katie_sane Posted February 26, 2006 Report Share Posted February 26, 2006 I'd like to learn more about Pavlov's Dog. I like their song 'Late November' and was wondering if you kind people could recommend any more songs/albums Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
katie_sane Posted February 26, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 26, 2006 I just found another Pavlov's Dog on my computer, 'Julia'. I like this one a lot too! C'mon, where are all you Pavlov's Dog fans?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Joe Posted February 27, 2006 Report Share Posted February 27, 2006 Sorry Katie, they just don't ring a bell with me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Lucky Posted February 27, 2006 Report Share Posted February 27, 2006 Katie! I'm so excited that someone has asked about them! Pavlovs Dog was a huge group in the St Louis area back in the 70's. Julia was one of thier biggest hits. OK, let the old lady gear up the brain a little. If memory serves me they were from St Louis, but I could be wrong there. It could just be that they had a huge fan base here. Our big rock station here (KSHE) was the first FM rock station in the nation. Very big into "progressive" rock. They have what they call KSHE Klassics. Pavlovs Dog are very high on the Klassic list as is the song Julia. I'm going to have to dig a little, but I'll come up with some more for you I promise! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malakin Posted February 27, 2006 Report Share Posted February 27, 2006 Never heard of them.. What kind of sound is it? Are they progressive rock (assumed from your metion of the radio station)? Can we get a "sounds like"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucky Posted February 27, 2006 Report Share Posted February 27, 2006 Since I'm at work I can't do any more research...but "Sounds like Rush" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
katie_sane Posted February 28, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 28, 2006 Ahh, finally! Thanks for replying CeeCee! My uncle (he's about 47 years old) used to be a big fan. He's sold all his records ages ago and he asked me last weekend if I could dig up any Pavlov's Dog music for him. I found a few songs and have surprised myself by actually really liking them! Any info that you could give me and any album/song recommendations would be fantastic, thanks so much CeeCee!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucky Posted February 28, 2006 Report Share Posted February 28, 2006 Katie give me a few days and I should have any and all info able to be found on Pavlovs Dog. Seriously they are that popular here. In fact they just played the Pageant Theater here. I'll be back online in a few days, so I'll have the time to get you what you need! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farin Posted February 28, 2006 Report Share Posted February 28, 2006 Of course you all know the official Site And here's a german (also english-speaking) Fansite I didn't check out everything, but there seem to be audios and videos there Have Fun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucky Posted February 28, 2006 Report Share Posted February 28, 2006 ^^^^smarty pants! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
katie_sane Posted March 1, 2006 Author Report Share Posted March 1, 2006 Yes, I've been to the official site, but would rather hear what my fellow songfactors have to say on the subject! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steel2Velvet Posted March 1, 2006 Report Share Posted March 1, 2006 Sorry Katie, they just don't ring a bell with me. Me neither, Joe, but I'm just salivating to learn more about them! pant pant Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucky Posted March 9, 2006 Report Share Posted March 9, 2006 Katie, my old memory wasn't suiting me at all so I emailed a local DJ who was on the air then, and still is now. I had the St Louis part right, the Rush part right, the early 70's right. Here are the details radio Rich Dalton gave me... Carole, here you go! The artsy hard rock group Pavlov's Dog spanned progressive music and heavy metal in much the same way that Rush did in its early days. Also like Rush, Pavlov's Dog had a singer, David Surkamp, whose distinctive high-pitched voice was the group's take-it-or-leave-it factor. Outside of a small cult following, most folks chose to leave it, but over the decades Pavlov's Dog has remained a popular find for fans of the obscure end of American arena rock. Pavlov's Dog formed in St. Louis in 1972 out of the ashes of a local cover band called High on a Small Hill, with Surkamp, formerly of the minor folk-rock act Touch, on vocals and guitar, joined by lead guitarist Steve Scorfina; keyboardist David Hamilton; Mellotron and flute player Doug Rayburn; bassist Rick Stockton; drummer Mike Safron; and strings specialist Siegfried Carver (born Richard Nadler), who added violin, viola, and an odd hybrid instrument called a vitar (that sounded something like Eddie Phillips' bowed guitar in the '60s freakbeat heroes the Creation). The combination of flute, Mellotron, violin, and Scorfina's guitar heroics led to some comparisons to David Cross-era King Crimson, though Pavlov's Dog had a much more straight-ahead, less twisty sound. Growing popularity on the Midwestern club circuit led to the band's signing to ABC-Dunhill Records in 1975 (supposedly for a then-record 650,000 dollar advance, though that might have been press-release puffery) and the recording of their debut album, Pampered Menial. History is unclear as to exactly what happened next, but somehow, Pavlov's Dog found themselves off of ABC-Dunhill and on Columbia Records almost immediately, with the result that Pampered Menial was released twice, almost simultaneously, on two different labels with exactly the same sleeve design and track lineup. Tom Nickeson replaced David Hamilton during the sessions for Pavlov's Dog's second album, 1976's At the Sound of the Bell. Carver left the group after the tour for the second album, leading the band to provisionally title their third album "Whatever Became of Siegfried?" When Columbia dropped the group after the commercial failure of At the Sound of the Bell, these completed tapes were eventually bootlegged, most often under the name The St. Louis Hounds; the tapes were released on CD by a German label called TRC in 1994 under the title Third. (Bizarrely, the cover art for Third is quite shamelessly stolen from the cover of Rick Springfield's million-selling Working Class Dog!) Pavlov's Dog broke up in 1978. Surkamp and Rayburn re-formed the band briefly in the late '80s with an otherwise new lineup, releasing the album Lost in America in 1990. Surkamp continues to play solo gigs around the St. Louis area. ********************************************* I knew Rich would have the scoop!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
katie_sane Posted March 9, 2006 Author Report Share Posted March 9, 2006 CeeCee! Thanks so much!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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