Well, the secret that I've tried to hide for all these years is out! Before I moved to LA and became a "Hipster Extraordinaire" (as I am called on the back of the Untold Fables first LP), I was a complete dork! Or, as they were called on the east coast, a Gizmo! Keep in mind that this was the mid-70's, but I offer no good explanations for my looks (other than that my siblings that I looked up to were hippies!). I'm not telling you which one is me - you gotta figure it out!
The Gizmos were a non-band that was put together by Kenne Highland and Bob Richert to record some of Kenne's high school r'n'r anthems. We all met in the "recording studio", which was a small bedroom run by a real hippie! We all played and sang live in this small room, so our already crappy equipment sounded even worse since we had to play really quietly! We played maybe 3 sporadic shows (with a different line-up each time!) and since we lived hours (and states!), apart, this non-band "broke-up". Ted Niemic formed a new band and played for a while (maybe even toured) and recorded a split LP with another Hoosier band, before the Gizmos name was retired for good.
Gulcher Records ( GulcherRecords@aol.com ), has now reissued the original recordings on one CD with a number of outtakes, and is also releasing a "demos" CD - god help us all!
Try to forgive my transgressions - I was just a teenager!
Flier for Gizmos first show - only $1!
The Gizmos play a "Punk Rock Festival"!
Gizmos live at Monroe County Public Library
Dave Sulak (hidden), Kenne, Don, Ted, Rich, Dave Medlock
From my Gizmos days! Me at Kenne Highland's wedding party at Cantone's in Boston in 1977 with (left to right) John Felice (Real Kids), Kenne Highland, Jonathan Richman, Kim Kane (Slickee Boys)!