Fire Eye, Quiet Riot

"Magical nights with the bluesy folk/rock of Jeffrey Frederick and Les Clams, the manic folk/jazz of Billy Kennedy with Le Bon"

"Les Clams could actually be either of two bands on any given night. On the night’s when former Fugs member Steve Weber was in town, or felt up to it, the band was called the Rounders, the West Coast version of the Holy Modal Rounders, minus East coasters Michael Hurley and Peter Stampfel.

When Weber was indisposed, guitarist Frederick, along with backing vocalist Jill Gross, would take over the duties as singers and the band would be called Les Clams.

The ensemble included keyboardist Richard Tyler, bassist Davis Reisch and drummer Roger North, along with fiddler Robin Remailly. 

Eventually, Bruce Sweetman, late of Seafood Mama, replaced Remailly and lead guitarist Michael Shane was added when Tyler unexpectedly died in March of 1983.

Any performance by the Rounders or Les Clams was ordained to be a tribal gathering of all local hippie tribes, at which merriment and unbridled joy were rampant.

 Needless to say, expectations were always, uh, high at Clams performances and the band rarely failed to meet them. Several were the clubs where the band was banned for one indiscretion or another- many of their gigs included large quantities of broken glass, casualties to the reckless abandon with which the band (and their fans) often performed."

https://www.twolouiesmagazine.com/history/history-of-portland-rock-2/


"My band, Walkie Talkie, featured me on lead vocals and rhythm guitar, Arthur Beardsley on bass and backup vocals, Marshall Snyder on drums and guitar whiz Allen Whipps on lead guitar. Walkie Talkie played an edgy new wave rock sound with an emphasis on my original material. Popular songs were “Letters To Jodie,” “Space Truck,” “Brave New World” and “Unemployment Solution.”

by SP Clarke. by SP Clarke."

"Members of Rising Tide and Fire Eye (who had always intermingled in the past anyway) joined with Quiet Riot drummer Cliff Carothers, creating Malice and signed with Atlantic. "