CUB KODA
b. Michael Koda, 1 August 1948, Detroit, Michigan, USA, d. 1 July 2000, Detroit, Michigan, USA. Guitarist Michael
"Cub" Koda led the hard-rock/soul trio Brownsville Station during the
70s and later released a string of roots-oriented solo albums for various
labels. Koda took his nickname from a character on television's Mickey Mouse
Club, Cubby. Raised listening to jazz records
as a child, he began playing drums at the age of five, switching to guitar at
the age of 13. His first high-school band, the Del-Tinos,
recorded three singles and a number of unreleased tracks later collected on an
album. In 1969, he formed Brownsville Station, a 50s-rock-orientated band who
enjoyed a 1973/4 US number 3/UK Top 30 single "Smokin'
In The Boys' Room" (later successfully
revived by Mötley Crüe in 1985). When Brownsville Station disbanded, Koda formed the Points before forming a lasting musical
partnership with Theodore "Hound
Dog" Taylor's backing band, the Houserockers (drummer Ted Harvey and guitarist Brewer
Phillips). His solo albums spotlighted rockabilly music, blues, Chuck Berry and
Bo Diddley, with Koda
acting as a disc jockey, playing his favourite
records and providing between-song patter. He also penned a regular record
review column ("The
Vinyl Junkie") for the US record collector
magazine Goldmine, liner notes for various reissue labels, and edited the
reference title All Music Guide To The Blues. At the start of the new
millennium, Coda reunited with the Points to record the excellent Noise
Monkeys, but hopes of a career revival were tragically cut short when he
succumbed to kidney disease in July.<br /><br /><strong>Discography:</strong><br> with the Points Cub Koda
And The Points (Baron 1980)***, with the Houserockers
It's The Blues (Baron 1982)**, That's What I Like About The South (1984)***,
Let's Get Funky mini-album (New Rose 1985)**, Cub Digs Chuck (Garageland 1989)***, Cub Digs Bo (Garageland
1991)***, with the Houserockers Live At B.L.U.E.S.
1982 (Wolf 1991)***, Abba Dabba Dabba
... A Bananza Of Hits (School Kids 1994)***, with the
Houserockers The Joint Was Rockin'
(Deluxe 1996)***, Box Lunch (J-Bird 1997)***, with the Points Noise Monkeys
(J-Bird 2000)****.<br /><br
/><strong>Compilations:</strong><br>
Go! Go! Go! With The Del-Tinos (Sounds Interesting
1984)***, Welcome To My Job: The Cub Koda Collection 1963 - 1993 (Blue Wave 1993)****.