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Title: Songs from my band (Avant Garage)
Source: SoundCloud
URL Source: https://soundcloud.com/user-5295701
Published: Oct 21, 2016
Author: Me
Post Date: 2016-10-21 15:11:36 by Bill D Berger
Keywords: None
Views: 562
Comments: 10

Back in the late 80's and early 90's I was in a band called "Avant Garage". We started out as a cover band, playing bars and clubs in the Minneapolis area, starting out as "The Verselles". We went through several drummers and changed our focus to writing our own songs.

Anyways, we recorded a demo tape in 1992 and a few days ago I was going through my cassette collection and discovered the tape. After recording it with Audacity and cleaning up some of the hiss, I put the entire album (10 songs) on SoundCloud.

They styles range from power pop to garage, rock, alternative, rockabilly, yet there's a certain cohesion throughout the entire album. In my opinion, the best song of the bunch is "One and One" the last song on the album and a power-pop gem.

"A Little Bit Better Girl" is another up-tempo pop/garge song.

"4 Barrels" is a hard-cranking rockabilly number, "Television" is a ditty about having "52 channels...and nothin' to watch".

"I Got A Girl" is a pure slice of garage goodness, complete with 60's Farfisa organ.

"Fannie Mae" is based on a character from "Whipping Star", a 1970 science fiction novel by Frank Herbert.

"Plutonium Surfing" is an instrumental surf-rocker.

We never became famous or anything - I suppose we had a pretty good following in Minneapolis back then, but I think the music still holds up today.

Avant Garage (1992)

Thanks for listening.

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#1. To: Bill D Berger (#0)

We need a good link to listen, thanks.

“The most dangerous man to any government is the man who is able to think things out... without regard to the prevailing superstitions and taboos. Almost inevitably he comes to the conclusion that the government he lives under is dishonest, insane, intolerable.” ~ H. L. Mencken

Lod  posted on  2016-10-21   16:04:53 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#2. To: Lod (#1) (Edited)

The link seems to work fine on this end. Maybe try copy and paste the url into your browser.

https://soundcloud.com/user-5295701

I just signed up there and downloaded the songs today - maybe

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Bill D Berger  posted on  2016-10-21   16:15:27 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#3. To: Bill D Berger (#2)

Still "server not found, try again" could the link still be in your cache? It's not going well here.

“The most dangerous man to any government is the man who is able to think things out... without regard to the prevailing superstitions and taboos. Almost inevitably he comes to the conclusion that the government he lives under is dishonest, insane, intolerable.” ~ H. L. Mencken

Lod  posted on  2016-10-21   16:42:15 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#4. To: Bill D Berger (#0)

I like, Bill! 4 Barrels is my fav for dance-ability. It's got a good single time swing beat. :)

christine  posted on  2016-10-21   19:34:56 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#5. To: Bill D Berger (#0) (Edited)

Nice stuff; I listened to some. You coulda' been a contender!

Fred Mertz  posted on  2016-10-21   20:51:19 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#6. To: Bill D Berger (#0)

Excellent! There is a surf/jangly guitar/punk thing going on too in the couple tracks I've already listened to. I am impressed, thank you for sharing these treasures.

" As a citizen, I would hesitate to see any political party outlawed on the basis of its political ideology. However, if it is proven that an organization is an agent of foreign power, or in any way not a legitimate political party -- and I think the government is capable of proving that -- then that is another matter." - Ronald Reagan to House Un-American Activities Committee, October 23, 1947

Dakmar  posted on  2016-10-21   22:12:55 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#7. To: Lod (#3)

Link works fine for me

https://soundcloud.com/user-5295701

" As a citizen, I would hesitate to see any political party outlawed on the basis of its political ideology. However, if it is proven that an organization is an agent of foreign power, or in any way not a legitimate political party -- and I think the government is capable of proving that -- then that is another matter." - Ronald Reagan to House Un-American Activities Committee, October 23, 1947

Dakmar  posted on  2016-10-21   22:14:50 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#8. To: Bill D Berger (#2)

Bill, I finally disabled several filters here and got to hear your sound; just amazing. Had you guys sold your souls to the devil, you'd be headlining around the globe.

Whoever is the lead vocalist is really smooth and the band's tight. Thanks for sharing here. I'll listen to more cuts tomorrow.

“The most dangerous man to any government is the man who is able to think things out... without regard to the prevailing superstitions and taboos. Almost inevitably he comes to the conclusion that the government he lives under is dishonest, insane, intolerable.” ~ H. L. Mencken

Lod  posted on  2016-10-21   22:25:51 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#9. To: HOUNDDAWG, Bill D Berger (#0)

DAWG, you should give this a listen, it's really good.

" As a citizen, I would hesitate to see any political party outlawed on the basis of its political ideology. However, if it is proven that an organization is an agent of foreign power, or in any way not a legitimate political party -- and I think the government is capable of proving that -- then that is another matter." - Ronald Reagan to House Un-American Activities Committee, October 23, 1947

Dakmar  posted on  2016-10-21   22:30:41 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#10. To: Dakmar, Bill D Berger, cchristine (#9)

DAWG, you should give this a listen, it's really good.

Thanks for the heads up.

Very enjoyable music that reminds me of across between Moody Blues, Hollies, Kinks and Green Day. (All on my MP3)

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HOUNDDAWG  posted on  2016-10-28   6:50:49 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


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