DO YOU REMEMBER - BRAD SAVAGE & THE COCKROACHES

In June of 1981, a song written by Jerry & Kelly McCarty called Cockroach Party was penned onto paper, and thus began the transformation of the band "Tilch" into a new band with a new supporting cast called "Brad Savage & The Cockroaches". One year later, that same song became the "A" side on their first recorded 45 rpm record, along with the second song the duo wrote called "Three Stooges Rock & Roll".

Over the years, the duo, along with bassist Bob Dantzer, kept writing music... Even recording a soundtrack to a screen play called "The Archies"in 2001. Beside Brad Savage & Eric Swan came Lance Devoux on drums, Bob Dantzer on bass, Carl Rollin on keyboards and Steve Summers on lead guitar. Although the band sported 3 other guitar players (Eddie Stein, Johnny Badfinger, and Todd (Rambo) Rammler) and another drummer (Lake Speed), the nucleus has been pretty consistent over the years. The last time the band played together publicly was in 1996 for a 25 year reunion.


Bob Dantzer, Eric Swan, Lake Speed & Brad Savage in a 1981 gig.

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THE McCARTY METRO ARCHIVES
JUNE 1994

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JERRY'S WORLD

Nowadays, as soon as a commercial comes on, I grab the remote control and go channel surfing faster than Moon-doogie on the old Gidget movies. These crappy commercials from today make me more upset than Mr. Whipple after a big dump with no Charmin.

When I was a kid, we had good commercials with good dialog. "Take out Funny Bone - HA! HA! HA!. Now that was humor! These commercials today spend the whole 60 seconds with the camera jumping around faster than Flying Fred Curry in a frying pan. Who's holding the camera, Howard Cosell? I guess they figure if they hold the camera still, we might see what crap we're buying.

And these celebrity endorsements drive me nuts. If I gotta see that Metro-Tire commercial with Probie once more, I'm gonna go find Dwayne-Buddy and stick that cellular phone up his butt. It's been 3 years ... WE GET IT!!! Celebrity endorsements when I was a kid consisted of Mr. Belvedere showing you some fat lady's aluminum siding while his phone number flashed across his chest. Sure he was nasal and boring, but we loved it! 

And nowadays, you got all of these products advertised that we used to get our mouths washed out for talking about. You can't watch a show without seeing feminine protection, women's underpants, or June Allison peeing all over herself. When I was a kid, the dirtiest commercial we had was trying to get kids to say "You sunk my Battleship" while holding their tongue.

I've had it with these crummy commercials, I'm boycotting all products that advertise on TV. I'm only buying products that are advertised in the magazines I read. So from now on, on birthdays and holidays, you can expect Joy Buzzers, X-Ray Glasses, and Sea Monkeys.

DAN THE MEDICINE MAN

Dear Club Med: I found a bunch of pills and I would like to know if its alright to take them. --No hurt, no pain.

Dear Kurt Cobain: Hey, are you off of your rocker, you rocker! If those pills were in a brown bag with the initials DJM, then give 'em back. I couldn't find my personal stash the other day and my body nearly seized up. Why without my daily dose of 12 essential vitamins and barbituates, my finely tuned machinery will turn into mush and I'll look like George Burns. So if you know what's good for you, you'll return my drugs. Don't make me come out to your place. I'm so stressed out because I haven't had a fix in so long that I can't be responsible for my actions. I'm telling you right now that if I have to come looking for you, I'll shove a demoral suppository so far where the sun don't shine that you'll be playing backup to Hendrix and Lennon. Don't make me come out there!

Dear M & M: What's the difference between a Demeral suppository and a sensoral depilatory? --Color me hairy.

Dear Harry Colon: I bet you're one of those guys that people talk about when they say that you don't know your #%* from a hole in the ground. So I guess I should walk you through this one of you won't have follicle left on your bum. A sensoral depilatory is used to remove the hair off women's legs in place of shaving. A Demeral suppository is what they found up Kurt Cobain's butt and what they'll find in your ear if you send me any more stupid questions like this one. I wish I were like Dear Abby with thousands of pieces of mail to choose from so that I wouldn't be forced to use such ignorant letters from idiotic excuses for human excrement that shouldn't be allowed to roam the streets and taint the existence for the rest of us real people. Oh yeah, by the way, thanks for writing. Keep in touch, I really care.

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A METRO PHOTO BLAST 


June is a time of graduations. Here is a photo from June 18, 1958
with Rick's kindergarten graduating class.

BILLBOARD TOP HIT SONGS
GUESS THE YEAR THESE SONGS WERE HOT
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My Sharona - Knack
What A Fool Believes - Doobie Brothers
The Gambler - Kenny Rogers
Sultans Of Swing - Dire Straits
We've Got Tonite - Bob Seger

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LAST MONTH'S ANSWER

Mr. Dithers
From The Cartoon Blondie

Congratulations to: Mike

Julius C. Dithers is Dagwood Bumstead's boss in the comic strip Blondie. His wife is Cora Dithers. Mr. Dithers has a very harsh personality and is portrayed as a difficult and controlling employer. He continuously denies Dagwood's requests for a raise and frequently threatens to fire him. He always addresses Dagwood somewhat disrespectfully by using only his last name "Bumstead"

Despite the frequent disputes at work, Julius and Cora are frequent dinner guests at Dagwood's home after work. On these occasions, the relationship is more cordial, with Mr. Dithers addressing Dagwood by his first name.

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