anybody from ohio ever seen molkie cole?

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i am digging their one and only album from 1977.

christgau's less than exciting review:

Molkie Cole [Janus, 1977]
Well! Who would imagine in this day and age? An eclectic English pop group whose songs recall Revolver, Mungo Jerry, and the Hello People (although that may just be the clown makeup). Where do you think they might be from? Cleveland, apparently. B-

you can see their cool album cover on their website:

http://www.molkiecole.net/history.html

(they don't sound anything like mungo jerry. i only liked hello people after they went glam in the 70's. their 60's stuff is pretty bad. they don't sound like the hello people either. or revolver.)

― scott seward (scott seward), Sunday, 10 September 2006 16:21 (nineteen years ago)

couple of my college roomates were from Erie PA, one guy had the album and talked about seeing them, back when local bands playing originals were few & far between, at least in the midwest.

so what DID Molkie Cole sound like?

I never met anybody who saw Blue Ash either.

― m coleman (lovebug starski), Sunday, 10 September 2006 18:29 (nineteen years ago)

The Raspberries had Cleveland roots too, didn't they? (At least when they were called the Choir? Am I getting this right? Metal Mike Sauders is a huge fan for either their pre-Carmen stuff of Carmen's pre-'Berries stuff, I forget which.) At any rate, did Northern Ohio have a major powerpop scence in the '70s or something? It seems so. (You can even toss in the Euclid Beach Band of "There's No Surf In Cleveland" fame if you want. Single went Top 100, I'm pretty sure, but to my knowledge, which might be wrong, they never made an album.)

― xhuxk (xheddy), Sunday, 10 September 2006 18:38 (nineteen years ago)

Can't help on Molkie Cole though I vaguely recall them being around Cle most of the '70s.

Raspberries (and their precursors Cyrus Erie (Carmen/Bryson) and The Choir (Bryson/Smalley/Bonfanti)) were all from Cle's east suburbs. Ken Sharp's 'Berries book _Overnight Sensation_ (which goes in and out of print) gives a very thorough account of the early days.

Euclid Beach Band did make an album -- my recollection on one hearing was that it was circa-'80 CHR/soft rock that didn't really continue in the 'No Surf' vein to a great extent. The ballad 'I Need You' got a little bit of play on WMMS, and that was it.

― Jeff Wright (JeffW1858), Monday, 11 September 2006 00:34 (nineteen years ago)

"so what DID Molkie Cole sound like?"

quirky pop and hard rock. nice guitars. interesting arrangements (that's where xgau gets the english thing, i think. i dunno). a cool little album, all in all.

chuck, you should really pick up the new ugly things magazine, cuz along with that aussie hard rock list they have part one of a history of the rubber city rebels and it's great reading.

― scott seward (scott seward), Monday, 11 September 2006 02:55 (nineteen years ago)

Scott, can't remember where they were from, but what do you think of Artful Dodger?

― Rickey Wright (Rrrickey), Monday, 11 September 2006 06:11 (nineteen years ago)

i've never heard artful dodger! i know they were supposed to be good. do you like them?

right now i'm listening to *Traveling Underground* by Ian Lloyd & Stories from 1973. It's right up my alley. kenny arronson on bass (post-Dust but pre-Rick Derringer).

― scott seward (scott seward), Monday, 11 September 2006 12:02 (nineteen years ago)

four months pass...

(have you heard artful dodger's "Wayside" yet, scott?
it's like the perfect 70's song)

Anyway, Molkie Cole live, April 21 at The Winchester!

http://www.molkiecole.net/

― weather1ngda1eson (Brian), Thursday, 18 January 2007 08:07 (nineteen years ago)

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