DOW JONES & THE INDUSTRIALS+THE GIZMOS "HOOSIER HYSTERIA" 1980 EX/VG+ RARE OOP

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ARTIST: DOW JONES & THE INDUSTRIALS (LISTED AS DOW JONES AND THE INDUSTRIALS ON THE LABEL) + THE GIZMOS (SPLIT LP)

TITLE: “HOOSIER HYSTERIA” (BOTH INDIANA BANDS)

TRACK LISTING-SEE PHOTOS:

YEAR: 1980

RECORD LABLE: GULCHER RECORDS (INDIE LABEL)

CAT.#: GULCH 101

RECORD CONDITION: THE RECORD IS IN EX+/NM- CONDITION. THIS IS SUPER CLEAN, NO LINES, FINGERPRINTS, AT ALL, NO DINGS, SCRATCHES, SMUDGES, BOTH LABELS IN MINT CONDITION. THIS LOOKS AND PLAYS BRAND NEW.

JACKET CONDITION: THIS JACKET IS IN EX/EX+ CONDITION NICE CLEAN STRAIGHT EDGES,NO SEAM SPLITS, NO DINGS, TEARS OR WRITING ON THE COVER. ONE VERY VERY TINY CORNER 'DING” LOWER RIGHT.

MORE INFO: THIS RECORD IS OUT OF PRINT.

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ON A PERSONAL NOTE I AM A FRIEND OF RICH COFFEE WHOM I MET HERE IN HOLLYWOOD WHEN HE WAS FRONTING A COUPLE OF GREAT GARAGE BANDS NOTABLY THE TOMMYKNOCKERS, ALSO MY BAND LIQUID GENERATION IS ON A COMPILATION LP WITH HIM CALL “THE DEADLY SPAWN” AND HIS THEN GROUP THEE FOURGIVEN, IF YA CAN FIND IT CHECK IT OUT.

ARTIST INFO:

DOW JONES & THE INDUSTRIALS INFO-

Dow Jones and the Industrials were a punk/new wave band from West Lafayette, Indiana that existed for an explosive two years -- 1979 to 1981. During this brief time, they released Hoosier Hysteria (split LP with Gizmos) and a self-titled 7" EP. The song "Ladies The band was Greg Horn (guitar, vocals), Chris Clark (bass, vocals), drummer Tim North, Mr. Science (aka Brad Garton on keyboards)

Dow Jones and the Industrials formed in West Lafayette in 1979 as Purdue students.  The band became a popular party band on campus as well as in a handful of punk/new wave venues in Indianapolis and Bloomington.  Gulcher Records issued its first LP in 1980, Hoosier Hysteria, featuring Dow on one side and Bloomington’s Gizmo's on the other; the LP sold well and helped fuel the nascent Indiana punk and new wave scene. Dow Jones’ sound was characterized by melodic punk infused with Garton’s adventurous synth and keyboard work.  Garton had previously played in Vindication a high school progressive rock band in Columbus.

The 1981 Gulcher compilation Red Snerts featured a new track, “Ladies With Appliances”.  Garton joined with Dave Fulton, Rick Wilkerson and Steve Grigdesby to form the Hardly Music label, which issued a Dow Jones EP in early 1981.  

By this time, the band was coming apart.  Garton and Clark had departed; Clark was replaced by Jenny Sweany from the Skunts on bass.  The band continued to play live for a short time, but disbanded in 1981.  Horn moved to Arizona and launched a new minimal/synth/wave band, Tone Set with Galen Herod, releasing an LP and  cassettes, including two under his name.  Garton joined the second incarnation of the Last Four Digits , known as Last Four (5) Digits.  North moved to San Francisco and had a storied career as a percussion innovator and visual artist.  North passed away in 2003, just before the band played tribute shows in his honor, both in Fort Wayne and Indianapolis, with Lon Paul Ellrich on drums.  There have been a couple of other reunion attempts, including one in the mid 2010’s.  Horn continues to record and work on his archive; the Vinyl-On-Demand label issued a 5 LP Tone Set Box in 2016.  Garton left Indianapolis in the mid 1980’s and has served as Director of the Electronic Music Center at Columbia University.  He continues to work in electronic music and computer generated music.

The legend of Dow Jones’ music grew over time, and the scarcity of contemporaneous vinyl helped fuel interest.  Most of the picture sleeves and some vinyl for the Hardly Music EP were destroyed in a basement flood in the late 1980’s, while the limited pressing of Hoosier Hysteria was highly sought.  A long-hoped for retrospective compilation was finally delivered in 2016 by Indianapolis label Family Vineyard, which released a double LP/CD entitled Can’t Stand The Midwest 1979-81; early copies included a DVD  originally shot at Third Base in black and white by videographer Randy Schwartz.  Family Vineyard also reissued a remastered version of the Hardly Music EP, Let’s Go Steady, in 2011.

THE GIZMOS INFO-

Version 1:  Eddie Flowers, Rich Coffee, Ted Niemec, Davey Medlock, Kenne Highland, Dave Sulak, Rick Czajka, Don Jaskulske, Jim Kohl   

Version 2:  Ted Niemec, Phil Hundley, Steve Feikes, Don Jaskulske, Billy Nightshade aka Daryl Frazier, David “Shadow” Myers

Version 3: Dale Lawrence, Billy Nightshade aka Daryl Frazier, David “Shadow” Myers, Tim Carroll  Jim DeVries, Rick Czajka, Robbie Wise, Crash Kinser

Original Gizmos Reunion Backing Musicians aka Version 4: Max Demata, John Terrill, Kelsey Simpson, Sam Murphy, Craig Bell, Eric Weddle, Ian Brewer, Ken Kaiser, Matt Burns, MJ Quirk

The Gizmos are considered to be the first Indiana punk band, having preceded even the Ramones with their first EP release.  The band has a complex history due to many personnel changes in the early days, leading to two distinct bands with three lineup versions plus various backing musicians appearing during the 2010’s.  The Original Gizmos, as they are now known, formed in 1976, most members being teenagers living in Bloomington for various, temporary reasons. 

They were the first recording project of Gulcher records ’ Bob Richert, who had already started a fanzine and record store by the same name.  Gulcher issued two 7″ with the Version 1 lineup, “Muff Divin” and “Amerika First”.  After Version 1 dissolved in 1977, Niemec formed Version 2 with mostly new members, they were responsible for the third EP, “Never Mind The Sex Pistols, Here’s The Gizmos”.  It is strongly rumored that John “Cougar” Mellencamp appears uncredited on one of the Original Gizmos’ EP tracks.

Billy Nightshade (bass) and Dave “Shadow” Myers (drums) were in version 2 and continued following the breakup of that combo, with a Version 3 lineup that added Tim Carroll and Dale Lawrence, both guitarists.  This band released a Gizmos EP on Gulcher in 1978 entitled “World Tour”, and were the version of the Gizmos that appeared on one side of Gulcher’s Hoosier Hysteria LP.  The core of Version 3 relocated to Hoboken, New Jersey early in 1980 in hopes of breaking into the exploding NYC scene, but broke up the following year.  

Musicians scattered and became involved in other projects, and it looked like all versions of the Gizmos were history.  Periodically, Version 3 reunited and played shows in Bloomington and Indianapolis, beginning in the mid 1990’s. Gulcher, dormant since 1981, restarted in 2000 and reissued CD’s of Gizmos music and issued several archival releases of live and studio material that had been previously unreleased, helping create a renewed interest in the band.

None of the key Original Gizmos members stayed in Bloomington; it was generally accepted that a reunion of the Original Gizmos was out of the question.  However, Max Demata, an Italian Visiting Professor at Indiana University made it his personal quest to make it happen, contacting the far flung members and forming a “shadow Gizmos” of Bloomington musicians to work up the old songs so that when the original members arrived for a show, a credible backing band would exist.  In 2014, the unthinkable shows happened in Indianapolis and Bloomington, with Coffee, Niemec, Flowers and Highland in tow. Flowers, Coffee and Highland had been very active in bands after their time in the Gizmos.  The band played elsewhere, including Chicago, Detroit and other cities, with various backing musicians.  Gulcher released a CD EP of new recordings in 2016. 

Nightshade died in 2017, marking the apparent end of Version 3 reunions.  Flowers moved to Bloomington in 2017 but the difficulties of bringing the other Original Gizmos to the same location has proven a barrier for the original band to continue.

While there was said to be a rivalry between the Original Gizmos and the version #3 Gizmos, this did not prevent a special night in Bloomington where both versions performed separate sets on the same stage, with members combining at times.

The Gizmos place in history is secure; the Original Gizmos’ naïve, charming punk rock anticipated the worldwide punk explosion, while the punky power pop of version #3 Gizmos spawned the venerable Vulgar Boatmen , Dale Lawrence’s popular band for many years. Tim Carroll has had a successful career as a Nashville, TN country artist.  Shadow Myers played drums for early Indianapolis new wave bands and Crazy Al's the early punk and new wave club in Indianapolis.

Related Artists:  Vulgar Boatmen, Your Parents, The Positions, Crawlspace, Unclaimed, Thee Forgiven, Afrika Corps, Hopelessly Obscure, O. Rex, Rockabilly Yobs, Right To Left, Satellites, Teddy and the Mofos and several more (see individual member listings at Discography link)

Years Active: 1976-1980, reunion/reformation of Original Gizmos 2013-2018, periodic reunions of Version 3 Gizmos from mid 90’s to mid 2010’s

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