Oil Tasters

• Type: Band
• Hometown: Milwaukee, WI
• Active: 1980 - 1983
• Number of gigs played: 4
• Number of other acts played with: 6

• Guy Hoffman
  1980 - 1983
  Drums, Vocals
• Richard LaValliere
  1980 - 1983
  Vocals, Bass
• Caleb Alexander
  1980 - 1983
  Saxophone, Keyboards

• Kevn Kinney
  Unknown - Unknown
  Roadie

• Oil Tasters on Milwaukee Rock Posters
• Oil Tasters on Wikipedia
• Oil Tasters on the Wisconsin Music Blog
• Oil Tasters reunion for Bastille Days, 1990

The Wikipedia: 

The Oil Tasters were an early 1980s band from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in the United States. The band comprised bassist and vocalist Richard LaValliere, saxophonist Caleb Alexander, and drummer Guy Hoffman.

The trio, founded on Milwaukee's East Side, released a 2-song 45 record in December 1980. It included "What's In Your Mouth" backed with "Get Out Of The Bathroom," a track which also appeared on Sub Pop founder Bruce Pavitt's compilation cassette release Sub Pop 5 (1981). In August 1981, a three-song EP was released with "That's When The Brick Goes Through The Window," backed with "Earn While You Learn" and "Smoke."

The Oil Tasters left behind an LP recorded for Thermidor (1982), a Berkeley, California-based independent label.

Read more. 

• Oil Tasters play "What's in Your Mouth?"
• Oil Tasters play "Get Out of the Bathroom"

Shared a bill with:

• Locate Your Lips 2 time(s)
• Tense Experts 2 time(s)
• The Appliances 1 time(s)
• The Points 1 time(s)
• The Prosecutors 1 time(s)
• The Violent Femmes 1 time(s)
• Wally Sprawls 1 time(s)

Played at:

• The Starship (Milwaukee) 6 time(s)
• Metropole (Milwaukee) 1 time(s)

Gigs Played:

• The Starship (12-19-1981) The Prosecutors Oil Tasters
• Date:1981, December 19 (Sat)
• Headliner: The Prosecutors
• First Opening: Oil Tasters

• The Starship (10-31-1981) Oil Tasters Tense Experts The Appliances
• Date:1981, October 31 (Sat)
• Headliner: Oil Tasters
• First Opening: Tense Experts
• Second Opening: The Appliances

• The Starship (08-15-1981) Oil Tasters Tense Experts Locate Your Lips
• Date:1981, August 15 (Sat)
• Headliner: Oil Tasters
• First Opening: Tense Experts
• Second Opening: Locate Your Lips

• The Starship (07-25-1981) Oil Tasters The Points The Violent Femmes
• Date:1981, July 25 (Sat)
• Headliner: Oil Tasters
• First Opening: The Points
• Second Opening: The Violent Femmes

• The Starship (03-28-1981) Oil Tasters Wally Sprawls
• Date:1981, March 28 (Sat)
• Headliner: Oil Tasters
• First Opening: Wally Sprawls

• The Starship (03-27-1981) Oil Tasters Locate Your Lips
• Date:1981, March 27 (Fri)
• Headliner: Oil Tasters
• First Opening: Locate Your Lips

• Metropole (04-15-1980) Oil Tasters
• Date:1980, April 15, 9:00 pm (Tue)
• Headliner: Oil Tasters