4/24/2011

THE REAL KIDS - All Kindsa Jerks Live

THE REAL KIDS All Kindsa Jerks Live lp 1983
Outta place / No place fast / She don’t know / Common at noon / Boob / Baby’s book / Can't Talk to that Girl / Bad to Worse / She got everything / My Way / All Kindsa Girls.
Recorded live at Paris Bataclan on feb-2nd 1983.
Mixed by A. Français & A. Paley.
The Real Kids: John Felice: guitar vocals / Allen Paulino: bass vocals / Billy Cole: guitar vocals / Bobby Morin: drums.
John Felice (b.1955) grew up in Natick, Massachusetts as a neighbor and friend of Jonathan Richman, a fellow fan of The Velvet Underground. As a 15-year old he joined Richman in the first line-up of The Modern Lovers in late 1970. He performed with the band intermittently between then and 1973, but because of his school commitments was not involved in the 1972 sessions which produced the classic first Modern Lovers album. Felice said: "Me and Jonathan, as close as we were, you know, I was like a punk, I was a wise-ass kid. I liked to do a lot of drugs, I liked to drink, and Jonathan was like this wide-eyed, no-drugs, ate nothing but health food...".
John Felice then decided to start his own band, and formed The Real Kids (originally named The Kids), in 1972, with Rick Coraccio (bass), Steve Davidson (guitar), and Norman Bloom (drums). They became a successful live band in the Boston area, playing "an aggressive brand of straight-ahead, no-bullshit rock which harkened back to Chuck Berry, had overtones of the British Invasion groups at their mod finest, yet pointed the way towards the Punk to come". As well as Felice's own songs, they performed versions of classics by Eddie Cochran, Buddy Holly and others. The band did not record until 1977, when it comprised Felice, Billy Borgioli (guitar), Allen "Alpo" Paulino (bass), and Howie Ferguson (drums). Their only studio album, The Real Kids, was issued on the Red Star label in 1978.
While continuing to play occasionally with different versions of The Real Kids, Felice also worked for a time as a roadie for the Ramones. He came back with a new band, the Taxi Boys who recorded an ep 7-inch pressed on pink vinyl on Star Rhythm & a 6 songs 12-inch on Bomp. Then he reformed the Real Kids and released two lp's : "Outta Place" & "Hit You Hard" on French label New Rose.They toured Europe to release a live album, "All Kindsa Jerks Live and a video tape. Band members Alpo Paulino and Billy Borgioli then left to form the Primitive Souls. In 1988, Felice formed a new band, John Felice and The Lowdowns, releasing an album "Nothing Pretty" on Ace of Hearts records, later re-released on Norton Records.
Bass player Alpo Paulino died on February 6, 2006 (R.I.P).
The Real Kids re-united on several other occasions. They performed regularly in 1998-99, including a New York City New Year's gig. Wikipedia
You can buy it here !

5 commentaires:

MIDNIGHT RAMBLER a dit…

THE REAL KIDS: "All Kindsa Jerks Live" lp 1983 (320 or flac)

Enjoy it & leave comments please!

Anonyme a dit…

The New Rose Years - dble CD
2001 - Last Call records (France) double CD # 3069852

CD ok here
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dave p. a dit…

hi midnight.any chance you could post the Legendary Lovers albums?
i only ever got the 'king of the world' 7".love to hear their other stuff.cheers

Anonyme a dit…

Yeah, I already have that New Rose double CD with All Kindsa Jerks on it. It's awesome.

I've never seen any live video from back then, though! Certainly someone could re-release it on DVD. I'd definitely buy one!

Also, I recommend the John Felice & The Lowdowns album, if anyone is considering buying it. He has a song called "I'll Never Sing That Song Again," supposedly about how he was sick of playing "All Kindsa Girls."
Luckily, he changed his mind by the time I saw the re-united Real Kids in 1999!

Anonyme a dit…

The first reunion of the debut LP lineup (John, Alpo, Billy, and Howie) was in July of '91 at The Rat. I drove up from NYC w/Billy & Miriam in my car and had the greatest time.

They played again in the middle of '92 and then came to Maxwells in Hoboken a couple months later. (I have a tape of that somewhere.) Click here.

And, of course, they're playing at the Norton Records 25th anniversary shindig in Brooklyn this coming November.

- Blair