Through This World The Plagues 1966

The Plagues... A Michigan Garage band from 1966 from William Malone's Parasomnia. A new fantasy- horror-thriller that makes use Michigan rock bands from the Mid-1960s including the Plagues The Bossmen, and The Sheffields. The Plagues, whose members were Jim Hosley - Rhythm Guitar, Van Decker- Lead Guitar, Bill Malone on Bass and Phil Nobach-Drums had local charts hits. Recently a single from this band sold for a whopping $900.00 on Ebay. Parasomnia also feature the amazing artwork of the Late Polish Surrealist Zdsilaw Becksinksi

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Music

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• Michigan
• 1960s
• garage
• band
• Parasomnia
• Malone
• Combs
• Bottoms
• movie
• horror
• thriller
• Beksinski
• film
• plagues
• beatles

[newhotman1001]

One last thing, I am trying to figure out where the location is where they are running at the end of the video. It looks like maybe W. Kalamazoo or maybe W. Saginaw St. The Porter Realty signs are pretty cool since they are no longer in business. Anyone know?

[BHart75]

Newhotman, I think the picture was taken out behind what was WILS radio. The building to the right, which has a couple on a motorbike in front of it, I believe, is Kewpes Hamburbers in its original location. I don't remember the name of the street.

[newhotman1001]

I am surprised that there isn't another comment on this great song from the Plagues.  I saw them several times while growing up in Lansing, MI where they were from. They were terrific performers that played in many Battle of the Bands and were one of many bands that were in Lansing at that time. Thanks for posting this song that brings back so many memories of growing up in a great time and a great city like Lansing.

[BHart75]

They were one of the first "modern' rock bands in Lansing. The first to play British Invasion music. Most other bands were still playing Del Shannon or surf music. They actually started a riot when they played at Waverly Jr. High.

[newhotman1001]

The Plagues were from Lansing, MI and the lead singer, Bill Malone, went to Everett High School. Van Decker and Jim Hosley went to Sexton but I can't remember where Phil Nobach went. I went to the concert at Everett High School in 1966 called the Quarantine Review. This record was released on Quarantine Records. They had a release called That Will Never Do as a follow up to this. They were at the summer Battle of the Bands at old Everett field, Colonial Village, Pro Bowl & Logan Center.

[BHart75]

I think Phil Nobach went to Sexton too.

[BHart75]

I checked on the release dates of the records. Their first record was That'll Never Do/Badlands, then came Through This World/Why Can't You Be True and then their final record "I've Been Through It Before/Clouds Send Down

[DeathUnnameable]

I think we can safely file Rockyspikes under "wanker" in the dictionary. This is a great record. 

[Rockyspikes3]

Sorry to rain on anyone's parade, but I have friends who knew the 60's-70's mid-Michigan music scene well. The Plagues were the joke of Lansing and the region. Despite a rich, aging, Hollywood dreck-peddlar's feeble fantasies (e.g. the stinkbomb "Parasomnia") of his lost youth, the Plagues were a no-talent Monkees-imitation: shallow, mod suburban kids always to happy spend daddy's money to on phony-looking publicity stills or on putting ads in local rags proclaiming themselves Number One. .

[stasiekwrona]

Beautiful song. Greetings from Poland, Central europe...

[RockNRollJon]

Just watched the movie Parasomnia , there were a couple Plagues songs on the soundtrack . Good music !

[stasiekwrona]

Great song

[newhotman1001]

Today is Mother's Day and I ran across this on my favorites section. My mother liked this song as well as many Beatles songs. If you grew up in Lansing in the mid 60's you knew who the Plagues were along with the Ones, the Saharas, the Poor Souls, Tonto and the Renegrades and the others that played the area. The Plagues were my favorite local band and it is too bad that the draft broke this band up.

[newhotman1001]

I didn't go to school at Everett so you wouldn't know me. Plus, I remember that Everett was a really big school with lots of kids

[newhotman1001]

I had to stop the video and then I saw the Kewpee's sign. Thanks BHart for pointing that out. Lansing doesn't look anything like that in that location anymore.

[newhotman1001]

The original WILS was on N. Washington just past Shiawassee and Kewpee's was on W. Shiawassee between N. Washington and N. Capitol. Remember Kewpee's had a dirt driveway and you could drive up and get the hamburgers that were the greatest. It was always crowded inside and I went there for lunch often when I went the Lansing Community College.

[Guitarplar]

I must know some of you guys. Brian Amato, Everett, class of '65? Who are you guys?