Any Dead Milkmen fans? (397 hits)
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Submitted by General Tso<beverly.at.mobileregister.com> (View user info) at 2004-03-12 20:33:56 EST
... well, I guess I'm not really a fan anymore, but I was when I was 13. Sad ...
'Dead Milkmen' bass guitarist dead at 47
The Associated Press
3/12/2004, 5:54 p.m. CT
PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- Dave Schulthise, known as Dave Blood during his career as the bassist for Philadelphia punk icons the Dead Milkmen, died Wednesday. He was 47.
Schulthise died at the home of friends in Westchester, N.Y., said his brother, Joe Schulthise. His sister, Kathy, wrote on the band's Web site that he committed suicide.
"He left a note that said ... he just could not stand to go on any longer," Kathy Schulthise wrote.
In 1983, Schulthise formed the band with singer Rodney Klingerman, known as Rodney Anonymous; guitarist Joe Genaro, known as Joe Jack Talcum; and drummer Dean Sabatino, known as Dean Clean.
Known for their silly lyrics and fast playing, the Milkmen toured incessantly, driving to all-ages shows around the country in a converted ambulance. Their releases include "Big Lizard in My Backyard" (1985), "Beelzebubba" (1988), and "Metaphysical Graffiti" (1990). Their hits included "Punk Rock Girl," whose Philadelphia-shot video was in heavy rotation on MTV.
"'Big Lizard' was a rite of passage for a lot of kids because the Milkmen were clever, and never too serious," said Howard Kramer, curator at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
Before becoming a musician, Schulthise went to Temple University and Purdue University, where he was a Ph.D. candidate in economics.
He also had studied Serbo-Croatian culture at Indiana University and moved to Serbia in 1998 to teach English, but returned home to live with his parents in suburban Ridley Park during the NATO bombing of the former Yugoslavia.
Schulthise had been depressed since his mother, Margi, died of cancer in January, his friend Sheila Sullivan said.
A CD of the Milkmen's early work, "Now We Are 20," and a video compilation, "Philadelphia in Love," were released last year.
Schulthise is survived by his father, David; brothers Joe and Kurt; and sister Kathy.
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Submitted by jeetkunetony (user info) at 2004-03-13 11:30:49 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
True punk.
Submitted by MIll8178 (user info) at 2004-03-13 00:21:34 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
Bitchin' Camaro
- Hey Jack, what's happenin'?
- I don't know.
- Well uh, rumour around town says you mighht be thinkin' 'bout goin' down to
the shore.
- Uh, yeah, I think I'm gonna go down to thhe shore.
- Whadda ya gonna do down there?
- Uh, I don't know, p-play some video games, buy some Def Leppard t-shirts.
- Don't forget your Motley Crue t-shirt; y'know all proceeds go to get their
lead singer out a' jail.
- Uh huh.
- Can't wait to go down. Hey uh, were ya gonna check out the sand bar while
you're down there?
- Uh, what's the Sand Bar?
- Ah, it's a place that lets sixteen year-old kids drink.
- Ah, cool.
- Ya hey, guess who's gonna be there?
- Uh, who?
- My favourite cover band, Crystal Ship.
- Wow.
- Yeah, they do a Doors show, you'd be reallly impressed, in fact, it goes a
little like this:
Love me two times baby
Love me twice today
Love me two times girl
Cause I got AIDS
Love me two times baby,
once for tomorrow,
once cause I got AIDS
- Uh...
- Pretty good Jim Morrison impersonation there. I hope those guys have a
good sense a' humour and don't take us into court.
- Uh, what's the court?
- Never mind that, the important thing heree...
- You mean the People's Court.
- The... Now, that's another story. The impportant thing here is that we get
to the part where you ask me how I'm gonna get down to the shore.
- Oh, how you gettin' down to the shore?
- Funny you should ask, I've got a car now..
- Ah wow, how'd ya get a car?
- Oh, my folks drove it up here from the Bahamas.
- You're kidding!
- I must be, the Bahamas are islands. Okay, the important thing here is
that, uh, you ask me what kinda car it is.
- Uh uh, what kinda car do ya' got?
- I've got a bitchin' Camaro...
(1.2.3.4)
Bitchin' Camaro, Bitchin' Camaro!
I ran over my neighbors
Bitchin' Camaro, Bitchin' Camaro!
Now I'm in all the papers
My folks bought me a bitchin' Camaro
With no insurance to match
So if I happen to run you down
Please don't leave a scratch
I ran over some old lady
One night at the county fair
And I didn't get arrested
Because my dad's the mayor
Bitchin' Camaro, Bitchin' Camaro!
Donuts on your lawn
Bitchin' Camaro, Bitchin' Camaro!
Tony Orlando and Dawn
When I drive past the kids
They all spit and cuss
Cause I've got a bitchin' Camaro
And they have to ride the bus
So you'd better get out of my way
When I come through your yard
Cause I've got a bitchin' Camaro
And an Exxon credit card
Bitchin' Camaro, Bitchin' Camaro!
Hey man where ya headed?
Bitchin' Camaro, Bitchin' Camaro!
I'm drunk on unleaded!
Submitted by drink_DDT (user info) at 2004-03-12 23:03:02 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
Sitting in the CAMODE
Listening to Depeche MODE!
Submitted by SausageKing (user info) at 2004-03-12 22:52:29 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
Very Sad. I've went to 3 Milkmen concerts and owned all the albums. That is a shame.
Submitted by esso_merda (user info) at 2004-03-12 22:21:31 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
Sad. Every time I bought a Dead Milkmen CD, my friends would steal it.
Submitted by Lucifer_Industries (user info) at 2004-03-12 21:21:05 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
Rich executives in suits don't know what punk is so they have to ask everyone else, in a suit also. "I want that sound, you know that punk sound, go find another band like that we need another hit for next month..."
Malone
Submitted by PukingDog (user info) at 2004-03-12 20:56:35 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
Christ I'm getting old. Reminds me of the Crumbsuckers. Bunch of Ivy Leaguers. It's so funny that they call this shit today punk - all Green Day sounding shite. Hardcore is dead.