The Erasers at CBGB and OMFUG, Oct. 5, 6, 7, 1978
  • ephemera
  • photocopy / xeroxed
  • monochrome
  • 27.7 x 21.5 cm.
  • [1] pp.
  • edition size unknown
  • unsigned and unnumbered

The Erasers at CBGB and OMFUG, Oct. 5, 6, 7, 1978

Erasers

The Erasers at CBGB and OMFUG, Oct. 5, 6, 7, 1978

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Single sided flyer / mailer published to promote performances by The Erasers at CBGB and OMFUG, on October 5, 6, 7, 1978.

Erasers, Rock Band, At CBGB''''s by John Rockwell, from The New York Times, February 27, 1978. "The general press seems all In a dither about punk rock these days. But it''''s the British variety they''''re denouncing, when some people in London say the punk movement there has crested. In the meantime, we hear less about new bands coming out of SBGB''''s [sic.], the original home of the whole punk movement. But in fact the Bowery club is still hotbed of young bands that play hard, original and—at their best—distinctive rock-and-roll, Whether you choose to label it "''''punk" or not seems almost irrelevant. The Erasers, who headlined at the club this weekend, consist of three young women (ages 22 to 26) and one younger man (age 21). The four don''''t make rock that is quite yet at the level of the very best bands that have come nut of this scene, But they''''re growing fast and already their music is exciting and fresh—a testimony once again to the continued vitality of CBGB''''s as spawning ground.
The band was formed a year ago by Susan Springfield. a guitarist and singer who also does most of the group''''s composing. Miss Springfield had been playing with Jane Fire, the drummer, for about a year before that; the two of them plus Jody Beach, the bass player, and a male keyboardist formed, the original band. Last September the keyboard player dropped out and Ritchie Lure came in as lead guitarist.
The band members share backgrounds with a number of the more-established New York groups. All three women had some sort of past allegiance to the visual arts, especially Miss Springfield, who came to New York to be an.,artist. And Miss Springfield professes an open admiration for Patti Smith (who chose the band to open her first show last December at the CBGB Theater), and even sounds rather like her at times.
But it is the music—particularly given the basic incomprehensibility of the words—that first strikes a listener. The Erasers are working out a style that maintains the basic tension and excitement of rock yet varies its regularity with interesting, unexpected assymetries [sic.]. And Mr. Lure is a very good guitarist. It will be most interesting to see how far this band can develop."

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