HUMAN SEXUAL RESPOSE -> THE ZULUS - The story
John K. Hinsdale
Here is the story of the Human Sexual Response, and their subsequent
spinoff, THE ZULUS, Boston's Best Band (in my Very humble opinion):
[The Zulus' DOWN_ON_THE_FLOOR is now available nationally on Slash
Records, which makes this posting usa-distributable.]
The Human Sexual Response were:
Larry Bangor - vicals
Dini Lamot - vocals, tambourine
Casey Cameron - vocals
Windle Davis - vocals
Rich Gilbert - guitars
Chris Maclachlan -bass
Malcom travis - drums
In 1980 - 1981, the Human Sexual Response were the most talked
about and talented band in Boston. They had out at the time two albums,
"Figure 14" and "In a Roman Mood", each with their own flavor of psycotic,
heavily vocalized music. The two albums were chock full of songs which
were local radio hits at the time; the most notable were:
Figure 14:
Jacki Onassis
Cool Jerk
What does sex mean to me?
Anne Frank Story (very eerie one, Bangor at his finest)
In a Roman Mood:
Land of the Glass Pinecones
Pound
Andy Fell
Question of Temperature
Marone Moan (Bangor at his finest)
At this time, three of the vocalists (Dini, Casey, Windle) left the band,
to persue other artistic endeavors, leaving the band made up of Larry
Bangor (VOCAL), Rich Gilbert (GUITAR), Chris Maclachlan (BASS), and Malcom
Travis (DRUMS). This group played as Wild Kingdom, and then as the
Screaming Mimis, taking on a more raw sound than had been heard with the
HSR. (The HSR continued to perform occassional reunion concerts in
Boston).
The four settled on a band called The Zulus, replacing bassist Maclachlan
with one Rich Cortese. By 1985, They recorded a "debut" album on the now
defunct Greenworld record label, containing a couple of their currently
running hits in BeanTown: At the Subway, Kings in the Queen City, Can't
Wait to Tell you the News; Gotta Have Faith.
Four years, and several local radio hits, later, the band have (finally)
have a contract with Slash Records, and a new album produced by Bob Mould
(remember him?), entitled Down_on_the_Floor.
The album includes those old hits from the Boston radio stations (Too
Much, Big D) as well as some goo old-fashioned rock-and-roll which these
guys can play, most notably "Back" (Bangor at his Very finest).
I saw these guys at the Rathskeller in Boston last Friday
(4/29/89). They, and their audience were out of control.
Dig. - JH
Richard Shapiro
>[ I live in Boston ]
>
>Here is the story of the Human Sexual Response, and their subsequent
>spinoff, THE ZULUS, Boston's Best Band (in my Very humble opinion):
Second best, actually, after The Pixies :-)
>In 1980 - 1981, the Human Sexual Response were the most talked
>about and talented band in Boston. They had out at the time two albums,
[a useful and detailed story of the Humans follows -- many thanks for
the informative posting]
Just picking nits here but: the most talented band in Boston in 1980-81?
What about Mission of Burma??? Dangerous Birds? Art Yard? Arcade Ambo?
21-645? Noise Pencil? Proletariat? ...
noprog...@gmail.com
The Zulus had two names before taking that name... Wild Kingdom (Mutual Of Omaha's Wild Kingdom put a stop to that and then the Screaming Mee-Mees)
Al