Buffalo
Told To "Cool It"
TV Week, June 28, 1975
TEARAWAY rock group Buffalo are in trouble again - this time with their recording company, Phonogram. The group, who plan to call their next album Songs for Frustrated Housewives, have been asked by Phonogram to "cool it". The record company has received hundreds of letters and phone calls protesting about the name and album cover of their latest pressing, Buffalo Only Want You For Your Body. The album depicts a semi-naked woman being stretched on a rack with blood dripping from her mouth. Their previous album, Volcanic Rock, was even more explicit. It showed a male genital organ.
Buffalo.....furore over album cover
TELE-DISC can reveal that Phonogram have confronted the group's manager and asked that sexual conotations be played down on future covers. But Buffalo manager Sebastian Chase told TELE-DISC he was upset by suggestions that the group take orders from anyone. "The boys are artists and artists express themselves in the best way they can." he said. "We'll continue to design lurid album covers if we want to." he said. Public Relations officer for Phonogram, Di Edwards, said the company was cocerned with the number of complaints from parents and other people, including record retailers. "Some have been very upset. Most retailers stock Buffalo's albums in brown paper bags. "We have simply asked them to tame their next and subsequent covers down a bit."
Buffalo in record trouble
DAILY TELEGRAPH, Friday,
July 4, 1975
Relations are a little strained between the top rock group, Buffalo, and their recording company, Phonogram. Phonogram's management has told Buffalo's leader, Dave Tice, that the company will refuse to release any more of the group's albums unless their record covers are toned down.
Dave Tice
3-day orgy
Truth, Saturday,
November15, 1975
A leading rock group, Buffalo, has been banned from a holiday flat complex after a three-day orgy. Mr Mike Spartels, proprietor of the Freeway Gardens, in Lennon Street, Parkville, has threatened to bill the rock band for the damage it caused. Buffalo's manager, Sebastian Chase said: "We had a bit of a party. It lasted about three days and nights, with breaks for the gigs the lads had to play at. "The damage wasn't that bad. Bass player Peter Wells and drummer Jimmy (The Greek) Economou just refurnished the place a bit. "The night before we left, we were all pretty drunk." Now in Perth, Buffalo is the centre of another controversey. During an interview on ABC radio, members of the band said they wanted to stage a nude concert at a Perth club. Chase said: "When we made our announcement on the ABC, the station was flooded with complaints from parents and Catholics."
Buffalo & Bega
RAM No 24 January 30, 1976
I'm writing to let everyone know what Buffalo
did to us the other night in Bega town. Everyone showed for their concert
exept the bloody group. Everyone was so pissed off. Why should we be deprived
of good music just because we live a fair distance from Sydney. I can
guarantee you'll have a good audience because the Bega kids are real dudes
and they'll yell their insides out for anything, let alone a good rock
and roll band. We usually get a good performer once a month - our last
one was Jeff St.John who was great. Everyone had the chance to enjoy him
cause he showed. Shitted Off, Bega (Far South Coast) RAM spoke to Dave
Tice, lead singer Buffalo, about your letter and here is his personal
reply: Dear S.O., As you say, Bega is a fair distance from Sydney. However
this is neither new or unusual for us, as the majority of our gigs are
a fair distance from Sydney, we even travel to Perth sometimes. Usually
things are planned to allow us enough time to cover the distances involved.
Unfortunately, in this instance, someone miscalculated mileages. The night
before we were supposed to play in Bega, we played a gig in Taree (which
is some 600 miles north of Bega), and we found after setting out that
there was no way we could make it in time. We hope you accept our apologies
along with a promise that we'll do all in our power to ensure a concert
in Bega in the near future. One which we'll make sure we get to.
Apologies once again,
Dave Tice, on behalf of Buffalo
