Photos by Jesse Glover - June 1981
The
L.A. Weekly called the FLAMEOUTS "Heavy Metal Folk Pop"
June
1980 PANOTRAGUIS is formed.
In
early 1981 the band name is changed to PAX.
Then soon
after, THE FLAMEOUTS
The band members of PAX include:
Mikel Sauve lead vocal
Bill Monroe rhythm guitar/vocals
Mark Walraven bass guitar/backing vocals
Sal Bottieri drums
Original songs performed include:
Yo Yo's Way With The Strings
Radichoke Anthem
Mental
Masturbation
No
No No
Fight Fire With Fire
Glass Shards
Lion And The Lemon Tree
Masters Of The Pyramid
Whats What!
1981 Timeline:
February 8 - Larry Diaz meets Mikel Sauve at El Camino College,
February through May - Larry visits "The Maus
Factory" Mikel's El Segundo home & studio
several times during this period to see the band rehearse.
March - The band reforms after few months off
minus PANOTRAGUIS
guitar
player John Wilder.
April - rehearsal of 4 new songs
(taped) including a rare version of
Bill & Rob's Birds of
September & Bill & Mikel's Murder are added to the set.
April 28 - rehearsal (taped)
Most week day rehearsals where from 4:00 to 6:00 pm.
Leaving nights open for other bands to rehearse including,
ILL WILL and BLACK FLAG.
May - The band at this time is
being managed by Linda Robertson (Nite-Life
Productions).
May 7 - PAX at the Cathay de Grande, Hollywood w/The Alcoholics (taped)
Late
May - Mikel changes the name of
the band to THE FLAMEOUTS.
Work on a demo tape at a
Songs include: Birds Of September, Glass Shards, Murder, and What's What!
May 22 - Larry Diaz (acoustic
guitar/vocals) joins the band after being voted in.
Just
A Car and a cover song, Soldier Of Love are added to the set.
May 25 - rehearsal (taped)
May 28 - rehearsal
Early June - Radichoke Anthem is replaced by a song titled Shoot!
Larry's What Are You Going To Do? is added to the set.
1960's cover songs are added when needed, including:
I
Saw Her Standing There, Boys, Runaway, I Can't Explain,
Who'll
Be The Next In Line, Secret Agent Man.
July 1- The Cuckoo's Nest, Costa Mesa
June 4 - rehearsal (taped)
June 5 - El Segundo Teen Center (taped)
June 6 - band photos taken by Jesse Glover starting at 6:00 am,
outside the Xerox corporate headquarters building, North Redondo Beach, CA
then back to the studio in North Hollywood, for more vocal over dubs on the
demo tape (taped)
June 7 - work on the demo tape is completed.
June 10 - Cathay de Grande, Hollywood w/Otis Jenkins
June 18 - Party at Maus with a band performance. (taped)
June 25 - Bla Bla Cafe,
June 26 - rehearsal at the El Segundo Teen Center (taped)
June 30 - Cathay de Grande w/Sheiks Of Shake (taped)
July 1 - Cuckoo's Nest,
July 4 - Wilson Park Pavillion,
July 5 - Club 88, West L.A. Robs amplifier breaks down.
July 14 - Mikel, Mark, Larry & Sal appear on KXLU 88.9 FM radio
to promote their up coming Cathay de Grande show.
July 15 - 2 sets at Cathay de Grande, w/the Unknowns
July 18 - Larry changes to electric guitar.
July 23 - Blue Lagoon Saloon, Marina del Rey w/The Busters & Kilgore Trout
August - Bill & Rob's, Three Sided Love & the cover
Everybody's Trying
To Be My Baby is added to the set.
August 4 - Madame Wong's West, Santa Monica
August 5 - H.J's, North Hollywood
August 6 - The Cuckoo's Nest,
Performing with Slinger, band member John Roulette later joins THE
FLAMEOUTS in June 1982.
Mid August - El Segundo Teen Center show
with a few hecklers in the audience
that cause problems later at Maus, Bill is hit just under his eye
with a beer bottle which requires
stitches.
September 4 - Mikel's birthday
September 7 - Block Party, Westchester
September 14 - Madame Wong's West
September 18 - Madame Wong's West
September 19 - Madame Wong's West
September 20 - Dillon's, Westwood
September 26 - Bit-A-
September 30 - Cathay de Grande
October - Sal comes up with a song
called Let Me In
the song is completed by Larry & Mikel. (taped)
October
1 - Wongs
October 3 - Bit-A-New York
October 7 - Blue Lagoon Saloon (taped)
October 9 - rehearsal
October 10 - Madame Wong's Chinatown (East) downtown L.A.
October 12 - Pier 52, Hermosa Beach w/The
Textones & Christopher Wooley
October 14 - Dillon's, Westwood (taped)
October 23 - Cathay de Grande w/The Leopards & The
Unclaimed
October 28 - Larry's birthday at the "Keg", next door to Maus (taped)
October 29 - Bit-A-New York
October 31 - Linda's Halloween Party
November - Two songs start to develop, Killing Not A Living & Brave New Wave
both instrumentals starting from ideas by Larry.
Let
Me In
is added to the set.
November 11 - rehearsal (taped)
November 12 - Bit-A-
November 15 - at Maus, audition for the Argyle girls school
prom. (taped)
November 18 - Larry & Sal start to write Pretty Eyes Tell Lies Too,
more work on this song latter this day at Maus with Mikel(taped),
That evening: Rolling Stones pay per view concert party at Maus.
November 25 - rehearsal (taped)
December - Demo of Killing Not a
Living
December 1 - Demo made of Brave New Wave
Rehearsals
on the 2, 3, 4, 23, 27, 29 & 30.
December 4 - Mikel meets Shan Jackson
December 7 - Madame Wong's West
December 14 - The Music Machine, West L.A. Sal quits his day job on his birthday
December 15 - Cathay de Grande
December 23 - rehearsal (taped)
December 24 - Christmas Eve at Maus (taped)
December 29 - rehearsal (taped)
December 30 - Madame Wong's East.
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