(Answers and Mirrors co-founder Dave Fleminger talks transitions.)
Blue: The Mirrors live at the Che Cafe, Spring 1984
“This one’s called ‘Blue,’ and we’re gonna make it up … ”
Sometime in late May 1984 the Mirrors played our last performance in San Diego at UCSD’s Che Cafe. The band had formed in late ’83 after the fall of the Answers and in March recorded an as-yet-unreleased album of songs entitled “Have No Mercy.” In June I moved to NYC, but we would continue to record sporadically over the next couple years.
Watch the Mirrors’ video: “The Breeze/Sight Unseen”
It felt a lifetime had gone by since 1983. … Sounds funny now, but on this spring evening we wearily celebrated the untimely death of the Answers. Leaving some of the material up to spontaneous chance resulted in this track, during which we wrestle our demons in public.
The words that were conjured up that evening became the lyrical basis for the Mirrors song “April Says To May.”
— Dave Fleminger
It never failed to amaze me how Dave and Jeff created whole new set lists of songs every few months, fully reshaping their style at each turn. I’m looking forward to celebrating that remarkable period of creativity at the Casbah next month!
I loved the Answers and mourned their passing … I dug the Mirrors and regretted they didn’t play out more. I echo Paul Kaufman’s regard for the protean talents of Messrs. Fleminger and Lucas — wish I could create a body of work in a decade to match what they could pull together in a month.
This is some dark stuff, I like it.
Dylan Rogers!This is Thomas Marino,I hung out with you and your brother Sam & Nick Hunt……..How is your mom Nona doing??Aloha brah!
Tom, Oh my fugg’n god man!!!!!!!!!! man I have been thinking about you so much lately, LOL:-)!!!!!!!!! Moms still in OB, I just moved back to Dago after being gone 19 years! I thought I would never talk to you again! I am still in touch with Nick and man when I tell Sam about this he is flip, talk god for the che underground, THIS is why I’m here!!
Sam is gonna flip, thank god for the….. I am so stoked!
Looking forward to chatting with you man!