The Untold Fables
Safari Sam's
Huntington Beach, CA
October 1985
Part 2
1. Sometimes Always
2. Get The Picture
3. Don't Need You No More
(Robert Butler)
4. Rockhead
(Paul Carey / Robert Butler)
5. I Want My Woman
The Untold Fables
Paul Carey Vocals / Jon Niederbrach Guitar / Robert Butler Bass / Paul Sakry Drums
I've been browsing around the internet looking for other Untold Fables items. I stumbled onto a tour diary by a member of the Dead Milkmen. He writes about the August 9th 1985 show with The Untold Fables. He mentions them in his "Diary". I found it quite funny. Everything he says is so negative.
Dean Clean of the Dead Milkmen....
August 09, 1985 - Huntington Beach, CA
Show
Day - Sunny/Hot
Woke up late - same stuff. Playing Safari Sam's
in Huntington Beach tonight. Dave and Dave got the new tires we needed - took
them 7 stores to find the right ones. Rod and I walked to strip stores for food
and Fosters Lager about 1PM. Back at Vince and Terry's. Packed our gear and out
by 6:20PM after we said our goodbyes. Off we go.
Sound check at 7PM. Minimal PA - OK sound. Weird
place - rustic grass shit on walls - shitty tables. Stowed our stuff. Turned
out that there would be three other bands before us. The first one checked -
teenage Beatles cover band - awful parents in tow. Large mother was real silly.
Lee W. showed up and showed us around Huntington Beach. Ate at Wimpy's - large
burrito - good. Walked on pier and along beach front. Back to club.
First band started
playing - I stayed outside. Other bands waited with their gear in parking lot.
Second band on did Iggy cover "Dog's Life". I listened from outside -
I didn't catch their name - boring. 3rd band - "The Untold Fables" -
60's type trash - Vox amps - dressed up shitheads.
We got on about 12:30
or so. Played a set that was average. Joe broke a string half through Serrated
Edge. Rearranged set etc. Out by 1:30 or 2AM. Said goodbye to Lee. Got payed
$40. Fucked again. We are off to Phoenix - drive through desert at night. Dave
R. drove at start.
Oh yeah, the highlight of my career in
alternative music HAD to be playing in a grass shack with a (marginally
talented) teenaged Beatles cover band called "Norwegian Wood"! I
remember the mother being a royal pain in the ass for everyone involved in the
show that night. I actually felt bad for the kids in the band. We seemed to be
the only band on the bill that night that wasn't trying to be a copy of
something.
