Tag: Vic Logic

Amazing Thrill Show

September 10, 2025 / user

Formed In July: 1990, AMAZING THRILL SHOW was based in Philadelphia, PA. The band has performed regularly at Philadelphia clubs and venues throughout the Middle Atlantic states.

Recording sessions at Trackmaster Audio (Buffalo, NY) :
Watermusic (Hoboken, NJ), Sigma Sound (Philadelphia), and Graphic Sound Studios (Ringoes, NJ) resulted in the band’s first
release, a self-titled cassette on their own FAKIR RECORDS label in April 1992.
Two of the cassette’s tracks were produced by Robbie Goo, bassist for Warner Bros. recording artists The Goo Goo Dolls.
Then they released two 7 inches in 1992, a split 7inch with the band Crankcase, in 1994 plus a Not One Cent Cassette in 95. Their full length cd – Gigantopithecus was released in 1996. Also have a bunch of 4 track recordings, Live and Rehearsal recordings. (all below)

Plus here are some pdfs compiling the Lyrics and Press Releases.

I would like to send a big thank you to Peter Helfrich & Nicholas Mastropole for compiling and sending me all of this info, photos, music, lyrics etc for this band. It is amazing how much he sent me for this post. THANKS

LINE UP:
Peter Helfrich – vocals, bass
David Anderson – guitars, keys, backing vocals
Jeff Werner (Strapping Field Hands, Crankcase, Vic Logic, Confusion Visits) – drums
Later
Chris Burke – drums, percussion

Trivia from Peter:
“In 1988, two college roommates and I road-tripped to Minnesota, where they were checking out schools with programs they were considering for future studies. Along the way, we stopped for gas at a rural country store in Wisconsin. Making conversation, we asked an old woman at the cash register if there was anything fun to do around those parts. She suggested that we visit the Wisconsin Dells and see Tommy Bartlett’s “amazing thrill show” as she called it. We asked who Tommy Bartlett was and laughed when she replied, “He’s a water-skiing clown!”

My roommate Jon ended up going to the University of Minnesota and later sent me a postcard of Tommy Bartlett in full water-skiing clown regalia. I hung it on the wall of our basement practice space at 938 South Street in Philadelphia, and later it provided the inspiration we needed when brainstorming band names.

Ironically, each year, the Philadelphia police department’s motorcycle division would stage a benefit event they called their “Thrill Show,” which benefited widows and children of police officers and firefighters killed in the line of duty. So each year there would be posters all over the city advertising “Thrill Show” in huge letters that had nothing to do with us at all!”

4 Tracks
Anthem One (4Track)
B-N-Green-One (April 1991)
Bitter Cherry
Crazy Horse Original Demo
Crazy Horse (4Track)
Flamin Redd Foxx (April 1991)
G F One (4Track)
Linear B (4Track)
One Night (4Track)
Ovalteen Spirit Early (4Track)
Sad One (4Track)
Sleighbell (4Track)
Song For Two Basses (4Track)
The One (4Track)
Twang One (4Track)
Twang One April 1991

Basement 4 Tracks
Aggressive Changes
D-Line-Dont-Be-Bitter
Halloween One (Idea)
Intro One
James Taylor One
Kracken
Night Fever
Out Of Time
Parallels
Picking One
Poppy New Order One
Rave Sensation (Idea)
Start Child
Witch Ritual

Rehearsal Tapes – 938 South Street
Complicated One Rehearsal
Distorted Bass One Rehearsal
Hypno Fire Wand Practice 10 16 1991
New Novelty Practice
Wolverine Practice 10 16 1991

MediaFire Zip of 4track and Rehearsal files

Black Tape – 1992
01-No Questions Asked (Wolverine)
02-Theme
03-New Novelty
04-Yellow
05-Flaming (Redd Foxx)
06-Kaleidoscope
07-Twang
08-The One
MediaFire Zip of Cassette files

7 inch single with Steve Garvey
A-Genuine
B-Dont Be Bitter (Alternate Mix)
B-Dont Be Bitter
MediaFire Zip of 7″ files

Ovaltyne 7 Inch
01-Ovaltyne
02-Sleighbell
03-Bitter Cherry
04-Agressive Changes
MediaFire Zip of 7″ files

Split with CrankCase
01-Aggressive Changes
02-Fiery Robert (Not Alone)
MediaFire Zip of Split 7″ files

Not One Red Cent Cassingle Of The Month 09 1995
01-Pit Of Despair
02-Worse Than Before
MediaFire Zip of Cassingle files

Gigantopithecus cd

01 – Ovaltyne
02 – Slaybelle
03 – Pit Of Despair
04 – Dante’s Inferno
05 – Peppermint Patty
06 – Midnight Bird
07 – F – 1
08 – Witness
09 – Invoke The Kraken
10 – Sleighbell
11 – $40
12 – Anthem
13 – Orange

MediaFire Zip of cd files

Live
40 Dollars Writing Session Eds Rehearsal Studio
Anthem Khyber Pass May 6 1991
B-N-Green-Live-At-Khyber-Pass
Blister In The Sun Live Khyber Pass
Flaming Redd Foxx Live At Khyber
Hypnotic Fire Wand Live Khyber Pass
Live At Khyber Pass Philadelphia
The One Khyber Pass May 6 1991
Untitled Unfinished Song Eds Rehearsal Studio
Whole Lotta Love Khyber Pass May 6 1991
Amazing Thrill Show-Cassette Release Show – Full Set 4-23-92
Amazing Thrill Show-Live Set Wtsr – Trenton State

Misc
Bulbous Swan Dave Lyric Ideas
Candy Tummy
Misc Dave Acoustic And Piano Ideas
Random Street Guy Outside 938 South Street

MediaFire Zip of Live & Misc files

814 N. Broad St. Philadelphia
938 south street
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Former Eds Rehearsal Studio - 244 E County Li

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Heroics

October 20, 2021 / user

I forget when or where Jason, Chris and I first spoke about trying to collaborate; was it at a show at the Khyber? taco tueday at Mom’s? I have zero recollection anyway, we had tried a few years before when I tried out for lead singer in their previous combo Dagobah System. that wasn’t the right fit as they were pretty jammy and had an established mode of band communication. I wasn’t about to jump in and force song arrangements on them and they wouldn’t have let me anyway! also I was in 3 other bands at that time, but I always wanted to play with Chris and I definitely always wanted to be a part of the mystique that Jason had with the legendary Kitschchao. they knew the vick logic tapes as well and being Philadelphia players in Phila bands we had all seen another’s bands for years, played on bills together and been on social scene terms of course (man, Philadelphia was much smaller back then wasn’t it?) so, NO the Dagobah System thrived for quite a bit when the band members eventually all did their vocals and gang vocals on their own (a side note: one of the Dagobah jams we rehearsed [and taped] became a mid-period heroics tune in ‘the Elk’) after I left KeN and the city I swore that I wouldn’t and couldn’t play in another band ever. I just didn’t (still don’t) have the political grace to navigate the scene and the band politics always tested or even ruined relationships and friendships. it’s just alot of fucking work creatively, politically and emotionally . . . had I had some level of outward success and an infrastructure (read: musical career) I could have jumped into something more willingly and I don’t think I SUCK necessarily either, it’s just that audience success never came

I think Jason and Chris were also reticent in the same way as the broke up Dagobah for some personal reasons as well. so before we even played a note I said “no pressure. no restrictions. no set ideas. if we don’t gel let’s not force it” when we finally did get together it was effortless. even with a limited line-up in 2 guitars and a vocal it was clear that we could mesh our ideas and our talent Chris is a fucking genius and JCLo has a punk rock soul (and a great guitar tone). I think they dug my ability to wedge a hook and melody into their progressions we got off on it and decided to become a band after a few weeks plus, these were some of the greatest funnest drunken-ish practices ever. total freeform fun. we became fast friends and solid writing partners right then that first month. now to find a drummer . . .-Marc

the heroics: 12.1999 – 8.2004
the heroics:
Marc Beck vocals
Chris Hunter guitar
Jason Clouser guitar
Roger Bodine bass
Lenny America drums 1
Matt Kovalchuk drums 2

Crankcase

October 14, 2020 / user

CranckCase
crankcase. machine 1 was 1992 – 1995.
rob coye guitars and vocals
marc beck guitar and vocals
rick wright bass and vocals
chuck hanning drums drums and more drums
(the unit continued for a few years with Erwin Michelfelder (of Clabbers fronted Mezmorons’ replacing Marc)
Crankcase hits that spot between SY and fLIPS while sitting alongside Silkworm and Rodan.
the band initially started after a few jam sessions with the trio of Rob Coye, Marc Beck and a pre-Strapping Field Hands Jeff Werner. we had all been friends in our previous bands: Rob’s Grisly Fiction and Marc and Jeff’s Confusion Visits. incidentally, Marc and Jeff’s Vick Logic started at the same exact time

it was apparent that Rob and Marc could display some decent early 90s guitar histrionics, and we decided to become real by adding Grisly Fiction’s first drummer Chuck Hanning along with party companion Rick Wright
we played pretty actively in Philadelphia. notable billings were with US Maple and Babe the Blue Ox and one rousing show at Pi Lam’s Human BBQ with A Place to Bury Strangers
Rick remains active with Phila psych giants Flower Girl (please see their Bandcamp)
Rob Coye did a Grisly Fiction reunion project with gigs and continues playing noise with his Phantom Pilots project as well as instrumental duo Lame Cover Band (2008-forever) and a stints with Steven Cerio’s Small Girl Boils Water (early 2000’s) .
Marc remains retired from musical creativity after projects revelogic and (the) heroics
Chuck enjoys home brewing and jazz combo
please listen to this LOUD. play it LOUD . LOUD. LOUD!!!!
(Thanks for the files and the info -Marc)