One of the best bands to ever come from Buffalo had one of the worst names. Bobo doesn't sound like a band. It sounds like a clown, and every time I hear that name I cringe. Fortunately, the music far exceeded their awful monikor. In the late nineties, Bobo took Buffalo by storm with their enthusiastic blend of swagger-induced rock'n'roll. The songs were tight, they were raw and they were catchy as all hell. Lead singer/gun-slinger Jimmer Phillips was Buffalo's answer to Keith Richards with all of the sleaze, spit and vibrant energy that is unique to "rock stars". It's a wonder he never found fame with all of that undefinable attitude.
What prompted this post was a recent dig through my CD collection. After unearthing the 6 track Bobo EP and popping it into my stereo I was shocked to hear just how fresh it sounded. It got me thinking about Bobo and all of the great shows at Mohawk Place small stage, including Jimmer taunting the audience, drunk and barely holding himself together yet still making it work somehow. I continued to dig and found Bobo's excellent live split with Girlpope (shown above) as well as their Mp3 disc for Mp3.com which contains their best version of "Broken Promises", Bobo's creme de la creme.
As far as I know, Bobo is currently inactive. They've played a few reunion shows in the past couple years, but I haven't heard anything beyond that. Which leads me to ask this question. Anyone remember Bobo?
"uh oh... this ain't too professional already..."
Can you post some Bobo tracks? And this should totally be a recurring series on Buffablog, Buffalo bands of yesteryear
Unfortunately, I couldn't find anything online other than some real shitty youtube vids. If I get a chance to upload some music in the next few day's I surely will. In the meantime you can go to p22.com/records for info. on getting any Bobo releases.
~jon
does anyone remember a Buffalo band from the late-90s, early-2000s called To Be Announced? They had one album that I used to play all of the time on WCVF at SUNY Fredonia. I had a tape of the album that I lost many years ago. They had some song with a chorus that was like "...so that's why i sit home alone/while she goes out with some meathead" and another delightful little number that was just the singer yelling "i'll pee in my pants" over and over again. I am not really doing them justice right now, clearly, but what a great band...any leads would be appreciated.
To Be Announced used to play the Continental all the time. One of the guys (and I'm forgetting his name...apologies) was a fixture of the Buffalo and Olean punk rock scenes and, from what I understand, a really solid dude. He passed away in the last few years and I know it was a really sad day for a lot of people. I remember TBA being a pretty good band, although I never had any of their releases. Didn't they play with Jungle Stud alot?
They are playing at Tudor lounge tomorrow 3/16/13. Doors open at 8pm & preceding them will be Milkrun playing there reunion show.