New Sounds Festival 1984 1998
New Sounds of the 60's was a San Diego music festival helmed by Bart Mendoza with Ron Friedman and later Matthew Fidelibus, promoting mod / garage / powerpop / sixties influenced bands. The event took place at various venues between 1985-1991, with a final edition in 1998. New Sounds was usually one big show with smaller events leading up to in the week before. The final edition was a week of shows at Java Joe's in San Diego. This list is incomplete, especially with the pre-shows.
New Sounds 1985 #1 04/06/1985 Club Zu – Encinitas : Mod Fun (New Jersey), Manual Scan, The Wickershams, Manual Fun (opener Digital Dream cancelled so a combined Manual Scan & Mod Fun played an opening set of covers) New Sounds 1985 #2 11/23/1985 JP’s – Point Loma : Boys About Town (UK) (featuring Ed Ball (Television Personalities, The Times), Paul Bevoir (The Jetset, Small Town Parade), Simon Smith (Merton Parkas, Mood Six), Bart Mendoza (Manual Scan, The Shambles) + The Jaywalkers (Los Angeles), Manual Scan, Nashville Ramblers, The Trebels, The Key, The Nephews, etc. - Kevin Ring joined Boys About Town on the last song. New Sounds 1986 07/12/1986 New Generation – San Diego : The Jetset (UK) Manual Scan w/ Anthony Meynell (Squire - UK) Risk (UK) The Tell Tale Hearts, Nashville Ramblers, The Quarrymen, The Trebels, The Deadbeats, Multiple Choice, D-Fendants, Tim Ellison New Sounds 1987 11/14/1987 NO SOUNDS (CANCELLED-literally as first group was preparing to go on. Some groups perform at house parties…) New Sounds 1988 1988 Montezuma Hall – SDSU : Donkey Show Untamed Youth (Missouri) Manual Scan,Tell Tale Hearts, Event, Nashville Ramblers, more… New Sounds 1989 Wed Sept 13 1989 Corporate Humour performs "Tommy" w/ acoustic music from Bart Mendoza, Kevin Ring and Ray Brandes - 2581 Thur Sept 14 1989 The Ben Wayne Combo - 2581 Fri Sept 15 1989 The Funseekers / Untamed Youth / Corporate Humour - 2581 Sat Sept 16 1989 Montezuma Hall – SDSU : The Leopards (St. Louis) Untamed Youth (Missouri) Manual Scan w/ Jeff Connolly ( Lyres, Boston) Funseekers (Minneapolis) Donkey Show Corporate Humour (St. Louis), The Trebles, The Idea, Sharkskin, The Mummies (San Francisco), The Event w/ Bart Davenport (The Loved Ones), The Ben Wayne Combo , Gangbusters, The Others, Tell Tale Hearts, Towne Criers, River Roses (AZ) Sun Sept 17 1989 Funseekers / Manual Scan - 2581 New Sounds 1991 08/24/1991 Soma – San Diego: Hepcat (Los Angeles) 27 Various (Minneapolis) The Funseekers (Minneapolis) The Loved Ones (San Francisco), The Shambles, Marshmallow Overcoat (Arizona), Jigsaw Seen (Los Angeles), Contra Guerra, aMiniature, Odd Numbers (San Jose) + more New Sounds 1998: Sunday 08/23/1998 Java Joe’s – Ocean Beach : The Incredible Moses Leroy Lollipop Factory (Florida) Tuesday 08/25/1998 Java Joe’s – Ocean Beach : Ross (Spain) Protones (Spain) Uncle Jesus, Waxing Pathetic Wednesday 08/26/1998 Java Joe’s – Ocean Beach : Pyramidiacs (Australia) Stagefright (Australia) Ray Brandes 08/27/1998 Java Joe’s – Ocean Beach : The Gripweeds (New Jersey) The Jenny's (Arizona) Martin Luther Lennon, Gregory Page & The Troubled Sleepers (as noted in press and flyers, The Unknowns were originally scheduled for this show but cancelled) 08/28/1998 Java Joe’s – Ocean Beach : Cindy Lee Berryhill's Garage Orchestra The Negro Problem (Los Angeles) Jupiter Effect (Los Angeles) Pine Forest Crunch (Sweden) The Very Idea featuring Rachael Gordon, Static Halo 08/29/1998 Java Joe’s – Ocean Beach : Helium Angel (San Francisco) The Decibels (Sacramento) The Shambles, The Plot |