UPDATE: This post was re-uploaded 10/12.2013.
Enjoy, NØ.
Formed in late 1981, the BoneMen of Barumba was the brainchild of suburban Chicago's Tom Jonusatis & Mark Panick. They had met as part of the cities Super8-film art crowd. They dreamed up the band & concept while on a trip to New Orleans.
The B-Men were an underground art-punk weirdcore group similar in some ways to The Pop Group. They released two EPs & one LP, but never found their audience here in the States. They were popular in England & Europe after their first EP was picked up for distribution by Rough Trade/Green World & after getting airplay from John Peel on BBC. Although they had a unique sound & energy, they never were successful commercially. Their third & final release was a full-length album titled Icons that was a joint release on Fever/Enigma. The album didn’t sell well despite it being a good & diverse record & the band called it quits.
You can read more about the BoneMen & listen to their first EP here.
Their second EP is Driving the Bats Thru Jerusalem.
It features: Mark Panick - language, guitar, synthesizer, percussion; Jeff Jordie - guitar, synthesizer, funny talking, cabasa; Tom Jonusaitis - bass, keyboards; Mike Arturi - drums; & Mike Vicicondi - drums.
BoneMen of Barumba - Driving The Bats Thru Jerusalem,Barumba Records Bone 002, 1982.
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Naughty Party Monkey side -
Pity it Ain't
Talk is Fat
Renaissance Chimp side -
Thick Promise
Toombah for Ronnie
Enjoy,
NØ
