@@MarkDeutromfor decades I thought, “man Mark must have really known his stuff if he could get a massive sound out of those crappy drums Dale had on that first tour” ha ha
Every once in a while that UA-cam Algorithm actualy does its job! RKL should have been so much more successful! I think I was 16, when I Had the chance to see rhem here in Germany; the same year when they made this masterpiece! Thanks for this Video and RiP Jason and Bomer..😢
My high-school band back in 88/89 worshipped RKL along with Poison idea and the Accused. This album made me a better musician through pure determination to do my best to play along with it. Our drummer Boz even went on to play with them for a bit. RKL will always be fucking legends of the highest caliber.
@@MarkDeutromI saw them in Belgium just a couple of days before they played the show in Berlin that got recorded & released as a live album. They had this new bass player who was probably 18 or so & just tore it up. My mate got his nose broke at the show too during RKL's set as the "pit" was so intense.
I really hope the RKL reunion with Tony Foresta from M.W helps bring a resurgence to RKL. They're kinda like the hardcore version of the Velvet Underground. Not many people bought their records. But everyone that did started a band after listening to them.
I saw them their opening night May 1 in SF. They sound better than they did 30 years ago, was hesitant to like them with a different singer, but Tony killed it.
very cool to hear about the making of Rock N Roll Nightmare. The studio tricks like having no reverb will be handy for those of us unskilled in the studio who might try to make something. I'm glad it came to together....or rather you captured a band that always rode the line of falling apart. Your similar description of Sacrilege sort of changed the way i listen to them. Still i don't need to do rails of speed to appreciate the intensity these bands exude....the ultra fast hectic music plays well before i bike thru Bay Area traffic I also appreciate hearing the thumb nail sketch of Doug Moody. As a teenager in Northern Cal while this was happening i would read about him but got little more than "Mistake Records". The bit about his origins in England sort of elevates it to the entangled (and sometimes cool) history of the greater LA music scene. The book Riot on Sunset Strip is excellent in giving us the gory details--though it drops out by the mid 70's. I guess we gotta keep looking to the skies of youtube to fill out the rest of the story ....i do sort of miss fanzines
This is so great..me and a handful of friends in MD have always been huge RKL fans since the first time we heard the keep laughing record..this record was unbelievable to us when we first heard it..still have mine w the comic book! always wish I got a copy of greatest hits live when I had the chance..
I first saw you on a Melvins clip, about 13-14 years ago. I then learned your name. I was pretty surprised to find out that you did the production for the RKL album, while i was researching it 3-4 years ago. Now i see this video and i'd like to thank you for posting it and sharing all this information I wanted an in-depth look for this album from the guys that made it, and i've only found an interview with Chris Rest talking about it. Thank you very much and i subscribed!
Hello Mark. So happy to discover your channel where you discuss these topics. At this same time, I was in a band on David Portnow's label Medusa/Ever Rat Records. Our band was a big fan of and influenced by everything going on with Alchemy Records. Never missed any of the shows in Tacoma when any of the bands from your label played. Thank you for your contribution to memorable years of my life.
one of my most liked bands back in the days......their show at the ajz bielefeld in 1989 was one of the craziest shows i have ever been too,,,to this day one of my all time favourite hc bands...their double live in berlin would be worth a review as well.....even have a wonderful cool rkl tat2......DANKE Mark
Thanx for the story. I think I probably owned almost every Alchemy records at some point, my favorites being this RKL album and the Neurosis one ! Your did a great job back then!
I still have my LP w/comic. I still have half of the Alchemy releases, had almost all of them at one point. RKL is playing Punk Rock Bowling fest in May in Vegas with The Grim and Dr. Know.
Favourite LP period f I love RKL masterpiece for sure I love all there LPs but this is the best for any music period FN brilliant awesome post thank U so much PS reactive if I come at that as a bommer experimental hc blues I can cope it more outher than that my favourite LP and band period peace and love lloydy
Do you remember Rhythm & Brews in Indio? My old band played with you guys and Acid King there once. Anyways, I am 90% sure Doug Moody showed up there one night in a bath robe. Thanks for the RKL location thing, I've always been confused cause I thought they were Oxnard, but when I moved to S.F. in 96, people talked about them as being local
@@MarkDeutrom Now that I'm thinking about it, it may have been Robbie Fields of Posh Boy records. I'd hate to start any false rumors about these upstanding pillars of the community though
A.I. could probably separate the elements of the recording, that would be cool to hear just the Bomer parts together. Also, do you have this kind of insight for Pain of Mind?
@@MarkDeutromApparently, RKL broke into skate shops to then sell the ill-gotten goods to other shops, to fund the tour..allegedly ! This was on the 1st "proper" tour Melvins did with Beyond Possession from Canada in 1986 & RKL played some shows along the way too. I recall Buzz telling this story on some podcast/interview years ago.
Buzz did an interview last year about the tour with RKL. It's called Buzz Osborne tells us about the very first Melvins tour. It's a great listen. There is a good ``cockroach`` anecdote that made me laugh hard. Around 9 minutes mark
Didn't Sacrilege BC - Party With God come before this, Melvins and Neurosis? At any rate, this is great!! Love this album. Bomber was the greatest 1 man rhythm section. Still got the LP w/ 37 year old comic book.
Montecito has been an enclave for the rich since the beginning of the 20th century. There's a lady named Pearl Chase (Heir to Chase Manhattan Bank) that kind of created the culture around that. She was so wealthy that when Santa Barbara had an earthquake and fire in 1925, she paid to rebuild the city out of her own pocket. I grew up in SB with those guys and believe me it has been a very wealthy neighborhood for as long as anybody's been alive on this planet.
Thanks for that. I'm always interested in weird old histories of people, places and things. I want to read a book about Pearl Chase now. Sounds like she was pretty cool.
I have always loved RKL since I discovered them in the early 90s...but, I always felt that they would have been better with a different singer. Sure, you could say that Jason made them unique.. but in my opinion, the vocals held them back. Those guys rippped..especially Bomer and Chris...and later, Little Joe. Just think of how incredible they would have been with their crazy musicianship and 'real' vocals..
Thanks for that...this is much like imagining movies with different actors. Things can always be better, but if you change one element you have something completely different ! Most of this kind of music is about documenting the feeling at a particular moment in time, and this record definitely succeeds in doing that at the very least.
Bombers drums on Gluey Porch. Never knew that. This was a great listen.
Any extra info on Early MELVINS is always welcome.
There might actually still be 3 or 4 things even you don't know !
@@MarkDeutromfor decades I thought, “man Mark must have really known his stuff if he could get a massive sound out of those crappy drums Dale had on that first tour” ha ha
Bomer's kit wasn't exactly amazing but got the job done. Dale helped also.
mind blown
YES!!!! I am going to dig into this now. I LOVE LOVE LOVE this album. It is still in regular rotation since 1987!!!!!!!!!!!!
Haha...just preaching to the converted with this one !
Every once in a while that UA-cam Algorithm actualy does its job!
RKL should have been so much more successful! I think I was 16, when I Had the chance to see rhem here in Germany; the same year when they made this masterpiece!
Thanks for this Video and RiP Jason and Bomer..😢
I feel drugs sabotaged many great bands and they were no exception. We still have the records, and that is cool.
GREAT video! Would absolutely love a Making Of Gluey Porch Treatments video!!!!
Thanks for being here. I will get to GPT eventually.
My high-school band back in 88/89 worshipped RKL along with Poison idea and the Accused. This album made me a better musician through pure determination to do my best to play along with it. Our drummer Boz even went on to play with them for a bit. RKL will always be fucking legends of the highest caliber.
Playing along with RKL separates the men from the boys !
Still got "keep laughing" & "Rock & Roll Nightmare (with the comic) on LP. Saw them live in 1988 & they blew the roof off !
Always a great band to see, and also play with.
@@MarkDeutromI saw them in Belgium just a couple of days before they played the show in Berlin that got recorded & released as a live album. They had this new bass player who was probably 18 or so & just tore it up. My mate got his nose broke at the show too during RKL's set as the "pit" was so intense.
I really hope the RKL reunion with Tony Foresta from M.W helps bring a resurgence to RKL. They're kinda like the hardcore version of the Velvet Underground. Not many people bought their records. But everyone that did started a band after listening to them.
Great comment ! Many influential bands fly far under the radar but still make a difference to those who are really listening.
Saw that lineup in LA recently. Simply amazing.
I saw them their opening night May 1 in SF. They sound better than they did 30 years ago, was hesitant to like them with a different singer, but Tony killed it.
very cool to hear about the making of Rock N Roll Nightmare. The studio tricks like having no reverb will be handy for those of us unskilled in the studio who might try to make something. I'm glad it came to together....or rather you captured a band that always rode the line of falling apart. Your similar description of Sacrilege sort of changed the way i listen to them. Still i don't need to do rails of speed to appreciate the intensity these bands exude....the ultra fast hectic music plays well before i bike thru Bay Area traffic
I also appreciate hearing the thumb nail sketch of Doug Moody. As a teenager in Northern Cal while this was happening i would read about him but got little more than "Mistake Records". The bit about his origins in England sort of elevates it to the entangled (and sometimes cool) history of the greater LA music scene. The book Riot on Sunset Strip is excellent in giving us the gory details--though it drops out by the mid 70's. I guess we gotta keep looking to the skies of youtube to fill out the rest of the story
....i do sort of miss fanzines
This video is pure gold. Thank you so much for sharing this experience and job with us!
Thanks for listening !
One of the greatest punk records ever. Top 10, if not top 5.
I might like it even better now !
Excellent stories Mark! I love that Bomer played the whole album on drums by memory then turned out the bass tracks too! What a monster!!
Epic performance by a great player.
This is so great..me and a handful of friends in MD have always been huge RKL fans since the first time we heard the keep laughing record..this record was unbelievable to us when we first heard it..still have mine w the comic book! always wish I got a copy of greatest hits live when I had the chance..
Thanks for watching.
Bought this when it came out. It always blew my mind that Bomber played the bass on this record, and now it’s cool to get the whole story.
Definitely a strange situation that resulted in an epic record ! Thanks for listening .
Thank you so much for sharing this!
I first saw you on a Melvins clip, about 13-14 years ago. I then learned your name.
I was pretty surprised to find out that you did the production for the RKL album, while i was researching it 3-4 years ago.
Now i see this video and i'd like to thank you for posting it and sharing all this information I wanted an in-depth look for this album from the guys that made it, and i've only found an interview with Chris Rest talking about it.
Thank you very much and i subscribed!
Thanks for being here ! Plenty of stuff here to check out.
Simply the best Band ever!
Hello Mark. So happy to discover your channel where you discuss these topics. At this same time, I was in a band on David Portnow's label Medusa/Ever Rat Records. Our band was a big fan of and influenced by everything going on with Alchemy Records. Never missed any of the shows in Tacoma when any of the bands from your label played. Thank you for your contribution to memorable years of my life.
Thanks for being here !
Wow that needs another comment FN awesome thanks again for sharing that treasure trove of info peace and love lloydy
RKL playing in SB around 2005 was one of my all time favorite shows
What an incredible fucking record in all aspects, playing and production.
Time has only solidified it's influence and relevance to many people.
one of my most liked bands back in the days......their show at the ajz bielefeld in 1989 was one of the craziest shows i have ever been too,,,to this day one of my all time favourite hc bands...their double live in berlin would be worth a review as well.....even have a wonderful cool rkl tat2......DANKE Mark
Thanks for watching.
I could watch content like this all day….super job, Mark….
Thanks for being here !
This was great. Any chance you’d ever do one of these on Neurosis’s Pain of Mind?
I will get to it. Thanks for watching !
Great call! What about Poison Idea?
@@Checkofoto I did a video on Poison Idea a couple of months ago. Check my channel.
Thanx for the story. I think I probably owned almost every Alchemy records at some point, my favorites being this RKL album and the Neurosis one ! Your did a great job back then!
Thanks ! I have yet to get to the Neurosis LP but I will...
Thank you so much for sharing your story with them!
Thanks for watching.
This is really cool, Mark.
Thanks ! New video coming tonight !
I still have my LP w/comic. I still have half of the Alchemy releases, had almost all of them at one point. RKL is playing Punk Rock Bowling fest in May in Vegas with The Grim and Dr. Know.
Nice !!
Thanks Mark! Really enjoyed that.
Thanks for spending time here.
Most if those RKL dudes are in Lagwagon now! Joe Raposo is a rad bass player!
I'll have to check that out. Thanks !
awesome...thank you.
Thanks for the watch !
Favourite LP period f I love RKL masterpiece for sure I love all there LPs but this is the best for any music period FN brilliant awesome post thank U so much PS reactive if I come at that as a bommer experimental hc blues I can cope it more outher than that my favourite LP and band period peace and love lloydy
RKL IS playing tonight at Soho in SB believe it or not. Chris, Joe and others…Sold out
Excellent story,Mark!
Thanks Dave. Of course you were part of all that history also !
Love that album
Rad band
Do you remember Rhythm & Brews in Indio? My old band played with you guys and Acid King there once. Anyways, I am 90% sure Doug Moody showed up there one night in a bath robe. Thanks for the RKL location thing, I've always been confused cause I thought they were Oxnard, but when I moved to S.F. in 96, people talked about them as being local
I remember that...it was like playing at the end of the world...I didn't see Moody in the bathrobe but it would give him some coolness !
@@MarkDeutrom Now that I'm thinking about it, it may have been Robbie Fields of Posh Boy records. I'd hate to start any false rumors about these upstanding pillars of the community though
Are there tracks of just drums and bass? It would be awsome
AI could probably do it at this point.
A.I. could probably separate the elements of the recording, that would be cool to hear just the Bomer parts together. Also, do you have this kind of insight for Pain of Mind?
The tech is definitely there for that, but I'll leave it to a super fan ! I'll probably get to Pain of Mind eventually. Thanks for watching .
RKL toured with The Melvins in 1986, right?
I'm no historian, but it's possible...some one out there knows.
@@MarkDeutromApparently, RKL broke into skate shops to then sell the ill-gotten goods to other shops, to fund the tour..allegedly ! This was on the 1st "proper" tour Melvins did with Beyond Possession from Canada in 1986 & RKL played some shows along the way too. I recall Buzz telling this story on some podcast/interview years ago.
Buzz did an interview last year about the tour with RKL. It's called Buzz Osborne tells us about the very first Melvins tour. It's a great listen. There is a good ``cockroach`` anecdote that made me laugh hard. Around 9 minutes mark
The DISASTOUR.
Please do a video like this for War All the Time!
I plan to. There is quite a tale behind that also.
Rkl is the best punk band in the history and forever
Didn't Sacrilege BC - Party With God come before this, Melvins and Neurosis? At any rate, this is great!! Love this album. Bomber was the greatest 1 man rhythm section. Still got the LP w/ 37 year old comic book.
Sacrilege was the second Alchemy release. Thanks for watching !
Rich Kids on LSD is the greatest punk band to ever walk the planet as of now we all want to be as good as RKL but never get there Stain.
Album is same age as me! Haha
Montecito has been an enclave for the rich since the beginning of the 20th century. There's a lady named Pearl Chase (Heir to Chase Manhattan Bank) that kind of created the culture around that. She was so wealthy that when Santa Barbara had an earthquake and fire in 1925, she paid to rebuild the city out of her own pocket. I grew up in SB with those guys and believe me it has been a very wealthy neighborhood for as long as anybody's been alive on this planet.
Thanks for that. I'm always interested in weird old histories of people, places and things. I want to read a book about Pearl Chase now. Sounds like she was pretty cool.
I have always loved RKL since I discovered them in the early 90s...but, I always felt that they would have been better with a different singer. Sure, you could say that Jason made them unique.. but in my opinion, the vocals held them back. Those guys rippped..especially Bomer and Chris...and later, Little Joe. Just think of how incredible they would have been with their crazy musicianship and 'real' vocals..
Thanks for that...this is much like imagining movies with different actors. Things can always be better, but if you change one element you have something completely different ! Most of this kind of music is about documenting the feeling at a particular moment in time, and this record definitely succeeds in doing that at the very least.