chocolate watchband Archive
27 Dec 2019
Musoscribe’s Best of 2019: Interviews
I lost count of how many interviews I conducted in 2019. I think the number is right around 175. I enjoyed ever single one of them, but as is typical, […]
29 Apr 2019
Album Review: Chocolate Watchband — This is My Voice
Exemplars of 1960s psychedelic garage rock, San Jose, California’s Chocolate Watchband nonetheless suffered greatly at the hands of the band’s label and (to a lesser extent) producer. Over the course […]
16 Jan 2019
No Way Out: The Curious Case of The Chocolate Watchband (Part Three)
Continued from Part Two… “I can’t think of too many bands that manage to build a reputation through as small a body of work,” says Palao. “When anybody looks at […]
15 Jan 2019
No Way Out: The Curious Case of The Chocolate Watchband (Part Two)
Continued from Part One… The punky ethos of Watchband songs like “Are You Gonna Be There (At the Love-in)” and “Let’s Talk About Girls” was no put-on; the band could […]
14 Jan 2019
No Way Out: The Curious Case of The Chocolate Watchband (Part One)
(Note: An edited version of this feature appeared in Record Collector Magazine.) Throughout the history of popular music, certain managers, producers and promoters have been wiling to engage in a […]
27 Aug 2015
The Chocolate Watchband: Give the People What They Want (Part 2)
Continued from Part One… Chocolate Watchband guitarist Tim Abbott believes that these new versions of the band’s old songs are an “opportunity for us to rewrite history, to make it […]
26 Aug 2015
The Chocolate Watchband: Give the People What They Want (Part 1)
Among aficionados of 1960s garage and psychedelic music, The Chocolate Watchband is dearly loved. Though the band’s history is – even by the standards of that era – a mightily […]