Saccharine Trust - biography
Saccharine Trust is a band from California that was started in 1980 by singer Jack Brewer and guitarist Joe Baiza.This article on a United States band or other musical ensemble is a stub.See Copyrights for details.Without the brutal anger of Black Flag, the populism of the Minutemen, the hillbilly stomp of the 'Puppets or the pop smarts of Husker Du, the band was often left playing support to the stars and being content with their "cult band" status.If you're feeling really clueless, go out today and purchase their Pagan Icons or We Became Snakes discs and believe.The following interview was recently conducted with Sacc' Trust guitar god, Joe Baiza.PSF: Tell me about the beginnings of the group.The first Saccharine Trust performance was at a backyard barbecue with the Minutemen in the summer of 1980.One day I got a phone call from Mike Watt and he invited us to play at a party with the Minutemen.When I told him we weren't ready to play yet he kind of called us chickens and said that we would never be ready.With that I agreed to play, so I guess you could kind of say that he gave us a little push.It turned out that Jack had a lot of sisters with friends.It seemed that Jack followed lyrics in music very closely.Hollywood and LA for some time by then.Jack invited me to one of his band rehearsals to help with the sound.The next day Jack asked me what I thought of the band but I didn't want to say anything about the drummer so I just said that maybe he should get a bass player which they didn't have at the time.Like some kind of conceptual art experiment.They had kind of an odd and quirky pop sound at that time.The next day there was a knock at my door and when I answered there was a strange looking man who kind of resembled Illya Kuryakin from the TV show the Man from U.It turned out to be Jack Brewer with a haircut and a shave.Little by little, all the guys in Jack's band quit till there was no one left but the two of us.Everyone in the other car was staring over at him with a shocked and horrified expression.We even had or windows rolled up.Pedro scene was different from the other punk scenes in L.It wasn't till then that I realized that females were attracted to music.Cream, Jimi Hendrix, early Jeff Beck and early Led Zeppelin.You weren't going to get any girls listening to Trout Mask Replica.Glitter Rock period when that happened.David Bowie and Alice Cooper among other groups.Sex Pistols single when it came out but I decided to buy a hamburger instead.You could have a lot of fun running around the city causing trouble.If it wasn't for punk rock in L.So I have to say that it was a big influence on me.Good or bad, we almost couldn't help trying, with some failure and some success.Who did you feel were kindred spirits?Of course, there were a lot of crazy activities to make up for the bad things.In fact, I didn't like playing proper chords at all.Jack had a lot to say and a lot of words.All these things did happen naturally.Every time there was personnel change in the group the group's sound and direction would change.In a way it seems to me that punk is kind of like blues music in that it gets handed down generation to generation; so far anyway.There are so many young people now creating original sounds.PSF: Did you feel the band was political in any way in the '80's, like you were, in a sense, fighting a cultural war?Yes, sure, but in a more personal way.Besides, it seemed more interesting to suggest than to hang a sign.Bill Stevenson was driving the van and doing the graveyard shift, that is driving from midnight and into the morning.Bill had fallen asleep and he was trying to get control of the van, but no, he seemed too calm for that.Eventually, we were directed onto a prepared flat area that kind of resembled a big dirt parking lot which was more than a little bit off the highway.The doors of the van were pulled opened and there were a lot of official looking people in uniforms running around and some of them were telling us to get out of the van.There were a few other vehicles on that lot being swarmed on and a couple of helicopters were landing and taking of and flying and landing again.Another man videotaped me as I spoke.They were the same questions the other guy asked me.By the time we split up, it seemed as if every member of the band had his own musical direction for the group.This created a problem because together, I felt, we were not truly supporting the music we were making at that time.As for myself, I was interested in doing something else.PSF: What have you done in the meantime?After Saccharine Trust broke up, Jack Brewer started a new group and Tony Cicero started a new group with Bob Fitzer.So we wrote tunes and did covers of Ornette Coleman, James Blood Ulmer, Ronald Shannon Jackson, Henry Threadgill and a few other musicians that we admired.Eventually, the German music magazine called Spex did an article on us and this created some interest for the band in Germany and elsewhere Europe.We toured in Europe through the early '90's.One night after a show in a club that we may have played at on three or maybe four occasions, the club promoter came up to me.Mike Watt during his punk rock opera Contemplating the Engine Room days.Right now, besides playing with Saccharine, I've got the Joe Baiza Congress of in the laboratory with Wayne Griffin on drums again.PSF: What jobs have you had over the years?Trust different from the old one?The new Saccharine Trust is definitely a more cohesive group.Everything just seems to be easier with this new Saccharine Trust line up, which by the way has been in existence since 1996 so it's not really that new.Richie Hass joined us playing the vibraphone and that's been a great addition to the group.So as you can see I have nothing but complete optimism for the development of the group.Now, we just have to apply more time to working out the music.We have not toured much.We did a short West Coast tour around 1998 that our friend Mario Lalli organized for Saccharine Trust and his group at that time called Sort of Quartet.Anyway, that tour was a lot of fun and there were more than just a few people who came up to us and said that they couldn't believe that Saccharine Trust was back together again.Joe Carducci wanted us to do something on his label but we ended up not doing anything.Mugger in years but I think he was the guy who sent a pretty funny email to the Saccharine Trust web site a while back.Sonic Youth over the years?At this point now, the UK dates have already occurred.Some of our friends were there to play like Nels (Cline) and Carla (Bozulich) and the guys from Deerhoof.Maybe a trip to Italy or possibly something in Germany again.It would be great to go back to the UK.If anyone reading this has any interesting ideas, get in touch with us.Writing new music and recording is the next step.Should we get a new look?Some lyrics have MP3 music video with the code for easy incorporation into your web site or blog.All lyrics are property and copyright of their owners.Complimentary Saccharine Trust ringtones!You did not enter a search term.Not the most important band to emerge from Los Angeles in the early '80s, Saccharine Trust is interesting for incorporating varied textural elements into a genre that was defined by volume and simplicity.This, however, does not make Saccharine Trust better than their peers, simply different, and a little more intriguing.By the early '90s, Brewer started his own band called, big surprise, the Jack Brewer Band.Joe Baiza formed the fine, funky, and exciting Universal Congress Of.Please refresh the page to fix the problem.Saccharine Trust is interesting for incorporating varied textural elements into a genre that was defined by volume and simplicity.This, however, does not make Saccharine Trust better than their peers, simply different, and a little more intriguing.Black Flag), SST was also...Write a ReviewYour TakeTell the world what you think about Saccharine Trust!Is this archive missing Saccharine Trust Lyrics?Do you have lyrics by Saccharine Trust that are not listed here?Random mp3 lyrics
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