Love Canal "I Am the Walrus" (Live) 1993

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Learn more about Love Canal -- as well as other South Florida/Florida bands signed and unsigned; 28 bands in all, with sidebars to many more -- at https://overtheedgeradiosouthflorida.blogspot.com/2025/05/love-canal-1990-1998-fort-lauderdale.html.

Posted in honor of the late Stephen Carroll, who passed in November 2024.

This live fan-favorite cover of the Beatles’ “I Am the Walrus” by Fort Lauderdale, Florida's Love Canal was intended to be recorded as a studio cut on the band’s eventual Sony Records’ debut, which sadly never came to fruition. This audio upload is edited for length and content to offer you access to a rare, live version -- without audience/stage chatter -- of the song.

Roster (in photo):
Chad Pheobus, lead vocals
Stephen Carroll, lead guitar (1964 -- November 6, 2024)
George Fotiadias, bass
Alan Mitchell, drums

HASH/White Trash Connection:

The honor of the first, officially released alt-rock cover of “I Am the Walrus” was then bestowed to HASH, an L.A based outfit born out of the ashes of the late '80s New York-based glam-rock outfit White Trash (with liked-minded elements of funk and soul like Extreme) -- best known for their 1991 self-titled album on Elektra that featured a minor FM radio and MTV’s “Buzz Bin" hit in the song “Apple Pie.” By the time of the release of White Trash’s second album, “Si O Si, Que?” in 1993, grunge was in full swing and it was all over for glam-rock.

Remaining with Elektra, the rhythm section of White Trash consisting of bassist Aaron Collins and drummer Mike Caldarella teamed with L.A guitarist/front man Seth Abelson as HASH. Their self-titled debut album (1993), led by the singles “I Forgot My Blanket” and “Twilight Ball,” failed at mainstream alt-radio and retail, while the four-song EP version for “I Forgot My Blanket” earned some alt-rock college radio airplay for its Beatles cover.