The Controllers

The Controllers was Punk band from Los Angeles, California, USA.

Great Punk band formed on July 4th 1977, with a lineup of Johnny Stringray (guitar), his girlfriend (drums), his girlfriend's little brother Kid Spike (vocals), and bass player D.O.A. Dan ("an acne-scarred lunatic with more than a few loose screws"). They rehearsed under the Pussycat Theater on Hollywood Blvd, which was run by Brendan Mullen, an entrepreneurial Scotsman who transformed the rehearsal spot into The Masque. By the time they recorded the Neutron Bomb 7" in late '77 Charlie Trash was behind the drum kit, but by the time the single was released in 1978 "a lame power grab on part of the rhythm section" reduced the band to just Stingray and Spike, who soldiered on nonetheless. Paul Roessler (The Screamers) and Bruce Barf (pre-Wall of Voodoo) were enlisted to help out with shows, before Stringray and Spike settled on being a power trio, with a girl called Maddog on drums. This lineup recorded the Slow Boy 7" in 1978 and three songs for the Tooth And Nail compilation in 1979. The band folded in Spring '79, with Spike joining the slightly boring The Gears, Maddog drifting into even greater obscurity and Stringray forming KAOS. The Controllers reformed briefly in 1996.

Neutron Bomb 7'' (1978)

01 - Neutron Bomb

02 - Killer Queers

Slow Boy 7'' (1978)

01 - Slow Boy

02 - Do The Uganda

03 - Suburban Suicide

The Controllers (1977-92) (2000)

01 - (The Original) Neutron Bomb

02 - Killer Queers

03 - Slow Boy

04 - Do The Uganda

05 - Another Day

06 - Electric Church

07 - Jezebel

08 - Suburban Suicide

09 - Barnacle Bill The Sailor

10 - Top Secret

11 - Your World

12 - Hot Stumps

13 - White Trash Christ

14 - Tail-Lights To Texas

Another Sunny Day (2006)

01 - Neutron Bomb (1977)

02 - Killer Queers (1977)

03 - Hot Stumps (1977)

04 - Hot Stumps (1982)

05 - Suburban Suicide (1982)

06 - Jezebel (1982)

07 - She's Not In Love (1982)

08 - Do The Uganda (1982)

09 - Jezebel (1996)

10 - Fallin' Down (1996)

11 - Another Sunny Day (1996)

12 - Suffocation (2002)

13 - We Don't Believe (2002)

14 - Nuke Beach (2002)

15 - Your're Gonna Miss Me (2002)

16 - Neutron Bomb (1977 Alternate Take)

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