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| 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. |
| The Chocolate Watch Band--one of my favorite sixties psych-garage
bands--hailed from San Jose/San Francisco in the mid-1960s. Following is
a complete transcript of the liner notes from A.V.I./Rhino Records 1983
Best of compilation, which I believe is still available. Alternately,
their complete three sixties (with lots of bonus tracks) are available on
CD from Sundazed records. Those LPs are 1. No Way Out (1967); 2. The
Inner Mystique (1967); and 3. One Step Beyond (1968). Although
subsequent stuff Ive read contradicts some of the things in Mike
McDowells band bio below (especially Ed Cobbs raves about the third
album--One Step Beyond--which didnt feature vocalist Dave Aguilar, and
which, IMHO, is by far the weakest of the three), the following is
nevertheless a pretty good who/what/where piece about a band that
definitely deserves to be remembered. |
| Ive tried six stores and four internet sites and none of them offer a basic
black 20mm band (it can be plain, comfortable leather or more exotic). Its
not hard to find. Spiedel and others make them, but no one has a
20mm/long in stock and no one wants to order a single watch band. |
| 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. |
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