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| From | "Ralph Alfonso" <ralph@nettwerk.com> |
| Subject | Blotto |
| Date | Sun, 27 Nov 2005 23:57:31 -0800 (PST) |
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> Date: Sun, 27 Nov 2005 09:37:31 -0500
> From: "Jaimie Vernon" <bullseyecanada@hotmail.com>
> To: audities@smoe.org
> Subject: Re: Albany rock (was Michael Carpenter (and Not Lame) Rocks!)
> Message-ID: <BAY106-F1753A1C75F74B6A26787C5DA490@phx.gbl>
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> At Date: Sat, 26 Nov 2005 23:14:51 Drew wrote:
>
>>Anyone out there remember Blotto?"
>>
>>Sure do. Saw 'em at least ten times back in the day, at places like J. B.
>>Scott's, the Chateau, Bogarts, and of course, 288 Lark.(Are any of those
>>places still open?) But in terms of "new wave era" Albany music, Blotto
>> was
>>the Beatles.
>>
>>RIP, Cheese Blotto.
>
> I'll never forget seeing Blotto on MuchMusic and declaring a fatwa
> against....Saxon. They challenged the Brit prehistoric metal act to a
> showdown of musical prowess. It was all in good fun, but when Saxon came
> to
> Toronto and were shown the clip they got bent out of shape about it. It
> was
> almost like a wrestling pre-match.
>
> Blotto had a distribution deal with Attic Records. It may have been around
> the time that our own Ralph Alfonso worked there. Ralph....got any Blotto
> stories?
>
Yep. I was at Attic when we put the Blotto record out... I think the
canadian version was a kind
of greatest hits. We actually got a LOT of video play for the "Metalhead"
(?) video and they were really great to work with. The irony is that the
track was a spoof but we ended up licensing it to all sorts of metal comps
at the time. I might have been around when they played the El Mocambo, I
can't remember. But man, we put out a lot of wild records when I was there
now that i kind of think about it - even a Johnny Cash/Julie Andrews
single!! I never laughed so hard at any label as I did at Attic... I can't
believe the stuff I got away it sometimes (if you can find my old Attic
newsletters, they are classic over the top). It all gets to be a blur
after a while (that was almost 20 years ago now) since i've been doing so
much since, but i think the Blotto stuff is out on CD. The big angle with
them was that Burt Ward was involved with them somehow as a manager, but I
never dealt with him so he may have been just a publicity thing.
Ralph
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