Manual Scan

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Manual Scan
Origin San Diego, California
Genres Mod
Years active1981–1991
Labelsvarious
Members Bart Mendoza (vocals, guitar)
Kevin Donaker-Ring (guitar)
Jarrod Lucas (drums)
Tim Blankenship (bass)
David Fleminger (keyboards)
Past membersBobby Allend
David Anderson
Ron Friedman
Morgan Young
Yvonne Simon
Anthony Suarez
Thomas Ward
Brad Wilkins
Ritchie "Rooster" Brubaker

Manual Scan was an American mod and power pop group from San Diego, active between 1981 and 1991. [1]

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Manual Scan released numerous CDs, LPs and 7-inch singles, in England, Spain and the US. They toured in the US, England (including a 1986 appearance at the 100 Club in London), and Mexico. The group's song "Nothing Can Be Everything" was included in the 1990 Columbia Pictures release, A Girl To Kill For. [2]

Members

The founding members of Manual Scan were guitarist / singer Bart Mendoza, guitarist Kevin Ring, bassist David Fleminger and drummer Paul Kaufman, though within a few months of the band's formation Kaufman was replaced by Paul Brewin and singer Yvonne Simon was added on backing vocals and guitar. All except for Fleminger were former students of La Jolla High School . [3] The band's lineup changed frequently during its existence, with Mendoza and Donaker-Ring as the core members. Other notable players included drummer David Anderson and Tom Ward, both formerly of Voxx Records group Gravedigger Five. [4]

Guests of note include Anthony Meynell, frontman for British mod revival trio Squire, who the band backed in 1985 and Jeff Conolly of garage rockers Lyres who sat in with Manual Scan for six shows in 1989.

Post-split activities and reunions

Following the demise of the band Donaker-Ring co-founded power pop group, The Shambles in 1992, with Mendoza joining shortly after. Manual Scan has reunited several times since 2005, recording a live session on 28 January 2010 with producer Alan Sanderson for San Diego-based radio station, KBZT (FM94/9). [5] A best of collection, All Night Scan, was released only on vinyl and as a digital download, in September 2013 by Texas-based Cheap Reward Records.

Meanwhile, the band, now featuring original members Mendoza, Ring and Fleminger with the addition of bassist Tim Blankenship (formerly of Atlantic Records artists, Rust and indie rock band, Creedle) and drummer Jarrod Lucas (formerly of the Dragons) reunited in late 2014 for a show in San Diego promoting their appearance on the box set, Millions Like Us - The Story of the Mod Revival, released on 6 December by British label, Cherry Red Records. [6]

A new album, The Pyles Sessions, composed of radio sessions recorded for Pyles show as well as demos was issued by Spain's SNAP! Records, to coincide with the show. Meanwhile, the bands "Tim Pyles Theme" has been released on a five track 7-inch EP, Sounds of the Stratosphere, issued by Blindspot Records.

Manual Scan staged a 40th Anniversary show, celebrating the 1976 meeting of the frontline team of Mendoza and Ring, at the 2016 Adams Avenue Street Fair, with guest performers including Johnny Vernazza (The Elvin Bishop Group), Chris Davies (The Penetrators) and Samuel Martinez (The Bassics). [7] [8]

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References

  1. ↑ "Manual Scan info page from". San Diego Reader . Retrieved 15 May 2011.
  2. ↑ "A Girl to Kill For (1990)". IMDb.com. Retrieved 24 November 2020.
  3. ↑ "Manual Scan and The Shambles Early Days Interview at The San Diego Troubadour". Sandiegotroubadour.com. Retrieved 24 November 2020.
  4. ↑ "Manual Scan Gravedigger Five San Diego Reader Article". Sandiegoreader.com. 15 March 2007. Retrieved 15 May 2011.
  5. ↑ "Manual Scan Index of Live FM94/9 Recordings". Fm949sd.com. Archived from the original on 11 July 2011. Retrieved 15 May 2011.
  6. ↑ "TOGETHER AGAIN | UTSanDiego.com". Archived from the original on 25 December 2014. Retrieved 25 December 2014.
  7. ↑ "Manual plan". San Diego Reader . Retrieved 24 November 2020.
  8. ↑ "Manual Scan co-founders to mark 40th anniversary at Adams Avenue Street Fair". San Diego Union-Tribune . 21 September 2016. Retrieved 24 November 2020.
  9. ↑ Manual Scan's All Night Stand CMJ Review. 3 May 1999. Retrieved 15 May 2011.
  10. ↑ "Manual Scan - San Diego Underground Files Vol.1". Discogs .
  11. ↑ "The Manual Shambles of Kevin Ring and Bart Mendoza | San Diego Reader".
  12. ↑ https://www.45cat.com/record/outro047 [ bare URL ]
  13. ↑ "Various - Millions Like Us (The Story of the Mod Revival 1977-1989)". Discogs .
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