face first on the stage which was disgusting beyond belief! The night before musta been something else cuz there was a completely shattered toilet in tiny ceramic pieces all over the stage and Steve went to sleep amidst the millions of shards. I forget why we went to the club, I guess for Jimmy D. to use the sound board, but nothing ended up being used cuz it didn't sound too good. We did the same songs again at Group Effort and still didn't quite get it right! But it came out as "Touch The Unclean Thing". Later a song from the Jockey session got out on "Son of Kultur" in 1995. I seem to remember being told that Shorty actually liked The Pods! I'm sure he had bands he preferred over others. What a cool guy.
From: "mark mounts" ..
Subject: and beer too...
Date: Sun, 01 Apr 2001 03:25:16 +0000 (EDT)
cramps exploding toilets ripped up converse with no soles left good clean Family fun
From: "Kevin Kroger" ..
Subject: Re:Bill Igerent's post
Date: Fri, 06 Apr 2001 10:09:12 +0000 (EDT)
Hi bill you don't remember me. I was nineteen when I first went to see your show at the jc. I forgot my id and since our mugs were similar you let me use yer id to get in. Shorty knew but didn't give a shit. He knew what color my money was. As for MS, I heard ben shipman died of aids. I don't know what happened to Paul Grisar. He fell off the face of the earth like most of the peeps who went to see the shows.
From: "Jonny D aka dfb" ..
Subject: In the beginning
Date: Fri, 06 Apr 2001 19:15:13 +0000 (EDT)
I hung at the club from the beginning since i knew bill leist from our days and mostly nighgts hanging out at he apartment on 18th street. That was a fun place where about 7 guys went in and paid $20 a month to rent this place in newport from pauli's brother and now mayor of newport. Billy, pauli, freddy dickhaus, dick sims,dave hilton fka hap, grice, vic, snare, donny "tex" watson and ace to name a few. We drank and smoked etc. and listened to the stones and all our fav punk rock and new wave bands such as the clash, pistols, johnny thunders & the heartbreakers, damned, stranglers, vibrators, 999, undertones, dead boys, b-52's and listened to this great song called take a qualuude now , sorry bout the spelling,(taqn) by a band called the eyes i think. We never thought at that time a lot of the bands or guys who used to be in those bands would come to newport and play at the jockey club with its rich gambling history and were i went with my mom while she played bingo there around 1970. when it first started we were a little cheap, so we would buy beer from the liquor store down the street and take turns going out to the parking lot to drink. It wasnt a problem because the same guys working the door were the same ones going out to drink. One time i yelled to bill that we were gonna get some beer and shorty heard. Shorty didnt hit me in the head with flashlight/club but he wasnt too happy about it and let us know. He bithched at bill, bill bitched at me. After that we started buying our beers from shorty after that. next time i'll tell ya the story about how i met my wife at the jc. i know you all cant wait. Jonny D ps the idiots are back together and would be a great band to play the the jc 20 yr reunion. pss. jimmy smith give me a call if u can, i wanna get the thunders tape to u to copy and i heard u got some that i might get a copy of. my fingers r tired. see ya ace
From: "Irv Ross" ..
Subject: Show dates
Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2001 23:30:09 +0000 (EDT)
Here are a few dates,found an old notebook with a little bit of early info. 12-31-82 Hopheads,STD-from Tenn,Malignant Growth,Repellents 4-29-83 Malignant Growth,Rupert,Crucifucks,The Dicks(Rock against Racism tour) 5-29-83 Mailgnant Growth,Fang,DOA 4-2-83 Mailgnant Growth,Minor Threat 11-30-84 SS-20,PUS,Sluggo Im pretty sure these are correct,had some other shows listed with just the bands,but dont have any dates for em. Hope it helps some,should have some kind of reunion thing somewhere. Shit,ill even skank if ya do Laterz Irv
From: "kingofskank" ..
Subject: tammy and dean
Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2001 16:49:08 +0000 (EDT)
what ever happened to tammy and dean?
From: "Casper wine burger" ..
Subject: cornlogs
Date: Sat, 14 Apr 2001 02:10:31 +0000 (EDT)
I remember the night Foghat sucked the shit outta defleeperts ass on stage and procceeded to burn the place to the ground annd then loved on all the punk rock chicks and fucked it up for everyone ecept for the rednecks in the parking lot who was robbing all the white boys with thir fancy ass college degrees, ooor atleast some colleege credit(s).............aaaaHH ya 1984 or fiive oor six or so...
From: "BIG BEN" ..
Subject: THE RAMONES
Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2001 20:31:49 +0000 (EDT)
Joey Ramone died yesterday 4/15/01,of cancer, I remember their first show at the JC.It was so crowded that i had to walk the Ramones out the front door through the parking lot, down the alley behind the club and kick the back door in just to get them on stage,where they tore the roof off,ADIOS AMIGO,long live the Ramones,and never forget the JOCKEY CLUB. BEN!
From: "JONNY DFB" ..
Subject: PICS
Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2001 17:55:37 +0000 (EDT)
HEY BRYCE I GOT SOME PICS OF THE LAST NITE AND OF THE THE JT SHOW BUT I DONT HAVE A SCANNER OR A DIGITAL WHATEVER LET ME KNOW HOW I COULD GET YA A COPY OF SOME OF EM JONNY DFB
From: "sissy" ..
Subject: jc
Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2001 21:39:24 +0000 (EDT)
Great site...I quickly went through one box of stuff and found the DK flier...May 1 with sluggo and Musical Suicide, May 2 with Active Ingredients...7 bucks..a deal! I also found an issue of Suburban Muckraker. It has reviews of....Violent Femmes/BFA/Libertines,JC, 5/16, Dicks/Musical Suicide, JC, 6/11, DRI/Personality Crisis/The Edge, JC, 6/15, Active Ingredients/Veil of Tears/Ministry of Truth/Idiot Savant/Ca's, JC, JFA/The Freeze/Sun City Girls/ Sluggo, JC, 6/30, Negative Approach/Sluggo, JC, 6/21, Scream/Human Sufferage/Maj. Morgan & the Wastebaskets/DPD, JC, 6/22, The Faction/Sons of God/Ca's, JC, 7/4, Necros/Sluggo, JC, 7/21...I'm sure I have more.. I'd be glad to pass this stuff (and more) on to someone......? As for the under age busts, I know Aaron Graham got arrested once...
From: "Screw" ..
Subject: a message
Date: Sat, 21 Apr 2001 07:19:38 +0000 (EDT)
Yeah...I saw yer website....Very interesting....a message from a friend: "don't be gettin too nosey about tings you shoun't be gettin nosey about." --Tito
From: "Joe Pesci" ..
Subject: you're a funny guy
Date: Sat, 21 Apr 2001 13:56:25 +0000 (EDT)
Hey, those are nice dice! They look like a pair I left in Tony Dogs eyeball. I got one question and you better have the right answer: Did you gamble? I don't want to find out that you gambled, you lying, low-life, mf, degenerate . . .
From: "Neil Aquino" ..
Subject: Clem Carpenter
Date: Sun, 22 Apr 2001 21:58:29 +0000 (EDT)
Clem Carpenter gets a lot of good mention on this excellent web page, but unless I have missed it, I don't see any posting from Clem. Where is Clem? If he is still in Cincinnati, but not online, maybe someone could tell him to go to the library so he can get on a computer and have a say. Also, if I remember right, and I am wrong all the time, Steve Libbey once wrote a history of the Cincinnati punk scene. I wonder, if I am right, if he still has what he wrote. Or is it someone else I am thinking about? I remember The Dicks from Austin. The singer, though male, wore a dress on stage. Maybe the entire band did as we