SONS OF THE DOLLS

DRIVEWAY SERVICE - Under My Hood

2012-02-12T15:10:00.006+01:00

DRIVEWAY SERVICE Under My Hood 7'' 20?? (WigWam 003)
Under My Hood / Let You Go.
"With a star studded line-up featuring Breadmakers, Shutdown 66 and Puritans members, Melbourne's Driveway Service handle the garage thing just as well as they handle the road...and never a drop of beer is spilt. With each man playing in several other outfits it's just a damn shame the SERVICE don't hit the stage more often."
Direct from Mr D.'s cave ! Thanks !

JOHNNY T. - 2

2012-02-12T12:09:00.004+01:00

Johnny Thunders & Walter Lure

GREEN ON RED - No Free Lunch/The Killer Inside Me

2012-02-08T11:58:00.006+01:00

GREEN ON RED No Free Lunch (1985) & The Killer Inside Me (1987) cd 1992
Time Ain't Nothing° / Honest Man° / Ballad of Guy Fawkes° / No Free Lunch° / Funny How Time Slips Away° / Keep on Moving° / Jimmy Boy° / Smokestack Lightning° / No Drinkin'* / Broken* / Don't Shine Your light On Me* / While The Widow Weeps* / Clarkesville* / Mighty Gun* / Jamie* / Whispering Wind* / Ghost Hand* / Sorry Naomi* / No Man's Land* / Track You Down (His Master's Voice)* / Born To Fight* / We Ain't Free* / Killer Inside Me*.
Produced by D. Stuart° & J. Dickinson*.
Green On Red: C. Prophet IV: guitars / D. Stuart: vocals / C. Cacavas: keyboards / J. Waterson: bass / A. MacNicol° & K. Mitchell*: percussion.
The critical hosannas lavished upon the album "Gas Food Lodging" earned Green on Red a major-label deal, though, with appropriate irony, this very American band found themselves contracted to the British branch of Polygram. The label's American imprint, Mercury, picked up their option several months after the group's big-label debut, "No Free Lunch", was released in the U.K. An EP running a bit under 24 minutes (the tape & a later reissue padded it out to full length with a 13-minute blues workout on "Smokestack Lightning"), "No Free Lunch" covers territory not dissimilar to that on "Gas Food Lodging"; nomadic musicians on the road ("Keep on Moving" and the title cut), out-of-work sad sacks ("Honest Man"), families confronted with death and loss ("Jimmy Boy"), and the struggle to believe in something despite it all ("Time Ain't Nothing"). The band even throws in a pretty good cover of "Funny How Time Slips Away," and their performances are noticeably tighter and sharper than on their previous albums (the time on the road after "Gas Food Lodging" seems to have paid off), while the engineering by Steven Street and Simon Humphries is crisper and better detailed than the sometimes muddy tone of "Gas Food Lodging". But while the band sounds game, the songs are good, and Dan Stuart is in unusually strong voice (with the exception of "The Ballad of Guy Fawkes," where he lapses into a curious fake Brit accent, perhaps in tribute to his new corporate sponsors), at only seven songs "No Free Lunch" seems oddly incomplete, sounding less like a self-contained short work than an album that somehow didn't get finished. There's nothing wrong with what's here, but it's hard not to wish the band had made more of it at the time. Allmusic
After the creative breakthrough of "Gas Food Lodging" and the surprising discovery that they responded well to a touch of production polish on "No Free Lunch", Green on Red seemed poised to move on to new heights, both artistically and commercially, with their first full-length for a major label, "The Killer Inside Me". Jim Dickinson, noted R&B pianist and studio helpmate to such expressive eccentrics as Alex Chilton and Paul Westerberg, was tapped to produce, but while the pairing looked great on paper, the results sounded just a bit muddy and cluttered, lacking the tense clarity of "No Free Lunch" and the more organic sloppiness of "Gas Food Lodging". While the musicians are a bit better focused here than on their earlier recordings, the overly boomy audio does little to flatter this band's newfound precision. As a singer, Dan Stuart long had a tendency toward sloppy histrionics when he wasn't held in check, and here Dickinson seemed content to let Stuart's performances go wherever they will, and with a chorus of far more gifted soul singers offering backup, his craggy tone and faux-wino bellowing have rarely sounded more obvious or less effective. Most importantly of all, "The Killer Inside Me" lacks material on a par with the two released that preceded it, and while Dan Stuart is too gifted a tunesmith to not come up with a few songs worth hearing (most notably "Mighty Gun," "We Ain't Free," and the title cut), many of these songs sounds like retreads of ideas Green on Red tackled more effectively in the past, and the album's darker tone often feels forced, without the faint hope of redemption that made "Gas Food Lodging" so powerful.
While "The Killer Inside Me" isn't Green on Red's weakest album, it didn't live up to nearly anyone's expectations, and suggested this band's moment of glory might have been starting to fade away. Allmusic
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THE DRAGONS - Whoa Yeah!

2012-01-29T18:19:00.005+01:00

THE DRAGONS Whoa Yeah!/Wasted Days And Wasted Nights 7'' 2000
Produced by The Dragons.
The Dragons: J. Lucas: drums / K-C Horne: guitars / M. Escovedo: guitars, vocals / S. Rodriguez: bass.
The Dragons formed in 1991 in their hometown of San Diego, CA. Fronted by Mario Escovedo, the youngest in the long line of the famous Escovedo clan (Alejandro from The Nuns and Rank n’ File, Coke from Santana, Pete from Azteca, Sheila E from Prince’s band, and Javier from The Zeros), the band excelled at a brand of whiskey-soaked, dirty, glammy rock n’ roll made all their own, but influenced by The New York Dolls, Hanoi Rocks, The Wildhearts and the Rolling Stones. Touring continuously, opening for bands ranging from X to The Hellacopters and receiving critical acclaim at numerous SXSW music festivals led the band to a large underground fan base. Touring Japan with Guitarwolf opened the band to a wider audience internationally, where they promoted their 3 full-length albums released on Junk Records. They also released a (now out of print) 7” on Gearhead Records, prior to signing with the label called "Whoa Yeah".
In 2003, they signed with Gearhead Records, and released "Sin Salvation" featuring an ode to famous DJs John Peel and Rodney Bingenheimer called ”Dirty Bomb”, which was also released as a single with a non-LP b-side.
THE DRAGONS Dirty Bomb/Save A Smile 7'' 2004
The Dragons: J. Lucas: drums / K-C Horne: guitars / M. Escovedo: guitars, vocals / S. Rodriguez: bass.
Produced by The Dragons & A. Reverberi.
In 2004, Gearhead reissued their record "Rock n Roll Kamikaze", remixed, remastered and with 5 extra tracks from the original Junk recording sessions. Set to open for The Wildhearts on their first national tour of the US in 2004, that tour fell through when The Wildhearts were invited by The Darkness to open for them.
The Dragons called in quits in 2005 after the group decided it was time to puruse other interests. Today Mario fronts his own Tex-Mex band The Mario Escovedo Experience, and lead guitarist Ken Horne plays with The Bronx.Source
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JOHNNY T. - 1

2012-01-26T03:35:00.002+01:00

Johnny Tunders & Peter Perrett

VA - A MINUTE TO MIDNIGHT...

2012-01-23T06:59:00.007+01:00

VA A MINUTE TO MIDNIGHT... lp 1987
Paris Green: Leaving Here / Celibate Rifles: Ice Blue / Chad's Tree: Stroller In The Attic / Iguana Twins: Someone Else / Wet Taxis: Bury Me Dead / Voodoo Lust: New Orleans / White Cross: For All Your Love / Iguana Twins: It's Raining / Wet Taxis: Hellfire / Widdershins: 700 Miles.
A collection of australian bands from the 80's on a label called Adrenalin Records (Survival).What we have here is two songs from the Wet Taxis (Louis Tillet, Penny Ikinger) only available on this comp, Paris Green with L. Tillet & Charlie Owen, for fans of the Triffids & The Go-Betweens here's Chad's Tree, Voodoo Lust was a band from Sydney (featuring ex members of the Hitmen, the Trilobites & the New Christs) who has recorded 3 singles & 2 EP's,the Widdershins (some later in the Lighthouse Keepers) was an indie pop band active from 1987 to 1989. White Cross were a trio from Melbourne fronted by T. Davies & P. Mather. According to the Encyclopedia of Australian Rock by Ian McFarlane , they play a mix of folk and country elements with a rock-solid backing.They have recorded an lp "The Bride" in 1987, a single a year later, and folded shortly thereafter.I could not find anything about Iguana Twins: it seems that they have recorded only one maxi Ep.If anyone knows more...
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JOHNNY CASINO'S EASY ACTION - Twice As Good As You

2012-01-21T10:32:00.006+01:00

JOHNNY CASINO'S EASY ACTION Twice As Good As You cd 1998
Teenage Head / Take It From Me / Shufflin' The Deck / Your Smile's Gone Away / What I Say / Little Doll.
Produced by J. Spittles.
Johnny Casino's Easy Action: J. Casino: guitar, vocals / R. D'Cradle: bass / Cosmic Commander: vocals, theremin / E. Perfect: drums / Stylin' S. McCarthy: guitar.
The first recordings of Johnny Casino's Easy Action came about because the big man had had a win at the Turf Club at 18th and Market streets in Philadelphia , and when he woke up the next morning with a pocket full of money he thought the best thing to spend it on would be makin some music .
The band had been together for about three months while Johnny was learning the art of Tattooing from his great mate The Cosmic Commander, he knew a bass player who knew a drummer who knew a venue booker so they played a show or two and recorded this ep , as rough and ready [or not ready depending on which way you like it] as it could be.
You get their version of the GREAT Flamin Groovies classic 'Teenage Head' , Cosmo testifying on the Ray Charles song 'What I say' and a run thru of the Stooges 'Little doll' along with a song written by Johnny for Asteroid B612 but never recorded 'Take it from me' the charging instrumental 'Shuffin the deck' and the sorrowful JC penned 'your smiles gone away' Fun for most of the family ! Source
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LITTLE BOB STORY - Too Young To Love Me

2012-01-20T15:39:00.007+01:00

LITTLE BOB STORY Too Young To Love Me CD 1991
Too Young To Love Me* / Shoot Me Down° / I Can't Stand It° /So Crazy° / Wanderers Followers Lovers° / Johnny & The Devils° / Little Prayer° / Say No More° / 24 Hours Of Lies* / Ever Blue* / Hurt So Badly (7'' b side bonus track)°.
Produced by Thom Panunzio° & Southside Johnny*
Little Bob Story: Little Bob: vocals / Guy Georges Gremy: guitars & backing vocals / Gilles Mallet: guitars & backing vocals/ Nico Garotin: drums & backing vocals / François Gehin: bass + K. Margolis: keyboards / L. Cortelezzi: sax / E. Carter: percussions / T. Sydney: keyboards / L. Leonard: additional guitars / The Southside Section: F. Elmo: sax / B. Ferrel: trombone / A. Torrente: trumpet / M. Pender: trumpet & horns arrangements.
Enregistré entre "Vacant Heart" (1982,dernier album chez RCA) et le live "Wanderers Followers Lovers" (1985, Musidisc) "Too Young To Love Me" sorti en 1984, chez EMI, marque le retour de l'impeccable Guy-Georges Gremy dans la Story. Retour gagnant de l'ombrageux guitariste qui co-signe toutes les titres avec little Roberto Piazza...comme au bon vieux temps ! L'album même s'il est très bon, pointe un peu trop à mon goût vers le rock américain et s'éloigne un peu plus des brûlots que sont "High Time" ou "Livin' In The Fast Lane".
Bon, la jeunesse et la fureur sont passées: reste l'énergie, cette voix extraordinaire et des guitares toujours affutées au service d'un rock 'n' soul sur lequel Little Bob et sa voix éraillée font merveille ! Les chansons sont solides et ont traversé le temps sans aucune ride! De "Too Young To Love Me" sous influence (et d'ailleurs produite par) Southside Johnny en passant par "So Crazy" dans une version plus rentre dedans que celle de Marc Minelli. La guitare brille sur l'intro et tout au long de "Johnny And The Devils". "I Cand Stand It" c'est du sucre d'orge nappé de choeurs ! "Little Prayer" ressemble à un classique! Tant qu'on se surprend à vérifier à qui il est crédité! On se demande que fait "Hurt So Badly" en face b du seul single extrait de l'album: ce morceau aurait du figurer dessus! Là aussi on dirait un classique du rhythm'n'blues: la basse qui dès l'intro pulse vers les cieux, les "ouh ouh" des choeurs parfaits et les cuivres des Ashbury Jukes soulignant la voix de Bob
au milieu des solis de Guy Georges Gremy: hurt so badly... nous hurle-t-il et on y croit ! Comme on croit en cet album. Un album qui n'a pas connu de sortie internationale, qui n'a été édité qu'une seule fois en cd, en 1991, d'une façon tellement discrète que beaucoup de fans pensent qu'il n'existe pas dans ce format! Cherchez-le pour voir!
On aurait pu penser que "Too Young To Love Me" serait réédité à l'occasion des différentes éditions cd ou rééditions des années 2000 mais c'est sans doute trop demander aux majors que de faire leur simple boulot !
Leur désintérêt pour le rock n'a d'égal que leur mépris pour l'artiste et son public: en l'occurrence dans notre cas, ils battent des records car ils ont perdu les bandes !
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THE BOY-SCOUTS - Run For Your Lives

2012-01-13T19:49:00.007+01:00

THE BOY-SCOUTS Run For Your Lives lp 1987
Arabian Night / I Can't Shake It / Breakdown Train / Wasted Time / She Never Said No / I Won't Do It Again / Silly Song / Born In My Head / Nothing Worse / Wild Love!*° / Somewhere In The Night*° / When Autumn Comes*. (*bonus tracks)

Produced by Kid Pharaon except° produced by S. Saunier & Sylfix.
The Boy-Scouts: Erik: guitars, lead & backing vocals / Poison: guitars, piano, organ, backing vocals / Joe: bass, lead & backing vocals / Thierry: drums, backing vocals + Kid: acoustic guitar & backing vocals.
The Boy-Scouts were a french band from Toulouse. They began in 1986 with a single "Wild Love!/Somewhere In The Night" (Gougnaf Mouvement) followed by their only lp "Run For Your Lives" on the local label Swamp Records (remember the first Sinners mini lp)! They appear in 1987, on "Eyes On You", the Closer Records compilation of french bands with a song entitled "When Autumn Comes" The Boy-Scouts split in 1988.
The Boy-Scouts were influenced by bands like the Plimsouls, the Paul Collin's Beat or the Replacements. They play an energic rock'n'roll with a powerpop feeling ! It's a strong album and after all these years it's a pleasure to hear these songs. The band knew how to write good songs! Try "She Never Said No" or "Nothing Worse".
The Boy-Scouts was a good band who recorded a great album. I don't know why they split but it 's a pity ...
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FRENCH BEAT - 1987

2012-01-13T18:44:00.007+01:00

"French Beat 1987" was a booklet given in addition to "Australian Rock" (seven issues, I think), a fanzine from Bordeaux created by Gilles Moreau.It was an overview of the 1987 french rock including the Thugs, Fixed Up, Little Bob Story, Kingsnakes, Hot Pants (interview), Kick (Strychnine), Parabellum, Eric Tandy, Parfum de Femme, Boy-Scouts, Surrenders, Bad Losers, Les Privés, Froggies, Vietnam Veterans (interview), Wild Child, Snappin' Boys, Chihuahua, City Kids, Calamités, OTH, Art 314, Coronados, Scurs, Sluggard Kings, les Rats, Shifters, Cherokees, Batmen, Roadrunners, Scuba Drivers, Noodles...

Note that French Beat 1987 is written in french (sorry!)
Merci à Marc pour les scans !
A post dedicated to Gilles Moreau & the Bam Balam shop!
French Beat 1987 with the Little Bob page (not in Pdf): here !

S'COOL GIRLS - The S'cool Girls EP

2012-01-09T19:32:00.003+01:00

S'COOL GIRLS The S'cool Girls EP cd EP 2004
Rock 'n' Roll Discotek / All Night / Put Up Or Shut Up / The Groover / California Groupie Girls / Little Boy Blue.
Produced by C. Magreta
S'cool Girls: N. Wallace: vocals / P. Sodergren: guitar / D. Harju: bass / T. Smith: drums.
"The most gorgeous band playing the most rockin' songs. A revolution to modern rock, they bring back the glam era with a new york doll's look and gary glitter sound, with more energy than either! (which is hard to say for most groups) They have fun loving lyrics and up beat songs with the most amazing guitar solos and the keyboard sound you loved in bowie's early works. Honestly, this is one of the best groups and definitely some of the greatest songs. You can tell these boys are amazing and it's only an EP! " Source
I saw this band at one of its first gigs. There wasn't many people there but they were all girls. A year later they have a dedicated fanbase that only goes out to see them. They are a mix of The Sweet and T-Rex. These are guys who have obviously seen Velvet Goldmine a few times. All the songs are about partying and having a good time. "Rock N Roll Discotek" have that glam rock feel of Slade and Mott The Hopple, none who were very political. Two guys in the band are from Sweden and two are from Southern California. All of them grew up dreaming of being in a band, living in Hollywood, and meeting girls. Most bands in LA looked bored onstage. They are trying to be cool. The S'cool Girls are trying to bring some excitement to music... Source
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THE REAL KIDS - Outta Place

2012-01-06T04:15:00.006+01:00

THE REAL KIDS Outta Place lp 1982
Can't Talk To That Girl / No Place Fast / Senseless / It's Been Real / I'd Rather Go To Jail (Live At Jacks) / Every Day Is A Saturday / Small Town / Problems / Outta Place.
Produced by Andy Paley.
The Real Kids: Billy Cole: guitar, vocals / John Felice: guitar, vocals / Allen Paulino (RIP): bass, vocals / Bobby "Morocco" Morin (RIP): drums, percussion.
The Real Kids were (are) one of Boston's earliest new wave bands; their debut album is full of dynamite tracks that take the trashier aspect of the Rolling Stones and couple it with the high-power guitar approach of the Ramones. Frontman (and onetime Modern Lover) John Felice not only provides tough guitar and distinctive lead vocals, he has a knack for writing clear, infectious melodies. Spin "All Kindsa Girls," "She's Alright" or "My Baby's Book" for proof.
Poor sales of the Real Kids' first LP led Felice to become a Ramones roadie, but he subsequently returned to Boston and formed the Taxi Boys, whose two EPs carry on the Real Kids tradition with high-energy '60s garage-band rock. The production of the records might be crude, but Felice is in fine form on both. (The Bomp! release is a 12-inch, the earlier one a 7-inch pressed on pink vinyl.)
Reactivating the Real Kids with a new and improved lineup, Felice then made the dandy "Outta Place". Harder yet still pop-oriented, with stellar production by Andy Paley, the record is strengthened by consistently good material and plenty of rock'n'roll spirit.

After releasing the album in France, New Rose kept the Real Kids' recording career going, issuing another sharp studio LP, "Hit You Hard", and the live-in-Paris "All Kindsa Jerks Live", which recaps Felice's song catalogue onstage with fiery enthusiasm. The Lolita release is a Real Kids/Taxi Boys compilation.
Ex-Real Kids Alpo Paulino (bass) and Billy Borgioli (guitar) lead the Primitive Souls, whose 12-inch — two originals by each — follows the righteous path of bar-band pop'n'roll with tuneful flair and serious skill. For the record, Paulino has the better singing voice and slightly catchier songs.
After five years of national invisibility, Felice returned, unrepentant and embittered, with a rocking new trio and the "Nothing Pretty" album. Although his casual writing and punchy guitar playing is in fine shape, uncertain singing undercuts the songs' impact; Felice's attitude is, like his voice, a little worse for wear. The title track rues the loss of innocence; "I'll Never Sing That Song Again" describes a view of life as a musician that is both cynical and poignant; "Nowadaze Kids" tells the other side of the story, castigating modern audiences for lacking the rock'n'roll spirit that inspires him. Fans who fear that he's becoming too disgusted to carry on should take note of the LP's final cut, "Can't Play It Safe." Trouser Press
The band would return and play shows again during 1998-2011, including a New York City New Year's gig. Sadly, Bobby Morin (drums) passed away some time in the early 90's and the original bassist Allen "Alpo" Paulino passed away on February 6, 2006.
J. Felice has continued to bounce around the Boston rock'n'roll scene for near fourty years--ever since he was the 15 year-old guitarist in Jonathan Richman's Modern Lovers. His various bands (including the Taxi Boys, the Lowdowns, the Primevals and the Devotions) have played to much critical acclaim and cult worship, but [and it's a shame!] little music biz succes.
Thanks to Fabien!
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CHRIS SPEDDING - Guitar Graffiti

2011-12-31T18:21:00.005+01:00

CHRIS SPEDDING Guitar Graffiti cd 1978

Video Life / Radio Times / Time Warp / Midnight Boys / Bored, Bored / Walking / Breakout / Frontal Lobotomy (live) / Hey, Miss Betty (live)* / More Lobotomy [Parts 1 & 2] (live) / Breakout (live) / Hey, Miss Betty*.

Produced by C. Spedding except* produced by C. Thomas.

C. Spedding: guitars, vocals + Davy Lutton, Mick Oliver, Penelope Nesbitt, Ray Cooper, Steve Curry, Tony Newman.

" One of Britain's top session guitarists of the '70s (even participating in records by the furry Wombles!), Chris Spedding has had a truly aberrant solo career. A veteran of numerous outfits starting in the '60s, Spedding made several LPs under his own name before joining Andy Fraser's post-Free band, Sharks, who made two hard-rocking LPs in 1973 and '74. (Spedding also played on one of Sharks vocalist Snips' subsequent solo outings.) After that band split, Spedding released a succession of LPs that combine exquisite rock guitar with lackluster vocals and songs so vapid as to be virtually nonexistent. (On a 1970 Japanese release, he dispensed with vocals entirely.) The highlight of Chris Spedding is a novelty item called "Guitar Jamboree" which features Spedding aping various guitar heroes in a show of chameleonlike virtuosity.

We pick up the story later in 1976, however, when Spedding teamed up with the then-unrecorded Vibrators for a great single, "Pogo Dancing," the first punk dance record. Hurt, Spedding's next LP, is a more solid follow-up, thanks to Chris Thomas' crisp production. The material is generally better, and there's one outstanding number, the ominous "Lone Rider."

"Guitar Graffiti" finds Spedding meandering again, producing a crass attempt to cash in on his new wave credibility (legitimately established through his seminal alliances with the Sex Pistols and the Cramps, for whom he produced demos, and the Vibrators).

The worthwhile track is "Hey, Miss Betty," the only one produced by Thomas; the song is a rocking homage to '50s bondage queen Betty Page..." Source

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SOUR JAZZ - Homage To Catatonia

2011-12-25T04:11:00.005+01:00

SOUR JAZZ Homage To Catatonia [Recorded Live At Sala De Apolo, Barcelona, 16.06.2010]
download 2011
Fun Dumb Daze / King Me / I've Got It All/ Rock & Roll Star / I've Gotta Change / Masquerader/ Mrs. Popular / Big Generator / I Wanna Live / Steamroller.
Sour Jazz: Mr. Ratboy: guitar / Mr. Popular: vocals / Cowboy Mark: bass / Splat Action: drums + special guest: Daniel Rey: guitar.
Artwork by Cowboy Mark.
In June 2010, SOUR JAZZ stumbled through a series of headlining gigs in Spain, touring in support of their latest album, 'American Seizure.' For this tour, SOUR JAZZ were joined by very special guest, DANIEL REY, on guitar. Apart from producing the last two SOUR JAZZ albums -- 'Rock & Roll Ligger' and 'American Seizure' [both on Acetate Records] -- Daniel has previously played with and produced bands such as The Ramones, Ronnie Spector, Iggy Pop, Keith Richards, Richard Hell, The Misfits, Nashville Pussy and countless others. Never before had so much cunning talent shared one stage. Downright historical, that's what it was. One for the history books, one for bleary-eyed fans to look back upon with equal parts fondness and disbelief. Now, SOUR JAZZ invites you to enjoy a stunning array of mega-hits from their heroically glorious back catalogue -- songs of love, songs of despair, songs of filth and of tenderness and longing. Recorded live at Sala de Apolo in Barcelona on 16 June 2010, this official live release should do the job of seriously upsetting your neighbours. SOUR JAZZ are currently in the studio, recording a new album with Daniel Rey handling the production.
Get it in wav HERE or in 320 kbps HERE.

If you liked "Homage To Catatonia" , you can buy the Sour Jazz albums by clicking on the Acetate logo !

KEITH RICHARDS - Run Rudolph Run

2011-12-25T00:56:00.005+01:00

KEITH RICHARDS Run Rudolph Run 7'' sp 1978
Run Rudolph Run / The Harder They Come.
Keith's 1978 Christmas single.
Written by Johnny Marks and Marvin Brodie, and most famously performed by Chuck Berry, Keith's cover of "Run Rudolph Run" was originally released on Rolling Stones Records, with a B-Side of Jimmy Cliffs "The Harder They Come".
The single was re-released in 2007 by iTunes, under the Mindless Records imprint. This time the song was bundled with a previously unreleased 2003 recording of "Pressure Drop" with Toots & The Maytals.
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VA - WBCN Hark the Rock 'n' Rollers Sing

2011-12-24T10:44:00.006+01:00

VA WBCN Hark the Rock 'n' Rollers Sing cassette 1986
Jonzun Crew and Friends: Give The Gift Of Love / Rubber Rodeo: Maybe Next Year / The Charmettes: Be My Christmas Love / Ronne Blakely: O Holy Night / Billy West and Tom Sandman: Christmas in Kenmore Square / Barry Marshall and Beth Harrington: You Don't Have to Buy Me Anything For Christmas / Willie Loco Alexander: Santa Claus Is Coming To Town / Andy Paley with Peter Hofffman: Sleigh Ride / Professor Anonymous with The Marshalls: Christmas Elf / The Fools: Rockin' In A Christmas New Year / Down Avenue: God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen / Rick Berlin: The Movie: I Hate Christmas / The Nervous Eaters: It's Christmas Time Again / The Neighborhoods: Christmas I Recall / The US Marshalls: Christmas Suite / Barrence Whitfield: Backdoor Santa / Ellie Marshall: Mr. Snow / Dave Barton: Santa Bring My Baby Back To Me / Lisa Traxler & the Stockin' Stuffers: Santa Claus Blooz / The Paley Brothers: Bells of St. Mary's / The Rockin' Robins: The Christmas Boogie / Barry Marshall: Merry Christmas Baby / Al Grey: The Christmas Song / Ralph Fatello: The Little Drummer Boy.

MERRY XMAS EVERYBODY !!!

LES INJECTES - La Fille du Croquemort

2011-12-24T03:54:00.005+01:00

Les Injectés La Fille Du Croquemort lp 1984
La fille du croquemort / Pour une fille comme toi / Pandora / Cinéma / Le denier des loups / Décapotable / Boots / Mongolito / Sans vous / Grey is the color of today / Priscilla.
Produced by Les Injectés & Romance Records.
Les Injectés: F. Bilella: guitar, vocals, harmonica / L. Lefèvre: bass, percussion, backing vocals / P. Vincent: drums, percussion, backing vocals / A. Weissberg: guitar, backing vocals.
Les Injectés were a french garage band from Carpentras.They issued this lp "La fille du croquemort" in 1984 on the new french label Romance Records launched by Jean-William Thoury (Bijou) after the demise of his band. Les Injectés have also recorded a song titled "Quitte à vendre mon âme au diable" for "Romances 85", a compilation of Romance Rds bands that you can find here.It seems that the band stopped shortly after.The illustration on the front cover is by Jean-Claude Claeys, a very good illustrator of detective stories.
If someone knows more about this french band...
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THE LIQUID GANG - Showdown!

2011-12-18T12:45:00.005+01:00

THE LIQUID GANG Showdown! lp 1988
Can't Get Enough Rock'n'Roll° / Don't Let Your Love Grown Cold° / Between A Rock Band And A Hard Place° / All Or Nothing° / Turn My World Around° / That's The Day (My World Stood Still)° / Serious Sunglasses* / All Wound Up* / I Can Feel It Comin' Round* / Mercy, Mercy*.
°'Showdown!' produced by P. Chevalot
*Bonus tracks from 'El Viaje Sentimental' (Marilyn Records)
The Liquid Gang: J. Lowry: lead vocals & bass guitar / J.C. Poligot: drums & percussions / J. Asherton: vocals & guitars.
Singer/songwriter Johan Asherton has found an audience in his native France and as far away as Japan with his special brand of alternative pop and folk-rock. Born in Paris in 1958 to a family of classically trained musicians, he took up the violin and piano as a boy, and sang in his school choir -- but he found inspiration in a different musical direction from the sounds of Jimi Hendrix, T. Rex, and Creedence Clearwater Revival during the late '60s and early '70s. He switched to the guitar, and was originally fixated on the electric instrument -- in addition to Hendrix and Marc Bolan, Rory Gallagher and American bluesman Johnny Winter were strong influences on him during this period. During the first half of the '80s, Asherton formed and led the Froggies, a French garage punk band that released a pair of albums, 'Hour of the Froggies' and 'Get Frogg'd', in 1984 and 1985, respectively. Asherton also passed through the lineup of the Liquid Gang, participating on one album, entitled 'Showdown!'.
During the second half of the 1980s, however, his interests took an unexpected turn toward acoustic music. He became immersed in the sounds of Leonard Cohen, Bob Dylan, and Nick Drake, at the same time moving toward a solo career that had him switching to acoustic guitar. Though he'd recorded his first single in 1981 (a project that first introduced him to producer Patrick Chevalot, who later worked with him on his album 'Under the Weather'), it wasn't until 1988 that he cut his first album, and by then he was thoroughly under the spell of American and British folk and folk-rock, idolizing such figures as Tim Buckley, Dave Van Ronk, and Townes Van Zandt, among many others. His first album, 'God's Clown', was a retro-sounding folk record that was a commercial and critical success, and has come to be cited in recent years as an immensely important record on the French music scene.
His 1995 album, 'The Moon, Soon', was a tribute to one of his most important idols, Nick Drake, and in more recent years he has plunged into an extended series of tributes, musical and literary, to Marc Bolan. Asherton has worked with such figures as Nikki Sudden, guitarist/singer Dominique Laboubée, Tim Buckley alumnus Jeff Eyrich, bassist/keyboardist John Greaves, and the late Canterbury prog rock/jazz-rock drummer Pip Pyle. He has collaborated with figures from the folk music world such as Charlotte Greig and Julian Hayman, but he has also worked in the field of electronic music. His other activities include painting, literature, and films. As an author, Asherton was also responsible for a biography (in French) of Marc Bolan, and he has several published collections of poetry to his credit. ~ Source
Thanks to Fabien!
This one will be very difficult to find but if you like J. Asherton you can buy his last lp 'High Lonesomes' (Pop The Balloon) HERE.

VA - John Fogerty: Wrote A Song For Everyone

2011-12-18T10:32:00.004+01:00

VA John Fogerty: Wrote A Song For Everyone cd 1996
Jolly Jumpers: Fly Away / Girl Trouble: Commotion / DM3: Sweet Hitchhiker / The Psyclone Rangers: Effigy / Steve Hooker: Run Through the Jungle / Going Public: Don't Look Now / Peter Zaremba & Paul Johnson: Cross-Tie Walker / The Outsideinside: Up Around the Bend / Al Perry & The Cattle: Fortunate Son / The New Duncan Imperials: Hey Tonight / The Barefoot Brothers: Gloomy / Screaming Thunders: Back in the Hills / The Coal Porters: Who'll Stop the Rain / Steve Wynn: Graveyard Train / Uncle Joe's Big Ol' Driver: Hey Tonight.
All songs, naturally, written by J.C. Fogerty.
The music of John Fogerty may be quintessentially American -- rootsy, rocking, and unpretentious -- but it took a Finnish label (Rubber Rabbit) to put together this tribute album (which was released domestically by Pravda). Several American acts do make an appearance, however, and all of the artists take a fairly faithful approach to the material. Some versions are faster, some harder, but there's nothing that quite qualifies as punk or metal -- it's all still rock & roll. Al Perry & the Cattle take the biggest risk by combining the lyrics to "Fortunate Son" with music that sounds more like the Go-Go's' "We Got the Beat" -- not necessarily a bad move, but certainly the most unusual. Wisely, none of the bands attempt to sound exactly like Fogerty or Creedence Clearwater Revival. That's for the best, although the originals remain definitive. Highlights include Girl Trouble's harmonica-spiked "Commotion," DM3's rollicking "Sweet Hitchhiker," and Steve Wynn's intense "Graveyard Train" (recorded live at Washington, D.C.'s 9:30 club). With plenty of great Fogerty songs from which to choose, a sequel would not be unwelcome. That would give other musicians the opportunity to sink their teeth into the likes of "Down on the Corner," "Lookin' out My Back Door," and "Bad Moon Rising" (among countless others). Like those classic compositions, the song from which the compilation took its name, "Wrote a Song for Everyone," was not included. The liner notes were provided by Wynn, who credits Fogerty for turning him on to artists like Bo Diddley, Hank Williams, and Screamin' Jay Hawkins. ~ Source
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PRIMA DONNA - Bless This Mess

2011-12-16T04:43:00.004+01:00

Prima Donna will release 'Bless This Mess', their follow up to 'After Hours', on Valentine's day in 2012. The album features 12 hot tracks produced by Chris Dugan (Green Day, Iggy Pop) and D. Sardy (Rolling Stones, Oasis). Recorded at Jingletown Recorders in Oakland, CA.
Pre-Order starts Dec. 15!
10 $ ONLY !!! Click HERE !

PRIMA DONNA - Tour Dates

2011-12-16T04:13:00.005+01:00

Jan 21, 2012 - Los Angeles, CA @ Redwood Bar
Feb 10, 2012 - Berlin, Germany @ Wild At Heart
Feb 11, 2012 - TBA
Feb 12, 2012 - Usti nad Labem, Czech Rep @ Klub Circus
Feb 13, 2012 - Vienna, Austria @ Arenabeisl
Feb 14, 2012 - Velden, Austria @ Bluesiana
Feb 15, 2012 - Conzano, Italy @ UVA Blu
Feb 16, 2012 - Castiglion, Italy @ Velvet Underground
Feb 17, 2012 - La Spezia, Italy @ Shake Club
Feb 18, 2012 - Torino, Italy @ United Club
Feb 19, 2012 - Milan, Italy @ Ligera
Feb 20, 2012 - TBA
Feb 21, 2012 - TBA
Feb 22, 2012 - Estepona, Spain @ Louie Louie
Feb 23, 2012 - Cadiz, Spain @ Supersonic
Feb 24, 2012 - Madrid, Spain @ Wurlitzer Ballroom
Feb 25, 2012 - Vila Real, Spain @ Japanrockclub
Feb 26, 2012 - TBA
Feb 27, 2012 - Toulouse, France @ TBA
Feb 28, 2012 - Lyon, France @ Trokson
Feb 29, 2012 - Rennes, France @ Mondo Bizarro
Mar 01, 2012 - Cambridge, UK @ The Junction
Mar 02, 2012 - Harlow, UK @ The Square
Mar 03, 2012 - Westcliff, UK @ Riga Music Club
Mar 05, 2012 - Brussel, Belgium @ DNA

STEVE HOOKER - Don't Try To Understand 'Em

2011-12-11T16:07:00.005+01:00

STEVE HOOKER Don't Try To Understand 'Em cd 2001
Leather Heart / Dollar Short / Don't You Know (Lonesome Train) / King Fool / Let Me Play Wit. Yo' Poodle / Do It With The Hook.
Steve Hooker: guitar & vox / Boz Boorer: acoustic guitar & BV's / Ben Donelly: bass / Paul Neal: drums.
"Steve Hooker hails from Southend-on-Sea, Essex in the UK. He is best known for his stagecraft as guitarman for garage trashers The Shakers, Morrissey and Polecats mainman Boz's Bozmen, rockabilly trio Rumble and record nuggets with Dr Feelgood and Blockhead Wilko Johnson and Demented Are Go's; Captain Drugbuster. He has shared stages with Mr Maybellene; Chuck Berry, New York Doll; Johnny Thunders, Loveless star Robert Gordon and toured relentlessly since the 70's throughout Europe and across to New York and Japan.
His wife, Elaine Hooker, owns the Slick 50 barbers shop (89 Princes Street, Southend-on-Sea, Essex, UK which also doubles as Steve's musical shop-front." Source
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Pitshark Records presents THE CURSE

2011-12-11T11:56:00.007+01:00

THE CURSE is a Swedish band from Stockholm. They already released a 4 songs CD EP, featuring 4 incredible great songs ! A band starting it's discography with a song called "I Don't Give A Shit" can't be wrong !!!
Their first album, called "Suck It In Spit It Out" will bring you 15 new songs, packed in a digipak, with a 8 pages booklet.
THE CURSE is just, in my opinion, the most exciting new band on earth !!! And this album will be a classic. Nothing more, nothing less. Believe me and grab this when it's out, or be a loser and stay out of THE event !!!
YOU CAN GO THERE & LISTEN TO SOME EXCERPTS OF ALL THE SONGS & BUY IT HERE AT PITSHARK RECORDS !!!
pitshark @ pitshark.com

FISHNET STALKERS - 12 Roses

2011-12-04T16:31:00.007+01:00

Fishnet Stalkers 12 Roses 7'' ep/cd 2007
Twelve Roses / White Lady / New Vision / Baby Mattel.
Produced by C. Camden, Chris X & Fishnet Stalkers.
Fishnet Stalkers: S. Diamond: vocals / M. Gabs*: guitar / C. Behrle: guitar / C. Calabrese: bass / E. Fauver: drums.
"Fishnet Stalker’s sound so unique on the Baltimore scene, because they are not trying to be modern, they are not trying to be nu-metal, they are not trying to add elements of rap into their music, they are staying true to their roots, they are guitar, bass, drums and vocals. What the band delivers onstage comes across really sincere and it is refreshing to see a band deliver a real rock n roll show in a small club...what the Fishnet Stalkers bring onstage is the same vibe they have offstage..." Source
* For Biters' fans: on guitar Mr Matt Gabs !!!
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HOT KNIVES - Hot Knives

2011-11-26T07:41:00.004+01:00

HOT KNIVES: "Hot Knives" cd 2011 Grown Up Wrong! Records*
This stunning album is one of the archeological rock finds of the century!
Recorded in '76, never released and not even rumored to exist, this is classic stuff from a band that combined 60's folk rock with muscular rock'n'roll in a sound that was simultaneously a throwback to a more innocent time (think Beau Brummels, early Jefferson Airplane and Moby Grape) and a raw and rockin' alternative to the pop-smart mid-'70s Fleetwood Mac.
The 14-track album, comprising material recorded at 3 sessions in local studios in '76, has languished in a cupboard for over 30 years. Only two singles from it ever saw the light of day at the time; the second one, 'I Hear The Wind Blow', prompted the greatest of pop pickers, the late Greg Shaw, to declare in his Bomp! newsletter that "The Hot Knives are the best thing happening in San Francisco right now; their second self-made 45 is just out...They're not punk rock, it's folk-rock with female vocals ala early Jeff. Airplane, with warm harmonies and gorgeous Byrds guitar."
nternational excitement building for this amongst fans of the San Francisco Sound, the Flamin' Groovies and 60's/70s rock arcana. Reviews/features confirmed in Shindig, Ugly Things, Bucketful of Brains, Record Collector and more.
""The Hot Knives comprised former Flamin' Groovies Danny Mihm and Tim Lynch, bassist Ed Wilson and folk-singing siblings Mike and Deborah Houpt..... Mike and Deborah's strident harmonies combine with that inherent early Groovies roll to create an amped-up mid-70s manifestation of the folk-rock originally propagated by the likes of the Beau Brummels and early Airplane..... Mike Koupt's originals, which form the bulk of the album, more than hold up, tracks like the majestic 'I Hear The Wind Blow' and stomping 'Take Me Back' sending shivers down the backbone. A seriously exciting discovery." Kris Needs, Shindig, Sept 2011
A MUST!!! BUY IT HERE !
*Grown Up Wrong! Records is a rock'n'roll label based in Melbourne, Australia. It was originally active from 1986 to 1989, releasing records by Real Kids offshoot the Primitive Souls, punk-era Brisbane big beat combo the Survivors, and great late-'80s rock'n'roll combos like the Lazy Cowgirls, Bored, Clawhammer and Crawlspace, before evolving into the slightly better known Dog Meat Records.
Dog Meat released more of the same plus stuff, plus more by the Powder Monkeys, Cheater Slicks, Hoss, the Pretty Things, the Imperial Dogs, the Dirty Lovers, Billy Childish, Thee Headcoats, the Real Kids, Dead Moon and others.
Grown Up Wrong! returns in September with the release of a new live album by Adelaide 70's power pop greats Young Modern, and unreleased album from '76 by Flamin' Groovies offshoot Hot Knives, and two archival releases by '80s Aussie high-energy garage pop-rockers the Screaming Tribesmen.
Future releases include new volumes of 'Do The Pop!'.

BACK IN SPADES - The Time Is Now

2011-11-24T17:43:00.006+01:00

BACK IN SPADES The Time Is Now cd 2005
Baby's Getting Higher / Detroit Slums (Here We Come) / Five Years Ahead / Better Than I Was Yesterday / No Sympathy / Cowboys And Indians / The Time Is Now / City Slang.
Produced by S. Palmer & R. Shelby.
Back In Spades: S. Palmer: vocals, guitars / J. Smith: guitar / A. Rochon: bass / J. Leone: drums.
One would tend to assume that coming from rock & roll royalty like J. Smith means that a career in music is golden. Smith, who's the first-born child of MC5's Fred "Sonic" Smith and punk priestess P. Smith, isn't particularly looking to be crowned. Back in Spades isn't his band. Back in Spades is four friends who want to touch, feel, and hear (not to mention swallow) the blood, sweat, and tears of rock & roll. Guitarist/vocalist S. Palmer, bassist A. Rochon, and drummer J. Leone complement Smith's impressive blues-inspired guitar work as does he to their tight musicianship on their debut EP, "The Time Is Now". Smith and his bandmates start from scratch. Having scoured the Motor City streets since their early-2003 inception, Back in Spades allow their roots to consume them -- no apologies and thank goodness for that. From the brash proto-punk-soul of "Baby's Getting Higher" to the gutsy delivery of "Five Years Ahead," The Time Is Now" sets its own stage."Better Than Yesterday" tames the rowdy tirade just a bit for a jangly pop juncture. "Cowboys and Indians" builds upon that formula with layered percussion, guitars, and a cowbell for the record's brightest feel-good moment. Palmer's roaring vocals and Smith's ambitious playing style allow "The Time Is Now" to set itself apart from the jam band and garage rock-tailored sound emerging from the suburbs of Detroit. Doing it without expectations other than their own has clearly worked for Back in Spades. Honoring Smith's late father with a cover of "City Slang" by Sonic's Rendez-vous Band only proves that their effort in making rock & roll real, something completely raw and smart outside of the fashion slickness of the Strokes, is right on. Back in Spades are doing rock & roll a favor. You don't need to be knighted to do that.
McK. Wilson
A Mister D. post!

DIG IT! N° 53

2011-11-21T19:28:00.008+01:00

REMEMBER THAT DIG IT! IS THE BEST !!!
Yes sir, I can dig it !
JE M'ABONNE A DIG IT !
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THE BRAGS - The Brags

2011-11-20T01:34:00.004+01:00

THE BRAGS The Brags cd 1996
Vinyl / Trust / Happily Vacant / Jilted / Pretty Girls (Don't Notice Me) / Leaving / Less Than 1% / If I Was A Girl / Stereotype / War Between Us.
Produced by S. Rosental & The Brags
The Brags: C. Carroll: vocals, guitar / J. Marano: guitar, backing vocals / F. Carroll: bass, backing vocals / T. Davis: drums.
"A great Pop / Punk record. Raw production, lots of energy with a classic sense of melody. I especially loved "Trust". It's about a ten chord song that the band cleverly tricks you into thinking it's a three chord banger. Some of the tracks remind me of early Who, tongue in cheek, rough around the edges with snotty lyrical twists. It's much closer to the original sixties British pop, than the recent deluded nineties rehash." Marky Ramone
"Best Power Pop band I've heard in years. The Brags remind me of a time when bands could really write memorable songs, with a live show that really kicks out the jams." Denis Dinken (Smithereens)
"All right!!! Uh, huh, baaabby! The Brags play glamy, St. Marks, Hanoi Rocks rock 'n' roll in the finest Continental fashion. The best thing here is the first song "Vinyl", which has a great buildup into a crazy catchy "Let the DJ play my song...toooniight" chorus. This is not the most cerebral stuff around, but The Brags play extroverted and well crafted music. It's kinda' good to be reminded that rock bands used to be fun." J. White (Pit Report - Boston, MA)
Source: The Brags Myspace
Thanks to Franck !

BITERS - It's All Chewed Up OK ?

2011-11-19T18:58:00.006+01:00

The Biters are proud to present, for the first time on WAX, EP's 2 and 3 combined as one on colored vinyl. They will also include a full CD of the both EP's music and a rad 11x22 poster of four dudes who look exactly like the Biters. The "official" release date in going to be December 6th-ish. We have a partnership between 3 awesome labels. Underrated Records (click here to pre-order) in the USA. In Canada, Yeah Right! (click here to pre-order). Here in France, Pop The Balloon (click here to pre-order). These three labels all have their own color wax as well; with Underrated's a clear blue, Yeah Right!'s solid pink, and Pop The Balloon solid red. Each has the same contents; color wax, CD, and poster. It's a single limited pressing of each of these releases so it's available as a pre-order, to be mailed all at once as they arrive, so that everyone can have there's by X-mas.
**There is only one rule to all of this awesomeness: If you live in Canada, USA, or most of Europe, you need to buy the version released where you live before buying from another label. Each label will only have their color and if you want blue, for example, but live in Canada, you gotta get Yeah Right!'s pink first or explain in great detail, 5 paragraph essay style, why the label should sell you a blue or red one. This was the best way to do it and only under special circumstances will the labels allow for a buyer to purchase a copy if from another labels turf. Collectors, people who are allergic to blue, etc etc. Seems fair, right? All Biters music supports are sold out (the 8 tracks too)...and this was their way of restocking in grand style. SOURCE

THE CHEAP THRILLS - I Gotta Get Away

2011-11-19T09:54:00.002+01:00

The Cheap Thrills are a new band from Montreal with members of the Bators, the Fishnet Stalkers and the Heart Attacks. They are bringing back that catchy 70's glam powerpop sound with a fresh energy. The band is a four-piece but they kick out the jams with a bunch of musicians (harmonica, percussion, piano, saxophone) and female vocalists on stage. With a 5 song EP coming soon and their first music video on its way, get ready for some rock 'n' roll at its finest.REVERBNATION

PERSONALITY CRISIS - Texas Trash

2011-11-13T17:28:00.009+01:00

PERSONALITY CRISIS Texas Trash cd 1994
Debutante Dolly / Lester Blues / Lone Star Loretta / Parts Unknown / Trouble Again / Holly Baby / Shot Down / I Don't Wanna Know / Those Days Are Gone / Long Way To Go / Take Us Down / One Track Mind.
Produced by W. Dunivan.
Personality Crisis: D. Carpenter: guitar / W. Dunivan: vocals / D. P. West: bass / D. Bloching: drums.
Personality Crisis was a glam rock band from Houston, Texas during the 90's. Fronted by W. Dunivan, who will be, a little later, the singer of Pure Rubbish, a band created with his two sons...
For Dolls & Thunders fans !!!
"...If you’ve been around the Tejas music scene in the last few decades, you have probably come across a project fronted by Willie D. Over the years, you may have seen him perform with or share the stage with such recovering alcoholics as Cheetah Chrome of the Dead Boys, Motörhead, Sylvain Sylvain of the New York Dolls, Michael Bruce of Alice Cooper Band, Joe Ely, and plenty of other burnouts from bands such as Guns'n'Roses, The Ramones, Hanoi Rocks, The Dogs D’Amour, and lots more. He fronted ’90s Houston staple Personality Crisis, as well as inspired me and my brother Derek to pick up some instruments and start a band we had for years called Pure Rubbish. My dad fronted that band for many years as well..." Source

Pure Rubbish began in 1995 when brothers Derek (guitar) and Evan (drums) Dunivan were only 11 and 9 years old. The young Dunivan brothers were self-taught musicians and learned to play their instruments by listening to records. They recruited their dad Willie Dunivan on lead vocals in late 1995. Willie, at 34, was already a veteran musician of the local Houston music scene with his own band Personality Crisis as well as stints in short lived bands including Cheetah Chrome Project with the former Dead Boys guitarist and Michael Bruce Band with the former Alice Cooper Band guitarist. Willie Dunivan's earliest bands included the 1980s rock bands Apeshit and Hip Cat's Alley and he also played drums for the Houston 1990s punk band Stinkerbell. A charismatic frontman and great songwriter, Willie D. was responsible for launching Pure Rubbish into reality. Musically, the Dunivan brothers were exposed to a wide range of influences. Their main influences were 1960's & 1970's rock, 1970's glam, and 1970's punk rock, but also absorbed the music of 1950's rock n roll, blues, r & b, and 1950's & 1960's country. These influences were culled from years of sifting through Willie's huge music collection. The band's sound was self labeled "trash rock" and "glam punk" and was a combination of all their musical influences. Source
Thanks to Franckie !
Buy it : not find...try eBay, Gemm, etc!

THE FARMERS - Loaded

2011-11-09T10:19:00.002+01:00

THE FARMERS Loaded cd 2005
Lost in My Car / Brujo / Look into Your Eyes / Hard Knot / Shadows of Glory / Impressed / Sunbeam Lake / Watching the River / Uncle Stinky / Walk It Away / What Would Skalman Do? / Beans N' Weenies.
Produced by S.E. Seaholm.
The Farmers: B. Blue: vocals, guitars, banjo, harp / J. B. Kmak: drums, percussions, background vocals / R. Love: bass / J. Raney: vocals, guitars + S. Poltz: background vocals / S. Roper: electric mandolin / S.E. Seaholm: keys, background vocals, guitar.
In 1984, Billboard tagged the Beat Farmers "the best American band to come down the pike since Creedence." Last year, No Depression said they "meshed together with grit and nerve every good style of American music with greater versatility than the Blasters or Rank & File." After 20 years, founding members B. Blue, J. Raney and R. Love have finally reunited under the abbreviated name, The Farmers, to record a new album of chooglin' country rock, throbbin' swamp blues and meltdown psychedelia.
"There are great things about this album. The interplay between the musicians is fantastic, and Buddy Blue's slide guitar weaves in and out of the mix, bringing a lot of songs that tasty "Tales of the New West/Glad'n'Greasy" feel that made it such a terrific record. Blue and Raney's vocals are as clear, emotive, and expressive as they ever were on those early BF albums, and the songwriting is good, if only occasionally inspired." Source
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SUICIDE KING - New York

2011-11-09T09:15:00.006+01:00

SUICIDE KING New York cd 2001
Get On Up (Off The Floor) / Runaway / I Don't Think So / Shadow Girl / Yeah / Loosie / Get Outta Town / Circle Bitch / Money Honey / Hold Tight / Black Magic Junkie.
Produced by Jim Sabella & Suicide King.
Suicide King: 4-Way: vocals / N. Marden: bass / C. English: drums / Shige: guitar.
"Suicide King is a quartet of punk rock stalwarts, led by 7-foot maniacal lead singer 4-Way (formerly of Bad Posture). Bass player Nick Marden played bass for New York City legends, The Stimulators. Shige, transplanted from Tokyo and joined up as a Suicide King after playing guitar for 4 years in the Hip Nips. Drummer Chip English (formerly of The Lunachicks) is their latest addition. Suicide King first hit the scene in 1994 and after producing a self-title 7", a self-titled LP and touring for years their sound hits harder than ever. Lead singer 4-Way credits his concoction of ass kicking band mates for their sound. Flipside Magazine describes their sound as "so hot that it melts in your face" and Annex says Suicide King is "Raunchy, dirty, crude obnoxious punk!"
Suicide King's live set has been regarded as a not-to-be-missed event of heavy, hot rod punk rock played at breakneck speeds.Their songs constantly threaten danger and they stay together as each one explodes. They are absolute warped lunacy. Their two full-length albums showcase the wreckless world they live in. Even in their recordings Suicide King captured the aggressive fury of their, now famous, live shows. If Motörhead and the Dead Boys were ever thrown into a blender, made into a spicy paste, all you had to do is sprinkle on a little Johnny Thunders powder and there it would be ... Suicide King."
If you take an old Motörhead record and throw it in a blender with the Dead Boys and Johnny Thunders you would have Suicide King. Their sound is brutal and honest. They have done four US tours, and have played shows with The Ramones, Nashville Pussy, Zeke, Dinosaur Jr., The Candy Snatchers and many others.
The gorgeous full color cover art was painted by the famous New York City tattoo artist Koz, who´s considered the top tattooist in NYC. The LP version comes with an inner bag full of pics and stuff from the band´s scrapbook.
This is their second full length, a total sonic assault you can´t miss where Suicide King have managed to capture the aggressive fury of their live shows!"Source

THE DARK RAGS - The Dark Rags

2011-11-05T01:05:00.006+01:00

The Dark Rags are a Garage/Punk/Rock 'n' Roll band from Athens, Greece that formed in May of 2010. A few weeks later recorded their first self released limited edition E.P titled, "Drunken Angel E.P". Influenced by 60’s garage and rock’n’roll, 70’s New York punk, and the Australian garage revival scene of the 80’s as well contemporary bands of the genre, The Dark Rags deliver a set filled with catchy power pop, heartbroken junky ballads and straight up in-your-face rock’n’roll... In between their live performances, the group got in the studio for the second time to record their follow up self titled LP with participation from Mike Strauss on the organ. The album was released by Fuzz Overdose Records in October 2011 on CD and is scheduled to be released on vinyl at the end of the year. It contains 11 original compositions, a great mixture of garage punk and power-pop and is sure to be one of the best Greek releases of the year !!!
A real Rock ’n’ Roll dynamite...DIG IT & BUY IT HERE !!!!

Future plans of the band, besides further shows inside Greece include a tour abroad for the promotion of their album. Stay tuned.

MEGAWATTS - A Garage Punk'n'Roll Radio Show

2011-11-05T00:41:00.007+01:00

MEGAWATTS is a garage punk'n'roll radio show born in 1993.promos records are welcome for high play in our show.contact us for more infos.
MEGAWATTS est une émission rock garage punk'n'roll créée en 1993. Elle a pour but de promouvoir le Rock & Roll sous ses formes les plus diverses.Elle a lieu mercredi de 21h à 22h30 sur RADIO AUBE ET SEINE 98.2 fm ( www.radioaubeetseine.fr ).
région Romilly Sur Seine , Troyes et alentour.
Plongez dans le bain décapant du real rawk’n’roll ! un dangereux cocktail de garage / punk'n'roll / power pop / surf etc... vous y attend ! poussez le volume à fond et passez la soirée avec nous ! .pendant l'émission : 03-25-21-47-47

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CHRISTOPHE J. (featuring The Inmates) - Sons Of Waterloo

2011-11-01T18:50:00.010+01:00

CHRISTOPHE J. Sons Of Waterlo lp 1983 cd 1992
01 Wall Of Kampa /02 The Girl I Want /03 Heat Of The War /04 Ukraine* /05 I Say Yeah /06 A Man* /07 Dreams Of Hamburg*° /08 Nathalie Weeps /09 Makes No Difference* /10 The Sunny Side Of The Moon /11 Sister Sara /12 Train To The U.K.* /13 Another Girl, Another World / 14 Getting Old /15 Step Into The Night* /16 What's The Next Step*°.
*cd bonus songs °7'' bonus songs
Produced by J. Smetana, except 04 & 07 by B. Clarke, 15 J.Alanski, 06 & 09 by B.Bonello.
Christophe J.: lead (except 05 & 11) & backing vocals,bass, acoustic guitar / J. Smetana: lead vocals (01 & 05), keyboards & backing vocals / Pete Gunn (Peter Staines): lead vocal on 11, electric guitars except 04, 06, 07, 09, 12 & acoustic guitar 11 / Eddie: all drums & percussions except 04, 06 & 09 / Ben Donnelly: bass on 01, 03, 05, 08, 10 & 11 / Johnny Guitar: guitar on 04 & 07 / B. Clarke: keyboards on 04 & 07 / M. Hughes: drums & percussions on 04 & 07 / M.Robbins: organ on 08 & 10 / P. Parfitt: sax on 14 / P. Bailey: sax on 07 / J. Nataf: lead vocals & keyboards on 12 / J. Alanski: keyboards & backing vocals on 15 / B. Bonello: keyboards & percussion on 06 / Jean- Chri: all guitars on 09 & 12, keyboards on 12.

I don't know so much about Christophe J. It seems that he has studied in Voltaire highschool in Paris, a friend of Jay Alanski. In 1975, donning the band name The Beautiful Losers, Christophe J.(vocals, bass, guitar) and Jay recorded the album “Nobody Knows The Heaven”, influenced by decadent glam rockers. In 1983, Christophe J. recorded for RCA "Sons Of Waterloo".The album is produced by J. Smetana (the man behind the famous Gibus Club until 1996) who also sing two of his own songs : the nostalgic "The Wall Of Kampa" and "I Said Yeah". A famous rockin' band is backing Christophe J. all along the album: The Inmates: Peter Gunn on guitars & backing vocals who also sing his song "Sister Sarah", Eddie on drums & Ben Donnely on bass.
In 1985, Jay Alanski will produce the last single of Christophe J. (Johnson): “What the next step”. Christophe has also worked with Joan Asherton & with the band The Wantones for the album "I Want You".
A great power pop album !!! Try it ...
En 1983, quand sortit "Sons Of Waterloo", on ne savait pas grand chose sur Christophe J. et je ne suis pas sûr qu'on en sache davantage aujourd'hui... Quelques bribes d'histoire en plus peut-être.
Christophe J. (Jacq) qu'on dit havrais, rencontre Jay Alansky au lycée Voltaire à Paris. Les deux, accompagnés d'un percussionniste, enregistrent en 1975, sous le nom de The Beautiful Losers, un album "culte" "Nobody Knows The Heaven" réédité il y a peu par le label Martyrs Of Pop. Christophe J. y tient la basse, joue aussi de la guitare et chante. Et ça il le fait parfaitement comme on s'en apercevra à l'écoute de"Sons Of Waterloo".
Jay A., touche à tout de génie, parti vers d'autres aventures (en solo ou comme producteur pour Les Innocents, Lio etc mais aussi photographe...) c'est Jiří Smetana, d'origine tchèque, exilé en France et programmateur du fameux Gibus Club parisien qui produira l'album enregistré dans les désormais mythiques studio Chiswick. Le groupe qui servira de backing band est tout simplement rien moins que les Inmates...enfin presque puisque il manque à l'appel Tony Oliver mais Peter Gunn (Staines), Ben Donelly et Eddie sont présents. Peter lui se reserve le droit de chanter son "Sister Sarah". Jiri qui est aussi musicien nous offre deux de ses chansons "I Said Yeah" et le lennonien "Wall of Kampa" qui parle de ce mur que la jeunesse de Prague utilisa comme un symbole contre l'oppression grâce aux graffitis, dessins et portaits, lyrics des Beatles et de John Lennon que la police, tous les matins, tentait d'effacer (voir la photo du mur utilisée pour le verso du lp). De cet album chanté dans un anglais parfait (assez rare ici) émane l'ombre des Beatles, des Kinks: une certaine power pop sous influence anglaise !
En 1985 , Christophe J., cette fois-ci sous le nom de Christophe Johnson enregistre, à ma connaissance son dernier disque solo. En face A de ce simple, "What the next step" est une ballade vaporeuse portée par un piano mélancolique. Ce qui aurait du être un hit à ranger entre "I'm not in Love" "Sister Jane" et même j'ose "Without You", n'apportera pas la reconnaissance à son auteur. C'est Jay Alansky qu'on retrouve à la production de ce single tandis que Johnny Guitar (Count Bishops, Dr Feelgood) tient la guitare. Puis éclipse ... (durant laquelle notre homme exerce son métier de traducteur ?)
En 1996, Johan Asherton le choisit pour figurer sur une compilation titrée "Songwriter" où il cotoie entre autres Andy White et Open Road avec deux chansons ,"A Man" et "Ukraine" déjà présents sur la version cd (1992) de "Sons of Waterloo". Le cd comporte six inédits par rapport au lp. On y retrouve "Dreams Of Hamburg" b side du simple "What's The Next Step".
Parallèlement Johan invite notre homme à l'imperméable à le rejoindre régulièrement sur scène à la basse et au chant. En 2000 ,Christophe J. participe à un titre "Alive in the Sky"du nouvel album de Johan A. "Trystero’s Empire".
Last trace for me ... en 2008 Christophe J. participe au projet "I Want You", un album constitué de reprises du titre "I Want You" (à l'origine des titres d' artistes aussi différents que Kiss, Bob Dylan, Tom Waits ou Costello) jouées par un groupe du nom de The Wantones (c.a.d. J. Nataf, A. de la Simone, B. Bonello ...et John Christopher Jacq alias Christophe J.). Tout lecteur pouvant nous en dire plus est le bienvenu !
A lire les deux posts sur Christophe J. (ici et là) dans l'excellent blog de François Gorin: "Les disques rayés"

RICHARD TAYLOR - Beyond Vanity

2011-10-28T10:44:00.005+02:00

RICHARD TAYLOR Beyond Vanity cd 1990
Too Little Too Late - Beyond Vanity - I've Already Said Goodbye - Roxene - What The Breeze Cried - Afraid Of Love - The Taming Of A Rainbow / Diamonds And Roses - The Loneliest Time - Comin' Home To Me / Time For Cryin' / Shake To Dance.
Produced by Richard Taylor.
R. Taylor: lead vocals, Lead & rhythm guitars, harmonica / R. DeOlivares: guitar / R. Rossbach & J. Lambert: bass & back-up vocals / J. Sines, Z. Taylor & B. Finley: drums.
"Richard Taylor is a sharp guitar player whose chunky rhythm style is as gritty as vintage Keith Richards' "
"Taylor himself possesses a flawless instinct for roadhouse rockin'. Reminiscent of a straight right hand from Marvin Hagler, the smokin' guitarmanship and sharp melodic hooks jump out and slap you right on the chin."
"An American roots rock band with a crisp and aggressive sound.
Richard Taylor is having fun, and that spirit of rock n' roll emerges."
"Nuts-and-bolts rock n' roll."
"Guitar driven' Roots Rock and alt Country/Blues twang from the East Coast.Two Guitars, Bass, and Drums, period."
"When roots rock is done right, however, like Jason & the Scorchers or Pete Berwick or Steve Earle, it's a joy to hear, molding a half-century of rock, country and blues into an invigorating elixir of sound. Add Richard Taylor to the short list of musicians who "get it" all right..." Source
"...In 1990 "Beyond Vanity" was Taylor's fifth album in the last eight years. All have been on small, independent record labels, this latest on Run Wild Records.
A carpenter on the side, Taylor joked that he "thinks music full time, but only earns part time"from it.The music bug bit him when he was 14, he said, and hasn't let go. His repertoire includes 150 to 200 songs, many unfinished, that he works on during "dry" spells." Source
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WILKO JOHNSON - Ice On The Motorway

2011-10-25T19:47:00.005+02:00

WILKO JOHNSON Ice On The Motorway lp 1980
Bottle Up And Go / Cairo Blues / Down By The Waterside / Ice On The Motorway / Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window / Leave My Woman Alone / When I'm Gone / All Right / Keep It Out Of Sight / Long Tall Texan / The Whammy / Back In The Night* / She Does It Right*.
*Free single given with the album.
Produced by W. Johnson
W. Johnson: vocals, guitar / R. Strutter: bass, vocals / A. Bines: drums, vocals / M. Gallagher: keyboards.
Wilko Johnson (born John Wilkinson, 12 July 1947, Canvey Island, Essex) is an English guitarist and songwriter, particularly associated with the UK rhythm and blues band Dr. Feelgood in the 1970s.
W. Johnson played in several local groups before moving to the University of Newcastle upon Tyne to study English. After graduating, he travelled overland to India, before returning to Essex to play with the Pigboy Charlie Band, which evolved into Dr. Feelgood: a mainstay of the 1970s pub rock movement.
Wilko J. developed his own style, coupling a choppy guitar style with a novel dress sense (he favoured a black suit and a highly unfashionable, unpopular and unique pudding bowl haircut) and jerky movements.
Wilko J. plays a vintage Fender Telecaster without using a pick, something that enables him to play rhythm guitar and riffs or solos at the same time, resulting in a highly percussive guitar style. Another reason for his unique style is that he is naturally left-handed, but plays guitar right-handed. His style - which allowed him to move around abruptly on stage with the jerky movements of an automaton without the fear of losing his pick - evolved from a failed attempt to copy Mick Green of Johnny Kidd and The Pirates, a guitarist he admired. During mid-song guitar breaks he would frequently wander across the stage and cut in front of the singer (usually playing a harmonica) with the aid of the longest guitar lead in British rock music (precise length unknown) from his amplifier. He maintained this style even after leaving Dr. Feelgood.
His style formed the essential force behind Dr. Feelgood during their initial years, including the band's first four albums, "Down by the Jetty", "Malpractice", "Stupidity" and "Sneakin' Suspicion", all released between 1975 and 1977. Wilko J. had a cult following amongst fans of the four-piece band, helped by some electrifying stage performance during their extensive UK and north European touring of that period.[citation needed] The live album, Stupidity, reached number one in the UK Albums Chart, but although Johnson played on Dr. Feelgood's first 5 single releases, including "Roxette" and "Back in the Night", the only single to chart during his membership of the band was "Sneakin' Suspicion". He left the band in April 1977, following disagreements over the tracks to be included in the "Sneakin' Suspicion" album.

In 1977, he was a founding member of the Solid Senders; with keyboardist John Potter, bassist Steve Lewins, and drummer Alan Platt. They signed to Virgin in 1978 and released the album, "Solid Senders" that year. The Wilko Johnson Band played at the 'Front Row Festival', a three-week even In early 1981, Johnson released his second album, "Ice on the Motorway", and two years later issued the EP "Bottle Up and Go!" with Lew Lewis; several small-scale LPs, mostly for European record labels, followed over the 1980s: 1984's "Pull the Cover", 1985's "Watch Out! (Live In London)", 1987's "Call It What You Want", and 1988's "Barbed Wire Blues".
In 1992 Wilko J. appeared at the Eurockéennes music festival, and the following year at GuilFest.
In 1998, Johnson finally had the opportunity to release another album, "Going Back Home" for Mystic. Johnson began to cut back on his concert appearances in 1999, but still found the wherewithal to cut "Don't Let Your Daddy Know" (Live in Japan 2000) the following year.
The studio album "Red Hot Rocking Blues" was released in 2005.

This contained covers of classics by the likes of Van Morrison, Bob Dylan, Ray Charles, Sonny Boy Williamson and Leadbelly.
Throughout 2005 and 2006 the band teamed up with The Hamsters and John Otway to take part in the The Mad, the Bad & the Dangerous tour. He played Club Bang Bang at the 100 Club on 6 October 2006. Wilko J. continues to play live throughout the UK, Europe and Japan. In London he performs twice a year at the 100 Club.
He appeared in the film "Oil City Confidential" (2009), where he related his memories of Canvey Island and Dr. Feelgood. Wikipedia
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THE INMATES - In The Heat Of The Night EP

2011-10-21T19:20:00.007+02:00

THE INMATES In The Heat Of The Night EP cd EP 1998
(I Thought I Heard A) Heartbeat / Shape I'm In / Hey Landlord.
Produced by Pat Collier.
Recorded live in "Le Plan", France, April 1998
The Inmates: B. Donnelly: bass / E. Edwards: drums / B. Hurley: vocals, harmonica / T. Oliver: guitars, vocals / P. Gunn: guitar, vocals.
In 1998 The Inmates was touring in France . They recorded "In The heat Of The Night", their second official live album (the first with Bill Hurley on vocals) at "Le Plan" (in the of Paris) in April 1998. "In The Heat Of the Night" is a good live album: it's pub rock played at his high level !!!
The french version on Last Call Records contains fifteen tunes but a free cd EP with three more songs was offered in the shops. This three songs can be found on the japanese version.
Thanks to Hervé !

HIGHSCHOOL HELLCATS - Last Train To Actionville

2011-10-15T08:40:00.004+02:00

HIGHSCHOOL HELLCATS Last Train To Actionville cd 2000
Andy McCoy / Crazy Sixteen In Love / Southbound Train / For Your Love / I Saw You Leavin' (With The Hippies) / Rock 'n' Roll.
Produced by The Cats & M. Borg.
Highschool Hellcats: Johnny The Fox: vox / L. Gaston: guitar & backing vox / C. Cannonball: bass & backing vox / V. Vega: percussion & backing vox / P. The Beat: drums & backing vox / D. McCoy: guitar & backing vox.
If "High School Hellcats" is an American black-and-white 1958 film about a high school girl gang, The Highschool Hellcats are swedish gang in love with the New York Dolls, Hanoi Rocks, real rock'n'roll and loud guitars !!!
Savage !!!
A very good mini album full of that rock we love so much here at SOTD and who does not want to hear a band that has a song entitled "Andy McCoy" ?
Tanks to Frankie for making me discover this band !
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MANNISH BOYS - Penetration Sensation

2011-10-11T08:27:00.005+02:00

MANNISH BOYS Penetration Sensation mini lp 1985
Penetration Sensation° / We Got A Right° / Final Solution° / I Want You You* / Black 'n' Red* / Crawlin' Out The Womb* / Bed 'n' Bored*.
A side recorded Woodside studios, Monmouth, Wales, june 1985
B side recorded live in Geneva, oct 1985
Mannish Boys: Honest J. Plain: guitar, vocals / Gass Wild: lead vocals, guitar / R. Sokkitoem: drums / S. Seror: drums* / P. Bradbrook: bass°
"...I then joined a band called Mannish Boys and we went to America. Jo Jo Laine who was the wife of Denny Laine of Wings was our manager. She took us to America and got us a deal with Tamla Mowtown. They put us in the studio and we did some recordings with the Stones’ producer. They were pretty good recordings and Tamla Mowtown loved it because they were looking for a rock band until we walked into the office and they realised we were white! Jo Jo hadn’t told them that we were white and so we were immediately sacked by Tamla Mowtown because we weren’t black. The guy who was singing, Gass Wild could have been a black guy; they wanted a black rock'n'roll band and she didn’t let them know that we weren’t. We were on loads of money, having a really good time doing these recordings. We did some good tracks and it got to the stage where we actually went into to sign a major deal, my first time ever. We were that close to getting half a million.

- The album was actually released as a limited edition album "Penetration Sensation" with some studio and some live recordings?
The reason that happened was that I was touring with the guys who used to be in the Barracudas, a band called the Fortunate Sons. We played this gig and this bloke who was a massive Boys fan saw us and came up and said in broken English "Do you remember me?" and I did. He had put the Boys on at Annecy and it was the time we had driven from Calais to Annecy and we gone through blizzards and the lot. Jack and I drank a bottle of scotch and Jack was so pissed it was the only gig he ever messed up and he never forgave himself. Anyway this guy asked me what I was doing and I told him that I was doing it for a holiday and a bit of fun. I told him that I was with the Mannish Boys and he recorded a live set in Geneva and put the album out with some studio tapes we’d done as well..." Interview of Honest John Plain (23 August 2000) by Steve Metcalfe (UK Boys site)
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THE CRYBABYS - What Kind Of Rock 'n' Roll ?

2011-10-07T07:07:00.008+02:00

THE CRYBABYS What Kind Of Rock 'n' Roll ? 2xcd 2003

CD 1: I Ain't Your Crybaby (Boo Hoo) / Lightning Strikes / Thin Ice (Don't Ever Coz It Wouldn't Be Clever) / No Justice In Love /

Crawling Over Your Doormat / Sad Souvenir / Hijack Your Heart / Who Were You Thinking Of* / Li'l Miss Paradise / Operator* /

Black Train* / Fucked Up / What Kind of Rock 'n' Roll ?

CD 2: Where Have All the Good Girls Gone ? / You Don't Have to Wear Boots to Be a Cowboy (But You've Gotta Leave Your Horse Outside) / This Is What We Want / She Didn't Like Rock and Roll / Remember to Forget / Lovin' What's Left / Go Go Girl / Money / European Girls / Too Hot to Last / When You Leave Me Baby, Can I Come Too / Where Have All the Good Girls Gone ? (single version)° / Letter (live)° / Crimson And Clover (live)° / Walking the Dog (live)°. °Bonus tracks

Recorded at Airwave Studios & Greenhouse Studios, London, England between 1990 & 1991.

Live tracks recorded at Villa Nellcote, France, 1991.

THE CRYBABYS: H. J. Plain: guitars / D. Bath: vocals, guitar / J. Cooper & M. Duncan: bass / R. Rushton: drums, percussion

+ V. Ritchie: drums & Jools: bass on*.

The Crybabys' main claim to fame is that they are led by Honest John Plain, who once was guitarist for the Boys. They play good-time rock & roll with a drunk and woozy feeling that places them in the same ballpark as such other fine, long-haired, bandanna-sporting bands as Dogs d'Amour and the Rock City Angels. This collection on Castle compiles the Crybabys' first record, 1990's "Where Have All the Good Girls Gone", which featured songs like "Hijack Your Heart," "Crawling Over Your Doorstep," and "Fucked Up," titles that pretty much speak for

themselves. Deep thought, no. Rockin' good times, yes. The second record was slated to be released in 1992, but the label didn't like it and the band never really recovered from the blow. Now, over a decade later, the record is reissued here. "What Kind of Rock 'n' Roll?" is the same kind of straight-ahead Jack Daniels-swigging rock that the first album was. Maybe the label wanted the band to sound more like Oasis. That's the story of rock & roll -- the honest, hard-working bands always get shut down by the man. Oh well, at least fans of the Crybabys' can hear it now in all of its lunkheaded glory. The disc also contains the single version of "Where Have All the Good Girls Gone" produced by lunkhead-in-arms Jim Lea of Slade and three live tracks recorded in France in 1991. Allmusic
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DKT/MC5 - Live In Australia 2004

2011-10-05T17:12:00.007+02:00

DKT/MC5 Live In Australia 2004 CD 2004
Ramblin' Rose / I Can Only Give You Everything / Sister Anne / Call Me Animal / Shakin' Street / Miss X / High School / Over And Over / Future/Now / Human Being Lawnmower / Looking at You / Teenage Lust / I Want You Right Now / Kick Out the Jams / I Believe To My Soul / Starship.
DKT/MC5: M. Davis: bass / W. Kramer: guitar, vocals / D. Thompson: drums + Brothers In Arms:
M. Arm & E. Dando: vocals / D. Tek: guitar
Limited edition album of the DKT/MC5 recorded live in Australia at the Palace, Melbourne on Friday, July 23, 2004 and at Cougee Bay Live, Sydney on Friday, July 30, 2004.
A fantastic concert with a superb sound by one of the best band in rock history...
Thanks to Mr D!
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FOUR YEARS ALREADY !

2011-10-02T07:25:00.006+02:00

FOURS YEARS ALREADY !!!
SOTD would like to thanks for their help & support:
Max, Denis, Fabien, Manu, Marc, Franck, Fred, Nuzz, Gildas, Jeff Megawatts, Jean-Jacques, Michael B., The Beat Angels, Goodguy666, Mr Ratboy & Mark R., Dave L., Peter S & The Jukebox Zeros, Eric K., The Martinets, Alexandre, Alain D.,Los Horrendos, Zachary J., Kim M. & Denis T.,Jean Luc M., Oskar L., Javier, Watts, Toxxy, Limburg, The Adjusters, Philippe T., Bubblegum Screws, Pink Cigar, The Dark Rags, Vincent S., The Stalkers, Jim Basnight, Savoir Faire, Another Saturday Night, etc
and last but not least: the readers !

THE SCURS - The Scurs

2011-09-28T10:01:00.008+02:00

THE SCURS The Scurs mini lp 1987
Masters Of The World° / Too Far Tonight °/ Weary Night° / Never Spit (On Any Little Happiness Bit)° / What A Life !° / The Big Threat °/ Going Round* /96th T. Breath* / Mud In My Mind*/ Good Side Of Love* / Nothing But Sleeping*.
°original mini lp *bonus tracks
Produced by P. Trinidad
The Scurs: Botch: vocals / Danny Boy: guitar & background vocals / Javier: guitar /Cutz: bass & background vocals / Mario: drums.
The Scurs were a french band from Bordeaux (coming from Hendaye). The recorded their first song "96 T Breath"for the 7'' EP "Les Bruits Défendus" in 1984.The same year they appeared on another french compilation " Best of " Ozagen Records (Nantes) with the song "Nothing But Sleeping" following by the two titles of "Raw cuts Vol 1 Garage French" on the english label Criminal Damage Records. In 1987 the Scurs issued a 6 songs mini lp and a single with an unissued b side on a spanish label (Grabaciones Accidentales). Here's this rare mini lp with five bonus tracks the Scurs recorded for different compilations .
The Scurs played un mix of punk, garage & powerpop music. They were particulary good on stage & twenty five years later their music went through the time without taking a wrinkle.
Try the Scurs !

JEFF DAHL - Street Fighting Reptile

2011-09-28T08:02:00.007+02:00

JEFF DAHL Street Fighting Reptile cd 2002
Street Fighting Reptile / Trans-Sister / The Ballad Of Mott - Pt. 2 / Road To Madrid / Destination Blackout / Transvestites, Transsexuals And Chicks With Dicks / Halo Moon / Deathrattle Shake / Better Days / Take Your Medication.
Produced by Jeff Dahl.
Jeff Dahl: guitars, bass, drums, lead & backing vocals, piano, organ, percussion & with the help of friends (see booklet)
"King of the punks, Jeff Dahl, returns with his most hard rockin' album to date in the form of "Street Fighting Reptile". Though every bit as rugged and raw as its numerous predecessors, "Street Fighting Reptile" is a leaner, meaner album that finds Dahl wallowing thick in the Mott/Faces/Lou Reed sound he so often experiments with. Less punk and more rock is the motto here, yet the album loses none of its edge as a result.
On tracks like "Trans-Sister" and "Destination Blackout," Dahl retains every bit of the axe-slinger glory he brought to bands like the Angry Samoans and Powertrip. Yet he branches out here too and on cuts like "Road To Madrid," gets downright sentimental. Mainly though, it's sleazy, riff-driven guitar rock and Dahl knows this genre like the back of his hand. "Deathrattle Shake," "Better Days," and "Transvestites, Transsexuals and Chicks with Dicks," are classic Dahl gutter anthems, yet feature a bit more groove and strut than his usual in your face approach.
Growing older, wiser and more mature, possibly? Yeah, maybe. But likely, after making like 25 albums over the last two decades, he's just flexing his muscles and stretching a bit. Nothing wrong with that, right, as long as it still rocks. And it does… rest assured…" Source
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This one is for Ratboy69 !

VA - Leaving Home

2011-09-23T12:07:00.008+02:00

V/A A Norwegian Tribute To The Ramones: Leaving Home cd 2005
Los Plantronics: The Good The Bad And The Ugly / Rampant Dogs: Durango 95/Cretin Hop / Hawaii Go Go's: Rockaway Beach / Brunch Of The Living Dead: I Don't Wanna Be Learned / Clawfinger: The KKK Took My Baby Away / Silver: Something To Believe In / Vibeke Saugestad: S.L.U.G. / Grand Cafe: Ignorance Is Bliss / The Mormones: Now I Wanna Sniff Some Glue / Mohammed: Pinhead / Nude Pube Banglers: I Believe In Miracles / Red Harvest: Somebody Put Something In My Drink / Upstrokes: Got Alot To Say / Backstreet Girls: Commando / The Feebles: Do You Remember Rock N Roll Radio? / Shirleys Temple: I Wanna Be Sedated / Grounded: Danny Says / The Hymans: Gimme Gimme Shock Treatment / Casino Steel: Beat On The Brat / The Retardos: Poison Heart / Neperud: Loudmouth / 10ft.Baby: Havanna Affair / The Humps: I Don't Wanna Go Down To The Basement / The Colvins: Oh, Oh, I Love Her So / The 3856: Strength To Endure / The Carburetors: Chinese Rocks / The Tip Toppers: Everytime I Eat Vegetables It Makes Me Think Of You / Jack The Stripper: Pet Sematary.
"How many Ramones tributes can you take? Not enough, if you ask me!If the bands on it are good, and they do what they should be doing - paying their respects to the Ramones, then it usually turns up pretty decent. If bands start to experiment and fucking up the classics, then it´s just a waste of time! Like Red Hot Chili Peppers did some years ago...
But how wrong can you go when the Seafront Studio announced that the Backstreet Girls and
Casino Steel was joining this party? To say the least, me and a bunch of other punks were looking forward to it !" Source
"It's easy to see that tribute has builded by real Ramones fan, outlook also contains many small Ramoniacs pieces. Silver does nice version of "Something To Believe In". Version is one of fave on this. It bring to my mind heavily attitude of older Hanoi Rocks ballads. Silver does their version a bit slower way. After it is sweet version of"S.L.U.G." by Vibeke Saugestad. Also some other groups are doing not-so-common songs. Btw, I also noticed that any band doesn't cover "Blitzkrieg Bop", and it doesn't matter. Mohammed does really strange and cool version of "Pinhead". It's mix of many styles and crazy feelings, but everything is in balance. Red Harvest also "changed to their selection totally new clothes", "Somebody Put Something In My Drink" has doom metal influences and strong atmosphere. The Tip Toppers released cover album of the Ramones full-length "Subterranean Jungle" in June 2004 and from it they picked "Everytime I Eat Vegetables It Makes Me Think Of You" for this tribute. Better known bands and artists are Clawfinger, Hymans, Casino Steel and Backstreet Girls..." Source
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LYRES - Happy Now...

2011-09-22T18:11:00.002+02:00

LYRES Happy Now... cd 1993
Baby (I Still Need Your Lovin) / But If You're Happy / Never Be Free / I'll Make It Up To You / Pain / Now I've Got A Witness / Nobody But Me / Stoned / I Ain't Going Nowhere / 100 cc's (bootleg Version) / Take A Look At Me / I Can Tell.
Produced by J. Conolly.
Lyres: Jeff Conolly: vocals, keyboards, tambourine / Richard Carmel Jr.: guitar / Paul Murphy: drums / Rick Coraccio: bass / Jack Hickey: harmonica.
The Lyres' '90s output is a confusing tangle of recycled tracks, rerecorded songs and 7-inch singles on various indie labels. The six-song "Nobody but Lyres" is a typically mixed bag that's made obsolete by "Happy Now..." and "Some Lyres", each of which recycles three of the EP's six cuts. "Happy Now..." finds the foursome rocking as fiercely and infectiously as ever; though it contains only two original compositions, the covers — other than "Nobody but Me," Bo Diddley's "I Can Tell" and a pair of ancient Rolling Stones numbers ("Stoned" and "Now I've Got a Witness") — are obscure enough to render such distinctions meaningless. With clever cover art that spoofs the Rolling Stones' "Some Girls", "Some Lyres" is a consistently groovy anthology of Ace of Hearts-era album tracks and rarities that includes both sides of the band's 1979 debut single. Those Lyres collects eleven singles sides — most of them quite good — and adds a spirited '93 live set recorded in Oslo. TrouserPress
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THE CORVAIRS - Hitchhiker

2011-09-18T00:01:00.007+02:00

THE CORVAIRS Hitchhiker cd 1989
Ready to burn / Find my way home / Endless Road / Black Cat / Summer winds / Never get me down / Faces in the rain / Angel / Hair of the dog - Salt of the earth / 10.000 questions / Carnival.
Produced by The Corvairs and D. Fury.
The Corvairs: P. Gammage: vocals, guitars, harmonica / J. Cormany: vocals, bass, keyboards / M. Blazy: vocals, drums & percussions.
The Corvairs odyssey began in Boulder, Colorado in the fall of 1978. Two young University of Colorado students, Phil Gammage and Miles Syken, met on campus and agreed to form a rock band. Both musicians were heavily influence by the current punk and new wave bands on both coasts and in Europe.
Syken had worked with the Boulder band the Mutilators and an early version of the Defex. Gammage had played with Joey Vain and Scissors. The band's first performance was at the University of Colorado Fine Arts Department Halloween Party in 1978 opening up for the Nightflames. Rounding out the lineup that night were drummer Bill Van Dusen (later of the Violators and Defex) and bassist Steve Kulpa (on loan from the Defex)...
The Corvair's sound in their early Colorado days was a hybrid of a 60's pop sound, surf, and artsiness... In the spring of '79 the lineup was strengthened by the addition of drummer Jimmy Frost. In June of '79 the band went into Denver's Freewheelin' Recording Studio to record thier first demo of 5 orginal songs. Songs included Syken's "TV" and Gammage's "Hands of Time". This was the group's first studio recording and was finally released in 2001 on CD as Denver Sessions '79 (along with a couple of Joey Vain and Scissors tracks).
With two New Yorkers in the band the pull of the east coast became strong in the band's ranks and plans were made to relocate to the Big Apple in the fall of '79...
In New York City the nucleus of the group continued to perform until 1989, releasing two LP's ("Rio Blanco" and "Hitchhiker") and two EP's on American and European labels. A third LP was recorded in 1990 but never released. The first six song EP "Temple Fire" recorded in the winter of1982 and produced by the Ravers/Nails' Dave Kaufman captures the band's sound in all their lo-fi glory. By this time The Corvairs was a trio — Syken had left the band. A standout track on the EP was "Hands of Time", a favorite song from the group's Boulder days. Drummer Martin Blazy joined the band in 1986 and the group recorded their Keith Streng (Fleshtones) produced LP "Rio Blanco" along with the critically acclaimed album "Hitchhiker" (released only in France on New Rose Records) in 1989. Shortly thereafter the group disbanded. In 2000 the demos recorded in the summer of '79 were released for the first time ever as part of the "Denver '79" CD. This package also included a couple of previously unreleased Joey Vain and Scissors songs recorded in Boulder in 1978.
P.Gammage went on to release four solo albums and perform with several groups including New York's Certain General, The Scarlet Dukes, and Voodoo Martini. He continues to play music to this day. Myles Syken passed away at age 26 in 1983. Jon Cormany was last seen in 1996 taking the F train to Coney Island in Brooklyn, New York with a brown bag in his hand. Icepick Phil (Colorado New Wave/Punk Rock)
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SONNY VINCENT - 2011 Europe tour

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CHEROKEES - Gumbopan

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CHEROKEES Gumbopan lp 1988
Bad Bad Day / Fare Well Angel / If You Wanna Do Right / All Is Lost / Body Trembles / Full Throttle / You Only Reap Just What You Sow / We Never Had Met / An Empty Bottle And A Broken Heart / Gumbopan.
Produced by Andy Leviene.
Cherokees: Tops: bass / Ketal: drums / Fred: guitar / Patrick: guitar / Alain Pierre: piano / Suspense: vocals.
The Cherokees (1985/1994) were a punk rock band from Paris influenced by The Stooges.They have recorded two singles & three albums on their own label Wowoka Records. "Scalping In The Streets" issued in 1987 on lp only , one year later in 1988 came "Gumbopan" on lp also & later in 1994 (after Suspense has left) "Winchester 73" on cd.
After living the Cherokees Suspense has recorded an excellent solo album "Rubberband" (1991 Houlala/Bondage Rds) in L.A.
Since 1996 P. Emery (Suspense) is involved with succes in Ultra Orange, an electro rock pop band.
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DMZ - When I Get Off

2011-09-10T16:50:00.009+02:00

DMZ When I Get Off cd 1993
1 Busy Man / 2 Can't Stand The Pain / 3 You're Gonna Miss Me / 4 When I Get Off / 5 Do Not Enter / 6 Guilty Child / 7 Shirt Loop/ 8 Lift Up Your Hood / 9 Barracuda / 10 Comin' After Me / 11 Bloody Englishmen / 12 First Time / 13 Oedipus Show / 14 Rosalyn / 15 Might He I.D. / 16 From Home / 17 Are You Gonna Be There / 18 Pretty Girl.
Tracks 1-9 : Original Bomp recordings April 1977 (1, 3, 4, 8 produced by Craig Leon, others 4-track demos) Tracks 10-18 : WTBS live demos July 1976 with original line-up.
DMZ: (original line-up): Monoman: vocals, keyboards & percussion / Dave Robinson: drums / Mike Lewis: bass / Peter Greenberg: lead guitar / J.J. Rassler: guitar.
DMZ: (1977 line-up): Monoman: vocals, keyboards & percussion / Paul Murphy: drums / Rick Coraccio: bass / Peter Greenberg: lead guitar / J.J.Rassler: guitar.

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DMZ was a first-wave American punk rock band from Boston, Massachusetts, strongly influenced by 1960s garage rock. In early 1976, Jeff Conolly (sometimes credited as J. Connally, Mono Mann, Monoman, etc.) stole the lead vocalist position in the nascent band by out-performing their singer at one of the band's practices. Along with his vocals he brought two things the band lacked: keyboards and original songs. Just over one year later, in April 1977, the band went into the recording studio with Craig Leon ( the Ramones first album). Four songs from that session were released by Bomp! on a 7" vinyl EP. DMZ was signed by Sire Records and went to New York to record their debut album, produced by Flo & Eddie. It was released in 1978 without much success and by the end of the year the group had splintered. Guitarists J. J. Rassler and Preston Wayne left to start the Odds, and J. Conolly, bassist R. Coraccio and drummer Paul Murphy formed Lyres.
DMZ has re-formed periodically: a 1993 set appears on the "Live at the Rat" album.
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Or , for you vinyl junkies, buy the newly reissued lp (in 180 g)"Relics" HERE!
Maybe you already have the both... so you can buy "Radios Demos" (2011 Munster Rds) HERE !

CHEROKEES - Scalping In The Streets

2011-09-04T08:16:00.008+02:00

CHEROKEES Scalping In The Streets LP 1987
Rock'n'roll Control / Call Me Enemy / Me And My Fuck-me Shoes / Heavy Trip / African Queen / Tell It To The Bird / Pawn In Your Game / The Girl I Love / Neighborhood Blooz / Sick And Tired.
Produced by Andy Leviene.
Cherokees: Suspense (P. Emery): vocals / Patrick Lemordan: guitar / Cyril: bass / Fred Lemordan: guitar / Ketal: drums.
The Cherokees (1985/1994) were a punk rock band from Paris influenced by The Stooges.They have recorded two singles & three albums on their own label Wowoka Records. "Scalping In The Streets" issued in 1987 on lp only , one year later in 1988 came "Gumbopan" on lp also & later in 1994, after Suspense has left, "Winchester 73" on cd.
Their singer Suspense (aka P. Emery) has recorded an excellent solo album "Rubberband" (1991 Houlala/Bondage Rds) in L.A. Under the name of Suspense, he is also involved with succes since 1996 in Ultra Orange, an electro rock pop band.
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BROTHER BRICK - A Portable Altamont

2011-09-04T08:15:00.011+02:00

BROTHER BRICK A Portable Altamont cd 1999
The Same / Chip On My Shoulder / Beyond My Hands / Chokito Bar / Derelict Eyes / No Turning Back / Rock'n'roll Marie / Feel Strung Out* / Drives Me Wild / Help Yourself / We're Not Like You / Rock Action*.
Produced by Leadfinger except*.
Brother Brick: Leadfinger (S. Cunningham): guitar & vocals / G. "Crash" Jackson: drums / S. Nash: bass + M. J. Stephenson: drums & vocals / K. Anderson: bass & vocals 0n*.
"The Brother Brick album "A Portable Altamont" is all about indefatigable chaos! They are a band to be reckoned with, they know all those vague regions where dancing to the backbeat of the times becomes the obsession rather than the depression. This album is 12 executions of a demented, street flecked nonchalance. "Chip On My Shoulder" is the Sex Pistols meet Nirvana and jam their way to oblivion... "Rock'n'roll Marie" is the high octane teenage rock'n'roll anthem... "Chokito Bar" with its cool lyrics, proves that these long haired rock'n'roll dudes are no dumbos... and "Beyond My Hands", the apex of an awesome sound document, is sublime songwriting and guitars, with a haunting cataclysm of twisted emotion and wah wah pedal action!" Source
Want to know more ? Read here "Brother Brick: A Portable Altamont Down Under", an article (& chat with Leadfinger & A. Thomson) by K. Shimamoto on the excellent I-94 Bar site.
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RICHARD TAYLOR - Rachel Rachel

2011-08-28T14:42:00.008+02:00

RICHARD TAYLOR Rachel Rachel 12'' EP Star Rhythm Records 1983
Rachel Rachel / No Guarantee / Sheila / A Little Romance.
All songs written by Richard Taylor.
Mixed by Cub Koda & produced by Richard Taylor.
Richard Taylor: guitars & vocals / Zachary Christopher: drums / Thomas Anthony: bass
An excellent maxi EP issued on Star Rhythm Records in 1983! Star Rhythm Records was a label located in Malden (close to Boston) who released records from City Thrills, Real Kids, Taxi Boys, the Dawgs or the Last Ones.
Richard Taylor was the leader for Baltimore/Washington New Wave group Zen Archer. "Rachel Rachel" was his only record in solo (the only one that I know) but a what a record: four perfect rockin' powerpop songs in the spirit of Rockpile, the Flamin' Groovies or the Real Kids !!!
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KEVIN K BAND - Nightlife

2011-08-27T16:21:00.004+02:00

KEVIN K BAND Nightlife cd 1995
Hidden Lake / Lost Girl / Nightlife* / First Time Last Time / In The Woods / See You Soon* / Don't Know Why / Dance / Ghost Town / On Your Own.
Produced by Kevin K.
Kevin K Band: Kevin K: guitar, vocals / R. Molesso: bass, vocals / M. Max Gallo: drums + B. Halversoon: mystery guitar on *.
After the Toys, The Lone Cowboys & the Road Vultures Kevin decided on a solo career. Outing from 1995 "Nightlife" is the Kevin K’s first solo album. It's a collection of mid tempo rock'n'roll songs under Stones & Thunders influences.
"This is down 'n' dirty Bowery-style rock 'n' roll crunch with a colorfully descriptive lyrical content about drugs, heartbreak, boredom, decadence, and barely surviving the sleazy seduction of the dog-eat-dog mean streets of NYC. Kevin K and his deviant duo of musical sidekicks sound as if they just crawled out of a garbage dumpster in a rat-infested back-alley on the Lower East Side after a long night of substance abuse, drunken debauchery, and high-voltage sonic sinfulness at Max's Kansas City. Damn shootin', it's the swaggerin' gritty sound of hookers, heroin addiction, cheap tattoos, and booze-fuelled inner-city vagrancy (snotty nasal-whine vocals, ball-bustin' Johnny Thunders-style guitar riffage, and a clattering out-of-control subway train rhythm section). Man, this psychotically wild butt-blisterin' disc makes me wanna relocate to the vile seedy underbelly of New York City and plunge a needle deep into my arm" Razorcake
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THE SCURS - Never Spit

2011-08-22T01:28:00.008+02:00

THE SCURS Never Spit 7'' sp 1987
Never Spit (On Any Little Happiness Bit) / Going Round.
Produced by Paco Trinidad.
The Scurs: Botch: vocals / Danny Boy: guitar & background vocals / Cutz: bass & background vocals / Javier: guitar / Mario: drums.
The Scurs were a french band from Bordeaux (coming from Hendaye). The recorded their first song "96 T Breath"for the 7'' EP "Les Bruits Défendus" in 1984.The same year they appeared on another french compilation " Best of " Ozagen Records (Nantes) with the song "Nothing But Sleeping" following by the two titles of "Raw cuts Vol 1 Garage French" on the english label Criminal Damage Records (see the last post).

In 1987 the Scurs issued a 6 songs mini lp and a single with an unissued b side on a spanish label (Grabaciones Accidentales). They played un mix of punk, garage & powerpop music. They were particulary good on stage & twenty five years later their music went through the time without taking a wrinkle.
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VA - Raw Cuts Vol. 1 Garage French

2011-08-17T21:57:00.009+02:00

VA - Raw Cuts Vol. One (Garage French) lp 1985
The Coronados: Free Again / Jeune encore (Still Youg) // The Thugs: Night Dance / You Say Why? // The Scurs: Mud In My Mind / Good Side Of Love // Flamingos: The Trap / Out Of Reach.
"...Here are eight tracks and four bands... The Coronados are from Paris. Mean and wild on stage, sneering and cynical in town.This is the only band that can cover Alex Chilton (as on "Free Again"), Captain Beefheart and Kevin Ayers- All with equal succes. These two cuts are from their first chaotic EP. Since they've issued another EP and their first album. The Thugs are the fast rising combo of 1985. Just one single (but what a single) released six months ago and they're the talk of the land. They are from Angers and "You Say White?" is previously unissued.

Flamingos from Nantes are one of the hardest working/touring bands in the country. They already have a 12'' EP out but the two songs here are brand new. Definitively a great guitar band (and we know all about them don't we ?). Finally the cherry on the top. The Scurs. Even in France few people have heard of them as they seldom play out of the south-west (they live in Bordeaux). Their only previous vinyl experience was on a forgettable compilation but live they can be brilliant. I hope that these two new songs will be forerunners to more records of their own.
Listen to these bands. They deserve it. Raw Cuts Volume One (Garage French) is just the first in a mammoth series of mini lp's/lp's. There is even more fab and fascinating material in the pipeline."
Benoit Binet (Nineteen),Toulouse, 1985 (extract from the liner notes)
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VA - Let's Have Some God Damn Fun!

2011-08-14T19:12:00.007+02:00

VA Let's Have Some God Damn Fun! cd 2005
Andy G. & The Roller Kings: Party Shoes / The Plungers: Laughing Boy / The Stags: Give It Up / Little Killers: Annie Can Ya Keep A Secret? / DC Snipers: Evil / The Yams: I Was Drunk When I Met Ya / The Swaggerts: Baby Come Back Home / The Weekenders: Lost Weekend / The Sleazies: Wild Turkey Is Not A Meat / Shop Fronts: Watchin' You / The Shemps: Don't Come Beggin' / The Disruptors: True Denial / Electric Shadows: Secret Affair / Some Action: Double Cross My Heart / Mob Stereo: Fushia / World War IX: Treasure Hunt.
This loose-legged compilation of trashy NYC bands is so consistently good, it could be a on RonCo or somethin’. They coulda sold this bitch on TV at the 3 AM next to the Pocket Fisherman in 1976, and the People would’ve eaten up. Why? Who? And How much, you say?
Why: Because New York City is all about the “People”, man. Despite the fact that Jami from the Sleazies helped put it together (a typically great and funny Sleazies track, “Wild Turkey Is Not a Meat” is included), and they’re from Providence, Rhode Island, NY bands are perfect for comps because they all sound like they’re ready to pick the band before ‘em off the floor as soon as they pass out. For example, although Andy G and the Roller Kings’ CBGB’s ‘77 Thunders-punk is a much more refined, vintage drunk ‘n’ roll sound then, say, the teenage casualty car-crash of The Yams, they still sound like they share a bass-player, if not a van or a groupie. I dunno if it’s because the clubs are open til 4 AM and 17 bands play every bill or it’s just some kinda rock n’ roll brotherhood, but NYC-based compilations always sound like a united front, and this one’s no exception. And that’s nice, ya know?
Who: The fast, fucked fury of The Shemps, the dive-bombing Swede-style sleaze of Some Action, the trashcan spookabilly of Little Killers, the bleary-eyed motorboogie of the Disruptors, the hard-hitting gutter-blooze of The Swaggerts, etc. Everybody on deck came to kill, baby. Sleazegrinder
16 tracks of fantastic punk rock n' roll scuzziness from the likes of Little Killers, The Sleazies, DC Snipers, Shop Fronts, The Disruptors.... fast, loud, snotty - just as we like it. And you should too. Released on the brilliant Rapid Pulse Records out of Connecticut, USA. Limited number available, so be quick with this one. Go on, stop thinking about it and buy it HERE!!! Source

Goodbye Charlie !

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adieu l'ami !!!

THE OUTRAGEOUS VALENTINOS - Trash Palace

2011-08-02T11:06:00.007+02:00

THE OUTRAGEOUS VALENTINOS Trash Palace lp 1991
Movie Star / Come See About Me / Teacher Teacher / Every Good Girl / Fun / Action Man / Everybody's Somebody's Fool / Four Forty-Five / Safe From The Bad Guys / Gimme Some Action / Love Sick Dog / Kill Me Dead / It's A Wonderful Life.
Produced by R. Esch, J. Kosh, M. Manhattan & J. Valentine.
The Outrageous Valentinos: Glen Fiddish / Charlie Sissy / Mark Manhattan / Joe Valentine / Robby Magnet.
The Outrageous Valentinos were a canadian glam rock band.Their look reminds me the Trash Brats. They have recorded this lp in 1991 on Komet Records, a Vancouver label. A rockin' nugget, so hidden that I can't find anything about the band or the album in the webb...
M. Manhattan, ex Outrageous Valentinos is now a current member of the L.A. based band Soul Kid #1. (a mix of West Coast hip-hop, soulful R&B, 70’s glam, indie rock, Brit-pop and even classic mod).
That's all we know about the Outrageous Valentinos: if someone can help us, welcome !

Thanks To Franckie!

THE DEADHEARTS/NEIL LEYTON - Rock'n'Roll Used To Mean Somethin'

2011-07-27T01:19:00.009+02:00

THE DEADHEARTS/NEIL LEYTON Rock'n'Roll Used To Mean Somethin' cd 2004

No More Good Feelings* / Bright Night* / Heart & Soul* / Sweet Dream* / Teenage Roots* / Jumpin' Jack Flash* // Requiem° / This Is The Way° / Curtains° / Reality° / Blacklight° / Memo From Leyton°.

*Produced by D. Torrisi & Joe / °Produced by N. Leyton.

*The Deadhearts: Joe: vocals, guitars / Zeki: guitars, backing vocals / Deborah: backing vocals, percussion / Seba: bass / Bonnie: drums.

Neil Leyton: N. Leyton: vocals & accoustic guitar / G. Bettencourt: electric guitar / S. Payne: bass guitar / E. Herrmann: drums / D. Pomeroy: drums on "Blacklight".

Deadhearts are "Corazones Muertos" one of the best rock'n'roll band of Argentina but singing in English with very special guest "Eduardo Martinez" from Flaming Sideburns on two tracks (3,6).Supersplit with Neil Leyton from Canada on the other side !

Neil Leyton is a Portuguese-Canadian singer and guitarist born in Lisbon. He has lived and played music in Toronto, London, and Stockholm.

He was a founding member and songwriter in Canadian art-glam indie project The Conscience Pilate from 1995–1998, beginning a solo career in 1999. He is also the founder

of the Fading Ways record label, one of the first to use Creative Commons licenses. Leyton was a vocal proponent of the Creative Commons[1] giving several seminars and

speaking at conferences about its possible uses in the music industry, including Music Tank (London) and Popkomm (Berlin).

He has also played guitar for other musical projects live and in the studio, most notably British glam rockers Dogs D'Amour, Canadian rockers Crash Kelly

(fellow Canadian musician Sean Kelly's band) and Canadian power pop outfit Galore. He participated in a side-project with Ky Anto, titled Pretty Volume,

and recorded an E.P. with fellow Canadian guitarist Rich Jones and The Wildhearts' frontman Ginger in the UK. The Hellacopters's Nicke Andersson and

Backyard Babies's guitarist Dregen were guests on Leyton's The Betrayal of the Self album, released in 2006 via Feedback Boogie and Fading Ways Records.

In December 2008 he released an exclusive fans-only new album, Metacognitive Apperceptions. Leyton has also produced several independent recording sessions

for artists such as Mark Fernyhough and Maria Pettersson.

In 2009 he participated in a new side project with The Hellacopters's Nicke Andersson, called The Point, releasing a 7" vinyl single. He also co-wrote and sang

on Nicke Andersson's debut solo album Imperial State Electric, on the track Deja Vu, released in 2010. At the end of 2010 he released the Elite Nylon album. Source

DIG IT! N° 52

2011-07-26T15:51:00.006+02:00

OUT SOON .... with The Flamin' Groovies, Sonic Angels with the Subsonic story, Holy Curse, The Routes, Barrence Whitfield And The Savages, Kid Congo + a lot of lps and cds reviews... a M.U.S.T ¡¡¡
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THE DEAD VAYNES - G.T.F.

2011-07-19T17:38:00.010+02:00

THE DEAD VAYNES G.T.F. lp 1985

You Lost Your Respect / She Bit My Arms, She Blew My Brains / Tonight / Motor City Baby / Midnight Gun / Television Man / Christmas Time For The Wide Eyed Faces /Cry Me An Angel.

Engineered by The Spagetti Kid & produced by Simon D .

The Dead Vaynes: Stevie Vayne: vocals / Prince Michael Vayne: guitar / Sir Harry Vayne: bass / Uncle Haggis: drums.

The Vaynes were gobbed out onto the streets of rock'n'roll city (a.k.a. Leeds 6) sometime around the end of 1984, being baptized

The Dead Vaynes by self styled Messiah, vocalist,songwriter, hellraiser, leader-of-the-pack (rock'n'roll adjectives ad nauseam) Stevie

Vayne. The fledgling Vaynes line-up had more changes than a baby's nappy and by the timethe shit hit the fan and The Vaynes were

finally to be immortalised on vinyl, nobody could guarantee their presence.

The L.P. "G.T.F." was recorded in June 1985 with the only-just-recruited Mick Vayne on lead guitar. Drummer Haggis both bashed and

rolled the skins, with Sir Harry on bass... (you can read the following on the artwork file)

The Vaynes made exceedingly good rock'n'roll records"

""SHE BIT my arms, she blew my brains..."

Iggy meets Slaughter And The Dogs, and the Vaynes ram them into the crusher and feed off the dripping juices. Hailing from Leeds, which is possibly taking over from Liverpool

in the productivity stakes, Dead Vaynes churn out seedy wasted boogie, succeeding because of a certain belief in themselves and an essential "couldn't care attitude" (essential because

it is difficult to take them 100 % seriously).

I am told they are quite an experience live and and this I can well believe, as the Vaynes deal in the sort of cruel adrenalin-injection rock that can be so invigorating on stage

and yet a dead loss on vinyl, although this disc does have it's merits.

Motor City Babies, living for the instant, Dead Vaynes are probaly already legends in their own lunchtimes." N. Perry/Sounds (May 1986)

Tanks to Nuzz for this Sound review !

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THE HEARTBREAKERS - Live At Max's Kansas City

2011-07-16T00:16:00.005+02:00

THE HEARTBREAKERS Live At Max's Kansas City '79 cd 1979/1996
Intro / Milk Me / Chinese Rocks / Get Off The Phone / London / Take A Chance / One Track Mind / Let Go / I Love You / Can't Keep My Eyes On You /I Wanna Be Loved / Do You Love Me /All By Myself* / Pirate Love* / Too Much Junkie Business* / Don't Mess With Cupid* / So Alone*.
Produced by P. Crowley & The Heartbreakers.
The Heartbreakers: Johnny Thunders: guitar, vocals / Walter Lure: guitar, vocals / Billy Rath: bass / Ty Styx: drums / Jerry Nolan: drums*
After Johnny Thunders & the Heartbreakers split in the late '70s, the band would regroup for reunion gigs from time to time (up until Thunders' death in 1991). One of their first reunions took place at N.Y.C.'s infamous Max's Kansas City in 1979, which was recorded and released soon thereafter. Due to the album's success, plans were arranged to record a second gig at Max's; the only problem was that it was aborted -- the band blasted through a total of five tracks before leaving the stage to the fans' bewilderment, and not returning (drug use was rampant among the Heartbreakers). What the good folks at ROIR have done is re-release the long out of print original "Live at Max's" album, with the five tracks from the planned Vol. 2 set tacked on as bonus tracks. The band is captured in all of its drunk-and-stoned glory, with spirited versions of all the group's best-known tunes: "Chinese Rocks," "Can't Keep My Eyes on You," "One Track Mind," and "Milk Me" (aka "Chatterbox"). Also present are strong tracks never officially recorded by the Heartbreakers: "So Alone," "Too Much Junkie Business," and "London", Thunders' response to the Sex Pistols' "New York". Allmusic.com

THE BABYSITTERS - Live At The Marquee

2011-07-09T17:22:00.001+02:00

THE BABYSITTERS Live At The Marquee 12'' EP 1986
Big Girls / Pickin' The Blues / Can You Hear It / Overkill / Frank Bough.
Recorded live on 18th-19th September 1986
The Babysitters: Buttz: vocals / Jimbo: guitar / Boo: drums / Stik: bass.
"The 'Sitters formed in and around 1983. I was running a clothes shop in Carnaby St. & playing in a band with Neil X- (later of Sigue Sigue Sputnik fame). It was awful, We called it the Baby Slitters. Neil thought he was Johnny Thunders, and I didn't know that Johnny Thunders was still alive. I didn't realise that Neil was auditioning for what would later become Sputnik. He sacked me because my girlfriend (at the time) was too fat. I thought that the whole avant 'Kensington' crowd were fucking horrible,.. they only drank small drinks. Us Carnaby St Nutters were real, but getting bored with the music scene. I had just come off the end of a tour with the Clash, and had decided that punk was now officially dead. I was hanging about with psycho billy band the Meteors, and went to see them at 'The Halloween monster bash' at the Lyceum Ballroom. Third on the bill were Hanoi Rocks. To me, it was a breath of fresh air,… but the crowd...everyone shouting abuse at them, (Short haired tattooed Psycho arseholes with more hair than brains). They were as dead as the punks who invented them. The very next day, Mike Monroe & Nasty came to my shop, and we began swapping clothes...Anyway, to cut a long story short,… it turned out that the late great Razzle used to go to school with two guys...Jimbo & Boo. I met them for the first time at a 'Blind rehearsal'. Jimbo turned up on a motorbike with two girls attached, (one in the coffin shaped sidecar), it was well tasty. Pig the drummer was kind of snatched from the first line-up of Marionette, and Boo was just kind of there, he was the only musician in the band to start with, but he soon came around. It was the best group I ever heard. I still have a tape of that first rehearsal. We booked a show at Gossips nightclub in Soho. We had 7 songs, one of which…('I'm goin' down').. had only one note, and was 7 minutes long. I have never been so drunk since. I have a tape of that first show. It is the worst music I have ever heard. It was so good..." Buttz taken from an interview that you can read on the blog : "Online Diary for all to see! "

"...The Babysitters' live at the Marquee' video is a wonderful historical document. It was filmed around the same time as Hanoi's ' Wasted years' video (1985). We were friends with the audience, knew them by name. I opened a night club (Buttz & Spike's) in Soho in '85 simply because there was nowhere for like-minded people to go after the pubs had shut. I suppose the band was also for our amusement. But all the tours were the same crowd running around the country, people hitching, and sleeping anywhere. Hotel,!!! What the fuck is an Hotel? Now, it's money is king, bands don't seem to move without a manager, agent and a catering corporation. All we needed seemed to be a bit of press and a telephone..." Buttz taken from the same interview
Thanks To Franckie !

BUBBLEGUM SCREW - I Was A Teenage Fuckup !

2011-07-09T09:49:00.000+02:00

PARABELLUM - 4 Garçons Dans Le Brouillard

2011-07-01T12:10:00.005+02:00

PARABELLUM 4 Garçons Dans Le Brouillard 12'' EP 1987
R.I.P. (Rock In Pace) / Osmose 99 / Joyeux Noël / L'amour à 45 km/h.
Produced by: Christophe Sourice.
Parabellum: Patrick: drums / Roland: bass / Sven: guitar / Schultz: vocals, guitar / Géant Vert: lyrics.
"Comment ne pas adorer un groupe qui, malgré les arnaques, les galères et les désillusions, croit encore aux vertus du rock’n’roll, celui qui étend son spectre de Chuck Berry à Anti-Nowhere League et de Motörhead à Rancid ? Surtout, comment ne pas chérir un groupe qui, même après des centaines et des centaines de concerts aux quatre coins de l’hexagone (et du Québec), connaît encore le trac avant de monter sur scène, espérant être à la hauteur de son fidèle public ? Alors, oublions un instant qu’il est un précurseur du punk français, un survivant de la glorieuse époque des labels alternatifs (remember Gougnaf ?), un groupe culte et légendaire (si, si !)… Parabellum, c’est d’abord notre grand frère à tous. Et le groupe du frangin, on y est intimement attaché. Surtout s’il est un putain de groupe de rock’n’roll. De ceux qui savent oser et doser sans jamais dévier de leur cause et qui procure ces rares moments où quelques accords aidés de deux ou trois bons mots (une autre spécialité de Parabellum) vous dressent les poils des avants bras au garde-à-vous..." F. Frejnik (on Parabellum Myspace)
On doit à Parabellum d'avoir redonné vie à certaines chansons oubliées comme le traditionnel "Cayenne" et son texte anar à la Bruant dont ils reprendront "A St Lazare" , une reprise discutable du "Amsterdam" de Brel sur de nouvelles paroles, de nombreuses compositions punk flirtant avec le bon vieux rock comme : "Anarchie en chiraquie", l'anti-clérical "Welcome to Paradise", et le manifeste no future "Osmose 99"! Sur la compilation "Mon grand-frère est un rocker" du label Boucherie, ils dynamitent la chanson de la série télé pour enfants des années 60: "Saturnin"! Wikipédia

Parabellum is a french alternative rock / punk rock, formed in 1984 . They stopped in 1991 & came back in 1998, with four albums released since and several tours. Parabellum is one of the leading names in alternative rock epic in France. Schultz, singer and guitarist has also played with Manu Chao and François Hadji-Lazaro in Los Carayos. Parabellum has recorded eight albums.You can buy the latest "Si Vis Pacem" HERE !
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Cover by Vuillemin !!!

THE BABYSITTERS - The Babysitters (new rip !)

2011-06-28T19:28:00.008+02:00

THE BABYSITTERS The Babysitters lp 1985
Can you hear it / American toys / No particular place / The beard song / I wanna be on T.V. / Pickin' the blues / Old L.A. / Give us a loan / Everybody loves you when you're dead / Tel Aviv / Rock en roll chicken / Alright O.K. .
Produced by The Babysitters.
The Babysitters: Buttz: vocals / Jimbo: guitar / Boo: drums / Stik: bass.
It's a very hazy trail that leads up to it, and I've tried, in vain so far sadly, to track down Sitters singer Buttz, but a brief history of Babysitters time is that these leery loons leapt from some asylum in some strange netherworld and first seem to have appeared on Flicknife Records 1983 "Trash on Delivery" compilation, which I don't own, but is notable for having The Dogs D'Amour's impossibly brilliant "Teenager" on it, which I believe was on their first demo ever and had Ned Kelly (alright, Christie) on vocals and a 14 year old Tyla just on guitar and backing vocal duties. Anyway, back to the boys in question. Their composition was "Living Out Rock'n'Roll" and was a divine blast of spiky Ramones and Special Brew fuelled salvation about running amok round London in tight pants, ending with the soon to be typically bizarre Buttzness of "Livin' out Rock'n'Roll.......pineapple" for no apparent reason whatsoever. This just set the scene, 'twas an aperitif for the album to come. An album of some of the most punky rock'n'roll craziness, jollity and eternal greatness there ever was and will be. Not for them the archness of, say, Sigue Sigue Sputnik, this is what they were.What happened next is uncertain, except one can safely assume they spent a while playing, what I can only imagine were fun drunken blitzes of sets in such classy dens of iniquity and dereliction as Fulham Greyhound and The Bull and Gate amongst many others, finely tuning their own peculiar brand of beery brawling Ollie Reed Rock'n'Roll and practicing their vocal harmonies, before procuring a little deal with HM Records for the price of a pint, a couple of tabs and some chips. They put the vocal harmonies in particular to brilliant usage on the barbershop quartet swish of "The Beard Song", about how he digs his girl's long blond hair and curves, but her beard gets on his nerves. And she's a cute girl to, tho she has false teeth and size 11 feet. Believe me, it works. They also open the whole glorious ragtag shebang with a vocal group "Hello" "Helloo" "Hellooo" "Hellooooo" before stumbling into, and around, "Can You Hear It?", choicest prime cut of a lyric line here? "Open your eyes and open your ears, open up your wallet and get me some beer" and ending with the signoff "What's he say?" "Dunno mate didn't hear it." Ho ho. Such possibly inanity is all over the record, but depending on your point of view, it is complete genius. Actually, it IS complete genius, just on the same shiny coin as buffoonery. Sod and sick on your point of view. In my rule book, thin as it may be, anyone who can write a song called "Tel Aviv", yes, as in literally, "it's a long way to...", is an utter star barking maestro. A relevant and up to date version of the old First World War anthem "It's a Long Way To Tipperary", though quite why Buttz has/had such an affection for the place is unclear, at the time of writing. Similarly dredging up from the mists of Pot Noodles, Bensons, and cider haze "I Wanna Be on the TV" from the couch whilst watching dismal daytime TV, which back in the mid 80's must've been really bad, the poor barstads, is simply heroism on a grand scale. Perfectly capturing many a person's thoughts better than any fucking Smiths record could/can.
This is part of the mystery shrouding the lack of success of the band, especially if you couple that with "Give Us A Loan", the old problems trying to get some dolly out of the bank, with some of the best Pinky and Perky backing singing since The Dolls did "Stranded in the Jungle". And "Old L.A.", a jazzy, loungy, bouncy, broken bedspring tune, where Buttz gets all Elvis on our asses, well ears, is a stunner. Yup, cor blimey, guv'nor. All topped and trimmed with what I think is a cornet. Hell, and I guess it may well have been, it sounds like it was recorded in some sleazy jazz joint bar in LA, but perhaps more likely in Soho, at 2am such is the Gaulouise smoky atmosphere on it. Buttz wandering about the stage with a vodka martini - in a pint glarss please, guv - spilling drops on the last remaining slack jawed patrons, perched perilously on the edge of....oh well, there he goes. Right through the squeaky door.This whole slice of drooling fantastico-ness reminds me of nothing more than an 80's underground version of Keith Moon, Harry Nilsson, Ringo Starr, and Viv Stanshall and co hanging out in the 70's, been gloriously daft eccentric English types (Harry being an adopted Angle), just unfortunately not having the necessary readies to totally unleash all their spontaneous impulses on the world. Or be fully clothed. I mean, just look at the cover, which kinda makes Captain Sensible, well, look as though he was living up to his name. They look like they just woke up in a skip after trying to break into the offie on the way home.And those two covers. Well the first is a pretty perfuntory and faithful run through of Mr. Chuck Berry's "No Particular Place", so we can leave that be, and the greatest of all is "Rock En Roll Chicken", taking Bo Diddley's "Pills" to pastures new and leaving it stranded there for ever more. Daft as hell, still funny. But not as much as closer "Alright O.K.", set in, or about, some clip joint or other called The Embassy where "You can spend your wages on a pint of beer, or camp it up and play the queer", and featuring some choice one liners reminiscent of Moonie and Ringo on Moonie's "Two Sides of the Moon" album (a criminally under-rated and of course quite insane masterpiece) like "'ere mate you got 20 pence for a beer?" "yeah here's 10 get us half" and "why do they call you Disco Dave?" "I d-d-d-d-d-d-d don't know". And to end with, there's the prophetic "Everybody Loves You When You're Dead", which is sadly too true, Buttz lurching in and out of his Elvis mannerisms, fittingly enuff. Buttz knew it, just like Thunders knew it when he wrote "Disappointed in You" with "The only way you get respect is when you die, if you're a friend of mine." I remember after being written off for years all the nice accolades that were devoted to Stiv and Johnny, oh typically. But there we go, such is the way of things. And following this, Buttz only went and managed to outdo himself and get together The Last of the Teenage Idols, didn't he? But I think that's over to someone else.
The Babysitters - truly one of the best records ever and hot diggedy do here's to Rock'n'Roll, y'all. Stu Gibson "Sleazegrinder.com"
Read the Buttz 's interview here : http://www.sleazegrinder.com/int_buttz.htm*
Cd covers by MAX!
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THE STREETWALKIN' CHEETAHS - Do The Pop

2011-06-28T09:29:00.005+02:00

THE STREETWALKIN' CHEETAHS Do The Pop 7'' 1997
Do The Pop / More Fun
Produced by P. Boissel & The Cheetahs.
The Streetwalkin' Cheetahs: Deniz Tek: guitars, vocals / Frank Meyer: guitars & vocals, vocals on "More Fun", Dino Everett: bass & vocals, vocals on "Do The Pop", Art Jackson: guitar, Mike Knutson: drums.
While on tour in LA in August '97, Deniz was asked to come by the studio where the Cheetahs, long time fans, were recording an album of cover versions. Runaway's vocalist Cherie Currie had just left, having done a vocal track for what eventually became the Cherry Bomb 7" on Alive. The guitar tracks for these two songs were done within an hour.
Of Interest: "Deniz simply plugged his guitar into the amp that happened to be set up in the studio already, a new Fender DeVille, not expecting much. He was favourably impressed with the sound. The next day, both the Cheetahs and Wayne Kramer came to see Deniz' show in Hollywood at a small club with about 30 people in attendance." Source
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BUBBLE - Total Harmonic Distortion

2011-06-26T08:57:00.006+02:00

BUBBLE Total Harmonic Distortion cd 2001
Days Like These / Under My Wing / Artificial Schizophrenia / Idle Feel Of Fame / Naked / Easier Than This / Black Hole / Super Psycho / By & By / Sunshine / Dreamsong.
Produced by Bubble.
Bubble: Share Ross: vovals, guitars /Brian: bass/ Bam Ross: drums.
"Bubble exploded on the Hollywood scene in '97 when leaders, Bam (drums) and Share (guitars, vocals) started out with guts and a vision
as just a two piece band of drums and guitar! The idea? To have a blast on stage, lose the pretence and get their rocks off musically! It must've worked because they were offered the band residency on "glitter/punk night" at Hollywood's Goldfinger's. Combining disgustingly hooky melodies, raspy vocals, loud guitars and punk attitudes, Bubble went from being an exciting unpredictable
group to becoming brash, alterna/pop/punk leaders at the forefront of the new "glitter" scene.
Their totally DIY self-produced 15 song album "how 'bout this?" is a shining example of great songs, spectacular hooks and is definitely a "classic-to-be". With the right Bubble blaster Brian Wong (bass), this band is charged with electricity and excitement!
Bubble has already done a very successful tour of Japan (April 2000) and returned there in December 2000 after hitting the UK with their high energy brand of rock n roll/pop/punk/sleaze.
This group has no shortage of credits, but that ain't what they're about! Delivering an unforgettable live set, this band is ready for world takeover. Bubble's "SparkleStar" will be in the upcoming movie - "Dancing At the Blue Iguana" starring Daryl Hannah and Jennifer Tilly.
Bam used to bash skins for The Wildhearts & the Dogs D'Amour!
Bubble has already toured Japan, the west coast of the US and Great Britain to excellent accolades. Their second album, "Rockets And Volcanoes" has just been released to wonderful reviews in Japan and is scheduled for release in spring 2002 under the title, "Total Harmonic Distortion" in Europe and America just as the band heads off for SXSW, the UK and Japan again for more tours!!!
"Share and the boys rock on this cd like never before! Solid, honest,hard and raw! A "must get" cd to add to any collection. Keep rockin hard Bubble!" Source
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RADIO BIRDMAN - Radio Activity

2011-06-20T04:16:00.003+02:00

RADIO BIRDMAN Radio Activity (The Singles & E.P.'s) lp 2001
1 I-94 / 2 Burned My Eye / 3 Smith & Wesson / 4 Snake / 5 More Fun / 6 Dark Surprise / 7 Breaks My Heart / 8 Didn't Tell The Man / 9 Ghost Riders In The Sky / 10 Aloha Steve & Danno / 11 Anglo Girl Desire / 12 Eskimo Pies / 13 Skimp The Pimp / 14 Lifespill / 15 100 Fools / 16 Alien Skies / 17 Let The Kids Dance / 18 Sweet Jane.
From back cover:
1,2,3,4: Burn My Eye EP 1976
5,6,7,8: More Fun! EP 1988 (Live Paddington Town Hall 12.12.77, A8 Rockfield Studio 78)
9: The Raouls (D. Tek featuring P. Hoyle & C. Masuak) from "Surf 'O' Rama" sampler
10,11: Single 1978
12,13: TV Jones 1974
14: Visitors 1979 alternate guitar mix, non-album (from Red-Eye-Appetizer)
15,16: Single 1984 (15: D. Tek, Studio Houston, Texas 1981, 16: Radio Birdman: Rockfield Studio 78)
17,19: Single 1999 D. Tek & C. Masuak [Hitmen D.T.K.] (Studio Houston, Texas 1991)

Although the best-known band of the early Australian punk scene of the late '70s was the Saints, the first band to wave the punk rock flag in the land down under was Radio Birdman. Formed by Australian émigré Deniz Tek (originally from Ann Arbor, MI) and Aussie surfer-turned-vocalist Rob Younger in 1974, Radio Birdman's approach to rock & roll was rooted in the high-energy, apocalyptic guitar rant of the Stooges and MC5, sprinkled liberally with a little East Coast underground hard rock courtesy of Blue Öyster Cult. Their first EP, Burn My Eye, released in 1976, was a great record and still remains a seminal chunk of Aussie punk. Loud and snotty, with Younger bellowing his guts out and Tek on a search-and-destroy mission with his guitar, this was a great debut that set the stage for the impending deluge of Aussie punk bands waiting in the wings.
Thanks to Mr D. !

VA - LES PAULS & BREAKING GLASS

2011-06-18T07:06:00.005+02:00

VA Les Pauls & Breaking Glass cd 2001
American Heartbreak: Too Beautiful / Bellrays: High School / Cherry 13: Lower Class Angels / Toilet Boys: Special / Libertine: Candy / Dead Boys: War Zone / American Heartbreak: Angeline / Street Walkin' Cheetahs: Gettin' Six / Electric Frankenstein: Razor Blade Touch / El Diablo: Sure As Shit / Candy Snatchers: Ass, Grass Or Crack / Toilet Boys: Turn It Up.
"Take a spill on the wild side with this trashy collection of booze-soaked bitches, as Coldfront and Sin City offer some serious, bad-ass rock'n'roll. You get twelve tracks from slurrers American Heartbreak, Bellrays, Cherry 13, Toilet Boys, Libertine, Dead Boys, Street Walkin' Cheetahs, Electric Frankenstein, El Diablo, and the Candy Snatchers. Packaged with a cover art by Frank Kozik."
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FREDDY LYNXX VIDEOS

2011-06-15T17:58:00.003+02:00

You better check the Freddy Lynxx videos posted this week by Lostindacity on You Tube !!!

THE GOLDEN ARMS - Gimme Some Lips

2011-06-12T18:11:00.009+02:00

THE GOLDEN ARMS Gimme Some Lips cd 1998
Rag Doll / Too Much To Lose / You Could Be Mine / Take A Ride With Me / Fallin' / Give Me More / Nowhere To Go / Days Of Wine & Roses / Just Where You Are / Set Me Free / Little T & A / M.I.A. / Take A Chance With Me / Laundromat Kat / Go Back To Go / London Boys / Ask Me No Questions / Lady Bird / Search And Destroy / All I Want (live) / Overdose (live).
The Golden Arms: Hiroshi The Golden Arm: guitars, vocals / Satoshi Silvers: guitar, vocals / Koji Stardust: bass, backing vocals / Tamito Black Out: drums, backing vocals.
Guest Musicians: Freddy Lynxx: guitars and backing vocals / Little Johnnie: guitar / Joe Alcohol: guitar / Zepp Oberpichler: backing vocals / Jeff Dahl: guitar / Dee Dee Suck: guitar / Lipstick Killers: assorted instruments.
This disc has been spinning non-stop here at the Cyber Lounge and I just can't get enough. The Golden Arms, a Japanese band, puts out high energy sleaze rock inspired by The Dolls, Thunders and Iggy. They perform a bunch of original material and several cover tunes including the Stones 'Little T&A', five Thunder's songs and an excellent bass heavy version of Iggy's 'Search And Destroy'. About half of the tunes are produced by the band itself and the Jeff Dahl produces the rest. Helping out on a number of tracks are an assortment of characters including Freddy Lynxx who plays guitar on 7 tracks.If you picked up the JT tribute CD called 'Stranded In The Dolls House' then you heard this band doing 'London Boys'.
The sound varies quite a bit throughout the 21 tracks due to the various people involved and the two different recording locals, Tokyo and Arizona. Jeff Dahl's production makes the band sound polished while still keeping the edge. And it's the edge that really shines through on the two live tracks ending the disc. They were recorded live on a Walkman recorder in an Arizona bar and they sound great to me.E. Davidson
Buy It "I Don't Know Where" coz it's out !Thanks to Mr Frk !

MUD BOY & THE NEUTRONS - Known Felows In Drag

2011-06-02T06:11:00.008+02:00

MUD BOY & THE NEUTRONS Known Felows In Drag lp 1986
Shake Your Money Maker / Little Queenie / Brownsville / Can't Feel At Home / Bamalama / Codine / Back In The USA / Memphis Blues Again / Bo Diddley.
Produced by J. Dickinson.
Mud Boys: James Luther Dickinson: vocals, keyboards, guitar / Lee Baker: vocals, lead guitar / Jimmy Crosthwait: percussions, drums / Sid S.Selvidge: rhythm guitar.
The Neutrons: Doug Garrison, Ed Hollis, Jim Lancaster, Jerome Miller, Carl Narvell, Jerry Phillips, Richard Rosebrough.
A longtime staple of the Memphis music scene, producer Jim Dickinson helmed sessions for successive generations of cult heroes spanning from Screamin' Jay Hawkins to Big Star to the Replacements, additionally lending his keyboard talents to recordings from Ry Cooder, the Rolling Stones, Aretha Franklin, and others. Dickinson began his career during the mid-'60s, emerging as a sought-after session player through recordings with everyone from Petula Clark to Arlo Guthrie to the Flamin' Groovies; in 1971, he appeared on the Stones' classic "Sticky Fingers", and that same year collaborated with Cooder on "Into the Purple Valley", the first in a series of solo albums and soundtracks with the famed guitarist. In 1972, Dickinson issued his first solo LP, "Dixie Fried"; around that time he also formed Mud Boy & the Neutrons, a legendary local band featuring Delta bluesmen Sid Selvidge, Lee Baker, and Jimmy Crosswaith. Mud Boy & The Neutrons released two albums on New Rose Records and Koch International reissued their first album in cd with live bonus tracks under the title of "Walk Among Us". They temporarily disbanded, but reformed in 2005 to perform at a festival of Memphis music held at The Barbican in London. This concert was filmed but to date remains unreleased.The group has always been known for deliberately making their offbeat public performances rare, special events; they never toured. Their music style included elements of varying Southern United States-oriented music styles including blues, "swamp" music, R&B, folk music, gospel music, and country.
Much of Dickinson's reputation rests on his 1974 production of Big Star's "Third/Sister Lovers", the pioneering Memphis power pop group's abortive final masterpiece -- a record that both literally and figuratively captures the sound of a band falling apart, it was not issued in anything close to its intended form until 1992, its status as an underground classic nevertheless assured through years of unauthorized releases. His work with former Big Star frontman Alex Chilton continued on 1979's disastrous "Like Flies on Sherbert"; the hipster cachet of both projects made Dickinson a sought-after producer among a new generation of bands, and throughout the 1980s his credit appeared on albums from the likes of Jason & the Scorchers, Chris Stamey, Green on Red, the True Believers, and, most notably, the Replacements, whose "Pleased to Meet Me" included their song "Alex Chilton."
Dickinson remained active in the years to follow, working with the likes of Primal Scream, Mudhoney, and Rocket from the Crypt. His sons Luther and Cody also pursued careers in music, forming the band DDT and later leading the North Mississippi Allstars.
Jim Dickinson died August 15, 2009 of heart complications in Memphis, TN at the age of 67, closing out a varied and impressive musical career that had lasted over four decades. Allmusic.com
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SACRED COWBOYS - Trouble From Providence

2011-05-30T05:04:00.005+02:00

SACRED COWBOYS Trouble From Providence cd 1988
Hell Sucks / Blood And Soil / Pacification Organisation / Canned Goods / 44 Blues / Sometimes / Love Factory Blues / Trouble From Providence / We Love You / Highway 61 Revisited / Nailed To The Cross° / Twisted Nerve* / Trouble From Providence (Acoustic Version) / Is Nothing Sacred* / I Am The Walrus*.
Produced by M. Ferrie & T. Doolan except ° produced by M. Armiger & Sacred Cowboys and ** produced by T. Cohen & Sacred Cowboys.
Sacred Cowboys: G. Gray: vocals / T. Doolan: guitars / M. Ferrie: guitars / N.Rischbieth: bass / S. Fidock: drums + M. Hoy (4, 8) & O. Olsen (8): backing vocals / Chris Wilson: (2, 5) / N. McCourt: organ Hammond & sitar: (3, 9) / A. Wednesday: Mirage Synthesis / J. Black: piano (3, 5).
Sacred Cowboys are an Australian rock band active live throughout the 1980s and 1990s,and 2000's.They began playing inner city Melbourne in early 1982. Gary Gray and Mark Ferrie thought of the name after watching "The Groovy Guru", an episode of the classic TV comedy series Get Smart. In it, the Groovy Guru and his rock band, the Sacred Cows, use psychedelic music to control the minds of young people. (The same episode was the inspiration for a Hoodoo Gurus song, "In The Echo Chamber" and Painters and Dockers covered Groovy Guru's "Kill Kill Kill".)
Within six months, the Sacred Cowboys signed with Mushroom Records/White Label and recorded the "Nothing Grows In Texas" single. After their performance of the song on television pop show Countdown, Molly Meldrum said: "this is the worst group I've seen in five years", a title the band wore with perverse pride.
The Cowboys Mark I also released a second single, a cover of Alex Chilton's "Bangkok", a self-titled EP on the White Label, a self-titled album on french label New Rose Rds, and a live/demo compilation named after a Rolling Stones cover, ""We Love You" on ManMade Rds.
After reforming in 1987, the Sacred Cowboys signed to Germany's Normal records and released the classic "Trouble From Providence" album. "Hell Sucks" was the hit from this album and became the Cowboys signature tune. The Sacred Cowboys began recording again in the 1990s. They released a "best of" CD EP called "Black City". The Australian edition of Rolling Stone magazine listed this as one of its Top 100 albums of the 20th century. The "Things To Come" album was released in 1996. Spencer Jones and Penny Ikinger joined Terry Doolan as the band's guitarists, both live and in the studio.
In 2005, the song "Hell Sucks" from "Trouble From Providence" was selected for Clinton Walker's compilation of classic Australian punk and post-punk music, "Inner City Sounds".
When the Cowboys reformed in August 2006, they played a series of shows in Melbourne, and put the finishing touches to the "Cold Harvest" album, which was released on Bang Records.
Founding 1982 members include Johnny Crash (drums) and Mark Ferrie (bass) who were both previously members of Melbourne pop band the Models; Terry Doolan (guitar); Andrew Picouleau (bass); and Ian Forrest (keyboards). Nick Reishbeth joined the group in 1983. In 1987 Stephan Fidock joined on drums.The band's lead singer and lyricist, Garry Gray was previously a member of The Reals (1975-76) and The Negatives (1977-79) and is the only constant in the band's history...
The 'Sacred Cowboys' ride again. G. Gray says: 'It's about time. The world is at high noon and there's gonna be a showdown.' Source: Wikipedia
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HIDDEN CHARMS - Hidden Charms

2011-05-27T19:35:00.012+02:00

HIDDEN CHARMS Hidden Charms mini lp 1985
How Do You Know? / I Guess I'm Fallin' In Love / Tip Of My Tongue / The Witch / Why Did You Leave Me? / Shotgun Rider / Girl After Girl / Take Your Clothes Off.
An Authentic production from the deep south of Sweden
Hidden Charms: P. Hägred: vocals, guitars / M. Gustavsson: vocals, guitars / T. Holst: bass / P. Norrman & Sticky Bomb: drums.
Special Thanks to 4-Eyed Thomas
Dedicated To Sky Saxon
The Hidden charms were another garage band of the mid 80's from Malmö in the South of Sweden. They have recorded two lp's: "Hidden Charms" (1985): a solid first lp of pure punk/rock/garage & "History" (1986) a more oriented powerpop album.You can also find the band on a few compilations that contributed to the succes of this nordic garage wave: "A Real Cool Time" (1985), "Raw Cuts - Vol 2 Swedish Beat" (1986), "What A Nice Way To Turn Seventeen" (1986), "Blast From The Hip To The Heart" (1986). Their influences: Little Walter, Them, Link Wray, Alex Chilton, Lyres, Sonics( they covered "The Witch" on the first lp), Roky Erickson & the Cramps for the first lp!
"...Hidden Charms idea of some fun is a shotgun wedding between blistering teen pop and wild rockabilly. They prove their point on a lovable unreleased remake of "Where The Rio De Rosa Flows" and a version of "The Witch" from their first mini album..." liner notes of "Raw Cuts - Vol 2 Swedish Beat"
"The Band took their name from a Howlin' Wolf song also recorded by Link Wray, which says a lot about their musical roots. Inspired by the madmen of rock & roll - from Jerry Lee Lewis to Mono Man - and forever in love with the teen bands of the 60's..." Liner notes from the lp "A Real Cool Time (Distorded Sounds From The North)" which contains an out-take track "Please Give Me Something" from the sessions which led to their first mini-album on Box Records.
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You can find "History" the second Hidden Charms album here, on the excellent Wilfully Obscure blog!

CYRIL & ROY

2011-05-21T10:34:00.003+02:00

Click on the picture to enlarge!
Thanks To Fabien for this poster!

THE LONG GONES - Tear You Apart

2011-05-20T18:03:00.008+02:00

THE LONG GONES Tear You Apart 7'' ep 2009

Tear You Apart / Down That Road Before / I'm Movin' On.
Recorded live October 2009 by Johhny Walker & Graig Fox.
The Long Gones: Bryan Dilsizian: vocals / Adam MacAllister: bass / Stace Keeney: guitar/ Andy Jody: drums + Peter Greenberg: guitar.
This record is coming out on Dec 3rd at a show The Long Gones were playing in Cincinnati. There are only 300 copies getting pressed and it will be on multi colored vinyl.
Playing guitar on this record is Peter Greenberg,who was in DMZ, The Lyres, The Customs.. etc...
This was his first studio recording since 1985.
"So there’s this laundromat in Cincinnati called Sudsy’s that has a bar and rock bands rockin’ nightly. The very notion is as all-American as you can get: clean face, icky innards, and cheap beer. Needless to say, it was the second place the Long Gones ever played. The first was a pool party, but we’ll assume that there was enough beer there – and probably free too – to qualify as a righteous premiere. One can only imagine the bruised, stained bikini-ed she-things that might’ve slunk up from Kentucky for a dip… But it was in the All Tempa-Cheer-less confines of Sudsy’s where this gang of greaseballs cut their teeth, and hands, and elbows, and probably a few teeth not their own. But it ain’t so much that the Long Gones were out to hurt anyone. It’s just that when they sprouted, ‘round February 1996, Cincinnati crowds thought the Afghan Whigs were the height of R’n’R, seemingly having forgotten that James Brown cut his earliest best sides down Queen City-way, and the Customs (Cinci’s main contribution to the obscuro-punk pantheon) cut up hooch-room rugs nearly two decades earlier. Okay, admittedly it had been awhile; and coming from one who follows crap-rock shit as if it mattered, Reds-ville has never exactly been a R’n’R hotbed. But the original four lads in the Long Gones had the vision to peer towards the state capital (look it up) and even to Detroit and NYC where a fuming fusion of Stooges riffs, Stones swish, Ramones ritual, and Dwarves crack was becoming the best bawdy thing going…and going fast. Once the Devil Dogs released "Saturday Night Fever", it was all kinda downhill after that, and the Long Gones won that race, while they lasted. They played dream gutter-rock gigs with the Candy Snatchers, the Oblivians, the Dirtys, Murder City Devils, Revelators, Problematics, Loudmouths, and more…A single, a great LP, "Prepare to Burn" on Shake It! (Buy It HERE!), and another guitarist making them a fearsome fivesome all led to one of the brightest blips in the underground punk timeline of late ‘90s garage garrrumph.

By the end of ’98, they were done. Purt much everything they taped – including the remastered album, singles, and unearthed live and demo blasts – can be had and heaved into your earhole via the fine, recently released compilation, "Highway Sound: 1996-1998 (Shake It!)" (Buy It HERE!). But like the jeans you throw in the wash again with vague hopes the stink will come out this time, the Long Gones returned in the fall of 2002. Sadly, two days before the first official reunion gig, guitarist Tom Kohne lost his battle with lymphoma cancer. Obviously down, the band let it go. The spin cycle kicked in again though in 2008. The Customs (whose ol' song “Long Gone” gave this here band its name), were kicking around a reunion idea themselves, and got the Long Gones to do the same. Now, the new streamlined four-piece is back looking to record, booking to gig, and once again hanging most garage punk bands out to dry." Eric Davidson

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CHEROKEES - Rock'n'Roll Control

2011-05-17T19:45:00.004+02:00

CHEROKEES Rock'n'Roll Control 7'' 1987
Rock'n'Roll Control / Lookin' At You (live)
Produced by Andy Levine.
From the album"Scalping In The Streets"
The Cherokees (1985/1994) were a punk rock band from Paris.They have recorded two singles & three albums (Scalping In The Streets, Gumbopan & Winchester 73).
Their singer Suspense (aka P. Emery) who has left the band after the lp"Gumbopan" has recorded an excellent solo album "Rubberband" (1991 Houlala/Bondage Rds) in L.A. Under the name of Suspense, he is also involved with succes since 1996 in Ultra Orange, an electro rock pop band.
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CHEROKEES - Cherokee Beat

2011-05-17T18:44:00.006+02:00

CHEROKEES Cherokee Beat ep 1985
Sometimes / Do I Need You / Around The Word / Misery.
Recorded by Gil Spectrol.
Cherokees: Boris Cherokee: bass / Suspense Cherokee: vocals / Patrick Cherokee: guitar / Fred Cherokee: guitar / Denis Cherokee: tom-tom.
Hey kids! Voici un combo qui va vous commotionner les idées, vous faire trembler les hanches et vous remettre le Beat là où il faut. A Paname comme ailleurs la guerre est déclarée: ça sentait l'ail et le tabac brun, ça sent le brûlé.
A Beatdom les Cherokees sont les freaks les plus cinglés et les plus dévastateurs...
Mmmmh! QUEL GROOVE!
Alors rock and roll fans tenez-vous prêts, fouillez profond dans vos poches et restez cools:
Le CHEROKEE BEAT est né. Gil Spectrol, liner notes.

Cherokees circa 1985
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THE SKUNKS - The Skunks

2011-05-15T15:56:00.006+02:00

THE SKUNKS The Skunks (aka the Purple Album) lp 1982
Questions For Laura / Hurt / Quiet Girl / Let's Get Twisted / For Your Love / You Really Know How To Put The Pressure On / Telewoman / Still The Same / Jesse 's Not Like The Other Boys / Gimme Some.
Produced by Earle Mankey.
The Skunks: J. Sublett: vocals, bass / D. Murray: guitar / G. Murray: drums.
The Skunks were a three-piece rock band formed in 1977 in Austin, Texas.
The band debuted in early 1978 and quickly became a mainstay of the Austin, Texas scene, playing not only venues known for having an open-minded clientele,
but clubs whose audiences crossed the spectrum, including the Armadillo World Headquarters, the Continental Club, Dukes Royal Coach, Club Foot, Liberty Lunch,
and Raul's among many others in the late 1970s and early 80s. The band's music channeled classic garage rock influences, such as The Rolling Stones and The Who with Seventies cult figures such as the New York Dolls and The Velvet Underground, infused with a powerful guitar attack and Sublett's active, up-front electric bass, The Skunks sound is best represented by songs like "Cheap Girl" and "Push Me Around", both of which appeared on the first Austin punk compilation album "Live at Raul's".
The Skunks debuted at Raul's club in February 1978. The original band members were Jesse Sublett on vocals and bass, "Fazz" Eddie Munoz on guitar and Billy Blackmon on drums. After recording their first eponymous album, the so-called "Black LP," Eddie Munoz left for Los Angeles at the end of 1978 and joined The Plimsouls. Jon Dee Graham replaced him on guitar in January 1979, thus forming the definitive Skunks lineup. Their first single release, "Earthquake Shake," was recorded for $10. Copies are known to fetch hundreds of dollars when they appear at auction.

The Skunks were inducted into the Austin Music Hall of Fame in 2008.
Co-Headlining their opening gig at Raul's with a band called The Violators which featured, along with Jesse Sublett, Kathy Valentine who would later join the Go-Go's, Carla Olson and Marilyn Dean. The Skunks and The Violators are generally recognized as Austin's first two punk bands and this gig as the first Austin punk show. The core fan base that formed around Raul's would provide the alternative voice in an evolving Austin music scene that would eventually call its base "The Live Music Capital Of The World," spawning the SXSW and ACL festivals. Some of the other Austin connected punk bands sprouting from this scene included The Explosives, The Dicks, The Huns, The Big Boys, Terminal Mind, Sharon Tate's Baby, and The Butthole Surfers.One of the first Austin punk bands to tour nationally, The Skunks played CBGB's in August 1979 and Max's Kansas City in 1980 and opened for such national and international acts as The Ramones , The Police, Gang Of Four, Ultravox, The Clash, John Cale, The Cramps and many others. During their sets they were often joined on stage by touring artists such as Elvis Costello, Patti Smith, Joe Ely,as well as members of The Clash, Cheap Trick and Blondie.
Founders Jesse Sublett and Eddie Munoz initially played together in the glam blues band Jelly Roll from 1975 to 1977 before recruiting Billy Blackmon and forming the initial lineup of The Skunks. After Munoz's departure in 1978 he was replaced on guitar by Jon Dee Grahm who remained with the band until the summer of 1980 and was replaced by Doug Murray, formerly of Terminal Mind. Blackmon left the band in 1982 and was replaced on drums by Doug Murray's brother, Greg Murray, a lineup that lasted only until 1983 when Jesse fired them and dissolved the band during pre-production of the band's second LP on Republic Records. The Murrays had only received a lukewarm reception from The Skunks core audience.

Austin rock critic M.Moser writes: "In Austin’s punk rock history book, the Skunks are the first page. From the time they played the original alt-rock nightspot, Raul’s, through lineup changes that eventually brought them right back to the beginning, this trio toughed it out. Bassist Jesse Sublett, guitarist Jon Dee Graham, and drummer Billy Blackmon’s muscular power punk is still as potent and danceable now as it was 20 years ago."
Jesse reunited what is considered the classic lineup of Sublett, Graham, and Blackmon in 1985 for a reunion show at Austin's Liberty Lunch. Starting in 2000 this lineup began playing annual reunion gigs at The Continental Club in Austin, Texas. Source
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THE GIMMIES - Auto Shut Off...Any Questions?

2011-05-15T09:08:00.006+02:00

THE GIMMIES Auto Shut Off....Any Questions cd 2002
Dirty Trick / Not So Easy / Sixties / Give It Up / Boys Can't Stand It / Down To Me / Pretty Flamingo / Sister's Accuse / Shakin' With Her / Beat Me Out / Till You're Down / Get It Right Now / Get Off The Phone (bonus track).
Produced by Matt, Patch & The Gimmies.
The Gimmies: Sora Shitty: vocals, guitar / Kawave: guitar, vocal / Kim: bass, backing vocal / J.J.: drums.
"From Japan comes another onslaught of in your face rock ‘n’ roll. The screaming guitars tap into the Detroit sounds of The Stooges and the MC5..."
"The Gimmies are rock action personified with screaming guitars that tap into the Detroit tradition of the Stooges & MC5 and matched by a cockiness that would put The Pretty Things to shame. Combined with their love of Australian garage rock and their English-as-a-second-language-lyrics, they twist rock music into shrapnel only matched by their Japanese brethren Guitar Wolf, Teengenerate and the King Brothers..."
"The Gimmies live are an adrenalin addiction – take the chance to plug into their power..."
This is the first album of the Gimmies recorded in 2002 on the japanese label Stars Jet Rds & with"Get Off The Phone" like bonus track ! These gentlemen have good taste, for sure...
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HOLY CURSE : This could be the Last Time !!!

2011-05-15T06:14:00.007+02:00

Après près de 20 ans de bons (pas toujours) et loyaux (toujours) services, The Holy Curse part pour une tournée hexagonale qui pourrait bien être la dernière.
Depuis le temps où vous vous dites "Ah j'irai les voir la prochaine fois", cette fois, ça y est, la prochaine fois est arrivée !
Si nous ne passons pas prés de chez vous, nous en sommes désolés, ce n'est pas par snobisme (car nous avons eu plaisir à jouer dans toutes les régions de France) mais plus par manque de temps et aussi parce qu'il est de plus en plus difficile de trouver des endroits où jouer dans des conditions conformes à ce que vous et nous attendons de la musique.
Les dates et les lieux de la tournée sont à la fin de cet e mail.
Le groupe espère vous voir une fois, deux fois, autant de fois que vous voulez, nous serons disponibles pour signer notre nouvel album ("Take It As It Comes" cd ou lp 6 titres à acheter ICI), mais aussi pour nous faire prendre en photo avec vous au cas où vous voudriez profiter de votre bon de reduction chez Photobox pour la confection d'un mug ou d'une boule pour la fête des pères.
Si vous nous payez une bière, on la boira aussi avec plaisir car nous essayons de toujours contenter nos fans.
Bon trêve de conneries.
A très bientôt et en attendant, let the good times roll

THE HOLY CURSE LAST CALL FOR DRINKS TOUR

-Jeudi 19 Mai, Les Valseuses, Lannion (22) avec Ultrabullit
-Vendredi 20 Mai, Mondo Bizarro, Rennes (35) avec Ultrabullit
-Samedi 21 Mai, El Camino, Caen(14) avec Ultrabullit et Baya Populos
-Dimanche 22 Mai, Le Kaluma, Cherbourg (50)
-Lundi 23 Mai, 5ème Avenue, Orléans (45) avec x-eater
-Mardi 24 Mai, Les Tilleuls, Toulouse (31)
-Mercredi 25 Mai, Le Mojomatic, Montpellier (34)
-Jeudi 26 Mai, la Machine à Coudre, Marseille (13) avec The Cowboys from Outer Space
-Vendredi 27 Mai, Le Rubens, Clermont-Ferrand (63) avec Ratzinger's Sins
-Samedi 28 Mai, CBGC, Gigors (26) avec Elektrolux, Cheri Cheri, Os Drongos
-Dimanche 12 Juin, Rallye HD et Customs, Mery Corbon (14)
-Jeudi 17 Juin, La Java, Paris (75) avec Ze Rippers

WILLIE LOCO ALEXANDER & THE CONFESSIONS - Autre Chose Live

2011-05-08T05:42:00.004+02:00

WILLIE LOCO ALEXANDER & THE CONFESSIONS Autre Chose Live 2 lp's/cd 1982
Tennesse Waltz / Kids are jagging / Be Bop a Lula / Home is / Killer in a Trenchcoat / Hit & run / Eyes crossed / AAWW / Hit her wid de Axe / Kerouac / Working Hard / Take me away / Autre Chose / Gin / Radio Heart / Dirty Eddie / Close Enough / B.U. Baby.
Recorded live at the Printemps de Bourges, France, April 3rd 1982 by A. Français & mixed by P.Abadie.
W. L. Alexander & The Confessions: Willie Loco: vocals & piano / Mathew MacKenzie: guitar & vocals / Walter Powers III: bass & vocals / Ricky "Rock It" Rothchild: drums & vocals.
In memory of Mathew MacKenzie & Ricky Rothchild.
"...Willie Loco Alexander is a V.I.P. in the underground, a musician whose name has been around since the Sixties. A renegade specialising in a slightly warped rock, he is a man who lives outside of time, fashion and compromise. In spite of that, he keeps on recording discs that pass the test of time and are regularly reissued. The part he played in the very last days of the Velvet Underground is probably one of the facts that carved his name in golden letters in the minds of the "Believers". Luckily for him, there are other chapters in his book. You're holding one of those in your hands.
Recorded during the annual French music festival the "Printemps de Bourges", "Autre Chose "(something else), was first issued in June '82 on the New Rose label. It's an important record, one which concluded a 13-date tour of France, that followed a few months of bad vibes and which was made despite Willie being neglected in his homeland. In another time, not too long ago, France was a real land of opportunity for the tender eyed rockers.
"Solo Loco", the first Willie Alexander lp for New Rose, was issued in October '81. And if "Solo Loco" has such a synthetic sound, it's because the artist wanted to prove that guitar wasn't the only attribute of the binary beat. A tour was then booked with a band baptized the Confessions especially for the occasion. Walter Powers was on bass, along with two ex-Taxi Boys, Ricky Rotchild on drums and Mathew MacKenzie on guitar (the latter had already been part of a blues band with Willie in 72/73, Bluesberry Jam). The tour started with three shows in the capital city, on March 23rd and 24th at the Rex Club, as part of the "Actuel" (a famous underground/leftist French magazine) nights, then at the Gibus on the 25th. It was followed by some ten gigs in France including the "Printemps de Bourges" on April 3rd, recorded for posterity..." Source
"That specific tour was set up by one of the "Printemps de Bourges" bookers, Bernard Batzen. In fact that recording almost never happened, as the previous night Willie Alexander was playing in Toulouse, in a club called Le Pied (the Foot). It's such a nice place it's almost impossible to leave it, specially after enough beers. Which is why in the early morning we missed the train. So we hit the road by car and Willie made it to Bourges an hour before going on stage. Back then there was no highway and we thought we'd never make it there. And as it often happens, these were the perfect conditions for a marvellous show" Source
The Press was unanimous, it's a great record, a "live" that'll stick around and that you can spin again and again. SourceBuy it HERE!

LAST OF THE TEENAGE IDOLS - Satellite Head Gone Soft

2011-05-05T19:08:00.007+02:00

LAST OF THE TEENAGE IDOLS Satellite Head Gone Soft lp 1989
Action Man / Spider In My Head / See You After The Show / Looking For A Lady / (She's Got) Big Boots / Teenage Idol / All I Want Is A Piece Of You / Gina / Song For Absent Friends / Pretty Little Red Eyes.
Produced by Last Of The Teenage Idols.
Last Of The Teenage Idols: Buttz: lead vocals / Hovis Presley: keyboards, vocals / Franco Bianco: drums / Shuff: bass, vocals / Taz: guitar, vocals.
"After his escapades in The Babysitters, Buttz set about getting a new traveling troupe of bawdy marauders under his jolly command then henceforth he did set about rampaging around the country as The Last of the Teenage Idols, most notably supporting the Little Angels on a UK tour. Wow! What a combination. A'righty, so they both used keyboards, but jeez. And what was borne fully formed was to be a rather unique kind of up-market high class call-girl, albeit one that's had a bit too much champers and thus walks in lines as straight as a sheet of Hendrix's guitar tab, to The 'Sitters Kings Cross crack whore. For in this, the sound is a lot more streamlined, heralding supersonic psychoglam stomps like Looking For A Lady and See You After The Show. So the whole package sounds a lot more together and professional, but being The Idols, it's still performed by nutters as daft as a drunk Cocker Spaniel chasing imaginary rabbits in some mystical Isle of Avalon. And all the better for it o' course. But there's a twist in there too, like all the best tales, that comes with a hint of sobriety.
Kickstarting the party with a Queen's English BBC voice from those old World War Two info newsreels -"This...is London" - we are cart-wheeled deliriously and instantaneously across time and thru some seriously strange space and dumped unceremoniously in a dustbin in Buttz's London, electricity crackling everywhere like at the beginning of The Terminator, Buttz dusting himself off & finding his glamrags still just about holding themselves together, after his time as a Babysitter, while as the master of ceremonies he spins his eager audience surreal tales from the seedy heart and sweaty heat of the eighties London Rawk scene, fronting a gladragtastic bunch of gents as they boarded, and gleefully rode into the ground, their own non-stop to nowhere. But at least they left us with this splendiferously tattered rag. Tossed out carelessly almost and passed on to those that should know like a lost relic from the holy land, this'll never grow mould. Almost literally from another world then when it was released into a London long since deserted - The Dogs D'Amour, Quireboys, Dirty Strangers, Kill City Dragons, Soho Roses, Gunfire Dance, Wrathchild I guess, of course The Babysitters and The Idols and many more - like a tidal wave came and washed out the Rock'n'Roll leaving the barren land open to the invading hordes of firstly grungey Mega City Four / Thousand Yard Stare kinda bands...

At the time this got some condescending reviews along the lines of it being kinda funny when you come in from the pub, and that it's funnier the more you drink. Not so. See that was as patently patent as Lux Interior's pants written by an idiot. This is a masterpiece crying out for some one to write about it in the reverential terms it so deserves. The cheesiest keyboards ever? Right in there, baby, snug as a velvet glove. The most inspired widdlesome guitaring ever? Quite possibly, and all present and very note perfectly correct, SIR! (A slight aside dear reader, widdlesome in good wholesome wheatgerm-esque widdlesomeness, think Randy Rhoads if you like rather than Malmsteen or Steve Vai) Some of the most gloriously, ridiculously well crafted and bouncy fun, funny and fantastic flights of Rock'n'Roll fancy ever that still rustles up some warmhearted tearjerking n tender moments? You don't know the answer? Doormen, please gouge out the readers eyes and use them to clean their ears, while of course skullfucking them with a Trafalgar Square poisoned pigeon.
The whole slimy entity is linked together thru the opening "Action Man" ('She wants some Action.....MAN!') commencing a night out on the tiles, to the closer "Pretty Little Red Eyes", kind of an end of the night before trying to find somewhere to stay tune while 'Trying to make the bar with double sight' - rounding events off with 'So this is what I do / If you don't like it you're not supposed to.' 'Action Man' is full of cheap keyboard effects as tho they can't believe the novelty value...oh I'll just press this...sort of like the kids in our junior school, however it does boast a sizzling keyboard solo and for someone who generally despises them apart from Jon Lord on approximately 3 Deep Purple albums, this is no mean feat.
But there couldn't be anything else there really. And, inbetween? Woah, like one of those 22,000 or so calorie sandwiches that Elvis used to gobble, you got it all in here, packed as tight and firm as the Pandora Peroxide covergirl is into her dress and falling out of it in the process. 'Looking For A Lady' - what fucking rocka can't relate to that, being out there looking for a flash sweet thing ('Looking for a lady, she's gotta be a little bit crazy, at the bar she's a Rock'n'Roll star like me') only to have her spirited away by some chancer that's meant to be your mate ('A friend of mine said here's her number let's see if she's everything a girl should be, now I'm waiting for her, here she comes and cor blimey guv'nor, some friend you turned out to be'). 'See You After The Show' should be in some alternate universe Hall of Fame...No fuck it what am I saying scatterbrain it should be in the main one, just get the guys back together again in the guise of removal men and they can go to Cleveland of wherever it is and get the operation done, take out some of the trash and install themselves in there. And while they're at it send another rocket into space with this song on it instead of, brilliant as it is, Johnny B. Goode, for the aliens to rock around to. I don't think anyone ever came up with something so bloody good as this, so right for like going out to, while they were up there feeling famous for a while, having a bit in about wishing bassist Shuff could see him with this girl. See, this is where this record works so damn well, it's all completely real, larger than life, true, but only insofar as it's on a big slab of plastic, it really is the document of a night, or nights, out....that 'No words can describe...'.
Taken at face value this album has often (press, friends, random whoevers) been dismissed out of hand just cos it sounds like cheesy glam and/or too jokey but listen in a bit, from "Spider In My Head" (choice line - 'Meet the band well it ain't no joke / If your bums in shape we'll give it a poke') early on there's a faded glimpse thru the glass of - dunno really mate just found it somewhere, tastes like beer, tho, or maybe whisky n coke, anyway I dunno - nostalgia, regret, whatever.
Maybe it's me and too many nights living like a country song, but at times in this song and in 'Gina' too, there's already a wee bit of sipping from the nipples of nostalgia for times only just gone. Kinda brings to mind Smokey Robinson tunes, sitting dazed on kerbsides with a bottle of vino that's all jagged cos you had to smash the top off not having a corkscrew to hand, arfer you won it in a raffle in Spiders, distant New Years Eve in Hull, rather than just being the drunken singalongs they're all too frequently passed off as.
On the songwriting side alone this hunk o' hunk o' burning rock'n'roll jetsam is absolutely watertight, it'll last the test and stay afloat and around whatever waves pass over it...full of a Thunderbird n Lambrusco drenched heart all too often missing in cliched stuff that merely plods where this fizzes like popped cork topped off like a lil umbrella and a cherry on a stick is in a glass of Asti with the inimitable musings of mainman Buttz, which may well surprise any newcomers, or non-believers, as it's pretty much a cliche free zone.
Lyrically, it does share some barspace, clink the odd glass or two, with the Dirty Strangers and for the complete underside of the anthems for sluiced groups you have to check out the glorious, gorgeous 'Song For Absent Friends', which is still divinely brilliant despite, as I noticed only this very morning (15th Sept '04), having the exact same CC Deville guitar sound as heard on many an awful Poison song, especially the "Open Up and Say Aaah!" album. In the pantheon of sad songs this un rests it's weary heels, and puts it's head in its hands, and tries to rub the tears from it's smoke stung red eyes right up there near the top of that list, only it's so good and real it doesn't realise it's sat safe and secure in that hallway of greatness. Alone in a crowd, alone at the end of a party, alone when it's the last song at the school disco, whatever, beatiful tune, you can taste the spilt booze, the fag ends in the cans and it just soars. Should be picked up for a film soundtrack for a Lost in Translation type film.
Similarly 'Gina', despite it's chantalong choruses has a bleary eyed tinge to it and a bit of a lump in it's throat too and should have been a massive smash hit (can you imagine if these lot were on Top of the Pops? Glory be, they should've been parading around TOTP like the Quireboys got to do a couple of years later) purely for the fact that it's a total slice of genius, and absolutely nothing else, guv.

Like The Dirty Strangers there's a picture postcard, stale chips n trips to Blackpool or Hastings smell about the sound, firing water pistols on the beach, with ringmater Buttz again being a kinda Keith Moon but this time there is that aura of sadness to these mini epics with legendary tales. Perhaps that's just stronger songwriting, and a more complete overall record. Documenting, as it does, a certain nightlife, it's all reflecting on past glories, tho its sense of loopy tongue in cheek fun is impossible to resist, picks you up when you're feeling blue, makes you feel even better when you feel fucking great.
As it's pretty nigh on impossible to find these days it is a great tragedy that this still hasn't been picked up for CD reissue with extra tracks and so on, like The Crybaby's early stuff, say. It would be great if some enterprising label would get this stuff out on wider release, or search the vaults for any unreleased stuff....until then I hope the madcap is still laughing". Stu Gibson (Sleazegrinder blog)
Cd covers by Max !
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THE REAL KIDS - Better Be Good

2011-05-05T04:26:00.009+02:00

THE REAL KIDS Better Be Good cd 1999

1 All Kindsa Girls / 2 Common at Noon / 3 Solid Gold / 4 Better Be Good / 5 Just Like Darts / 6 Roberta / 7 Reggae, Reggae / 8 Taxi Boys / 9 She / 10 Up Is Up / 11 Now You Know / 12 She Come Alive/ 13 My Way/ 14 She's Alright/ 15 Do the Boob / 16 My Baby's Book/ 17 Rave On / 18 All Kindsa Girls.

Tracks 1 & 2: Sponge records single produced by Oedipus & The Real Kids / Tracks 3-8 & 13-18 Red Star lp alternate takes (1977): produced by Marty Thau & The Real Kids / Tracks 9-12: Bomp Records demos (1979): produced by John Felice and Phil Adler.

Recorded in Newton and Boston, Massachusetts; Nyack, New York. Includes liner notes by John Felice.Digitally remastered by Vic Anesini.

The Real Kids: John Felice: vocals, guitar / Allen "Alpo" Paulino: bass / Billy Borgioli: guitar / Billy Cole: guitar / Howard Ferguson: drums.
"Better Be Good" is an 18-track compilation of alternate takes and live versions of songs that showed up on various releases by the Real Kids and the Taxi Boys, who for all intents and purposes were the same band. Leader John Felice, who was in the first, unrecorded lineup of the Modern Lovers with his next-door neighbor Jonathan Richman in the early '70s and later roadied for the Ramones, is a punk rock savant; the Real Kids were the first truly great Boston punk band, although they sounded much more like the Flamin Groovies than the Sex Pistols. These three-chord rockers, bracketed by two versions of the great "All Kindsa Girls," are tough, cool, and catchy. Complete novices should probably start with the original albums, but these alternate versions are much more than mere ephemera.

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