10000 maniacs unplugged location and date

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Īt the beginning of 1983, Jerry Augustyniak joined the band as their permanent drummer. Discouraged by the lack of actual gigs, and by having to sell plasma and rake leaves to buy food, the band moved back to Jamestown in November 1982 to regroup. During this time they lived in Atlanta, Georgia, for a short period at the encouragement of friends who said that many gigs were available there. In March 1982, with Jim Foti on drums, the band recorded an EP album titled Human Conflict Number Five, financed by Drew's mother. Tired of playing cover songs-though their first notable American hit was a cover of the Cat Stevens hit ' Peace Train'-the band started to write their own music, usually with Merchant handling the lyrics and Lombardo the music. Edborg left and Bob 'Bob O Matic' Wachter was on drums for most of the 1981 gigs. They performed as 10,000 Maniacs for the first time on Labor Day, September 7, 1981, with a line-up of Merchant, Lombardo, Buck, Drew, Gustafson, and Tim Edborg on drums.

#10000 maniacs unplugged location and date movie#

The band changed its name to Burn Victims and then to 10,000 Maniacs, inspired by the 1964 low-budget horror movie Two Thousand Maniacs!.

Newhouse and Cardinale left the band in July, and Merchant became the main singer. John Lombardo, who was in a band named The Mills (along with brother guitarist/vocalists Mark Liuzzo and Paul Liuzzo and drummer Mike Young) and used to play occasionally with Still Life, was invited to join permanently on guitar and vocals. Gustafson invited Natalie Merchant, who was 17 at the time, to do some vocals. The band was formed as Still Life in 1981 in Jamestown, New York, by Dennis Drew (keyboards), Steven Gustafson (bass), Chet Cardinale (drums), Robert Buck (guitar) and Buck's ex-wife Terri Newhouse (vocals).