47,038 Views - Greenhouse Effect Music ; "Misogynistia {1992}" Rock Opera Clark Hagin - The September 1992 classic "Misogynistia" from Greenhouse Effect and Clark Hagins. This song is the lead off 'opening track" on the 16 Song 'The Rock Opera - White Suburban Liar$' which ofcourse is an expansion upon 1991's 'Going Legit' cd. "Shes a bitch and then you live" exclaims the classic chorus break of this well known South Bay (Redondo Beach / Torrance California) rock anthem of Los Angeles. Clark hagins ofcourse would get into tangles with magazines like Ben is dead and Bam Magazine as his desires to 'speak out' against liberal (and sometimes rightwing too) political ideas often got him in hot water as he rubbed practically everybody - and especially his own family in particular - the wrong way ,..as 'the' independent thinker !! At only 5 foot 5 tall, it virtually impossible for hagins to ever get any respect or back up ,..but his music 'always' did the talking - with nothing but hit songs; WHITE BLACK THANG, STAR, BEN IS DEAD, IT AIN'T EASY, 22nd Street, People that won't back down, Search and Destroy, Dead End street, Manipulation, Addicted, America the beautiful,..and nevermind all the tunes in the great collection of pre-1991 that Hagins recorded alongside guitar master Phil Keegan (Dr. Phil) in the 'first' incarnation of Greenhouse Effect from 1985 til 1990 ! Keyboardest and Sound producer Bill Krodel often played the synthesizer parts on G.e. songs and spoke highly of Hagins as one of the best people he ever recorded! "Misogynistia" and it's millions of views at Google is a stunner and has helped make G.e. into an internet household word as this weird accoustic driven ambient song moves along hillariously displaying the pratfalls of good ol' 666 - THIS ONE IS A KEEPER ! NOTE; WOVEN IN HERE - is live footage of the song 'Ben is deaad' at the important August 16, 1991 gig at the hermosa Saloon where the swami Haggins seems to be showing the crowd what the future of 1990's alternative rock n roll will look like ! - Greenhouse Effect Music 2009 ; Myspace Artist; Brandy & White Black. - Greenhouse Effect existed for about 7 years beginning in Possibly Late 1985 until their conclusion with November 1992's "Big Teen Dollar$" album. The early portion of the band was 'the power trio" garage 'indie rock' version led upfront by guitarist Phil Keegan as Clark Hagins bizarrely sang "in a David Bowie-like" voice from the drum kit!, hammering away at his percussion intruments in a Keith Moon heavy fashion. Keegan's loud guitar, fueled by strange sounding 'middle eastern' or "Dorian" guitar scales as he stepped on his wah wah peddle to constantly up the anty, was co-pilot to the antics of Hagins as bassist Rick Carmody more than kept up with some of the South Bay area's (Redondo Beach / Torrance California) best bass playing, often going into the difficult territories of Led Zeppelin's John paul Jones and even Iron Maiden's Steve Harris at times in a demanding 'uptempo and fast' style of playing almost entirely with three fingers and never a pick. Probobly G.e's most critical 'phase' begins in September of 1990 when Phil Keegan and the other two members of the band agree to mutually go 'seperate ways'. Drummer Clark Hagins had infact originally been a guitarist - dating to the days when he was 11 years old in 1976 or 77' and took 'several' guitar lessons in Redondo Beach from the local leader of St. lawrence martyr Church's 6;00 PM band! Before he was in Greenhouse Effect, Hagins was already a schooled and savy 'studio musician" who carefully recorded all alone at Gardena's South Bay Sound Studio with studio engineer Bill Rothberg in 1985 and parts of 86' ,..where Hagins would first lay down drum tracks and then add guitar, bass, vocal, and keyboard bits himself ,...structures that would lead to songs like 1985's "Maury - A Lad insane". Hagins ' trademarked 'heavy distorted guitar' was on almost every track on the cassettes he would make and pass out to people around town,..almost as if he were 'auditioning' where ever he would go...for 'something'... The Sept, Oct, Nov, Dec 1990 portion of Greenhouse Effect is very transitional and of utmost critical importance; Clark Hagins set aside his little black Premier Drumkit in favor of his trusty 'Ibanez Artist' electric guitar and little "Peavey Bandit 75 Watt" amp! Together with bassist Rick Carmody and drummer Mike Valencia, "The 'New' G.e." began to work on Hagins' own home crafted little 'demo' songs. Ideas which Hagins had tossed around alone for so many years,...'ideas' that would turn into "Ben is Dead", Star, and especially "Hey Negrita"... The early rehearsals of the newly revamped Greenhouse Effect were not clumsy. The band almost immediately asserted itself as the well experienced Carmody and Hagins carefully put together songs and song parts as they also developed a new stage show for their still three piece band act. Hagins' "concept' album idea was a project that he and Carmody long wanted to set into motion. The idea for a 'Rock opera' that was some 48 songs long and over two hours long too had to be reduced due to money flow problems for the reborn fledging new G.e. Some of the brand new song ideas were almost 'punk rock" like in uptempos and the more 'heavy metal' drumming style of Valencia seemed not quite a right fit for G.e. In the 'recycler' classified newspaper, Haggins and Carmody found that new fit - in the hammering big arms of San pedro drummer Martin Silva ! Almost immediately, Hagins, Carmody, and Silva were a bonafied power trio 'threat' of weird new epic 'alternative rock' status. Keep in mind that in late 1990 and most of 1991, the dominant sound in the South Bay (and most to all of the United States was KNAC styled glam 'heavy metal'). Greenhouse Effect were something totally different indeed. Coming out of the band that sported the mighty power guitar of Phil keegan (who put his power 'grunge rock' stamp on everything with authority) gave G.e. a definitely 'heavy' style to begin with....Hagins' guitars, especially on the Neil Young 'Cowgirl in the sand"/ Down by the river"- like Hey Negrita - were something totally new indeed! Hagins and Carmody would work in the studio alone - almost in secret- cutting the February 1991 album "Going Legit" where Hagins once again returned to the drums "to get that 'ge' drum vibe" along with his important guitar. The result was a classic 8 song piece of music which would feature some of Ge's greatest and never again-matched songs ! "Dead End Street", "22nd Street", God's Joke, Hey Negrita, Star, and the classic BEN IS DEAD as well as two songs 'not' recorded at Accessive Light and Sound , the lomita music recording studio , ran by Studio engineer Andy Houston. "America the Beautiful" and "Wilson Phillips" would be recorded and mixed by Bill Krodel at El Segundo's Jet City Sound studio near LAX. Due to financial problems, the album was greatly reduced but the gigs that G.e. would quickly play with Silva lacked nothing !! G.e. immediately attacked the stage with Silva, playing two gigs at the Crest in Torrance with several other bands. The crowd, as well as the members of the other bands, watched intently as the bizarre G.e. seemed to pick up right where they last left off with Keegan at the Wilson park concert in Torrance in September. The 'new G.e." were a manic three man band led upfront by hagins who built their new live act around the long (nearly 9 minute versions) of Hey Negrita as Clark hagins would stop in between songs and tell hillarious jokes as well as trying to explain the 'concept' of his 'Going Legit' Rock Opera,..explaining to the crowd that many of the songs had to be cut out, thus rendering the album 'un-understandable" with only the bare 8 songs. The live set evolved around hagins' stepping on his guitar peddles (Not unlike Keegan before him) and imiting loud distortion and feedback,...crowds were confused - not sure if they should refer to the jaded looking and depressive t-shirt clad g.e. as 'metal' - clearly G.e. were some kind of 'whole new thing" as they bounced around the stage, playing a Keegan-era song in "Waiting for your love to fail" but also the riveting new "Winers, Diners, and Social Climbers" G.e. were clearly in uncharted waters,...mining a whole new territory and genre. In a move that would disappoint bassist Rick Carmody, G.e. made the decision to replace Marty Silva with a punk rock drummer that they discovered one night at Accessive Light and Sound named Greg Tarpley. Tarpley had the 'look' that Hagins was looking for but also the punk rock vibe G.e. so badly needed. Greg Tarpley was a flannel wearing 'tight' uptempo drummer who played drum rolls and fills exactly the way Hagins envisioned 'ideal' for G.e. - and with Tarpley, G.e. would charge straight into May 1991's Wilson park Festival number 5. The energy for this concert was intense and although Clark hagins feels today that this three man show probobly 'could have been better' ...G.e. nevertheless 'stole the show' from the 7 other bands that would play that day,....and the show would end with the destruction of a cheap Fender Strat at the closing notes of "22nd Street' in a clymactic moment before a large cheering crowd.... G.e. perfectly carried a 'don't give a shit' demeanor - and definitely something 'brand new' was on display at this performance; "Star", BEN IS DEAD, and "Waiting for your love to fail" all leading the way....Back at the Crest in Torrance, G.e. again exploded onstage the following week-end in a spellbinding performance ,..but things would culminate perfectly on the night of August 16, 1991 at the Hermosa Saloon in Hermosa Beach as G.e. perfectly focused their rage into a historic 'filmed' performance now seen around the world millions of times a day at Googlevideocom !! The 'Anniversary of Elvis" death gig at the Saloon that night,..perfectly is a dead look at the 1990's future of 'alternative emo rock' as G.e. -completely unaware of coming bands from Seattle Nirvana and Pearl jam - put on one of rock's greatest shows,...exploding through riveting and fashionably loud out of tune versions of BEN IS DEAD and STAR before an excited small crowd in the tiny saloon. The video, so historic to the South Bay, literally 'confirms' Clark hagins (and even Phil Keegan's too) claims to Ge's vision for emo alternative 'grunge rock' as a pop marketing tool - long before any other bands ,..much less lawyers, agents, publicists, or A & R PEOPLE - COULD THINK of such a thing or dream it up !! Another Pre-Nirvana ERA G.E. gig would explode at the Anti-club in Los Angeles as G.e. were part of yet another multi-band festival line up only a few days after the Saloon show,...and at this performance,...the three piece G.e. ripped their way along through one of their tightest and professional sets ever as the Anti-clubs Soundman declared them 'the best band he had ever seen", the Long grungey "Hey negrita' dominating the action along with "Winers Diners", hagins stepping on his peddles and feed backing his strat and ibanez all the way and all night long through out,...Greg Tarpley's drums definitely providing rock's most important foundation with tight fills and always a straight even hard punk beat... "Greenhouse Effect" seemed ready to take on - THE WHOLE WORLD ! BUT THEN,... In early October 1991, a Seattle band called Nirvana began to catch fire big in the media, on KROQ RADIO, ON MTV, in magazines,...everywhere - ....and things suddenly began to turn south for the once mighty G.e. A bitter Clark hagins did not understand the buzz about these new bands from upnorth as their songwriting seemed far sub-standard to G.e. - even the version of the band with Keegan. Hagins wrote some angry letters addressed to various magazines and record labels wondering why G.e. was so long rejected,..and not given a chance ?? ..but to no avail.... A return back to drummer Marty Silva, the recordings of obvious hit songs like Brandy, White Black Thang, and others, as well as a multitude of new great gigs with Silva ,...would 'not' be enough to keep G.e. going strong in 1992. A new interest in punk rock came into the media and the culture following the Nirvana sensation. Bassist Rick Carmody would slowly drift away and eventually exit G.e. out-right in favor of Redondo beach punk band 'the One handed Readers' and by November of 1992, despite tons of new great recordings done all alone by the experienced hagins, G.e. was over "Final videos" were shot in late 1992 with new drummer Palle Carlson as Silva had once again left G.e. - this time on his own watch,... Greenhouse Effect were out of money and according to the soon to turn aged 28 Hagins; Out of time,...... ============== Greenhouse Effect Music ; Myspace Top Charts Artists, Los Angeles. ----- North San Diego County Swimming Pool Cleaner Clark Hagins and his band Greenhouse Effect have blasted into the very tops of the Myspace.com Top Artists and bands charts ,...exploding into their top 100 bands of all time listings, passing by some of the biggest legendary names in rock in the process ,using two mega-songs; 'Brandy' and the alternative rock classic "The White Black Song" (1991).......as highly melodic weapons of choice,... Other tracks like the brutally technical "Coke Snortin' love boyz" from the 1990 Redondo beach California album "Immorally Moral" as released by Rock City Productions - the Boston Massachusetts label owned by jeffery Snowe who 'discovered the super talents' of Greenhouse in 1989, - serve as reminders of G.e's musical abilities in the days when they rocked Torrance concerts with Guitarist Phil Keegan (Dr. Phil) now with San Jose band 'Roughpuppy'. "....G.e. has pretty much cemented themselves as 'the World's house band' as they are at the tops of every major search engine always " says Snowe... "Mr. SouthBay" Clark haggins ofcourse has many jealous enemies in his quest for Alternative 'emo' rock n roll glory ,..but legions of 'new fans' and defenders of the G.e. faith have also emerged in the internet G.e. frenzy,...backing Haggins up - and rocking his songs to the tops of world charts everywhere,..ofcourse the ones at Facebook and Myspace being the most important,... "The goal now is to make money at this" says Clark hagins "I know ,..I know what they all are saying back in the South Bay - I'm the guy that wrote BEN IS DEAD and WAITING FOR YOUR LOVE TO FAIL and 'Star' - i can't 'sell out' blah blah,...well fuck that shit - I AM A REPUBLICAN !! ,..or somethin' like that - atleast i used to be before i heard Dr. Michael Savage and the Mark Levin radio shows,....I am a church going conservative,...I make the best rock n roll - I MAKE HIT RECORDS !!,..and it comes from my tortured life experience - back in the South Bay - where nobody liked me,...Fuck it man,...'Brandy" is a hit song; I wanna make money at this - heres the reality ; ME AND MY WIFE JUST LOST OUR HOME TO FORECLOSURE AND I AM 44 YEARS OLD - SO PUNK ROCKERS CAN GO FUCKING SUCK ON THAT ; I AM A GROWN UP NOW - I PAY REAL BILLS - I AIN'T ON WELLFARE OR SSI AND I DON'T LIVE WITH MY MOMMY AND DADDY ALRIGHT !!! ??? SO SUCK ON THAT UNIT !! Hagins says that he couldn't have done all this with out the 'video boom' of 2007, 2008 , and 2009 and sites like Vimeo, Blip tv, Youtube, and ofcourse the super mega powerful Googlevideo.com which has accumilated millions of famous plays for haggins and his band , making G.e. one of the most seen and 'known' things on Earth !! "This is real now" says Haggins "Me and my wife Veleda lost our home,..some rip off con-man took me for my entire life savings i saved since i was five ,...me and my wife wanted to settle down and have a child - ,..AND NOW WE CAN'T DO THAT !! 'THIS' IS WHY I AM DESPERATE TO MAKE IT WITH G.E. NOW AT AGE 44 - I HAVE NO CHOICE,..MY GOOD PRODUCTIVE YEARS ARE GONE AND I HAVE LOST EVERYTHING - ,..all i have left is my hit song 'Brandy" and some other tracks and the story that is G.e. - music is all i got left in the world !! THIS 'IS' MAKE OR BREAK ,..AND FOR ALL THE MARBLES HERE Baby !! - I am praying to God that some financial backer comes in and helps me and saves us !! 'cause we lost EVERYTHING !! THERES NO TIME FOR ME TO SIT DOWN WITH FAT MIKE OF NOFX AND DEBATE THE MORALS OF PUNK ROCK ETHICS 101 - FUCK THAT,....I could be 'homeless' soon for Godsakes !! Real life and real reality have always entered in to hagins' songs and tracks like BEN IS DEAD bite hard with first rate 'reality' lyrics that rip the Catholic church , the Democrat Party, Republicans , and all politics in general as filtered through haggins growing up in the "White Suburban" area of Redondo beach's 'South Bay'. "In the South Bay,..me growing up - it is common-knowledge there that EVERYBODY hates Clark hagins and thinks I'm a dick,...even the few 'so called friends' i got there are probobly back-stabbers,...those spoiled ass lilly white little motherfuckers there - they fucking make me sick - alot of them are like 40 and still living at home with their moms like cowards,..they are drug dealers, alcoholics, and meth-head fucking losers - AND THEY HAVE THE GAUL AND THE AUDACITY TO DARE TRY TO MAKE FUN OF A GUY LIKE 'ME' ,..a fucking guy who's cleaned 25 pools in a day - WELL FUCK THAT !! YER GONNA SIT THERE WITH YER BEER AND MAKE FUN OF ME - A FUCKING GUY WHO HAS RECORDED NOT ONE - BUT TWO CD'S - and played practically ALL THE INSTRUMENTS ON 'BOTH' OF THEM - MAN FUCK YOU - YOU DON'T KNOW SHIT ABOUT ME MOTHERFUCKER ! !!,....and what really hurts me is a hell OF ALOT OF THIS SHIT WAS STARTED BY MY VERY OWN FAMILY - THEY EGGED PEOPLE ON to ostricize and make fun of me ,...when i got more drive,..and more talent,...and more stamina on stage than 50 of them put together - THERE AIN'T ONE FUCKING PERSON IN THE SOUTH BAY WITH TALENT LIKE ME - AND THEY ALL FUCKING 'KNOW IT' - AND FURTHERMORE ; THEY HAVE ALWAYS FUCKING KNOWN THAT !! EVERY BIT OF IT !! ,..MAN ; FUCK ALL OF THEM Haggins says that the pride he takes in being a swimming pool cleaner and repairman has kept him going all these years since G.e. collapsed once and for all in November 1992 and the departure of South Bay bassist Rick Carmody over to North Redondo punk Rockers 'The One handed Readers' ...."if Ted wants to go have fun and live a good life with others drinkin' beers and all,..well more power to him - i could not succeed in getting him to come back to G.e. -,..and God Bless him and i'll tell ya this,..i got way WAY MORE RESPECT FOR THE ONE HANDED READERS 'AND' THE SMUT PEDDLERS TOO,..AND FOR PROP 13 - THEN i got for some other schmucks from the South bay - if ya know what i mean,..i can't say nuthin' bad about hard working bands who are out trying,...and atleast trying to have some fun with this miserable life that we have !!
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