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Eazy Teeth - The Fire This Time

from Modulisme Session 033 by VA. Serge-O-Voxes - voices for the Serge I

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Paul M. Young spent the late 70’s and early 80’s playing the Serge live in the Punk Clubs and Art Galleries of Los Angeles and San Francisco under the name Eazy Teeth, a name given to him by Captain Beefheart as he was smiling a lot. He collaborated with many artists including Johanna Went, Z’ev, Jed Spear and many more. At the same time, he was building Serge Modular systems, road managing Captain Beefheart, managing Snakefinger, working with the Residents on The Mole Show…

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« Looking back at my life during the Serge Modular years in Los Angeles and San Francisco is certainly not easy after 40 years. As I previously mentioned in my “Easy Teeth” interview for a Modulisme session, I first became aware of Serge in 1977. At that time, I was making my living selling hi-fi at various audio retail stores in Los Angeles. My first system was a 6-panel paper-face system. When I started working at Serge in 1978, my first job was stuffing PC boards. Eventually I was running production. The shop was originally located in Hollywood at the corner of Santa Monica Boulevard and Western Avenue in Hollywood. It always felt like an adventure ascending the stairway to the shop. Serge attracted quite a diverse group of artists that all worked there at some in the careers including Jill Fraser, Gary Chang, Kevin Braheny Fortune, Chas Smith, Scott Gresham-Lancaster, Anne Graham, and Darrel Johansen who was the general manager.
When Serge relocated to San Francisco on 1980, Darrel convinced me to relocate with them. At first, I said I would go for a year and then come back to Los Angeles. Well, one year ending up turning into three. After the last Captain Beefheart tour in January 1981, I asked band member Eric Drew Feldman to come up to San Francisco to join Snakefinger. Eventually Eric came to work at Serge as did composer Richard Marriott. I am sure there are many others who passed through the halls at Serge Modular and my apologies if I don’t remember them all at this time.
To save money on rent, I was living in the back of the San Francisco shop in what was once the dining room and kitchen. I had my system set up to do demos for our customers. During that time, I rebuilt my system to its current configuration as described in my session. Living in the shop allowed me the added gift of time and access to change and adapt my system to fit my own creative needs.
As always when you are in the middle doing something you love and working with incredible people, you have no idea of what the future may have in store. Looking back, I now know that the Serge era was truly an incredible time for all of us. I was so very fortunate to participate in this adventure.»

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from Modulisme Session 033, released January 30, 2021

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