History Negative Trend

1 history

1.1 grand mal (1977)
1.2 negative trend 1 (1977-1978)
1.3 negative trend 2 (1978)
1.4 negative trend 3 (1978-1979)
1.5 negative trend 3.5 , break-up (1979)
1.6 reformation (2008-2010)

history
grand mal (1977)

grand mal short-lived band formed in july 1977. first lineup consisted of don vinil on vocals, craig gray on guitar, v. vale, of search & destroy punk zine, on bass, , todd robertson on drums. due magazine commitments, vale left band , shatter replaced him, despite having no previous musical experience. quartet played 3 gigs, sharing bills bands such avengers, dils, , dead boys. during last show @ mabuhay gardens in san francisco, california on november 7, 1977, rozz rezabek stepped in band s new vocalist, after jumping on stage, not allowing vinil continue performing. vinil left band start offs, , grand mal became negative trend.

negative trend 1 (1977-1978)

on december 14, 1977, band played first show under name negative trend @ mabuhay gardens. rozz rezabek singer of band, , rest of lineup remained same.

during show avengers @ iguana studios, during sandy pearlman in attendance (although there watch avengers performance), rezabek broke arm while performing on stage after tripping on microphone cord. rezabek notorious electrifying performances, oftentimes jumping onto tables , throwing drinks onto floor.

on january 14, 1978, after playing 6 shows in southern united states, sex pistols played final show @ winterland arena in san francisco, california. day before show, spray painted walls of winterland words negative trend . before sex pistols went on, malcolm mclaren demanded bill graham, set show, allow negative trend go on before sex pistols. before show had started, mclaren asked howie klein worst band in san francisco was, , klein responded saying negative trend. mclaren told graham if band not allowed play, sex pistols refuse play. graham agreed let negative trend go on after sex pistols. however, time sex pistols left stage , negative trend got set up, there nobody left in attendance, negative trend never got play.

negative trend 2 (1978)

in march 1978, rezabek quit band, , shatter , gray decided find new drummer, robertson had failed show few shows. mikal waters end replacing rezabek after band auditioned few singers @ iguana studios, , steve depace replace robertson on drums. new version of negative trend played first gig on june 1, 1978.

it version of negative trend recorded band s first studio recordings. eponymous 7 ep produced debbie dub. while record more famous now, dub , band had hard time giving record away when produced. record released in september 1978 label heavy manners. side 1 of record included tracks mercenaries , meathouse , while side 2 had tracks black , red , how ya feelin . record has been re-released 2 times, once in december 1983 subterranean records, , again in april 2006 2.13.61

negative trend 3 (1978-1979)

in november 1978, negative trend needed find singer replace waters. gray , shatter heard band f-word had broken up, , decided recruit former f-word singer rik l rik negative trend. gray , shatter asked drummer tim mooney, of band sleepers, take on depace. shortly after formation of version of negative trend, band went los angeles record 5 demos posh boy records. however, tracks released under name negative trend recordings posh boy records mercenaries , got power on tooth , nail compilation lp, released upsetter records in 1979. however, 5 of tracks recorded negative trend posh boy records released under name rik l rik on compilation album beach blvd.

negative trend 3.5 , break-up (1979)

after few gigs third version of negative trend, shatter quit band , replaced 16-year-old jonathan henrickson. after traveling austin, texas play 2 shows, rik decided leave band. final 3 negative trend shows had guest singers. final negative trend show took place on april 27, 1979 @ mills college in oakland, california queer , dead kennedys. ricky williams did of singing @ final show. mooney, williams, , gray go on form band toiling midgets.

reformation (2008-2010)

in july 2008, depace put version of negative trend himself on drums, gray on guitar, paul hood on bass, , paul casteel singing. rezabek not asked perform reformed version of band. after first gig, tom mallon took on hood s position bass player. after second gig, depace forced stop playing due commitments band flipper. tony sales replaced depace on drums. band went on play few more shows before splitting in 2010.