3/28/2009

WET TAXIS - From the archives


WET TAXIS From the archives lp 1984 Hot rcds 320 kbps
But mono never dies° / Last time around¤ / Unchain my heart* / I'm gonna burn° / You burn me up and down* / I wanna come back¤ / Rich with nothing*+ / Nun's strike° / It's gonna rain+ / Hypnotized+ / In the past* / Vomit° / Bucktooth gobbler* / Love¤.
°Produced by T. Ellard & Wet Taxis , ¤by T. Ellard & D. Connor, *by D. Connor & K. Steedman, +by T. Ellard.
WET TAXIS : S. Knuckley : lead guitar/ P. Ikinger : rhythm guitar / N. Fisher : drums, scrotum / T. Knuckley (bass, vocals), L. Tillett : vocals, piano .

L. Tillett's first band, the Wet Taxis, commenced life as an experimental outfit in the manner of fellow Sydneysiders Severed Heads and Scattered Order before taking on a tougher 1960s-influenced direction. Their classic debut single on the Hot label, ‘C’mon’ (1984), boasted an authentic garage/R&B sound heavily influenced by such American garage/punk bands as the Moving Sidewalks, We the People and the Chocolate Watchband plus legendary Australian group the Atlantics (who originally issued the song as ‘Come On’ in 1967). Alongside the likes of Died Pretty, the Celibate Rifles, the Lime Spiders, the New Christs, the Hoodoo Gurus and the Eastern Dark, the Wet Taxis came to epitomise the Australian garage rock sound and aesthetic of the 1980s. The band’s only album was the appropriately named "From the Archives".
Cd covers by Max !

10 commentaires:

MIDNIGHT RAMBLER a dit…

WET TAXIS "From the archives" 320 kbps + cd covers by Max !

Enjoy it & leave comments !

Rob-Trav a dit…

Thanks for this - Wet Taxis are great!!

Was going to post one my blog a while ago but my vinyl copy was to far gone to rip!

Thanks - Rob.

Anonyme a dit…

real good job !
max rock on !!!!

yonyguitar a dit…

muchas gracias.great work of true rockandroll.

Anonyme a dit…

Like Mr Midnight says : Maximum Max !
Thanks for all the posts , for all the covers & for the Wet Taxis!
General Lee

geololo a dit…

mince Rambler, t'es fantastique! ce blog est plein de diamants à l'état brut! surtout pour un fan de Aussie Rock comme moi!

Anonyme a dit…

aussie rock play high !!
geololo si t'as info ou news ou link
n hesite pas !!!
NEW CHRIST on NEWS !!!!

Anonyme a dit…

haved enjoyed wet taxis for 20 years so many thanks ... and great job on the file. just btw have always wondered what the first words are in "you burn me up and down" it says "'im gonna burn to death ???? in tones just like that'" joe

Anonyme a dit…

haved enjoyed wet taxis for 20 years so many thanks ... and great job on the file. just btw have always wondered what the first words are in "you burn me up and down" it says "'im gonna burn to death ???? in tones just like that'" joe

Anonyme a dit…

Hi SOTDs

I love your blog! Thanks for all the great music. Any chance of a re-up of the Wet Taxis? My copy of the LP has had it!

Thanks!
The Stooge