Last of the Juanitas were a band from Arizona that sounded like they were from San Diego. Either that, or they were a band from New Mexico that sounded like they were from Arizona. I forget!
Maybe it was a Tuesday night, maybe it was at Hole in the Wall in Richmond VA, maybe it was 1999. My band had a show with a touring band called Last of the Juanitas. I brought my 4-track to the show so I could record my own band, and fortunately had an extra 90 minute Maxell XLII cassette tape. Looking back, it's kind of amusing how there was a kind of hierarchy amongst cassette tapes. Certrons were the lowest. Thin-cased Fuji normal bias. Then the clear normal bias Maxells. TDK D-90's. TDK SA-60. And so on. Recording at a higher speed makes for a better recording. All this stuff was kind of important, because there wasn't much fidelity to cling to. Anyway. Two Shure SM 57 microphones pointed to the heavens and plugged into a Fostex.
I guess the verbosity above is there to make up for how little I remember or know about the actual band. The guitarist was a scruffy looking nerf herder that apparently went on to be in Red Fang, one of the biggest rock bands around (I say this because I have heard of them). The bassist was a girl with an Ozzy/Randy Rhoads Tribute shirt, which instantly made her the coolest girl I had ever seen. The drummer might have had short hair and seemed to be the creative driving force behind the songs. They spent the night at my apartment, I fed them breakfast and coffee, and wished them well on their future adventures.
Last of the Juanitas Playlist
those type ii tapes were the shit back in the day. this actually sounds like something right off the board. nice sound. dig it.
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