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| In a 1980 interview, producer Ed Cobb recalled the circumstances thusly:
Tower also had Pink Floyd. And they didnt know what to do with Pink
Floyd. Then along came the Chocolate Watch Band, which was further out
than Pink Floyd at that point. Now Tower really didnt know what to do!
They were afraid to put them out. They figured they would release the
bands material on Uptown and see what happens. But the Chocolate Watch
Band was too erratic in concept to be on the Uptown label. |
| Sporting goods especially those emphasizing backpacking etc. have velcro bands
that work pretty well. But the real problem is those crummy little spring clips
that hold on the band--they break very easily in the rough and tumble of
diving. My solution was to bore through the sockets in the watch body they fit
in and replace them with stainless steel wire. If the watch body is plastic
you can bore the hole by heating the wire with a match and melting through. I
lost a couple of watches before I came up with this technique. Alternatively,
instead of doing anything to the watch band at all you could strap it to your
console. |
| During all of this chaos, the Chocolate Watch Band also managed to make a
cameo appearance with the Standells in the classic motion picture, Riot
on Sunset Strip. Therein, the band performed Dave Aguilars Dont Need
Your Lovin and the group-penned Sitting There Standing. Though both
pieces were unabashedly borrowed from the material of other artists (Rick
Nelsons Milk Cow Blues and the Yardbirds The Nazz Are Blue,
respectively), the Chocolate Watch Band at that point had established
themselves as one of the most original bands on the scene. Cobb: The
Chocolate Watch Band had a different type of groove. It was sloppy with
intensity. All the beats didnt fall together at the same time, yet the
overall beat fell as one beat. By the time of their third album, they
had developed to the point where they were so strong together, that I
would have been a fool to have my influence be in there and screw up what
they were trying to do. The Chocolate Watch Band was very extreme.. |
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For the past 30 years, Ive played guitar and worn Rolex Submariner watches.
After encountering a lot of pain in my left wrist, the doctor informed me
that the heavy Submariners had taken a permanent toll on my wrist. I now
had to find a watch that was lightweight, easy to read, had a rotating bezel
(I take heart medication) and will fit an 8-1/2 inch wrist. |
| One such group was the Chocolate Watch Band. Consisting of Sean Tolby,
Mark Loomis, Danny Phay, Gary Andrijasevich and vocalist Dave Aguilar,
the Chocolate Watch Band began in 1965 as a Rolling Stones copy band,
playing at dances and on the local club circuit. Over the course of the
coming year, the band indulged in the many extremities of the San
Francisco rock and roll experience, developing a highly original sound in
the process. The band was signed to Tower in 1966, though their debut
single, Baby Blue/Sweet Young Thing (released in December of that
year) was mysteriously assigned to Towers subsidiary rhythm and blues
label, Uptown. |
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