Falling Idols - 1982 Rehearsal [ALL RELEASED FOOTAGE]

Falling Idols lineup in this video:
David Quackenbush - Vox
Ross Fletcher - Guitar
Randy Bradbury - Bass
Mudd Lowther - Drums
thanks to Mudd & the kind folk at Long Beach Records for preserving this video in 3 parts. I clipped them together and uploaded here for archival purposes. Support Long Beach Records here:
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The band biography/history as told by Greg 'Mudd' Lowther: Me and Trey have been friends since 2nd grade and started a punk band in 1980 called Red Alert with John Flynt on guitar, Trey on bass and David Quackenbush on vocals. We soon found out that an English band had beat us to the name. In 1981 John left the band and Ross Fletcher replaced him on guitar. We all went to high school at Wilson High in Long Beach. We recorded a tape-only album and changed our name to The Falling Idols.
The original line-up was: Ross Fletcher - guitar Trey Pangborn - bass Mudd - drums David Quackenbush - vocals
We released a full-length album and a 500 copy EP on our own label BSC Records. We were also on a Beamis Brain compilation album "When Men Were Men And Sheep Were Scared". Brad had this tape and learned a lot of the songs that he used to play on accoustic guitar up at UC Santa Cruz. The Falling Idols theme song was on that album. The tape has been out of print since 1982. By 1982, me and Trey graduated High School and Trey went off to school in New Mexico. Randy Bradbury, a friend who had taken up bass and was very into what we were doing, joined the band as the new bass player. During Christmas break of 1982/83, Trey was back in town and had improved a lot on guitar. We recorded the stuff that was on the Falling Idols EP at that time with Ross and Trey on guitar. After another semester, Trey was able to leave New Mexico and transfer back to LBCC. The EP we were working on was all but done when the guy who was going to put it out (Bill Spracher) pulled out. All the albums were hand-painted by the band members and friends, so Ross stored them away figuring that maybe some day they would see the light of day. When he released them in 1990 not much was done with them. Not until Skunk began to distribute them did many make it out of Ross' closet. All 500 have now been sold. Next we recorded for Beamis Brain for a compilation of Long Beach punk that was called "When Men Were Men And Sheep Were Scared". Soon after, David was asked to sing for The Vandals. The band continued to play, but less frequently due to conflicts with the Vandals' schedule. I left the band in 1985 to attend college in Detroit (Wayne State). By the time I returned, Greg Odell, a much younger drummer who I was friends with, was the new drummer. The band never broke up, it more just faded.

[@dc9000deryke]

never caught you guys. great video. lb classic

[@SwearJar]

hell yeah. i caught them in 2016 at their last reunion. alex’s bar LBC. before that they reunited in 2006 when Ken All Night Rocker passed away.

[@dc9000deryke]

@@SwearJar aww KEN ... rest in power.

[@jellyproductions3767]

@@SwearJar Where is Ross Fletcher these days?

[@SwearJar]

@@jellyproductions3767 he’s on instagram- user rossfletcher58 we follow each other - not sure if he’s in LB or what

[@ninaborovsky9992]

Oh too sweet 🧁

[@ciril6904]

What UP Nina ??? !!!! It's Darrin Hall, remember me the Trouble Maker

[@tonyhughes6940]

Bro!!!❤🤗🤗

[@ninaborovsky9992]

Oh, I found an old tape the other day.. I re mastered it... Falling Idols on it, Yep!!!

[@SwearJar]

Oh wow! is it video?! How can I see it?!

[@ninaborovsky9992]

No Reid! I wish it was!! Nope... It's an old cheese mix tape of early 80s / late 70s punk banks... But I saw this and flipped!! I will try to get it out there, couple weeks??? Thanks