THE FLESH EATERS, live at Larchmont Hall in Los Angeles, 1978. That’s Chris D. on vocals, Tito Larriva on guitar and John Richey on bass. And some dude’s Levi’s-clad ass in the lower left.
The photo’s an outtake from our lengthy interview with Mr. D. in Dynamite Hemorrhage fanzine #1, which you can learn more about here.
What’s going on with the Dynamite Hemorrhage fanzine #1, you ask? Oh, you didn’t know? Yeah, I’m working on a print fanzine that will come out in less than 2 months – wrapping up all writing, ads and such by 12/1, with layout and printing happening in December. There’s so much stuff in there I think we may top 60-70 pages, no joke. Some highlights:
Stay close for pre-ordering details if you’re interested. More info to be provided in this space shortly.
FLESH EATERS, live 1982 – the “A Minute To Pray, A Second To Die” lineup that was only together for about six months due to planned obsolescence.
Byron Coley’s classic FLESH EATERS 1982 tour diary piece from Take It! fanzine has been digitized and posted online here.
Chris D. of The Flesh Eaters, showing off his Al Green and Girlschool records, in the 11/7/81 issue of the UK’s Sounds magazine.
Jon from Waitakere Walks blog covers the 1970s LA punk scene’s reggae love in this post, “Angeleno Dread”.
With the express written consent of Byron Coley and Chris D, I’m posting an outstanding, well-recorded 45 minutes of THE FLESH EATERS, practicing new and recent songs in 1983, right before they broke up. I’ve had this on tape for a number of years, and it’s a not only a ripping set of “heavy punk thunder from the lake of burning fire” (to coin a phrase), it’s a fascinating look into what the band might have evolved into had they continued. As it was, they’d hit their proverbial limits, and shortly after this, Chris D put together his acoustic “Time Stands Still” album before getting a full-blown band together again with his wife Julie Christensen, THE DIVINE HORSEMEN.
After a few well-oiled, blowout “Hard Road To Follow” numbers (their album which had come out earlier that year), you get to hear sketches of songs Chris later put out with other bands, like “All I Have” with Stone By Stone, and “Love Call” & “Stone By Stone” with The Divine Horsemen. Fantastic stuff. Download it and share your Flesh Eaters stories in the comments – because, alas, I never saw ‘em until they’d started up again seven years later.
Download THE FLESH EATERS – PRACTICE TAPE, 1983
Tracks:
1. Every Time I Call Your Name
2. Buried Treasure
3. Poison Arrow
4. Hard Road To Follow
5. Father of Lies
6. Louie Louie
7. All I Have
8. Down In The Ditch
9. Stone By Stone
10. Love Call
Chris D – Flesh Eater, Divine Horseman etc – has finished and released his long-promised encyclopedia of Japanese Gangster Films.
DIVINE HORSEMEN ad in Forced Exposure #11, 1986, right when “Devil’s River” came out on SST.
Very cool – thanks to Steve B. for the heads-up.
AGONY SHORTHAND 