Fried Onions & Stretch Arm Strong @ R.T.I. 5/15/92

Here's The Right Track Inn double-bill show that Dave S's article (last post) alluded to.

First up...Fried Onions...

"Sucking Face With A Clown"


"Mary Jane"


"The Legend Of One-Eyed Sammy"


"Tied Up"


"Miss Magoo"


FRIED ONIONS
Al DiBisceglie - vocals, guitar
Joe Kollar - bass
Chuck Scharf - drums

After the Fried Onions left the stage it was time for Stretch Arm Strong. The music for this first song I originally wrote for the short-lived Muff Diver.







"Pseudo Sophistos"


"Dreams Of Youth"


"Pangs Of Liquid Inertia"


"Rage Asunder"


The last Stretch Arm Strong song I'm including is the last song we ever wrote..."Lift The Shades". It's our stab at a thrash-metal song and it's my favorite. I, for one, was listening to a lot of Metallica at the time so I was trying to channel Kirk Hammet during the two minute intro...failing miserably. Looking back, we should've just started the song with the heavy part.

"Lift The Shades"


And here's the complete Right Track Inn soundboard mix for Stretch Arm Strong 5/15/92...

[DOWNLOAD] Stretch Arm Strong @ Right Track Inn 5/15/92
01- Spiral Faces
02- Secular Vow
03- Pseudo Sophistos
04- Dreams Of Youth
05- In The Oven
06- Pangs Of Liquid Inertia
07- Rage Asunder
08- Why?...Pathetic Humans
09- Look Out
10- Lift The Shades
11- The Bridge

STRETCH ARM STRONG
Dean Drillbit - vocals, guitar
Frank Fusco - guitar
Kevin Purcell - bass
John Hoffman - drums

Muff Diver (1990)

During our freshman year of college a few of us took a stab at another band. It was Jim Burns on vocals, Joe Kollar on bass, Eric Hoffman on drums, and myself on guitar. We called ourselves Muff Diver, which was a nod to Cheech and Chong.

We had three original songs...one Joe wrote...one Jim wrote...and one I wrote. Our sound was a mix of bands we were listening to at the time (ie: Red Hot Chili Peppers, Cream, Butthole Surfers). We jammed for a little while and planned to bring Kevin Purcell in on bass so Joe and I could trade off lead guitar duties. I think Kev came down to practice once but the bass line in Joe's song was too intricate for him – at least back then – so the band just fizzled out.

Here's Muff Diver's three original songs plus some covers we recorded in my basement...

[DOWNLOAD] Muff Diver (1990)
1- Untitled
2- Wavy Gravy
3- Falling
4- Sunshine Of Your Love
5- Communication Breakdown
6- Whole Lotta Love

Muff Diver
Jim Burns - vocals
Frank Fusco - guitar
Joe Kollar - bass
Eric Hoffman - drums