90s Nostalgia: The Action Swingers

Here's a few clips of the Action Swingers at various stages fronted by singer/guitarist Ned Hayden with Bob Bert and many others. 

Check out some vintage Pussy Galore photos by Rick McGinnis

Here's a rarely seen image of Julie Cafritz smiling in Pussy Galore photo from 1988 shot at the Silver Dollar by Rick McGinnis. 

Writes Toronto photographer Rick McGinnis...

"If most people who lived through the '80s made a movie of their life, they'd probably soundtrack it with, I don't know, U2 or A-ha or Tears for Fears. My '80s biopic would be scored to Pussy Galore - probably my favorite band of the decade, and one whose three albums and four EPs bring me back to the first years of life on my own, post-college, making a precarious living as a writer and photographer. They were another major enthusiasm of Tim Powis at Nerve, and he made the rest of us fans (my then-girlfriend had a maddeningly not-so-secret crush on PG front man Jon Spencer), though they didn't actually show up in town until the magazine was effectively defunct. I was without a steady gig then, but I begged a portrait session with the band during their two-night stand in April of 1988 at the Silver Dollar Room on Spadina. My big memory of the weekend was that Philadelphia rapper Schoolly D was playing the room in the basement under the club, and that Jon and the rest of the band were more enthusiastic about catching his show than doing their own gig."

Check out more photos of Pussy Galore from the session right here. Watch a Pussy Galore performance of "Undertaker" in Fort Worth, Texas back in July, 1989 below. 

Happy Birthday Bob Bert!

Check out Bob's entertaining chat with Lydia Lunch for The Lydian Spin podcast and another with Rev. Derek Moody.

LINK 

PKM Bob Bert: The View From Behind The Drum Kit

Happy Birthday Jon Spencer!

Raising a glass to Jon Spencer on his birthday with some vintage Pussy Galore footage and a Damian Abraham interview right here. 

Watch Jon Spencer & The HITmakers play "Just Wanna Die" in France

Check out Jon Spencer, Bob Bert, Sam Coomes and M. Sord rippin' at La Rodia last November in Besançon, France.

Happy Birthday Bob Bert!

Celebrating the birthday of drummer/photographer and journalist Bob Bert with "The Trip"

LINKS
Louder Than War: Bob Bert – In depth interview with New York legend

The Immortal Lee County Killers' 2003 Peel Session

Hear Chet Weise howl his fave Pussy Galore, Doors and Johnny Shines tunes at Maida Vale Studios.

Pussy Galore Reunite @ Maxwells, NJ

Pussy Galore live @ Maxwells December 23, 2011