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The Bizarre and Wonderful "Fuzzface" set
A classic internet-only set from the once (and always) great "Fuzzface" blog......the last couple of posts with all that great modern day garage-rock and retro shit got me thinking of this set. VERY strangely numbered, Volumes 1-6 are single disc, Volume 7 is 2 Discs, Volume 8 is NINE (!) discs, and Volume 9 is yet another single disc. WHY? Not a fucking clue, but this is a great set too, maybe not quite as good as "Fathers and Sons" due to that set's wonderful progrmming and construction, but these discs contain some unbeleiveably great and obscure music. To the best of my knowledge, it is no longer avaialable anywhere except from those of us who grabbed it at the time, this is a second chance for some, so PLEASE don't miss it!
So, Volume 1 "Punk Rock".....I get the idea that these were created by some cool guy maybe living in his parent's basement, sort of making mix-tapes (CD's) for his own partying use....."Punk Rock" couldn't be more general, but that is indeed what we're getting here!....a somewhat rare Clash track ("Sex Man Roar"), the Ramones 
Volume 2 is entitled "Garage Rock Internacional" and lives up to its name as well....a near-perfect collection of retro-60's bands, Chesterfield Kings, Pandoras, Fleshtones, Fuzztones, the great Miracle Workers, even a track from Sky Saxon ("Barbie Doll Look")......and that's about the half of it. Volume 3 ("Garage Rock Nacional 1980-2003") is a lot of great stuff less familiar to those of us in the US (I have no idea where Fuzzface originated from), "Insanity" by the Pissmakers, Doctor Explosion's take on "Sometimes Good Guys Don't Wear White"), "Drinkin' Blood" by Screamin Pijas, unknown stuff (to us Yanks at least) from the Rock-A-Hulas, Sex Museum, Los Macana......and again, that's about the half of it.
Volume 4 is "Garage Rock Internacional II", more greats such as "Slave Girl" from the Lime Spiders, "In Her Life" by the phenominal Yard Trauma, The Tell Tale Hearts, The Stomachmouths, Cavemanish Boys.......fantastic shit here guys, do not miss it. Volume 5 "Revival Garage Internaciol 2" (?), Lordy me, the utter greatness just keeps coming. The great Swingin Neckbreakers ("Help Wanted"), The Brood (another of my personal faves), Pandoras, Fuzztones, The Maggots.....no need to just make a list, each of these discs is about as close to OUT AND OUT PERFECTION as one could possibly get.
OK, now Volume 7 is TWO discs, ("Revival
Garage Nacional 1" and "Revival Garage Nacional 2") a bunch of tracks on the second disc are referred to ONLY AS "Bonus Track", no titles OR Artists given, OK by me, cause the rest of the disc is filled out with Nikki & the Corvettes (LOVE YA NIKKI!), Thee Headcoatees, Suzy Quatro (!), the Pandoras, Teen Machine and more. The other Volume 7 disc is loaded with lots of obscure shit, Los Buges, The Smutmen, Undershakers, RC Druids.....I could go on and on, and I have, but this set is as goddamn good in it's own way as the "Fathers and Sons" sets are.
VOLUME 1-01 THE STUKAS-Klean Living Kids/02 GENERATION X-Your Generation/03 THE ANGELS-Dogs Are Talking/04 THE CLASH-Sex Roar Man/05 THE RAMONES-Spiderman/06 CRAZYHEAD-Have Love Will Travel/07 THE RUNAWAYS-School Days/08 LUX INTERIOR & DEE DEE RAMONE-Bad Horoscope/09 L7-I Used to Love Him/10 THE REAL KIDS-Do the Boob/11
VOLUME 2-01 THE HEADLESS HORSEMEN-Can't Help But Shake/02 THE PANDORAS-You're All Talk/03 99TH FLOOR-Green City Hopper/04 THE CHESTERFIELD KINGS-Hey Little Bird/05 THE CREEPS-She's Gone/06 THE CYNICS-Creepin/07 THE DEFECTORS-I Can't Do Another Mistake/08 THE FIENDS-Gravedigger/09 THE FLESHTONES-My Kinda Lovin'/The Crosroads are Comin'/10 THE GRAVEDIGGER V-The Ugly Child/11 THE GRUESOMES-Santa Claus/12 THE LYRES-How Do You Know/13 MIRACLE WORKERS-Love Has No Time/14 THE NOMADS-Lowdown Shakin Chills/15 THE OTHERS-Penis Between Us/16 THE PRIMATES-I Go Ape/17 THE SOUND EXPLOSION-Inspector Closeau/In Outer Limits/State of Mind/18 SKY SAXON-Barbie Doll Look/19 THE VIPERS-Medication/20 THE FUZZTONES-Actions Speak Louder Than Words/21 THE FLESHTONES-Ammerican Beat 84/22 THE GRUESOMES-I Need You/23 BARBARELLAS-Giant Godzilla/24 THE UNDERTAKERS-Re-Explore Your Mind
VOLUME 4-01 THE FRANTIC FIVE-She Ain't You/02 THE STROLLERS-Let Me Come In/03 THE
THANES-Now It's Your Turn To Cry/04 THE TELL TALE HEARTS-No Surprise/05 THE ACE-TONES-Bad Woman/06 THE STOMACHMOUTHS-I'm Going Away/07 THE HUNCHMEN-Lost and Found/08 THE LIME SPIDERS-Slave Girl/09 CAVEMANISH BOYS-Outta Site Outta Mind/10 THE MONSTERS-The Other Man/11 THE SATELITTERS-Shadows of You/12 THESHOUTLESS-Baby Come On/13 SINISTER SIX-Hey Man/14 TEE & THE CRUMPETS-You Got What You Wanted/15 TINA PEEL-The Witch/16 YARD TRAUMA-In Her Life/17 SIGHTS-Hey Girl/18 THE KARTOONS-Better Be Alone/19 THE UNDERTAKERS-Why/20 THE FUZZTONES-Heathen Set/21 THE LYRES-Busy Body/22 FUZZTONES-The People In Me/23 THE CYNICS-I Don't Need You/24 THE FRANTIC FIVE-Hang Up!
VOLUME 5-01 THE MASONICS-I Know Where You Are Going/02 THE WYLD MAMMOTHS-THings That Matter/03 THE OUTTA PLACE-Don't Crowd Me/04 THE HOODS-I Wander Around/05 COLOR ME PSYCHO-Black Corvair/06 DUKESOF HAMBURG-Hey Joe/07THE ULTRA 5-White Trash/08 THE BROOD-Party Crashin/09 THE OFFHOOKS-Heartbreaking Girl/10 SWINGIN NECKBREAKERS-Help Wanted/11 THE CYNICS-Goin Away/12 THE M-EIGHTYS-Untrue/13 THE DISTURBED-Are You Alien/14 THE MAGGOTS-Uh! Uh! The Bigger The Better/15 THE MYSTREATED-Don't Be Led/16 DOD THE RODS-You Are Gonna Miss Me/17 THE LINKERS-Way It's Gonna Be/18 SHUTDOWN 66-Bad Bad Bad Girl!/19 THE 
VOLUME 6-01 INTERTERROR-Adios Lli Marlen/02 LAS VULPES-Inkisicion/03 FARMACIA DE GUARDIA-Bronca Callejera/04 FAMILA REAL-Destruye/05 CODIGO NEUROTICO-Quema Tanques/06 ESQUELETOS-Solo Necisito Un Poco De Diversion/07 ESPASMODICOS-Enciendes Tu Motor/08 LA RESISTENCIA-Ls Rosas Rojas de Mayo/09 TNT-Deberias Tener Cuidado/10 PVP-Ah Ah Ah/11 ZOQUILLOS-Kung Fu Cowboy/12 BASURA-No Seas Lesbiana Mi Amor/13 PUNK CITY-Punk City/14 LA BROMA DE SATAN-Terrorismo Autorizado/15 ULTIMO RESORTE-Johny Mofeta/16 SEGURIDAD SOCIAL-Konsspiracion/17 KANGRENA-No Se Que Me Pasa/18KGB-Treblinka/19 GARAGE-Matanza de una Noche de Verano/20 O.X. POW-Esperando en la calle/21 MG 15-Derecho a la Vida/22 COMMMANDO 9 MM-Bailando Pogo/23 LA UV-Merete/24 TDK-La Senda de los Elefantes/25 PBNSK-Ven Y Unete a la Muerte/26 TOREROS AFTER OLE-Asesinos/27 LARSEN-El Payaso/28 DESECHABLES-Es Peligroso/29 TOREROS AFTER OLE-Payaso
DRUIDS-Stuck in the Middle With You/04 LOS IMPOSIBLES-Bye Bye Peqena/05 DOCTOR EXPLOSION-El Bugulu/06 LOS POTROS-Little Girl/07 SCREAMIN PIJAS-Side By Side/08 LOS BUGES-Come and Get It/09 FLASHBACK FIVE-Ugly Thing/10 THE RESCUERS-Don't Keep the Shock/11 THE SMUTMEN-Down to the Server/12 UNDERSHAKERS-Criminal Girl/13 THE CHARADES-You Better Run/14 LOS FOSSILES-I Got My Baby/15 AGENTES SECRETOS-Un Ser Extrano/16 LOS CONTENTOS-Dirty Noise/17 FUMESTONES-Self Satisfaction/18 SEX MUSEUM-Where I Belong/19 LOS MACANA-Airless
VOLUME 7 (DISC 2)-01 THE FURITVOS-Bajo Control/02 LOS NUGGETS-Never Trusted You/03 GOLDEN SLUMBERS-Maldita/04 BONUS TRACK/05 BONUS TRACK/06 BONUS TRACK/07 BONUS TRACK/08 BONUS TRACK/09 BONUS TRACK-(MINI CD NENAS)-10 NIKKI & THE CORVETTES-Gimme Gimme (I'll give you ANYTHING you want Nikki, long as you GIMME some of that fine (_!_)......)/11 VOLADORAS-He Is Mine/12 THEE HEADCOATEES-My Boyfriend's Learning Karate/13 TEEN MACHINE-Schools Over/14 SUZY QUATRO-48 Crash/15 REVILLOS-Where Is the Boy For Me/16 THE PANDORAS-I Didn't Cry
Be back tomorrow witht he second half of this great and bizarrly numbered set!
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"SCARY SCOTT" Andridge checks back in......BRILLIANT as ever!
YES!Back with a vengeance comes once again possibly the stupidest human being (alleged) that has ever drawn breath.......this time he seems a bit less interested in the length of my manhood but I swear to God.....WHY can this asshole not figure out that I always LOVED the Seeds? Seems somewhat obvious....own all thief music; did a full post about them; have featured many compel and rarities on which they appear......WHAT is this guys issue? It seems that he thinks that referring to the Seeds (and other "nuggets" era bands as "sloppy" or "amatuerish" is somehow insulting to them.......has he ever even listened to them? THAT is the CHARM of the great nuggets bands of the era....Toughguy Scott Andridge is apparently to stupid to understand this; honestly that is all I can think of.....even MORE hilarious he seems to think my blog tagline "the music that shaped a semi wasted life" IS A REFERENCE TO HIS FATHER.......wow just wow. I suggest that young Mr Andridge should stop worrying about the size of my phallus; maybe skip a NAMBLA meeting or two and perhaps try and get that GED! Idiot try to understand this: I LOVED THE MUSIC OF THE SEEDS.....The fact that you are unable to comprehend simple English is somewhat sad and somewhat pathetic......a typical "Internet tough guy" name caller....not only sad but boring. You don't even realize that EVERYONE here is laughing at you. You are making a laughing stock out of yourself and you are much too stupid to even see it. Keep the laughs coming tough guy everyone enjoys a pitiful little fool trying to be tough on the internet
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The rest of the oddly numbered (but great) Fuzzface Series
So, did ya enjoy the first half of the series? ? Don't see how ya couldn't.....and it's just a warm up fortoday!. Now, listen carefully, my children......we are up to Volume 8, which consists of NINE discs, ALL titled "Zarius Knights of Fuzzface".....NO IDEA, don't ask me, but there s smme fucking great garage rock on these discs. Then, finally, we will ned up with the single disc Volume 9 ("Revival Garage Internacional")......the numbering system is as bizarre as bizarre can be, but it is so very easy to forgive. Trust me. Again, please discuss, leave comments, I'm "feeling" this stuff right now, and you know how I can get (like when I was feeling "psych" or "punk" and I have just TONS of this kinda stuff too.....
More "Bonus Tracks" on disc 2, but how about this lineup: Baby Woodrose, The Fuzztones, Yard Trauma, The Nomads, and the Gruesomes, mixed in amongst 1-2-5, Outta Place, Queen Hornets.....this set brilliantly melds together "greats" of the genre with unknown stuff, these comps work as "radio programming" the way great comps do.
Plenty-a great shit on disc 5 as well, Headcoatees, The Pandoras, The Tell-Tale Hearts, and theKartoons, as well as lesser-known greats Optic Nerve, Lost Marbles, Los Impossibles, and Get Lost. How about Disc 6? Sorry,no let down there either, Fuzztones ("The People In Me"), Thanes, Chesterfield Kings, Lyres.....all have been featured earlier, but by no means over-exposed, as well as the wonderfully named Tuna Tacos, Muck and the Mires, Slow Slushy Boys, Lust-O-Rama.....the great thing about primiative garage rock is we will (literally) NEVER run out of it, as long as we have electric guitars, marijuana, beer, and garages, and people who still make music for FUN rather than false dreams of fame.
Well, we're up to Disc 8 of Volume 8 now, gotta love some Wylde Mammoths, Green Telescopes (highly underappreciated), Los Peyotes, and Mondo Topless (great moniker at the very least).....The Preachers mangle "Little Re Book", Sick Rose skewer "99th Floor", we get the Down N Outs, Smooth Filthy, and a great time is had by all........
We finally wrap up Volume 8 with Disc 9, more welcome stuff from the Brood, Miracle Workers,
OK, so that is Volume 8.....there is one more disc , Volume 9......WHY? it is not just one more disc of Volume 8 I will never know, deliberately confusing is all I can think of as certainly the Chesterfield Kings, Thanes, Fuzztones, and frankly pretty much everyone on the disc is making repeat appearace.....ahhhh well......this is a great set, a wonderful "internet only" set that, as always, I consider a "labor of love" and compiled with compassion and the interest that only a true music LOVER can muster.
Fuzzface's blog is long gone, done't know if he got shut down or if he just tired of it.....but he did a great job with this set, I'll NEVER understand his numbering system, but there ya go......along with Katrakyla (tomorrow perhaps) one of the greatest ever internet compilers of modern-day retro garage rock......I've got more for you. Lots more. Let's hear some opinions on this stuff. Please?
VOLUME 8 DISC 2-01 THE BACKDOOR MEN-Out of My Mind/02 1-2-5-Hard to Find/03 99THFLOOR-Never More/04 YARD TRAUMA-Little Girl Who Left/05 THE PROJECTILES-Heart Full Of Rain/06 NOMADS-She Pays the Rent/07 THE HEADLESS HORSEMEN-Gotta Be Cool/08 THE ELIMENT-Tell Me/09 BABY WOODROSE-Hippe Chick/10 THE FUZZTONES-Heathen Set/11 HANGEE V-It's Not TIme/12 THE SHAKE-Can't Fight Your Lovin'/13 THE OUTTA PLACE-They Prefer Blondes/14 MACCHINA DEL TEMPO-Non Ti Votero Mai/15 THE OFFHOOKS-I Can Take It/16 THE RIOTS-Tell Me Tonight/17 THE PRIMATES-The Creep18 GRAVEDIGGER V-Do Like Me/19 THE QUEEN HORNETS-Peepin Tom/20 THE GRUESOMES-Cave In!/21 BONUS TRACK/22 BONUS TRACK/23 BONUS TRACK/24 BONUS TRACK
VOLUME 8 DISC 4-01 THE FIENDS-She Looks Outa Sight/02 THE WOGGLES-It's My Life/03 THE JAYBIRDS-I'm a Lover Not a Fighter/04 THE KAISERS-What You Wanna Say/05 THE LAUNDERETTES-Too Late To Say You're Sorry/06 THE MAGGOTS-What's a Girl To Do/07 THE NUTHINS-Allergic Kiss/08 THE ULTRA 5-It's a Long Way Home!/09 THE FLESHTONES-Amreican Beat 84/10 THE UGLY BEATS-I'll Walk Away/11 THE VIPERS-We're Outta Here/12 THE KLIEK-Sandra/13 THE WALKING SCREAMS-I Tell No Lies/14 THE STOMACHMOUTHS-I Leave/15 AGENTES SECRETOS-Un Dia Malo/16 TEDDY BOYS FROM THE CRYPT-Left Far Behind/17 THE WAY OUTS-Can't Take No More/18 THE BOBBY TRAPS-Shoulda Known Better/19 MARRY ME MARY-Lunatic/20 THE VICE BARONS-Street Action/21 BONUS TRACK/22 BONUS TRACK/23 BONUS TRACK
VOLUME 8 DISC 6-01 RUNNING STREAM-Enouh/02 WAU Y LOS ARRGHS!!!-Girl, Coge Mi Cosa/03 THE SKELETONS-Sour Snow/04 THE BRISTOLS-True True Lovin/05 SHEETAH & LES WEISSMULLER-Chien M Chant/06 THE MOVING SOUNDS-All Good Things/07 ZEBRA STRIPES-Hurtin Kind/08 FRANTIC FIVE-Liar Liar/09 THEE GLOOMIES-Hang Up/10 THE HIGHSPEED V-I Don't Mind/11 THE KWYET KINGS-Don't Doubt My Love/12 THE LORDS OF ALTAMONT-Time/13 THE MIDWAYS-Got No Right/14 THE NUGGETS-Run For Your Life/15 THE OTHERS-Won't Lose Your Love/16 PIKES IN PANIK-Summer Girl/17 THE REAL PILLS-Redemption/18 THE SATELLITERS-It's Not True/19 PLAN 9-I'm Not There/20 THE GHASTLY ONES-Full Throttle Empty Bottle/21 BONUS TRACK/22 BONRACK
VOLUME 8 DISC 8-01 DOWN N OUTS-Yeah/02 FUMESTONES-You're On Mind/03 THE GRAINS-Heart Full Of Rain/04 THE HUNCHMEN-Like No Other Man/05 MONDO TOPLESS-Amazon Queen/06 THE PREACHERS-Little Red Book/07 SMOOTH FILTHY-Everybody/08 DEE RANGERS-Those Days Are Gone/09 THE TRAPMEN-Groove/10 THE WORST-Afraid the Dark/11 THE DUKES-She'll Be Mine/12 THE GREEN HORNETS-Make Me Wanna Die/13 THE PRIMTEENS-Li'l By Blue/14 THE SICK ROSE-99th Floor/15 THE WYLDE MAMMOTHS-Help That Girl/16 THE GREEN TELESCOPES-Thinkin About Today/17 LOS PEYOTES-El Humo Te Ha Mal/18 THE PURITANS-Grey Clouds/19 LOS SHAMBLES-Nadaie Te Quiere Ya/20 SOUND EXPLOSION-The Greek/21 BONUS TRACK/22 BONUS TRACK
VOLUME 9-01 LAS MEMBRANAS-Llorare/02 LUST O RAMA-Can't Do Another Mistake/03
RAY DAYTONA-Hole In the Ground/04 UG & THE CAVEMEN-I'm Evil/05 TUNA TACOS-I Don't Believe It/06 THE FUZZTONES-The People In Me/07 THE SATELLITERS-It Came To Me/08 FUMESTONESAhora Soy un Cerdo (por Tu Amor)/09 MUCK & THE MIRES-I'm Down With That/10 DEFECTORS-The Zoom Out/11 THE THANES-I'll Find Out/12 NUTHINS-Hang 9/13 LOVE DELEGATION-Through the Night/14 LOS PEYOTES-Te Pegare/15 SLOW SLUSHY BOYS-Boogaloo Down Broadway/16 CHESTERFIELD KINGS-She Told Me Lies/17 LYRES-Nobody But Me/18 THE 14TH WRAY-Your Face Is In My Mind/19 GLI SCIACALLI-Mai
PS If you are getting as bored with "Scott Andridge" as I am, please do me a favor and tell him so.....I thought he might be "fun", like tormenting a small child or soemthing, but he is JUST SO STUPID there is no talking to him and the entertainment value is compromised. I mean, is there ANYONE other than him that does not understand that I LOVE the bands I profile on here, including the Seeds.....OR anyone who can't grasp that about 95% of the Seeds charm was i their sloppy amatuerishness? Seemed like easy cocnepts, but this guy simply DOES NOT SEEM TO GET IT. I know I have many friends on the blog,maybe one of you can explain these facts to him, and also advise him that there are LOTS of other blogs (it would seem he doesn't care much for this one) that he could frequent and enjoy.....I simply cannot seem to get the words through his skull......one of my amigos out there, PLEASE try and explain it to him so we can concentrate on what matters, which to me is providing and sharing rare/obscure music, and to him, for some reason, seems to be finding out teh dimensions of my genitilia.......it does, indeed, take ALL kinds to make up a world!
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More internet-only garage comps, and a non-person
If you've had the pleasue of reading 1984 (a favorite of mine on many intellectual levels), you will befamilair with the term "non-person"....a non-person has all traces of his/her existence, written, physical, or otherwise, removed to suit the needs of "the Party".....Scott Andridge, who has made such an ass of himself on this blog of late, has officially become "non-person" status as he (or someone) deleted all his MENSA-like comments......excellent. let's all just pretend he/it never existed, and hopefully he finds happiness and someone ELSE'S penis to measure.
Let's start out with the somewhat haphazard "Garage Fuzz Pack by Katrakyla"......what we have hereare 28 slamming tunes from 8 greatbands, simple as that. As I often call these "internet only creations" true "labours of love", THIS fits that definition to a "T"....some of the true greats of modern day garage rock are here, The Beavers, Chinese Millionaires, Exploding White Mice, and especially Green Tellescope. Yo do not wish to miss this set.
A bit more comprehensive is "Trash Attack"......25 tracks with legendary performers like (a personal favorite of mine) Columbus Ohio's Gaunt, Spider Babies, Baseball Furies, and the Jewws.....this is great, great, great stuff, your collection is simply incompete without it.
OK one more for today, can't resist it. Musically, "Fuck You All!" doesn't EXACTLY fit this concept, but 24 blazing tracks with "FUCK" in the title can't be ALL bad right? Likely you already know the (ULTRA-GREAT) D-4's "Rock N Roll Motherfucker" and the Dead Kennedy's "Too Drunk To Fuck", Pantera, of all people turn up with "Fucking Hostile", and of course Turbonegro''s jaw dropping "Don't say Motherfucker Motherfucker" (check my epic Turbonegro post if it's still there)....it doesn't EXACTLY work as a per-se Garage Punk set, but know what? "FUCK YOU ALL!" I fucking love it.......
.That is it for today......tomorrow, some more great comps from the INTERNET LEGEND that is Katrakyla......hope you are out there somewhere bro, and I hope all is well, and hopefully a whole new group of music lovers is about to get hip to your style of programming, music, and wondersome sense of humor. Peace always, love you Bro!
Never again will there be a mention of the non-person on this site, I assume that is Ok with everyone!
GARAGE FUZZ PACK BY KATRAKYLA-01THE BEAVERS-Nancy You're a Square/02 THE BEAVERS-Don't Leave Me/03 CHINESE MILLIONAIRES-Black Cherry/04 CHINESE MILLIONAIRES-Female Race/05 CHINESE MILLIONAIRES-Professional Girl/06 ELEMENT '79-My Love/07 ELEMENT '79-Hey/08 ELEMENT '79-Throw Em Down/09 ELEMENT '79-She Can't Hide/10 EXPLODING WHITE MICE-Burning Bed/11 EXPLODING WHITE MICE-Bad Little Woman/12 EXPLODING WHITE MICE-Let the Kids Dance/13 EXLODING WHITE MICE-Pipeline/14 EXPLODING WHITE MICE-Your Claws/15 EXPLODING WHITE MICE-Dangerous/16 GREEN TELESCOPE-Face In a Crowd/17 GREEN TELESCOPE-Thoughts of a Madman/18 HUMPERS-Hey Shadow/19 HUMPERS-Insect Liberation/20 HUMPERS-Cops and Robbers/21 HUMPERS-Black Cats/22 HUMPERS-Dead Last/23 HUMPERS-Super Power/24 KWYET KINGS-Don't Doubt Love/25 KWYET KINGS-Open Up Your Door/26 MAKERS-I Can't Stand It/27 MAKERS-The Mantis/28 MAKERS-Nobody Gonna Break My Soul
KATRAKYLA'S GARAGE PUNK EP COLLECTION-TRACKS 01/03-THE MAKERS "HERE COMES TROUBLE" EP-01 I Can't Stand it/02 The Mantis/03 Nobody Gonna Break My Soul/TRACKS 04-05 RADIATORS FROM SPACE 1977 EP-04 Enemies/05 Psychotic Reaction/TRACKS 06-09 TEENGENERATE-CAR CRAZY SPEED CRAZY-06 Dirty Robber/07 What a Girl Can't Do/08 Big House/09 Don't Close to Me/TRACKS 10-11 THE GORGONS-NUMBER ONE EP-10 He's Waiting/11 I Can't Be True/TRACKS 12-13 THE TRIBOLITES-VENUS IN LEATHER EP-12 Amphtamine Dream/13 Venus In Leather
I Got at least 3 more days of Katrakyla's brilliance, he ranks with ChrisGoes, Gyro and Ryp, Fuzzface, Chocoreve, and so many more that make this sad excuse for a blog a possibility.
While I have your attention, let me apologize to all of you for even responding to, and trying to make fun of, the nonperson......I just cannot STAND stupid people, I know, I know, they are a fact of life, but GOOD LORD.....the guy just wanted to BITCH AND NOTHING ELSE....no logic, no discussion, no debate, just concerns over the size of my penis......what a clueless, clueless individual.....hopefully, he doesn't bother us anymore and we can get back to what this is SUPPOSED to be about....the SHARING, between music lovers, of music in order to get our collections to the level of perfection for which we all strive.
I LOVE EACH AND EVERY FRIEND OF MY BLOG, AS WELL AS THOSE WHO DON'T
COMMENT........YOU GUYS ARE MY LIFE BLOOD. I LOVE WHAT I AM DOING HERE, AND FOR ONE IDIOT TO SIMPLY BE TOO CLUELESS AS TO UNDERSTAND, WELL, ANYTHING.......I KNOW, I KNOW, THEY ARE OUT THERE.....they are NOT the reason for this . You guys are, you guys who share and help ME out and contribute and comment.....YOU GUYS are who this is for, you guys all over the world. I love you guys, really I do, and thanks for EVERYTHING you do.
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More from the vaults of Katrakyla
I think I'll wait for tomorrow to put up Katrakyla's greatest creation, the 8-disc "They are All My Friends in Garage Punk", which I promise you is spectacular.....today I will round up the remainder of his garage/fuzz/trash ......obviously if you liked yesterday's you will like these as well, in particular if you don't mind (I bet you didn't even notice) his sort of annoying habit of programming everything in ALPHABETICAL ORDER.......I guess they have to be in SOME kind of order, and if THAT is the biggest bitch I have in my life, what a soft life I shall live.
Disc 3 creeps further along into the alphabet, we get Tyme Society, United States of Existence, Wildebeests (damn near an album full of them, and quite worthwhile), Witch Doctors, and Worst.......these are three damn fine discs, don't miss em, I don't think you are going to find them easilly anywhere else..
Occasionaly the guy tried to conceptualize (see: "Fuck You All" yesterday, songs that all have "fuck" in the title) as on "Give Me Money Motherfuckers", songs which, get this, all have MONEY in the titles.....nothing wrong with that, highlights include GG Alin, the Gories, The Sonics, Baby Woodrose (i can't BELEIVE I've never done a full post on them), Milkshakes, Thee Mighty Ceasars, and loads more. I like "Fuck You All" a bit better just because, well, just because, but this works as well.....
Well, let's clean this up before tomorrow's "big production"...."A Garage Punk Farewell to 2008" contains 18 tracks from that wonerful year, Jay Reatard, Lords of Altamont, Nodzzz, Bad Machine.....I'm sure it was a great year for garage punk, as I'm sure every year is!
OK tomorrow, we start "They Are All My Friends....." likely all 8 discs tomorrow, I'd guess those in the know would call it his (Katrakyla's) career masterwork (even though those 60's comps I posted months ago certainly were bad-ass as well)
Enjoy these. Katrakyla, your site is greatly missed. GIMME FUZZ!
GARAGE (!) DISC 1-(TRACKS 1-4 BEATGRINDERS)-01 5 Years Ahead of My Time/02 Fritz Don't Surf/03 Green Fuzz (live)/04 The Witch/ (TRACKS 5-7 THE CRYPTICS)-05 Back To Me/06 Ricordami/07 You're Evil/(TRACKS 8-11 THE DEMONICS)-08 Demon Garage/09 Dustin the Fuzz/10 Girlfriends Bestfriend/11 Little Honda/(TRACKS 12-15 FLYPPED WHIGS)-12 1 and 1=2/13 Don't Go Away Mad/14 Invisible People/15 Numbers/(TRACKS 16-17 THE HERMITS)-16 Be a Caveman/17 Yes I Do/(TRACKS 18-20 THE KING MIXERS) 18 The Easy Way Down/19 Thought I Saw You/20 Zug Me/(TRACKS 21-23 LPG)-21 Lay Your Money Down/22 Things Aint Been the Same/23 Twenty Five/(TRACKS 24-25 MOLE PEOPLE)-24 Can't It Be/25 Crawlin Eye/(TRACKS 26-28 MULTICOLOURED SHADES)-26 2000 Light Years From Home/27 House of Wax/28 Lost Riders in Heaven
GARAGE (!) DISC 3-(TRACKS 1-2 TYME SOCIETY)-01 Leaves Are Turning Brown/02
Wondering Why/(TRACKS 3-5 UNITED STATES OF EXISTENCE) 03 Makin My Scene/04 Return to the Psychedelic/05 Shadows of Rainbows/(TRACKS 6-13 WILDEBEESTS) 06 Beeftub/07 Dinosaur/08 Gorilla Got Me/09 I'm Rowed Out/10 One + One/11 Parchman Farm/12 Pow Wow/13 Teenage Letter/(TRACKS 14-15 WITCH DOCTORS)-14 Death Ray 63/15 Wrong Before/(TRACKS 16-20 WORST)-16 Creepy Thing/17 I Don't Dig You/18 I've Got a Curse/19 She Gives Me The Creeps/20 Werewolf
I WISH I WAS THERE (BUT I'M NOT): ANOTHER GARAGE-PUNK CAMPILATION BY KATRAKYLA-01 13 FRIGHTENED GIRLS-Smoke This and Walk/02 ACETONES-Riot on Sunset Strip/03 BASEBALL FURIES-Passion Killer/04 BASEMENT BOATS-Stay Away From My Girl/05 BILLY CHILDISH-You Make Me Die/06 BLACKS-Don't Be Cute/07CHINESE MILLIONAIRES-Spoiled Rotten/08 COYOTE MEN-Damn Right!/09 CRIMSON SHADOWS-Out Of My Mind/10 CRUSADERS-Freak of the Week/11 DEVIL DOGS-Back In the City/12 DOWN N OUTS-I Wanna Come Back/13 DRAGS-Cannibal/14 GET LOST-One Way Ticket/15 HARDONS-Bye Bye Girl/16 HAVOX-All the Time/17 HUMPERS-Hey Shadow/18 JEWWS-Mercury To Mars/19 LAST DRIVE-Gone Gone Gone/20 LAZY COWGIRLS-Route 66/21 MAKERS-Potential Liability/22 MIRACLE WORKERS-Psycho/23 MUMMIES-She Lied/24 NOMADS-Boss Hoss/25 PROBLEMATICS-Make Me Lose My Cool/26 QUADRAJETS-Going Down/27 RADIO BIRDMAN-Non-Stop Girls/28 ROCKS-You're So Boring/29 SAINTS-Wild About You/30 SONS OF HERCULES-Gimme Some/31 SPITFIRES-Social Club/32 TOKYO KNIVES-Futso Kayoi/33 VON ZIPPERS-Broke Down
GIVE ME MONEY MOTHERFUCKERS-01 THE SONICS-Money (That's What I Want)/02 DENNY BELINE & THE RICH KIDS-Money Isn't Everything/03 THE WILD UNCERTAINTY-Man With Money/04 BABY WOODROSE-Money For Sale/05 LPG-Lay Your Money Down/06 MILKSHAKES-Sometimes I Want You (For Your Money)/07 EVIL THINGIES-I Want My Money Back/08 LAZY COWGIRLS-Time and Money/09 THEE MIGHTY CEASARS-Don't Wanna Be Killed By Women & Money No More/10 THE GORIES-Give Me Some Money/11 GG ALIN-Dope Money/12 KIDS-Money Is All I Need/13 PARTISIANS-Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is/14 RAZAR-Money/15 VERBAL ABUSE-Free Money/16 DRI-Money Stinks/17 COUNTDOWN 5-Uncle Kirby (From Brazil)
Flare/02 BAD MACHINE-Surfin In the City/03 EDDY CURRENT SUPPRESSION RING-Sunday's Coming/04 GUINEA WORMS-Box of Records/05 HANK IV-Feeding Me Back/06 JAY REATARD-Hiding Hole/07 LORDS OF ALTAMONT-Faded Black/08 LOS HORIES-Dynamite/09 MAGNIFICENT BROTHERHOOD-Cracker/10 MIDNIGHT WOOLF-River Swamp Stomp/11 MOJOMATICS-Hole In My Heart/12 MOLTEN UNIVERSE-Strange Kind of Love/13 NODZZZ-Is She There/14 PINK FITS-You Better Run/15 RANSOME BROTHERS-I Feel Like Dancin/16 REACTIONS-Wild About You/17 SCREWTOP DETONAORS-Anvil/18 UPSIDEDOWN-If You Are a Hell Girl
NOW SUCK ON THIS EP BY KATRAKYLA-01 BORED!-Demolition Girl/02 POPPINMAMMAS-Mill Workin Man/03 SEMINAL RATS-Call Me Animal/4 THE DIRTY LOVERS-Boss Hoss
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Gonna take a day or 2 away
Gotta get my head straight and take care of some stuff, please forgive me......just a couple of days andI'll post the Katrakyla "They are all My Friends In Garage Punk" series that I was going to post today. I finally got the first of the links up for yesterdays post, I'll get the rest tonight or in the morning. Just need a little break. Someone said one of the Fuzzface links doubled up, I'll check that and if it's bad I'll fix it as well. See you soon.
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They Are All My Friends In Garage Punk
After resting for a couple of days and trying to get some other shit under control, you are rewardedwith the wonderful 8-disc internet-only series "They Are All My Friends In Garage Punk", created and posted originally by share-blogger legend Katrakyla.....if you guys just RECENTLY got into the share blogging thing, sorry, you missed the "golden age".....and if THIS sad blog is going to be your "future golden age"......ughhhhh. Anyway, this is a great and wonderful set from a great and wonderful blog/blgger, enjoy as I have NO CLUE as to my next move here, I'll think of something, but this closes out the Katrakyla archive I think.
Disc 2 ("Sumthin Fer Nuthin") is a collection of 29 fairly obscure treasures, "Light My Fire" by the Tombstones, "Pain" by the great Phil & the Frantics, and the Psychopaths "Till the Stroke of Dawn". This is stuff more reminiscent of "Back From the Grave" than of "Nuggets", I think, not that there is ANYTHING wrong with THAT!.The Possums, Serfmen, Cavemen, and Missing Lynx, among others contribute quality material.
Disc 4 ("A Dog Strikes His Father", I don't name em), is loaded, Checkmates International, Talismen,Diplomats, Shamrocks and more. Oddest track is probably Other Half's "Flight of the Dragon Lady". Pretty much a collection of pretty obscure stuff. Disc 5 ("Mechanical Switch") bring us one from the always great Morning Dew, Rouges Inc, the Back Street Boys (No, not THOSE Back Street Boys), final track "Everything Is Red" by Mechanical Switch for whom the disc was named is a good one.
Katrakyla must have enjoyed Bojax version of "Don't Look Back" a good deal more than I did, as it not only leads off Disc 1 of the series, but Disc 6 ("This Side Up") as well.....don't ask me. Otherwise, no repeaters (I don't think), couple tracks from the Run-A-Rounds, Jaged Edge, Last Knights (I have commented on this before I think but HOW GODDDAMN MANY bands of that era thought it was clever as hell to use the word "Knight" in lieu of "Night"? I bet it's close to 30. You'd think the quality drugs of the era would have brought forth a bit more creativity, unless that is what passed for it at the time.
For my money all these discs form an essential set, a unique
internet-only labor of love, that sits alongside "USA Garage Greats", "Fuzzface", and others we haven't gotten to yet such as "The Day After the Sabbath" (Currently up around 85 discs), or "Sir Psych Presents", and "Psych Crackle Pop", both at around 50-60 discs , don't know if I'll ever do them, especially the latter two as overlap, (at least in my memory, I will check) renders them fairly redundant. Anyway, I was thinking about going all Andy Kauffman and alienating my new found, comp-loving minions by doing up, oh, maybe the "Best Budgie Post Ever" (shut up they were BAD ASS), or maybe (heh heh) some Grand Funk Railroad? heh, heh.....I'd behave myselves if I were thou!
DISC 02-01 BAND OF WYNDAND-Day-Time Nite-Time/02 BATMAN-Un Mauvais Farceur/03
BOBBY J & THE GENERATIONS-Lost In Time/04 CAVEMEN-All About Love/05CHADWICJS-The Only Way to Do It/06 CHALLENGERS-Moon, Send My Baby To Me/07 CUTAWAYS-I'll Never Fall In Love Again/08 EX-CALS-Like a Dream/09 EYE ZOOMS-She's Gone/10 INSIDE TRAXX-Livin and Lovin This Way/11 INVADERS-St James Infirmary/12 JOHNNY & THE NITE RYDERS-I Had a Girl/13 MARKS V-Pay/14 MINIMUM DAILY REQUIREMENTS-I'm Grounded/15 MISSING LYNX-Behind Locked Doors /16 PHIL & THE FRANTICS-Pain/17 POSSUMS-Steppin Stone/18 PSYCHOPATHS-Till the Stroke of Dawn/19 RAVENS-Sleepless Nights/20 SERFMEN-(I Want You) Back Again/21 SERFMEN-Chills and Fever/22 SPIRITS-Almost There/23 TOMBSTONES-Light My Fire/24 TROLLS-I Don't Recall/25 UNDERTAKERS-Love SO Dear/26 UNTOUCHABLE MEN-It Won't Be Wrong/27 WAPHPHLE-Goin Down/28 WILLIAM PENN & THE QUAKERS-No More Love/29 YOUNG MEN-Go!
DISC 4-01 WILD THING-Wierd Hot Nights (Suffer Baby)/02 BARE FACTS-Bad Part of Town/03ROCKIN RAMRODS-Go Away/04 EMPERORS-I Want My Woman/05 INTERNS-Hard to Get/06 TIGERMEN-Tiger Girl/07 DIMENSION-The Pilot/08 PREACERS-Stay out of My World/09 COACHMEN FIVE-I'm Comin Home/10 OTHERS-Revenge/11 DRY ICE-Uncertain Love/12 CHANGING TYMES -The Only Girl I /13 SOUND ON SOUND-Girl You've Got To Turn Me On/14 LORDS-One of these Days/15 CHILDREN-I Can Feel It/16 CHECKMATES INTERNTIONAL-Thinkin At You/17 TALISMEN-I Know a Girl/18 SHAMROCKS-Skin of My Teeth/19 OTHER HALF-Flight of the Dragon Lady/20 COBRAS-If I Can't Beleive Her/21DIPLOMATS-Route 66/22 REAL LIST-Pick Up the Marbles/23 CORRUPTION INC-She's Gone
DISC 06-01 BOJAX-Don't Look Back/02 DANNY BUNK &
THE INVADERS-Ain't Going Away/03 CHASERS-I'm Sure/04 CHECKMATES-Hey Girl/05 CORIALS-Tell Me Please/06 ESQUIRES-Settle Down/07 HUMAN BEINZ-My Generation/08 JG GIANTS-Caught You Red Handed/09 JAGGED EDGE-You Can't Keep a Good Man Down/10 JAGGED EDGE-How's She Hurtin Me/11 JOHN &PAUL-I'm Walking/12 RONNIE KING & THE PASSIONS-Girl Break Away/13 LAST KNIGHTS 
-Twenty Four Hours a Day/14 MODS-Rittual/15 BOB MORRISON-I Looked in a Mirror/16NERVOUS SYSTEMS-Bones/17 PRISONERS DREAM-Autumn Days/18 RUN-A-ROUNDS-I Can't Take You Back/19 RUN-A-ROUNDS-I Couldn't Care Less/20 SPECTRES-No Good, No Where World/21 SUNSHINE REIGNS-Acelia Dulfin/22 THIS SIDE UP-Why Can't I Dream/23 ULTIMATES-Little Girl/24 'YOU KNOW WHO' GROUP-Hey You and the Wind and the Rain
DISC 07-01 1ST CENTURY SOUND-Feelin Down/02
AMERICAN TEENS-Shake Shake Baby/03 AMERICAN TEENS-A Brand New Love/04 BARONS-Don't Come Back No More/05 BUTCH, PEGGY, AND LITTLE JOHN-It Must Be Love/06 CHAPARRAL TRIO-Roxanne/07 CURFEWS-She's Mine/08 DISRAELI-What Will The New Day Bring/09 EXECUTIONERS-Don't Put Me On/10 GARY & KYLE-Stay With Me/11 GNATS-That's All Right/12 LEGEND-The Kids Are Alright/13 MIKE
LYMAN & THE LITTLE PEOPLE-I Need You/14 MIKE LYMAN & THE LITTLE PEOPLE-Message To Pretty/15WILLIAM PENN & THE QUAKERS-Coming Up My Way/16 ROCKATONES-Bad Girl/17 RINGERS-Daydream/18 SHEFFIELDS-Nothing I Can Do (Destination)/19 SO....BUT SO WHAT-I Will Cry/20 SO....BUT SO WHAT-Clear and Bright/21 SQUIREMEN FOUR-What's On Your Mind/22 WHAT FOUR-Whenever/23 WHATS NEW-Get Away/24 RONNY WILLIAMS-Move a Little Closer Baby
You Feel the Power/23 THE VINE STREET BOYS-Come On Over/24 THE LOVE TONES-Stop This Thinking of You/25 THE AZTECS-Just to Satisfy You/26 PUAL LONDON & THE FLAMING EMBER-Don't Beleive In Anybody/27 SAM MARINA & THE MOON-Tell Her Now/28 ROSS LONDON & THE ROGUES-Standing Under Big Ben/29 GARY & THE EASTMEN-I Love You
Back tomorrow with someting else. If I knew what it was right now I would tell ya, but I guarentee tha I am in no danger of running out of interesting material.......mostly just depends on my moods, and I'd LOVE to hear from anyone who'd like a certain favorite band profiled, some off the wall comps, ANYTHING. I want to keep this as long as there is interest, but I get the feeling (Am I right? Wrong?) that maybe interest may be waning, likely due to my post-first, links later style (I know a lotta people don't like that, it's the only way I can really keep it straight), maybe due to the large size of the posts (I thougt it might be unique to post large groups of albums, rather than the typical one-a-day style, LOTS more work (for all of us), is it overwhelming? Let me know of any changes you'd like to see in the blog,I'd like to hear ANYTHING. I'm also thinking of actually posting a "survey" oon (I MAY abort that) so I can get to know my audience (location, age, gender, preferences, dislikes) in order to try to keep the blog of the highest value/usefullness to music lovers that I possibly can do......just looking at the future, what are your thoughts, they REALLY DO matter!
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Haven't done anything "out there" for a while.....
....and so, with that, I give to you on this Labor Day what I assume to be The Best Big Black Post, Ever.......WHO THE FUCK IS BIG BLACK??????? Well.......
From Evanston Illinois, mid 1980's, Big Black consisted of singer/guitarist Steve Albini, guitarist Santiago Durango, and bassist Jeff Pazzati, the latter two coming from Illinois legends Naked Raygun (Pazatti would later be replaced by Dave Riley.....they employed no drummer, preferring the creepy, ugly, noisy sound of a synthetic drum machine.
They were "their own men", so to speak, I'll offer up a quote from Albini which I think summarizes things fairly well:"It meant nothing to us if we were popular or not, or if we sold either a million or no records, so we were invulnerable to ploys by music scene weasels to get us to make mistakes in the name of success. To us, every moment we remained unfettered and in control was a success. We never had a manager. We never had a booking agent. We never had a lawyer. We never took an advance from a record company. We booked our own tours, paid our own bills, made our own mistakes and never had anybody shield us from either the truth or the consequences. The results of that methodology speak for themselves: Nobody ever told us what to do, and nobody took any of our money"
Personally, I appreciate such sentiments at times, we never do know how "real" they are or whether such sentiments are simply attention grabbing mechanisms....after all the Clash, Rage Against the Machine, Gang of Four, among others, DID NOT "work for free", all willingly accepting a paycheck at the end of the day (I always did a laugh from Gang of Four's "At Home He's a Tourist"'s lyric "Down on the disco floor....they make their profits....with the thing they sell.....", presented in a manner that made it, to me at least, soun as though Gang of Four records were free of charge....amazingly, they costed as much as anyone else's)
Anyway, though, Big Black pretty much made their own rules...this is VERY abrasive and hard , in particular at the beginning....the 1982 EP "Lungs" is nearly unlistenable, brutal guitars, jackhammer-ish drum machine, and fun lyrics about child molesters and crack addicts. Their next release, 1983's "Bulldozer" EP is somewhat more enjoyable, I guess, if you are don with stuff like "Pigeon Kill" (I'll let you find out for yourself).
Riley replaced Pazatti before the 1985 release of their third EP,"Racer X", again, if you are completely unfamilair with them and follow their developement, you can hear that "something" is going on here.....the first full-length, "Atomizer" was released in 1986 and myself as well as maybe the other 6 people who have heard it consider it one of the great-lost-unknown albums of that bleak decade. The ideas from the earlier EP's are fleshed out here...the music is as chaotic and violent as ever, or in its own way, more so, and the lyrical subject matter.....well, it's some sick sick shit, listen for yourself as long as you are not easilly disturbed...."Jordan Minnesota" , just to name one, involves a huge child molestation scandal in the city of the same name, not for the faint of heart, a brilliant and terrifying album. THIS IS NOT LETS GET DOWN AND PARTY MUSIC......I cannot emphasize this fact enough. You need to be prepared, as well as be in the right frame of mind, at times, Big Black can make the bleakest work of Nine Inch Nails, say, sound like Stryper.
So, post -"Songs About Fucking" stuff from these unknown "legends"? Well, we have the live release "Sound of Impact", which I assume generates the feel of their live shows (was not fortunate enough to have seen them), includes versions of all their most chilling shit "Jordan Minnesota", "Pigeon Kill", "Big Money", it could, I suppose, pass for a sort of ironic "greatest-hits-live" package. "Pigpile" was aner live recording, from 1987, which was released several years later (I prefer "Sound of Impact" for what it's worth)....I have a three track-single, "Heartbeat", which I may as well throw out there, and a RARITIES album, of all things, which actually DOES contain some rare and interestsing stuff. I think there are a couple more singles (other than "Heartbeat") around that I don't have, they may or may not be incorporated into the rarities set, and I had a friend who had a release titled "The Rich Man's 8 Track Tape" which I either didn't copy or lostor something......
Interested indeed in what you all have to say, especially those of ya unfamilair with all this here.....I think "Atomizer" is probably one of the 20 best rock albums of the 1980's, many people, well, don't.....it's all here for ya, if ya want it, if not, something else tomorrow!
Good to be back!
LUNGS EP-01 Steelworker/02 Live in a Hole/03 Dead Billy/04 I Can Be KIlled/05 Crack/06 RIPBULLDOZER EP-01 Cables/02 Pigeon Kill/03 I'm a Mess/04 Texas/05 Seth/06 Jump the Climb
RACER X -01 Racer X/02 Shotgun/03 The Ugly American/04 Deep Six/05 Sleep!/06 The Big Payback
ATOMIZER-01 Jordan Minnesota/02 Passing Complexion/03 Big Money/04 Kerosene/5 Bad Houses/06 Fists of Love/07 Stinking Drunk/08 Bazooka Joe/09 Cables (Live)
HEADACHE EP-01 My Disco/02 Grinder/03 Ready Man/04 Pete, King of Detectives
SONGS ABOUT FUCKING-01 The Power of Independent Trucking/02 The Model/03 Bad Penny/04 L Dopa/05 Precious Thing/06 Columbian Necktie/07 Kitty Empire/08 Ergot/09 Kasimir S Pulaski/10 Fish Fry/11 Pavement Saw/12 Tiny, King of the Jews/13 Bombastic Intro/14 He's a Whore
SOUND OF IMPACT-01 Ready Men/02 Big Money/03 Elephant Joke/04 Yanomamo Indians/05 Pigeon Kill/06 Passing Complexion/07 Crack Up/08 RIP/09 Jordan Minnesota/10 Steelworker (Short Fragment)/11 Cables/12 Pigeon Kill/13 Kerosene/14 Bad Penny/15 Deep Six/16 RIP/17 Rema Rema
PIGPILE-01 Fists of Love/02 L Dopa/03 Passing Complexion/04 Dead Billy/05 Cables/06 Bad Penny/07 Pavement Saw/08 Kerosene/09 Steelworker/10 Pigeon Kill/11 Fish Fry/12 Jordan Minnesota
RARITIES-01 Hunters Saftey/02 Il Duce/03 Burning Indian Wife/04 Rema Rema/05 In My House/06 The Crack Up/07 Every Man For Himself/08 Strange Things/09 Newmangenerator/10 Jump the Climb/11 I Can Be Killed/12 Unknown/13 Live In a Hole/14 RIP (1982 Demo)/15 Kettle Cake (With Zenigeva)/16 The Model (With Zenigeva)/17 I Hate You (With Zenigeva)
Never accuse me of being complacent......I know some of you
will hate this post, but if a couple of you try it out and find something that to you is new/cool, mission accomplished! And,I don't care what ANYONE says "Atomizer" is a damn fine ***** album, one of the best of it's decade!
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The Best Budgie Post, ever
Think I was kidding? Budgie was, for a long-haired pot smoking 1970's child a great band......in retrospect now, maybe not as great as I/we thought they were, but a lot of later metal creditted them as quite an influence......maybe a little generic, maybe a bit unoriginal, and mayb at times a little silly (the "concept album" "Deliver Us From Evil" which seems to be about impending WWIII and actually starts off with a track called "Bored with Russia" was maybe not the most ingenious of ideas.....in fact it sounds, frankly, a LOT like something Rush or Styx might have done in one of their we-are-oh-so-serious-artists phases......
Well, then.....album #1, the creatively titled "Budgie", is stacked with some good hard rockers, nothing too profound, bustill, in 2013, crank up "Guts" or "Homocidal Suicide".....badass rockers and not the only ones. Album #2 "Squawk", (1972) is even better, argueably their best (I'd pick it as my favorite), it includes the smoldering "Hotter than a Docker's Armpit" and "Drugstore Woman", these guys were meant to play 6-7 minute jams with some silly lyrics thrown in....they would stay a bit too long at the fair, we shall see, but .......
These guys knew their formula at the time as well.....the next year they released "In For the Kill", a similar album with some good, longer jamming tunes "Crash Course in Brain Surgery", "Zoom Club" among others.....with Budgie it was like clockwork.....an album a year, with 6-7 tunes generally in the 5-6 minute range as well as maybe or two 8-9 minute epics, centered around some fine guitar and drumming, and some questionalbe (at best) vocals and lyrics.
For my money "Melt the Ice Away" pretty much capped it off, the early 1980's albums "Power Supply", "Night Flight" and the aforementioned hilarious concept album "Deliver Us From Evil" are paint by the numbers post-1970's metal, just the kind of REASON why we NEEDED a punk movement, EXACTLY to the degree that Poison and the like were the reason we needed a grunge movement in the early 1990's.
They reunited in 2006 (!) for something called "You're All Living In Cuckoo Land", which I have never heard and am sure I can live without hearing, the road to suckville has been documented well enough here without the complete trip to Embarassment City.
These guys were a pretty damn good band for my money.....they rocked hard, and in the 1970's (decade of the quaalude) that was job #1.....like s many bands of the era they began to think of themselves as "serious artists"( I have included the ridiculous "Deliver Us From Evil" here as it is pretty damn hilarious to listen to), I have no "Best of Budgie", I assume there is one somewhere but filling up a CD with worthwhile jams for smoking a little bit would be no problem......for this 51 year old, it'll always PARTIALLY be the late 1970's, and, really, what the fuck was so bad about the late 1970's?
BUDGIE-01 Guts/02 Everything In My Heart/03 The Author/04 Nude Disintegrating Parachutist Woman/05 Rape of the Locks/06 All Night Petrol/07 You and I/08 Homicidal Suicide
SQUAWK-01 Whiskey River/02 Rocking Man/03 Rolling Home Again/04 Make Me Happy/05 Hot as a Docker's Armpit/06 Drugstore Woman/07 Bottled/08 Young Is a World/09 Stranded
NEVER TURN YOUR BACK ON A FRIEND-01 Breadfan/02 Baby Please Don't Go/03 You Know I'll Always You/04 You're The Biggest Thing Since Powdered Milk/05 In the Grip of a Tyrefitter's Hand/06 Riding My Nightmare/07 Parents
IN FOR THE KILL-01 In For the Kill/02 Crash Course In Brain Surgery/03 Wondering What Everyone Knows/04 Zoom Club/05 Hammer and Tongs/06 Running From My Soul/07 Living On Your Own
BANDOLIER-01 Breaking All the House Rules/02 Slip Away/03 What Do You Want For Your?/04 I Can't See My Feelings/05 I Ain't No Mountain/06 Napolean Bona (Part 1 & 2)
IMPECKABLE-01 Melt the Ice Away/02 Love For You And Me/03 All at Sea/04 Dish It Up/05 Pyramids/06 Smile Boy Smile/07 I'm a Faker Too/08 Don't Go Away/09 Don't Dillute the Water
POWER SUPPLY-01 Forearm Smash/02 Hellbender/03 Heavy Revolution/04 Gunslinger/05 Power Supply/06 Secrets In My Head/07 Time To Remember/08 Crime Against the WorldNIGHTFLIGHT-01 I Turned To Stone/02 Keeping a Rendezvous/03 Reaper of the Glory/04 She
Used Me Up/05 Don't Lay Down and Die/06 Apparatus/07 Superstar/08 Change Your Ways/09 Untitled Lullabye
DELIVER US FROM EVIL-01 Bored With Russia/02 Don't Cry/03 Truth Drug/04 Young Girl/05 Flowers In the Attic/06 N.O.R.A.D. (Doomsday City)/07 Give Me The Truth/08 Alison/09 Finger on the Button/10 Hold on to Love
LONDON 2/8/75-01 Breadfan/02 In For the Kill/03 Parents/04 Who Do You Want For Your Love/05 In the Grip of a Tyrefitter's Hand/06 Napoleon Bona (Part 1 & 2)
MILWAUKEE 4/5/78-01 Love For You and Me/02 Licking My Wounds/03 Smile Boy Smile/04 In For the Kill/05 Breakin All the House Rules/06 Breadfan
LOS ANGELES SUMMER 1978-01 Breakin All the House Rules/02 Zoomclub/03 Sky High Percentage/04 Love For You and Me/05 In For the Kill/06 Breadfan
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How about an EASY ONE (4 me) today......
Here is a great and fairly overlooked album from a couple of years ago ......."Little Immaculate WhiteFox" by Pearl......"Pearl" being Pearl Aday, who, beleive it or not, is the daughter of legendary talentless, fat, psuedo-rocker Meat Loaf. PLEASE don't hold that against her, as awful as her father's work consistently was, this was a fine album (2010) and as far as I know we still await a follow-up.....I thought about not even mentioning her family lineage for fear of running some of you off, but fear not, there is none of that idiotic operatic swill her father made his name with here.......just some damn good straight out hard rock, sung with maximum effort by a beautiful young lady who sounds for all the world like Janis Joplin. How this album was SO VERY overlooked upon release (I named it one of the top 10 of that year), but I still listen to it quite a bit, which is something I rarely say about albums released the past couple years (I guess I like to let them "settle into history" a bit before deciding thier "final status")
Opening with the hard rocking "Rock Child" which is followed by a bruising version of "Nutbush City Limits", there are eleven fine hard rocking tracks here, Ted Nugent throws in some pretty manic guitar on "Check Out Charlie" (I'll take it as my favorite track on the album, I have never denied Nugent could strum that thing along with the fact that he is an ass), and Jerry Cantrell of Alice In Chains guests on "Anything"......this is no classic, but what it is, is on damn fine rock album, and you know how I like to hear them babes belt out the tunes.....in fact, one could consider it my ultimate act of respect for the female artist that I write a blog spot on her album and not once mention her sexuality.......although she'll probably see this and go all Scott Andridge on me for dissing her ball of goo father.......such is life......
Back with something a bit more challenging,
perhaps, tomorrow, or perhaps not, these posts that take less than an hour to do total are like God-sends!Comments welcome as always, but what I really want right now are REQUESTS.......what do you WANT? It's FOOTBALL SEASON and ya don't want me to lose interest in this here thing do y? (Just kidding, the Vikings are going to suck dick once more I project!)
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Another weekend, another BADASS internet-only comp series
At least I think it's "internet only", if not, sue me.....this is a set of total kickass powerpop, a genre which I have pretty much not dabbled in too much on this blog, but (1) I LOVE power, and (2) it makes for perhaps te VERY BEST comps as it is perhaps the most "radio friendly" of the rock genres, making the comps a much more rewarding experience than some other sub-genres as it replicates the radio-listening exprience so well....I have a BUNCH of power pop comps, we'll see what the minions think of this on (perhaps the best) before we start making a "thing" out of them.....
What could be better for a weekend than eight discs of wonderful, guitar-jangling power pop? If you're having a celebration this weekend here is a perfecto soundtrack. The NFL starts in force this weekend (how about Peyton Maning last night, GEEEEZ) and I will pontificate on my Minnesota Vikings tomorrow (I recall last year on opening weekend I posted a bunh of bands like Viking Skull and Viking Army, one of the LEAST downloaded posts I've ever done.....serve you right if I did it again this year)....I love football as much as I love rock n roll, so we'll do some football chatting tomorrow (and FOOTBALL is played with a ball that is pointed on the ends, I could give three shits what you guys across the pond call football......after all are responsible for Queen)....geez am I ever rambling on a Friday........how about some fucking tunes?
remember where it came from, I think it is 5-6 years old), is entitled "Shake Some Action", a fine and accurate title and a wonderful mix of som great and obscure power pop shit from the US, the UK, and other corners on our planet.
Disc 1 is all about the wonderous UK (I really do LOVE you guys, I just love it when you get miffed when I rip on soccer).....24 tracks and don't even now where to begin......EVERY track a winner, a few at random, The Invaders"Best Thing I Ever Did", The Kick! "Let's Get Back Together", The Paranoics "Stupid Guy"......many/most of the tracks in this set will likely be familar only to true lovers of the genre, but take you Uncle Scott at his word......this stuff is the fucking shit, HIGHLY recommended, and in my book, essential......if you are not a big "power pop guy (or gal)", this is an almost indescribable learning exerience/jumping in point.
Disc 2 moves to the great USA and gives us a fine Holly & the Itaians rarity ("Chapel of Love"), The Pop "Down on the Boulevard", the Nieghborhoods fantastic "No Place Like Home", The Boys, Route 28, The Shivvers fine"Teen Line"......again, 24 tracks, not a dog in the lot. Disc 3 mixes UK and Ireland, again, don't miss, essential listening......THERE ARE NO "LOWLIGHTS", I mention a few tracks just to whet the appetite, how about the Vipers "I've Got You", Protex "A Place in the Heart", Another Pretty Face's "All the Boys Love Carrie", three discs, 72 tracks thus far and honestly there isn't one here that I'd skip.
The sixth disc goes round the globe, a little more variety in sound to what is almost exclusively a US/UK sound, there is a lot of stuff here from Australia, The Spliffs, Mad Turks, Ups & Downs, from Japan, France, Belgium, Spain, pretty much everywhere.....this is the one disc of the set that is maybe somewhat less than essential, BUT as a curiosity it ranks #1.....really, Japanese or Belgian power pop? Yet another must in my opinion.
Disc 7 returns to the USA but with the twist of eerything here being previously unreleased, still wonderful stuff and essential just for the rarity faactor.....Pearl Harbor & the Explosions "Release It", The Romantic's "Little White Lies" (HOW did it avoid release?), The Beatles Costello (get it? get it?) "Soldier of Love", unknown or relatively so tunes from The Tweeds, The Go, Dirty Looks, The Speedies......essential, essential, essential......
Finally, disc 8, which gives us no geographic or chronology data.....I guess it is the leftovers from the compiler's vast collection.....pretty obscure stuff, again, though, pretty goddamn good......check the Runs, Noiz Boiz, Trainspotters, Boyfriends......another winner.
This is bit different from anything I have posted here before, I have NO IDEA how it is going to be recieved......please please please let me know: MORE, or NOT? I have many multi-disc sets of this great music (this one, IMO, being the best) BUT PLEASE LET ME KNOW......and sometimes you guys are not too great at this, TELL ME if you want more of these power pop comps. I love them, if you re strictly a 60's psych lover or a metalhead, perhaps you will not, either way I would like t know.....I have no idea how many power pop fans are in the audience of this blog, but most of the sets I have are BIG like this, so it takes a bit of work. I love the music, please give me your opinion of THIS set,of the genre in general, and DO YOU WANT MORE? 
of luck to the Vikes, this weekend vs the Lions and all season. I doubt they capture the magic of late last year's run for the playoffs, but you never know......my prediction? They go 7-9 at worst, 9-7 at best, and out of the playoffs in any scenario. At least Ohio State (my college team) is looking pretty tough this year. Best time of year for sports, when you factor in the baseball season coming up on playoffs and (OH yeah) prepping for high school basketball (especially when you are the father of a 6'6" sophomore beast of a center!)
No joke, LEAVE COMMENTS
DISC 1-01 THE INVADERS-Best Thing I Ever Did/02 THE BOYFIENDS-I'm In Love Today/03 THE DISTRACTIONS-It Just Doesn't Bother Me/04 THE LAST STAND-Just a Number/05 REALLY 3RDS-Everyday, Everyway/06 SEVENTEEN-Don't Let Go/07 THE DONKEYS-Don't Go/08 SLOWGUNS-TV Movie/09 THE STOWAWAYS-I Wanna Be Me/10 TONIGHT-Money That's Your Problem/11 THE TOURS-Tourist Infomation/12 THE KEYS-I Don't Wanna Cry/13 THE KICK!-Let's Get Back Together/14 HEROES-Some Kind of Woman/15 THE SQUARES-No Fear/16 THE GAS-Ignore Me/17 THE STRANGEWAYS-Show Her You Care/18 THE PARANOICS-Stupid Guy/19 LEYTON BUZZARDS-I'm Hanging Around/20 YEH-YEH-You Will Pay/21 THE QUADS-There Must Be Thouands/22 THE RESISTANCE-Survival Kit/23 THE TELEGENTS-Seen It Before!/24 THE SMIRKS-O.K. U.K.
DISC 3-01 THE STRANGEWAYS-Wasting Time/02 THE GANGSTERS-Best Friend/03 THE STILETTOS-This is the Way/04 DISTRACTIONS-Something For the Weekend/05 THE VIPERS-I've Got You/06 SPEEDOMETERS-Disgrace/07 THE MOONDOGS-Who's Gonna Tell Mary?/08 THE VANDELLS-Ruby Toot/09 SPIES-Thinking About the Sun/10 SEVENTEEN-Bank Holiday Weekend/11 PROTEX-A Place in the Heart/12 THE ZEROES-Hungry/13 THE DONKEYS-No Way/14 THE DAZZLERS-Lovely Crash/15 THE LOOKALIKES-Can I Take You Home/16 BANDITZ-JCB/17 SPYS-The Young Ones/18 THE NEGATIVES-Money Talk/19 NEW HEARTS-Just Another Teenage Anthem/20 THE MONITORS-Telegram/21 THE LOOK-Feeding Time/22 ANOTHER PRETTY FACE-All The Boys Love Carrie/23 UNTAMED YOUTH-Untamed Youth/24 THE KICK-A Shot in the Dark
DISC 5-01 RONNIE MAYOR-Can't Wait Until the Summer Comes/02 THE QUESTIONS-Can't GetOver You/03 THE SMITH-Here Comes My Baby/04 BACK SEAT ROMEOS-Zero Ambition/05 MARK ANDREW & THE GENTS- Laid on a Place/06 SCARLET PARTY-101 Dawn-Nations/07 THE CHICAYNES-Cry a Little/08 THE FRESHMEN-You've Never Heard Anything Like This Before/09 THE FIRST STEPS-The Beat is Back/10 THE TOURS-Language School/11 ANDY ARTHURS-I Can Detect You For 100000 Miles/12 THE STEP-Love Letter/13 THE YOUNG ONES-Rock N Roll Radio/14 THE HEADBOYS-Shape Of Things to Come/15 THE MONKS-Johnny B. Rotten/16 JOLT-I Can't Wait/17 AUTOMATICS-When the Tanks Rolled Over Poland Again/18 THE CHEATERS-(I Wanna Be a) Policeman/19 THE CLASSICS-Audio, Audio/20 HEROES-10% Will Do/21 TV21-Ambition/22 WHITE HEAT-Nervous Breakdown/23 THE INVADERS-Girls In Action/24 THE SECRET-Hotel Carbineros
DISC 7-01 THE TWEEDS-Underwater Girl/02 QUNCY-Turn the Other Way/03 SPEEDIES-Time/04 THE NOW-Can't Fix Me Up With Her/05 SHRAPNEL-Go Cruisin'/06 DIRTY LOOKS/07 THE LEOPARDS-I Wonder If I'll Ever See You Again/08 JACK LEE-Hanging On the Telephone/09 THE GO-Don't Take Her Away/10 THE MARSHALLS-I Wanna Be Rich/11 STEVE ALMAAS-What's the Matter/12 PEARL HARBOR & THE EXPLOSIONS-Release It/13 REGINA RICHARDS & RED HOT-Tiger/14 GARY VALENTINE-Tomorrow Belongs To Me/15 CHRIS MOFFA & THE COMPETITION-Lunatics, Losers, and Liars/16 THE BEATLES COSTELLO-Soldier of Love/17 REGULAR GUYS-Leave/18 THE NIGHTMARES-Baseball Altamont/19 BLACKJACKS-(That I Always) Dress In Black/20 ROMANTICS-Little White Lies/21 THE ACTION-Get Back To Me/22 THE BOYZ-Laughs On Me/23 2 TIMERS-Now That I've Lost My Baby/24 D CLINTON THOMPSON-Drivin Guitars
DISC 8-CHARLIE FAWN-Blue Skies/02 THE LOW NUMBERS-Keep In Touch/03 THE KEYS-Just a Camera/04 BOYFRIENDS-Boyfriend/05 HENRY ESSENCE-Margarita/06 LESSON & VALE-Like a Good Girl Should/07 THE ELEVATORS-You & I Are Too Close Together/08 SACRE BLEU-Move It/09 THE SMIRKS-Rosemary/10 THE INNOCENTS-One Way Love/11 TEARJERKERS-Murder Mystery/12 THE SCENE-I've Had Enough/13 MIKE READ-Are You Ready/14 TRAINSPOTTERS-High Rise/15 BTP FOLDERS-All of a Sudden/16 THE WIMPS-Hamburger Radio/17 WASTELAND-Leave Me Alone/18 THE RIVVITS-Saturday Night at the Dance/19 DIG DIG DIG-Our Money/20 THE RUNS-Bum in the Oven/21 NOIZ BOIZ-Noiz Boiz/22 THE JUMP-Shake Up/23 UPSET-Hurt/24 THE VALVES-Ain't No Surf In Portobello
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Another power pop comp....
Good numbers for yesterday's set, I'm afraid this one isn't quite up to THAT standard,but it is a good one......I really don't know where this one came from, I don't THINK it's an "internet creation", you never know.....it smells of a "commercial endeavor" to me, but I have no idea who put it out, and with the brilliantly imaginative title (get ready) "Power Pop", looking it up would be too much of a pain in the ass....I'm sure one of you guys fill in the gaps. Good tunes though, good tunes......some overlap with "Shake Some Action", but as I've said before, power pop is the genre that makes for the BEST various artists comps as it so accurately replicates the radio listenting experience of the golden years of free form radio.
Well, Disc 2....I LOVE the Neighborhoods' "No Place Like Home", too bad it turned up yesterday aswell, but we ALSO get their equally fantastic "Prettiest Girl". Couple of XTC tracks, not great ones especially, but always love some XTC (I should do a post them, got lots)....the magnificent Explodig Hearts are represented with "Sleeping Aides and Razor Blades" (and I DID do a whole post on them, go check it and see if it's still active, they were the fucking SHIT), couple tracks from the cool Rubinoos.....good disc, oddly progammed (why not put the 2 XTC or Neighborhoods tracks together? Make too much sense?) and I have always hated that annoying "Someday Someway" by Marshall Crenshaw for some reason, but I'm sure some of you are happy it is here though.
Tomorrow is the season opener for the 2013 Minnesota Vikings. I have been a fan and seen nearly
every game since 1969 (I am not kidding), all thhile living in Ohio. I think they have 8-8 written all over them this year, but I am NO EXPERT and thought they'd be the NFL's worst team last year (they of course excited me with a playoff run), topping THAT prediction with the theory that Adrian Peterson was likely about finished so what the fuck do I know? Anyway, they play the Lions tomorrow, hope both teams stay healthy and at least provide me with a good game to watch (I am not "fantatical" about sports, I love watching but i learned long ago that it really doesn't affect my life much if the Vikings win the Super Bowl or go 1-15).....so what are you guy's favorite football teams (I mean American football I must stress) and what do you think of their chances this year?
So, anyway......here's to a fine and fun NFL season. time of year, for my money, Autumn in Ohio!
DISC 1-01 THE GO-Instant Reaction/02 SPEEDIES-Let Me Take Your Photo/03 YOUNG CANADIANS-Hulabaloo Girls/04 JOE JACKSON-Got the Time/05 POINTED STICKS-The Real Thing/06 MILK N COOKIES-Not Enough Girls In the World/07 THE INCREDIBLE KIDDA BAND-The Girl Said No/08 THE ZIPPERS-It Hurts/09 THE KNACK-Good Girls Don't/10 YOUNG CANADIANS-Hawaii/11 SPEEDIES-You Need Pop/12 THE NERVES-When Ya Find Out/13 THE ONLY ONES-Another Girl Another Planet/14 BUDDY LOVE-Dead Ringer/15 SMART REMARKS-Mary's Got Her Eye On Me/16 FLAMIN GROOVIES-Shake Some Action/17 THE BEAT-Walking Out on Love/18 BUDDY LOVE-Liar/19 THE LAST-Century City Rag/20 THE SALVATION ARMY-She Turns to Flowers/21 POINTED STICKS-New Ways/22 PURPLE HEARTS-Jimmy/23 THE SALVATION ARMY-For Hours/24 SCIENTISTS-Sorry/25 THOMAS FUNCTION-The Insignificants
DISC 2-01 THE LAMBRETTAS-London Calling/02 XTC-Chain of Command/03 THE COLD-Three Chord City/04 THE AGENTS-Suburban Paradise/05 BEEX-(My Heart Goes) Beat Beat/06 PASTICHE-Boston Lullabye/07 PASTICHE-Talk Show/08 THE NEIGHBORHOODS-No Place Like Home/09 READYMADES-Supergirl/10 THE RERUNS-So So Alone/11 NASTY FACTS-Get To You/12 NASTY FACTS-Crazy Bout Love/13 THE INNOCENT-Wanna Get Around/14 THE LAMBRETTAS-Beat Boys In the Jet Age/15 XTC-Outside World/16 20-20-Remember the Lightning/17 THE RUBINOOS-I Never Thought It Would Happen/18 THE NEIGHBORHOODS-The Prettiest Girl/19 NICK LOWE-So It Goes/20 MARSHALL CRENSHAW-Someday Someway/21 HUBBLE BUBBLE-What Can I Do/22 NAZZ-She's Goin Down/23 THE RUBINOOS-Leave My Heart Alone/24 CLOROX GIRLS-Flowers of Evil/25 THE EXPLODING HEARTS-Sleeping Aides and Razor Blades/26 LOVER!-I Got You/27 LOVER!-No More Reasons
DISC 4-01 THE DONKEYS-Don't Go/02 LAST STAND-Just a Number/03 THE TRANZMITORS-Do I Really Wanna Know/04 SURFIN LUNGS-389/05 ACTION NOW-I'm Not Trying To Hurt You/06 ELTON MOTELLO-Sha La La la Lee/07 THE DIODES-Red Rubber Ball/08 THE BEAT-Rock N Roll Girl/09 THE DECIBELS-Go Away/10 CHRIS STAMEY AND THE DB'S-(I Thought) You Wanted To Know/11 ROCKPILE-Teacher Teacher/12 THE INCREDIBLE KIDDA BAND-I'm Gonna Join the Army/13 THE EXPLODING HEARTS-I'm a Pretender/14 THE DECIBELS-Allison/15 THE KEYS-I Don't Wanna Cry/16 THE SECRETS-It's Your Heart Tonight/17 ROCKPILE-Wrong Again/18 THE TRANZMITORS-Somethings Going On/19 FAST CARS-What Can I Say/20 DOGMATICS-You Say/21 TAXI BOYS-I Can't Kick/22 THE JAM -In the City (Live)/23 THE KIDS-Do You Wanna Know/24 THE VACANT LOT-Good as Gone/25 ACTION NOW-Taking Care/26 PUPPET RULERS-Outta My Mind/27 THE CROWS-Don't Play Around
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Raiders of the Lost Hook
I got these a few years back from what IS the greatest of all power-pop blogs, Power Pop Criminals(http://powerpopcriminals.blogspot.com/), I don't the links to these on that site are probably still good, so I'm sure they won't care if I repost these magnificent compilations......as you know, power-pop makes for the BEST various artist compilations because.....well, I'm tired of saying it.
Four discs here, all of them practically flawless, not too much overlap, at all with the recent
postings....Disc 1 leads off with the fab Milk N Cookies "Tinkertoy Tomorrow" and treats us to lotsa more gems....The Donuts "She May Be Your Girl", Yipes! "Heartbreak Again", The Marbles "Computer Cards"....Lotsa lotsa good stuff, you know, by now, the type of stuff this is if you were previously unfamilar...
Volume 3 is a bit more "out there" in my estimation,but it's just as great......The Gravelberrys, Vandalias, Shame Idols, Spinning Jennies, and the Frampton Brothers stand out, and special notice to the band name Brian Jones Was Murdered, just because I've always beleived that......
I've heard from a few of ya who like these, and a few for whom these are maybe a little lightweight, I have several more, keep the opinions coming, myself I just LOVE those jangly guitars and mindless Top-40-wannabe lyrics, really so innocent and unpretentious.......just love I CAN see how fans of punk or metal or whatever might hate this stuff as though it were disco or something, but EXPAND YOUR HORIZONS......this stuff is the SHIT!
VOLUME 1-01 MILK N COOKIES-Tinkertoy Tomorrow/02 THE ROULETTES-Only Heaven Knows/03 TIM MOORE-Rock N Roll Love Letter/04 CASPAR GILES MCCLOUD-Messin Around/05 THE ROCKERS-Don't Leave Me Tonight/06 SCREEN TEST-I am Sincere/07 THE KRAYOLAS-Aw Tonight/08 VANCE OR TOWERS-Do Whatever We Want/09 THE BOYS-We're Too Young/10 THE INNOCENTS-Darlin'/11 THE DONUTS-She May Be Your Girl/12 THE GO-Tomorrow Night/13 THE BOYFRIENDS-I Need Your Love/14 EPICYCLE-Put Your Socks Away/15 TWEEDS-Underwater Girl/16 THE RAVES-Chastity/17 SHAKE SHAKES-You Can Run/18 THE ACTION-She's Got My Heart/19 THE BLAZERS-I Can Love You/20 BRAD LONG-Tell 21 YIPES!-Heartbreak Again/22 COLORS-Week End/23 THE BELL HEIRS-Shaking It Down/24 CARGOE-Feel Alright/25 THE MARBLES-Computer Cards/26 THUNDERMUG-Orbit
VOLUME 3-01 THE PAPER AIRPLANE COMPANY-Hey Fella You Feel/02 THE GRAVELBERRYS-Wonder Where You Are Tonight/03 MILLARD POWERS-Heart Attack/04 FROSTED-Homeless/05 FOUR O CLOCK BALLOON-Angeline/06 THE DECIBLES-Change/07 THE VANDALIAS-Julie Come Around/08 THE BELTWAYS-Kissing Time/09 BEAT ANGELS-All Around Your World/10 SPINNING JENNIES-You're the Only One/11 THE SHAME IDOLS-Skating Rink/12 THE BEATIFICStime/13 THE TEARAWAYS-Nowhere Left To Turn/14 BILLY SULLIVAN-Go Crazy/15 WHO HIT JOHN-Somebody/16 SINS TAILOR-I Don't Like It/17 SMALLSTONE-Chasing the Sun/18 THE KELLY AFFAIR-That School/19 THE FRAMPTON BROTHERS-If She Were My Girl/20 BRIAN JONES WAS MUREDERED-Say/21 THE INFIDELS-Everywhere I Go/22 SWINGER-Best Friend/23 ARTY LENIN-Mr Acarious/24 MICHAEL CARPENTER-Wild Honey
Tomorrow's post depends upon tomorrow's mood.....a friend asked me for some Modern Lovers, andI had a request on here for some Monster Magnet, which I am still compiling (can't decide how I'm going to format that one, if I put ALL my Monster Magnet shit up, it'd take 2-3 days minimum).....and still.....personally digging the power pop comps at the moment, it's the "music of summer" to me, and as summer fades out, nothing better than to say goodbye to it for another year with some crunchy-smooth power pop.......so ya never know. I kind of take a LITTLE pride in this blog being something "different", in that I will post ANYTHING (provided I can find it) that anyone wants and refuse to be locked into a niche.....I go through phases (power pop right now), but day to day, just happens to be the mood I'm in......couldn't do ANY of it, without the heard work of ogreat bloggers LIKE "Power Pop Criminals" for providing this wonderful set (and others, eventually I WILL get up their fantastic "Tributes or Not Tributes" series it is nothing short of phenominal.....but we may take a break in the shakin some action for a little Monster Magnet or Modern Lovers the next couple days.......someone once suggested I do a post incorporating the music of both Screwdriver and Public Enemy, and while on the surface that sounds silly, yet, I think it MIGHT have some merit.....the statement being made is that EVERYONE, no matter what their idealology, can use rock n roll to get their points across (and yes Public Enemey rocked out FIERCELY, motherfucker).....
Enjoy the rest of your Monday Night, couple NFL games on tonight, gotta love that, and although I know I didn't post yesterday (Vikings followed by grocery shopping, gracery shopping MUCH more entertaining) so I just didn't quite get to it, but don't see any snags in getting some rocking shit up there each evening this week, just don't now what.......see ya tomorrow and please love your wives/girlfriends (for guys), your husbands/boyfriends (for gals), especially your children (they will be grown next time you turn around), and your parents (both of mine are gone, and we had our differences......but they are gone nonethess. I wish they were still here). Basically, just please be good to one another. Nothing is forever.
I love all the people who read and contribute and comment and request and anything else here! Love you to or why ever else would I do this? " I LOVE YOU DAMIEN AND IT'S ALLLL FOR YOOOOOOOOOOOOOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
One more thing that pops into my mind....I asked once before but maybe I am asking a more appropriate audience with the power pop and all.....anyone happen to have "Chinese Burn" by the Len Price Three? If you do I'd love to snag a copy.....one of the very very few albums that for whatever reason seemsmost impossible to find! I know it exists, but........anyway, make your uncle HAPPY and if you have this little gem, please "make my day"!
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By Request-The Best Modern Lovers post, ever
Other than maybe the Pistols and a couple more that aren't coming to mind, has there ever been a band that released only a single album in their lifetime, and have it be as brilliant, influential, and eternal as the Modern Lovers 1976 release? Not too many at least. Jonathon Richman had been knocking around Boston for the first half of the 1970's, perfecting his licks and performing reportedly incredible live shows. The lineup that spit out this album had more than a little talent to say the least...besides Richman, they were made up of David Robinson (soon to be of the Cars), Jerry Harrison (future Talking Head), and Ernie Brooks who was absolutley no slouch either.....tcked around with Warner Brothers for years attempting to get the thing on vinyl, WB eventually withdrew their support, and Richman moved to California and hooked up with the sort of odd Berserkely Records, whose stable also included Greg Kihn and Earth Quake. Finally the thing came out in 1976, and was it ever worth the wait.......this is an almost perfect album, five stars all the way.
What a brilliant piece of innocent, powerful, amazing rock n roll.....Richman's vocals cannot be described, he sounds bored/sarcastic/stupid/knowing and God knows what else ALL AT ONCE, an this is on every song. Leading off is the positively anthemic "Road Runner" often covered, never matched. A wonderful love song to rock n roll, it is a piece of perection...."Gonna drive the stop n shop....with the radio on" "I'm in love with Massacheusettes"......"Modern Girls and modern rock n roll"... every line is a goddamn revelation.....one highlight for me is Richman's encoraging "Now YOU sing, Modern Lovers" before the final chorus. What an incredible song.
Not that the rest is exactly filler....."Astral Plane" is a wonderful, rambling plea to get a chick to sleepwith Richman, "Old World" is a fine comparison between, yep, old times and modern, laving it open for debate as to which were "better". "Pablo Picasso" is one of the album's best known tracks (Other than "Road Runner" I'd assume) and is perhaps my least favorite as it delves maybe just a bit much into outright silliness ("Pablo Picasso.....was never called an asshole....") still it has it's charms, and certainly is better than the weakest track on 99% of the albums ever released.
"I'm Straight" is pretty silly as well, to be honest, but Jonathon pleading with his girlfriend to break up with "Hippie Johnny" (.."he's always stoned, he's never straight") always leaves me laughing. A celebration of "straightness".....just hadn't been done before.
The band broke up and left us with this single gem of a record, Richamn, of course, continued to perform using the name Modern Lovers......the stuff is decent, less rocking, and, to be completely honest not really up of tea......I've not included TOO much of the post (1976) "Modern Lovers" stuff (I don't even have the follow up "Rock N Roll with the Modern Lovers" which was done with a completely different band and is, in my opinion, quite short of stellar.
So......if you're a fan of the Modern Lovers, obviously you already HAVE the amazing album described above, so let's crack open the vault and see what else we can find, hopefully coming up with as much material as possible from the original crew......
Well, for career comprehensiveness, we have the two-disc "Roadrunner Roadrunner: The Beserkely Collection", which has a little bit of everything, plenty of alternate takes on the great stuff from the album, also plenty of post-1976 stuff to give you a clear idea of the directio which Richman was going ("I'm a Little Dinosaur", "I'm a Little Airplane", I'm thinking there was also an "I'm a Little Car").....anyway, this is VER comprehensive, has a LOT of non-essential stuff, but interesting? Hard to argue that. Hard core Richman fans will love this, hard core Modern Lovers fans (me!) will find it an very interseting curiosity.
OK, the rest of this stuff is kind of hit and miss, all of it is of interest at the very least. A set of demos from 1971-73, different, quite different in fact, versions of a few tracks that would make the first LP, notably "Modern World" and "Hopsital". We have a rocking 1971 set at Harvard University before an adoring audience, I'd guess "Roadrunner" hadn't been concieved yet, it would have brought down the house.
I have a fairly sloppy sounding 2 disc live show from Stonehenge MA, from 1971 or 72, interesting
for the inclusions of "I Grew Up in the Suburbs", and "Song of Rememberance For Old Girlfriends".....sound quality a bit on the iffy side, but not unlistenable.
Recordings of the "original" band are pretty scarce, the above is what I have, looking around the web I found something called the "Laura Palmer Tape" which is some kind of a homemade cassette (beleive me you can hear the "tape hiss"'), no idea as to anything else about it, might as well put it up there.
Despite my better judgement I am going to include a couple of live shows from the "Modern Lovers II", the band without any Lovers othr than Richman. One from 1976, a while after the break the original crew, truly, if nothing else, it serves to bridge the gap between the sublime ("Roadrunner", "Governement Center") to the ridiculous ("Here Come the Martian Martians", "Dodge Veg-O-Matic").....I also have a 1978 show from the latter-day Lovers, by now PACKED with silliness ("Rockin Rockin Leprechauns", "Hey There Little Insect") , not even a version of "Roadrunner".
MODERN LOVERS-01 Roadrunner/02 Astral Plane/03 Old World/04 Pablo Picasso/05 I'm Straight/06 Dignified and Old/07 She Cracked/08 Hospital/09 Someone I Care About/10 Girl Friend/11 Modern World/12 Governement Center
THE BERSERKLEY COLLECTION DISC 1-01 Roadrunner (Twice)/02 Astral Plane/03 Pablo Picasso/04 She Cracked/05 Hospital/06 Someone I Care About/07 I'm Straight/08 Modern World (Alternate Take)/09 Dignified and Old/10 Governement Center/11 The New Teller/12 It Will Stand/13 Back In the USA/14 Rockin Shopping Center/15 New England/16 Lonely Financial Zone/17 Here Come the Martian Martians/18 Amazing Grace/19 Rockin Rockin Leprechauns/20 Summer Morning/21 Afternoon/22 Egyptian Reggae
PRECISE MODERN LOVERS ORDER-01 Someone I Care About/02 Dance With Me/03 She Cracked/04 Hospital/05 Womanhood/06 Dignified and Old/07 Girlfriend/08 Foggy Notion/09 Ride on the Highway/10 Pablo Picasso/11 A Plea For Tenderness/12 Walk Up the Street/13 Fly Into Mystery/14 I'm Straight/15 The Mixer/16 Don't Let Our Youth Go To Waste/17 Roadrunner
UNRELEASED DEMOS 1971-73-01 Ride Down on the Highway(Intermedia Demos)/02. Such Loneliness ( John Cale demos)/03. Girlfriend ( John Cale demos)/04. Hospital ( Dinky Dawson demos)/05. Astral Plane (false start) (Dinky Dawson demos)/06. Modern World ( Kim Fowley LP sessions)/07. Fly into the Mystery ( Kim Fowley LP sessions)/08. Hospital (Kim Fowley LP sessions)/09. A Plea for Tenderness ( Kim Fowley LP sessions)/10. Dignified and Old ( Probably Kim Fowley LP sessions)/11. New England Summer Song (instrumental) (unknown source)
HARVARD UNIVERSITY 1971-01 She Cracked/02 Astral Plane/03 Someone I Care About/04 Hospital/05 I'm Straight/06 Cambridge Clown/07 Fly Into the Mystery/08 Such Lonliness/09 Womanhood/10 Dignified and Old/11 Unknown Instrumental
STONEHENGE MA 1972 D1-01. Modern World/02. Ride Down on the Highway/03. Girlfriend/04. She Cracked/05. Womanhood/06. Old World
STONEHENGE MA 1972 D2-01. Fly Into the Mystery/02. Dignified and Old/03. Pablo Picasso/04. Cambridge Clown/05. Astral Plane/06. Song of Remembrance for Old Girlfriends/07. Such Loneliness/08. I Grew Up in the Suburbs/09. A Plea for Tenderness (incomplete) 10. Roadrunner (cut)
THE LAURA PALMER TAPE-01 Government Centre/02 The New teller/03 Thunderbolts of Joy/04
My Honest Dear/ 05 Singing in the Rain/06 So much respect for you/ 07I'm not alone (The heavens Love me) 08 Cum By Ya/09 Hi Fred we still love you/10 Flying Saucers rock and roll/11Laura's song
1978 STOCKHOLM SWEDEN-01 Announcement/02 Hi Dear/03 Back In the USA/04 Egyptian Reggae/05 Roller Coaster By the Sea/06 Pretty Little Girl/07 My Love Is a Flower/08 Rockin Rockin Leprechauns/09 Ice Cream Man/10 Here Come the Martian Martians/11 New England/12 Hey There Little Insect/13 Governement Center/14 It Will Stand/15 The New Teller/16 I'm a Little Dinosaur/17 My Little Kookenhaken/18 Abdul and Cleopatra/19 Dodge Veg O Matic
Lotta stuff there, some good, some, well.....TOMORROW: A special GUEST post from of the great FRIENDS OF THE BLOG.....I haven't even listened to it yet and even if it SUCKS, it is getting put up (I'm sure it DOESN'T suck)....Why? Because I'll put damn near anything on here! That is how it SHOULD be and as such, it is LESS WORK for the BigMan!
See's ya's 2Morrow!
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A special GUEST post
Ok Ok OK Ok I know the Modern Lovers links are taking a while just one of those things, you'll getem....but for now, yet ANOTHER of the many GUEST posts that have long been a grand tradition of this world reknown blog.....what? you didn't know about this glorious tradition? Where have you been? Because this blog is open to ALL "guest" posters, you probably just forgot my stating that over the decades. IF you have an interesting album artist you wish to share with the world, OR if you create an imaginative themed compilation (ala today's guest) OR even if you are in a band and want to pimp your demos or live tape or whatever, bring it on.....just please nothing TOTALLY ridiculous, not "hey how about the greatest hits of Foreigner" (now, if it is REALLY AND TRULY TOTALLY ridiculous like Pat Boone's metal album or something like that bring it on)...anything you guys want! send it to me and write a brief commentary or whatever, so I don't have to do anything, let's do this! I'm getting all giddy thinking of you guys doing all the work......send your artwork, your poetry, your short stories, your photography, ANYTHING you want to put on here! Doesn't even have to be musically related, this can be the Facebook of "the dregs of humanity" or something. By the way, I am truly being TOTALLY serious!
So today's guest post is a homemade comp, at least I guess it is homemade, from longtime Friend of the Blog Jonman.....he contribures "The Songs Three Dog Night Taught Us", and I will let him tell you all about it......I have not even listened to it yet, so if it sucks the big one, do not blame me, blame my decades-old "open-blogger" policy! Take it away Jonman:-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Three Dog Night is one of those bands that (like their contemporaries Chicago) unfortunately gives off the wrong impression to casual radio listening fans. Thanks to some of their biggest hits(Old Fashioned Love Song, Black & White, In The Country) they have been written off by serious rock audiences as an adult contemporary act. On the other hand, they also had big hits with some of their most heavy tracks(Liar, Eli's Coming, One). This compilation is an attempt to showcase that heavier side by giving you the source material, in chronological order by when they appeared on the albums. While there are a few of the lighter moments here(Easy To Be Hard, Never Been To Spain) I tried to stay away from the more obvious things. What you get here are 11 hits and 10 album tracks from the likes of Traffic, Free, Argent, Moby Grape, The Band, & Bush(future James Gang & Guess Who guitarist Domenic Troiano's band from 1970). For the most part these are all the original studio recordings, with a few notable exceptions. I included a Live recording of Otis Redding's Try A Little Tenderness because that one comes across better in a live environment, as does Three Dog Night's version. I first saw them in the mid-eighties and the build up they did at the end of this just blew me away. They revved it up so hard that by the end of it, it was as intense as any hardcore Punk band I had seen(believe it or not).Shambala was one of those songs that was written by an outside songwriter who wasn't a performer, so while B.W. Stevenson's version heard here did come out first, it was only about a week before TDN's version came out. While his version was released as a single both here and abroad, it didn't really take off here like the Dogs version did. However the title track of his album (My Maria) managed to secure his place in history. And the version of Brickyard Blues heard here was recorded live at New Orleans' Jazz & Heritage Festival in 1976 because Allen Toussaint never recorded a studio version himself. So, I recommend that fans and haters alike check this out, you may find yourself reassessing the band either way.
http://www5.zippyshare.com/v/25278666/file.html
I'll get the artwork up soon hopefully, but I want the get the Modern Lovers stuff finished first.....once again thanks to Jonman for thi contribution, and if YOU also seek the long-lasting fame and riches that can be had from appearing on such a prestigious web site, make sure and contribute YOUR hard work today!
I'll get the artwork up soon hopefully, but I want the get the Modern Lovers stuff finished first.....once again thanks to Jonman for thi contribution, and if YOU also seek the long-lasting fame and riches that can be had from appearing on such a prestigious web site, make sure and contribute YOUR hard work today!
You will notice that I have incuded several pictures of Laura Preppon also. My reasoning? I like Laura Preppon.
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The Len Price 3
From the continent, one of the most recent vintaged acts I have ever featured here, but a wonderful "friend of the blog" submission of a hard to find item entices me to post the whole collection.
First of all, huge thanks to Doug Wofsey from the wonderful state of Ohio (him, Massilon, Northern Ohio, me Springfield, Southern Ohio!) comes the very hard-to-find debut, "Chinese Burn", at leaset hard to find for me, Doug saw my request for it and kindly shared his copy.....thanks Doug, from bith me and everyone else who enjoys this rare gem! By the way the Len Price 3 are dummer/singer
Neil Frumow, bassist Steve Huggins, and guitarist/singer Glen Page.....who is Len Price???// We don't know!
"Chinese Burn" from 1005 features some great shit, nothing longer than about 2:30 or so, features one shotgun blast after another, imagine (another "out there" comparison) Cheap Trick on meth.....really, this stuff hits hard and WOULD sound great on the radio too, lead off track "Christian in the Desert" may have been the best single of that year, and there is NO let up, from the word GO these boys knew their formula......don't miss "Viva Viva".....or "Commanche!".......or "Shirley Crabtree"....fuck it don't miss ANY of it......thanks again to my main-dog and Buckeye homeboy Doug Wofsey, without question the winner of today's cash prize for "Friend of the Blogger of the Day"......it'll be in your mailbox just as soon as I get around to it, Doug!.....Honestly, PURE ROCK N ROLL ENERGY, reminscent of so many wonderful others and yet unique in its own way......don't miss this one, simply on therarity factor alone, nd to boot it is a GREAT album!
There is one more album. 2010's "Pictures"......oh, I don't know, maybe only 4.5 stars for ths one instead of 5, or maybe not.....they try to heavy it up just a touch, to their credit they seem to be attempting to "grow" musically without straying too far from where their bread is buttered......my favorie tracks are "The Girl Who Became a Machine", "Mr Grey", the title track......hell it's all great too......
I HOPE the Len Price 3 are GLAD that I am attempting to get more listeners to their great music, younever know, as we know some confused parties like Corrosion of Conformity, Green Day, Sublime, and Bratmobile all desire FEWER listeners.....seems counter productive butwe've plowed that fioeld before......I think the Len Price 3 are fucking great, and want to spread their sounds to an audience that perhaps hasn't heard much of it......and they'll tell friends and they'll tell friends.......it's how it works! But guys, if you feel wronged, just say so and they'll be taken down pronto, however I WILL make fun of you for the forseeable future!
CHINESE BURN-01 Christian in the Desert/02 Chinese Burn/03 Lai Ha Lam/04 Viva Viva/05 The Last Hotel/06 Swine Fever/07 Amsterdam/08 Comanche!/09 Shatham Town Spawns Devils/10 Hard Times Forever/11 Shirley Crabtree/12 She's Lost Control/13 Medway Eye/14 Heavy Atmosphere/15 Fire In My Heart
RENTACROWD-01 Rentacrowd/02 If I Ain't Got You/03 Just Like Julia Jones/04 Sailor's Sweetheart/05 Doctor Gee/06 Girl Like You/07 With Your Love/08 No Good/09 Mesmer/10 Cold 500/11 She's Not Really There/12 Turn It Around/13 Australia and Hidden Bonus Track
PICTURES-01 Pictures/02 Keep Your Eyes On Me/03 I Don't Believe You/04 The Girl Whe Became a Mchine/05 After You're Gone/06 Mr Grey/07 Nothing Like You/08 If You Lived 'Round Here/09 You Tell Lies/10 Man Who Used To Be/11 Jack in the Greens/12 Under the Thumb/13 The Grea Omani
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A few "Tribute" albums Part 1
Tribute albums, while sometimes being interesting or (even better) hilarious, often tend to be fairly awful.....bands commit either slavish carbon copies of the "tributee's" work which almost by definition will be inferior, or they do FLAT OUT inferior versions, which of course, are also inferior....when selecting some tribute albums, then, that will actually be INTERESTING, it is, of course, important to look at the subject matter, AS WELL AS the "tributors" and find combinations which will yield either interesting musical moments or some touches of hilarity. Who, after all, would wish to here "Hell Bent Forever-A Tribute to Judas Priest"? (Yes I have it, no I'm not including it, I'm just going to talk about it a little to illustrate what is so often with tribute albums)....first of all, take a band with ZERO sense of humor to begin with (Judas Priest) and cover a bunch of their ultra-"serious" works by a second batch of similarly humor-deficient acts, and what do ya got? Answer: "zzzzzzzzzzzzz", and a bunch of tracks that are MUCH more boring than the original Judas Priest tracks to begin with. Honest to God.....WARRANRT covering "Hell Bent For Leather"?....SEPULTURA'S version of "Screaming For Vengenace"?.....Well, in fairness, Motorhead's "Breaking the Law" is pretty funny, but, as it sounds like the OTHER 2000 Motorhead songs, you can imagine what it sounds like without my putting it up.....couple these efforts with frankly inferior acts (Say Tim "Ripper" Collins tackling "Exciter", or Broken Teeth, whomever the hell they are/were doing "Devil's Child" and I think you'll see what I call a real "waste of plastic"....
How about "Radical Records-Never Mind the Sex Pistols Here's the Tribute", which features a bunch of bands noone, not even I, have ever heard of, doing the "Bollocks" album IN ORDER, then follwoing that up with a bunch more obscure-o's doing Pistol's singles ala Lower Class Brats version of "Belsen Was a Gas" and Showcase Showdown donating
A good, actually, rather than "funny" one, is "Where the Pyramid Meets the Eye: A Tribute to Roky Erickson".....Roky, of course, REALLY DID influence (directly or indirectly) a lot of the acts that appear, Richard Lloyd's version of "Fire Engine" sounds more like a labor of love than an attempt at a slavish copy. REM, Butthole Surfers, The Jesus and Mary Chain, and ZZ Top all owe a debt of a gratitude to the 13th Floor Elevators, in either an obvious way, Butthole Surfers for example, or in a less obvious but still strong way, say, like fellow Texans ZZ Top. Recommended for the 19 different tracks/artists and the versatility of the same.
One more for today.....not a tribute to an artist, we have "Before You Were a Punk-A Punk Rock Tribute to 80's New Wave"......Guttermouth gives us a version of "Happy Loving Couples".....Blink 182 turn in a pretty funny "Dancing With Myself".....No Use For a Name slash "Turning Japanese".....I like this one as they are NOT, by anymeans, slavish copies of the originals. I always have contended that when doing someone else's song, the WORST THING possible is turning in a note-for-note copy, to "honor" the original you MUST MAKE IT SOMEWHAT YOUR OWN!
I WAS going to post "Blues Explosion-A Tribute to Blue Cheer".....seemingly this would be amusing, I threw it in the CD player an hour ago while making a road trip in my truck, and I was appalled by how bad it is, and when I say "bad" I don't mean "Blue Cheer-so-bad-it-is-great""Bad", but rather, copies so close to the originals you need to strain to tell the difference. Pentagram's version of MY fave "Doctor Please" actually requires CLOSE listening to reveal it isn't Blue Cheer's version off of "Vincebus Eruptum", and Internal Void's take on "Parchement Farm" is nearly identical to the original as well......and THIS is what I'm talking about.....WHY EVEN BOTHER? Anyway I'm glad I am not wasting your/my time by putting this up......I have a bunch more to sift through, and if they are as lame as this one, they will not be getting posted.....quality, you see, is job #1 with the BigMan!
Welcome to another weekend, it is just starting to get beautiful in Ohio (Ohio is beautiful only about
six weeks out of the year, Mid-September until maybe the end of October, the rest of the year it'eezing cold or brutally hot with unbearable humidity.....on the days when it is neither of those it is raining).....football season is in the air, the major league baseball races are heating up......ENJOY LIFE, it is short, after all......I love this time of year, and I hope you do as well as I attempt to bring you an appropropriate soundtrack/background for it......
Be back tomorrow with some more tributes, if you have anyone you'd like to hear "tributed" if I have it,'ll gladly post it.....this is an area where the more outlandish the subject matter (Duran Duran, the Carpenters) the better....request away. Other wise I'll spend tonight and tomorrow morning sifting through some of these and decidinbg which are worthy. Have a good evening!!!!!!
NEVER MIND THE SEX PISTOLS HERE'S THE TRIBUTE-01 BOOKED-Holidays In the S/02 L.E.S. STITCHES-Bodies/03 THE GENERATORS-No Feelings/04 SUBMACHINE-Liar/05 THE KRAYS-Problems/06 I.C.U.-God Save the Queen/07 TOTAL CHAOS-Seventeen/08 BLANKS 77-Anarchy In the UK/09 THE BOILS-Submission/10 THE DUCKY BOYS-Pretty Vacant/11 MURPHYS LAW-New York/12 ROAD RAGE-EMI/13 LOWER CLASS BRATS-Belsen Was a Gas/14 MALEFACTORS-I Wanna Be Me/15 BILLY CLUB-Satellite/16 SHOWCASE SHOWDOWN-Friggin In the Riggin/17 NIBLICK HENBANE-Great Rock N Roll Swindle
WHERE THE PYRAMID MEETS THE EYE-A TRIBUTE TO ROKY ERICKSON-01 ZZ TOP-Reverberation (Doubt)/02 JOHN WESLEY HARDING & THE GOOD LIARS-If You Have Ghosts/03 POI DOG PONDERING-I Had to Tell You/04 THE JUDYBATS-She Lives (In a Time of Her Own)/05 PRIMAL SCREAM-Slip Inside This House/06 BONGWATER-You Don't Love Me Yet/07 JULIAN COPE-I Have Always Been Here Before/08 DOUG SAHM & SONS-You're Gonna Miss Me/09 SOUTHERN PACIFIC-It's a Cold Night For Aligators/10 RICHARD LLOYD-Fire Engine/11 VIBRATING EGG-Bermuda/12 REM-I Walked With a Zombie/13 BUTTHOLE SURFERS-Earthquake/14 LOU ANN BARTON-Don't Slander Me/15 SISTER DOUBLE HAPPINESS-Red Temple Prayer (2-Headed Dog)/16 THIN WHITE ROPE-Burn the Flame/17 CHRIS THOMAS FEATURING TABBY THOMAS-Postures (Leave Your Body Behind)/18 T BONE BURNETT-Nothing In Return/19 THE JESUS AND MARY CHAIN-Reverberation (Doubt)
GABBER GABBER HEY-A TRIBUTE TO THE RAMONES-01 STORE BOUGHT LIES-Beat on the Brat/02 THE COUNTDOWN-Chinese Rock/03 DJ ACUCRACK-Rock N Roll Radio/04 SCHIZOID-Now I Wanna Sniff Some Glue/05 IAMMYNEWT-Teenage Lobotomy/06 DIABLO SYNDROME-I Wanna Be Sedated/07 KAPUT!-Commando/08 TORRENT VACCINE-Beat on the Brat/09 DEFRAGMENTATION-Blitzkreig Bop/10 EMULSION VS AHAB-Wart Hog/11 JOOLZ-N Roll High School/12 BOOMER-The KKK Took My Baby Away/13 PARALLAX 1-Pinhead
As always I strive to bring you something maybe just a LITTLE different.....these are not GREAT, they are amusing though and we'd ALL be better off if we were just a little less serious about.......sixdiscs today, maybe 6 or so more tomorrow (PLEASE request now, w I'm doin' em, if you have a tribute you want me to post), then that will be that.....I probably have 100, fining ten or12 that I find worthy of your attention will be the task, thanks for reading/listening/commenting/hating my guts/ ignoring me/ ANTHING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Vikings vs Bears this weekend, I kinda feel the Vikes take this one at home and even the record at 1-
1.......FOOTBALL, the greatest sport on earth.......gets no better than football, beer, hot women, rock n roll, ativan, kratom, strat o matic baseball, maybe a GOOD sub sandwich........THAT, my friends, is what life is about, other than the IMPORTANT shit like taking care of your spouses, making a living, raising your kids, all that stuff!
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Some more tributes, Part 2
You enjoying these? Yeah me neither.....stupid idea. I've listened to a few since last night that just SOOOOOOO suck (Thin Lizzy, T Rex, Blondie,......not worth my time....someone here requested a Graham Parker Tribute, thought I might have had it but don't seem to....I always loved Geep's work though, and if any of you DO have that tribute, share please for both the requester and myself!
OK,this was a pretty bad idea, I said going in that most tributes simply do not show enough imagination/varyance from the originals to even make them worth a single listen, a great xample is the Blu Cheer that I talked about yesterday which can JUST BARELY be discerned from the original recoordings (Same can be said for the Thin Lizzy, also I am SORELY tempted to post Wesley Willis' hilarious "Jailbreak"....."Jailbreak" is hilarious ANYWAY: "Tonight there's gonna be a jailbreak, somewhere in his town".....hmmmmmmmm, wonder WHERE? Perhaps the JAIL??????)......waste of time and plastic, say I, so today we go with the "most" interesting tributes I could scape up, and these
are what they are, and tomorrow we'll get back to the high quality stuff for which I am widely reknown.
OK, how a bout "Paint it Black-A Reggae Tribtute to the Rolling Stones"? The Stones of course dabbled in reggae, with some pretty intersting results at times, this is a prety damned intersting set here, at least NO SLAVISH CARBN COPIES.....the great Toots & the Maytals go after "Start Me Up" (A shitty song in the first place that NEEDS an overhaul), Gregory Issacs skewers "Wild Horses", LOTS of highlights. Reggae fans as well as Stones fans should enjoy this if they were previously unfamiliar....
I said before that the more ridiculous the "Tributee" is, the better results we can hope for, and who, after all, is more ridiculous than Queen? Thus we have "Killer Queen-A Tribute to Queen".....would it be worth it simply for Flaming Lips actually covering "Bhemian Rhapsody"? How about Be Your Own Pet's version of "Bicycle Race"? Maybe Sum 41's "Killer Queen'" (which I DO think is a good sg, btw)......most of the acts here REALIZE how silly they sound covering Queen, I think this is harmless, good, amusing funfor the most part.
OK, one more and then forget this, wish I hadn't even started it to be honest....since the whole thing has been pretty silly, let's go all out on that front and put up "Shifty Records: A Tribute to Godzilla".....lot of stoner/doom bands from the Swifty Label doing songs that are, more of less, about Godzilla and friends.....some good bands here, Solace, Fistula, Dot(.), Hangnail......songs like "If I Were Godzilla", "By North Star, Gamera", "Reptile Tonnae of the Gargantuan Enormity (!)"......this is wierd shit. Of all the albums today and yesterday if I had to listen to one repeatedlyhis would be my winner. Sad statement, but a true one.
IF I WERE A CARPENTER-01 AMERICAN MUSIC CLUB-Goodbye To Love/02 SHONEN KNIFE-Top of the World/03 SONIC YOUTH-Superstar/04 THE CRANBERRIES-(They Long To Be) Close to You/05 BETTIE SERVEERT-For All We Know/06 DISHWALLA-It's Going to Take Some Time/07 SHERYL CROW-Solitaire/08 JOHNETTE NAPOLITANO WITH MARC MORELAND-Hurting Each Other/09 REDD KROSS-Yesterday Once More/10 BABES IN TOYLAND-Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft/11 CRACKER-Rainy Days and Mondays/12 MATTHEW SWEET-Let Me Be the One/13 4 NON BLONDES-Bless the Beasts and the Children/14 GRANT LEE BUFFALO-We've Only Just Begun'
PAINT IT BLACK-A REGGAE TRIBUTE TO THE ROLLING STONES-01 TOOTS & THE MAYTALS-Start Me Up/02 GREGEORY ISSACS-Wild Horses/03 SUGAR BLACK-Jumpin' Jack Flash/04 STEEL PULSE-You Can't Always Get What You Want/05 CHALICE-Paint It Black/06 HUGH J-Waiting On a Friend/07 THE HEPTONES-I Can't Get No Satisfaction/08 ANDREW FRANCIS-Under My Thumb/09 GLADIATORS-Time Is On My Side/10 GLEN RICKS-Honky Tonk Woman/11 KEN BOOTHE-Brown Sugar/12 SUSAN CADOGEN-As Tears Go By
SURPRISE YOUR PIG-THE REM TRIBUTE-01 JUST SAY NO-Radio Free Europe/02 BAND OFSUSANS-1,000,000/03 GUMBALL-Stumble/04 STEELPOLE BATHTUB-We Walk/05 SAMSON & THE PHILISTINES-Talk About the Passion/06 JAWBREAKER-Pretty Persuasion/07 J CHURCH-(Don't Go Back to) Rockville/08 PHLEG CAMP-Feeling Gravity's Pull/09 THE MR T EXPERIENCE-Can't Get There From Here/11 FLOR DE MAL-Good Advices/12 THE PUNCH LINE-Bandwagon/13 WHEN PEOPLE WERE SHORTER AND LIVED NEAR THE WATER-I Beleive/14 VIC CHESTNUTT-It's The End Of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine)/15 KING MISSILE-Get Up/16 TESCO VEE'S HATE POLICE-Losing My Religion/17 JAWBOX-Low/18 MITCH EASTER-Shiny Happy People
SHIFTY RECORDS-TRIBUTE TO GODZILLA-01 MAMMOTH-In this Dying Moment/02 TERMINAL LOVERS-Mr Astronaut Glenn/03 SLOTH-If I Were Godzilla/04 HANGNAIL-Invasion of the Neptune Men/05 GIGANTASAURUS!-Reptile Tonnage of Gargantuan Enormity/06 SPACEFACE-Leen Grizzard/07 FISTULA-King Kong is Dead/08 DOT(.)-Nonresistance City/09 NEGATIVE REACTION-Godzilla Vs Noo Yawk/10 RWAKE-Smog Monster/11 PATHETICISM-Go Get Jaguar/12 LEVIATHAN AD-By North Star, Gamera/13 THIRD DEGREE BURNOUT-Anarchy Fell Throuigh/14 THE CRUNKY KIDS-Gojira No Gyakusha/15 SOLACE-Mother GodzillaLet me know what you think of these......and of course if you have a favorite of your own to contribute or request, go ahead with it.....I wish I had the Parker tribute, that might be cool, some of those I've mentioned before that I listened to were just painful to listen to. This is tricky turf to tread on, so I hope I avoided the right stuff and posted the right stuff.......
See ya tomorrow or Monday....Skol Vikings
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Some Random Rolling Stones rarities, Part 1
Unsure how many "parts" there will be for this I have a BUNCH of Stones rarities, and yesterday's "tribute" got me thinking/listening to some STONES....hey, they were pretty good! Just joking of course, aI'm sure that the folks who would rather see some GG Alin or Guru Guru or Crass just need to remember that my middle name is "versatility" (it really is too, had it legally changed, hell it HAS to be better than "Michael"!)
Let us start off randomly enough with the FIVE disc "Girls Pills and Powder".....a mishmash of outtakes that without question has it's moments.....surprised by how many Stones fans I've spoken with who DON'T have this interesting set it has it's slow moments of course, but again, these are the STONES, and If you are/were a fan as I am/was, certainly you will find SOMETHING you've not heard...Disc 1 "Some More Girls" gives us alternate takes of all the tracks on (what I consider to be) their last listenable album) 1979's "Some Girls".....there were some fine tracks on that LP, "When the Whip Comes Down", "Shattered", "Before they Make me Run" and for the most part this is an excellent collection of outtakes.The other four discs are mor less your standard sudio fuck-arounds, suffice to say it is for FANS, others may be bored/put off, but I wanted to make the whole set availabe for anyone who wanted it.
Going back in time a bit, we have the "1972 Decca Unreleased Live Album",unreleased for reasons unknown to me, but full of classic versions of classic materia: "Gimme Shelter", "Tumblin Dice, "Brown Sugar" and a LOT more.
Fairly well known is "Acousic Motherfuckers", jus what it sounds like (tomorrow I will put up its bitchin cousin "Electric Motherfuckers"....accousic versions of, say "All Down the Line"" Dead FLowers", the Beatles "Please Please Me".....again (for FANS) indespensible.
A good radio simulcast from Oakland 1969 has the
boys in rave-up form, including a killer encore of "Saisfaction" (I saw the Stones in 1981, after the "magic" was LONG gone.....they could still bring the noise as well as anyone....."The Greatest RocK N Roll Band in the World?" Certainly on some nights they were.
OK, I AM going to finish this......bands like the Stones, Clalsh, Roxy, Nirvana, that I have SO MUCH (hundreds and hundreds of discs each) DESERVE rarities posts for their fans......this (Stones) may take me 3-4 days, and I'm happy to do so, they deserve the time it takes.....it's just hard sorting through ALL that material and deciding what is worth making the cut and what is not......I promise to try to make this a qulaity post for you, if you're a big Stones fan maybe you'll find one or two new discs for your collection, if you're NOT a Stones fan, well, maybe this will help to convert you.......or not,but I recommend you stick around. The next few days promise to be fun for ME at least and I hope for you too!
GIRLS PILLS AND POWDERS DISC 1-01 Miss You #2/02 When the Whip Comes Down #1/03
Just My Imagination #4/04 Some Girls #3/05 Lies #1/06 Far Away Eyes #1/07 Respectable #3/08 Before They Make Me Run #4/09 Beast of Burden #1/10 Shattered #2
GIRLS PILLS AND POWDERS DISC 2-01 Claudine #1/02 Fiji Jim #1/03 Never Let Her Go/04 You Win again/05 Lucky In Love aka Do You Get Enough/06 Never Make Me Cry #1/07 I Can't Help It #3/08 No SPare Parts/09 Everlasting Is My Love #2/10 Someone Know/11 Never Stop aka Start Me Up/12 The Way She Held Me Tight/13 And I Know/14 Do You THink I Really Care aka Yellow Cab/15 Black Limousine #2/16 It's a Lie #2/17 Petrol Gang
GIRLS PILLS AND POWDERS DISC 4-01 Everything Is Turning To Gold #1/02 Miss You #4/03 When the Whip Comes Down #2/04 Lies #3/05 Far Away Eyes #2/06 Black Limousine #3/07 Up Against the Wall #2/08 I Can't Help It #1/09 Fiji Jim #3/10 So Young/11 When You're Gone/12 Disco Musik #2/13 Everything Is Turning To Gold #1
GIRLS PILLS AND POWDERS DISC 5-01 Munich Hilton #1/02 Golden Caddy #1/03 Golden Caddy #2/04 Golden Caddy #3/05 Broken Toe/06 Armpit Blues/07 Brown Leaves #2/08 Light Up/09 Much Spreading/10 Stay Where You Are/11 I Can't Help It #5/12 Broken Head Blues/13 I Can't Help It #3/14 Munich Hilton #2/15 Follow You/16 Shattered #1/17 Feel No Pain No More/18 Los Trios Guitaros/19 Up Against the Wall #1/20 Slow Blues
DECCA UNRELEASED LIVE ALBUM 1972-01 Heartbreaker/02 Brown Sugar/03 Rocks Off/04 All Down the Line/05 Gimme Shelter/06 Happy/07 Tumblin Dice/08 Love In Vain/09 Sweet Virginia
DECCA UNRELEASED LIVE ALBUM D2-01 Sweet Virginia/02 You Can't Always Ge What You Want/03 Midnight Rambler/04 Bitch/05 Jumpin Jack Flash/06 Street Fightin Man/07 ByBye Johnny/08 Let It Rock
ACOUSTIC MOTHERFUCKRS-01 Dear Doctor/02 You Got the Silver/03 Family/04 No Expectations/05 Sister Morphine/06 Blood Red Wine/07 Country Honk/08 You Can't Always Get What You Want/09 You Gotta Move/10 Wild Horses/11 All Down the Line/12 Cocksucker Blues/13 Dead Flowers/14 Angie/15 The Worst/16 Out of Tears/17 Sweethearts Together/18 Crying, Waiting, Hoping/19 Please Please Me/20 Cocaine
SOME GIRLS ANNIVERSARY EDITION BONUS DISC-01 Claudine/02 So Young/03 Do You Think I Really Care/04 When You're Gone/05 No Spare Parts/06 Don't Be a Stranger/07 We Had It All/08 Tallahassee Lassie/09 I Love You Too Much/10 Keep Up Blus/11 You Win Again/12 Petrol Blues
know.....requests? I might just have it with all the Stones I have.......if you DON'T LIKE the Stones, take a few days off, because I am going to PILE ON rarities and live shit and more.....Stones fans will love me, stones detractors will hate me, at the end of the day it all works out on balance......MORE (much more) rare and living Rolling Stones tomorrow, don't miss out!
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