Half-Life was a part of the epic Michigan rock scene
that exploded in and around the Motor City during the late 60's.
The 4-piece band was born in 1969 in Saginaw, a gritty GM foundry town 90 miles north of Detroit and about a half hour from Flint.
"Get Down" - Half-Life
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The July 2008 Rolling Stone magazine, Fricke's Picks: "...and "Get Down," by the mysterious Half-Life,
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Shout-Outs:
David Fricke, WFMU, WNMC --JT & Hideelee with 'The Red' radio show, Alec Palao, George Head, Guido Marasco, Jim Bruzzese, Mike Hahn, Jim Albers, Vince Lutskus, TCW, Jack Gridley, Monte Gase, Eddie Kurth, Johnny Howard, Al Nalli, Frank Patrick, Elmer Ogden, Prudie DiMercurio, The Paupers, Wayne Kramer, Ron Asheton, Jimi Hendrix, Sonic Smith, James Brown, Mitch Mitchell, Johnny Winter, Otis Redding, Iggy Pop, Chuck Berry, Gary Grimshaw ...more to come...
Cool Links:
The Grande Ballroom "Detroit's Original Rock and Roll Palace"
Half-Life airplay: WFMU (New York City/New Jersey), KFJC (San Francisco)
WFMU has been a long time supporter of Motor City rock:
WFMU, Upsala College's station and one of the first underground college stations in the country. There, Sinclair met Danny Fields, who hosted a show at the station and also happened to be the "house hippie' for Elektra Records." (from The Mansion On The Hill by Fred Goodman)
John Sinclair: "When we released the MC-5's 45 rpm single of "Looking At You" b/w "Borderline" on the A-Square label in the Spring of 1968, Rudnick & Frawley immediately slapped it on the WFMU turntables, where it joined the heady mix of music by Jimi Hendrix, Muddy Waters, John Coltrane, Lenny Bruce, Bob Dylan, Jim Pepper, Larry Coryell and Howlin' Wolf the two scenesters had devised for their listeners."
email: 1969@HalfLifeBand.com