February 14, 1986. The band HOA (Scott Cramer, vox; John Zoll, bass, vox; Larry Reyes, drums; Maria Weber, vox, tambourine; Doug Kerr, guitar) derived their name from the House of Abuse, 12208 East Gypsy Lane Road, BG, which was the band's home base and also, by all accounts, a den of considerable ill-repute. I never set foot in the House (I don't think), although I do remember being shown a few large format black-and-white photos featuring various houseguests seated around a burning kitchen table. Packing peanuts were also a decorative theme throughout. That certainly wasn't the case in "Conformityville," the numbered streets north of Napoleon where the pinks and the normals lived.
The Blank Schatz (Rob Butler, drums; Tim Schumacher, guitar, vox; Chris Butler, bass, vox, guitar; Bill Houston, bass) were one of the dozens of great punk rock bands to emerge from the BG scene over the years. They were fast, tight and released an album which someone I know owns.
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