Here is another case of the big record companies immediately writing off anything outside the norm a "vintage" rock band. As if its a temporary condition. All alternative rock bands are "Vintage" and all crappy metal bands are "classic".... immediately, no exceptions, those are the categories. Such a world we live in.
The Reivers were what the band Zeitgeist was later called. The airwaves in 1985 were cramming the next Van Halen hopefuls down our throats. After seeing the Xth version of Honeymoon Suite I know yours truly here was about to jump out the window, (and I lived on the first floor). But Zeitgeist showed a lot of promise, they hailed from Austin, Texas and I was thrilled to hear of a indy music scene.
This video is dated but the energy in it was great. The song, "Things Don't Change" prompted me to run out and get this on as soon as I heard it. The drummer for this band was incredible. He had the energy of Keith Moon -- seriously - he weighed in a little over 100 pounds but he could really wail on the drums. I was able to see this band live too at the Blind Pig in Ann Arbor. I met the guitarist Jim Croslin and the energy in the room was about as good as you see here in this clip. I really dug them and I will always remember seeing them belt out, "The Sound and the Fury".
The reason why I got so excited about seeing them on IRS, The Cutting Edge tv show was because there was news of underground rock scenes breaking out all over the country. And it wasn't long hair glitter rock. This stuff had soul. And I was a greedy eyed vampire who couldn't wait for things to BUST OPEN.
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Cantu Fascube 2006
The Reivers were what the band Zeitgeist was later called. The airwaves in 1985 were cramming the next Van Halen hopefuls down our throats. After seeing the Xth version of Honeymoon Suite I know yours truly here was about to jump out the window, (and I lived on the first floor). But Zeitgeist showed a lot of promise, they hailed from Austin, Texas and I was thrilled to hear of a indy music scene.
This video is dated but the energy in it was great. The song, "Things Don't Change" prompted me to run out and get this on as soon as I heard it. The drummer for this band was incredible. He had the energy of Keith Moon -- seriously - he weighed in a little over 100 pounds but he could really wail on the drums. I was able to see this band live too at the Blind Pig in Ann Arbor. I met the guitarist Jim Croslin and the energy in the room was about as good as you see here in this clip. I really dug them and I will always remember seeing them belt out, "The Sound and the Fury".
The reason why I got so excited about seeing them on IRS, The Cutting Edge tv show was because there was news of underground rock scenes breaking out all over the country. And it wasn't long hair glitter rock. This stuff had soul. And I was a greedy eyed vampire who couldn't wait for things to BUST OPEN.
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Cantu Fascube 2006
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