VA - Michigan Mixture Vol. 1

A6 Once Upon A Time 2:35
B7 Hello 3:58

All songs written and performed by Popcorn Blizzard

Meat Loaf: Lead Vocals
Micheal Jean: Guitars, Vocals
Rick Bozzo: Bass
Susie Kane: Keys, Vocals
Pete Woodman: Drums

Label linging Hysteria Records Cat.No. CHR I Format LP Year 1989 Country USA Notes see below

POPCORN BLIZZARD (1967 - Late 1969)

SHORT BIOGRAPHY

The roots of Popcorn Blizzard lay in Los Angeles, where a band called Meatloaf Soul was formed by drummer Pete Woodman, Meat Loaf, guitarist Frank Montoya, keyboardist Susie Kaine and bassist Rick Bozo in 1967. They played a string of low-key gigs in California. After that they relocated to Michigan, where Woodman had some connections.
Shortly after arriving there, Montoya left the band to join ? and the Mysterians, and they changed the name of the band to Popcorn Blizzard. An countless string of guitarplayers came and went before they decided to remain a four-piece, making Kaine's keyboards more prominent.
In 1968–9 Popcorn Blizzard emerged as one of the most active bands on the Detroit area, often playing the famed Grande Ballroom and opening for The Who, Jimi Hendrix, The Grateful Dead, The Kinks, Big Brother & the Holding Company and MC5.
Late 1968 they cut their lone single, "Once Upon a Time" b/w "Hello on the Magenta (or was it Magenda?) label (catalogue number 001). A first pressing of 3,000 copies sold out, and the second and final run of 2,000 copies sold out too, earning Meat Loaf approx. $900. Mid '69 they changed their name again, this time to Floating Circus, and broke up when Woodman left to join The Horny Toads. Meat Loaf then returned to Los Angeles, joining the cast of Hair and within a few years rising to international rock stardom.
In 1989, both Popcorn Blizzard tracks resurfaced on the "Michigan Mixture Vol. 1" bootleg LP on the Clinging Hysteria label.

There is another group called Popcorn Blizzard that released two singles and an album on the De-lite label ["Good Thing Going b/w My Suzanne" (De-Lite 516, single, 1968), "Explode!" (De-Lite 2004, album, 1968) and "Good, Good Day b/w I Just Saw A Face" (De-Lite 522, released 1969)]. Meat Loaf has nothing to do with these releases, and it might as well be a completely different band.

LINE-UP

Marvin Lee Aday (Meat Loaf) - Vocals
Rick Bozzo - Bass
Susie Kane - Hammond B4 Organ
Pete Woodman - Drums
with various guitarists including Frank Montoya (1967), "Wild" Bill (1967), and Micheal Jean

DISCOGRAPHY

(incomplete) GIG LIST (for the Michigan area)

1968
Sep 07 - 1st Unitarian Church, Detroit - MC5 w/ The Psychedelic Stooges, Popcorn Blizzard - "Dialogue '68"
Sep 14 - The Silverbell (Hideout) - SRC w/ Popcorn Blizzard, Regeneration
Oct 11 - Hideout #3 - The Bob Seger System w/ Popcorn Blizzard
Dec 01 - Grande Ballroom - Grateful Dead w/ Popcorn Blizzard
Dec 30 - Grande Ballroom - The Fugs w/ Popcorn Blizzard

1969
Jan 11 - The Silverbell (Hideout) (Dharma w/ Popcorn Blizzard, The Target
Jun 07 - The Crow's Nest (East) (Früt of the Loom w/ Popcorn Blizzard

As Floating Circus

1969
Aug 29 - Something Different - Savage Grace w/ Floating Circus
Aug 30 - Wampler's Lake Pavillion - Girls Inc. w/ Brownsville Station, The Sunday Funnies, Floating Circus, etc
Sep 12 - Something Different -Brownsville Station w/ Floating Circus
Sep 13 - The Silverbell (Hideout) - The Frost w/ Floating Circus
Nov 27 - Sherwood Forest The Third Power w/ Wilson Mower Pursuit, The Bhang, Floating Circus, Hot Ice

ONCE UPON A TIME

I woke up feeling some of yesterday
I took a breath and blew my mind away
And that's not much to say
It's going on that way
This once upon a time ***

I sit and wait, it's time to fight my eyes
The onyx clouds agains a purple sky
And trees against the wind
Seems like it's all pretend
This once upon a time ***

[ organ solo ]

The college *** set a frown
My *** place to walk
I let the evening pass
My mind caught in the grass
This once upon a time ***

HELLO

[ lyrics currently not available ]

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