| WENDY & THE TWITCH |
WENDY & THE TWITCH played some of the early punk and new wave
shows in Fresno. I remember seeing them at the Wild Blue Yonder in
1979. With her blonde hair and cute, impish look we all thought she
kinda looked and sounded a little like Debbie Harry of BLONDIE. They
were kind of well-liked and would have gone far with the right breaks.
Joceylin and I attempted a band with Wendy and Larry in 1980. June
Beard (from NBJ), was on drums and it was called ALTERED FEATURES.
Our one gig I remember was at The Bucket at Fresno State and I set up
my boombox on record at the back of the club to record our set. The
interesting thing wasn't the band, we mostly sucked, but a couple of
guys who noticed an unattended tape recorder rolling took it upon
themselves to make comments about the band as we played our set. At
the time I was ticked. But, what was I thinking leaving an unattended
tape recorder running with lots of drunk guys standing around? It's
funny as hell now. In a thuggish voice: "Hey man......what's up?
(chuckle)...I don't know but these guys really suck.....(chuckle chuckle)
jukebox, jukebox, jukebox.....who are these guys?.....I don't know but
they sure suck......(chuckle chuckle)" ALTERED FEATURES did some
recording at Fresno City College but shortly thereafter went our separate
ways.
Looking for more info and pics of WENDY & THE TWITCH.
Dale Stewart punksnax at hot mail dot com
shows in Fresno. I remember seeing them at the Wild Blue Yonder in
1979. With her blonde hair and cute, impish look we all thought she
kinda looked and sounded a little like Debbie Harry of BLONDIE. They
were kind of well-liked and would have gone far with the right breaks.
Joceylin and I attempted a band with Wendy and Larry in 1980. June
Beard (from NBJ), was on drums and it was called ALTERED FEATURES.
Our one gig I remember was at The Bucket at Fresno State and I set up
my boombox on record at the back of the club to record our set. The
interesting thing wasn't the band, we mostly sucked, but a couple of
guys who noticed an unattended tape recorder rolling took it upon
themselves to make comments about the band as we played our set. At
the time I was ticked. But, what was I thinking leaving an unattended
tape recorder running with lots of drunk guys standing around? It's
funny as hell now. In a thuggish voice: "Hey man......what's up?
(chuckle)...I don't know but these guys really suck.....(chuckle chuckle)
jukebox, jukebox, jukebox.....who are these guys?.....I don't know but
they sure suck......(chuckle chuckle)" ALTERED FEATURES did some
recording at Fresno City College but shortly thereafter went our separate
ways.
Looking for more info and pics of WENDY & THE TWITCH.
Dale Stewart punksnax at hot mail dot com
Wendy West-vocals
Elvis-guitar
Rick Struhar-keyboards
Gilbert R. Gilbert-bass
Steve "Larry Gone" Mercado-drums
Elvis-guitar
Rick Struhar-keyboards
Gilbert R. Gilbert-bass
Steve "Larry Gone" Mercado-drums