The Ghosts of 13th St: Killed By Apathy Vol. 3

Even later than usual, here is the third volume of our monthly series that began in July of 2015. Given the current state of things a picture of the torn down animal house seemed appropriate, not sure who originally took the picture. As usual, if you want your band off this comp, just email and your track will be promptly removed. 

The Ghosts of 13th: Killed By Apathy Vol. 3

1. Rope and Ride - The Guardians of American Morality

2. Mohawk Twist - The Jackals

3. Crystal Up My Butt - Billy Jack

4. Eraser - Oswald Five-O

5. El Mosquito - Los Mex Pistols Del Norte

6. Katie's Song - Now William

7. It's Your Life - The Crows

8. Carni Affair - Trey Gunn

9. Shaved Ape - The Venice Liberation Army

10. I Hate Punks - Edison Complex

11. Singled Out - Johnson Unit

12. Aversion Day - A Few Chairs

13. It's My Time - Marble Orchard

14. More Beer Now - The Rangers

15. I Must Kill - The Carrion Commandos

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Ken Snead (R.I.P.)

Ken Snead, who passed away in 2012, came up in a recent Facebook thread and I realized I'd never posted this compilation cd of his bands. Apparently this cd was given out at his memorial service. I don't have band names or track listings so any and all help is greatly appreciated.

Ken "Animal" Snead  Memorial CD, 39 tracks

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Fire Clown "Junkie b/w Big Disease"

Adem Tepedelen - Guitar

Brian - Guitar

James - Drums

Karl - Bass

Jeff - Vocals

I know next to nothing about Fire Clown other than they rose from the ashes of God Bone and had this lone single on New Rage Records. Adem, can you help me out with history and details?

Junkie b/w Big Disease

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Eagle Park Slim (RIP) - Late Late Love Shift (1985, Cassette Only)

Eagle Park Slim played around Eugene for decades, a community figure you just expected to always be there. I found out earlier today that he has passed away. This is the only release I have by Slim, kindly supplied by Erich Boekelheide a few years back. I believe this is the first Eugene release although I imagine Eagle Park Slim had a number of prior releases as well. RIP Eagle Park Slim, please donate to the Go Fund Me link to help pay for services if you can.

Eugene Register Guard obituary 

Go Fund Me - help bury Eagle Park Slim - Currently need just $2000 more to meet goal!

Late Late Love Shift (1985)

1. Born Again

2. I'm Back in School Again

3. You're My Jamaica

4. That Eagle Park Sound

5. Five More Miles To Go

6. I'll Be Your Designated Driver

7. Train #4

8. Landlord Blues

9. Late Late Love Shift

10. I Got a Bank Account

11. I'm Gonna Save My Money (Until I Get Old)

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Superchrist - Unreleased Demo (1990)

E. Ron Harding (RIP) - Vocals

Sean Smith - Bass

Bobby Wane - Guitar

Doug Wilkerson - Drums

I never saw Superchrist play but I got a copy of this demo from Doug 26 years ago. I lost my copy and think I got the tracks from Gayle Truax but I can't remember, even that was a long time ago. Big thanks to guitarist Bobby Wane for supplying some details:

I was just learning guitar and Ron didn't have enough lyrics for the sketches were were working with so he kept pulling things out of a diary that I kept in high school of acid trips. A few months later the band actually started practicing, evolved into a a really different version of itself, and went into the studio to record a nice set of songs by a "professional" who wore a perm and kept insisting we sound like BOSTON.

SuperChrist didn't play out in Eugene much. Co-Art, Max's, and a few parties here and there. It was really just a "practice band" for the next iteration, which was Flower (Ron as singer) & Beads of Mercury (Sean as singer).

A typical show would be me handing out set lists to the band 2 minutes beforehand that nobody could read because my hand-writing was too small; this would typically result in Doug playing one song while the band played a completely different song. At the end I'd ask him why he fucked up so bad on XYZ song and he would say "Oh shit, I thought you were playing a different song!" And it would go that way for almost all of the songs. My sun-glasses would keep getting stuck and dangling from my hair until I pulled a clump of hair out of my head to remove them. Ron flailed around the stage bumping into Doug's drum set and stomping all over my guitar pedals while Doug stabbed him in the back with his drum sticks trying to get him away from us. Ron's signature "move" was the "swoop-a-loop", which was a kind of crazy Iggy Pop meets Michael Jackson move with his shirt off. Mid-way through a song we'd notice that Ron go missing, as he would usually wind up writhing around on the ground in front of the stage. 

Filling in some blanks for the Blog:

E. Ron Harding (RIP) - Vocals (Modern Laundry, SuperChrist, Flower)

Sean Smith - Bass (The Crows, Dionysian 5, SuperChrist, Flower, Beads of Mercury, Chelsea Speed Party, Lee Rude)

Bobby Wane - Guitar (SuperChrist, Flower, Beads of Mercury, The Dotted Line, The Vicious Cycle, Invisible, The Charm & The Conspiracy, Arthur & Yu, This Blinding Light)

Doug Wilkerson - Drums (Mind Garage, SuperChrist, Flower, Beads of Mercury, Chelsea Speed Party) 

Superchrist Demo

1. White House Turns Black
2. Super Christ
3. Liar
4. Sing For Your Soul

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The Big I Am - Unreleased Demo (?) (1990 or 1991)

Jim Kelso - Vocals

Sam Oberholtzer - Bass

Scott van Dusen - Guitar

Scott Shively - Drums

I don't remember if this demo was actually released or not. I didn't know these guys although I did seem them play at Max's a couple of times. I thought their track on the Pollen Count tape was one of the standouts. I have a vague recollection of seeing a Big I Am tape at House of Records but it's been 25 years so hazy at best. Fortunately, former vocalist Jim Kelso found out about the blog and was kind enough to send this in. I will email him for track names and a band history because I don't have any of that information.  Here are 12 demo tracks plus the Colt 45 track from Pollen Count:

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Agrosoul / Mona Lisa Overdrive (1989-1990)

Agrosoul

Dave Camp (RIP) - Guitar/Vocals

Jason Sypher - Bass

Harlin Watkins - Keyboards

Bill Black - Drums

Mona Lisa Overdrive

Dave Camp (RIP) - Guitar/Vocals

Jason Sypher - Bass

Rich Cuellar - Drums

I just found out today that Dave Camp passed away in Portland last year after a battle with cancer; he was only 47 years old. I knew Dave a bit back in the late 80's into 1990 when Agrosoul was just splitting up and Mona Lisa Overdrive was forming. Dave's optimism and enthusiasm were rare qualities, genuine. I wish I had more to share from the Eugene days but the four tracks below are all that I have. The two tracks from Agrosoul are sourced from a soundboard tape of the band live at the EMU ballroom. The two Mona Lisa Overdrive tracks were recorded by me and Patrick Yonally on a Fostex 4-track back in 1990 at the band's practice space, as far as I know the only two tracks the band recorded in their brief history. I still remember Dave singing into my oven because we didn't have enough money for anything to throw reverb on the vocals. He was the one who thought of it! Dave was involved with numerous musical projects in Portland over the years and touched the lives of countless people. RIP Dave.

Agrosoul

1. 7/26/89

2. Butt Funkin'

Mona Lisa Overdrive

3. Alien

4. Mona Lisa Overdrive

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