Various - "Shut Your Face - Volume 1" 7"

This 7" compilation from 1994 features four instrumental garage rock & surf songs from some of the most popular garage rock bands of the time.  The Jesus Christ Superfly track was recorded live at Emo's Austin, while the other tracks were recorded at the infamous Sweatbox Studios in Austin.

Released on poster artist Lindsey Kuhn's label No Lie Music, the packaging was all silkscreened and limited to 1000 copies.

1994 No Lie Music

1.  Jesus Christ Superfly - "40"
2.  Sugar Shack "Fuck You Hodad!"
3.  The Cryin' Out Louds - "Hot Rod"
4.  The Motards - "The Theme From 'Vampire With Rabies'"

DL:  Various - "Shut Your Face - Volume 1" 7" (via MF)

The Motards / Permanent Voltage - split 7"

Most likely the hardest to find of all the Motards records, this split 7" with Japan's Permanent Voltage contains different versions of two songs that would also appear on their 2nd LP, "Saturday Night Special Ed.".  Permanent Voltage add two of their own as well.

1.  The Motards - "Bombs Away"

2.  The Motards - "Kick Out The Jams"

3.  Permanent Voltage - "Shake"

4.  Permanent Voltage - "Super Shift"

DL:  The Motards / Permanent Voltage - split 7" (via MF)

or...

DL:  The Motards / Permanent Voltage - split 7" (via ZS)

The Motards - "Kings Of Blues" 7"

Here's the third Motards single and probably the most recognized of them all as it was on Rip Off Records. Released in 1995, this one-sided single is a keeper. It has since been re-released on the Rip Off Records singles compilation vol 2, as well as on a Motards singles/rarities compilation CD/LP that came out a while back. This is totally classic for the cover alone: The infamous photo of the band pissing on the Stevie Ray Vaughn statue located at Austin's Town Lake.

1995 Rip Off Records

1. Yo (Heart) Mexico

2. Crazy

DL: The Motards - "Kings Of Blues" 7"

Blue Flamingo Tribute Shows - "Special Guest" revealed, set times, etc...

The cat is out of the bag: ...And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead is the "Special Guest" headlining the Blue Flamingo Tribute Thursday April 29th, at Plush (formerly The Blue Flamingo). For this show, they'll be playing as their original two-piece lineup! Their shows from back then have grown to be legendary - chaos ensued in one form or another at all of them. Although this was recorded a little later (not as a 2-piece), check out this video of them playing at the Blue Flamingo back in 1997:

The set times for the Blue Flamingo shows are as follows:

Thursday April 29th @ PLUSH (formerly Blue Flamingo)

7th and Red River, Austin TX:

...And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead (1:35am - 2am)

FuckEmos (12:45pm - 1:20am)

Lower Class Brats (12am - 12:30am)

Chumps (11:15pm - 11:45pm)

Down Syndrome Army (9:50pm - 10:15pm)

Saturday May 1st @ EMO'S (inside stage)

603 Red River st, Austin TX:

The Johnny Motard Experience (playing MOTARDS songs!) (1am - 1:45am)

G.O.M.E.Z. (playing Gomez(TX) songs!) (12am - 12:45am)

The Crack Pipes (11:15pm - 11:45pm)

The Paranoids (10:35pm - 11pm)

Dead End Cruisers (9:55pm - 10:20pm)

The Shindigs (9:15pm - 9:40pm)

Charlie's Angels (8:45pm - 9pm)

Shit's gonna be fun! Cover is cheap and all the money is going to be donated to the SIMS Foundation. See you there!

The Motards - "To Scare The Hell Out Of Your Neighbors" EP

Shit! I've been so busy with the bullshit minutia of life that I forgot about the upcoming BLUE FLAMINGO REUNION SHOWS!! They're this weekend at Plush & Emo's, and it's going to be a good time for sure. Saturday May 1st, 3/5ths of the Motards (a.k.a. The Johnny Motard Experience, or the Mostards!) are going to be reuniting (along with members of Toby's current band, Open Casket, taking the place of Dave Head and Suzanne) playing all of your favorite Motards songs. Maybe they'll play a song or two off this rager of a 7", if your lucky!

1995 Turkey Baster Records

1. Put Me Down

2. Hangover

3. The Slow Song

4. Why Am I Even Here

DL: The Motards - "To Scare The Hell Out Of Your Neighbors" EP

Blue Flamingo Reunion: Update!

Here's an update to the line-up for the Blue Flamingo reunion shows!

The shows are just about a month away, and the final lineups look solid:

Day One:

Thursday April 29th, 2010

"Special Guest"

FuckEmo's

Lower Class Brats

The Chumps

The Bulemics

Down Symdrome Army

@ Plush (formerly The Blue Flamingo)

7th & Red River. $5 at the door.

Day Two:

Saturday May 1st, 2010

The Johnny Motard Experience (playing Motards songs!)

G.O.M.E.Z. (playing Gomez songs!)

The Crack Pipes

The Paranoids

Dead End Cruisers

Shindigs

Charlie's Angels

@ Emo's (inside)

603 Red River. $6 advance ($8 at the door)

We'll be featuring many of these bands here on the blog in the next couple weeks leading up to the show! See you there!

The Blue Flamingo Tribute/Reunion Shows Announced!

Remember the Blue Flamingo? The tiny Austin punk/tranny bar on the corner of 7th and Red River that many of the bands posted and/or talked about on this blog played at? Well, the fine folks running The Blue Flamingo Facebook Page have organized a Blue Flamingo Tribute/Reunion show, with many of the local bands from the Blue Flamingo era reuniting for this special occasion. Lineup for the two-night event is below:

Day One:

Thursday April 29th, 2010

"Special Guest"

FuckEmo's

The Chumps

Lower Class Brats

The Bulemics

Down Symdrome Army

@ Plush (formerly The Blue Flamingo)

7th & Red River. $5 at the door.

Day Two:

Saturday May 1st, 2010

The Johnny Motard Experience (playing Motards songs!)

G.O.M.E.Z. (playing Gomez songs!)

The Crack Pipes

The Paranoids

Dead End Cruisers

Stretford Tribute Band (feat. members of Stretford & Yuppie Pricks)

Shindigs

Charlie's Angels

27 Devils Joking

@ Emo's (inside)

603 Red River. $6 advance ($8 at the door)

Both shows are benefits for the SIMS Foundation which is a really great cause, so don't be worried that someone is using this to bankroll their personal savings account. Look for many more of the records by these bands to be posted on the Texas Punk Treasure Chest in the upcoming weeks (in addition to the ones which already have), and see you at the shows.

The Motards - Reunion?

This past Sunday 12/27/09 in Austin TX, The Motards (minus Dave Head who wasn't in attendance) ended up playing a few songs at a surprise party for Suzanne. Someone shot some video! Enjoy:

v/a: "A Curious Mix Of People... Live at the Blue Flamingo" LP

All of your favorite Austin garage and punk bands circa 94-95, recorded live to cassette. The comp is raw and great, profiling what you might have seen on any weekend night at the Blue Flamingo. Audiophiles should probably pass this post on by.

1995 King Mob Records

1. The Motards "Welcome To The Blue Flamingo"

2. The Motards "No No The Girlfriend"

3. The Motards "Yo (Loves) Mexico"

4. The Motards "Slow Song"

5. The Motards "Unhappy"

6. The Satans "Slugger"

7. The Satans "Snake Eyes"

8. The Peenbeets "A Message From Our Sponsor"

9. The Peenbeets "Earth Boy/Girls Are Keen!"

10. The Peenbeets "A MeMento From Our Show"

11. The Peenbeets "Design For Dedication"

12. The Peenbeets "I Remember Joe"

13. The Hormones "Over The Edge"

14. The Paranoids "A Note To The Tourists/Go!"

15. The Paranoids "Staring At Sound"

16. The Paranoids "My Life"

17. The Chumps "Sleazy Chump Song"

18. The Chumps "Russian Roulette"

19. Stretford "Mrs. Jones"

20. Stretford "I Used To Know"

21. Inhalants "Middle Ages"

22. Inhalants "Gun Shopping"

23. Inhalants "It Was Hyperreal"

24. Inhalants "Busy Kids"

25. Laura "Laura's Last Stand"

DL: v/a: "A Curious Mix of People... Live at the Blue Flamingo" LP

v/a: "Texas - A Collection Of Texas Garage Punkers" compilation

This compilation was a good sampler of garage/punk/surf bands around in the mid-90's from Austin, San Antonio, Dallas and Houston.

1997 Au-Go-Go Records

1. The Satans "Snake Eyes"

2. The Drop Outs "One Ugly Child"

3. Lord High Fixers "It's About Revolution"

4. Death Valley "Herminator"

5. Sugar Shack "If Love Paid"

6. The Sons Of Hercules "Angry Girl Use"

7. The Motards "Cash America"

8. The Cryin' Out Louds "Foggy Night"

9. Jack O' Fire "Western Arizona"

10. Inhalants "Ain't Got No Feelings"

11. Fireworks "Wicked Woman"

12. Jesus Christ Superfly "Outta Sight"

13. The Hormones "I Can't Sleep"

14. The Counts "Phantom Rickshaw"

15. The 1-4-5's "Volvo Hatchback"

16. Sugar Shack "Two Headed Woman"

17. Inhalants "Gun Shopping"

18. The Satans "Go Down"

19. Death Valley "Have Rocket Will Travel"

20. The Cryin' Out Louds "Swamp Woman"

21. The Motards "Johnny Tremain"

22. The Sons Of Hercules "Gimme Some"

23. The Drop Outs "Night of the Phantom"

24. Jesus Christ Superfly "Looking Back"

25. The Hormones "Fun, Fun, Fun"

DL: v/a: "Texas - A Collection Of Texas Garage Punkers"

The Motards - "I'm A Criminal" EP

The Motards: Loved by many, hated by... many. The songs from this single, their first, were supposedly taken from their demo. After breaking up in 1997, members would go on to be in many bands including Secret Lovers, Headache City, The Hatchbacks, and The Put Downs (among others) and more recently in Scrabble Robot and The Open Casket.

1. I'm A Criminal

2. The Fast Song

3. My Love Is Bad

DL: The Motards "I'm A Criminal" 7"