Culture :: Interviews
THE DARLINGS
May 13, 1995BAZOOKA JOE: So all of you have been involved, or are involved in various different projects so why don't you introduce each other and list previous and present involvements—well, Rick's sort of nodding his head so maybe we should bypass that, huh?
KELLY: No, no.
BAZOOKA JOE: Oh, Rick's nodding off. Rick's an old man.
RICK: Hey, wait a minute! I was at that! My name's Rick and I'm involved in drinking.
KELLY: Rick is his own grandpa.
RICK: Yes.
BAZOOKA JOE: Get on that soapbox there, Rick.
KELLY: Give him a brief synopsis.
RICK: Oh, what have I done, um...
BAZOOKA JOE: Most recently, Betty Roll from—
BOBBY: From the last time we were here.
RICK: The Black Crows cover band that I was in?! My comrade-in-arms Bob over here, uh, let's see. Bobby and I were in a few bands together with Dick Tate from The Slaves, called DeSade.
BAZOOKA JOE: How long ago was that? The Slaves? That's a long while back.
BOBBY: It was after that.
RICK: It was after The Slaves. And then, actually, I was in a Alice Copper cover band with them called Reptilicus
BAZOOKA JOE: I started my show off with Alice Copper. What did I play? Caught In A Dream, from...
SIMON: Cool. Right on. From Love It To Death
BAZOOKA JOE: That's right. There you go.
RICK: And, um, of course, in a former life I was in another band, uh...
BAZOOKA JOE: We won't talk about that!
RICK: And after that, Bobby and I were in another band called Betty Roll for a while, for about a year. An when that freed up our time.
BOBBY: Is that voluntarily leisure. Can we call it that?
RICK: Yes. When our lives were simplified we started playing, of course, with Simon and Kelly and Greg. The Buck.
BAZOOKA JOE: I think I should mention that Kelly, Rick and I, we all worked at Warren, Gorham & LaMont.
RICK: Yes.
SIMON: Oh, my God!
KELLY: Yes.
BAZOOKA JOE: Kelly's still here? D you want to grab the microphone? You and Buck?
KELLY: Yes. C'mon, Buck.
BAZOOKA JOE: Because you've been in other bands—
KELLY: Yes, yes. And I still am!
BUCK: Howdy. HOWDY! AAARRRGGGGHHH! IT'S SATAN!
BOBBY: He's like the Barry White of country music, man. he just gets tight up there, he doesn't mess around.
BAZOOKA JOE: Besides, he's sexy!
BOBBY: Actually, Simon and I are very elderly friends.
BAZOOKA JOE: How elderly is that?
BOBBY: We played together in '84? '85 or something?
SIMON: About 10 years ago.
BOBBY: We were in Two Saints together with Simon and his lovely woman, Jan. And Kelly I've known since '81. I would just look at her every day.
BAZOOKA JOE: Hard not to.
BOBBY: And then I would quietly go back to my job. You know, just get on with my life.
BAZOOKA JOE: The reason I bring this all up is how did this all fall together? How did this all come about? I mean, you're all involved in different things.
KELLY: I still play with The Bristols.
BAZOOKA JOE: The Bristols are still together.
KELLY: The Bristols live.
BAZOOKA JOE: Are The Bristols playing anywhere soon?
KELLY: As a matter of fact, on the 20th, at the Rat, they're having a memorial for Mitch. We took a break for a couple of years but we've been writing during that time. So, we're going to play out again.
BAZOOKA JOE: Dynamite!
JAN: We should tell him about some of the bands that will be playing at the benefit. The memorial for Mitch.
KELLY: Definitely. There are a lot of great bands: Willie Alexander, John Felice from the Real Kidz, Richie Parsons is playing, The Bristols...
JAN: It's for Mitch, the doorman.
BAZOOKA JOE: Well, tell you what, since I've only got four minutes left why don't you plug your shows and we'll call it a night
KELLY: No, we want to stay!
BAZOOKA JOE: Well, you can stay as long as you want! I'm just not sure if Craig (the next deejay) would mind.
