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Post by Truth on Sept 29, 2006 8:59:07 GMT -5
Saw over on the Lion, (OK, so I stopped in  ), that a person was reminiscing about the band 805 that played in the area late 70s through mid 80s. They were a great band. I have their two releases on cassette! Nope not CD. I need to dig them up and give them a listen. I saw them for the first time at the Matador of all places. |
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Post by thecleaninglady on Sept 30, 2006 13:18:28 GMT -5
LOL...I soooooo remember 805! They were
awesome! My friends and I used to go to
The Matador all the time when they played.
Cassettes? LOL...I have like 250 cassettes
and when I play them my kids freak out.
My son had me laughing so hard one day
when i pulled out an album and he asked
me how I planned on getting that in the
CD player with it being that big.
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Post by thecleaninglady on Oct 2, 2006 5:23:10 GMT -5
I was talking to my friend about 805 and she
reminded me of the band KGB too. They
played at the Matador also.
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Post by Musician on Oct 2, 2006 8:27:23 GMT -5
A local drummer, we all should know (The V), who is a great drummer by the way, studied with the very accomplished Frank Briggs, drummer of 805, years back. I remember well this drummer showing me some of the difficult drum patterns he learned from Briggs years back including tricky Steely Dan beats. Frank Briggs went on to have great success last I heard.
Anywho, I remember 805 playing King Crimson, Genesis, Peter Gabriel, and other music that was difficult to pull off. I wish this type of music was still played around here. There was some band that played Rush tunes to. Can't remember the name of them though.
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Post by dshumphrey on Oct 4, 2006 17:19:13 GMT -5
Al's Warehouse was a great venue for them. Lots of room and the slide and light shows were awesome. Yes Frank Briggs is still doing great and even does some stuff for Mel Bay music instrucitonal manuals.
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Post by getting old on Oct 5, 2006 9:29:53 GMT -5
There used to be a heck of a lot of bands around Oswego.
Where did they all go?
I remember Als Warehouse. What a great club to see a band. There aint nothing like that here no more.
805 was a great band. They still around?
The bass player had this one weird looking thing he'd play. I only seen it once.
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), that a person was reminiscing about the band 805 that played in the area late 70s through mid 80s. They were a great band. I have their two releases on cassette! Nope not CD. I need to dig them up and give them a listen. I saw them for the first time at the Matador of all places.
