The first song on my new LP "Stars After Stars After Stars" is a cover of a song by Hot Bodies called "In The Inside"
Hot Bodies were one of my favorite local New Haven bands of the late '70's New Wave/Punk scene. Lead singer Ricky Rondo was kind of a hero of mine and taught me some important guitar licks (the scream bend!). There was some talk of me joining Hot Bodies as the 2nd guitarist, but Rick broke up the band instead, and started another, TV Neats, that included me.
The song was written by their drummer Kerry Miller, the only guy on the New Haven scene who was as big an Alex Chilton freak as me. He claims to have written the riff on a guitar of mine , I don't remember, but I can't imagine why he'd make it up... One of the 1st songs I learned how to play on guitar (2 easy chords). The working title of the record was always "In The Inside", it wasn't until after it was done that the whole "Stars After Stars After Stars" concept was hatched.
Spike Priggen-In The Inside.rm
Spike Priggen-Vocals, Guitar, Synth
Danny Weinkauf-Bass
Mark Spencer-Lead Guitars
Ivan Julian-Guitar Solo
Bun E Carlos-Drums
Eddy Zweiback-Percussion