Trix Music (1979-1990); Machintosh Music (1990-1992); Wasted Talent Records (2007);
Members
David B. Bean Dane Cessac Jeff Walton
Historyedit
The Judy's song, "Guyana Punch", recounted the infamous Jonestown massacre. Several of their songs were topical: "Dogs" refers to the Son of Sam murderer; "Radiation Squirm" refers to the Three Mile Island accident; "How's Gary" refers to the execution of convicted killer Gary Gilmore; and "Vacation in Tehran" refers to the Iranian hostage crisis, among others. On December 1, 2007, The Judy's announced the opening of their own label and website, Wasted Talent Records. On this website, the albums Moo and Washarama were released on CD and vinyl, having been previously available only on vinyl and cassette tape.
Original personneledit
The band was founded by four Pearland High School students: Sam Hugh Roush (a guitar, vocals) (Pearland '80), David B. Bean, (songwriter, vocals, guitars, keyboards) (Pearland '80), Dane Cessac (né Dane Urshel Cessac; born 1962) (Pearland '80), drums, vocals, and Jeff Walton (Pearland '81) (bass, vocals). Roush, while a senior in high school, died January 9, 1980, from a one-car accident near his home while driving home from school band practice. Twenty-eight days earlier, The Judy's had recorded its debut single, "Teenage Hangups." Sam's father, an educator in the Houston Public Schools, was a former musician in the Air Force Band at Connally Air Force Base in Waco, Texas. After Roush's death, The Judy's continued as a trio.
After The Judy's first disbanded, Bean, in 1983, recorded a solo EP album titled Modomusic and Walton, in 1983, recorded a solo album titled Danger Boy. Both Bean and Walton continue to make music professionally.
Wasted Talent Records (pressed by Houston Records)[5][i]
Side A – 501-A: LH-19450
Side B – 501-B: LH-19451
"You Let Me Down"
"All the Pretty Girls"
"Space Age"
Recorded December 12, 1979, at Rampart Studios, Houston, with original guitarist Sam Roush. The label, on both sides, and the album cover back reads, "A tribute to Sam". No official release date of CD format. Roush was also included as an extra on the original vinyl release of Wonderful World of Appliances.
1980
The Judy's
Wonderful World of Appliances (45 rpmEP) (another defective product)
Wasted Talent Records (pressed by Houston Records)
Side 1: LH-19841
Side 2: LH-19842
"Radiation Squirm"
"Zoo"
"Hows Gary?"
"Vacation In Tehran"
"Dogs"
"Underwater Fun"
Album cover back reads, "Try different speeds for lots of laughs at parties, etc."OCLC 768347345. All tracks available on Washarama CD
Re-released 2007 and 2009 on CDs which also included tracks of Bean's solo EP Modomusic (stylized as modomusic); OCLC 945700052.
1987
The Judy's (Ансамбль Джудиз)
"Girl of 1000 Smells" (331⁄3 rpm single)
Wasted Talent Records JWT 5019
Side A:
Side B:
"Girl of 1000 Smells"
"Девочка 1000 Запахов"
7" 331⁄3 rpm single; A side English; B side in Russian. New personnel: Scott Krchnak (né Ladgie Scott Krchnak; born 1963) (sax, keyboard, guitar, vocals); Matthew McCarthy (drums, vocals) – Cessac is not on these recordings. There is no official release on CD format. Recorded at Rivendell Studios, Houston. Re-recorded and mixed at Rampart Recording Studio, Houston. The record was pressed in white vinyl and packaged in a scented box; the record included a booklet entitled A Guide to Good Odors.
New lineup, shelved after a few copies were made and officially released 2007 on CD
Filmographyedit
The 1988 film, Married to the Mob, used the song "Ghost in a Bikini," composed by David Dean from The Judy's 1985 Moo album.
Documentaryedit
The Judys is a short 2003 documentary on YouTube by Elizabeth Skadden.[6]
Bibliographyedit
Annotationsedit
^Houston Records was founded in 1958 when Gasper Patrick Puccio, Jr. (1926–2005), bought the vinyl presses from Don Robey (1903–1975), owner of Peacock and Duke Records. Puccio was a brother of Vincent John Puccio (1914–1998) who, in 1947, who founded Broadway Records in Los Angeles. ("Houston Records")
^"Grass is Greener," by David Bean, is a song about a boy who wants to be a girl (and vice versa).
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Curtis, Gregory (October 1985). "Behind the Lines". Texas Monthly. 13 (10). ISSN 0148-7736. Retrieved October 19, 2020.
Gunnarsson, Tommy (September 25, 2002). "Interview With David Bean of the Judy's". Pennyblackmusic (online music magazine). Cologne.
"Houston Records Press On". Billboard. ("Spotlight on Texas" issue). 82 (47). November 21, 1970. Retrieved October 20, 2020 – via Internet Archive.
Skadden, Elizabeth (née; Elizabeth Marguerite Skadden; born 1981) (2003). "The Judy's". Retrieved October 20, 2020 – via YouTube (7 min., 45 sec.)(the fifth of eight short videos by producer-director Elizabeth Skadden in an early career collection titled Alles in Ordnung. Video includes commentary by Louis Black of The Austin Chronicle){{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: postscript (link)