THE RAUNCH HANDS by Mike Tchang: Pt. 2
We recorded 8, or 9 songs at a studio called The Bat Cave in N.Y.C. on 8 tracks, most of it was live with few overdubs. We also put the cover together on our own accord. We then shopped around for a record deal and awhile After the tour we signed up with Relativity Records which is an important record lable.
The "Stomp It" Single was recorded at about the same time we recorded "Tiger Guitars." It only took us one or two tries to get these songs down. This one we did live to 2 tracks.
Right after the summer of '85 we put out our own Single "Ford" b/w "The Stroll" on Whap-A-Dang.
The first original song we played was "Never Coming Home," which is now out on a Compilation called Luxury Condos. I don't like most of the songs on it, ours is the best.
I met Tim Warren through a friend when he was working at a record shop who inturn introduced me to Chandler. He loved our group, and decided to help us out and put a cut on one of his comps. (editors note: Back From The Grave- Vol. 3 on Crypt Records) That was our first vinyl ever.
Ira Kaplan (Egon Records) is the sound man at Maxwells, and after seeing us play for the first time there, decided to put out first Single out. He was there to record the Single along with Dony Fury - who is the owner and engineer at Demo Demo, a basement studio in Soho, where we recorded it.
On the cover we are jumping on a 6 foot pile of cow shit, and on the back we're standing in the shit spreader. When Ira recorded his Yo La Tengo thing, he asked me to do a little Sax, and I did. I'm not part of his band.
I started to play Sax in June of '84. I started on an Alto Sax until it was stolen, then I decided to buy a Tenor Sax which I still play today. Mike Mariconda, along with guitar plays Lap Steel, and Fiddle, plus Harp.
We're working on a licensing deal with European labels right now for "El Rauncho Grande," so hopefully you will be able to get it soon.
We have already recorded another album which will have 12 cuts on it, and will be called "Learn To Whap-A-Dang With The Raunch Hands." This one was recorded on 12 tracks, but was litterally put down live! We recorded it at a place in Long Island called the Boogie Hotel. There we lived for 3 days. The Boogie Hotel is a very large house with a studio on the first floor. This album should be out in April, or May of this year world wide!!
Gig wise, we just finished a mini tour down to Louisiana and back. In 2 weeks we are going to do a 3 month tour of the US and Canada!! There is talk of going to Europe this fall. It all depends on how things go, so keep your fingers crossed.
The "Shake Em On Down" Radio show was a live over the air show. There we played 4, or 5 songs accoustically over the air (a very rare happening). Ed Numan put the show together.
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