The Bags
		Photo: Tony Maciag News! This page is no longer being updated. Please visit TheBags.org for current information. Links The Bags Official Website The Bags exhibit at Dirty Water, The Boston Rock & Roll Museum. Trouser Press blurb Psychedelic Music - Bags Discography Boston Phoenix review of 1996 Pipeline show, the last Bags reunion. Who Are The Bags? Lead Guitar: Crispin Wood (below, at right) One of Boston's best guitar players, Crispin mixes Hendrixy leads with classic garage crunch that shows shades of The Bad Brains, The Ramones, Led Zeppelin and many other great bands. In addition to rocking out with The Bags he pens the superb cartoon Rock School Be sure to check out his website: CrispinWood.com. Drums: Jim Janota (above, middle) Jim is one of the most powerful drummers in the Boston scene, if not the free world. His driving rhythms and perfect timing keep The Bags honest, while letting them lumber, stumble, thrash or hammer. His career includes stints with The United States, The Lyres and Upper Crust Bass Guitar and Vocals: Jon Hardy Photo: Tony Maciag One of the most recognizable parts of The Bags mighty and irreverent sound, Jon Hardy is an innovative vocalist and one of the most jamming bass players around. His clever lyrics and amusing vocal stylings are nearly eclipsed by his Reggae-influened tone and awesome improvisational style. Discography Crawling From Within Features pre-Rock-Starve recordings of Egg and Try It. Very hard to find. Compilation LP; Released April, 1987. Rock Starve A fantastic debut album that has endured the test of time. Features: Pioneer , Warm Words, Love Sick Diane, Egg, Big Wig. No record collection is complete without it. LP/CD/Cassette; Restless Records #72233l; Released November, 1987. I Know/Hide And Seek One of their best singles, it showcases the classic Bags style on the A side, then turns over and experiments with 60's style psychedelia. Cool. 45; Stanton Park #STP-013; Released March, 1989. Swamp Oaf The Bags alter ego, Swamp Oaf, rocks every bit as well. Way, way out of print and very hard to find, even in Boston. Features: Extra Eye, Sad Minnow, Mama Swime and Wail, which also appears on the WMBR Pipeline CD. LP; Stanton Park #SLP-002; Released June, 1989. The Bags This second, untitled LP features some of The Bags best known songs, including Bag Pipe, The Beauty Of The Bud, Evil, Thousand Acre Wood, Dummy and Dropout. It rocks like nothing else. LP; Stanton Park #SLP-002; Released March, 1990. L. Frank Baum/Max Roach This single reveals a strong art-rock sensibility, as L. Frank Baum sends up The Wizard Of Oz like Dorothy's house in a tornado. Yes. 45; Stanton Park #STP-018; Released June, 1991. Dr. Lb./Frilly Underwear A classic Bags 45, released on the italian Helter Skelter label. Be careful, or Dr. Lb. will hit you with some volume. 45; Helter Skelter #HS91704; Released August, 1991. The Bags: Night Of The Corn People The Bags swan song, this killer was released as a CD on Stanton Park Records , and as a double LP on colored vinyl by Helter Skelter. It contains the absolute watershed of Bags rock-and-rollia. The first LP contains classics such as Naked Lady, Amsterdamned, The Mole, I Smell A Rat and Living In The Country. The second LP contains the full-side Rock Opera Waiting For Maloney, which is pretty much indescribeable, and five more classic Bags tunes. A must have. CD; Stanton Park SCD-005, Released August, 1991. Double LP; Helter Skelter #HS921211, Released January, 1992. The Bags: 2 Songs Live Newly released, this CD single features Ivan the Terrible backed with Hide and Seek. Both songs were recorded live during the reunion show at the Middle East Downstairs in February, 2004. Ivan the Terrible is a new song. Hide and Seek was previously available on a rare 7" vinyl edition. CD; Oaf Records, Released June, 2004. The Bags: Sharpen Your Sticks This full-length studio release features a ton of new songs including Believer, Cavemen Rejoice, Footprint, Ivan The Terrible, Me Dumb, Gargoyle, Asskicker and Anemone. CD; Oaf Records, Released February, 2005. Where Can I Get These Albums? The Bags "label of record", who so graciously provided some of the album cover scans you see above... Also try: Records By Mail - Bags LPs. Note: this site is not affiliated with Staton Park or Records By Mail and makes no claims about availability, quality, price, etc.

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