So this week one of New York’s premier guitar bands Chavez did yet another performance except this time on Jimmy Fallon. This is about a week after playing All Tomorrow’s Parties. Now that their songs are at least 16 years old can we help pass the good vibes to hear some new material sometime soon from these gentlemen? I know it’s in their back pocket somewhere. I know I’m not the only one who cares from everybody who showed up to see them play a 6:30 set! They sounded great and Matt Sweeney looks like he rolled right out of CB’s circa 1989 from his Skunk days except with no dread locks but probably the same jeans. Clay was in post-hardcore sound band called Bullet LaVolta before forming the band with Sweeney who were releasing records at the same time and part of the same scene which included Smashing Pumpkins in their circuit. And if you listen carefully you’ll notice Billy Corrigan pretty much ripped off both band’s sounds and mashed them together. In my opinion anyway; if you take that Allmam brother 70’s guitar noodling of Skunk and add some Tarver power chords with the volume formula breakdowns. You can easily look at both of these bands as being influential with one of the three making all the spoils.
The Fist of Tarver & the Men of Chavez - All Tomorrow's Parties 2011
Nailed To The Blank Spot MP3 by Chavez from Gone Glimmering (1995)
(There’ll Be Other Girls) Hoss MP3 by Skunk from Last American Virgin(1989)
Knobb Off MP3 by Skunk from the album Laid (1991) Twin/Tone
X-Fire MP3 by Bullet LaVolta from The Gift (1989)
My Protector MP3 by Bullet LaVolta from Swandive (1991)
Siva MP3 by Smashing Pumpkins from Gish (1991)
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Photos of Chavez & Shellac + more here.
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All Tomorrow’s Parties Photos I’ll Be Your Mirror
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