Deadbolt's "I Should Have Killed You" seems to bring this band full circle in that it reminds me very much of their first cd "Shrunken Head". There is a pervasive gloom surrounding this whole cd (wonderfully Deadbolt!) and it seems to be tight and polished. Stand out songs are "Scary Voodoo Girl", "Telephone the Dead", and "Tell Me Where He Lies". See if you can catch the awesome "Tijuana Hit Squad" reference in "Spot Where They Gunned Him Down"! If you're already a fan it is a must have of course. If you're new to Deadbolt, I would highly recommend "Voodoo Trucker", "Tiki Man", and "Tijuana Hit Squad" which I think are better records.
Track List:
1. I Should Have Killed You 2. Scary Voodoo Girl 3. Telephone the Dead 4. When the Lights Come On 5. Hell Dorado 6. Spot Where They Gunned Him Down 7. Every Minute of the Day 8. She Ran Away 9. El Segundo 10. Tell Me Where He Lies 11. Big John 12. Fright Wig
Randy McAllister - Grease, Grit, Dirt & Spit {1998}
Studio Recordings @ 256
{Out of Print}
This guy is the real deal. One of the most overlooked blues player alive. This is a recording that gets better with time. Especially love the song "Your Hands On My Neck".
http://randymcallister.com/
Track List:
1. Eat, Drink & Sleep 2. When I Start Ta Trippin' 3. Makeshift Molly 4. You Ain't Barbie And I Ain't Ken 5. One Paycheck Away 6. Your Hands On My Neck 7. Suzie Goldigger 8. Porkchop 9. Bullets For Breakfast 10. When Does The Good Stuff Happen? 11. Duct Tape And Bailin' Wire 12. Hook 'Em And Gig 'Em 13. You Calm Me Down 14. Do The Math Fool
When Peter Murphy first joined Bauhaus in 1978, in Northampton, England, at the behest of guitarist Daniel Ash, he had never written a single song. It was impossible to tell that Bauhaus would be the gut-busting, genre-defying phenomenon it turned out to be - that is, for about six weeks, which is how long it took Bauhaus to get noticed and shoved into the studio at Beck Studios in Wellingborough. Within a couple of years they were hugely successful in the UK, and scored their second-biggest hit with a distorted, up-tempo cover of Ziggy Stardust. Bauhaus is largely considered to be the first gothic rock group, which makes Peter Murphy the first goth singer - in fact, he has been dubbed "The Godfather of Goth."
Five years and four albums later, the group split up, but Peter Murphy kept on making music, often with a penchant for metaphysical or religious lyricism, which went over the heads of many of his fans in the UK.
Track List:
1. Keep Me From Harm 2. Kill The Hate 3. You're So Close 4. The Sweetest Drop 5. Low Room 6. Let Me Love You 7. Our Secret Garden 8. Dream Gone By 9. Hit Song 10. Bonus Track 1
Wool formed in the early '90s when brothers Peter and Franz Stahl (vocals/guitar and guitar/vocals, respectively) were forced to terminate their popular band Scream when bassist Skeeter Thompson went AWOL and drummer Dave Grohl joined Seattle grunge band Nirvana mid-way through a U.S. tour. The brothers then teamed up with former Government Issue and future Burning Airlines drummer Peter Moffett and Seattle native and ex-Concrete Blonde bassist Al Bloch (brother of Seattle Sub-Pop legend Kurt Bloch from the Fastbacks).
The quartet's first single "Little Darlin'", is a widely regarded punk single. Then, the band released an EP, 1992's rollicking Budspawn, which was released independently on External Records. The material on Budspawn combined the four members' inherent punk aesthetics with a tendency toward more straight-ahead, anthemic hard rock and drug-induced psychedelia.
Following a line-up change in which Moffett was replaced by former Inside Out and Chain of Strength drummer, Chris Bratton, Wool was signed to London Records in the newly punk-friendly climate of 1993. The band recorded Box Set in early 1994 and released it in the Fall of that year. Following in the footsteps of its predecessor, Box Set expanded on the basic blueprint of Wool's already established sound.
After a less than enthusiastic commercial response to Box Set, the band was dropped by London Records, early on in 1996. Wool recorded new demos in late '94 and late '95, but split up by summer of 1996. Later on guitarist/vocalist Franz Stahl became the touring guitarist for Japanese musician J, and joined former Scream band mate Dave Grohl in the Foo Fighters, replacing departing guitarist Pat Smear. Franz's tenure in the band included the entire world tour for the 1997 album The Colour and the Shape. Peter Stahl went on to play with Earthlings? and Goatsnake and appeared on several of Josh Homme's (Queens of the Stone Age) The Desert Sessions albums. Later on he became a Tour Manager for many bands, including Foo Fighters, Cave In and Rammstein.
~Wiki
Recorded 1994 released 2012 and now out of print..............
Lost Rancho Session 1
01. Everything We Do 02. Car Crash 03. Flana Flan A Flan Flan 04. Wonderful 05. Father Of Three 06. My Girlfriend Is A Rock 07. Satsuma Saturday Night 08. Pockets 09. Snakecharmer 10. Sibling Rivalry Redux 11. Shining Down 12. I Am You 13. Everything We Do 14. Short Term Memory Loss
Lost Rancho Session 2
01. Hey Y'all 02. Bald Singers 03. The Whistler 04. It's All Over Now Baby Blue 05. Dancing On The Table 06. Sibling Rivalry (1994) 07. Country Song 08. 45 Rev 09. In My Backyard 10. Lucy Throw Them Down 11. Sound Check Song 12. Rats Head 13. I Still Remember
On their second album, the sneeringly-titled "Dropped", Mindfunk vent a
little label-related bitterness, and attempt to separate themselves
meaningfully from the funk-metal pack. World-class producer Terry Date
delivers the slowed-down grooves in an airtight, vacuum sealed
muscular-as-hell package that would presage the work he did for
Soundgarden on "Badmotorfinger." Its worth comparing the two albums as
_Dropped_ does contain more than one obvious nod in the direction of
Seattle ( and not just because they induct alt.rock's version of Pete
Best - Jason Everman - to play second fiddle to Louis J. Svitek's lead
guitar). Opener "Goddess", with its excellent riffing and understated
solo work, and the insistent, almost middle-eastern drone metal of "In
The Way Eye" are to me the most interesting of this rather lengthy,
mostly mid-tempo sophomore set. Having lost drummer extraordinaire
Reed St. Mark to Celtic Frost, much of the rhytmic energy and flashy
musicianship of their self-titled debut is gone. Stripped down thusly,
the songs reveal themselves to be brooding,intensely focused groove
monsters that can occasionally end up just slightly on this side of
meandering. The album's biggest sin is its sameness, and towards the
latter fourth of the album it starts to get a little long in the tooth.
"Mama, Moses and Me" is probably the only track that recalls the manic
energy of the debut, more often than not replaced with more moody,
solemn work like "Drowning." Solid, almost classy in some ways, but it
could have really used one or two more uptempo tunes and a few of the
psychedelic excesses shaved from the third album.
~http://www.metal-archives.com/
Track List: 1-Goddess 2-Closer 3-Drowning 4-In The Way Eye 5-Zootiehead 6-Wisteria 7-Mama, Moses And Me 8-11 Ton Butterfly 9-Hogwallow 10-Billygoat 11-Hollow Link thanks to IHTN
What a backwards rock record The Dirt of Luck is. Seriously, think about it. Nevermind the double-edge of the title -- there's a mention of good fortune, but really this is just about the grit it coats itself in -- and just sit and listen to this record.
It's a tricky bit of music. At first, it seems perfectly on the up-and-up, of its time and place, because there's something geographic about Mary Timony's sound. When she was in the all-girl band Autoclave in D.C. -- and their short Discography, released on Dischord, is essential indie rock -- their sound tightened up in the tangled coil of that city's streets, in the camraderie of a tight-knit scene. She was in Boston when Helium made The Dirt of Luck, though, and this sounds like the dingy sludge and icy winds of a Northeastern winter. It's chilly and timeless, brittle with the energy of punk rock but delivered in subtler layers, evoking classic rock and other genres.
From there, even if its feels at home, the record is awfully damn confusing. There's the obvious -- that a band called Helium sounds so goddamn low. This is craggy, subterranean shit. Part of this comes from Timony herself (she often plays in a D-tuning), and part comes from Ash Bowie's thundering bass.
~Mathew Fiander Read more HERE:
Track List: Pat's Trick Trixie's Star Silver Angel Baby's Going Underground Medusa Comet #9 Skeleton Superball All The X's Have Wings Oh The Wind And Rain Honeycomb Flower Of The Apocalypse
Vocalist Lisa Kekaula guitarist Bob Venuum formed the BellRays around 1990 in Riverside, CA. Originally, the duo leaned heavily on a vintage R&B sound flecked with smoky jazz overtones. But with the addition of guitarist Tony Fate and Venumm moving to bass, the sound soon began to mix Kekaula's alley cat soul vocals with a biting punk rock bottom end. The In the Light of the Sun cassette release appeared in 1993, followed by the "Wall of Soul" 7" two years later. the BellRays issued their debut full-length, Let It Blast, in 1998 and supported it with an extensive tour that included a particularly fiery appearance at Austin's South by Southwest conference. By now, drummer Ray Chin had joined the fold, and the 'Rays were making waves with their furiously passionate sound. The Grand Fury LP dropped in 2001 from Los Angeles indie Upper Cut and was followed by a European release combining it with Let It Blast. Tours with notables like Rocket From the Crypt and Nashville Pussy continued to spread the word, and In Music We Trust reissued In the Light of the Sun. 2003 saw the Upper Cut release of Raw Collection, an odds 'n' sods compilation featuring B-sides, rarities, and vinyl-only material from 1995 through 2002. Red White and Black also arrived in 2003, and the band continued to crank out soulful garage-punk on 2006's Have a Little Faith and 2008's Hard, Sweet and Sticky.
~Johnny Loftus - All Music
Track List: 1. Noise Fragment 2. Too Many Houses In Here 3. Fire On The Moon 4. Snake City 5. Ska Driver 6. Screwdriver 7. Heat Cage 8. Evil Morning 9. Zero P.M. 10. Do You Speak English 11. Stupid Fuckin' People 12. Have A Little Faith In Me 13. Monkey House 14. Little Funky Jam 15. Warhead 16. Under The Mountain 17. They Glued Your Head On Upside-Down 18. Hello Hello
Track List:
01-Solid Gold 02-From Dark 'Til Dawn 03-I Will Be Kind To You 04-Last Night's Dream 05-Baby Don't You Think I Know 06-Pipeline Blues 07-I Don't Know 08-Black Panther 09-I Had A Good Home 10-Mean Fisherman
Bass – Willie Dixon
Drums – Clifton James
Guitar & Vocals– Johnny Shines
Harmonica – Walter Horton
Piano – Otis Spann (tracks: 06)
NEIL YOUNG 1. Intro 2. Daddy Went Walking 3. From Hank To Hendrix 4. Powderfinger 5. talk 6. Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere 7. Intro 8. Motorcycle Mama 9. talk 10. Cowgirl In The Sand
CROSBY, STILLS, NASH & YOUNG 11. Love The One You're With 12. Marakesh Express 13. talk
14. Helpless 15. Our House 16. Almost Cut My Hair 17. Cinnamon Girl
The 'ZAPPATISTAS' started as a commission from Nottinghamshire County Council when John Ethridge was approached by Dave Groome to put together a band for a one off performance at the Newark festival in October 1998. John then contacted Steve Lodder and together they chose the material to perform a selection of Frank Zappa's music.
John Etheridge: guitar & vocals Simon Bates: saxophones & flute Simon Finch: trumpet Annie Whitehead: trombone Steve Lodder: keyboard Rob Statham: bass Mike Bradley: drums Teena Lyle: percussion, vibraphone, vocals
Track List: 1. The Grand wazoo 2. Let's make the water turn black 3. Sofa n.1 4. Eat that question 5. Sexual harrassment in the workplace 6. King Kong 7. Sleep dirt 8. Big Swifty 9. Medley: a) Harry you're a beast b) Oh No c) Theme from Lumpy Gravy 10. I'm the slime
Uncle Acid and the Deadbeats formed in London in 2009 and burst into the
underground rock/metal scene after their second full-length album
'Blood Lust'. But, before that, the band released 'Volume 1' in 2010; an
album sounding like something directly from the late 60s / early 70s.
The music isn't as much metal as it is sleazy, stoned psychedelic rock a
la early Pentagram (before their proper doom metal sound), and the
production gives the music an overall dirty, raw feel to it. Whilst not an extremely gimmicky band, in comparison to Ghost (B.C.) and
the likes of Slipknot (eh...), Uncle Acid and the Deadbeats' vocals are
interesting, in the sense they sound a lot like the Beatles' Lennon and
McCartney on a song like 'Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds'. Both the
vocal style and the production have a hand in the outcome of that.
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Crystal Spiders Witches Garden Dead Eyes of London Lonely and Strange Vampire Circus Do What Your Love Tell You I Don't Know Wind Up Toys
Battered Ornaments were an ambitious rock band put together by lyricist Pete Brown, known for writing many of Cream's songs with Jack Bruce, after that group broke up. Organized in 1969, Battered Ornaments featured Brown on vocals and trumpet, Graham Layden (vocals), Chris Spedding (guitar), Charlie Hart (organ, violin), George Khan (sax), Butch Potter (bass), Rob Tait (drums), and Pete Bailey (percussion).
Layden was an early casualty. The group released an initial LP, A Meal You Can Shake Hands With in the Dark, credited to Pete Brown and His Battered Ornaments, and completed a second, Mantelpiece, before Brown left in a dispute with Spedding. Brown's vocals were then wiped off Mantelpiece and replaced by Spedding. The group continued until Spedding's departure for a solo career.
Track List: 01. Sunshades 02. Late Into the Night 03. Then I Must Go 04. Crosswords and the Safety Pins 05. Straggered 06. Twisted Track 07. Smoke Rings 08. Take Me Now 09. My Love's Gone Far Away 10. Week Looked Good on Paper (Bonus) 11. Living Life Backwards (Bonus)
Chris Spedding recharged his career when the '77 era punk explosion
emerged. Spedding, a veteran musician who already had three albums of
his own and many critical appearances on many other artist's albums,
came out with "Pogo Dancing" with The Vibrators. Then, released his
eponymous album, Chris Spedding, the best album of his career. His
follow-up, Hurt, is a harder rocking LP. Side 2 (on the vinyl) just
completely roars with "Wild Wild Women", "Road Runner", the premiere
"Stay Dumb", "Get Outa My Pagoda" and winding up with "Hurt By Love".
While not as essential as it's predecessor, Hurt is a must have album by
a very important artist.
~Mark Yokel
Track List: 1. Wild In The Streets - 3:10
2. Silver Bullet - 3:57
3. Lone Rider - 3:25
4. Woman Trouble - 5:19
5. Ain't Superstitious (Snips, Chris Spedding) - 4:44
6. Wild Wild Women - 3:51
7. Road Runner (Ellas McDaniel) - 2:46
8. Stay Dumb - 2:49
9. Get Outa My Pagoda - 2:40
10.Hurt By Love - 3:30
11.Pogo Dancing - 3:06
12.The Pose - 2:23
13.Gunfight - 2:31
14.Evil (Snips) - 2:57
More Influential Federal Recordings Studio recordings @ 320 {Out of Print}
Blues Guitar Hero Vol. 1: The Influential Early Sessions
Track List: 1. Hide Away 2. Lonesome Whistle Blues 3. San-Ho-Zay 4. I'm Tore Down 5. See See Baby 6. Christmas Tears 7. You've Got To Love Her With A Feeling 8. Have You Ever Loved A Woman 9. You Know That You Love Me 10. I Love The Woman 11. It's Too Bad Things Are Going So Tough 12. Sen-Sa-Shun 13. If You Believe In What You Do 14. Takin' Care Of Business 15. The Stumble 16. Sitting' On The Boat Dock 17. Side Tracked 18. What About Love 19. Come On 20. Just Pickin'
Blues Guitar Hero Volume 2: More Influential Federal Recordings
Track List: 1. Over Drive 2. Full Time Love 3. Now I've Got A Woman 4. Onion Rings 5. You Can't Hide 6. Teardrops On Your Letter 7. Heads Up 8. You Mean Mean Woman (How Can Your Love Be True) 9. Some Other Day, Some Other Time 10. Wash Out 11. Meet Me At The Station 12. Someday After Awhile (You'll Be Sorry) 13. Out Front 14. She's The One 15. Look, Ma I'm Cryin' 16. Bossa Nova Blues 17. I Love You More Everyday 18. Walk Down That Aisle (Honey Chile) 19. High Rise 20. Double Eyed Wammy
Experiment Zero is almost a movie in itself as the
story unfolds with a speaker test in the lab. Channels, frequencies,
volume, etc... are all tested in true 50's form. Once the controls have
been adjusted, the music begins in full force as the lab coats have
their fun just getting warmed up. As Experiment Zero moves into it's
meaty section, the theme focuses on the scientist's efforts to contact
outer space with Television Fission, DNI, and Planet Collision. Guitars
are raw, fast, high powered, yet retain just enough twang to keep it
cool. Like a true Hollywood film with parallel action, attention
quickly changes to outer space where evil robots have taken over planets
and claimed machinery for their evil efforts along the way. ~Manto
Seriously...this thing KILLS!!!!!!!!
Track List:
1. Stereo Phase Test 2. Television Fission 3. DNI 4. Planet Collision 5. Big Track Attack 6. 9 Volt 7. Evil Plans Of Planet Spectra 8. Anoxia 9. Maximum Radiation Level 10. King Of The Monsters 11. Cyborg Control 12. Test Driver 13. Television Man 14. Z-X3 15. Principles Unknown
Golem - Orion Awakes (1973*) Studio Recordings @320
{Out of Print}
Between the early and mid 1970s, at Dieter Dierk's studios, a renowned
German producer and sound engineer, a series of sessions took place led
by Toby Robinson (also known as Mad Twiddler), one of Dierk's engineers,
and made by some musicians of very known bands on the krautrock scene,
but who used pseudonyms to avoid contractual problems with their record
labels. These recordings were released by the mysterious Pyramid label
and each album featured invented names of bands and musicians, even if
most were practically the same. The albums were pressed in a very rustic
and handcrafted way, besides each one - according to some sources - had
approximately 25 copies, which were sold at art galleries or given away
as gifts to the musicians' friends and relatives.
Orion Awake by fictitious band Golem was one of the last releases by
Pyramid, but its date of release is still a little uncertain, however
according to The Crack In The Cosmic Egg, by the brothers Alan and
Steven Freeman, it was released in 1976(*). This album sound has strong
alliances with space rock and recreates the atmosphere from krautrock
earliest days. Much of this album might remind you bands like Hawkwind,
Gila, Ash Ra Tempel, Neu!, plus some Hendrix-influenced guitar solos. An
album that sadly and intentionally remained hidden for a long time,
which when was discovered, made even the self-proclaimed krautrock
'experts' freak out!
Track List: 01. Orion Awakes (7:19) 02. Stellar Launch (7:37) 03. Godhead Dance (6:33) 04. Jupiter & Beyond (14:21) a) Signal b) Noise c) Rebirth 05. The Returning (7:44)
Ecclectic, psychedelic epic rock with lot of Hammond organs, heavy drums and jamming guitars. Their album Orion Awakes (1973) belongs to Pyramid Records archives. Amazing, catchy improvised free spacey rockin' trip that can reminds the best efforts delivered by early Pink Floyd, Gila, Dies Irae, Jane.
