![]() Bobby Belfiore: I grew up in Washington DC and got involved in the local music scene in 1979. At the time, compared to New York, DC was a small southern town. A few weeks later the show came and it is impossible to even put into words what a 12 year kid experiences 4th row center for James Brown. They were $25 so I bought one shirt and told my parents it was a very expensive one. The ticket guy yells out at us that he has 4th row center for James Brown! We look at each and said “fuck yeah,” so we got tickets. I had $30 bucks, so here we are in front of the palladium getting high and this guy comes out and starts… but a name on the billboard and the ticket office swings open. I met my friend on 14th street right in front of the Palladium, so we figured let’s blow a joint before we shop. The other life changing experience happened just by chance, I was getting into groovy clothes that my parents couldn’t understand so I finally convinced them to lay some bread on me and let me go down to the East Village to buy my own clothes. This was probably 1979? They had these folding chairs set up and as soon as The Ramones hit the stage everyone stood up on them and half of them folded so you would look around and see people falling into their chairs. Orin Portnoy: I grew up in NYC across the street from Central Park, in fact my first concert was The Ramones at the ice skating rink in Central Park. Where did you grow up and what was the local scene like? ![]() It’s a must! “The enchanting spirit of a time gone by is captured forever in these recordings” Guerssen Records recently reissued and released their unreleased album. ![]() Their take on ’65-66 jangly garage-folk-rock was unrivalled. Drums were handled by Frank Manlin, Greg Clark and Ken Anderson during the Optic Nerve’s duration and Tom Ward played bass. Elan and Ira left to be full time Fuzztones, and Tony Matura was brought in for the lifetime of the band on guitar and vocals. The band was formed by Bobby Belfiore along with brothers Elan and Orin Portnoy and Ira Elliott. The Optic Nerve | Interview | “Velvet Underground meets The Byrds” The Optic Nerve formed in New York in 1985, and were children of Nuggets who dreamed about the Velvet Underground but looked like The Byrds.
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