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An Imprint of Hal Leonard LLC
Copyright 2018 by Laura Davis-Chanin
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Published in 2018 by Backbeat Books
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Print ISBN: 978-1-61713-687-0
ePub ISBN: 978-1-61713-735-8
Kindle ISBN: 978-1-61713-736-5
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To Bill Arning; Philip Shelley; David Scharff; Lori Reese;
Joe Katz; Jody Robelo Katz; Antone DeSantis; Paul Rutner;
MB Davis; my exquisite daughters, Zoe and Mara;
and the Man Who Fell to Earth,
may he rest in peace
The Student Teachers was the first band I ever saw that had a female drummer.
Laura and I, along with Bill Arning, who was also in the Student Teachers, went to the same high school in New York City in the mid-to-late 70s. At first, I was not really friends with them, but it was a small school, so I was aware of them forming a band, running the fan club for the Mumps, and being into New Wave. Bill was an especially vocal Mumps devotee and hippie denouncer. I remember him constantly yelling out Deadhead! at me in the hallways, having once spotted a copy of Blues for Allah in my locker from way across the common room in our school. I was not a Deadhead, more of a Dead-dabbler, and not for long. Years later, I suspiciously wondered how he was able to recognize this fairly muted Grateful Dead album cover from so far away. Bill always had a keen eye for art!
Pretty soon I was a fan of the Mumps myself. I got to know Lauras sister, MB, and wed go see them and the Student Teachers, as well as Blondie, the Heartbreakers, and lots of other bands mentioned in the book. MB and I became close friends, and I even ended up working for her and Lauras father and stepmother at their loft one summer, and later moved in there with MB when they went to Europe for a few months. But earlier in our friendship, when I tagged along with MB to see the Student Teachers, I remember being impressed that they had a female rhythm section. I dont know if I was already thinking about playing drums then, but I definitely took notice of Laura, with her methodical non-splashy drumming and androgynous coolness! She certainly was cool, if not a bit intimidating. And her willful personality came through from behind the drums, despite being in the back.
Now that I think about it, Im pretty sure it was Laura (and later on, Moe Tucker) who inspired me to play the drums. I recognize that same intensity and passion in Lauras description of her youth and extraordinary experiences that I saw when she performed. She recounts stories so vividly. Its as though shes transcribing a diary. I was completely swept up in the emotion of it, both from reading about all the events I recall, when I hung out with MB, and the ones that were new to me.
Georgia Hubley
Drummer, Yo La Tengo
January 2018
I first want to thank my agent , Lee Sobel, for pushing me to write this book. Despite my initial hesitation, it was very cathartic. I next want to thank my dear friend and editor Paul Rutner for helping me so much in the writing of this book and, even more important, for making me laugh through it all. Of course I want to thank Chris Stein for his wonderful thoughts and encouragement. I am also grateful to my band, the Student Teachers: Bill Arning, Lori Reese, David Scharff, Philip Shelley, Jody Robelo Katz, Joe Katz, and Antone DeSantis. They were so supportive, and despite my annoying, endless questions about things that happened, who, why, how, wherethey weathered me with great patience. Its also important to say that without these exceptional people, my life thenand the roller-coaster ride of events that happened to me and to all of uswould never have occurred. I want to thank Roberta Bayley, David Godlis, Bobby Grossman, Joe Stevens, Ebet Roberts, Bill Arning, Gary Valentine, Lisa Jane Persky, Chris Stein, and particularly Steve Lombardi for their beautiful photos, which bring this book to life far more than it ever would otherwise. We are all so lucky these photographers were there to capture that unique, bristling moment in rock n roll history. Id like to thank my acquiring editor, Bernadette Malavarca, along with group publisher John Cerullo, at Backbeat Books for seeing an important story to tell here. Thanks also to copy editor Polly Watson and designer Kristina Rolander. Finally, I want to thank my sister, MB, for being my rock; to Chris A., for being there; and to my remarkable daughters, Zoe and Mara. I am a far better person because of them.
Wait! Hold it! Just hold it! I want to tell you something first. That is: this is not the book you think it is. Yes, its a memoiryes, yes, it will tell you about a lot of cool people and places I got to meet and go to and yes, it will tell you about how it all fell apart.
But... its not a sad story.
And thats very important to remember. You know, this Greek philosopher, Heraclituswell, he said many wild and complicated things, but the most famous was:
No man ever steps in the same river twice.
Thats the point of this book. Life happens fast. The changes it hits us with every day are stupefying. Nothing remains the same. That reality was highly concentrated for me, for all of us, during the span covered in this book, because my friends and I were in our teen years thena classically dangerous time for anyoneand it all happened during a unique moment in rock n roll history. The river we were stepping in was thunderous.
During the late 70s in New York, music was transforming every minute of every day right before our eyes. Gone were the big stadium acts and in came Punk Rockthe queen of the rock revolutionembodied by small, angry, individualistic bands who demanded to be heard and recognized, and my friends and mewe jumped right smack into the middle of that revolution, just as the river was raging. It grabbed us by our necks and took us with it. As Patti Smith said:
To me, punk rock is the freedom to create, freedom to be successful, freedom to not be successful, freedom to be who you are. Its freedom.
And honestlywe were a little too young for that freedom.
Two years ago, I was approached by my agent to write this book. I was in the middle of working on another one, so I hesitated. But he contacted me because David Bowie had just died. He knew about my past friendship with Bowie and the effect hed had on my life. He also knew about my relationship with Jimmy Destri of Blondie, and about the production work Jimmy had done for the band I was in, the Student Teachers, and that it had looked at one time, in the late 70s, like our band was getting very successful very quickly.
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