THE TIME MACHINE

I probably should have called this entry something else since I have a story in the time machine vein but,   whacha gonna do bout it eh??   I started doing my own produced videos a couple weeks ago or so .. er something in that neighborhood.. Anyway the first few were simplistic, and I knew if given enough time and tinkering that I could produce better videos.. And subject matter as well.. I never intended to do this video but upon having one of my nieces ask about a picture on my Facebook I thought why not, so here it is,  by no request nor popular demand.. I bring you...    Breakdown by the Destiny boys...

                               (the youtube version..)


We were playing sort of regular and then the idea was to go into the studio to record  a couple of songs for release as a possible single idea.. Or something like that.. We went into the studio around Christmas time (if I can remember right)  on a Saturday I think and we got all set up.. I think the lead guitarist (seasoned pro that he thought he was) thought I would be overwhelmed by the studio, and truth is I was prepared to struggle but as it turned out this song and the second that we did that day were both first takes on the drums.. There were no second or third tries, I nailed the parts the first time both songs.. On this song, the ending sounds somewhat abrupt with the guitarist still playing and suddenly stopping.. We played the song as a band although my part and the guitarist part were the only part that were recorded at that time..  The keyboard would be added as an overdub as well as the bass guitar and vocals..

The pictures in this video; I had scanned all the pictures that I had and posters and cassette tape inner sleeves  and pretty much everything I had.. Some of the things I doctored using the old PdN program and others I left alone..  There is a picture of the band with the sister of the two Ward brothers that is in this video and for what reason she was in there??  I don't know, she was supposedly the manager but she was more a yes person of her brother, able to tell us the same thing he said such as were we ready to play again any time soon??  "NO..  You suck"....  Thanks DD...  There was a girl in the band (RIZZEN)  for a short time (one picture session).. She sang maybe five songs and pranced around on stage and gave us some amount of class at one point..  (Jolle Seaton, her parents owned a hard ware store across from Finneys)  and she was really quite nice but when they tossed her out I talked to her about it and yeah she was pissed but I think she knew it was coming..  Then there was a few male lead vocalists that would try their luck.. The lead guitarist/vocalist knew we needed a lead vocalist but just never wanted to surrender that duty to anyone..

We would go through several vocalists and three keyboard players, the third being the cousin of the Ward boys and he would only learn how to play what he was shown.. Sort of a parrot type of thing..  By the time I was ready to throw it in things were about to be at the end as far as the band was concerned..  Early October of '88 we played at a bar in Kimball and that just happened to be the same exact weekend as Oktoberfest and the guys were bummed out for that reason, I could have cared less because I thought we should be playing more anyway.  So after that gig there would be an extremely long layoff.. The holidays saw them wanting to practice not to get ready for a gig, but to video tape a practice.. Then it would be April before we would get together for a gig, our final gig with me as the drummer..  When I suggested a gig, to play a graduation party for my little brother... We got it together went and played and as we were between sets the guitarist came to me and told me the tempo was all over the place. I thought there's a reason for that, we hadn't played live together in eight months.. But he was pissy about it and I had had enough of their druggy ways that I was done.. I decided right there and then that I would leave the band.. Packed my drums the next day and my drum stage and took it home and when they got around to getting their equipment three days later I thought just another reason to throw in the towel.. They did ask me to return for a gig the next year but my feeling was that if there was an issue with the tempo before there would be more of an issue now a year plus later.. I have to admit that it could have been good playing that last gig, it was to open for another band at the fair.. But I decided not to go for it.. Haven't heard from them since, go figure..

Badge Henry

(P.S.  I redid the song, the video rather because the original that is represented by the youtube version clipped the last 4 seconds of the song.  That might sound obsessive except that part of the story talks about the ending of the song.. I watched on the youtube version as the song clipped short, I could have sworn it was full and complete and sure enough while doing the redo I did the same thing.. It wasn't that way, the video program took the last three pictures off and substituted  the final three black screens (the all important credits where credit is due shit).. I know it was right the first time but didn't produce as such.. This time it did, I watched it after I got it done then pushed save.. The pictures are slightly different and the opening sequence starts the way I originally intended.. So this is better??  You decide..)