The story of Klaatu is really a tragic one... The made such great music and there’s no debating that they deserve more credit. That being said, it’s so so beautiful to see him be all happy about his life and how they’re music went
Heard it in 1977, I have all their music on Vinyl on twice on Cd the originals and the remasters and compilations. To this day there is not a single month in my life where I havent heard at least one song of theirs. Klaatu Barada Nitka !
I just discovered Klautu in the last six months, thanks to The Holleyhobbs RUclips site. I am now 64 y.o. and wonder how I missed them, yet glad I found them. It's great to find a band that doesn't sell out, even at the expense of mega success, of which they were definately capable. Love their music!
I lovedddd the rumor and am baffled why the world didn’t embrace these guys or ANY group or any human who could so profoundly emulate the Beatles. Anybody with a keen ear could clearly discern that these guys weren’t actually the Beatles, but how mind blowing to hear their songs and how fun it was to hear others writing, singing, playing and producing on that Peppers level; which they you never did another thing in life these beautiful soles have earned a seat on the rock and roll throne. I find it refreshing to hear Terry say that they merely wanted to remain anonymous and let their music do speak for them. How amazingly, refreshingly HUMBLE. Love U Klaatu!
I was a teen when I first listened to Klaatu (3:47 EST) in 1978 thanks to my older brother and his friend. Love their music! Thanks for sharing this interview!
"If it's worth doing, it's worth overdoing" That made me laugh. And that kind of suited Klaatu. I bought their 1st LP soon as it was released. And even though I knew 10 seconds in that it wasn't The Beatles-- I still loved 'em... and for years and each new album thereafter.
Klaatu have a rhetorical energy of cosmic truth. The themes they choose, Little Neutrino and Calling Occupants, touch very deep psychic realities in humans. As Snoopy says, 'I quote the truth from where I find it.' Klaatu play proggy pop music, but their sense of gravitas is profoundly delightful. Perhaps the light trippy genre is an ideal carrier for these attributes because the irony of truth appearing in a pop band does nothing to diminish the feeling of touching the universal.
Love this guy. Fantastic. Very inspiring. Love how he talks about the older recording technologies. The limitations of old 4 track recordings like the early Beatles tracks. Great stuff. Just listened to the Klaatu albums from 1976 and 1977, on vinyl, on my grandma's old vavle gramophone. That's the way it's meant to be!
First contact is coming. This song confirmed a transmission I received from the Arcturian Council of 9 last week. And then boom, this song came on the radio. They almost NEVER play this song on the radio. Thank you! It was one of my favourite songs in the 70’s :)
I AM A TREMENDOUS BEATLE FAN, PLAY DRUMS BECAUSE OF RINGO. WAS IN THE ARMY WHEN YOUR FIRST ALBUM CAME OUT, I ALSO THOUGHT YOU ALL COULD BE THE BEATLES, HOPED YOU WERE, BUT WHEN YOU WEREN'T IT WAS LIKE GREAT NOW WE HAVE ANOTHER ( FANTASTIC ) BAND. I HAVE ALL YOUR ALBUMS AND MY TWO SONS DO TO. THANKS FOR ALL THE GREAT MUSIC
The first Klaatu album is an undeniable classic. Sadly though the record companies in the late 70's were starting to look for the next big "new wave" band that would produce nice little two minute and thirty second pop tunes and wore skinny ties. Like The Police, The Cars or Talking Heads. Plus these guys never toured to promote their albums.
Great interview! I've never seen Dee, John or Terry in anything but photos. In the 80's I convinced my little rock and roll bar band to cover "Sellout". It was received like we were such visionaries! Do you know how hard it was to not take the credit? :-)
I love Terry.. Of all the members of Klaatu, he's remained the most outspoken and gregarious of the bunch. John's a bit media-shy and Dee's all about the music (but also gives a gives a great interview too), so I'm overjoyed to have Terry's retrospectives.
@wtw88 I never heard any of their stuff, or the rumours, until the early `80's, but, I didn't think they were The Beatles, nor had I even thought they might be until I heard about the rumour. Then I noticed the similarities in style and realized how they COULD'VE been mistaken for The Beatles, at least on the first 3 albums. Years later, I found a copy of the 4th album (and the 5th), which wasn't Beatlish in style, but "Howl At The Moon" was the coolest song on it. GREAT bass sound!!
Has everyone here FORGOTTEN the over all message from that song? It is NOT just a bunch of words thrown together to make an interesting song....there is REAL meaning behind what the lyrics speak !
I saw "if it's worth doing, it's worth overdoing" first on the liner notes of a Todd Rundgren record from way back. Maybe the "Todd" LP. I got my sister to stitch it onto a placard and frame it back when she was into stitching stuff onto placards maybe 50 years ago. I've lost my LP of the first Klaatu album and am shopping for a replacement which seems to sell in the $90 range (used) today. Still have my old Hope and Sir Army Suit LPs. Can't decide between the first album and Hope as my favorite. They may both be my favorite.
I remember the Beatle rumors. But I've never thought that Klaatu sounded enough like the Beatles to be them. But they were certainly Breatlesque enough to be.... Klaatu!
I first heard Klaatu here in the UK on the Alan Freeman Saturday Rock Show, in 1976. He played 'Calling Occupants' which instantaneously made me a fan of this incredible band.
Me too. 👍 1976, but it wasn't "Fluff" Freemans' show I first heard the album. I worked down in Cambridge back then and every night I got home I would listen to radio Caroline and, -- I forget the name of the show,-- but the disc jockey Always finished his show with " Little Neutrino " But! Just at the last two minutes before going off the air, he added on the Beatles' track "The End" ( starting only from the lyrics..-- 'and in the end....the love you etc...' What a great way to finish a show every night! Your post instantly transported me back to that time. Made some real good friends during that period of my life. Thanks for jogging my memories! Peace from Ayrshire Scotland during these "odd" times.🎶 ✌ ✌
Good interview. Terry Draper is so genuine, and we share the same first name. I miss the pinball/video arcades of the 1980s. Where is the little mouse on the "Hope" album? I have searched the album (CD) cover with a magnifying glass, but I have not found the little squeaker.
What a wonderful revelation for me. Klaatu was God for my friends and I. At least until Endangered Species (I know this sounds a trifle odd / To those who thought Klaatu was God . . . we had to soothe ourselves with sarcasm upon the horrifying first listen.) But I'd never seen nor heard any of the members interviewed until now . . . with one exception: we made a beeline for the Toronto nightclub -- Starz? Ballz? -- when we learned they finally were playing live and were able to corner Woloschuk for about 15 minutes, post-concert. He was very gracious, though reserved. In retrospect I think we would have had more fun with Terry. He seems like a Klaatu fan. Just like us.
Robert Ballot came across this by accident. I first heard "little neutrino" on radio Caroline 1977. Don't know what show it was but the disc jockey always finished his slot with this song. I used wait for the next day so I could hear it again!! 4'o'clock every afternoon. Ended up buying album after album of theirs and this is the only time I've ever seen them.
HOPE is a really cool song, but they sound English on the record. When he talks, you can tell he is from Canada. I’m pretty old but, never heard this record until today. Great!
no, I mean his voice, a singing double , who may have sang along with audiotape, he's a great singer, and I think klaatu, sounds strangely like the beatles, maybe there is a conncection
I think this dude was one of the doubles for mccartney, maybe penny lane video, or strawberry fields video, and it has been said the heah jude video, I dont know
Disagree... They started anonymous and stayed anonymous for the right reasons. I mean you cant even barely find an interview on this band. And because they stayed anonymous made them unique and mysterious and were demonized for that???. We all wanted to be rock stars for the fame and woman. These guys just wanted to produce music and lead a normal life which was their demise.
Haven't you heard the rhoticity in some of their pronunciation in the songs? They sound in at least two songs like Wings and solo Lennon mixed with the pepperesque/mmt psychedelic recording techniques, but the rhoticity in their accents confirms that their not the Beatles, scouse accent is non-rhotic and american and canadian accents are rhotic.
This fella sounds like he could be lying his pants off - who ever heard of a band trying to make their mark as talented artists desperately trying to sound like another band? John Lennon did mention once that Apple was created to help struggling musicians who couldn't get the established companies to take notice of them - perhaps this is why they sound like the Beatles, because the Beatles may have been actively involved...food for thought.
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Criminally underrated band.
Yet, overrated at the same time!
TheScottSpot no
@@ScottSpotMedia gonna have to disagree with ya there bud
Terry Draper is a very savvy man. They made good music.
Fantastic music mate
The story of Klaatu is really a tragic one... The made such great music and there’s no debating that they deserve more credit. That being said, it’s so so beautiful to see him be all happy about his life and how they’re music went
The carpenters probably made shit loads of money covering Calling Occupants. Them, not so much. Sad. Great Canadian unknown band.
@@artsie56 they were the songwriters, songwriters ALWAYS make money.
Heard it in 1977, I have all their music on Vinyl on twice on Cd the originals and the remasters and compilations.
To this day there is not a single month in my life where I havent heard at least one song of theirs.
Klaatu Barada Nitka !
I just discovered Klautu in the last six months, thanks to The Holleyhobbs RUclips site. I am now 64 y.o. and wonder how I missed them, yet glad I found them. It's great to find a band that doesn't sell out, even at the expense of mega success, of which they were definately capable. Love their music!
Slightly younger than you but same story , how did I miss this excellent band 👍
I lovedddd the rumor and am baffled why the world didn’t embrace these guys or ANY group or any human who could so profoundly emulate the Beatles.
Anybody with a keen ear could clearly discern that these guys weren’t actually the Beatles, but how mind blowing to hear their songs and how fun it was to hear others writing, singing, playing and producing on that Peppers level; which they you never did another thing in life these beautiful soles have earned a seat on the rock and roll throne.
I find it refreshing to hear Terry say that they merely wanted to remain anonymous and let their music do speak for them. How amazingly, refreshingly HUMBLE. Love U Klaatu!
Por eso mismo, por conseguir su propio estilo
I was a teen when I first listened to Klaatu (3:47 EST) in 1978 thanks to my older brother and his friend. Love their music! Thanks for sharing this interview!
Klaatu is great and Terry is the best.
Nice job by all.
OMG perfection!.. I have all the albums.. plus the rarities! I can only dream at 51 years of age to get your autographs and to meet you Terry!
"If it's worth doing, it's worth overdoing" That made me laugh. And that kind of suited Klaatu. I bought their 1st LP soon as it was released. And even though I knew 10 seconds in that it wasn't The Beatles-- I still loved 'em... and for years and each new album thereafter.
Klaatu have a rhetorical energy of cosmic truth. The themes they choose, Little Neutrino and Calling Occupants, touch very deep psychic realities in humans. As Snoopy says, 'I quote the truth from where I find it.' Klaatu play proggy pop music, but their sense of gravitas is profoundly delightful. Perhaps the light trippy genre is an ideal carrier for these attributes because the irony of truth appearing in a pop band does nothing to diminish the feeling of touching the universal.
Love this guy. Fantastic. Very inspiring. Love how he talks about the older recording technologies. The limitations of old 4 track recordings like the early Beatles tracks.
Great stuff. Just listened to the Klaatu albums from 1976 and 1977, on vinyl, on my grandma's old vavle gramophone. That's the way it's meant to be!
They were a great band! Still listen to them. They're awesome musicians and all are creative, intelligent guys!
He seems like a cool person to hang out with
Terry Draper, deepest musical respect for your genius!
First contact is coming. This song confirmed a transmission I received from the Arcturian Council of 9 last week. And then boom, this song came on the radio. They almost NEVER play this song on the radio. Thank you! It was one of my favourite songs in the 70’s :)
Great music. Thoughtful, honest music. I never felt duped, the music stood on its own.
One of my favorite bands when I was a youth !
Their first album was brilliant. I still consider it one of the best albums of the 70's.
I AM A TREMENDOUS BEATLE FAN, PLAY DRUMS BECAUSE OF RINGO. WAS IN THE ARMY WHEN YOUR FIRST ALBUM CAME OUT, I ALSO THOUGHT YOU ALL COULD BE THE BEATLES, HOPED YOU WERE, BUT WHEN YOU WEREN'T IT WAS LIKE GREAT NOW WE HAVE ANOTHER ( FANTASTIC ) BAND. I HAVE ALL YOUR ALBUMS AND MY TWO SONS DO TO. THANKS FOR ALL THE GREAT MUSIC
I have always love Klaatu, their music brings back so many great memories for me.
Awesome band...still have vinyl of them
Awesome! Love this. The green lighting is a nice touch too!
They were GREAT!
The first Klaatu album is an undeniable classic. Sadly though the record companies in the late 70's were starting to look for the next big "new wave" band that would produce nice little two minute and thirty second pop tunes and wore skinny ties. Like The Police, The Cars or Talking Heads. Plus these guys never toured to promote their albums.
Great interview! I've never seen Dee, John or Terry in anything but photos. In the 80's I convinced my little rock and roll bar band to cover "Sellout". It was received like we were such visionaries! Do you know how hard it was to not take the credit? :-)
The surprise appearance by Dolly at the end was the perfect frosting on the cake.
I love all of the Klaatu albums. They have classics in just about every genre. Every single song has something to like about it.
Klaatu's a great band.
I love Terry.. Of all the members of Klaatu, he's remained the most outspoken and gregarious of the bunch. John's a bit media-shy and Dee's all about the music (but also gives a gives a great interview too), so I'm overjoyed to have Terry's retrospectives.
Glad to have grown up in Toronto. We had some very good musicians come out of the big TO.
agreed!
Me too
Coney Hatch, The Baby Judas, Refugee was one of T.O. favs as well
Remember the band that was named Toronto?
@wtw88 I never heard any of their stuff, or the rumours, until the early `80's, but, I didn't think they were The Beatles, nor had I even thought they might be until I heard about the rumour. Then I noticed the similarities in style and realized how they COULD'VE been mistaken for The Beatles, at least on the first 3 albums. Years later, I found a copy of the 4th album (and the 5th), which wasn't Beatlish in style, but "Howl At The Moon" was the coolest song on it. GREAT bass sound!!
"just the three of us." amazing.
Very enjoyable. Terry comes across as very likeable.
yeah I was very impressed by Klaatu in the day. Great to see this interview.
I'm guessing they've sold many more albums recently than ever before
Has everyone here FORGOTTEN the over all message from that song? It is NOT just a bunch of words thrown together to make an interesting song....there is REAL meaning behind what the lyrics speak !
wow this is great I had a Klaatu album and remember all this stuff.
I saw "if it's worth doing, it's worth overdoing" first on the liner notes of a Todd Rundgren record from way back. Maybe the "Todd" LP. I got my sister to stitch it onto a placard and frame it back when she was into stitching stuff onto placards maybe 50 years ago.
I've lost my LP of the first Klaatu album and am shopping for a replacement which seems to sell in the $90 range (used) today. Still have my old Hope and Sir Army Suit LPs. Can't decide between the first album and Hope as my favorite. They may both be my favorite.
Mr Manson. One of my favorite's songs ever.
Jamie-love him some this!
Excellent. thanks.
I remember the Beatle rumors. But I've never thought that Klaatu sounded enough like the Beatles to be them. But they were certainly Breatlesque enough to be.... Klaatu!
I first heard Klaatu here in the UK on the Alan Freeman Saturday Rock Show, in 1976. He played 'Calling Occupants' which instantaneously made me a fan of this incredible band.
Me too. 👍 1976, but it wasn't "Fluff" Freemans' show I first heard the album. I worked down in Cambridge back then and every night I got home I would listen to radio Caroline and, -- I forget the name of the show,-- but the disc jockey Always finished his show with " Little Neutrino " But! Just at the last two minutes before going off the air, he added on the Beatles' track "The End" ( starting only from the lyrics..-- 'and in the end....the love you etc...' What a great way to finish a show every night! Your post instantly transported me back to that time. Made some real good friends during that period of my life. Thanks for jogging my memories! Peace from Ayrshire Scotland during these "odd" times.🎶 ✌
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YOU MENTIONED A BOX SET OF YOUR ALBUMS WHERE COULD I FIND IT
Terry has the same positive energy that the guys from Rush have...why are Canadians so bloody nice 👍
Al, please, please come to Ga!!!
Good interview. Terry Draper is so genuine, and we share the same first name.
I miss the pinball/video arcades of the 1980s.
Where is the little mouse on the "Hope" album? I have searched the album (CD) cover with a magnifying glass, but I have not found the little squeaker.
@Sub-Rosa Snaggy Your eyes must be better than mine, for what I see on the eye on the left side of the cover looks ducky in shape.
What a wonderful revelation for me. Klaatu was God for my friends and I. At least until Endangered Species (I know this sounds a trifle odd / To those who thought Klaatu was God . . . we had to soothe ourselves with sarcasm upon the horrifying first listen.) But I'd never seen nor heard any of the members interviewed until now . . . with one exception: we made a beeline for the Toronto nightclub -- Starz? Ballz? -- when we learned they finally were playing live and were able to corner Woloschuk for about 15 minutes, post-concert. He was very gracious, though reserved. In retrospect I think we would have had more fun with Terry. He seems like a Klaatu fan. Just like us.
Robert Ballot came across this by accident. I first heard "little neutrino" on radio Caroline 1977. Don't know what show it was but the disc jockey always finished his slot with this song. I used wait for the next day so I could hear it again!! 4'o'clock every afternoon. Ended up buying album after album of theirs and this is the only time I've ever seen them.
Awesome
Well done Terry missed you at the reunion maybe next time
HA! We have the same shirt!
especially, feathers edge winery loves you!!!
@signals34 They're all Canadaian and they recorded in the same studios.
I keep seeing a little green man. There might be more to Klaatu than you think.
very nice
I LOVE KLAATU TOOO!!!!
Dolly playing pinball!!! fuck yeah!
What a fucking legend
HOPE is a really cool song, but they sound English on the record. When he talks, you can tell he is from Canada. I’m pretty old but, never heard this record until today. Great!
when he was in the hospital he told Patricia Neal to go say these three words to the robot[ Klaatu, verata ,nikto
It's funny Klattu sounded like the Beatles, but then who knows, that probably played a role in the launch of their band career.
@jkovert No, there was some radio DJ that started the rumour.
I TRIED FOR LONG TIME TO GET YOUR NUMBER THREE ALBUM BUT WAS TOLD IT WASN'T RELEASED IN THE USA
I mean to SAY THE FIFTH ALBUM SORRY
no, I mean his voice, a singing double , who may have sang along with audiotape, he's a great singer, and I think klaatu, sounds strangely like the beatles, maybe there is a conncection
No not the Beatles .....
Klaatu's Draper explaining well :)
Klaatu is Latin for been here before
Fine.................falsetto.................singing voice.
Playing pinball with Dolly Parton on the Dolly Parton pinball machine.
How cool is that?
I think this dude was one of the doubles for mccartney, maybe penny lane video, or strawberry fields video, and it has been said the heah jude video, I dont know
I thought he just doubled for mccartney in the studio ?
Klaatu stops all the power at 12:00 noon.
floppy drive!
Calling occupants of interplanetary craft.. Klaatu Barada Nikto..
yes, yes, I do like this :D
Omg..this guy is super 70s hot :)
Terry is a little strange but cool. Love his music.
He's very strange.
How
O puh-leez - they perpetrated the rumor by remaining anonymous - what a liar.
Disagree... They started anonymous and stayed anonymous for the right reasons. I mean you cant even barely find an interview on this band. And because they stayed anonymous made them unique and mysterious and were demonized for that???. We all wanted to be rock stars for the fame and woman. These guys just wanted to produce music and lead a normal life which was their demise.
Klatu was the to at.
They definitely inflected liverpudlian accents in some songs Don't buy they didn't mean to
Haven't you heard the rhoticity in some of their pronunciation in the songs? They sound in at least two songs like Wings and solo Lennon mixed with the pepperesque/mmt psychedelic recording techniques, but the rhoticity in their accents confirms that their not the Beatles, scouse accent is non-rhotic and american and canadian accents are rhotic.
He sounds a little like Martin Short.
He obviously doesn't know what a Damocles sword is
He was just as boring back then
This fella sounds like he could be lying his pants off - who ever heard of a band trying to make their mark as talented artists desperately trying to sound like another band? John Lennon did mention once that Apple was created to help struggling musicians who couldn't get the established companies to take notice of them - perhaps this is why they sound like the Beatles, because the Beatles may have been actively involved...food for thought.
Most things are not conspiracies. People are just people.