Paisley Underground Part 1

[pinkfrost89]

The Prime Movers rocked! You can now get their first two albums from their website. Great music!!

[The096757]

really cool sounds here. too bad mtv didn't show these bands instead of wacko jacko's videos.

[ar4216]

at 5:32 that guitar with all the holes cut into it is insane

[LowBid86]

1985?!? These goobers missed the boat! The Bay Area college radio stations (KFJC, KSJS, KSCU, KSCU) were plating cutting edge music in '80-'83--the 3:00, the Bongos, TV21, the Professionals, Mood 6, etc.

[Malocosa]

@LowBid86 The Bongos? I remember them, but they're from New Jersey and the didn't consider their music Paisely.

[VERNIXX]

I spent so much time listening to these bands. Thanks for posting this so long ago...glad I found it! I will blog it...

[Wotanrocks]

I went to Arons records at least once a week. What a great selection - new and used. Still have most of the lp's, ep's & 45's I picked up there.

[misterobvious]

if you listened to underground/college/alternativ­e radio in the early 80s you heard a LOT of these bands.

Definitely happened before '85.

[unclemeat2u]

My main introduction into this stuff was around 1986 with the band "Plasticland." I think they qualify, though they're kind of in their own class.

=)

[japanisefishmarket]

damn right its a giant eclectic pool

[associateddiaries]

Thin White Rope deserved so much more media attention than they ever got during their career - one of the greatest bands ever ^_^

[burlearth]

damn right.

[philcobros]

Ward Simon!

[Efrasnel]

Question: was Adam Bomb actually Adam Nimoy?

[naturesprite]

Cool stuff, I remember this scene in the 80's. Once I traded a shirt for a necklace with the bassist for salem 66. My favorites were Yard Trauma and Thee Forgiven.

[kc7fys]

Let us not forget Absolute Grey on Midnight records. They had a modicum of success at the time, touring with the likes of Salem 66.

[nothinginspace]

my teacher was in salem 66

[TortugasDude]

That was a cool scene. I still have my Rain Parade and Long Ryders LPs. Sadly, though, this show missed some of the best Paisley Underground bands -- The Three O'Clock (fronted by Michael Quercio who jokingly coined the term "Paisley Underground" in the first place), the Bangs/Bangles (the only PU band to break out to superstardom), Green On Red, The Dream Syndicate, and The Pandoras.

[nikjagger]

gary vaentine ex blondie bass playey with the know were the first act at madame wong ??

[dailyflash]

Great memories. I was in a band that got to be Cavern Club (The UPSTAIRS one, in Hollywood) regulars. Beatle boots, striped pants, and Prince Valiant hair made the scene...

[twobitfiend]

Wish there was more Pontiac Brothers live footage...but were they really ever "Paisley Underground"..Anyway, they're the greatest bar band ever

[dkslam]

Talk about a walk down memory lane. Those were the days.

[billgbg]

The mid-eighties in LA was certainly a fantastic time to see bands. Yup very few ever made a living at music which means you never had work very hard to see really fantastic shows.

[aginghipster]

This was a great scene that sadly never quite took off on a national level!  I was a fan however.

[blazak]

See ya at Club Lingerie! Is Phast Phreddie spinning?

[DawnVita]

Where's Agent Eva???

[AndyW001]

Don't want to try and get extra views ,but I've used a couple of Rain Parade tracks on my videos,if anyone's interested!!

[angrylambie]

thanks for uploading - this is fantastic!!

[motodude1]

WOW!! KXLU is still on air today, and still just as unreachable unless you're within 10 feet of Loyala U. ;-) Great doc on the LA neo-psychedelic scene circa 1985...I was there!

[Cocrteau3]

Paisley Underground took me by storm in late 84 with the Dream Syndicate blowing my mind and opening up this totally new world of music that to me still sounds as fresh as the Smiths did over 20 odd years ago...