Comments on: Death – 1971 Recordings

By: Grey

Grey — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 04:31:04 +0000

THANKS for this! I’ve been trying to find more from this band since I heard Depression on the History in 3 Chords compilation.

Great stuff!

By: Ed Heinzelman

Ed Heinzelman — Tue, 14 Sep 2010 18:42:45 +0000

btw: Dr. Sax was in the group while I was still part of the band…

By: Ed Heinzelman

Ed Heinzelman — Tue, 14 Sep 2010 18:30:05 +0000

A co-worker found this site…I’ll have to check the tracks after work…but my last name is Heinzelman. And I have some photos (if I can find them – I’ve seen them recently) and the negatives (but they may be really hard to put my hands on cause they are stuffed in a book somewhere). The were from a afternoon benefit for the Underground Switchboard in the UWM Fireside lounge. The band at the time was Brian, Keith, Jim, Jack, Chuck and myself

By: Jim Richardson

Jim Richardson — Thu, 13 May 2010 01:04:34 +0000

Thanks for correcting the band members. I just wish we had some photos. I think I remember flashes going off while we were playing. Maybe it wasn’t people taking pictures. Could have been something else. An illusion. Or people shooting at us. Hard to say. I was wearing shades.

By: Jack Stewart

Jack Stewart — Fri, 07 May 2010 18:23:56 +0000

Thanks for putting “Death” on! Thanks to Liz for having this stuff and Paul for submitting the it. These were all recorded on a hand held cassette recorder so excuse the sound quality. The first four tunes were recorded during a band practice at “Death House.” The last two are from our first gig at UWM. If I remember correctly, the initial band was pretty much tossed together to play this gig. There were basically three versions of “Death.” The first version is the members that are listed above: Brian aka “Sterling Silver,” vocals; Keith, lead guitar; Chuck, rhythm & lead guitar; Jack (me), Fender Rhodes piano; Ed Heinzelmann, bass; Jim Richardson, drums. Ted Jarvis played drums for the first gig, maybe two, and then quit because it was “too intense.” This first version played Stooges and Velvet Underground covers and is heard on tracks 05 and 06, (our first gig). The second version of the band had Michael Sullivan on lead guitar and Jim O’Connell on bass. This band is heard on tracks 01 – 04, and primarily played originals (as are tracks 01-04). The third version of the band was the same as the second with Jim Siegfried aka “Dr. Sax” on sax, Jim who’s now better known as James Chance describes “Death,” it’s formation and progression as well as anyone in a 2003 “Pitchfork” interview. Ignore the reference to me, he obviously wasn’t listening closely. http://pitchfork.com/features/interviews/5904-james-chance/