Sunday, July 24, 2011

The Drills (1981-1983)





Buck Wallen (guitar)
Chuck Clearwater (bass)
Gregg Gouminiouk (vocals)
Bob Beigler (drums)

I don't believe they ever officially released anything . This single studio track is recorded from KLCC's Modern Mono back in 1983 when Dave Damage was the host.

1. Every Band Sucks (But the Drills)

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A kind soul dug through his attic and found us an entire live Drills show from 1981! Big thanks to former Friendly Stranger Tim Farley for sharing. Now if we could just turn up additional studio demos...


The Drills - Live at Roosevelt Junior High, 1981


1. We Will Drill You

2. Mommy Gone Berserk
3. I Only Want to Be With You
4. Dropping Acid
5. Why Don't You Just Blow
6. Song of the South
7. Intro
8. Shoot the Blind and Kill the Handicapped
9. Rastaman's Delight (Kill the Pope)
10. 1-2-3
11. Johnny B. Goode
12. Masochistic Girl
13. We Hate John Davidson
14. They're Dead
15. Kill Yourself Rock 'n Roll
16. All We Want To Do Is Save the World

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4 comments:

  1. There was no Drills in 1983. Chuck was in Punishment Farm then and Buck was in rehab.

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  2. 2nd incarnation Tim? I remember Dave playing the Every Band Sucks song on Modern Mono in late 1983 and wondering aloud if they were going to press it as a record implying it was a new recording.

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  3. One day in the winter of 1979 Adam Fendrich (he is "Alex Holocaust", the "special guest" introduced by Greg before "Song of the South") and I were walking on East 13th street toward campus, in the vicinity of 7-11. We were trying to come up with ridiculous band names. Adam suggested "The Drills." I was a fledgling drummer; Adam had won a large sum of money by repeatedly entering a contest held by a record outlet I can't remember the name of (housed in the building that would go on to be Players' Caberet in the 80's). He put in something like 900 entries. With the money, he bought an amp, a cabinet, and a Peavey bass. Later, we decided to enter the Roosevelt Jr. High Talent show, where Adam was in the 9th grade (I was at South). For some reason, I couldn't get my drums to the show, so Chuck Clearwater stood in on maraccas; and Greg Gouminiouk sang (they didn't get the gig) By 1980 I was playing drums in the classic line-up of J. Gallows and the Executioners. My good buddy and fellow drummer Bob Beigler was nabbed for a reincarnation of The Drills that the insanely talented Chuck Clearwater put together. The Drills that you see in the photo and hear in this concert was amazing, and Chuck was the heart and soul of it, writing the songs and guiding the direction of the band - and what an amazing band it was. Listening to it all these years later confirms just what an incredible scene was happening in Eugene back in the early 80's. Thank you so much for putting these amazing recordings up for us all to enjoy.

    Mark Rock (formerly Mark Cummins)

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