RADIO SILENCE
Punk Jazz
(1982-84)

Laurence Miller
Guitar and vocals
The late Don Rimmer
Bass
The late John O'Reilly
Drums
Ben Miller
Alto Saxophone

 

RADIO SILENCE was Miller's alternative relief program away from the punk band he was slaving over at the time, NONFICTION.  The band managed to release
a half studio half "live" cassette over the course of it's short life, playing out at Ann Arbor's Joe's Star Lounge several times before folding.  Ben Miller played in this band, as he did too, in his own alternative band, G.K.W. (God Knows Who).  Influences included King Krimson, TV jingles, and movie themes.

 


Pictured here is the front cover to their self titled, cassette release (c) 1983.  The best tunes
were Miller's BUT, WHAT IS CRAZY? and ROTATING REVOLVING, and his arrangemets of MISSION IMPOSSIBLE and PINK PANTHER. (The late) Don Rimmer, their bassist, designed the band's logo.
Laurence used this TV cabinet for an external speaker cab "live".  It caught on fire at Ann Arbor's Rick's American Cafe, in the middle of a guitar solo.  One of the guitarists from the next band, THE URBATIONS, freaked and ran up on stage to put it out and knocked over Miller's backup guitar putting a huge gouge in it.  Safety first.


      Side A) Multi track garage recordings 11/83 thru 2/84

  1) CBS GOOD EVENING THEME
  2) BUT, WHAT IS CRAZY?
  3) HAIL TO THE VICTIMS
  4) THE LAW
  5) ROTATING / REVOLVING
  6) BAGPIPE PIECE
  7) THE SOUND OF MUZAK
  8) MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE THEME
  9) DON'T JOIN THE ARMY
10) ENCORE IN E
11) CBS GOOD NIGHT THEME

    Side B)  "Live" @ Joe's Star Lunge 8/28/83

1) CBS GOOD NIGHT THEME
2) MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE THEME
3) THE LAW
4) PINK PANTHER
5) ENCORE
6) THE SOUND OF MUZAK
7) JUNKYARD
8) THRU THE VERGE
9) CBS LATE NIGHT THEME

Larry Miller: Vocals, electric guitar, keyboard, and Bb clarinet
Ben Miller: Alto Saxophone
Don Rimmer: Bass
John O'Reilly: Drums

* Logo Design by Don Rimmer

 

MISSION IMPOSSIBLE ~ A sketchy low fi dupe.


BUT, WHAT IS CRAZY? ~ Another sketchy low fi dupe.  This one's clearly reminiscent of KING
                                    KRIMSON's "RED".

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