25 | January | 2015 | CRAB Radio Live Underground

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This broadcast was billed as: Four concerts in four hours…..

The first concert segment was Aerosmith, Boston 29 August 1975. This was broadcast initially on the King Biscuit Flower Hour on WBCN in Boston. Aerosmith, “The Bad Boys from Boston”, formed in Boston, 1971. Originally, Joe Perry (guitar) and Tom Hamilton (bass) were in the band Jam Band. They got together with Steven Tyler (vocals/harmonica), Joey Kramer (drums), and Ray Tabano (guitar) and Aerosmith was born. They replaced Ray Tabano with Brad Whitford, and were signed to Columbia records in 1972. This concert was the Toys in the Attic tour, which broke the band into mainstream popularity. Their first five albums have attained multi-platinum status. Joe Perry and Brad Whitford left the band in 79, and Aerosmith basically floundered through a couple albums until their return in 1984. Aerosmith is the best selling American rock band of all time, selling more than 150 million albums. They have also scored four Grammy Awards and ten MTV music video awards.

The next concert segment was the Scorpions, Complete Munich 1993. This was an FM broadcast from Munich, Germany and includes Michael Schenker on stage. The band was actually formed in Germany in 1965 by Rudolf Schenker (rhythm guitar), Karl-Heinz Vollmer (lead guitar and backing vocals), Achim Kirchoff (bass), and Wolfgang Dziony (drums). Rudolf handled lead vocals during this period. Things really got moving when Rudolf’s younger brother, Michael (lead guitar) and Klaus Meine (vocals) joined the band in 1970. In 1972, the band recorded their debut album, Lonesome Crow. It was during that tour that the band opened for a rising Brit band, UFO. It was toward the end of the tour, that UFO convinced Michael Schenker to ‘jump ship’ and join them. Uli Roth stepped in to finish the tour, but this led to the band’s breakup. Rudolf eventually joined Uli’s band, Dawn Road, and brought Klaus Meine along. This ‘new’ band decided to adopt the Scorpions name since they already had a following and an album record release. The next segment in the broadcast was Grand Funk Railroad, 1974 live at the LA Forum. This is a soundboard recording, so it’s quality is very good. Rolling Stone magazine once said, “You cannot talk about rock in the 1970’s without talking about Grand Funk Railroad!” There is a lot of truth in that statement, for sure. The band formed in Flint, MI in 1969 originally as a power trio. Mark Farner (guitar, vocals) and Don Brewer (drums, vocals) from Terry Knight and the Pack along with Mel Schacher (bass) from Question Mark & the Mysterians became GFR. It was Terry Knight, who became their manager, who named the band as a play on words about the “Grand Trunk Railroad”, a well-known rail line in Michigan. The band’s initial recognition came at the 1969 Atlanta Pop Festival July 4 & 5. After a highly charged set on the first day, they were asked to come back the following year. Capitol records immediately signed the trio. In 1971, the band fired Terry Knight which sparked a lengthy legal fight. In 1972, the band had attempted to attract Peter Frampton of Humble Pie, but instead added Craig Frost (keyboards). This sparked a shift from GFR’s ‘garage band’ to a more rhythm and blues and pop rock oriented style. Although highly successful in the mid 70’s, tensions continued to grow due to personal issues as well as burn out. The band continued to head towards their breakup in 1976. They reunited in 81, with Don Bellinger replacing Schacher until they broke up again in 83. The bands original members reunited again in 96. Farner was eventually forced to quit the band due to contractual issues, and a couple years later Don and Mel recruited Max Carl, Bruce Kulick, and Tim Cashion (of .38 Special, Kiss, and Bob Seger, respectively) and continue to perform 45 shows annually. The final segment of the broadcast was ACDC, Power Outage in Paris, 1979, a soundboard recording. This was recorded at the peak of their popularity thus far, and just a couple short months before Bon Scott died. This was the Highway to Hell tour, and was at the Pavillion, in Paris France on 9 Dec 1979. There has been a long road sprinkled with many albums between then and now, but it appears that ACDC has lost yet another of its founding fathers. Malcolm Young has retired due to dementia with nephew Stevie Young picking up the rhythm guitar duties on the new album, Rock or Bust as well as the tour. ACDC also came very close to losing drummer Phil Rudd as well due to allegations of attempting to procure a murder, threatening to kill, as well as possession of methamphetamine and cannabis. The murder and threatening charges were removed the following day, but his future is still uncertain.