Jess Parker's Primeval Platterpus: Here it Comes Again... that Wild Thing!

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"Neanderthal Man" - Hotlegs

(Sept./Oct. 1970, highest chart pos.

#20 Cash Box/#22 Hot 100)

Kicking-off the show with a primeval platter that time forgot, that was the throwback

sound of "Neanderthal Man," a top 20 single in the fall of 1970 by the one-hit-wonder

British rock trio Hotlegs. The act consisted of Eric Stewart, founding member of

The Mindbenders, Kevin Godley and Lol Creme. The three were later joined by

Graham Gouldman to form the 70s art rock band 10cc. In the 80s Kev and

Lol became the rock duo known as Godley & Creme.

How do. Tally ho

and all that rot.

I'm Jess Parker

from the British

science-fiction

television series

Primeval.

As the young but efficient field coordinator at the ARC (Anomaly Research Centre),

I'm responsible for coordinating a team that tracks down and captures all sorts

of scary prehistoric and futuristic creatures that burst through anomalies...

 4th dimension rifts in time and space, and terrorize and attack humans.

 Well, we can't have that, now can we? 

What do I do in

my spare time?

Well, let's see...

my hobbies

include buying

shoes, wearing

shoes, showing off

my shoes, dressing

in colorful, sexy,

brainiac-techie

style outfits

and devouring

romantic novels.

Did I mention

shoes? 

  

  

Gents say I'm hot and don't even know it, which

makes me even hotter. While I might be a dish...

I'm also clever, resourceful and bloody good at my job. 

Almost forgot. My job description

also includes delivering clever,

snappy one-liner comebacks to

my co-workers and superiors.

Recently I faced court martial

for firing off cheeky zingers, 

for being a criminally cute

nerd girl and for stealing

way too many scenes. 

Deemed too pretty for prison, I am out on a work release

program that allows me to sit at my overwatch station

and play musty, moldy musical memories as member

of The Shady Bunch DJ squadron on S-P-M-M.

 

Today I'm giving you a sneak peek

at my new show. Just call me your

Primeval Platterpus

because I play monster platters -

killer sounds from the distant past. 

The records I'll be

playing, mainly the

groovy sounds from

the 1960s, 70s and

80s, might seem

like dinosaurs to

younger ears...

but to Boomers,

they're the latest

and the greatest.

I've opened a portal to the past, a period eons ago when great music ruled.

 Come with me now. Let's go there. It's yesterday once more!

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Wait a sec. My team just rang me up on the radio and told me they're under attack

by a deadly swarm of futurebeetles. These beetles don't want to hold your hand.

They want to eat it, along with your other body parts. I've discovered a good

way to keep the creatures at bay is to bombard them with the loud sound

of The Ramones' punk classic "Blitzkrieg Bop" - "Hey! Ho! Let's go!" 

"Blitzkrieg Bop" - The Ramones

(July 1976 single from Apr. 1976 album Ramones)

From New York, NY, those were the Ramones, considered by many to be the first

true punk rock band, and "Blitzkrieg Bop," their 1976 debut single and first song

on their debut self-titled album. Although it failed to chart, "Blitzkrieg Bop"

ranks high on Rolling Stone's list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time

and was named VH1's 25th Greatest Hard Rock Song of All Time.

 Uh-oh!  My team has just spotted a T-Rex

munching a Mini Cooper at Piccadilly Circus.

  

Meanwhile, I can report a T. Rex sighting of my own. This

T. Rex won't batter and bruise your Buick. It'll entertain you. 

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It's the English glam rock band led by singer, songwriter and guitarist

Marc Bolan, and here they are on Top Of The Pops in 1971 doing

their biggest hit and signature song "Bang A Gong (Get It On)."

"Bang A Gong (Get It On)" - T. Rex

(Feb./Mar. 1972, highest chart pos. #10 Hot 100/#12 Cash Box,

performance on July 8, 1971, ep. of Top Of The Pops)

With his friend Elton John on keyboards, that was Marc Bolan and

his British glam rock band T. Rex doing "Bang A Gong (Get It On),"

a single that topped the UK chart and went top 10 stateside.

Sadly... Marc died five years later in a car crash. 

If you're just tuning in...

I'm Jess Parker, your

Primeval

Platterpus

seated here at my dispatcher

console in London and multi-

tasking... coordinating my

field team as they battle

the beasts and, at the

same time, spinning

old gold wax in this

 sneak preview of my

new radio program.

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I'm transmitting on S-P-M-M, where we go hunting for the groovy songs

of the past and bring 'em back alive. Bollocks, here it comes again...

that feeling... that feeling of being surrounded by creatures from

the year zero hell bent on destroying the human race in the 21st

century. The Fortunes have further details about our calamity!

"Here It Comes Again" - The Fortunes

(Nov./Dec. 1965, highest chart pos. #27 Hot 100/#37 Cash Box)

You just heard the groovy beat and heavenly harmony of The Fortunes doing

"Here It Comes Again," a top 30 hit for the British group in the fall of 1965. 

Jess Parker here on S-P-M-M Jurassisonic Radio... dealing with dinos

and directing my troops whilst playing primeval platters aplenty.

I happen to know of a chap who could help our team tame

the T-rex and Triceratops - Quinn the Eskimo! Let's go

through the time portal back to the year 1968.

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Here now is Manfred Mann and his popular Brit band

to tell us all about-- "The Mighty Quinn!"

"The Mighty Quinn (Quinn The Eskimo)" - Manfred Mann

(Mar./Apr. 1968, highest chart pos. #4 Cash Box/#10 Hot 100)

"You'll not see nothing like the Mighty Quinn." That was the Manfred Mann

band surrounded by go-go dancers doing their cover of "The Mighty Quinn

(Quinn The Eskimo)," a folk-rock song written by Bob Dylan

and a top 5 hit for the Brit boys in the spring of '68. 

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Up next, here's Reg Presley and

his band The Troggs with a

genuine monster-- their

international hit-- 

"Wild Thing!"

"Wild Thing" - The Troggs

(July/Aug. 1966, highest chart pos. #1 Hot 100 & Cash Box)

You just heard "Wild Thing," a colossal fossil penned by American

songwriter Chip Taylor and unleashed upon the world by the

British rock quartet The Troggs. "Wild Thing" ripped up

the chart in the summer of '66 reaching #1 in the U.S.

and in New Zealand. Notable covers were recorded

by Jimi Hendrix, Senator Bobby and Sam Kinison. 

That's all for now. I hope you enjoyed

the dusty discs and rusty relics I played

in this sneak preview of my new show

Primeval Platterpus

coming soon to S-P-M-M Retro Radio...

the station with personality.

 As I mentioned in my profile at the top of the show, I've got

a passion for fashion. If one of those creatures decides to

have me for lunch, I'm going out in style. With that in

mind, I've got one last primeval platter for you.

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Here's David Bowie to play us off with his top 5 UK hit "Fashion,"

and stay tuned on the B side of news for Wolfman Jack who'll

be here to spin a stack of American hot wax on S-P-M-M.

Now this is Jess Parker urging you to do your beast

and I'll see you next time on Primeval Platterpus!

"Fashion" - David Bowie

{Dec. 1980/Jan. 1981, highest chart pos. #5 UK,

#70 Hot 100/#79 Cash Box from Sept. 1980 album

Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps)} 

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"The Pied Piper" - Crispian St. Peters

(June/July 1966, highest chart pos. #4 Hot 100 & Cash Box)

Based on the German folklore fairy tale The Pied Piper of Hamelin, that was

"The Pied Piper" by English pop singer Crispian St. Peters, a cover of a song

penned and originally recorded by the American songwriting and performing

duo The Changin' Times. St. Pete made the song famous in the summer of '66

with a single that went top 5 in the U.S. and UK and topped the chart in Canada.

I'm a Cocker Spaniel, not the best of ratters,

but a loyal Dell rat, and it's all that matters.

Just ask my master Shady Del Knight.

Yes, folks, it's me - Toto Moto - The Hound

of Sound, your Musical Mutt, your All Nite

Satellite, the barker who put the "WOW!"

in bow-wow, and you've just entered my

Top Tunes Time Tunnel for another fun-

filled trip back to the sounds of the 60s.

I'm an English Cocker, and today's

Time Tunnel show is an all star
salute to UK recording artists.

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All seven of these songs were hits in the U.S. but were waxed across the pond,
and I don't mean the one I just made on the floor in the hall. Let's lay the
foundation for this mini British Invasion by recalling  "The Bad Bad
Old Days" before Jerky Treats were invented-- The Foundations!

"In The Bad, Bad Old Days (Before You Loved Me)" - The Foundations
(Apr. 1969. highest chart pos. #26 Cash Box/#51 Hot 100)

Finishing in the Top 30 on Cash Box but missing the Top 50 on Billboard,

go figure, that was "In The Bad, Bad Old Days (Before You Loved Me),"

a groovy sound from the spring of '69 by the mixed race, mixed

nationality UK soul band The Foundations.

Shady's dog Toto Moto keeping you company in the

wee small hours of the morning here on S-P-M-M...

the station that's #1 for music and fun, and up next

The Hollies, an English pop-rock band known for

their glorious three part harmony and long string

of hits at home and stateside. Seems The Hollies

had more good songs than they knew what to do

with. In May of 1967 two of their singles were

released at the same time and the records

competed against each other. "Carrie-Anne"

made the top 10, eclipsing the Hollies

single on a different label that had

been released three weeks earlier. 

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As a result, this song peaked near the bottom of the top 30 and shoulda gone

 higher. The Hollies now with a hit that missed-- "Pay You Back With Interest!"

"Pay You Back With Interest" - The Hollies

(June/July 1967, highest chart pos. #28 Hot 100/#29 Cash Box)

Those were the Hollies and their under-performing

single "Pay You Back With Interest," a record that

died on the vine when "Carrie-Anne" came long.

I thought I'd go out of my mind the fist time

I heard the guitar at the beginning of this

next British R&B Merseybeat record.

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The sound was new, different, bold, and oh
so cool. Riding the U.S. chart the last three
months of '64, The Kinks-- "You Really Got Me!"

"You Really Got Me" - The Kinks

(Oct. to Dec. 1964, highest chart pos. #5 Cash Box/#7 Hot 100)

Ray Davies and his band of Kinks with "You Really Got Me,"

their first charting record in the U.S., a single that reached

the Top 10 on Billboard and the Top 5 on Cash Box.

If you're just tuning in, you're trapped inside

Toto's Top Tunes Time Tunnel. I'm your hairy

host, blog mascot Toto Moto of The Shady

Bunch, the platter playin' pooch who starts

from scratch and aims to fleas, and we're

in the middle of a 7-in-a-row commercial-

free cruise on S-P-M-M Retrosonic Radio.

Here's another UK record that was popular
in the fall of 1964, the same weeks that
the Kinks' song "You Really Got Me"
was hot. This one finished even
higher on the chart.

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Meet The Honeycombs, a band with an unusual lineup that featured

Honey Lantree, one of the few female drummers in pop at the time.

The guys and a girl ask the musical question-- "Have I The Right?"

"Have I The Right?" - The Honeycombs

(Oct./Nov. 1964, highest chart pos. #4 Cash Box/#5 Hot 100)

The Honeycombs there with their first single and

the biggest hit of their career, the top 5 charting
"Have I The Right?" As a sad footnote, the band's
original lead singer Dennis D’Ell died in 2005
at the age of 61 and drummer Honey Lantree
died just before Christmas 2018 at age 75.

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When a dog's gotta go, a dog's gotta go.
Shady forgot to put down a piddle pad
and-- "I Can't Control Myself!"

"I Can't Control Myself" - The Troggs

(Oct./Nov. 1966, highest chart pos. #38 Cash Box/#43 Hot 100)

Hovering around the Top 40 mark on Cash Box and Billboard, Reg Presley

and his rowdy band of English garage rockers The Troggs aka

The Troglodytes with "I Can't Control Myself."

Here it comes again - that feeling like I've

run out of time. I hope you enjoyed zooming

back to the past with me in Toto's Top Tunes

Time Tunnel. Stick around. Coming up on the

flip side of news it's Debbie the Dellette

hosting another music packed meeting

of the Top Hit Club of America,

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And I'll be back before you can say cat scratch fever to spin another batch

of classic Sixties toe-tappers in my Top Tunes Time Tunnel. To play us off,

The Fortunes from late '65 and "Here It Comes Again." Now this is your

K-9 Kompadre, your Hi-Fi Fido, your Rover on the Radio, Toto Moto,

saying thanks for tuning in, be good and see you soon!

"Here It Comes Again" - The Fortunes

(Nov./Dec. 1965, highest chart pos. #27 Hot 100/#37 Cash Box)

Get Morganized with Robert W. Morgan!

LISTEN TO THIS BRIEF SEGMENT TO BECOME FAMILIAR WITH ROBERT W. MORGAN'S VOICE:

Hi, I'm
Robert W. Morgan,

veteran DJ on Boss Radio

93-KHJ Boss Angeles.

I'm here today with an exciting announcement.

Next January, I'll be joining The Shady Bunch

deejay staff here at S-P-M-M. My new show,
Get Morganized with Robert W. Morgan,
will be based on my years on the air at
Boss Radio KHJ. I'll be playing the
greatest sounds of the 60s, the hottest
hits on the West Coast and across the USA.

What does it mean to get Morganized? Listen to the songs in this tutorial preview
and you'll understand. Every song has a "Piggyback Cold Open." As you come
to each video couplet, click to start the first video. You will immediately hear
the jingle vocalists sing my name, Robert W. Morgan. The moment they finish
singing "Morgan," click to play the second video, the one containing the song.

Get the knack of playing deejay with me and enjoy the authentic sound of
Boss Radio KHJ Boss Angeles in the 60s. Ready...set...

ZAP! - YOU'RE MORGANIZED!

PIGGYBACK COLD OPEN:
CLICK TO PLAY THE FIRST VIDEO.
AT 2 SEC. MARK, WHEN YOU
HEAR THE NAME "MORGAN,"
CLICK TO PLAY SECOND VIDEO!

"Wild Thing" - The Troggs

(July/Aug. 1966, highest chart pos. #1)

ZAP! -
YOU'RE MORGANIZED!

From Rolling Stone magazine's list of The 500

Greatest Songs of All Time, that was "Wild Thing

you make my heart sing," done by The Troggs,

the British garage rockers originally known as

The Troglodytes. Robert W. Morgan with you

for this special practice session, getting you

Morganized and getting you acquainted with

the kind of music you will hear on my new

radio show coming soon to S-P-M-M.

That was fun, let's try another. This man is an actor who appeared in more than

two dozen movies and television series, but he is best known as the singer who

recorded a million selling cover of "Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me," a top 5 hit

in 1953 for pop singer Karen Chandler. His name is Mel Carter!

PIGGYBACK COLD OPEN:
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"Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me" - Mel Carter

(July/Aug. 1965, highest chart pos. #8)

ZAP! -
YOU'RE MORGANIZED!

The mellow voice of Mel Carter and his 1965

signature song "Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me."

Are you getting the hang of it? Let's try another

song. On my new show I'll be spinning the sounds

of Southern California, the surf rock and hot rod

tunes that caught fire all across America in the

early and mid 60s. Here's one now from two

architects of the genre, Jan and Dean, with

"Surf City (here we come)."

PIGGYBACK COLD OPEN:
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"Surf City" - Jan And Dean

(July/Aug. 1963, highest chart pos. #1)

ZAP! -
YOU'RE MORGANIZED!

Jan Berry and Dean Torrence there with a
number one smash from the summer of
1963, the surf rock classic "Surf City."

If you're just tuning in, I'm Robert W. Morgan
of 93-KHJ Boss Angeles, and you're listening
to a preview of my new show coming next
year to S-P-M-M Radio. I'm teaching you
how to play DJ and get Morganized.

Along with bands of the British invasion, American made soul and
SoCal surf sounds, I'll be playing hits in the folk-rock category like
this chart-topper by The Mamas and the Papas-- "Monday, Monday."

PIGGYBACK COLD OPEN:
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"Monday, Monday" - The Mama's And The Papa's

(Apr./May 1966, highest chart pos. #1)

ZAP! -
YOU'RE MORGANIZED!

From the spring of '66, "Monday, Monday"

by the The Mamas & The Papas, the group's

only single to reach #1 on the Billboard chart.

This band had a hit or two. Maybe you've heard

of them. They're The Beatles and their U.S. tours

brought them to Boss Angeles in the summers of

1964, 1965 and 1966. Here now are The Fab Four

with a number one hit that straddled two of those

years... '65 and '66-- "We Can Work It Out."

PIGGYBACK COLD OPEN:
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"We Can Work It Out" - The Beatles

(Dec. 1965/Jan. 1966, highest chart pos. #1)

ZAP! -
YOU'RE MORGANIZED!

The lads from Liverpool with one of their many

chart-toppers - "We Can Work It Out." Are you

working out the timing of these Piggybacks and

getting the knack of playing DJ? If you time that

second click just right, the result is pure Top 40

radio nirvana. Practice makes perfect, so let's go

again. Here's one of the most successful husband

and wife duos of all time, The Bonos, Sonny and

 Cher, with their monster from the summer of '65,

a song written by Sonny-- "I Got You Babe."

PIGGYBACK COLD OPEN:
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"I Got You Babe" - Sonny And Cher

(July/Aug. 1965, highest chart pos. #1)

ZAP! -
YOU'RE MORGANIZED!

Burning up the Boss lines on Boss Radio KHJ and

sister station S-P-M-M, Sonny And Cher, with the

chart-topping hit that turned them into household

names practically overnight-- "I Got You Babe."

No sampling of songs from West Coast top 40

radio would be complete without something by

these guys, The Beach Boys. This car song was

released in June of 1962 on the B side of their

first hit "Surfin' Safari." Check it out-- "409!"

PIGGYBACK COLD OPEN:
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AT 2 SEC. MARK, WHEN YOU
HEAR THE NAME "MORGAN,"
CLICK TO PLAY SECOND VIDEO!

"409" - The Beach Boys

(Oct. 1962, highest chart pos. #76)

ZAP! - YOU'RE MORGANIZED!

Those were The Beach Boys and that

was one of their earliest sides, "409"

the song credited with igniting the

hot rod craze of the 60s.

The clock on the wall says my

time's up and I need to vacate

the premises. I hope you

enjoyed this sneak preview

of my new radio show.

This is Robert W. Morgan

saying so long for now.

Be sure to join me in 2020 and

GET MORGANIZED

right here on S-P-M-M...

the #1 station for a rock 'n' roll nation!

BREAKING BADASS!

I am..... Dracula!

You might remember my band, The Twilights,

and our monster hit "Transylvania 6-5000."

It was big in our neck of the woods.

Tonight... as the full moon rises...

I  command  invite you to join me

as I introduce another fang-tastic

group. To my delight... all of its

members share a blood bond. 

I SUCK... THEY DON'T.

YO, DRAC - BITE ME, BITCH!
(On second thought... don't.)

I'm Jesse Pinkman, and I don't mean no disrespect,
pops, but Mr. Knight and I are partners, see, and
we got this. We're running the show and we
don't need any help from the likes of you,
so flap your wings and take off!

Now here's Mr. Knight to introduce
this super cool band!

Thanks, Jesse. This is a coming of age

story about The Cristeas - five young

siblings, three brothers & two sisters,

who live in the Los Angeles area.

Like the Partridge Family, Cowsills,

Donny and Marie and The Osmond

Brothers, the Cristeas are a musical

family. The sibs are members of a

rock band that 's riding a tidal wave

of popularity across the country.

Their father manages the band

and produces their recordings. 

We begin our journey with a video from April 2013. The children

were all in their places with sun-shiny faces, looking very much

like they were posing for a family portrait. Sweetness and

innocence were the order of the day as they performed

a cover of "Stay," an international hit by

Rihanna feat. Mikky Ekko. 

"Stay" - Rihanna ft. Mikky Ekko
cover by The Cristeas (April 2013)

Fast forward to December 2014. The Cristeas still looked and sounded
squeaky clean as they sent us a Christmas greeting in the form of a
song entitled  "Ho Hey," a cover of the 2012 worldwide hit by
the American folk rock band The Lumineers.

"Ho Hey" - The Lumineers
cover by The Cristeas (Dec. 2014)

 L I L I A C 

With the passing of time comes change. It is now September 2015.

The band of brothers and sisters has a new name, Liliac, and a new look,

sound and attitude. A metamorphosis is underway. Clearly the cute kids

are becoming real rockers as they do the Troggs' monster "Wild Thing."

 "Wild Thing" - The Troggs 
 cover by The Cristeas/Liliac 
 (September 2015) 

Pair-mit me to interrupt you, Mr. Knight.

You have conveniently

left out one very

important part of

the story, one very

interesting fact.

You failed to mention

that the Cristea family

has its roots in the

old country!

HEY...

DON'T EVEN

GO THERE, BRO!

I told you before,

Grandpa Munster,

Mr. Knight and I are

handling this post.

 

We don't need you chimin' in every two seconds.

So why don't you just dry up and blow away?

ARE YA FEELIN'

ME, BITCH?

It's okay, Jesse. Calm down. Now that

Dracula has let the bat out of the bag,

so to speak, it's time for readers to know

the whole story. Liliac, the Cristea kids,

these adorable poppers turned rockers,

are the children of Florin Cristea, who

grew up in Transylvania, Romania, not

far from Castle Dracula. Florin came to

America where he met and married Nineta,

also born in Romania. The couple settled

in Southern California to raise a family.

The rest, as you are seeing and hearing

in this post, is rock history. Now let's

continue to follow the timeline. 

Two more years pass. It is December 2017, and the Transylvanian transformation is
complete. Now one of the great up-and-coming bands in rock, Liliac erases all doubts
about their cred with a cover of Metallica's classic "Enter Sandman." Keep your eyes
and ears on the act's hottest attractions, the three oldest children, all in their teens.
Watch and listen as Samuel shreds on lead guitar, Aby kicks butt on drums and
younger sister Melody, absolutely KILLS on lead vocals and bass guitar.
Melody says she was first influenced to sing rock by one of my favorites,
Ronnie James Dio, the late, great frontman of Elf, Rainbow, Sabbath, Dio,
and Heaven & Hell. As you are about to hear, Melody does a superb job of
channeling Dio and other legendary masters of metal including, in this
performance, Metallica's James Hetfield. I have to be honest. When I
watched this video for the first time, I thought that I was listening
to the Metallica recording with the Cristea kids doing a fantastic
lip sync. Imagine how astonished I was to realize that this
amazing sound was actually produced by the Liliac band.
Behold the rock resurrection, the rock reincarnation.
They are fierce. They are bold. They are mighty.
They are... Liliac!

 "Enter Sandman" - Metallica 
 cover by Liliac (Dec. 2017) 

Few groups can match the musicianship, spirit and grandeur of an act like Iron Maiden,
one of the pioneer bands of the so-called New Wave of British Heavy Metal in the 70s
and 80s. Liliac proves their metal mettle in a video that dropped two weeks ago.
As you will see the two youngest members of the band, Ethan on rhythm guitar
and Justin on keyboards, are now coming into their own as rock showmen.
Witness another spectacular performance by a band that's for real,
a band that is making believers out of hardcore metal heads
and, week by week, winning new fans all over the world.
Feel the unbridled excitement as Liliac performs
Iron Maiden's "The Trooper."

 "The Trooper" - Iron Maiden 
 cover by Liliac (Sept. 2018) 

Marty Balin, the primary founder of

Jefferson Airplane, died three days

ago here in Tampa. One day later,

Liliac released their cover of the

Airplane's first and best known

hit, one of the most important

songs to come out of the 1960s

West Coast counterculture scene.

The Cristeas do the song justice

and honor the memory of rock

pioneer Marty Balin. I think

you will find every reason

to love Liliac's version of

"Somebody To Love!" 

 "Somebody To Love" 

 - Jefferson Airplane 
 cover by Liliac (Sept. 2018) 

Liliac has a dream...

to change the world one song at a time.

If anyone can do it... they can!

Dawn will soon break.

I think I'll grab a bite before bed.

I could go for a Bloody Mary.

Fangs for being here tonight.

I hope you enjoyed the post.

(It's much more pleasant than a stake.)

I'd like to have you for dinner

sometime soon. Until then, I will

satisfy my craving with Adam's apple.

Yeah whatever,

Uncle Fester.

Knock yourself out.

Meanwhile, find out

what's cookin' on

my hit TV show

Breaking Bad

now screaming streaming on Netflix!