In Memory Of Dave "Hard Korp" Koehler

                                  

                              

                           

                            

                              



                                  

                                                    

                                                

                                            

                                           

                                          

                                              

                                                             

                                   

                                             
                                                       
                                                                
                                                       

                                                            
                    

              
                                                       
                                                             
                          

                                             

                                                             
                          

                                                             
                                                       

      

                                                               
                                       

                                                             
                                

                                                             
                              

                                                          
                              

                                                          
                                  

                                                            


                                                          
                     

            Bonjour Aviators - Fury In My Eyes Single and Bonus Song

                          
                                            

The Bonjour Aviators track is titled "I Wanna Go To A Party", and it was written and sung by Kim Preston, who was obviously in the Aviators Bonjour Aviators were: Kim Preston: Guitar, keyboards, & vocals John Shriver: Bass guitar, vocals Kevin Graves: Drums (Kevin was one of the drummers for Blue Cheer) Fred Pineau: Guitar, vocals Kim and I wrote the songs, and toward the end of the band we did a song written by John Shriver as well. I put the band together in 1975. Kevin and John lived a few streets over from me in Brookline, Ma. I can't remember how I met Kim, but someone hooked us up and he fit right in. I believe that Kim had come to Boston to go to college. Kim was also one of two black men in rocks bands in Boston at that time, the other being Jon Butcher. We slogged along as there were almost no clubs in Boston that would book original bands at that time. I wrote "Boston City Limits" in 1973 as a response to the fact that club patrons all seemed to want to hear "Colour My World" and songs of that ilk rather than original Rock & Roll. I never should have recorded that song as the scene had changed at that point, but it's 20/20 hindsight at this point. Kim grew up in NYC, and one of his best friends was Richard Lloyd of Television. Richard told us about two NY clubs that were booking original bands, CBGB's and Max's Kansas City. He was good enough to get us gigs in both clubs beginning in 1975, and we were, I believe, he first Boston band to play those rooms. We were constantly going back and forth to NYC, staying at either the Chelsea Hotel or in Terry Ork's loft - He was the manager of Television. When we stayed at Terry's loft, I would wake up every morning to a life size poster on the wall in front of the mattress that I was sleeping on of Iggy Pop, naked and full frontal. I so needed coffee after that......Once we were there in the middle of the winter, and it was freezing! Terry hadn't paid the heating bill, so there was no heat in the loft. It had a fireplace, so we broke up every stick of furniture in the place and burned it to stay warm. It ended with us tearing the fireplace mantel off the wall, breaking it up, and burning it. We played with Talking Heads, Television, Tuff Darts, The Dead Boys, and many others when the NY scene was just getting going. Hilly Crystal was a gas, and it was a who's who of rock hanging out every night, from members of The Ramones to David Johansson to all of Blondie, etc., etc., etc.. I met John Cale at Max's - I was a huge Velvets fan, and he was a total asshole. I told him to fuck off. He didn't care. We did a 4 track basement recording of 4 of our songs that's been lost to the ages. I wish that I could lay my hands on it. Finally, The Rat and The Club opened and the Boston scene exploded. We brought Johnny Thunders & The Heartbreakers up to The Rat for a Friday and Saturday. Just Bonjour Aviators and them for both nights. It was a huge success and should have been the launching point for The Aviators. But we had personnel issues, and we parted company with Kim at the end of the second night. It was a huge mistake for both Kim and the rest of us as the band was never the same after that. The chemistry had been destroyed. We reformed with a second guitarist, Craig Covner, and a lead singer, Randall. We recorded the 45, and "The Fury In Your Eyes" got respectable airplay and was on The Rat's juke box. The band finally broke up about a year after the split with Kim. Our final show was at Dummy's on Commonwealth Ave., which later became The Paradise. Well, that's all that I can remember now! I'll fill in more as I remember it... Thanks again, Fred


                                                          
              

                                                         
    

                  


                                                         
            

                                                                                                               
                                                                 

                                                                                                                    
                                              

                                                        
                                

                 


                                                                                                                  
                                                      

                                                                                                                 
                                                      

                                                                                                                    
                                                        

                                                                                                                 
          

                                                            
                     

                                                                                                                  
                        

                                                           
   

                                                           
                       

                                                           
                                                         

                                                              
                              

                                                       
                                                           
                     

                                                          
                                                   

                                                       
                                 

                                                            
                       

                                                           
                                                            

                                                           
                                  

                                                            
                    

                                                             
                    

                                                             
                             

                                                             
                                

                                                       

                                      

JORDAN'S REELS & CASSETTES HERE
                                      

                                     

                                      

                                       

                                         

                                                  
                                                   

                      

    
                                                     

                                   

                                                              

                                     

And here we have a brand new thing I have done.Basically I took a reel which was labeled Rhythm Tracks May 1979 and I took the above reel for the May 1979 DIY Studio Project and married the two together like this:

Track 1 - Left Drums, Track 2 - Right Drums, Track 3 - Rhythm Guitar,Track 4 - Bass,Track 5 - Lead/Rhythm Overdub, Track 6 - Vocals.

The two tapes were running at slightly different speed and not timecoded so this has been 4-6 weeks of work to sync together.Should        be done now and it sounds really good.I hear everything from kick drum to the crispy cymbals.

HERE: The New 6 Track Expanded Re-Mix for the DIY Studio PRoject with Roger Tripp at the LaPeste Loft May 1979.

The Expanded 6 Track Remix at HD 24bit/ 96k FLAC Here  6-Track Part 1              6-Track Part 2

The Expanded 6 Track Remix at HD 16bit/ 44.1k FLAC Here