Ok, after copying down most of the bands from the ridiculous callings from last Friday nights radio show and digging for a second on the internet, I came up with this list of 111 bands mostly associated with Michigan. Thanks to people on here and elsewhere the list is up to 311 bands.
List of Kalamazoo area bands from the 50’s to 90’s.
Motherfuckers of the past decade have goddamn google and MySpace for help, the lazy fucks. Obviously forgotten, side projects, demo only, joke bands, shit like that is great.
Need more input please! I don’t have encyclopedic mind like other greater music nerds, thank you and good times.
here, I’ll start:
The Erj
LAPD Riot Midget
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Phil A. Sheo and the Wet T-Shirt Contest - Kalamazoo
Feisty Cadavers - Detroit
Jaks - Ann Arbor
Sexplosive B - Kalamazoo
Last Laugh - Kalalmazoo
The Deconstruction - Kalamazoo
Born Without A Face - Grand Rapids/Detroit (?)
Grudge Match - Grand Rapids
Fletcher - Kalamazoo
swope...kalamazoowater for
swope…kalamazoo
water for the pool….kalamazoo
young and the useless…kalamazoo
grady….south haven
Goddamn you
WUBBA WUBBA
Vertical Pillows - Detroit
Junk Monkeys - Detroit (wait, were they on there yet?)
Iodine Raincoats - Ann ARbor (eh, but they played everywhere)
Bremens - kalamazoo (known to cry onstage)
Loop D. Loop - kalamazoo
Fatty 2 x 4 - Kalamazoo
STRUGGLE - Kalamazoo
The Up -Detroit? ("skinniest speed freaks ever!" - N*il J*hl)
The Frost - Detroit (?)
UNRELATED SEGMENTS - Detroit or ann ARbor. Rawk!
The Aardvarks - somewhere around this side of the state—60's
Snake-Out
Oh, you got Snake
Scooter and the… Oh.
Triplemint -
Triplemint - Kalamazoo
Thought Industry - Kalamazoo
Killswitch - Kalamazoo
Selling Heaven - Kalamazoo
Catharsis - Kalamazoo
Doxie - Kalamazoo
The Kona Buds - Battle Creek
The Itch - Battle Creek
Boneyard - Battle Creek
Griever Sauliks - Kalamazoo
Monster Zero - Kalamazoo
Domestic Violence - Kalamazoo?
umm Tree, that band was
do these have to be bands
do these have to be bands that actually played out, or can they be bands that just existed but never made it past the garage?
Oh yeah, Domesic Problems.
Here are a few more:I'm not
Here are a few more:
I'm not sure about the cut-off date on some of these:
Stray Bullet - Pullman (I don't know if they ever actually played out, but it wasn't with me)
Spitting Nickles - Kalamazoo (I don't know if they ever actually played out, but it wasn't with me)
Manchowder - Kalamazoo
Lickety Spliff - Kalamazoo
THC and the Happy Campers - Kalamazoo
Sludgebutts - Kalamazoo
The Schmeglords (sp?) - Kalamazoo
The Vicksburg Steelers (sp?) - Kalamazoo
Hammer13 - Kalamazoo?
Tongue - Kalamazoo
Man Alive - Kalamazoo
Memories of Tomorrow - Kalamazoo
People Love Dreams - Kalamazoo
Cottage Cheese - Kalamazoo
Just Say No - Lansing
the Beanfarts - Lansing?
Jim Jones & the Koolaid Kids - Kalamazoo/Holland?
FourPeace (Metal) - Kalamazoo
Cryonax (Metal) - Kalamazoo
Skin Killing Skin (Metal) - Kalamazoo
oh yeah!
Yes! Thanks, I changed the
Yes! Thanks, I changed the site to reflect two lists:
Kalamazoo bands and
Michigan punk/hardcore/wave bands.
ponk, what was the name of the Big Rapids punk band you were talking about a few leppo forums ago?
The Thyme-KalamazooThe
The Thyme-Kalamazoo
The Mussies-South Haven
The Five Emprees-Benton Harbor
Tonto & The Renegades-Lansing
The Saharas-Lansing
The Jujus-Grand Rapids
The Luv'd Ones-Niles
he is not a band but I am throwing him in the pot cause he is from here
Nadara Michael Walden
here is another Kzoo
here is another Kzoo band
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Man, now I'm going to have
Man, now I'm going to have to make 3 lists. One being the non Kalamazoo, and non punk/hardcore/wave bands from the state.
I don't care if a few joke bands get in there, but Phil A. Sheo, sheeeeesh!
I Robot - KalamazooThe
I Robot - Kalamazoo
The Quitters - Kalamazoo (short lived Wood Bros band with Greg the Greaser on bass)
InOurselves - Kalamazoo
Trocar - Kalamazoo
"I don't care if a few joke
"I don't care if a few joke bands get in there, but Phil A. Sheo, sheeeeesh!"
Aw come on, Useless. Phil A Sheo were a good time party band but they were legit.
Ok, they're back. Where
2 cents
1. There was a band based in Kzoo called the Gore Gore Girls before the Amy Gore version (Detroit). Or maybe they overlapped a bit, I don't know, but they were totally unrelated. The Kzoo version had J. Livingstone, Jeremiah Kitchen, the Zuidema Sistahs. That was circa 1993, I remember because I was at a basement show when I was about 40 months pregnant and Jeremy almost kilt my baby with his "stage" antics.
2. And it's LAPD Riot Midgets (plural).
(P.S. I only know this because of a journalism assignment I had at WMU a thousand years ago and because this shit's important to remember: There once was a band on the Soda calendar called Fat Amy. I think it stuck with me because the name is SO BAD. Seems to me that I knew they were local, I cannot confirm, though.You can pretend you didn't read this.)
A couple of the Bone China
A couple of the Bone China guys were from Battle Creek, but I think they were pretty much a Kalamazoo band. The Guitar player grew up right across the street from my house in Springfield. He was in some country covers band when he was like, 10 years old. We used to sit in his front yard playing Buddy Holly songs. That guy was a total Buddy Holy NUT! Mickey woulda loved him.
The Covingtons - ?The Dazzle
The Covingtons - ?
The Dazzle Heads - Kalamazoo
The Vantrells - Kalamazoo? GR? I dunno.
Blue Ribbon Brothers - ?
Freddie and the Forgone Conclusions - Detroit (2000-ish?)
Ann B Davis (Ann Arbor?)
Fireside Poets - Battle Creek
Love Pump - Kalamazoo
a coupe more from kalamazoo
Planting Bombs With Nita -
Planting Bombs With Nita - Petoskey/Kalamazoo
LollyGore - Kalamazoo… ? I think *scratches head, can't remember*
Big Richard and the Large Hungarians - Kalamazoo
*edit*
Orgasm Death Gimmick - Kalamazoo
Man, I wish we could do a wiki and cross-refference lineups, that would be sweet.
De-write
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Dude... The Verve Pipe.
VODA
"Dude... The Verve Pipe.
"Dude… The Verve Pipe. Anyone remember them?"
The Verve Pipe? OH, yeah… the Verve Pipe. I always thought they were called the Butt Wipe.
HA!
Detroit.
Buddy Ebsen's Cuticle
Battery Acid VacationThumperQuixote (?)CharacterGo Eat (?)The Velvelettes
Maybe the flyer vaults will reveal some more names. The K'zoo list sends me time-travellin'… like the other night when I saw the Sleestacks on cable access accompanying that suave Dwiz-what's-his-name?
Cruel world
here are two that dont get
here are two that dont get their due
Rare Earth
The Flaming Ember
here are more
SRC
The Fugitives
The Pleasure Seekers
for more on the 60's garage scene check out a comp Norton put out called Friday At the Hideout. The Hideout was a spot in Detroit where a lot of these bands played and was a local label ran by Dave Leone who started the club. Also that Fenton Records box is a good source but damn its almost $60 for three records.
In all fairness to the list
In all fairness to the list of bands that I'm trying to compile, I'm looking for Kalamazoo bands (1 list) and Michigan punk/hardcore/wave bands (2nd list) from the past 30 years. Not sure if I'm up to the challenge of doing a Detroit based rock list. Motor City Rock already exists and they've got some good info there for the 80's and 90's bands.
Kalamazoo bands are the most fun anyways. Like:
One Hundred Million Dollars.
The Kalamazoo list is at 184
Kalamazoo List
This is very nice. I am very honored that the Port Wine Lads are listed right next to Purple Dave.
Here are some others:
Triple Nipple/Stunt Cops - Kalamazoo Punk "featuring" John Livingstone, Chris Monsma, Dee Ewing, John Barneveld, Scott Towne. 1993-5
Arnold, Rock, Kalamazoo
Edisons Fault - New Wave?, Kalamazoo
Rumpleforeskin, Kalamazoo dorm band, late 80s. Just the name should live on.
Dingey - Dizweema! thanks for giving the initial props to the Muskegon bands, I'll check that list out and see what I remember. BREMENS CRYING ON STAGE… hilarious. I saw that happen.
Covingtons, that was Hugh's band right.
Muskegon bands
Most punk rock, 1980s
Port City Bastards (PCBs)
Premature Babys
Shades of Grey
Son a a BITCH! Port Wine
Thanks for those ones
Ha.. I was going to write
born without a face......big
born without a face……big rapids/grand variety
verve pipe were formally known as water 4 the pool..lansing actually…..verve pipe claimed kazoo as their stomping grounds….but were actually kooks from lansing….probably nice guys though…
what was the metallish band that had a cd with a rubber chicken flying through the air on the cover of their cd???…….
memories of tomorow…kalamazoo….
super computer…..only discussed…..kalamazoo
panic button….kalamazoo…..
broken hearts are blue….kalamazoo….
jim cherry….kalamazoo..fuckin one man band
ordination of erin?..aaron?….fuck…..kalamazoop
sun of man…kalamazoo/south haven
fat sack….kalamazoo
K College Bands-
K College Bands- '81-'87
The Harmones
The Cheswicks
Our Sister From Minnesota
Chen Edict
Joey Division
Two Fine Young White Boys
I Heart Kalamazoo Singers
Short Term Effect
The Bendy Things
Man, those are good names.
well judged
Timpopo.
Yes indeed… Charlie Cheswick. "This is Dr. Cheswick, Dr. Babbitt, Dr. Scanlon–the FAMOUS Dr. Scanlon–Mr. Harding…."
Everyone in the band was named Steve Cheswick.
recent
This is not an actual band, but a name I came up with recently:
The Earnest Beard Generation
Also: Black Uncle Sam and The Tax Times.
K College additions
Joey Division and Homo
Joey Division and Homo Picnic are fucking killing me!
I can't seem to put the Verve Pipe on there. I remember when I moved to Colorado with crappor for a hot minute and we were watching MTV in 1996 and the VP came on some show and Brian said that they were from Detroit. Fair enough, they just can't be on an esteemed list with Rob Cooley's Pants.
Tree
Christmas round my TV. I still listen to that cassette every December. Happy times. My favorite is the Twister song….
Joey division is a great name. Smart asss KCollege kids.