A.D.'s "Know Hard Feelings" LP (Albany, NY- Blue Lunch, 1987)
Betong Hysteria- just the song "Det Er Bare Løgn (Live)" [from v/a "Song of Norway" cassette (Den Onde Sirkel, 1983)]
Black Flag- 1980 live shows with "guest singers" during the post-Chavo and pre-Dez period
NEW! Blimpy and The Heavies "Sniffin' Panties" 7"EP (O Records, 1981)
Damion Circle and The Luxenboys "Wrap It Up" song (A-side of "Russian Sex" 7") (CA- Dead Ringer, c.1981)
Death In The Shopping Malls "Purpose" 7" (Boston, MA- Modern Methadone, 1981)
NEW! Fags "My Boyfriend Is A Janitor" 7"EP (MI- Westside Audio Laboratories, 1996)
NEW! Fanatics / Nervous Tension "Fun With Lines And Curves" split 7"EP (Columbia, SC- Whirld Weckords, 1981) *just need the Nervous Tension tracks from this disc
Framfor Flotet "Tro inte pa allt du laser / Vemod" 7" (Sweden, 1983)
Hey Taxi!- just the song "Queen Bee" (from "I Hate Dogs" 3-song 7"EP (CA- Mystic, 1980)
John Berenzy "The Final Resolve" LP (NY- Third Rail, 1987)
The dapper Punk Business Manager (left) and his Personal Assistant
Being a Punk Business Manager is a lot of work as you could imagine! In between all of the business strategy meetings, power lunches and cocktail receptions I somehow find time to listen to the
good ol' punk rock and post some music here. As you can see from my picture above, I try to keep up with the latest fashions so shopping for the latest threads also takes up A LOT of time-- gotta
look good on the job, especially when you're about to lay off/downsize people every Friday. But having my trusty Personal Assistant really helps- he drives me to work every day in my plush Jaguar so
I can listen to some p-rock and post to the blog. Enjoy!
The music posted on this site is for educational purposes only. If you were in one of the old bands fanboy'd here and want your music removed, let me know and I will do so.
BREAKOUTS "JACKED UP URBAN MODIFIED" CD (SAN
FRANCISCO, 1996)
Here is the last
Breakouts release, by the reformed version of the band that was around in the mid
90’s.This CD is not mind blowing or
anything for me (and, er, the title sounds a little corny), but for purposes of completion and to satisfy the curiosity of
others I thought I'd post it.My two
favorite blogs, Killed By Death Records
and Good Bad Music (and I’m not just
saying that cuz I know those dudes), posted all three of the great late 70's and early
80's Breakouts records- the 1st 7" from 1979 here, the 2nd 7" from 1980 here, and the "No More" 12"EP from 1983 here.
I don’t have an original copy of this CD but
it was dubbed for me by J.T. in '96 back in my tape trading days and was
originally identified as an unreleased CD.For all of these years I thought it was never was officially released
UNTIL I began putting this post together and found out that it was indeed
released, albeit in a limited manner and apparently without any distribution.I also found out the official name of it,
because for all of these years I have just been calling it "Unreleased
Breakouts CD". Did have the track listing for all these years, tho.
The lead singer and
guitarist of the band on this CD is still Rudy Fontaine from the original
Breakouts, and you can still hear his distinctive singing and great whiny guitar
noodling style in some parts, especially on hummable songs songs like "Not Like That" or "India Basin" (which refers not the country of India but rather an area around San Francisco).But there is more "professional" production on this CD and there’s a bit more of a rock-ish
influence in the geetar, so don’t expect this CD to sound like a carbon copy of the old
Breakouts sound.Perhaps
Mr. Fontaine reformed the band after they started appearing on KBD comps(?)-
their first comp appearance was 1980’s "Waiting For A Change" that came out on
the so-so Back To Front v.6 in the Summer of 1995.Then "In
Vagueness Deal", from the 1st 1979 7", was included on the
spectacular Killed By Death #9 in the Fall of '95 (and also used as the cover for said volume).This, of course, is not to say that no one
was listening to the old Breakouts records before they were comped or that a comp apperance "validated" the band in some way, but comps really open up an old band to a
brand new audience- the first time I heard the Breakouts was on KBD#9.
The mid 90's Breakouts
also shared a member with the S.F. band Split A Kiss (the bass player "Geoff At
Large"), and those two bands released a split 7"EP on the Breakouts’
Accelerator label.Apparently there were
1,000 pressed but it received no distribution, so old smelly cardboard boxes chock full of them are probably sitting somewhere.Both of the Breakouts' tracks from that split EP also appear on this CD
(see the last two tracks).According to the
Split A Kiss bass player's MySpace page, Mr. Fontaine disappeared
sometime after that.Several Google
searches on his name, or his relation to S.F. or the Breakouts, produces
similar cold leads for me.But maybe Mr.
Fontaine moved to Germany,
because whenever I Google the name of this CD it takes me to old German eBay listings
or old German set sale lists that used to have the CD listed on it.Funny that an undistributed CD turns up
mostly in one country, hmmm...
If anyone knows of
his whereabouts (or if you are reading this yourself Rudy Fontaine), post some
comments.Some comments on another blog talk about how mighty the Breakouts were live in early 80’s, and other blog commenter mentioned that he has live tapes from that era full of unreleased tracks- if this is you, share the
wealth eh.
11/3/2009 3:31 AMCarsten wrote:
Just thought I'd clear that up for you... Rude's still in the area, just moved to Alameda. The reason why these cd's are on German ebay is that Rudy gave me a whole bunch since he had so many left (smelly cardboard boxes chock full, indeed), and after I gave some to my friends, I sold the rest off on ebay to get the word out about this great band. I still have some CD's of the 1996 issue of "jacked up urban modified", though, so if anyone's interested in buying, let me know. Rude also burned a cd for me with lots of great tracks from the early 80s to the mid-90s, if you want to post it drop me a line and I'll rip and upload it for you, I don't think Rude would have a problem with it. I'm not aware of any legal reissues either. Thanks for putting up the covers of the old 7"s, I didn't have those. Keep up the great work! greetings from Germany Reply to this
11/15/2009 10:29 PMSteve wrote:
Breakouts are great. one of the most underrated SF bands. I'd love to buy the CD. if you can burn a copy of the live recordings, that would be great too ... also, if you are in contact with Rudy, please pass along my email address. I'm starting an archive of bay area underground music circa late 70's, and his input would be helpful. my website, www.timerelease.org, has some shows listed. eventually it will be searchable by bands, venues, etc. Reply to this
12/27/2009 12:46 AM
Brian Abbott wrote:
Please, I am an old friend of Rude's (and wife and twins!) that was living with Rude after I got out of the Navy in 1980. We lived on Fell St. I remember when Agent Orange played drums and 'all we waana do' and 'just a millirem' were being pressed. A lost dear friend. Help reconneting would be so great!
4/19/2011 2:16 PM
Seb Otero wrote:
Brian Abbott introduced me to Rude in 1978 when I was in the Navy. I was given one of the first demos of Waiting for a change-all we wanna do. I still have it and it is one of my most prized possession. Reply to this
2/8/2012 7:23 PM
Geoff Large wrote: Just wanted to clear something up..The above article spelled our Band name wrong..We were called Spit A Kiss not Split A Kiss...lol. Also,I never stated that Rudy left Sf after Breakouts split up on my Myspace Spit A Kiss profile which by the way has disappeared for some strange reason shortly after my last pc had crashed,so that may had something to do with that. What I had stated was that Tim Hitchman,the singer guitarist for Spit a Kiss and drummer for the Breakouts had Vanished. Some years later I made contact with him and he now resides in San Diego,Ca. As for Rudy Fontaine,Singer/guitarist of the Breakouts,I had lost his number and address a few years after i'd moved to SeattHOLE,Wa and when i last visited SF about 3 years ago,I walked up and down Page st in his neighborhood ringing apartment door buzzers trying to find him being i'd forgot which place was his and after all these years my memory is a bit hazy.. As far as i know he still lives in Sf and i'd love for him to contact me or anyone else that knows where all of our split 7 inch Spit a kiss/Breakouts singles are ,500 to 1000 pressed and our Breakouts 1000 / pressed cd's went. hell,I don't even own a copy of either one and played bass for both bands! I just wanna know if they ever got put out in the world and if i can get my hands on a few copies... Also i'd like to maybe do a Cd discography of both Spit a Kiss and Breakouts,all recordings and a detailed biography of both bands and maybe a write up of the scene in Sf at that time..I can be contacted at yellowjacketgardening@fastmail.fm Thanks...Geoff at Large Seattle,wa 2012 Reply to this
2/8/2012 7:31 PM
Geoff Large wrote: hey..I just got a lead on rudy's whereabouts...so, to the cool guy that started this thread,contact me and i'll give you his phone number...also please re edit Split a Kiss to Spit a Kiss! ha ha...Thanks,man...Geoff at Large Ps. if i have to buy a copy of my own cd,i will..no prob...just PLEASE contact me! Reply to this
Oh wow - this is great!!!!!!!!! Thanks!!!!
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Just thought I'd clear that up for you... Rude's still in the area, just moved to Alameda. The reason why these cd's are on German ebay is that Rudy gave me a whole bunch since he had so many left (smelly cardboard boxes chock full, indeed), and after I gave some to my friends, I sold the rest off on ebay to get the word out about this great band. I still have some CD's of the 1996 issue of "jacked up urban modified", though, so if anyone's interested in buying, let me know. Rude also burned a cd for me with lots of great tracks from the early 80s to the mid-90s, if you want to post it drop me a line and I'll rip and upload it for you, I don't think Rude would have a problem with it. I'm not aware of any legal reissues either. Thanks for putting up the covers of the old 7"s, I didn't have those. Keep up the great work! greetings from Germany
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Breakouts are great. one of the most underrated SF bands. I'd love to buy the CD. if you can burn a copy of the live recordings, that would be great too ... also, if you are in contact with Rudy, please pass along my email address. I'm starting an archive of bay area underground music circa late 70's, and his input would be helpful. my website, www.timerelease.org, has some shows listed. eventually it will be searchable by bands, venues, etc.
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Please, I am an old friend of Rude's (and wife and twins!) that was living with Rude after I got out of the Navy in 1980. We lived on Fell St. I remember when Agent Orange played drums and 'all we waana do' and 'just a millirem' were being pressed. A lost dear friend. Help reconneting would be so great!
Thank you,
Brian Abbott
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Brian Abbott introduced me to Rude in 1978 when I was in the Navy. I was given one of the first demos of Waiting for a change-all we wanna do. I still have it and it is one of my most prized possession.
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Thanks for posting a comment, nice memories!
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You Rock Rude-I now get to work, on more music that is!!
Love & Smiles,
Izzy
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Just wanted to clear something up..The above article spelled our Band name wrong..We were called Spit A Kiss not Split A Kiss...lol. Also,I never stated that Rudy left Sf after Breakouts split up on my Myspace Spit A Kiss profile which by the way has disappeared for some strange reason shortly after my last pc had crashed,so that may had something to do with that. What I had stated was that Tim Hitchman,the singer guitarist for Spit a Kiss and drummer for the Breakouts had Vanished. Some years later I made contact with him and he now resides in San Diego,Ca. As for Rudy Fontaine,Singer/guitarist of the Breakouts,I had lost his number and address a few years after i'd moved to SeattHOLE,Wa and when i last visited SF about 3 years ago,I walked up and down Page st in his neighborhood ringing apartment door buzzers trying to find him being i'd forgot which place was his and after all these years my memory is a bit hazy.. As far as i know he still lives in Sf and i'd love for him to contact me or anyone else that knows where all of our split 7 inch Spit a kiss/Breakouts singles are ,500 to 1000 pressed and our Breakouts 1000 / pressed cd's went. hell,I don't even own a copy of either one and played bass for both bands! I just wanna know if they ever got put out in the world and if i can get my hands on a few copies... Also i'd like to maybe do a Cd discography of both Spit a Kiss and Breakouts,all recordings and a detailed biography of both bands and maybe a write up of the scene in Sf at that time..I can be contacted at yellowjacketgardening@fastmail.fm Thanks...Geoff at Large Seattle,wa 2012
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Geoff At Large-
Thanks for leaving some comments!
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hey..I just got a lead on rudy's whereabouts...so, to the cool guy that started this thread,contact me and i'll give you his phone number...also please re edit Split a Kiss to Spit a Kiss! ha ha...Thanks,man...Geoff at Large Ps. if i have to buy a copy of my own cd,i will..no prob...just PLEASE contact me!
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