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Ready to go at the onset of the
alternative movement,
NC-17 set out on a mission to write and record a
collection of powerful new rock songs without the use of a guitar. After
months of writing and Shortly after the completion of "Happiest..." the group sought out a bass player for its live show, and was introduced to Ron Perron through a mutual friend. With Ron on bass, NC-17 played a handful of shows in Hollywood clubs. A few months later, Ron introduced the band to his own former bandmate Chuck Hohn when the band found itself in need of a live sound engineer. Chuck did sound for a few shows and then made the switch to become NC-17's drummer, with whom the band then continued its steady Hollywood show schedule. In early 1992, NC-17 was selected to appear on Rock America, a video program produced and directed by Dov Kelemer. The band performed a number of songs on the show, and more importantly built a friendship with Dov, who subsequently directed two videos for NC-17 and is currently completing a feature length documentary about the band. Violinist Robert Anthony Aviles hooked up with NC-17 later in 1992 when he, Chuck, Ron and Robin were invited to play together for a showcase at the Troubadour to back up a singer who was friends with Robert and Chuck. Robert fronted (and still now performs with) his own band called Insight, which had been a winner on Star Search a few years before. The band quickly integrated Robert and his unique style into its already distinct sound, and soon afterward recorded "Hellhead" and "Inside/Outside," two important recordings that marked the next step in the evolution of NC-17. In 1993 NC-17 completed an EP entitled "Hellhead" containing both "Hellhead" and "Inside/Outside." Those two cuts, along with the "Hellhead" video directed by Dov, were licensed to a company for release in Indonesia and a few other Southeast Asian countries. More recordings were licensed there in 1995, and a full album was released. Seven years later the full length feature
documentary WON'T ANYBODY LISTEN is finished and has been
released to great reviews.
NC-17 has finished the
songs the film documents them creating and performing and has made them
available through the link below.
Special guest Nick Pyzow featured on Acoustic Guitar |
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