Comments on: CONFEDERATE- Surrender or Just Fight LP (Revenge Records, USA, 1983)

By: Greg Rushforth

Greg Rushforth — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 03:40:26 +0000

I was in this band and had a great time it was a blast, played bass in this band. All ways had a packed house and got in a lot of trouble, still playing all the time in a blues rock band now, creating original songs in my studio. On My space, look up Greg Rushforth. Drop by and check it out!

By: G

Mon, 31 May 2010 18:23:31 +0000

My wife’s uncle was in this band, he taught the guitar player how to play the songs and he played bass. He still makes music in his basement, and he’s still cooler than Christmas.

By: David

David — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 20:36:32 +0000

Great record! Rib (Curtis) would wear latex gloves when he sang recently. Saw him in a band called, “Faust” years back. A great showman! He sang on both DoggystyleII and Don’t Hit Me Up after the original line up (Formed in 1983) recordings of “Work As One”(Mystic), “Side By Side” and “Live at Sun City”(Flipside) went their seperate ways. Thin sounding or not, this record is one of the gems from the era in my opinion.

By: ponkmedia.com

ponkmedia.com — Tue, 27 May 2008 12:39:08 +0000

Thanks for the response to my earlier comment. Actually this record really reminds me of another old California fave DETOX (could be they shared members at some point?)… I understand where you are coming from regarding re-upping… If anyone has the mp3′s to the 4 missing tracks (namely: Pity Me, My generation, We Keep up front, + Starting to hate??) – or even another link to the whole album – please contact me… Thankyou!!

By: Admin

Admin — Mon, 19 May 2008 19:51:11 +0000

Hi James. Glad you like the blog and the music! I have decided not to response to requests anymore, in order to be able to keep enjoying what I’m doing here instead of becoming some sort of slave. Once a year, I will collect the costs for the basics (webspace) and apart from this, all is free – if you don’t count my work and resources.

By: James

James — Mon, 19 May 2008 19:38:14 +0000

Just discovered your blog – really enjoying the posts, both the music and the prose. Now the Confederate… this is a record I’ve wanted to hear for years, I remember the advert. in Flipside (and I have the Flipside Video Fanzine featuring the band)… my main interest at the time was sending to the USA for HC vinyl, but due to the shipping costs involved (I’m in England) I could never afford eveything that sounded good. This one’s worth the wait – definitely would have a reputation if anyone had ever heard it, very cool stuff! Of the 17 tracks, 5 don’t work… any possible chance of re-upping them?? Thanks for considering it, and keep up the great work!

By: Admin

Admin — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 19:44:47 +0000

Thanks Leo! Just checked your band – sounds really nice! You can send in promos anytime if you want

By: LeoTZ

LeoTZ — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 19:34:12 +0000

I was actually shown this record by Frank Agnew Jr. First thing that came to mind was “this was produced EXACTLY like Ancient Artifacts! who did production?”
Frank told me that Rikk did it. GO FIGURE! IT MAKES SENSE NOW! so I asked Rikk what was up. He started laughing and started storytelling about how he wanted that jingle and that clarinet and all that funny shit. Typical Rikk Agnew, right?
Later on, the drummer for Confederate “matt feelem-holdem”, mysteriously woundup in mine and Rikk’s band, Poop. Quite a shocker, son.

By: Melvinado

Melvinado — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 05:44:22 +0000

The singer went on to form “doggy style” before the snoop dogg thing. He sounds the sameof course; the band better. I also heard a cover of the kinks “demon alcohol”, i think by the murder city devils and i swear it sounded like the same singer. Dunno if i’m going to bother trying to get murder city devils to find out. The Doggy Style release was “Don’t hit me up”.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 08:36:00 +0000

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BL2BI1EhxdI