There are at least three bands with the name of The Otherside. 1) Neo-psychedelic band from Holland active between 1983 and 1987. Not to be confused with the Texas band of the same name, they travelled between moody garage, 60s pop and folky, melodic beat. They released two EPs - "Haunted House" and "Two Sides Of The Otherside" as well a several tracks on compilation albums. 2)The second band with the name of The Otherside is a rock band from San Jose. dark, fuzzy, angular, melodic. interpol meets the stone roses.
1) Neo-psychedelic band from Holland active between 1983 and 1987. Not to be confused with the Texas band of the same name, they travelled between moody garage, 60s pop and folky, melodic beat. They released two EPs - "Haunted House" and "Two Sides Of The Otherside" as well a several tracks on compilation albums.
2)The second band with the name of The Otherside is a rock band from San Jose. dark, fuzzy, angular, melodic. interpol meets the stone roses. Alan Graham, Marty Battey, Ned Torney, Tom Antone, Ken Matthew. 1966. Released only one single (appears on "Love Is the Song We Sing: San Francisco Nuggets 1965-1970").
Inextricably linked with the Chocolate Watchband -- by virtue of a dizzying personnel swap in November 1965 -- the Otherside are today far less known than their sister group, but were no less talented. the Otherside evolved from the Topsiders, a surf combo formed at Fremont, CA's Washington High School in 1964. The quartet included Jim Sawyers (lead guitar), Ken "Toad" Matthew (drums, vocals), Tom Antone (bass), and David Tolby (born David Phelps; second lead guitar). This lineup's high-water mark was a mid-1965 appearance at a KLIV Battle of the Bands at San Jose's Civic Auditorium. Joined briefly by rhythm guitarist Skip Spence, the Topsiders -- upon Spence's departure -- adopted a new handle. Spence, drafted to drum for the Jefferson Airplane, gave Sawyers and company the alternate moniker that the Airplane had rejected.
Thus was the Otherside born, and the band began a whirlwind series of personnel shifts. Citing personal differences with Tolby, Sawyers -- after a final show at the Oakland Civic Auditorium -- accepted the Vejtables' offer to replace Reese Sheets. Enter Edward Johnston "Ned" Torney III, lead axe of the Chocolate Watchband. Torney, whose keyboard and string-bending skills had been honed through an impressive succession of apprenticeships -- including stints with future Remains member Barry Tashian and East Coast surf instrumentalists the Roadrunners -- had already been asked to join the Otherside at an earlier November gig where both bands had played. Torney decided to jump ship and take Sawyers' place. His defection temporarily slew the Watchband, whose phoenix soon rose again from the ashes with Tolby (now calling himself Sean) in tow. Meanwhile, original Watchbanders Jo Kemling (keyboards) and Danny Phay (vocals) followed Torney and joined the remaining two Othersiders: Matthew and Antone.
The new Otherside, runners-up at a KEWB-sponsored Battle of the Bands at the Oakland Civic Auditorium in late November 1965, gained the endorsement of radio DJ Johnny G, and the band began drawing huge crowds. Stylistically, they emulated the British Invasion groups the Rolling Stones, Beatles, Animals, Yardbirds, and perhaps most notably, the Who. From January to May 1966, however, Torney -- drafted and stationed at Letterman Army Hospital in San Francisco -- was merely a weekend participant. To help fill his shoes, Martin Van Slyke Battey (harmonica, guitar, vocals) came aboard. At this juncture, the Otherside shared billing with the pre-Creedence Golliwogs at the Brass Rail. Torney's return in May 1966 made the quintet top-heavy and rendered Kemling superfluous. His departure was soon followed by that of Phay. Guitarist Alan Graham -- pilfered from the Lord Jim Quintet -- was recruited to assist on vocals. It was this lineup of the Otherside that cut the group's sole recording, the single "Walking Down the Road" b/w "Streetcar" (Brent 7061, December 1966). "Road," a turbo-charged remake of an old Kingston Trio tune, features a jangly, dissonant bridge -- conjuring images of a Keystone Kops paddywagon on acid.
3) A rock band originally formed in Japan, also known as the first band of H.L.EURO, vocalist of Japanese gothic band Speed-iD. The band released two albums in 1991. The members are:
Vocal: euro (Speed-iD)
Guitar: Knob (Crawfish,Coaltar of the Deepers(takasaki))
Bass: Ryo (Crawfish,Coaltar of the Deepers(kawanaka))
Guitar: Mist (Crawfish)
Drums: HAL (Speed-iD,LAB.THE BASEMENT)
YUDA from ROSEN KREUZ appears as a guest vocalist on a couple of tracks. The band's drummer HAL was the session drummer for ROSEN KREUZ first album, C.O.L.D 91001.
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