Tentatively Terminal 1977-1978, by Terminal Intensity

Tentatively Terminal 1977-1978

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Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality downloads of Live At The Rat 1983, Love Songs 1975-1981, Tentatively Terminal 1977-1978, The Jetsons, Polish Sausage Sauerkraut! A Collection Of Gizmos Covers, The Gizmos EPs 1976-1978, The Gizmos: Raw '76/'77, The Gizmos In New York 1980-81, and 18 more. , and , .

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3.	Image Of The Gods 05:01		buy track
4.	Strange Lady 03:52		buy track
5.	Moonies 01:44	info	buy track
6.	Till The End Of The Day 02:08	info	buy track
7.	The Moth & The Flame 03:10		buy track
8.	Flashback 03:39		buy track
9.	The American Dream 03:20	info	buy track
10.	Action 03:09		buy track
11.	One More Time 01:32		buy track
12.	Peepin' Tom 02:03		buy track
13.	Gimme Lobotomy 01:45	info	buy track
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about

In the fall of 1972 my brother Daryl Frazier [a/k/a Billy Nightshade] started school at Bemidji State College in northern Minnesota. I was 11 years old and Daryl was 18. Every weekend he would come home and bring me amazing used records of rock and roll bands. His good friend Gary Zerott from BSC knew music inside out, and turned Daryl on to all kinds of brilliant artists! Kinks, Bowie, Alice Cooper, Stooges, MC5, Patti Smith, Velvet Underground, Slade, Deep Purple...the heavier the better.

Back home our neighbors the Grossmans lived half a mile down the road, seven miles north of Pelican Rapids. Alan and Glen were very good friends of ours, as was the rest of their family. Alan was the first to purchase a reasonably-priced acoustic guitar, and I followed suit within a couple of months!

I learned how to play guitar and Daryl learned bass guitar. Soon Daryl and I realized it was easier to write our own songs than figure out ones by the Stones or Kinks. We found the process of writing songs in our own haphazard way! Gradually the songs got better and we decided it was time to put a band together!

At this point Alan Grossman had started playing drums and he was practicing nonstop. He was an amazing and natural drummer from the very start! His influences were Alan White, Simon Kirk and Charlie Watts. We talked Alan into joining and started a three piece band named Terminal Intensity! A little later we decided to fill out the sound of the band. Phil Stratton was brought in to round out the two guitar attack!

Around the fall of 1976 we cleared out one side of the Grossman's barn hayloft and started practicing there. When we took a break from playing songs, we would take turns shooting at bats in the rafters with a BB gun! Soon the hay fever got the best of us, we came to our senses and decided to move into the chicken coop next to the barn. It was a small log outbuilding, we cleaned it up, put on a new roof, and were ready to move into our new clubhouse!

I had bought a Sony stereo microphone with a Sony cassette deck that we used to record these songs. During the summers of 1976 to 1978 we were always primed and looked forward to Daryl's return from grad school at Indiana University. Daryl was our leader! He brought and encouraged an attitude to keep us working on a song until we got it right. He passed on to us the experience and fun that he had after joining and playing with the Gizmos!

During mid-summer of 1978 Alan left the band to take a job as a radio DJ in northern Minnesota. His brother Glen took over and didn't miss a beat! He was also a rock solid drummer.

I was 15 years old at the start of these recordings, and I have to say I never have played in a better band or had more fun than playing with Terminal Intensity!

--Mark Frazier, January 2024

These Recordings are Dedicated to:

Daryl Frazier 1954-2017
Alan Grossman 1958-2007

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released January 12, 2024

Daryl Frazier: bass & lead locals
Mark Frazier: lead guitar & vocals, lead vocals on 4 & 10
Phil Stratton: rhythm guitar & backing vocals
Alan Grossman: drums & backing vocals
Glen Grossman: drums & backing vocals on 8 & 12

Recorded Summers 1977-1978 at the Chicken Coop, Pelican Rapids, MN. Produced by Phil Stratton. All photos: Chris Carlson. TI logo: Phil Stratton. Cassette layout: Eddie Flowers.

All songs written by Daryl Frazier, except 4 & 10 Mark Frazier; 3, 7, 9 & 14 Daryl Frazier & Mark Frazier; 6 Ray Davies. All songs (c) Mark Frazier & Philip Stratton, except 1, 2, 5, 9 & 13 Gizmo Music (BMI); 6 Edward Kassner Music Co Ltd (PRS)/Abkco Music Inc(BMI)/Unichappell Music Inc (BMI).

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