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the noize

NEW! check out the 2oo2 reunion practice noize here

roko live on wcbn 88.3 fm in ann arbor, recorded sometime during february, 1986

brother ashe - vox

matt - guitar

davey - bass

joe - drums

1. roko theme song
2.  party with the pope
3. heavy metal sux
4.  introduce the band
5.  bipsy death binge
6.  neighbors and dogs
7.  teach peace (is fece)
8.  crippled children suck
9. talk to the band
10.  we already did that one
11.  stepping stone jam/headless catholics from beyond the grave
12.  improv jam/leplin tribute (with some lyrics borrowed from GZ-thanks jim!)
13.  brother ashe's rap and outtro

 

a practice recorded about 6 months earlier (about 1985). it has a different dynamic. it is more for the real hardcore roko fan.

jake - vox

matt - guitar

scott - bass

joe - drums

 

"it's not as good...this was recorded at scott's house in 1985.  he was the bass player for a few months in '86-'87.  i didn't see him again for 15 years until i found out through a mutual friend that he was living in my neighborhood in philadelphia.  i stopped over to say 'whatup rodent!' and he had this tape of the band practicing -  which turns out to be the oldest known recording of the band.  we now actually live on the same street, small world." --- rokojoe d.

 

14.  feb 3 1986 tuesday -- no thursday
15.  party with the pope
16.  tuff dikes from detroit (fast version)
17.  slow jam (slow version)
18.  teach peace (is fece)
19.  like a momma cat
20.  bipsy death binge
21.  the rain song
22.  neighbors and dogs
23.  headless catholics from the beyond the grave
24.  best practice ever

 

**A NOTE FROM JOE D.: track 24 - best practice ever**

"jake with his ever twisted optimism declares that this was the 'best practice ever.' scott on bass who aspired to other musical projects responds 'wrong! worst practice ever!'  matt gets the final word with a sage observation about roko's progress as a band: 'no way - they all sound the same' and slams off the record button." -- rokojoe d.

! MORE ROKO NOIZE FROM THE SEWERS !

ok, there are two other tracks that are of an even later incarnation of the group...this was around spring of '88 and was the last incarnation of roko until the reunion bash in 2oo1

jeff martin - vox

jon wright - axe

bob e. - bass

joe d. - drums

 

1.  anarchy for the usa

2.  teach peace

3.  blues jam

4.  heavy metal sucks

5.  sweet jane/bipsy death binge

6.  roko theme song  

 

 

THE GREAT ESCAPE

 

"the great escape songs were recorded in the basement of a video arcade on south university called the great escape in late '85 or early '86 (?) this was jake's last gig on vocals before he split for the coast. scott had left the band and davey was playing bass (thanks davey) brother ashe steps in for a guest vocal on crippled children suck - a meatmen cover. the guy who booked in the show, who was also the assistant manager of the arcade gave us the choice: a tape of the show or cash payment. i think the band made the right choice - the money ($15 tops) would have been spent on a bag a shake and some 40's anyway. the guy must have forgotten to press record at the beginning -- so the first few minutes of  the roko theme song were lost to the ether of time.

the building and the giant campus theater that stood next to it were demolished soon after to make way for the mall that is now home to corporate mcDeath burger and tower records." -- rokojoe d.

jake & and brother ashe - vox

matt - guitar

davey - bass

joe d. - drums

 

1.  roko theme song

2.  teach peace

3.  nabors and dogs

4.  party with the pope

5.  crippled  children suck

6.  don't stare at me no more, don't stare at me you fucking whore

7.  the rain song

8.  louie louie

9.  lesbian death dirge

10.  bipsy death binge

11.  heavy metal sucks

12.  headless catholics from beyond the grave

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