RADIO SILENCE
Punk Jazz
(1982-84)
Laurence Miller
Guitar and vocals
The late Don Rimmer
Bass
The late John O'Reilly
Drums
Ben Miller
Alto Saxophone
RADIO SILENCE was Miller's alternative relief program away from the punk band he was slaving over at the time, NONFICTION. RADIO SILENCE managed to release a half studio half "live" cassette over the course of it's short life, playing out at Ann Arbor's Joe's Star Lounge several times before folding. Twin brother Ben Miller played alto saxaphone in this band, as he too had his own alternative group, G.K.W. (God Knows Who). Both RADIO SILENCE and G.K.W. were off shoots from a precursor outfit of theirs just one year prior called LOW INCOME ZONE, their first relief program effort. RADIO SILENCE'S influences might include King Krimson and TV jingles.
NOTE: Laurence also contributed "spoken word" to Ben's band G.K.W.
Pictured here is the front cover to their self titled, cassette release (c) 1983. The best tunes
were Miller's BUT, WHAT IS CRAZY? and ROTATING REVOLVING, and his arrangemets of MISSION IMPOSSIBLE and PINK PANTHER. (The late) Don Rimmer, their bassist, designed the band's logo.
Laurence used this TV cabinet for an external speaker cab "live". It caught on fire at Ann Arbor's Rick's American Cafe, in the middle of a guitar solo. One of the guitarists from the next band, THE URBATIONS, freaked and ran up on stage to put it out, knocking over Miller's backup guitar, putting a huge gouge in it. Safety first...
Side A) Multi track garage recordings 11/83 thru 2/84
1) CBS GOOD EVENING THEME
2) BUT, WHAT IS CRAZY?
3) HAIL TO THE VICTIMS
4) THE LAW
5) ROTATING / REVOLVING
6) BAGPIPE PIECE
7) THE SOUND OF MUZAK
8) MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE THEME
9) DON'T JOIN THE ARMY
10) ENCORE IN E
11) CBS GOOD NIGHT THEME
Side B) "Live" @ Joe's Star Lunge 8/28/83
1) CBS GOOD NIGHT THEME
2) MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE THEME
3) THE LAW
4) PINK PANTHER
5) ENCORE in E
6) THE SOUND OF MUZAK
7) JUNKYARD
8) THRU THE VERGE
9) CBS LATE NIGHT THEME
Larry Miller: Vocals, electric guitar, keyboard, and Bb clarinet
Ben Miller: Alto Saxophone
Don Rimmer: Bass
John O'Reilly: Drums
* Logo Design by Don Rimmer
MISSION IMPOSSIBLE ~ A low fi dupe.
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LBM www Radio Silence Mission Impossible.mp3 Size : 1.566 Kb Type : mp3 |
BUT, WHAT IS CRAZY? ~ Another low fi dupe. Clearly reminiscent of KING KRIMSON's "RED".
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LBM www Radio Silence But What Is Crazy.mp3 Size : 4.646 Kb Type : mp3 |
