Band Number Two I played in was rather...boring. I got a chance to play with the two Charles' who were excellent guitarist, but that was where the fun ended. I wanted to call the band 2 Charlie...I had no vote of course.
Firemuth was all about the lead singer, Firemuth, who was a jerk and into heavy metal and wanted to be another Sammy Hagar, not much to get excited about there, but it was ok. I got to smash my bass into a gong at the begining of Hells Bells( a wee bit of Who influence) and look the part of the bored bassist really well.
Heavy Metal in Knoxville in the mid eighties was not all that great, a bit of a pariah if you will. From the north you had the Minneapolis Sound of Prince and from the south, you had R.E.M. One of my fave bands was the White Animals out of Nashville, who I thought was just the coolest thing since sliced bread; they played Beatles, punk, new wave, and had recorded ALBUMS. Yeah albums and videos...they were good, real good. I saw them a couple times at frat parties and Sam & Andy's(local punk bar).
There was a few other really good bands floating around then too. Dont know whatever happend to the firemuth boys as it was a short, frustrating career. We did it for the girls anyway, and we were in college, and smart enough to know we were never going to the big show. And in the realm of whiskey tango foxtrot check out this blog ....or this video , I so remember the yellow elephant art!
In the end we died a fiery
death of metal.Thankfully.
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