Jeff Dahl is an American musician born in Stuttgart, Germany in 1955. In 1960, the Dahl family relocated to Hawaii. Dahl recorded his first single, “Rock N Roll Critic”, in 1977, which was released on the Doodley Squat label. Dahl was a member of Vox Pop (along with members of the Germs, 45 Grave and Dream Syndicate) and has recorded with hardcore punk legends Poison Idea. Dahl has performed on approximately 26 full-length albums (including studio albums, live albums, bootlegs, and best-of collections) and 100 7” singles, many out of print. (More from Wikipedia)
Punk stalwart Jeff Dahl – whose resumé includes a stint in the Angry Samoans and recordings with Cheetah Chrome of the Dead Boys and Rikk Agnew of the Adolescents – had worked with both the Peeps and Tempe Tramps in the past. Jeff Dahl was instrumental in getting Les Hell on Heels signed by Greg Shaw of Bomp! Records – the CD was released shortly before Shaw’s death in 2004 – and Dahl also wrote one of the songs on the CD, “Ain’t So Cool”. Greg Shaw was quoted as saying of Les Hell on Heels: “I feel the same way that Phil Spector must have felt when he first saw the Ronettes.”
On the second album by Hell on Heels, Dogs, Records and Wine, guest artists include Jeff Dahl and album producer Jack Endino on guitar, plus vocals from Nikki Corvette on two songs, “Pretty Mess” and “Made Like No Other”.
(December 2013)
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Marilyn Records was a European label that was founded by French musician Patrick Boissel in the mid-1980’s. After a number of French and Spanish releases, Marilyn began handling the sort of musicians and bands that gravitate to Bomp! Records. Suzy Shaw of Bomp! Records met Boissel at a record convention, and Marilyn Records became their distributor in Europe. One result was a great compilation album that I have of previous Bomp! Records releases called From L.A. with Love (1992) that features the Plimsouls, the Flamin’ Groovies, Stiv Bators, Jeff Dahl, the Stooges, and the Zeros.
(March 2015)
