Big Shout Award Winners - Punch Drunk

In 1992, the boys from Punch Drunk took home the award for Best Techno/Industrial Artist at the Big Shout Awards. Here they are showing off the hardware!

Punch Drunk - TV Spot

This TV spot was for a 1993 Punch Drunk gig on Penn State Main Campus in State College, PA. It has the distinction of being the first TV spot that we edited at FFS. Can you tell?

The band had been recording tracks at our studio for their Hardtech Robocore release when the Penn State gig came up. They were asked to provide a :30 spot which would run on local TV to promote the gig and they needed to get it done quickly. They asked us to help them so that's how we got involved.

At that time, we had a "very" primitive 1/2" VHS video editing system (this is before affordable non-linear editing) which included an Azden VE-100 Editor and a Panasonic WJ-AVE3 FX Generator. We sat in the studio with the band and reviewed all of their raw video footage. They chose what they wanted to use and then we did a cuts only edit of the footage. After we had the cuts only edit, we did a pass where MC2P4 added video effects and then I recorded the Steve O voice-over takes. It took him about 3 takes to get something we all liked and that was it. We duped it onto a VHS cassette and they sent it off.

I can't end this post without saying the following...

"I'm Fudge Wink and this is Punch Drunk!"

P.S. That's an inside joke from the session.

Punch Drunk - Let's Simulate (Live)

This unearthed video gem showcases the classic line up of FFS alumni - Punch Drunk (Steve Saputelli, Allen Milletics, Scott Skerchock, and Eriq Ellixson). Shot at Silk City in Philadelphia PA on 06.06.93, this shaky camcorder footage gives you a taste of the high energy show that PD would deliver on every occasion.

This was shot on the second night of the mini tour that we (Any Questions?) did with PD. We had been working with PD at FFS on their first release, Hardtech Robocore when Allen Milletics (of PD) said that he'd lined up a couple of live shows. They wanted us to play the shows with them and they weren't going to take no for an answer. They didn't have to twist our arms very hard...

Punch Drunk's set of futuristic hardtech robocore music decimated the crowds at both shows. As you'll see, this night's rendition of Let's Simulate brought the crowd to a frenzied state and left them applauding for more!