Wednesday 1 June 2011

Arktik Power - Live at the Westward Club, April 12 1989 (1989)



Alright, not we've got sometime fun. Not that anything else we've posted isn't fun, but this is all sorts of fun rolled into one. You've got your Legendary Few/Choads, your Huevos Rancheros, your... Yr Scapegoat? Well...

This another from Ev's collection, another of his pre-Huevos bands. Raunchy rock and roll, this live tape is most notable for Bill E. Stew's stage banter. And maybe also its inclusion of a cover of "The Ballad of Bilbo Baggins."

A note on the band's name: although this tape is labelled "Arctic," Ev assures us that the proper (in this case, anyways) spelling is "Arktik."

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

The tag should be "Les Brunelle", who was also vocalist for Zero Hour and a few other bands. Anyhow, another winner!

Eveready said...

Yeah totally, Les played drums and kicked butt in Arktik Power V.1! And all his other bands! So did Bill, Pete, Bill Kamil and Mark. I did however lose track of Dave over the Years.

Ev

Eveready said...

Oh yeah, and we spelled it wrong intentionally so there was no legal issues with the Arctic Power laundry detergent makers. We also once did shows with the Flaming Lips (at the westward) and I think the BuckPets (at the National).