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Wednesday, September 15, 2010

Cheetah Chrome & The Casualties - RT Firefly, NYC 3-05-82

So, what did Cheetah Chrome do after the Dead Boys split up in 1979 besides take lots of drugs and release one single? Well, he had a band called The Casualties and they did play shows once in a while. No records were ever issued, but here is a live recording from one night in New York City in 1982 which proves they really did exist. The setlist consists of only three songs from the Dead Boys days and shows that Cheetah was still writing new songs with no less than six being played here, plus the two classic songs from his 1979 single. It's a very interesting set and makes one wish that an album had been released. This is an audience recording and is from cassette. The sound quality is rough but listenable. My favorite song is track 8. Don't forget to read Cheetah's new book.

Setlist:
01. Calling On You (1st set)
02. No Credit
03. Used To Be Fun
04. Staring In The Night
05. Ain't It Fun
06. Federal Case
07. The Boys Are All Here
08. Goodbye
09. Sonic Reducer
10. Still Wanna Die
11. Take Me Home (2nd set)

7 comments:

  1. I used to work for Dead Boys & Cheetah & was at this gig. The club was actually on Bleeker St in NYC, and was once called " On The Rocks" lounge when the Dolls & Heartbreakers played there in 76.

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    1. I was at this gig, I think, studio 10. Cheetah was wearing white fur (fake) pants no shirt and the sound was horrible. The show, however, wasn't. Long skinny stage.

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  2. Thanks Anon. for the information. I searched the web for RT Firefly club in Jersey and never found any info but searching for it on Bleeker Street gets some hits. It's pretty cool that you got to work with those guys.

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    1. It was on the NW corner of Bleeker and Broadway. Don't know if RT Firefly's address was on Bleeker or Broadway, but the address on Broadway is 643. Most gigs took place in the basement. If I remember correctly the upstairs was a restaurant.

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  3. Very fun set. The first track has a really horrible wah-wah effect though from the sound quality.

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  4. I DID A GUEST SPOT DJING ONE NIGHT AT RT FIREFLY. IT WAS JOHNNY THUNDERS BIRTHDAY PARTY.JUSTIN TROUBLE WAS PERFORMING . ALAN VEGA WAS THERE.JOHNNY THUNDERS JUMPED ON STAGE IN HIS NORMAL CONDITION ASSISTED BY ALAN VEGA.

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  5. RT Firefly was on the NW corner of Bleeker and Broadway. Most gigs there took place in the basement. If I remember correctly, the upstairs was a restaurant.

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