Recording with David J

Bumtech had the great good fortune to record a track with David J of Bauhaus and Love & Rockets this past Monday.  We recorded the track at the studio of producer Kerry Brown and Smashing Pumpkin's Billy Corgan.  David J provided an excellent bass line reminiscent of the Beatles' Rain on his fretless Fender Precision Bass.  Jonn did lead vocals and guitar, and Sharon played the drums and Micro Korg.  Sharon and David did some nicely layed oohs in the background to top off the track.  The track was produced by Kerry Brown with assistant Kevin Dippold to a great result!  The track is as yet unreleased but stay tuned!

The session was made possible by David J fan and friend of Bumtech, Mick Lai.  Cale Wilbanks documented the session and captured the spirit of the day with some great photos.  See more at Bumtech's Facebook page: 
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The track will be available for you to hear soon!

 

Had Some Laughs, Killed Some Time

Our three day California tour was a lot of fun.  We arrived in Fresno on Thursday, Oct. 27 for a show at the charming Tokyo Garden, an establishment that has been a Fresno landmark since the 50s.  Although the streets of Fresno were silent, there was plenty of rockin going on at the Garden.  We were joined by some nice Fresno locals, Tommy Marquez, SirenSinging, and Llama Boy.  Chris Bochin of Llama Boy kindly put us up for the night and gave us some Tang.

The next day we drove to Oakland for a Friday night show at Mama Buzz, a really cool cafe with veggie food and GOOD COFFEE!  We conversed with the with Oakland locals about Oakland, LA, and Portland, Occupy Protests, and the Nov. 2 General Strike in Oakland, which Bumtech is observing from our home base in LA.  We played a great show and were joined by Nintendo DSi dj Jahnonymous and Guitar Wizards of the Future.

 

On the way we had to resist buying this T-Shirt:

On Saturday we went back to Mama Buzz for breakfast, MORE COFFEE, and to see our friend, legendary punk rocker Eddie Morgan of first wave Portland punk band Ice-9.  Jonn looks good in Ed Mo's glasses.

Then, off to San Luis Obispo for our last show of the tour.  It was Saturday night and there were plenty of drunk people in Halloween costumes as early as 9pm.  We had a great time in SLO even though they spelled our name wrong.  The Frog & Peach provided plenty of Makers Mark to help me get over my cold.

And that does it for another tour!