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LEFT: A photo of Whizkey Stik from back in the day. RIGHT: A picture of Whizkey Stik taken in spring
2017 during an album signing at Music Millenium in Portland. From left: John Police (drummer),
Howard Helm (keyboards and vocals), Carl McLaughlin (guitar and vocals), Mark Bugas (bass, vocals).
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music as “dance-able, meaningful lyrics, lots of
melody but with a hard edge.”
“Its heart is rock n’ roll,” he said. “One of
the bands we all loved and kind of modeled
ourselves off of was Deep Purple.”
Bugas compared their style to mainstream
rock bands like The Rolling Stones and The
Beatles.
“I think we concentrated on being more
commercial than one-dimensional,” he said.
‘On The Level’
Last year, James Beach, who co-owns retro
record label NW Metalworx Music, inter-
viewed Bugas for a book he is writing on the
history of Northwest hard rock and
heavy metal music from 1970 to
1995.
Beach and his two partners,
Brian Naron and Jim Sutton,
asked where they could get
some of the band’s music. They
were stunned when Bugas said
he can’t because they didn’t
make an album.
From there, the band released
“On The Level” in 2016 and returned to
performing.
McLaughlin said he was humbled that com-
plete strangers could listen to Whizkey Stik’s
music and be touched by it.
This upcoming concert is only their second
performance since reuniting. They recently
opened in Seattle for Mountain drummer Corky
Laing’s band, Corky Laing Plays Mountain.
“On The Level” is dedicated to the founder
and original keyboardist of the band, Terry
Duoos, who died in 2012, McLaughlin said.
“He was a genius when it came to sound and
electronics.”
Howard Helm, 59, a good friend to the band
members, performs with them on keyboard.
“Howard fi ts right in,” Bugas said. “He’s
a keyboardist extraordinaire. It’s a pleasure to
play with him.”
John Police, 61, is the drummer, and, along
with the others band members, Bugas thinks of
him as a brother.
Whizkey Stik was an up-and-coming band
that had a promising future in its time. Its song
“Dirty Words” was aired on Portland radio
station KGON.
‘Doing what we do’
Bugas refl ected on the fact that Whizkey
Stik only went to one audition, which was with
Geffen Records, a major American record label
that signed many musical icons including
Donna Summer, Elton John and Cher.
Bugas wondered what could
have happened if they tried audi-
tioning for another label. “Who
knows how our lives would
have changed?”
Nevertheless, Bugas said
their drive wasn’t to become
musical icons.
“I don’t think any of us did this
for fame or fortune,” he said, adding
that they only want people to appreciate
their music.
Though the tracks were laid down more than
30 years ago, Bugas and McLaughlin agreed
that their music fi ts in the modern era.
“I think our music has held up. A lot of stuff
gets dated, and I don’t think that’s the case
(with us),” Bugas said.
McLaughlin said that “music seems to be
timeless. It doesn’t really show its age.”
Everyone is welcome to attend the Astoria
show. The cost is $8, $5 for attendees with a
skateboard. “I’m just looking forward to being
with the guys and doing what we do,” Mc-
Laughlin said. CW