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Steve Martineau-vocals
Dale Stewart-guitar
Gilbert R. Gilbert-bass
Ron-drums
This was another short-lived project in the early days of the Fresno punk
scene. For me it was right after the SUBTRACTIONS and right before
ALTERED FEATURES. It's quite amazing how quickly a band can move
from first rehearsal to first gig when they are riding the wave of an
expanding cultural movement like punk rock in the late 70's/early 80's.
In the 6 months this band was together we got to play a couple good
gigs, some house parties and do some demo recording. One gig was
at the long-gone, but legendary Fresno nightclub,
the Wild Blue Yonder. It was 1980 and the Bixlers were nice enough to
let us troublemakers play at their club.
Steve Martineau was one of the earliest members of the Fresno punk
scene. I remember him and Raymond X-ray Dog hanging out. They
walked all the way up Blackstone ave. to Tower records one day from
way down where Ray lived near Ventura ave.
They told a tale of harrassment, catcalls and threats on their way just
because they were dressed punk. All they had on was
punk t-shirts and Steve had a big chain with a padlock on. You think
people are anti-punk now, you shoulda seen 'em in '79!
I heard several stories of curses and shit being lobbed from pickups by
passing jocks and rednecks. They threw a full Big Gulp soda cup at me
as I sat at the bus stop one day. Can you imagine? Waiting for a bus to
go to my job at Tower Records! Trajectory was way off and it landed
10 feet over as I acted like I didn't see it as they drove by cursing,
"Go back to San Francisco ya faggot!" They were always calling us
queer because of the funny clothes and hair-dos even though some of
us were probably more hetero than them.
I think if this band would have stayed together and continued to play
gigs we would have gotten much better. It's a good example of a
Fresno punk band circa 1980. In that year there were very few gigging
punk bands in Fresno and New Assault was one of them.
Dale Stewart punksnax at hotmail dot com
Dale Stewart-guitar
Gilbert R. Gilbert-bass
Ron-drums
This was another short-lived project in the early days of the Fresno punk
scene. For me it was right after the SUBTRACTIONS and right before
ALTERED FEATURES. It's quite amazing how quickly a band can move
from first rehearsal to first gig when they are riding the wave of an
expanding cultural movement like punk rock in the late 70's/early 80's.
In the 6 months this band was together we got to play a couple good
gigs, some house parties and do some demo recording. One gig was
at the long-gone, but legendary Fresno nightclub,
the Wild Blue Yonder. It was 1980 and the Bixlers were nice enough to
let us troublemakers play at their club.
Steve Martineau was one of the earliest members of the Fresno punk
scene. I remember him and Raymond X-ray Dog hanging out. They
walked all the way up Blackstone ave. to Tower records one day from
way down where Ray lived near Ventura ave.
They told a tale of harrassment, catcalls and threats on their way just
because they were dressed punk. All they had on was
punk t-shirts and Steve had a big chain with a padlock on. You think
people are anti-punk now, you shoulda seen 'em in '79!
I heard several stories of curses and shit being lobbed from pickups by
passing jocks and rednecks. They threw a full Big Gulp soda cup at me
as I sat at the bus stop one day. Can you imagine? Waiting for a bus to
go to my job at Tower Records! Trajectory was way off and it landed
10 feet over as I acted like I didn't see it as they drove by cursing,
"Go back to San Francisco ya faggot!" They were always calling us
queer because of the funny clothes and hair-dos even though some of
us were probably more hetero than them.
I think if this band would have stayed together and continued to play
gigs we would have gotten much better. It's a good example of a
Fresno punk band circa 1980. In that year there were very few gigging
punk bands in Fresno and New Assault was one of them.
Dale Stewart punksnax at hotmail dot com
