31 August 2021

For the Journey Home

 Playing with Adrian

Lee "Scratch" Perry - The Mighty Upsetter, On-U Sound – ONUCD 1001, 2008.
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Exercising (backing vocals – Gopika & Nadaka)
International Broadcaster (featuring – L.S.K. & Roots Manuva)
Kilimanjaro    
Rockhead    
Lucy Charm    
Political Confusion (backing vocals – Denise Sherwood)
Yellow Tongue (lead & backing vocals – Samia Farah)
Lee's Garden    
Everything Start from Scratch
God Smiled    
Speak the Truth (operatic & Skenga vocals – Samia Farah) 



 

Playing with himself in his Secret Laboratory

Lee "Scratch" Perry - Must Be Free, Megawave Records MEGW0452, 2016.


Psycho Dread    
Rat Race (backing vocals – Karienne Scott)
House of Sin    
Isabel    
Jungle Tongue    
No Evil    
No Sorrow    
On Nigeria    
Strip Off    
Too Much is Too Much    
Therapist    
Must Be Free    

bonus track    
House of Sin (remix) 



 

Doing it Live

Lee "Scratch" Perry - Sun is Shining (live), Secret Records SECCD019, 2010.


Return of Django
Sick & Tired
Sun is Shining
To Be a Lover
Have Some Mercy
One Drop
Crazy Baldhead
Jah Live
God Smiled
Curley Locks
War ina Babylon
Exodus
        
bonus track    
Return of Django (studio version)



Onward to Zion, Jack Lightning,

30 August 2021

Ashes to Ashes, Dust to Dust...Dub Along ...Conquer

 

He was born Rainford Hugh Perry on March 20, 1936, in Kendal, Hanover Parish, in northwestern Jamaica. 



Lee "Scratch" Perry died on Sunday, August 29, 2021 at a hospital in Lucea, Jamaica at age 85. 

 



"The music is perfect. I’m sure the music is perfect. I am a mystic. I am a fish. I am a chicken." 

 

Subatomic Sound SS033, 2017.
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New Ark Subatomic Energy
Zion's Blood    
Chase The Devil (featuring Jahdan Blakkamoore & Screechy Dan)
War Ina Babylon    
Dread Lion    
Patience Dub    
Super Ape    
Curly Dub (Sing Along Jah Jah Children)    
Underground Roots (featuring Ari Up)
Dub Along (featuring Screechy Dan)
Three in One (Go Deya) [featuring Screechy Dan]
So It Conquer
Croaking Lizard (Dubstrumental mix)
Black Vest (Dubstrumental Mix)    
Super Ape (Dubstrumental Mix)    
Dread Lion (Dubstrumental Mix)

R.I.P Dr. Lee, PhD,

26 August 2021

Get Your Kinky Pussy Here

Kickin' it up a notch or two. Hop on.

Here's a Stooges inspired French punk rock band from Toulouse formed in the spring of 1998 from the ashes of The Chatterbox & The Space Beatniks.

On Dope Takin' Kamis, the Gang is: Lo' Spider - guitar, piano, & vocals; Speedy - guitar; Mighty Yo - bass & backing vocals; & Mars - drums. 

 

The Jerry Spider Gang – Dope Takin' Kamikazes, Shark Attack! – SK 03, 2000.

Saturday Night
Feels Like a Man
Psychiatric Hospitality
So Down
I'm a Ramrod (Ramrod's cover)
Do It!
Burn Down in Hell
Little Girl
Alien Nightmares
Kinky Pussy
Outerspace Part 2: Dope & Soul


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Here's a couple 45s I skipped the other day. Thought they tied in with this post...Jerry's Kids & Kid shot by cops.
Taang! Records TAANG! 25, 1989.


Side A -
Spymaster
Side B -
Torn Apart
other Side B -
Tired Eyes
another Side B -
Need Some

(there is this copper version with B-side) "Tired  Eyes",
& there is this one w/ different cover also labeled TAANG! 25 with B-side "Need Some".

 

 

 

D.O.A. - Fucked Up Donald, Sudden Death Records SDR 0114, 2016.

Side A -
Fucked Up Donald
The Cops Shot a Kid

Side B -
Not Gonna Take Your Crap No More

Enjoy,

22 August 2021

Ophlin, my Ophlin

 

I noticed that Saturday, Holland Tunnel Drive, one of my favorite sharers, posted up One, Two by Sister Nancy.

Sister Nancy was Queen of the Dancehall in Jamaica. I posted up One, Two back in March of 2015. It's great to see the Sister getting remembered once again. It set off the light bulb over head animation. I heard these words as plain as if you had called my name from the next room: "More Sister Nancy, Nothin'. More Sister Nancy".

Who can deny a voice so clear, perhaps wafting out on a cool evening breeze from Holland Tunnel Drive, pointing brightly my imminent action.

More Sister Nancy!

Fireproof is Jeremy "Mush One" Mushlin, trumpeter, composer, engineer, producer, sound system operator, & radio host who has played in bands, including The Slackers, The Scorchers, Fireproof, The Hungry March Band, Top Shotta Band, Red Hook Warriorz, & The Rocksteady Seven. Teaming up with the Queen herself, Sister Nancy.

Sister Nancy - Meets Fireproof, Special Potato (Jammyland), 2001.
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Practice What You Preach
Original Woman
Talk & Miss
Praise Him
Tough Enough
Armageddon
Rushin’ Roulette
Shank I Sheck

I gotta say that there's just too much echo on this production for my taste, so I'm adding these bonus tracks from an album called The Yellow, The Purple, & The Nancy on which she shared a platter (three songs) with Yellowman & Purpleman.


True Sister Nancy styling.

bonus tracks -
A No Any Man Can Test Sister Nancy
Dance Pon the Corner
Bang Belly

Dance your butts off,
Enjoy,


21 August 2021

21 Cent Dub

 

As everyone familiar with this mess I do should know by now, I love me my Dub. I often times, while listening to some 70s Dub gem, muse on the current state of Dub. Hmmmm.

Things changed radically about the time most everything shifted from analog to digital. The true Dub sound drifted out of primitive analog devices, away from the expansive wave of sound that is 70s Dub, so with digital came a slickness that was somehow just not "Dub".

Twenty-first Century hailed a marked upswing in all interest in Dub. I'm glad to say there is much good in 21st Century Dubwise. I have praised the sounds of Ryan Moore & Twilight Circus Dub Sound System as well as Dougie 'Conscious' Wardrop of Conscious Sounds. I have shared Dubblestandart, Easy Star All Stars, Bush Chemists, Manasseh, & others following the course of Dub through these beginning decades of 21st Century. The true digital innovators have learned to harness the technology to reclaim 70s glory while other 21st Century proponents of Dub have reverted to analog glory to capture the feel of the Real. & there are still stars from the Dub heavens still going strong like Lee Perry & Mad Professor.



The past few weeks while culling through myriad 45s for my Some Singles post I would cleanse my aural palate with doses of 21st Century Dubfulness. Decided to whip up a mix of what I love about the entire spectrum...digital to analog & all things in between.


 !?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!

Notes as the Mix Unfolds...

First let's start with Pachy 'Pachyman' Garcia's first ever release, way back in the days of  2019.

The music of Pachyman has roots from his native Puerto Rico, strong influence from Jamaican reggae, & some of the breezy ease of where he currently lives in Southern California. Garcia plays bass, drums, keyboards, & guitar.

Pachy grew up in San Juan P.R., collecting old, scratchy records by the likes of King Tubby, Prince Jammy, Lee 'Scratch' Perry, & Scientist (the last two are still active & are greatly represented in this mix.

Pachy, however, moved to L.A. where he quickly co-founded the destructo synth punk band Prettiest Eyes. That band had no traces of García's reggae background. No chill there.

But then, while hanging around Echo Park, Pachyman fell in with the Club Dub scene. He reunited with his first love — Dub.  

Saved this post for Saturday just to honor this song. His first track back to The Brotherhood of Dub. (& of course I had to include a stoner Dub classic).

From At 333 House we gotta have "333 House" just 'cuz. But I have ta admit, I'm a sucker for Babylon Falling, so...that , too. But the best of Pachy is yet to come.

Well...

Suddenly this year we have the Return of...Pachyman. Didn't even realize he was gone, but bruthas & sistas, he's back with "Big Enegy". But he's out to Destroy the Empire & he does it like nobody's business. Then suddenly we're in a Sunset Sound. This sucka is sue-eeeeet.. The rest is out there for one & all. As he says: It's a Dub Fellow('n' Gal)ship. A ship for one & all.

Near the opposite pole from Pachyman is Om Unit.

Jim Coles seems to be finding comfort in Dub. Over the last few years, Dub has become the primary influence in his music. Dub now ushers in a new Brotherhood of Dub member.

Disrupt's gotta background in breakcore, weirdo electronic music & a love for video game soundtracks. Disrupt & a trashy laptop set out on a mission to unite bits w/ bytes all in the fullness, the goodness of DUB. He started the Jahtari imprint as an outlet for those humble but fun experiments.

But praise all things that have felt the touch of the divine Buddha or Bob. The Rub or the Dub.

Then there are these, the Old Guard of Dubness still doing it.

Sly & Robbie still slay it. We always knew they were Dub-ble Agents. Hell, they're Double O Dub-ble Agents of DUB . They're still doing it with whatever tricks keeps it fresh...
                   
Lee Perry is the story of all stories. He's kinda the Keith Richards of Dub, only more Godhead. He just keeps getting greater & greater. He just won't sit down. On Rainford, Lee 'Scratch' Perry has once again teamed up with Adrian Sherwood.

This is Lee sounding might-tee fine..& Denise is another of my favorite Sherwoods. "Makumba Rock" with Skip & another friend o' Adrian's: Samia Farah.. Last but only because that's somehow the way the lists come about, drummers are mentioned last. They say (you know,...they...) it's because they're the balls of all bands. I don't know. All I do know that Style Scott was never last but definitely one of the best.
                 
Then the Rain gets Heavy. Now Adrian just takes over. Skip & Doug & all just in love with Dub. Here come the warm dreads, muthas & bruthas.  

Mad Pofessor meets Jah9 - In the Midst of the Storm. Listen ta this shit. Damn straight Dub Revolution!                                                                                                                                                                               
Then still working the sound systems is the man who should be King...Scientist.
                       
At the forefront of the Euro-Dub scene, Ondubground is a French dub project born in 2004 by two brothers from Tours. They celebrate the heritage of Old Skool Dub music while at the same time experimenting with 21st Century new developments. They also built their own netlabel named ODGProd (basically Original Dub Gathering Productions). The label started in 2005 with some compilations specializing in Dub gathered from other French & European groups. Now after more than 15 years the label offers over 300 albums/EPs free & legal from many artists around the world.

Aside from their own releases as Ondubground they host great groups like Art-X, who remind us of our un(in)alienable right. Freedom, one & all.. Also these Italian bruthas Tu Shung Peng want to "Turn on a New Dub" & they do it in spades. Very nice.

Another outfit, Subatomic Sound System,  caught my ear with some of their nu-Dub sounds

Spearheaded by producer, DJ, & multi-instrumentalist Emch, NYC's Subatomic Sound System lead the mission to re-establish the bass heavy, spacious soundscapes, & live improvisational remixing of traditional Jamaican dub music that's at the forefront of today's independent, producer-fueled, beat & bass driven electronic music. Along with Noah, Tha Riddim Doktor, Subatomic Sound System co-founder, producer, & top rankin' NYC bass player, the team has revitalized the NY Dub scene.

Guess they caught Lee Perry's ear as well. Subatomic Sound System recently topped both reggae & electronic charts with their Super Ape Returns to Conquer album, a 21st century re-imagining of Perry's visionary 1976 album ( Lee 'Scratch' Perry & the Upsetters - Super Ape). Reminding us that it's "Zion's Blood". Lee fuckin' rules. Tell me all: "War ina Babylon" is fan-f*ing-tastic. I could post up the whole album here but this is a mix. But now that I mentioned it...stay tuned, dear listener.
 

Paolo Baldini does his part to represent the Italian Dub front. "Dub of a War" is hard-digital Dub with analog melodica. Beauty to mine ears, Jah. I've featured Baldini before as Alambic Conspiracy. Some of my favorite 21st Century Dub. Here he mixes it up totally digital & he is a wizard. I love his stuff.

Well, enough blah-blah-blah. Strap on those headphones or wedge your head between some humongous speakers & crank up this mix. You'll be elevated to new heights of Dubness, 21st Century style. 

 


Saturday - Pachyman
Bristol Theme - Om Unit
Makumba Rock - Lee 'Scratch' Perry
Dub of War - Paolo Baldini meets Mellow Mood
Bring the Herb - Pachyman
War Zone - Sly & Robbie
Freedom - Art-X & the Ligerians
Jah Red Gold & Green - Disrupt
Here Come the Warm Dreads - Lee 'Scratch' Perry
333 House - Pachyman
W.A.R. in Dub - Ondubground
The I of the Storm / Selassie I Dub - Mad Professor meets Jah9
Our Father, Our King (Middle East Dub) - Subatomic Sound System
Goodhearted Dub - Scientist & Dubiterian
Babylon Will Fall - Pachyman
Dictionary - Sly & Robbie
Turn on a New Dub - Tu Shung Peng
Zion's Blood - Lee 'Scratch' Perry & Subatomic Sound System
Big Energy - Pachyman
One Dub - Ondubground
Dub Revolution - Mad Professor & Prince Fatty
Breakin' Down the Barriers (Repatriation Dub) - Subatomic Sound System
Sunset Sound - Pachyman
War Ina Babylon vs Black Vest Yard - Lee 'Scratch' Perry & Subatomic Sound System
Dub-Ble Agent - Sly & Robbie

Enjoy,

19 August 2021

Everyone’s Making Plans for Nigel Again

 

Back in March 2015 I posted up the Dubset – Flesh Made Word release. Over the years I’ve received requests to repost it, but I had lost it during a hard-drive crash.

 

Last year I partially addressed the issue by posting up the Dubset - Flesh Beat Fever 12“ 45 which two songs from the full length & a B-side consisting of either “Night Time Flesh Beat Rhythms” (from the vinyl disc label) or “All Night Flesh Beat Rhythms” (from the sticker on the 12“ generic Elektra cover). 

 

Recently I uncovered the original Flesh Made Word (which I have re-upped on the original post) along with its its predecessor, Grace Cale’s Dubset - Hittites & Kassites (again produced & arranged by Nigel Holland) which I am posting here. 

 

Grace Cale’s Dubset - Hittites & Kassites, AMI POPE LP1, 1983.
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Side A -
Kassite War Chant (Hittite Dub)
Schwaiia-Mu (Government Dub)
4-in-a-Dub
Dubset versus The Pinhead Round (Flesh Beat Dub)
Bridge’s Rap
Bibbering Blaggat (Hittite War Chant)

Side B -
She Whispers “Master...”
Porn Jazz
Owner’s Risk
Nona
Endpiece
Schwaiia-Mu, (Government Version)

Sorry for the long delay...

Enjoy,

15 August 2021

Some Singles ( & EPs & a Few Mini-Albums)

Maybe some are longer, so I lied, what're ya gonna do about it, huh??? HUH?!?!? Just what I thought, ya punk. 

 


 

Thought I'd give you some short bursts of musick. It's been a serious challenge. Hope you find it worthwhile. I decided just to put them in chronological order. I might say somethin' or next to nothin'. My blog, my prerogative. Time to dig in...



 

T-Rex began as a British folk-rock combo called Tyrannosaurus Rex fronted by guitarist/vocalist Marc Bolan. They became glam rock pioneers & shortened their name to T. Rex in 1970.  This was recorded just as they were transitioning from folk to glam. Here is Marc Bolan - vocals, guitar, organ  & Mickey Finn - bass, drums. This was T-Rex’s first #1 single. 

 

T. Rex – Hot Love 7" 45rpm, Stateside 6E 006 92387, 1971.

A -        
Hot Love
B -        
Woodland Rock (glam remake of Tyrannosaurus Rex “Woodland Bop" from the previous year.)
The King of The Mountain Cometh

 
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Ofo & the Black Company were one of countless student bands playing in Lagos during the 70's.  Brought to the attention of the Western world by David Bennett, Decca's A&R man in Nigeria. On the strength of their tune "Allah Wakbarr"’s appeal in the UK, they were invited to play in Berlin. From there they traveled to the UK where they stayed until returning to Lagos in 1975.

Ofo & the Black Company is: Degiga Ifediora; Larry Ifedioranma (Jr.); Ifi Jerry; Popo Kamson; Benna Kemfa; Popo Kamson;& Sonny Makoko. 

 

London Records (Decca Afrodisia) – FL 13361, 1972.

Side A -
Allah Wakbarr
Side B -        
Beautiful Daddy

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Punk band Crime formed in San Francisco, California in 1976. They are the first US Punk group to release an independent record, the self-financed "Hot Wire My Heart/Baby You're So Repulsive". Here it is...

Crime is: Marc “Frankie Fix’ D’Agostino & Gary John ‘Johnny Strike’ Bassett - guitar & vocals; Ron ‘The Ripper’ Greco - bass; & Ricky ‘Tractor’ Williams
    

Crime – Hot Wire My Heart / Baby You're So Repulsive 7", Crime Music – sac 0188, 1976.

A -
Hot Wire My Heart
B -        
Baby You're so Repulsive

 
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This is basically a project from Michael Cegur (Beluga). The Human Ashtrays are the band Epicycle. They were a punk pop band from Chicago, IL. founded in 1977 by Ellis Clark (then known as Andrew Clark). Good fun.

Here Beluga & the Human Ashtrays is: Michael 'Beluga’ Cegur - vocals; Andrew 'Epicycle' Clark - guitar, bass, & keyboards; Terry 'Epicycle' Turner - lead guitar; Johnny Flash - rhythm guitar; &
Keith 'Epicycle' Stenberg - drums.

Beluga & the Human Ashtrays – Mars Needs Women / High 'N' Tight 7" 45rpm,
Howard Peluso Productions – HP380, 1979.


A -
Mars Needs Women
B -
High 'N' Tight 

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Glaxo Babies are a Bristol-based post-punk band, formed in late 1977. Although short-lived, they are one of my favorite post-punk bands. Rob Chapman era Put Me on the Guest List is a classic album & "This is Your Life" is a near perfect tune.   

Rob Chapman - vocals; Melancholy Baby - guitar, synth guitar; Slow Death - bass; Tony Wrafter - tenor saxophone & Charles Llewelyn - drums. 

 

Glaxo Babies – Christine Keeler 7" 45rpm, Heartbeat Records – PULSE 5, 1979.

Side One -
Christine Keeler
Side Two -
Nova Bossanova

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New Wave band from Cleveland, Ohio featuring Chuckie Ellis & Steve Frieg. The less said, the better.

Modern Art Studio – Mas Mania! 7" 33 1/3rpm, Mid America Sound – MAS-001, 1979.

Side A -    
If I Don't Have You
Ballad of the Green Berets
Side B -        
Dear Dad
Dropping off Like Flies

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OriOr is Jeff Sharp (with occasional help from Phil Hollins), a post-punk/ambient artist who utilizes analog drum machines, monosynths, an early FM synthisizer, saxophone, tape delays, piano, & guitar to create his superb soundscapes. One of the koolest things about Sharp's work is that it predates yet has striking similarities to artists such as Coil, Angelo Badalamenti, & the earl 90s dark ambient bands.

Hand-made silk-screened slightly over-sized gatefold sleeve with 2-page stapled insert.
1000 copies pressed

OriOr – Elevation 7" 45rpm, Crystal Groove Records – 7e:2, 1979.

Side A -        
Elevation
Side B -        
Tutankhamen
Quiet Sky

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Give this one a good listen. Is it the right speed? What kinda drugs were these guys on? This single made Flipper sound like Uriah Heep. Oh yeah, this was Honolulu, Hawaii in 1980. Tesco Vee once said in Touch & Go 'zine that the Fuckin' Flyin' A-Heads are one of the weirdest bands he'd ever heard in his life so that oughta give you a hint.

Recorded live in concert at Leeward Theatre, Pearl City, Honololo, HI. USA on Jan, 25, 1980.

In the words of drummer Dan Garret:
"It was a very small audience. Sep (Eric 'Sep' Ishii, vocalist) was mock terrorizing them with a large hunting knife a la The Brown Buffalo in Fear in Loathing in Las Vegas. People cleared out except for our friends who were rolling on the floor laughing. It was a great little live show; let's put it that way. It was in a small community college just above Pearl Harbor. After that show, we moved to San Francisco to play music. We did live shows at this club in San Francisco called the Sound of Music.

The thing that killed us in San Francisco was Sep made a poster for an upcoming show we were doing that was an anal shot from a porno. He posted it all over the (Catholic) Mission District on every telephone poll. The cops didn't like that and they went around to all the club owners and said "Don't book these guys." Without any venues to play in, that was the end of the band. That was about December of 1980.

I was in a band called Murder with Bob Clic from the Lewd and Nyna Crawford from VKTMS. We did a single on a label called Broken Rekids.  I was also in a band called the Uptights that was more of a hardcore band and then I was in the Ronsons with Kurt Vanderhoof from Metal Church.
"

Fuckin' Flyin' A-Heads are: Eric 'SEP' Ishii- vocals, pranks; Howard Nishioka - guitar, vocals; Bob Wilson - bass; & Dan Garret - drums.

Otaro Records – Catch-2, 1980.

Side A -        
Swiss Cheese Back
Side B -        
Watching T.V.

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Here’s one from Ralph Records. Art-rock band from Bloomington, Indiana. They relocated to San Francisco in 1978.
 

O Type - The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack was written & Performed by MX-80 SOUND". Manufactured by The Cryptic Corp.

MX-80 Sound is: Bruce Anderson - guitar; Rich Stim - guitar, saxophone; Dale Sophiea - bass; & Dave Mahoney - drums.

MX-80 Sound – O Type 7" 45rpm, Ralph Records – MX-8055-S, 1980.

A Side -
O Type (Pt. 1)
B Side -
O Type (Pt. 2)

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Another one from Ralph Records. Tuxedomoon was formed in San Francisco in 1977 by two electronic music students at San Francisco City College, Blaine L. Reininger - keyboards, violin & Steven Brown - keyboards, other instruments. Peter Principle (Peter Dachert) soon joined as a full-time member. There was also off-&-on members Michael Belfer - guitar.

This record was manufactured by The Cryptic Corporation.

Tuxedomoon here is: all the usual members with Belfer on guitar & Jeff Raphael - drums for track B.

Tuxedomoon – What Use? 7" 45rpm, Ralph Records – TX8003-S, 1980.

A -    
What Use?
B -
Crash 

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Pope Paul Pot? Political sarcasm or stoner weirdness. The Pope is from California, so you figure it out. In 1980 "Plastic TV Land on Acid" was submitted to KALX. Song was submitted by KALX submitted the song to Radio Free Europe. It was featured on Radio Free Europe's Tops in Pops show during marshal law in Poland.

The 1981 Adventures in Plastic T.V. Land 7" was released the following year, featuring the original track, a dub version titled "Acid TV Land on Plastic" (included on a compilation called Video Games of the Twelfth Century), a noisy number titled "This is Your Leader" & the touching ballad "KKK Carolina on my Mind".

Later that year Pope Paul Pot performed two shows: one at the Mabuhay Gardens, opening for the VKTMS; & one at the Sound of Music in SF, on Nov 11, 1981, opening for the Misfits. For the Mabuhay show, Paul Pot performed with a cassette tape of pre-recorded music. The line up for the Misfits show was Pope Paul Pot - vocals, Kevin Connelly - guitar, Andy Death - guitar, Tombo Defenstra - bass, & Clayton Call -drums.

By 1986, Paul was singing with Gail & the Fudgepackers. Later that same year the Gail & company packed it in. Paul & Gail 'Fudgepacker' Todd (bass) continued to work together as Jack 'n' Jill. 1989 saw the immergence of Don’t Mind Us with Paul as singer & lyricist. They played a bunch of parties, mostly driving everybody out of the rooms. Broke up.

For the next few years, Paul worked on The Great Lost Paul Pot Album, a 10 song opus that included a cover of Wild Man Fisher’s "Jennifer Jones". Marc Time of the Fudgepackers played drums & mixed the tapes. Paul Pot played all the other instruments.

1995 -97, Paul was guitarist for Poor Impulse Control. Based out of Berkeley, Poor Impulse Control played a blistering attack punktuated with lead bass, pounding drums & crunching guitar sprinkled with dashes of chaos. Drawing on their influences of Iggy & the Stooges, Flipper, partaking of the wine of the wrath of Babylon's fornication, they inspired awe from & pity for their listeners. Though prone to lapses of concentration, they maintained a solemn oath to meet each other at the end of each song. They performed numerous times at Gilman Street & other clubs in the San Francisco Bay Area as they slowly disintegrated.

Since then he has been guitarist for the Happy Clams, once again teaming up with Gail Todd. The Happy Clams are a collection of "hasn't beens" from Mudville, California They are on the forefront of San Francisco's Eastbay Un-Pop Movement. The Clams will remain standard bearers of the movement as long as their music remains unpopular. As they are still beneath the notice of critics, it's likely that they will continue to fly the Un-Pop banner for many years.

All songs on this 7" written & performed by Pope Paul Pot except K-K-K--Carolina on My Mind written & performed by the Urban Boys: Paul ‘Pope Paul Pot’ Purcell - vocals; Kevin Connelly - guitar; & Tombo Defenestra - bass.

Pope Paul Pot – Adventures in Plastic T.V. Land 7", No Fidelity – NF002, 1981.

Side One -    
Plastic T.V. Land on Acid
Acid T.V. Land on Plastic
Side Two -
This is Your Leader
K-K-K-Carolina on My Mind

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More California weirdness. Maybe they added something to the San Francisco water? Maybe some Harvey milk?

Another great project from Dan Houser of Black Humor & Good Samaritans.


Black Humor George Miller handles guitar, bass, & keyboards on the first two tracks with Marc Berndt on drums on tracks one & three. Vocals on "Don’t Fall Down" by Patty Costa & backing vocals by Quentin Llorente.

Precision Bearings – Precision Bearings 7" EP, Fowl Records – 001, 1981.

Side A -
Roller Funk
Roller Bliss
Side B -
Don't Fall Down

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Dementia Precox was an experimental industrial noise band from Dayton, Ohio. They were formed on January 12, 1980 by Beavercreek High School friends Gyn Cameron (Gregory Stover) & Rodger Revlon (David Mench).

In September 1980 Gyn & Rodger released their first industrial release, a cassette in a ziplock baggie with a xeroxed paper insert; Dementia Precox: The Not so Hidden Persuaders.

Soon after, the duo recruited two more members, Max Noise (Timothy Nye) & Troy Boyahue (Chris Green) of the local band, The Occupants (which was Rodger’s previous band). By May 1981 Rodger Revlon left the band & was replaced by David Paul.

Here DP is:  Gyn Cameron, Max Nye, Troy Vance, & David Paul.

Dementia Precox – SCHP 45rpm mini-album, Prehensile Records – 211003 X, 1982.

Side A -         
Maladie D' Esprit
Untitled as of Yet
Fla(w) Girls
Side B -
Coppola 13    
She's Just / Lord Have Mercy Dance Music

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Battalion of Saints was an American hardcore punk band from San Diego, California, that was founded in 1980. BoS were one of the most furious nihilistic bands to hit a stage. Battalion’s songs railed against the government, big corporations, televangelism, & police brutality.

From E / B:
     "The government controls all our lives / When they pump us full of lies / Large corporations are all the same / What do they think — we have no brains?"

Battalion of Saints is: George Anthony - vocals; Chris Smith - guitar; Dennis Frame - bass; & Ted Olson - drums.

Battalion of Saints – Fighting Boys 12" 45rpm, Nutrons Records – BS-001, 1982.

Side 2    -
(I'm Gonna) Make You Scream    
E / B
Side 3    -
Modern Day Heroes
Fighting Boys

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Wah! & its number of incarnations (Wah! Heat, the Mighty Wah!, Shambeko Say Wah!, Pete Wylie & Wah! The Mongrel) were the vehicle for Liverpool post-punk larger-than-life enigma Pete Wylie. Wah! et al. 16 or more singles which varied stylistically from single to single & group to group but  all are loud & heartfelt excursions into musickal mayhem.

The 1982 single "The Story of the Blues" was the group's biggest hit, reaching number three.

The Story of the Blues features: Pete Wylie - guitar, vocals; Carl Washington - bass & some girls (possibly the Sapphires).

Wah! – The Story of the Blues 7" 45rpm, Eternal – JF 1, 1982.

JF 1 A    -    
The Story of the Blues Part One
JF 1 B -        
The Story of the Blues Part Two (Talkin' Blues)
   
 
On Hope (I Wish You'd Believe Me), Wah! is: Pete Wylie - guitar, vocals; Carl Washington - bass; Jay Naughton - piano; Charlie Griffiths - synthesizer; & Chris Joyce - drums with backing vocals by the Sapphires.
Wah! – Hope (I Wish You'd Believe Me) 7" 45rpm, Eternal – X9880, 1983.

X 9880 A -        
Hope (I Wish You'd Believe Me)
X 9880 B -        
Sleep

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Twisted Nerve was a Scottish goth band from Edinburgh. They started out playing punk but drifted in a more goth sound during the 80s.

Twisted Nerve is: Craig Paterson - vocals; Colin Moxey - guitar; Norbert Bassbin - bass; & Keith Hamilton - drums.

Twisted Nerve – Eyes You Can Drown In 12" single, Criminal Damage Records – CRI 12-103, 1983.

This Side -    
Medusa
Other Side -    
Gargoyle
Geronimo

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Soft Cell are a well-known English synthesizer from the early 1980s consisting of Marc Almond - vocals. percussion & David Ball - keyboards, guitar, bass, percussion. This 45 was recorded & mixed at Britannia Row, in 1983.

Soft Cell – Down in the Subway 12" 45rpm, Some Bizzare – BZS 2212, 1984.

Side 1 -    
Down in the Subway
Side 2 -        
Disease & Desire
Born to Lose (Heartbreakers cover)

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For a few short years in the mid 80s, The Spectre's Revenge were regulars at inner city venues in Sydney & Melbourne. While a number of songs were recorded by the band, only one single was ever released. "No Moon at Midnight" b/w "(I Wanna be Like) Maynard G Krebbs".    

The Spectre's Revenge is: Peter Simpson - guitar, piano, vocals; Lynn Lee - guitar; Steve Lorkin - bass, vocals; & Jamie Cahill - drums.

The Spectre's Revenge – No Moon at Midnight 7", Au Go Go – ANDA 36, 1985.

Side 1 -        
No Moon at Midnight    
Side 2 -
(I Wanna be Like) Maynard G. Krebs

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Brian Ritchie is the bass guitarist for the alternative rock band Violent Femmes.  Ritchie released his first solo album The Blend in 1987. The album contained a cover of the Sun Ra tune "Nuclear War". This is the single, released the following year b/w "Alphabet".

Brian Ritchie – Nuclear War 12" 45rpm, SST Records – SST 186, 1988.

Side A-  
Nuclear War (Sun Ra cover)
Side B -
Alphabet   

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Pegboy was a punk band from Chicago, IL. The group was formed in 1990 by Larry Damore - vocals, occasional guitar, John Haggerty - guitar, Steve Saylors - bass, & Joe Haggerty -drums. The band's first release, a 12" EP named "Three Chord Monte" was released the same year. It was the first release for Quarterstick Records, an offshoot of  Touch And Go Records.

Pegboy – Three-Chord Monte 12" 45rpm, Quarterstick Records – QS00001, 1990.

Side 1 -        
Through My Fingers
My Youth
Side 2 -        
Fade Away
Method
 

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Here's some heavy sounds from a really heavy band.


Tom A Doyle formed the band in 1988 when he was living in Seattle. During the early 90s Seattle music scene, Tad's sound was more like the Melvins than the more prevalent Seattle grunge bands. They were one of the heaviest bands in town at that time. The band was harassed continually with lawsuits over album covers such as 8-Way Santa & releases like the "Jack Pepsi" single. They had trouble with the Inhaler promotional material featuring President Clinton smoking a joint with the caption “This is some heavy shit!”. Heavy!

On Jinx Tad is: Thomas Andrew 'Tad' Doyle - guitar, vocals; Gary Thorstensen - guitar; Kurt Danielson - bass, & Steve Wied - drums.

Tad – Jinx 7" 45rpm, Sub Pop – SP80, 1990.

Side A -        
Jinx
Side B -        
Pig Iron

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The Third Bardo was an American psychedelic/garage rock band from New York City. Their name is taken from the The Tibetan Book of the Dead.

The group existed for a brief time in the late 1960s. In 1967 they released their only single, "I'm Five Years Ahead of My Time", a song co-written by Rusty Evans, a folk singer & leader of the psychedelic proto-punk band The Deep along with Vicky Pike. "I'm  Five Years Ahead of My Time" received some radio exposure until it was pulled for its perceived drug references. Years later it was recognized as a 1960s garage rock classic & included on Nuggets: Original Artyfacts from the First Psychedelic Era, 1965-1968 box set.

Though short-lived, the band performed at local Manhattan venues including Arthur's Tavern & Ondine. They also appeared on the Cleveland-based television show Upbeat.

The Third Bardo only had one recording session in 1967, which yielded six tracks. Their technique of Eastern melody & distorted guitar was unique at the time.The band broke up soon after recording.

The Third Bardo is: Jeff Monn - vocals; Richie Seslowe & Ricky Goldclang - guitars; Damian Kelly - bass; & Bruce Ginsberg - drums.

The Third Bardo – Lose Your Mind 7" 45rpm, Sundazed Music – SEP 106, 1993.

Side 1 -
I'm Five Years Ahead of My Time    
I  Can Understand Your Problem    
Side 2 -        
Lose Your Mind
Dawn of Tomorrow
 

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Citizen Fish was an English ska/punk band with strong social & political lyrics. They were formed in 1989 by members of Subhumans & Culture Shock, based around Bath, Somerset.

Citizen Fish is: Dick Lucas - vocals; Phil Bryant - guitar; Matt Dowse - trombone; Alex Gordon - trumpet; Jasper Pattison - bass & vocals & Silas - drums.

Leftöver Crack was a political ska/punk band hailing from New York City, emerging from the breakup of Choking Victim circa 2000.

Leftöver Crack is: Scott 'Stza Crack' Sturgeon - vocals; Brad 'Last 1' Logan & Ezra 'M.Glory' Kire - guitar, vocals; Alec 'Shitboat Crack' Baillie - bass; & Ara  'Slacker Crack' Babajian - drums.

Fat Wreck Chords – FAT226-7, 2006.

A -    
Meltdown - Citizen Fish
B -
Baby-Punchers - Leftöver Crack

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Massive Attack is a popular & well known collaborative British music production group from Bristol, England. The group's name is taken from a slogan sprayed by New York graffiti artist Brim,The core unit consists of Robert Del Naja, Tricky, & Daddy G. Additional help on "False Flag": Gully - guitar & Joel Cadbury - bass.

Massive Attack – False Flags / United Snakes CD single, Virgin – VSCDJ 1915, 2006.

False Flags (UNKLE Surrender Sounds session #2)
False Flags (UNKLE Surrender Sounds session #2 Dub)
United Snakes

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Matt Castille of  Oi Polloi, Shits + Giggles & the Vas Deferens Organization teams up with Barrick Wittman & Soleil Castille to produce this gem.

This is a two track web-only exclusive EP by Vas Deferens Organization's Matt Castille, working in conjunction with his eleven year old German nephew who became inspired to collaborate with Matt under the direct influence of Felix Kubin's early teenage misadventures in Neue Deutsche Welle tape culture. These acts of artistic oddity are apparently a trans-generational impulse within the Castille clan.


Mutter
Idjot

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Babyslave record & perform in various shades of post-industrial cabaret or twisted disco, circling through tales of love, death, algorithms, quantum acceleration, punctured epizootics, provincial life, &  solar degeneration.

Babyslave is: Susi O'Neill - vocals, clarinet, saxophone, & theremin; David Fox - guitar, keyboards, vocals;  & Charlie Blake - electric violin, viola, saxophone, sampler, vocals, & David Fox - guitar, keyboards, vocals.

The Blue EP is packed with original material. It features the summer pop classic "Boys on Demand" as the lead track along a Charlie 'Machine' Blake sung track followed by two remixes.

Babyslave – Blue 4xFiles EP, Rebellious Jukebox – RJ005, 2008.

Boys on Demand
Dreamcancer    
The Revenge of the Snake Seller's Wife (Shirokuma Corporation remix)
To Each Their Own (Ladyboy discomix)

 
The Pink EP is four Industrial themed covers. The songs are all selected from the rather rare slab of obscure & unexpected Industrial Records tunes: Various – The Industrial Records Story, Illuminated Records – JAMS 39, 1984.
Babyslave – Pink 4xFiles EP, Rebellious Jukebox – RJ006, 2008.

We Hate You Little Girls Aloud
Slow Death
I Confess
Stormy Weather

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Pink Reason = Kevin Failure

Failure’s output has charted an atlas of depression & the struggles with a darkness that threaten to swallow him. Yet here he 'frolics through autumnal bliss'. If this is bliss, then the last time I stubbed my toe was ecstasy. The apparent simplicity of Failure’s riffs & chord progressions gives way to an epic complexity.

Hue Blanc's Joyless Ones is the pride & joy of Algoma, Wisconsin. They play original post modern garage rock.

Hue Blanc's Joyless Ones is: Casey Buhr - guitar, vocals; Ted Prokash - guitar, vocals; Michael Zink - bass; & Gus Graf - drums.

Pink Reason / Hue Blanc's Joyless Ones – Split 12" 45rpm, Floridas Dying – FDR-24, 2008.

Side A -    
Frolicked Walk Through Autumnal Bliss
The Lecherous One - Pink Reason
Side B -
Down on Me
By a Thread - Hue Blanc's Joyless Ones

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Apoptygma Berzerk are a futurepop band founded in 1989 by Stephan Groth & Jon Erik Martinsen from Sarpsborg, Norway.

Apop has gone through numerous personnel changes over the years. Groth is the only permanent member. Martinsen left the group early on.  Anders Odden has been the most recurring member of Apop, joining in the live lineup in the early 1990s, reappearing several times during the next 15 years, both live & in the studio. Geir Bratland also joined in the first part of the 1990s. In 1999, Fredrik Darum & Ted Skogman joined the band for the Welcome To Earth album & world tour. In 2001, Fredrik & Ted were replaced with Fredrik Brarud & Angel.

Groth is teamed with Geir Bratland, Angel, & Fredrik Brarud on 2009s Rocket Science.  The Apollo (Live on YourTV) is taken from that release.

Apoptygma Berzerk – Apollo (Live on Your TV) CD single, GUN – 88697436502, 2009.

Apollo (Live on Your TV)    
Apollo (Live on Your TV) [Rotersand rework]

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The Sight Below is a solo project of Rafael Anton Irisarri, an electronic music producer from Seattle, Washington, now based in New York.

The music of The Sight Below conjures half-remembered dreams & soft-focus sentiments with melancholy beauty. The sound is resonant with deep, propulsive bass tones & achingly subtle electronics.

The Sight Below – Murmur 12" EP, Ghostly International – GI-92, Series: SMM – XI, 2009.

Side A -
Murmur
Wishing Me Asleep
Side B -
The Sunset Passage (Biosphere remix)

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Initially formed as Detroit, MI natives Timmy Vulgar's experimental solo project, Timmy's Organism expanded into a trio.

The Organism is: Timmy 'Vulgar' Lampinen - lead guitar, rhythm guitar, vocals; Jeff Fournier - bass; & Colin Smith - drums.

Timmy's Organism – Squeeze the Giant 2x7" 45rpm, Sacred Bones Records – SBR-021, 2009.

A -
No Hassle
B -
Body of Love
Toes in the Grass
C -        
Squeeze the Giant
D -        
Tree Thirsty Earthquake

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Priests are a Washington, DC based post-punk band founded in 2012. The members also run Sister Polygon Records.

Priests is: Katie Alice Greer - vocals; G. L. Jaguar - guitar; & Daniele Yandel - drums.

Priests – Radiation / Personal Planes 7" 45rpm, Sister Polygon Records – SPR-001, 2012.

Side A    -    
Radiation
Side B -        
Personal Planes

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Institute is an punk/post-punk from Austin, Texas. Institute emerged from the Austin punk scene in 2013. Institute is made up of members from other Austin hardcore punk groups like Glue, Wiccans, & Blotter, centered by Moses Brown & Arak Avakian. Intitute's style is influenced by early 70s anarcho crossover bands like Crisis or Warsaw.

Moses Brown explains:
     "The whole theme of Institute is really influenced by Dada stuff. I am into abstracting Dada. Stupid shit. Dada was already about the absurd, so I've just been making it even more absurd by cutting images up & scrambling them around. I wanna steal ideas & take them to a next level. I am not sure how it connects to the music really, except that Dada is punk."

Here Institute is: Moses Brown - vocals; Arak Avakian - guitar; Adam Cahoon - bass; & Albert Limones - drums.

Institute – Giddy  Boys 7" 45rpm, Katorga Works – KW-034, 2014.

Side One -    
Giddy Boys
Success
Side Two -        
Fate in a Pleasant Mood

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Also using the physical act of cutting up tapes & creating tape loops with a strong reference to Burroughs & Brion Gysin; in terms of the Dada thing, is my last item.

Guitarist & multi-instrumentalist Richard H. Kirk was a founding member of Cabaret Voltaire. 

The blind leading the blind leading the blind. Chris Watson, another original CV, left in 1981 & the third co-founder, Stephen Mallinder relocated to Perth, Australia. 

Are we Having fun? 

In 2014, Richard H. Kirk resurrected the Cabaret Voltaire moniker for a solo performance at the Atonal Festival in Berlin, playing brand-new material. Since then he has done numerous shows & has returned to full activity as Cabaret Voltaire with the release of the Shadow of Fear album in November 2020. 

Kirk has also had an extensive solo career since 1980. "Never Lose Your Shadow" was recorded in 1982. "Public Fun" was recorded in 1987. Both tracks are from Earlier / Later (Unreleased Projects Anthology 74-89). "L.D. 60" & "Magic Words Command" where recorded in 1978 & appeared on Disposable Half-Truths, Kirk's first solo release.

Limited to 999 hand-numbered copies with 499 pressed on black vinyl including postcard with photo of Western Works studio in Sheffield, demolished in the late 80s.

Richard H. Kirk – Never Lose Your Shadow 12" 45rpm, Minimal Wave – MW055, 2014.

A -        
Never Lose Your Shadow
Public Fun
B -    
L.D. 60
Magic Words Command

Enjoy or die trying,