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| From | "Lee Elliott" <lee_elliott59@hotmail.com> |
| Subject | Re: Speaking of Earthquake |
| Date | Tue, 09 Mar 2004 20:30:12 -0600 |
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I think Marty's info is accurate (Hi Marty!). My wife used to work for
Bezerkely, so I'll check with her when I get home from my trip. When I was
in high school, Earthquake used to play a lot of the dances at my school and
others in the district. I used to see them all the time. I was always
impressed by Robbie Dunbar's guitar playing. But I don't ever remember Greg
Kihn playing with Earthquake though.
Cheers!
Lee (the Lee Elliott from blue cartoon)
>From: Marty Rudnick <mrudnick@marturo.com>
>Reply-To: audities@smoe.org
>To: <audities@smoe.org>
>Subject: Re: Speaking of Earthquake
>Date: Tue, 09 Mar 2004 16:44:14 -0800 (PST)
>
>Marty sez:
>
>I believe that the AMG report (usually spot on) is incredibly innacurate.
>
>My belief is, Earth Quake was a functioning band long before Greg Kihn came
>along. When Greg Kihn joined Beserkley, Matthew King Kaufman used/borrowed
>Earth Quake members as Greg's back up band to record a few numbers before
>Greg assembled his own band (which inclued Dave Carpender, Steve Wright and
>Larry Lynch). I think the band became in effect as of "Greg Kihn Again"
>(the 2nd album)
>
>In a similar situation, Jonathan Richman used The Rubinoos on early
>Beserkley recordings (New Teller, Government Center) before the second
>formulation of The Modern Lovers were in place. Former Rubinoo Greg
>"Curly" Keranen, wound up joining the Modern Lovers, to be replaced in The
>Rubinoos by Royce Ader. BTW, On those songs I mentioned, you may be able
>to detect the distinctive guitar style of Tommy Dunbar, brother of Earth
>Quake's Robbie Dunbar, thus completing the circle of this story.
>
>I'm not positive about all this, but pretty sure...
>
>Marty
>
>
>---- audities@smoe.org wrote:
> >
> > >From AMG:
> >
> > Earth Quake started in 1976, under the leadership of singer/guitarist
>Greg Kihn. He started the
> > group while working at Beserkley Records, the label which would sign the
>group soon after it
> > started. Other members included Steve Wright (bass), Robbie Dunbar (lead
>guitar), and Larry Lunch
> > (drums). They played the San Francisco area and often toured with other
>Beserkley bands due to the
> > communal attitude the label took. The group eventually broke up in 1980,
>leaving Kign to go on
> > with minor success three years later with "Jeopardy."
> >
> > 1975 Rockin' the World Beserkley
> > 1976 8.5 Beserkley
> > 1977 Levelled Beserkley
> > 1979 Two Years in a Padded Cell Beserkley
> > 2003 Sittin in the Middle of Madness
> >
> > The 2003 release appears the only one still in print.
> >
> > michael
> >
> >
> > --- Hersh Forman <hiforman@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > > With Michael's mention of this band I had to dig out
> > > the old vinyl. Now if only the old Thorens Direct
> > > Drive turntable worked!
> > >
> > > Anyway, how many LPs did they put out? I can remember
> > > at least 4:
> > >
> > > "Earthquake" 1971
> > > "Rocking the World" 1975
> > > "8.5" 1976
> > > "Leveled" 1977
> > >
> > > Any others?
> > >
> > > Also, was Greg Kihn actually ever in the band or just
> > > label mates? Producer?
> > >
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