burninbobnthebigboys - 80's fresno punk history

BURNIN BOB &THE BIG BOYS

Out of the ashes of VICIOUS BUNNYZ came BURNIN BOB. A guy and a band.
In a weird twist of fate the lead singer of VB came to Bob and offered to
give him the band. He would step aside and Bob would step in as lead
singer. Bob accepted and the rest is history. Shawn stayed on as guitarist
but Coreen who had drummed for the FRIGIDETTES was replaced with Kelly
Kamplain who had been drummer for Visalia's MY THREE SONS. Bassist
Gilbert R. Gilbert who had played in NEW ASSAULT had already left and was
replaced with Drake Cotton. BB&theBB's got to play a lot of cool shows '84
to '87, (see Vence's gigs list) mostly at the Knights of Columbus hall. One
cool show was with the TOY DOLLS from England at the Eagles hall. They
had a couple of songs on the Hardcore 84 cassette compilation. Reformed
in '94 for a couple reunion shows, including one very memorable one at the
Cadillac Club that also featured SAD BOYZ and HARSH REALITY. A show put
together by Jon Hanks.

BB&theBB recently recorded their old songs for posterity on a CD called,
Claustrophobic. Craig Hardy from ERRATIK BEHAVIOR played blistering bass
on that recording.

Shawn has Doubleup records, a local Fresno label. A CD compilation of 4 old
Fresno punk bands, BURNIN BOB, CAMBODIAN KIDS, HARSH REALITY and NBJ
has just been released (july 2003). It's called, It Will Never Die and it's
loaded with a whopping 43 songs! I really enjoyed this slice of punk
nostalgia. Nearly 80 minutes long it includes some of Burnin Bob's best
material from a live show in Oakhurst back in '85 with NAKED RAYGUN. Also
included are excerpts from a Burnin Bob interview on Maximumrocknroll
radio, comments from Jello Biafra on Annelle's passing and a radio
commercial from the TOY DOLLS, CP, BURNIN BOB gig back in '86. The CD is
available from the band at their gigs.

UPDATE OCTOBER 2006! Burnin Bob & the Big Boys have reformed and have
been rehearsing for some time now. They plan to hit it again this winter
with some gigs and recording. We're looking forward to the unveiling of the
band with a gig December 9th, 2006 at Club Fred. Bob is on vocals with
Shawn on guitar, Jeff Grinstead is on bass and Bryan the drummer from
Code of Silence.

Burnin Bob-vocals
Shawn Baird-guitar
Drake Cotton-bass
Kelly Kamplain-drums