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- Tue Sep 05, 2023 5:49 pm
- Forum: Dr. Dreary's Secret Dungeon
- Topic: Love it to Death Question
- Replies: 4
- Views: 13946
Re: Love it to Death Question
Thanks for the reply and a pretty darn quick one at that. So if LITD wasn’t successful you were pretty sure WB would give you another chance ? I don’t think that luxury exists in the record business anymore. And that’s a shame because bands need time to develop. But I’m not sure in the case of rock...
- Tue Sep 05, 2023 3:31 pm
- Forum: Dr. Dreary's Secret Dungeon
- Topic: Love it to Death Question
- Replies: 4
- Views: 13946
Re: Love it to Death Question
I talk about this i my book. Pretties For You was a low budget rush job and Easy Action was recorded before we had enough songs written and with no rehearsal space. Love It To Death had several weeks of preparation and a decent amount of studio time so we did feel more confident going into the studi...
- Tue Sep 05, 2023 3:12 pm
- Forum: Dr. Dreary's Secret Dungeon
- Topic: Bad Ulcers
- Replies: 1
- Views: 7067
Re: Bad Ulcers
I don't recall doing a show without Michael, or any other member.
- Wed Aug 30, 2023 4:06 pm
- Forum: Dr. Dreary's Secret Dungeon
- Topic: band logo
- Replies: 3
- Views: 7441
Re: band logo
On Pretties For You, we had no say. We used the Doors logo font for Easy Action. Love it To Death was handwritten to look more personal from Alice the character. For the following album, I wrote the name to look like a ransom note from a Killer. Then it was carved into a school desk. Then it was sta...
- Fri Aug 25, 2023 7:45 pm
- Forum: Dr. Dreary's Secret Dungeon
- Topic: Song Writing Credits And Percentages
- Replies: 11
- Views: 8581
Re: Song Writing Credits And Percentages
Despite Glen not participating at all on MOL he gets songwriting credits. Was it a unanimous decision to do this or where there any heated arguments?. I'm assuming it was done out of loyalty and an attempt to get Glen involved again. [/quote] Even though, our song writing credits weren't perfect, we...
- Fri Aug 25, 2023 3:40 pm
- Forum: Dr. Dreary's Secret Dungeon
- Topic: Song Writing Credits And Percentages
- Replies: 11
- Views: 8581
Re: Song Writing Credits And Percentages
It doesn’t work like that, as the publisher gets 50%. On School’s Out and I’m Eighteen each band member gets 10% of the performing share of royalties (radio play etc..) with 2 publishers taking the other 50% (BMG 33.34% and Universal/MCA Music 16.66%). As for mechanical royalties (record sales) the ...
- Wed Aug 23, 2023 10:35 pm
- Forum: Dr. Dreary's Secret Dungeon
- Topic: Song Writing Credits And Percentages
- Replies: 11
- Views: 8581
Re: Song Writing Credits And Percentages
That's a fascinating break down Dennis, It seems like there wasn't quite the animosity in the group (regarding song writing credits) like there was in other groups. Its weird how the songs are split, billion dollar babies (to my memory) doesn't have Neal Smith credited on it, but to me, that song l...
- Wed Aug 23, 2023 4:29 pm
- Forum: Dr. Dreary's Secret Dungeon
- Topic: Song Writing Credits And Percentages
- Replies: 11
- Views: 8581
Re: Song Writing Credits And Percentages
Michael was already focused on song writing when we met him. He urged Vince and I to write. So we wrote "Don't Blow Your Mind" which went to #11 on AM radio in Tucson, Arizona, meanwhile, on the sly, Michael was writing and recording his own songs for his other bands. He wrote songs in the tradition...
- Wed Aug 23, 2023 3:19 pm
- Forum: Dr. Dreary's Secret Dungeon
- Topic: Mansions
- Replies: 1
- Views: 7179
Re: Mansions
Cindy found the Hollywood house. The band Rhinoceros frequented the Inside Outside boutique where Cindy worked. They mentioned they were moving out of L.A. so Cindy got the contact information for their landlord, who was John Phillip Law who played the blind angel Pygar in the 1968 film "Barbarella"...
- Thu Aug 17, 2023 1:07 am
- Forum: Dr. Dreary's Secret Dungeon
- Topic: Today “Toodie” Mueller
- Replies: 6
- Views: 7938
Re: Today “Toodie” Mueller
It's one of the better songs on the album as it's short and doesn't outstay its welcome. I guess I have I have been singing the lyrics wrong for 50 years. Always thought it was " Happy slappin tappin patio " not Paddy-Oh! I'm leaning toward patio so I dug out some of the original lyrics. I didn't f...
- Fri Aug 11, 2023 3:57 pm
- Forum: Dr. Dreary's Secret Dungeon
- Topic: B$B quad blu ray
- Replies: 4
- Views: 7996
Re: B$B quad blu ray
I hadn't heard anything about the release until Steve Gaddis, Director of Live From The Astroturf, told me. I have yet to get a copy so I can't comment on the varied versions. They likely wanted to give people something they didn't already have.
I'll follow up when I hear it.
I'll follow up when I hear it.
- Sun Aug 06, 2023 4:41 am
- Forum: Dr. Dreary's Secret Dungeon
- Topic: Today “Toodie” Mueller
- Replies: 6
- Views: 7938
Re: Today “Toodie” Mueller
It was our obsession with doing a play on words, which is evident throughout the Pretties For You album.
- Wed Jul 12, 2023 4:41 pm
- Forum: Dr. Dreary's Secret Dungeon
- Topic: "SO" and "Killer" Expanded editions
- Replies: 18
- Views: 13368
Re: "SO" and "Killer" Expanded editions
I'm scared to ask... Did you get your albums yet? Yes, my copies finally arrived. That news got a sigh of relief from Toby Mamis, who has always been very accommodating. Opening the box and looking at the vinyl packaging gave me that old time feeling of excitement. There's lots of reading involved....
- Thu Jun 29, 2023 10:07 pm
- Forum: Dr. Dreary's Secret Dungeon
- Topic: Bones From The Yard Album
- Replies: 5
- Views: 7912
Re: Bones From The Yard Album
I'm glad to hear that you like the Bones From The Yard album.
I have enough songs for another album in that vein so I'll consider it.
I have enough songs for another album in that vein so I'll consider it.
- Tue Jun 27, 2023 1:30 am
- Forum: Dr. Dreary's Secret Dungeon
- Topic: Album Closer
- Replies: 1
- Views: 7184
Re: Album Closer
As I've said many times, the group decided on most every detail of our music, image, and shows. We would crank the volume on the final mixes through the studio speakers and try everybody's ideas until we all agreed whaat was the best song order for each side of the album. I can't think of a closer t...
- Mon Jun 26, 2023 7:55 pm
- Forum: Dr. Dreary's Secret Dungeon
- Topic: Glen on My Stars
- Replies: 3
- Views: 7606
Re: Glen on My Stars
I think of the song the same way Alice does, with Glen's playing prominent. That's how the song was created, with Michael on bass, and then on keyboards with Glen loud and clear. Unfortunately, his part is buried in both studio and live mixes, although there must be an early live recording out there...
- Wed Jun 21, 2023 7:00 pm
- Forum: Dr. Dreary's Secret Dungeon
- Topic: Rotating Stage ***SPOILER ALERT***Michael Allen’s Book
- Replies: 7
- Views: 5199
Re: Rotating Stage ***SPOILER ALERT***Michael Allen’s Book
I did not know that about Bill Chadwick being with Iron Butterfly. I thought he was spent a lot of time with the Monkees. You're right, Bill was with the Monkees throughout their career. He just did an autograph signing event with Mickey. Bill did, however, work with other artists like Donovan. He ...
- Wed Jun 21, 2023 5:21 am
- Forum: Dr. Dreary's Secret Dungeon
- Topic: Rotating Stage ***SPOILER ALERT***Michael Allen’s Book
- Replies: 7
- Views: 5199
Re: Rotating Stage ***SPOILER ALERT***Michael Allen’s Book
Mike, we didn't realize it during the show but it being our big return to Phoenix overshadowed any technical difficulties. As I recall, the crowd loved us more than ever. A little detail - Cindy's best friend, Linda, who worked at the Inside Outside boutique in Hollywood when Cindy asked Joe and She...
- Mon Jun 19, 2023 8:22 pm
- Forum: Dr. Dreary's Secret Dungeon
- Topic: Have to ask….
- Replies: 11
- Views: 6009
- Sun Jun 18, 2023 5:38 pm
- Forum: Dr. Dreary's Secret Dungeon
- Topic: The Sensational Alex Harvey Band
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1700
Re: The Sensational Alex Harvey Band
Thanks for the link. I hadn't heard this before.
They made it their own while maintaining a rebellious attitude and I'm sure GB would have liked the nasty guitar tone.
They made it their own while maintaining a rebellious attitude and I'm sure GB would have liked the nasty guitar tone.