![]() We remained very close friends until her death. She asked a couple questions, then sussed me up with a long look and just like that: I was in. She was extremely confident but not at all arrogant and she looked soooo beautiful! Tommy let me in and we talked a bit before he led me back to the studio where she sat waiting. Scotty Buttocks: Meeting Tina for the first time was a little intimidating, actually. Samantha Hollins: What was the vibe like when you met Tina Bell for the first time? Matt Cameron joined us later that summer when we stole him from a local cover band. I guess the Rocket Magazine got the three of us together. ![]() I also answered one of Tommy’s ads in the Rocket: “forming new punk band need bassist”. She answered Tommy’s ad and love at 1st sight sparky eyed kinda stuff happened! They got married, had TJ and formed a band. Scotty Buttocks: Tommy & Tina met when Tina needed a French tutor so she could sing C’est Si Bon win French Eartha Kitt style for a Langston Hughes Theatre production she was in. Tommy used to say “it’s a happy name”! (ha ha) Yeah I ‘spose it is. We were taping the “ Ground Zero” video when the titles guy asked how my name was spelled. Speaking of names: It was Tina who dubbed me Scotty Buttocks. Plus we liked the percussive sound of it! Scotty Buttocks: Bam Bam is an acronym of Tina Bell & Tommy Martin’s names Bell & Martin-Bam Bam. Samantha Hollins: What’s the story behind your stage name Bam-Bam? I love it! It compliments your sound. My greatest honor in Bam Bam was being Tina’s friend for 30 years. I was Tina Bell’s manager in her final years and all of Bam Bam’s music has been published through my company Buttocks Productions. Scotty Buttocks: I was an original member of Bam Bam bass & vocals and I co-wrote most of Bam Bam’s music with Tommy & Tina. Samantha Hollins: What is your position in Bam-Bam? It will set the crown straight on their rightful place in history.īam Bam was active 1983-1990 with Tina and for about two more years as an instrumental three piece. Here is my offering through this brilliant interview with Tina Bell’s bandmate and longtime friend Scotty “Buttocks” Ledgerwood. Slowly but surely the same is unearthing in the USA. In Brazilian publications such as Sopa Alternativa, Negras No Underground and Metaleiras Negras they have been paying homage to the depths of their legacy. If Nirvana and Pearl Jam are inducted in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, then Bam Bam should be just as celebrated. They were fronted by Tina Bell, an electrifying woman of African descent. If you research further back to 1983 you will hear the beginning of that sound in the music by a band called Bam-Bam. When the late 80’s-90’s was invaded with a new Rock sub-genre that was dubbed as Grunge, it became synonymous with bands like Nirvana, Soundgarden, Pearl Jam, Alice In Chains and Hole. But our favorite moments came from Farragut North playwright Beau Willimon’s one-act about two laid-off Lehman Brothers bankers hitting on tourist girls in Germany.Bam Bam Photo By Photo by David Ledgerwood The night afforded the opportunity to watch many an absurd situation: David Cross and Rosie Perez fake-fucking on a pile of stuffed animals, and Elijah Wood and Pablo Schreiber (Liev’s hot younger brother) slinking around the stage wearing adult diapers. While you were watching Gossip Girl Monday night, a bunch of theater folks wrote, directed, and staged six one-act plays in the span of 24 hours to benefit the Urban Arts Partnership. Next thing I knew, my panties were off and I was sitting on his face.” Plus, I’m a Gemini, so it makes sense.”Īnd this one line about Stiles’s character’s first time in bed with a black man: Julia Stiles: “He came over to borrow a highlighter. Julia Stiles: “I respect them, all right? They worked very hard to get where they are. Mostly because it included these lines between Julia Stiles and Alexie Gilmore:Īlexie Gilmore: “At least I don’t have a tramp stamp on my lower back.”Īlexie Gilmore: “How is a giant tattoo of the Olsen twins a work of art?” ![]() But our favorite moments came from Farragut North playwright Beau Willimon’s one-act about two laid-off Lehman Brothers bankers hitting on tourist girls in Germany. ![]() This is really sad for hydrangeas everywhere.
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