ClePunk Appreciation Thread

[kopper]

The Electric Eels, Rocket From the Tombs, Pagans, Dead Boys, the Mirrors, Pere Ubu, etc.

This was a great scene (esp. the '70s proto-punk stuff), and it's documented really well on this site: www.clepunk.com

What's your favorite ClePunk record? "Young, Loud & Snotty" is pretty hard to beat!

[Rockin Rod Strychnine]

The Pagans stuff is pretty cool but yeah, really gotta go with that Dead Boys album.

I didn't really know much about that scen until I read From the Velvets to the Voidoids 15 years ago. At that time, it was still hard to come by (except Dead Boys and Pere Ubu).

[Mike]

Another vote for the Dead Boys, though I feel the Pagans are a close second with songs like "Shit Called Love" and "Not Now No Way".

I thought that pre Dead Boys "Frankenstein" release (Sympathy or Dionysus????) was pretty cool too.

[Mardy]

And yet another vote for the Dead Boys. Young Loud and Snotty is so full of attitude, great album!

Thanks for the link.

[Catfish Jones]

Dead Boys are awesome, but I don't think the Pagans got nearly enough credit. They just didn't go to New York. Shit St. is such an awesome album. Eyes of Satan is brutal.

[David Cardwell]

really like the Dead Boys, during the same year I got into Velvets, Television, MC5, New York Dolls etc

[Ivan Andreini]

Stiv forever!

[Greg Gutbezahl]

I am a proud owner of a lot of CLE stuff, including the amazing Cleveland Confidential comp, which is my favorite of all. 

Agitated (Electric Eels) is up there near the top, but "Boy Can I Dance Good" (Pagans) is a mighty slab of mightiness.

 

Having seen Mirrors and the Pagans, Pere Ubu (later version), Human Switchboard, and Death of Samantha, I thought the Pagans brought the house down, but Pere Ubu just blew me away, even if it was not entirely the "original" band.

 

[Campbell McInnes]

since young loud and snotty was one of my first "punk" albums i gotta go with that!!! it was years later before electric eels or mirrors showed up here in small town australia... what a hell of a scene cleveland had!!  but DAMNED AND DEMONIC DEADBOYS all the way!!

[dave]

Wow, gotta say it's all super, but I blew a gasket when I heard the Electric Eels God Says Fuck You, and that Pagans record on Treehouse, also RFTT Life Stinks. Dave

[melissa scott]

Can't argue with "Young, Loud & Snotty" as #1. Does it get any better that year than 'Sonic Reducer'? (if memory serves?)

[John Battles]

"Having an Intellectual Discussion With..." and , later "Eyeball of Hell" (Electric Eels.) , "The Modern Dance" (Pere Ubu) , "The Day The Earth Met Rocket From The Tombs", and a recent Mirrors collection - I forget the name.....

The thing about the earlier bands , they did'nt have many places to play , much less , a visible following beyond friends and the few who'd had it with cover bands.  and a lot of them LOATHED each other , or at least , individual people did. I've spoken with enough of them to know.  The Electric Eels played a total of five times. I doubt that Rockets played too many more times than that , but , I could'nt tell you , one way or the other....

 The Dead Boys had to defect to New York City to make a name for themselves , as did Pere Ubu , and The Cramps , who were'nt all Clevelanders , but , of course , Lux and Ivy were based there , as was later member , Nick Knox (And much later member , Mike Metoff , his Cousin , from The Pagans.), before forming The Cramps in NYC.

Michael Weldon (Mirrors , Psychotronic Video magazine.) told me recently , "I've got all these people asking me for interviews about the early 70's Cleveland scene.....It was'nt even a scene !".

[John Battles]

I should add , Miriam Linna , not The Cramps' first drummer , but their second , was also based in Cleveland , before relocating to NYC .
 
John Battles said:

"Having an Intellectual Discussion With..." and , later "Eyeball of Hell" (Electric Eels.) , "The Modern Dance" (Pere Ubu) , "The Day The Earth Met Rocket From The Tombs", and a recent Mirrors collection - I forget the name.....

The thing about the earlier bands , they did'nt have many places to play , much less , a visible following beyond friends and the few who'd had it with cover bands.  and a lot of them LOATHED each other , or at least , individual people did. I've spoken with enough of them to know.  The Electric Eels played a total of five times. I doubt that Rockets played too many more times than that , but , I could'nt tell you , one way or the other....

 The Dead Boys had to defect to New York City to make a name for themselves , as did Pere Ubu , and The Cramps , who were'nt all Clevelanders , but , of course , Lux and Ivy were based there , as was later member , Nick Knox (And much later member , Mike Metoff , his Cousin , from The Pagans.), before forming The Cramps in NYC.

Michael Weldon (Mirrors , Psychotronic Video magazine.) told me recently , "I've got all these people asking me for interviews about the early 70's Cleveland scene.....It was'nt even a scene !".