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805 - Young Boys Live
09-01-1982
(2009, 65 min.)
Digitally remastered from live radio
mobile broadcast recording. Direct Digital
Download $9.99
Tracks -
01
Intro / Black Cat Shuffle (instr) /
Young Boys (live)
04
Defense /
Stand In Line / Frank Briggs Solo (instr) / Fred (instr)
(live)
805 band Young Boys Live lineup:
Dave Porter - lead vocals, guitar Ed Vivenzio - keyboards, backup vocals Greg "Creamo" Liss - bass, backup vocals
Frank Briggs - percussion, drums
Recorded live 09-01-1982 in Herkimer, New York by mobile recording unit
onto 2 inch 30 ips analog tape. Digitally transferred from analog
tape by Jim Giantomasi of Crazy Diamond band in 1998. Digitally
remastered and converted to MP3 320 VBR by Al Somlo of Able Al's Sound
Shop in 2009.
805 - Young Boys video history
In
mid September 1982, 805's production company on Long Island
talked RCA into putting up $17,000 for a video.Just for reference, $17,000 is less than the cost of
the gecko's litter box on a Geico commercial shoot.Filmed in less than a day on 3/4" video tape,it was the Motel 6 of rock videos.Anyone hanging around got a part - the director's
secretary played a nun, the director himself portrayed an
angry father, they dressed Dave Porter in a vest and red
tuxedo shirt "for color" and presumably to make him look
more like Tom Jones, and when they ran out of people they
dressed up mannequins.
They did, however, manage to get the 1982 P*nthouse
Pet of the Year to appear in the video and yes, she was
beautiful but the bed scene was about as erotic as a
'Depends' commercial and even if she had bared her 42D chest
it couldn't have saved this video nightmare.We shot 7 performance segments, but the one that made
it to the final print was, for reasons that apparently died
with the producer, the take where bass player Creamo gets
hit in the face with the neck of Porter's guitar.
As bad as it was, MTV actually did play
the video a couple dozen times.
805 Band Biography
805 is a progressive rock band from Upstate NY. Started
in 1977 by Dave Porter, 805 was signed to RCA Records in 1980.
In 1982, Stand In Line produced by Dennis MacKay was released on
RCA Records. It went Number 33 on national radio airplay
charts. In 1985, 805 self released Question of Tomorrow.
In 1989, 805 self released
Edge of The World. In 2005, 805 self
released End Of Light Best of 1979-1989
CD. In 2008, 805 issued remastered releases of
Stand In Line,
Question of Tomorrow,
Edge of The World,
End Of Light,
plus the release of
Live Sounds
From A Dark Past consisting of a live concert performance
recorded on 11-26-2003. In 2009, 805 issued Young
Boys Live consisting of a live radio mobile broadcast
recorded on 09-01-1982 during the peak of their national tour to
promote the release of Stand In Line.
Band members over time have included Dave Porter on
vocals and guitar, Greg "Creamo" Liss on bass,
Ed Vivenzio on keyboards, Ron Cunningham on guitar and
vocals, and brothers
Frank Briggs and Gary Briggs on drums.
805 Band Inducted into SAMMYS Hall of Fame Lifetime Achievement
Award 2011 11-09-2011 By Jessica Novak, Syracuse New
Times
Dave Porter after returning to Syracuse in
1975 had a band, Harpy, that started doing "weird things on
stage," he admits. The music was simpler than his next band's
would be, but the theatrical aspects of the show carried over.
Pyrotechnics, 10-foot pythons and blowing things up became part
of the routine. But for a variety of reasons, Harpy broke up and
Porter went on the lookout "for people who were really wizards
on their instruments." After extensive auditions he found
bassist Greg Liss (also called Creamo), keys player Ed Vivenzio
and drummer Frank Briggs as well as guitarist, vocalist Ron
Cunningham (who was with the band until 1980), and formed 805 in
1977.
Shortly after Cunningham's departure, RCA signed
the band while it was playing what Porter recalls as a "dive of
a place" in Little Falls. The band enjoyed quick success
with RCA and had the chance to record at Electric Lady Studios
in New York City. But within a few years, the excitement faded
and in 1983 they were on their own. The band continued playing
with the original lineup until 1986 and other lineups until
1989. Since then there have been several reunions, but the
original lineup with Porter, Liss, Vivenzio and Briggs only
played a few tunes at a 2003 appearance at the Turning Stone
Resort and Casino. Putting the pieces back together has been a
daunting task.
"We've got like four hours to try to
relearn these kind of complicated songs," Porter says. "They're
in weird time signatures. If you're playing a song that's in
7/8, in those beats, it's hard to make them sound smooth to
begin with unless they're played right. We'll see how good we
are after all these years."
Although the band won't be
able to spit fire or blow things up this weekend, the stories
haven't lost their luster. Porter recalls a show where they did
their usual routine at the end—a set themed to old age and death
that called for a concussion bomb to go off while Porter
magically changed from an old man (he'd rip off a mask and old,
worn clothes) to a beautiful young man in shining white clothes.
In this instance, they set off the bomb and blew off half of the
club's ceiling. Porter still recalls looking out and seeing a
dazed, blinded crowd covered in debris.
"They just sat
there," he says in disbelief. "They didn't even move." At the
end of the night Porter slunk to the bar owner's office, fearing
805 would be banned from the club, forced to pay for the damage
and denied their night's pay.
"He {the bar owner} goes,
'You blew half the ceiling down.' I go, 'I know, I'm sorry,'"
Porter re-enacts. “He goes, 'That was f--king amazing! Do you
know how many people are gonna be here the next time you play?'
I was so surprised."
It's with fond memories of ceilings
falling, bombs going off and Creamo sending fireballs rolling
above the crowd (Porter claims they only had to douse Creamo
once) that 805 returns, finally getting recognition for the
contributions to music, theatrics and Syracuse.
Although
other members couldn't make the interview, Porter is quick to
remember those who will join him on the Sammys stage for the
performance on Friday night. "It's 805 that's going into the
Hall of Fame," he says thoughtfully. "The other three
musicians that surrounded me... I guess that was my big talent.
The ability to surround myself with really incredible musicians.
I pale in comparison to any of the three of them."
805 Discography
805 - End of Light: Best of 1979-1989
CD sold out (2005, 72 min.) more info
PROGRESSIVE ROCK
End of Light is available for
direct digital
download.
805 - Live Sounds From A Dark Past
11-26-2003 (2008,
54 min.) Direct Digital Download
$9.99
805 - Edge of The World (1989, 41 min.)
Direct Digital Download $9.99
805 - Question of Tomorrow (1985, 38
min.)
Direct Digital Download
$9.99
805 - Stand In Live (1982, 35 min.)
Direct Digital Download
$9.99
Frank Briggs - China Ranch (drummer
805)
CD (2008)
06/01/2009
Sorry, OUT OF PRINT.
more
info
JAZZ FUSION / JAZZ ROCK
Ed Vivenzio - Airspace (keyboard player 805 / Dave Hanlon
Cookbook)
CD $11.99 (2000, 37 min.) more info
JAZZ / NEW AGE
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