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A lot was happening in 1989, it seems. Probably the peak of the local St. Louis underground rock (for lack of a better term) scene. At the time, Ultraman was my favorite local hardcore band. This video features Pat Hercules on guitar, with Tim, Rob, Mark and John rounding out the rest of the lineup. Enjoy!

In the summer of 1989, before I left St. Louis for a miserable year in commercial radio in Chillicothe, Missouri, I wrote this scene report of the local punk/underground rock scene and submitted it to Maximum Rock’n'Roll. I was working at Streetside Records in Hazelwood at the time, had a weekly punk/hardcore radio show on KYMC in West St. Louis County, and was pretty plugged into what was happening locally. This piece ran in the October issue (MRR #77). Click here to download/read (PDF). Bands featured in the report include ULTRAMAN, DUCK DUCK GOOSE, WHOPPERS TASTE GOOD, LAFFIN’ STOCK, STRANGULATED BEAT-OFFS, THE JETSONS, SINISTER DANE, THE NUKES, DEAD PLANET, TUFF NUTZ, STONED WALLS (who would later morph into THE CRIPPLERS and then on to TOMORROW’S CAVEMAN and LONG JOHN THOMAS & THE DUFFS) and more. It’s pretty long! Enjoy.

Kudos to the PUNK ZINE ARCHIVE for archiving this one!

An old friend of mine from St. Louis, Derek Hahn, put together a pretty cool mixtape-style Xmas podcast on his Staticfraction Radio blog… check it out, and happy holidaze!

Raymilland will be playing at Off Broadway on Dec. 26 with Bunnygrunt, Medical Tourists, and a special appearance by the Welders. Mark your dayplanners.

Raymilland are a legendary St. Louis post-punk band that has not played live since 1981. All four original members will grace the stage and play loads of material from their about-to-be-released retrospective. The archival release, “Recordings ‘79-‘81,” will be available at this show on CD or as a limited LP/CD package!

The Welders are a late ’70s all-female Punk/Pop band that will have an archival release on BDR Records in early 2010. They will make a special, one time reunion appearance at this show as well. BDR Records co-presidential bands will open the show.

I’ve begun ripping and uploading a ton of my music to my collection on Lala.com. This will mainly be comprised of the stuff I have on CD or MP3s for the time being. Hopefully, in the future, I’ll get around to ripping some of my vinyl, too. In the meantime, hit the player below and enjoy some of what my friends used to call “Kopper’s Music”:

Kopper’s Music on Lala.com!

Simply awesome.

I wasn’t able to post this video on the GaragePunk Hideout because it doesn’t have the appropriate embed tags (you know, like you get from YouTube, Blip, Vimeo, etc.), so I’m going to post it here instead. Enjoy! And don’t forget to catch the King Khan & BBQ Show at Off Broadway on November 12

Next up in my short little series featuring music recorded by bands playing on my radio show at KDHX is a set by local garage-rockers Thee Lordly Serpents, featuring Roger Ward on drums/vocals, Mike McDaneld on guitar/vocals, and John Ebert on bass/lead vocals. I’m including five of the eight songs they played on the night of September 13, 2004.

Thee Lordly Serpents – Gonna Get You (Live on KDHX)
Thee Lordly Serpents – LSD (Live on KDHX)
Thee Lordly Serpents – Tomorrow’s Yesterday (Live on KDHX)
Thee Lordly Serpents – I Want You Day (Live on KDHX)
Thee Lordly Serpents – Not My Style (Live on KDHX)

I don’t even believe this band is around anymore, but there were five years ago, when they were on tour and had stopped in St. Louis on July 5, 2004, to play a show at the Hi-Pointe that somehow got cancelled. So instead of playing there, they dropped by KDHX and hammered out a set of eight originals and one cover for the handful of listeners who happened to be tuned into my show that night. Here they are:

Red Planet – Goth Girl (Live at KDHX)
Red Planet – Blackout (Live at KDHX)
Red Planet – It Only Takes One (Live at KDHX)
Red Planet – Burning Cigarettes (Live at KDHX)
Red Planet – Satellite Radio (Live at KDHX)
Red Planet – No Force (Live at KDHX)
Red Planet – Days Over You (Live at KDHX)
Red Planet – H.O.P.E. (Live at KDHX)
Red Planet – Panama (Live at KDHX)

Doc Detroit hipped me to this band, which features the son of Steve Pohlman, the guy that runs Off Broadway on Lemp. I guess they’re based out of Portland, OR, which is too bad… it’d be nice to see more bands like this spring up right here in River City.

Youthbitch – Straight to Hell (MP3)