Comments on: Selections from The Punk Vault [The Next] http://www.punkvinyl.com/2005/06/28/selections-from-the-punk-vault-the-next/ All things music related Sun, 05 Feb 2012 04:43:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Manolo L http://www.punkvinyl.com/2005/06/28/selections-from-the-punk-vault-the-next/comment-page-1/#comment-19582 Manolo L Fri, 18 Mar 2011 16:35:37 +0000 http://www.punkvinyl.com/?p=1047#comment-19582 I believe Manny Rosales was the first bass player. Not Lee Shupp I believe Manny Rosales was the first bass player. Not Lee Shupp

]]> By: Ken G http://www.punkvinyl.com/2005/06/28/selections-from-the-punk-vault-the-next/comment-page-1/#comment-10242 Ken G Fri, 23 Jul 2010 07:03:53 +0000 http://www.punkvinyl.com/?p=1047#comment-10242 Many great NEXT songs that never made it to vinyl or CD. "My Way", "Automatic Fun" (buzz, click, click, do it again!), "Jealous Mind" (My J-J-J-Jealous Mind), "Foul Mouth Locals", "Maybe I'm Invisible", "The Ideal Song" and a host of others (I've probably left off some of the best). A lot of these were written by the abundantly creative Davey Jones and Richard Hays who were previously playing together as The Ideals and later played as The Hickoids. Others were by Mike Runnels (sp). And some great covers "Please Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood" And even though it was recorded once on vinyl, the ultimate NEXT song "Real Love" was one of Ty's greatest signature songs: (From Real Love "I look up to the see the stars but instead all I see is streetlights and in them I see a lot that makes up my love!" The NEXT was one of the most under-rated bands of Raul's if not Texas and one can only hope that their music is not completely forgotten. The NEXT described above didn't last much into 1981 and then Ty put together several other incarnations of this band (including one with yours truly) and then eventually went out to California for awhile before returning to Austin and then eventually to San Antonio where he resides as of this writing (7/23/2010). There is talk of a possible Raul's reunion in September, 2010. Sadly, Richard Hays (the bassist) passed away tragically early. His brother Arthur had been in prison on an alledged substance abuse issue and may now be out (Before Arthur went to prison, he and Ty had been playing together again (along with myself), Paul Harpel and David Norwood in the 2005-2006 period with SA Creeper. Long live "The NEXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXT"!! Ken G, Austin TX 7/23/09 (Hey, Ty's birthday is around this part of July, isn't it?) Many great NEXT songs that never made it to vinyl or CD. “My Way”, “Automatic Fun” (buzz, click, click, do it again!), “Jealous Mind” (My J-J-J-Jealous Mind), “Foul Mouth Locals”, “Maybe I’m Invisible”, “The Ideal Song” and a host of others (I’ve probably left off some of the best). A lot of these were written by the abundantly creative Davey Jones and Richard Hays who were previously playing together as The Ideals and later played as The Hickoids.

Others were by Mike Runnels (sp). And some great covers “Please Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood” And even though it was recorded once on vinyl, the ultimate NEXT song “Real Love” was one of Ty’s greatest signature songs: (From Real Love “I look up to the see the stars but instead all I see is streetlights and in them I see a lot that makes up my love!”

The NEXT was one of the most under-rated bands of Raul’s if not Texas and one can only hope that their music is not completely forgotten. The NEXT described above didn’t last much into 1981 and then Ty put together several other incarnations of this band (including one with yours truly) and then eventually went out to California for awhile before returning to Austin and then eventually to San Antonio where he resides as of this writing
(7/23/2010). There is talk of a possible Raul’s reunion in September, 2010. Sadly, Richard Hays (the bassist) passed away tragically early. His brother Arthur had been in prison on an alledged substance abuse issue and may now be out (Before Arthur went to prison, he and Ty had been playing together again (along with myself), Paul Harpel and David Norwood in the 2005-2006 period with SA Creeper.

Long live “The NEXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXT”!!

Ken G, Austin TX 7/23/09 (Hey, Ty’s birthday is around this part of July, isn’t it?)

]]> By: Ken G http://www.punkvinyl.com/2005/06/28/selections-from-the-punk-vault-the-next/comment-page-1/#comment-10241 Ken G Fri, 23 Jul 2010 07:02:14 +0000 http://www.punkvinyl.com/?p=1047#comment-10241 In his early life, Ty was raised and transferred through various Catholic schools in several places including Manhattan (we was once an altarboy at St. Patrick's Cathedral). Ty made his way through school and eventually the family moved back to San Antonio where Ty began a virtual tour of the city's school system, often getting kicked out of or transferred through nearly half of San Antonio's high schools. In one of these high schools, Ty met Arthur Hays, a friendship that has endured now for over 30 years. Even then, as Ty was shuffled from school to school, Ty seemed propelled by an explosive intensity that later drove him to the emotional singing heights that others only dreamed of reaching. In the Raul's days Ty never had any voice training or slick polish but just plenty of sincerity, raw, gutsy emotion and bleeding-edge intensity. Ty probably weighed somewhere between 140 to 150 in these days (actually he still does!) but yet he had an ENORMOUS voice the size of a 10-ton Mack gravel truck that belted out (along with the afore-mentioned gravel!) all the angst and frustration of an entire generation. All too many of the other singers who sang at Raul's were all too often little more than competing comedians and shallow posers. Ty on the other hand, was different. One immediately sensed Ty was dead serious... he actually MEANT what he sang and he sang it with a startling power and force that caused everyone present to stop talking, put down their beers and stare transfixed at Ty's brilliant intensity. Ty would careen from raging anger in one song to sadness in another to shades of sincere and romantic passion in another with an intense stage drama that seemed to flow absolutely effortlessly from him with no two shows ever being quite the same. At their height, the NEXT played in top billing and even opened up for The Psychedelic Furs. In his early life, Ty was raised and transferred through various Catholic schools in several places including Manhattan (we was once an altarboy at St. Patrick’s Cathedral). Ty made his way through school and eventually the family moved back to San Antonio where Ty began a virtual tour of the city’s school system, often getting kicked out of or transferred through nearly half of San Antonio’s high schools. In one of these high schools, Ty met Arthur Hays, a friendship that has endured now for over 30 years. Even then, as Ty was shuffled from school to school, Ty seemed propelled by an explosive intensity that later drove him to the emotional singing heights that others only dreamed of reaching.

In the Raul’s days Ty never had any voice training or slick polish but just plenty of sincerity, raw, gutsy emotion and bleeding-edge intensity. Ty probably weighed somewhere between 140 to 150 in these days (actually he still does!) but yet he had an ENORMOUS voice the size of a 10-ton Mack gravel truck that belted out (along with the afore-mentioned gravel!) all the angst and frustration of an entire generation.

All too many of the other singers who sang at Raul’s were all too often little more than competing comedians and shallow posers. Ty on the other hand, was different. One immediately sensed Ty was dead serious… he actually MEANT what he sang and he sang it with a startling power and force that caused everyone present to stop talking, put down their beers and stare transfixed at Ty’s brilliant intensity. Ty would careen from raging anger in one
song to sadness in another to shades of sincere and romantic passion in another with an intense stage drama that seemed to flow absolutely effortlessly from him with no two shows ever being quite the same. At their height, the NEXT played in top billing and even opened up for The Psychedelic Furs.

]]> By: Ken G http://www.punkvinyl.com/2005/06/28/selections-from-the-punk-vault-the-next/comment-page-1/#comment-10240 Ken G Fri, 23 Jul 2010 07:00:21 +0000 http://www.punkvinyl.com/?p=1047#comment-10240 I got to know the second Next band who made the 2nd EP "Kick Ass" much better (with the Hays Brothers and Davey Jones) more than the first one due to not being really old enough to get into Rauls consistently until finally I turned 18 in 1980 when the 2nd band was around. One would go to their shows and see the often bizarre antics of the tall and frequently strange but gentle genius, Richard Hays, often sporting some new version of a mohawk, the brilliantly creative Davey Jones, often wearing a full suit and military haircut (he had come out of Fort Hood?) and who would sometimes fall over toasted drunk with his gold Les Paul and Marshall but who did great background vocals and wrote a lot of the songs and then Richard's brother, Arthur Hays who was a fantastic, natural drummer with no formal training and yet, who came up with the most interesting drum parts ever plumbed straight from the depths of the Twilight Zone! Interestingly, Richard and Arthur Hays were raised in a household with a very artistic but very religious Baptist mother who insisted on her sons memorizing large parts of the Bible. To this day, Arthur Hays can both quote Scripture as well as do fantastic tatoo artwork. And then there was Ty. Born William "Ty" Gavin, the son of a NY City military man of Irish descent and a San Antonio Latina woman of the Villanueva family, Ty had (still has) an incredible stage presence, a magnetism unmatched by any other person who ever sang on the stage of Raul's. I got to know the second Next band who made the 2nd EP “Kick Ass” much better (with the Hays Brothers and Davey Jones) more than the first one due to not being really old enough to get into Rauls consistently until finally I turned 18 in 1980 when the 2nd band was around. One would go to their shows and see the often bizarre antics of the tall and frequently strange but gentle genius, Richard Hays, often sporting some new version of a mohawk, the brilliantly creative Davey Jones, often wearing a full suit and military haircut (he had come out of Fort Hood?) and who would sometimes fall over toasted drunk with his gold Les Paul and Marshall but who did great background vocals and wrote a lot of the songs and then Richard’s brother, Arthur Hays who was a fantastic, natural drummer with no formal training and yet, who came up with the most interesting drum parts ever plumbed straight from the depths of the Twilight Zone! Interestingly, Richard and Arthur Hays were raised in a household with a very artistic but very religious Baptist mother who insisted on her sons memorizing large parts of the Bible. To this day, Arthur Hays can both quote Scripture as well as do fantastic tatoo artwork.

And then there was Ty. Born William “Ty” Gavin, the son of a NY City military man of Irish descent and a San Antonio Latina woman of the Villanueva family, Ty had (still has) an incredible stage presence, a magnetism unmatched by any other person who ever sang on the stage of Raul’s.

]]> By: Ken G http://www.punkvinyl.com/2005/06/28/selections-from-the-punk-vault-the-next/comment-page-1/#comment-10238 Ken G Fri, 23 Jul 2010 06:56:36 +0000 http://www.punkvinyl.com/?p=1047#comment-10238 As Ty says, the 2nd EP of The NEXT, "Kick Ass", was good in it's own way. Despite the comments of some earlier posters, the 2nd incarnation of The NEXT was a great band with Ty Gavin on vocals, Davey Jones on Guitar, Richard Hays (RIP) on bass and his brother, Arthur Hays on drums. The first NEXT was with Skip Seven and Lee Shupe(spelling)? and Arthur Hayes. Each NEXT was a bit different but they were both great in their own way. I have both "Make It Quick" and "Kick Ass" but they are in some long forsaken box in my parent's attic along with a pretty good collection of Next! posters. I also have some NEXT live cassette tapes from Raul's or from rehearsals. As Ty says, the 2nd EP of The NEXT, “Kick Ass”, was good in it’s own way. Despite the comments of some earlier posters, the 2nd incarnation of The NEXT was a great band with Ty Gavin on vocals, Davey Jones on Guitar, Richard Hays (RIP) on bass and his brother, Arthur Hays on drums. The first NEXT was with Skip Seven and Lee Shupe(spelling)? and Arthur Hayes. Each NEXT was a bit different but they were both great in their own way. I have both “Make It Quick” and “Kick Ass” but they are in some long forsaken box in my parent’s attic along with a pretty good collection of Next! posters. I also have some NEXT live cassette tapes from Raul’s or from rehearsals.

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