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| KYOS aka DIRTHEADS, TOP DEAD CENTER |
Big Jim "Autolube" Roberts-vocals
Keith-guitar
Marty/Mike Branum-bass
Todd-drums
Another part of the Madera connection. Jim had a car repair shop and was lead singer in KYOS. His friend Russ had a killer JBL PA.
Jim and Russ were the kindest guys and really helped the Fresno punk scene with all their efforts. They did the PA for gigs and rehearsals.
And they fixed a lot of the Fresno punk's cars, too. One time we were stranded over on the coast with a blown transmission in the old
bandstationwagon, a '72 Chrysler Town and Country with a 455 hemi. Jim and Russ came all the way over to the coast and brought us another
transmission and installed it right there in a motel parking lot! I'll never forget that transmission rescue mission.
KYOS and DIRTHEADS had a song each on the HC'84 Comp. They changed names a couple of times and played gigs and house parties in the
mid-80's. Last I heard of Jim Roberts he had an auto repair shop up in the mountains.
Big Jim also made a lot of video tapes of the local punk gigs. He made the only semi-professional video that CAPITOL PUNISHMENT made,
Elephant man in 1985:
