That's right ... Steve Almaas. I remembered that when I woke up this morning. thanks. John ----- Original Message ----- From: "Stewart Mason" To: "John Micek" Cc: Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2007 9:29 PM Subject: Re: Free Concert - Fountains of Wayne! > Nope. The Suicide Commandos predate Wilson by a generation or so: they > were pretty much Minnesota's first punk band. They were Steve Almaas > (later the leader of Beat Rodeo), Chris Osgood and Dave Ahl. > > S > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "John Micek" > To: "Stewart Mason" > Cc: > Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2007 8:15 PM > Subject: Re: Free Concert - Fountains of Wayne! > > >> Am I remembering correctly that The Suicide Commandos are Dan Wilson of >> Semisonic's old band? >> And I'll agree on the FoW inconsistencies as a live band. When I saw them >> on a double-bill with the Gigolo Aunts at the Troc in Philly in 99, the >> Aunts opened and blew 'em off the stage. >> >> john micek >> >> >> On Aug 28, 2007, at 5:01 PM, Stewart Mason wrote: >> >>> A quick update from my sister-in-law on the concert at the Minnesota >>> State Fair: >>> >>> "yes, we did get to the concert. Suicide Commandos were great. Fountains >>> of Wayne, not so much. I don't know what was wrong - they seem to play >>> the sort of stuff I like, but they just weren't clicking for either of >>> us. Not the worst thing in the world, though, since I had to work >>> yesterday, so we didn't mind leaving before their set was finished. >>> >>> But it was fun to get out to a concert (that wasn't Lyssie and Dan). >>> We're planning to try to get out to more shows - small local bands and >>> things like this, too." >>> >>> So chalk up another for the "FoW aren't a very good live band" camp, I >>> guess, but I mostly urged her to go because I knew she'd love the >>> Suicide Commandos, so there you go. >>> >>> The obscure reference in the second paragraph, incidentally, is to the >>> really quite good Minneapolis-based alt-country duo the Floorbirds ( >>> http://www.myspace.com/thefloorbirds ), the female half of which is my >>> wife's sister's husband's niece...which is just removed enough from me >>> to make this plug not be entirely nepo-tastic. >>> >>> S >>> >>> >> > >