DEAD BOYS with JOHN BELUSHI on DRUMS '78
- 17 years ago
DEAD BOYS BLITZ BENEFIT with JOHN BELUSHI on DRUMS '78
Blitz was sitting in the bath bleaching his buzz-cut. Roaches scurried around and the place stunk. STiv Bators got off the phone and greeted us. "Hey guys, welcome to New York! That was John Belushi on the phone; he showed up at CB’s last night and played drums with us for 2 songs! He’s coming tonight, we’re gonna have some fun!" I was impressed, but the truth was Thundering hadn’t had a Saturday night off in 3 years, and since nobody had Vicars back then – I’d never actually seen John Belushi. "Animal House" wasn’t to be released for another year at that point. The apartment was full of Dead Boys news clippings from American and British music magazines. Their debut album "Young, Loud and Snotty " was about to be released on Sire. People were in and out and their phone was constantly ringing –they ‘d come a long way incredibly fast- But then I noticed some scars on Stiv’s chest and arms and I felt a strange foreboding fear…
Blitz was sitting in the bath bleaching his buzz-cut. Roaches scurried around and the place stunk. STiv Bators got off the phone and greeted us. "Hey guys, welcome to New York! That was John Belushi on the phone; he showed up at CB’s last night and played drums with us for 2 songs! He’s coming tonight, we’re gonna have some fun!" I was impressed, but the truth was Thundering hadn’t had a Saturday night off in 3 years, and since nobody had Vicars back then – I’d never actually seen John Belushi. "Animal House" wasn’t to be released for another year at that point. The apartment was full of Dead Boys news clippings from American and British music magazines. Their debut album "Young, Loud and Snotty " was about to be released on Sire. People were in and out and their phone was constantly ringing –they ‘d come a long way incredibly fast- But then I noticed some scars on Stiv’s chest and arms and I felt a strange foreboding fear…