PATTERNS AND TONES

"The Tight Fits - Full Frontal Attack" 2017   San Francisco in 1995 was a hot spot for the trashiest, silliest, goofiest bands you could ever wish for and The Tight Fitz were no exception.  With Shane White ( The Rip Offs , Spoiled Brats, Loose Lips, The Infections , The Fingers, The Vaticans) on guitar, his brother Jason White (Cheap Dates, The Rip Offs, The Fingers) on vocals, Chantal Monte on bass and Kyo "Lawless" Ito on drums, this quirky quartet  last about a year and put out two 7" singles in their wake.   Shane's punk garage label  Pure Filth Records  put out a 7" on his label featuring the ever scrumptious and voluptuous Ms. Tina "Boom Boom" Lucchesi on the front cover. Their recipe of glam-punk was captured in   "Full Frontal Attack " on the A side and "Bulldozer"  on the flip side.  The follow up 7" featured "All Balls" and "Pink Cake" on Seattle's garage punk Rat City ...

"Everybodies Girl - Blag Dahlia No. 1" 2017 Continuing to dig through my archives from 1995, I unearthed this image I shot of the one and only Blag Dahlia, the lead singer extrordinaire for the seminal San Francisco punk rock band The Dwarves ! I think the original black and white image lends itself nicely to my new technique of color and text overlay. I was shooting for Sunny (Andersen) Chanel's magazine Girlyhead at the time. This image  was part of story we did to illustrate an article on french kissing featuring Blag and Tina "Boom-Boom" Lucchassi . Needless to say the whole experience was filled with fun and tongues! I recently got in touch with Blag for a brief interview. It was great to once again experience his quick wit and sarcasm. That's why he's " Everybodies Girl ", Julie Green May 20, 2017 Julie Green:  I remember seeing you for the first time in a red smoking jacket at the Mabuhay Gardens in the mid-8T's...

"Do the Vulcan - The Vulcaneers No. 1" 2017 As I began to go through my archives from 1995, I came across a show I shot at the Purple Onion with The Vulcaneers along with Tokyo sensations The Titans . I remember it being a typically crazy night and most shots on the roll contain beer being chucked around the room in front of my lens. Luckily I captured a couple of shots of the bands without the swill! I contacted Lars recently and he graciously gave us the low down on the history and line up of the band. I'm happy to share with you today some posterized versions I created for this blog. If there was one thing this band shared with the rest of the goof rock brigade, it's that they knew how to have a good time. Do the Vulcan! Julie Green May 13, 2017 "Vulcan Tide - The Vulcaneers No. 2" 2017 Lars Nylander: Starting around 1994 in Los Gatos. five lo-talents got together to try and do for themselves what so many before them had achie...

"Jet Generation - Guitar Wolf No. 1" 2017 I realized looking at my blog I have woefully neglected the Tones department in Patterns and Tones. I have been so concentrated on making Patterns, that I haven't featured any images of musicians this year! So for the next few weeks I plan on digging through my archives for some of my favorite shots I've taken of my favorite bands over the years and apply my new technique to the images. Today I start with one of the greatest garage-punk bands I've ever seen, GUITAR WOLF ! This trio from Japan has been going strong since the late 80's and I have been fortunate enough to get to know them over the years. Seiji, Toru and Billy (RIP) would stay with us in San Francisco and we were always delighted to be in their company. This shot from 1995 sums up the raw power of Jet rock 'n' roll. The title of their 4th album  Jet Generation  on Matador is an explosion of sound full of angst, lust and rebellion. I...