Common Threads by The Raving Knaves

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At The Green Bean, Saturday, July 28, 2012

Sun, 29 Jul 2012 15:59:28 -0400

At The Green Bean, Saturday, July 28, 2012

Photos by Ivan Siler at New York Pizza.

Mon, 16 Jul 2012 22:03:35 -0400

Photos by Ivan Siler at New York Pizza.

Fun Fourth performance. 100 degrees.

Wed, 04 Jul 2012 23:24:09 -0400

Fun Fourth performance. 100 degrees.

New York Pizza. Photos by Ivan Siler.

Wed, 04 Jul 2012 23:22:22 -0400

New York Pizza. Photos by Ivan Siler.

WFMY News 2 comes to CFBG for our live broadcast.

Tue, 03 Jul 2012 09:14:00 -0400

WFMY News 2 comes to CFBG for our live broadcast.

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Tue, 03 Jul 2012 09:12:24 -0400

Join us on Facebook.

Thu, 21 Jun 2012 10:06:38 -0400

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“Male Condition” performed very uptempo in a...

Thu, 21 Jun 2012 09:59:45 -0400

“Male Condition” performed very uptempo in a motorcycle dealership parking lot in August.

New York Pizza, Tate St., Greensboro, May 11.

Mon, 14 May 2012 09:56:28 -0400

New York Pizza, Tate St., Greensboro, May 11.

Venue Review: New York Pizza comes alive.—Dave the Knave (Photos...

Sun, 13 May 2012 12:47:00 -0400

The Radio Reds

Audience

The Raving Knaves

The Raving Knaves

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Dirty Gs

Sarah Atwood, guest vocal with Dirty Gs

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Big Attack!

Audience

Venue Review: New York Pizza comes alive.
—Dave the Knave (Photos by Richard Krol)

New York Pizza deserves a lot of credit for contributing to making Greensboro “the loudest city in North Carolina.”

The little pizzeria on Tate Street has had bands in the past. One of my former groups, Sin Tax, played a show there with the Malamondos in the early 2000s. But there was no money or even a drink deal, back then, at New York Pizza.

Manager Rosie Fernandez has made it one of the best local venues for bands in Greensboro. New York Pizza has a strong social media presence and photographer Richard Krol has been contracted to diligently photograph and post shots from every performance. Free photography for musicians is almost as good as free beer. Best of all, Fernandez posts door personnel at both entrances who exact $3 from every patron. Then, at the end of the night, each band gets an envelope of lucre. Bar prices are LOW. I bought a round for an employee and her boyfriend and it was $5.00, plus tip! (Maybe I got a discount?!)

Sure, you have to bring your own PA, but I caught the Leeves’ show on May 12 and was blown away by how good their piecemeal rig sounded. The acoustics are good and the intimacy of the space is ideal for engaging the audience.

The patio allows for a spillover crowd and a place for smokers where the band still sounds like a good stereo at a modest volume. As a performer, I feel compelled to turn around and give a show to the outsiders during our sets.

‘Didn’t think there was anything this cool happening...

Sun, 29 Apr 2012 21:29:51 -0400

‘Didn’t think there was anything this cool happening in 2000!

yxan:

Peter Maniette Group - Robber 2000.
Cool EP I bought 12 years ago. Solid Dr. Feelgood dirty rock ‘n’ roll.

Press: “Peter Maniette was the man behind the legendary “The Wylde Mammoths”, who in the eighties released two albums on the American label, Crypt Records. When Tim Warren (from Crypt), heard “The Wylde Mammoths” for the first time, he was totally knocked out and realised he had to help out the band. “The Wylde Mammoths” made two LPs and a handful of singles before they called it a day.”

http://lowimpact.nu/index.html

See you on Tate Street!

Tue, 24 Apr 2012 20:16:04 -0400

See you on Tate Street!

Photographer Christopher Lubinski does some amazing shots in the...

Tue, 17 Apr 2012 18:48:00 -0400

Photographer Christopher Lubinski does some amazing shots in the low light of CFBG.

disc0-lemonade: Me too Debbie. Me too. From “Punk”...

Sun, 15 Apr 2012 11:56:21 -0400

disc0-lemonade:

Me too Debbie. Me too.

From “Punk” magazine, we think. They would do photo comics like this. I think Joey was carrying a surf board on the subway.

Free download, April 15-May 19: "1975 (Joey Ramone)" on Reverb Nation.

Sun, 15 Apr 2012 11:49:00 -0400

Free download, April 15-May 19: "1975 (Joey Ramone)" on Reverb Nation.:

Nineteen seventy-five,
Rock and roll is dead, Frampton’s alive,
Lame tunes north and south,
The radio is dying with a tube in its mouth
Your one-four-five and a minor six
Made it fun and we got our fix

Nineteen seventy-seven,
Everybody’s sick of “Stairway to Heaven”
Piling up on the floor
Sheena and Ramona meet the girl nextdoor
Long-legged kid in ripped up jeans
Rhymin’ vindaloo with refried beans

You never let me down
Joey Joey
You never let me down
Joey Joey
You never let me down
Joey Joey
You never let me down
Joey Joey

Nineteen seventy-nine
Temperature’s rising and I’m feeling fine
House party record skips
Everybody in the room is shaking their hips
White light exploding in my face
Russian rocket into space
You never let me down
Joey Joey

The Raving Knaves, summer 2009, during parking lot gig with The...

Sat, 14 Apr 2012 17:02:27 -0400

The Raving Knaves, summer 2009, during parking lot gig with The Malamondos and Pinche Gringo.

MC5 double-back-bend tribute at CFBG, Greensboro, April 7, 2012....

Fri, 13 Apr 2012 14:58:00 -0400

MC5 double-back-bend tribute at CFBG, Greensboro, April 7, 2012. Photo by the amazing Christopher Lubinski.

North Carolina residents: DEFEAT AMENDMENT ONE! The Tom Robinson...

Sat, 07 Apr 2012 15:46:00 -0400

North Carolina residents: DEFEAT AMENDMENT ONE! The Tom Robinson Band was way ahead of us back in 1977 with “Glad to be Gay.”