| SHORT ORDER COOKS |
Chauncy Renford-vocals & keyboards
Talan 'Riff Motor' Memmott-guitar
Gregg Slater-bass
Shazam!-drums
Talan 'Riff Motor' Memmott-guitar
Gregg Slater-bass
Shazam!-drums
| Several people who were in some of these bands way back when have contacted me because they were in one of the bands. I haven't heard from some of them for upwards of twenty years. I'm blown away with what has happened to some of these folks. I knew them briefly when they were teenage punk musicians. Some of them have gone on to fantastic success in one field or another, mostly relating to music/art. Talan Memmott is one of those guys that just blows me away. Successful artist, musician, writer and film maker. He's also an award winning web designer and speaker. His web site is at: http://talanmemmott.com/ other links: http://twitter.com/talmott http://www.facebook.com/profile.ph p?id=630132787&ref=profile#!/talan.me mmott?ref=sgm http://trace.ntu.ac.uk/comp.cfm |
| S.O.C. gigged in the Fresno area 1980-1981. They played the Fresno Freakers Ball at the Cherry Avenue Hall opening for the SUBTRACTIONS and I remember them playing at the big DEAD KENNEDYS show at the Belmont Ballroom in 1980. Teenagers who sometimes performed in Chef's outfits, SHORT ORDER COOKS had an effective visual impact. They were quite unusual for the time. A mixture of wave, punk and performance art. Richard Wineland (SUBS bass/gig promoter) really liked them and put them on the bill whenever he could. |
| Short Order Cooks 1980: Gregg Slater-Bass Chauncey Renford-Vocals Shazam!-Drums Talan Memmott-Guitar |
After SOC Gregg Slater shifted from bass to
keyboard and started creating ambient
music. In the late 80s he had a project with
Tim Biskup called the Insight of Blindness.
They released a cassette called Blackball
with silkscreened art on Duck Butter
Records. Gregg continues to today making
sound textures in a collaboration with
Robert Messner in a project called
Occurrences in Rain.
keyboard and started creating ambient
music. In the late 80s he had a project with
Tim Biskup called the Insight of Blindness.
They released a cassette called Blackball
with silkscreened art on Duck Butter
Records. Gregg continues to today making
sound textures in a collaboration with
Robert Messner in a project called
Occurrences in Rain.
The Mapmaker's Dilemma is Gregg Slater's
cool blog and has some of his art and
poetry posted there.
cool blog and has some of his art and
poetry posted there.