12/17/2009

THE FOUR HORSEMEN - Left For Dead

THE FOUR HORSEMEN Left For Dead (live 88-92) cd 2005 192 kbps
75 Again / Moonshine / Tired Wings / Can't Get Next To You / Nobody Said It Was Easy / Hothead / The Roadie From Hell / I Need A Thrill / Wanted Man / Rockin' Is My Business / Let It Rock / Lookin' for Trouble.
The Four Horsemen: F. C. Starr: vocals /D. Lizmi: guitar / Haggis: guitar /B. Pape: bass / K. Montgomery: drums.
The Four Horsemen (there were actually 5 of ‘em, by the way) was formed by bassist Kid Chaos (Stephen Harris) in 1988. Chaos has the greatest goddamn pedigree in all of rock and roll. First, the fucker did time in Zodiac Mindwarp and the Love Reaction until Ian Astbury stole him for a 1987 Cult tour. Kid screwed up the dream gig by appearing on the Joan Rivers show wearing a Zodiac Mindwarp t-shirt (!), and soon found himself looking for a job. He split the UK and landed in LA, where we changed his name to Haggis, switched to rhythm guitar, wrote a bunch of songs, and formed the Four Horsemen. They quickly released a now scarce 4 song, self-titled EP in ‘89* that laid down the biker-friendly, blue-collar blueprint for their sound. The songs were amped-up classic rockers, with all the hard rock crunch of the Cult mixed with Southern riff rock, and pushed right over the top by Frank Starr’s hyperactive screech**. Critics loved ‘em because they thought all the macho swagger was ironic, and the kids loved them because they knew it wasn’t. The Horsemen started carving out a reputation as authentically bad-ass rock and roll motherfuckers with a series of kill for thrills live shows, and all this AC/DC meets Sturgis biker rally meets Texan roadhouse thunderboogie action quickly caught up to Rick Rubin, who signed them to Def American. In 1990, the band was all set to go to New York and record “Nobody Said It Was Easy”, and success was just around the corner.Then Frank got busted on a drug charge and went to jail for 6 months. Guess they got the title for the album right. Eventually he got out, and they recorded the record. It hit the streets in 1991, and fit right in with the whiskey drinkin’, poker cheatin’, tattooed and bruised biker metal aesthetic so gloriously prevalent in the early 90’s. “Tired Wings”, the album’s sole (pseudo) ballad, was a shameless Lynrd Skynrd inspired southern rock rambler, and it’s video got a decent amount of airplay on MTV. They toured with the Black Crowes and a cobbled-together almost-Skynrd, and developed a rabid following of bikers, metal heads, and assorted bad asses. Then they started writing songs for their follow-up. And then, in 1992, Frank got thrown back in jail for a year. By the time he got out, a lot of momentum was lost, but the band rallied, and work on “Getting Pretty Good… at Barely Getting By” began. Then, in 1994, drummer Dimwit died of a heroin overdose. He was replaced by his brother, Chuck Biscuits (Danzig), but by that time Haggis had enough of the madness, and left his own band, followed quickly by original bass Ben Pape. Axeman Dave Lizmi and Frank Starr soldiered on. Then, in 1995, a drunk driver smashed into Frank while he was riding his motorcycle, and he lapsed into a coma. Dave finished the mixing the record, and it was released on American in 1996. Dave hired Ron Young from Little Caesar to cover for Frank, and they toured the album until 1998, when they finally fizzled out. Frank (R.I.P.) never woke up from his coma, and eventually died in June, 1999. Sleazegrinder
Following Starr's death, the band broke up.
In 2005, Haggis and D. Lizmi assembled as much archive footage of the band as they could gather, and released a 2 disc retrospective "Left for Dead". Disc one is a dvd featuring all videos from the "Nobody said it was Easy"" album, plus rare interviews, live performances, and behind the scenes footage. Disc two is a live cd (buy it here!).
For the 21st anniversary of the band you can visit their store where you will find a bunch of great stuff in celebration of this fact. Re-releases of all their records with additional material. Plus, a pile of stuff never before seen or heard (unless you were there).

11 commentaires:

MIDNIGHT RAMBLER a dit…

THE FOUR HORSEMEN "Left for dead-Live 88/92" 192 kbps + covers

Found on the net.

Enjoy it & buy it & then leave comments !

Brandonio! a dit…

I love it!

Anonyme a dit…

Super blog que tu as là !
Dis-moi aurais-tu quelques albums de Kid Pharaon notamment le premier "Love Bikes". Je les trouve nulle part tant dans le commerce que sur internet.
Merci bien.

MIDNIGHT RAMBLER a dit…

ok pour les Kid Pharaon !

Anonyme a dit…

KID PHARAON PAS DANS LE COMMERCE ?

http://cgi.ebay.fr/LP-KID-PHARAON-&-THE-LONELY-ONES-%22Love-bikes%22-%23-_W0QQitemZ260521891300QQcmdZViewItemQQimsxZ20091213?IMSfp=TL091213017001r14822

20s de recherche
prix trop cher
200% d accord
mais ......

DD

Anonyme a dit…

dommage eddy

Anonyme a dit…

good stuff!

Anonyme a dit…

Merci Midnight !
A anonyme (comme moi) : j'achète jamais sur internet. Par contre j'ai un vendeur de disques d'occas' près de chez moi où on trouve pas mal de bon vinyles (des trucs genre passion fodder, tout ça) mais de Kid, point.

Anonyme a dit…

peut etre changer de boutique si c'est du kid pharaon que tu cherches
ou demande a ton vendeur de les commander pour toi

http://www.cdandlp.com/artist/0-0-0/1/1/kid-pharaon.html

http://www.gemm.com/c/search.pl?field=MUSIC&wild=kid+pharaon

http://www.priceminister.com/s/kid+pharaon



DD

Anonyme a dit…

Intéressants, ces liens. Mais dans une boutique tu peux voir si le cd/lp est en bon état ou non, tu peux même demander à l'écouter. Je me vois mal commander pour 125 dollars (!) un disque d'occasion. ;)

MIDNIGHT RAMBLER a dit…

@ anonyme:
Dans mon cas le lien sert à l'écoute: si le disque me plait je l'achète.
Le net c'est la jungle et les prix sont parfois délirants.
Certains vendeurs (se méfier surtout des amateurs) ont une facheuse tendance à confondre l'état neuf avec l'état moyen voir passable(sur Pricemi...ter par exemple ).
C'est ton experience qui va faire la différence et il y a des pros raisonnables.
Un disque à 125 dollars je ne l'achète pas! J'essaie de ne jamais dépasser 25/30 euros (et c rare)pour un vinyl ou un cd d'occase et à ce prix là le disque doit être impeccable ! Je sais par experience qu'il faut savoir ATTENDRE ! On finit toujours par dénicher ce qu'on cherche à un prix raisonnable ! Il m'arrive aussi de passer un bon moment à chercher le meilleur prix!
Le prix d'un cd epuisé et devenu rare va gonfler comme une baudruche :là tu as deux sortes de vendeurs : le mec cool qui va rester ds une fourchette raisonnable et le minable qui va crever le plafond ! Le "marchand" spécule toujours sur ton ENVIE !
Puis une réédition sort avec inédits etc... et la baudruche se dégonfle: dans ce cas inutile de te dire que j'achète la réédition!
Mais c'est vrai que je ne suis pas un collectionneur pur et que j'en ai rien à foutre, si ça doit me coûter une fortune, d'avoir le pressage italien du premier single d'Elvis Presley, l'acetate de tel truc ou le premier Stones en mono avec rond central de couleur rouge!