Musick that Needed Work - P: Peter & the TestTube Babies

 

Peter & the Test Tube Babies is a punk rock band formed in Peacehaven, England in 1978 by Del Strangefish & Peter Bywaters. Due to their humorous tongue-in-cheek lyrics, they have been considered part of the Punk Pathetique subgenre which embodied Cockney culture with a Dickensian working class attitude. 

 

Max Splodge of Splodgenessabounds sez:
     "The pathetique bands are the other side of Oi! We're working class too, only whereas some bands sing about prison and the dole, we sing about pilchards and bums. The audience is the same"

This is a 23 track CD compilation of P&tTTB with what could be named "Greatest Hits". It's even got "The Queen Gives Good Blow Jobs". 

 

Peter & the Test Tube Babies - Totally Test Tubed, Dojo Limited DOJOCD63, 1991.
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Banned from the Pubs    
Moped Lads    
Peacehaven Wild Kids    
Maniac    
Transvestite    
Elvis is Dead (live)    
I Lust for the Disgusting Things    
TQGGBJ    
Run like Hell    
Up Yer Bum    
Vicars Wank Too (live)
The Jinx    
Trapper Ain't Got a Bird    
Blown out Again    
Never Made It    
Pissed Punks (Go for It)
Spirit of Keith Moon
Zombie Creeping Flesh    
Keys to the City    
Louise Wouldn't like It    
Every Second Counts    
All about Love    
September Part 2

This P's for U,
NØ

Musick that Needed Work - P: Penitent

 

Not much to say about this one. Thought it was worth the time to fix up so felt it was interesting enough to share.

Penitent started in 1994. Poet Karsten Hamre decided to combine his poetry with music in order to create a more powerful atmosphere than one could get by simply reading his poems. Karsten’s poems where dubbed "mad poetry". They dealt with themes & topics such as life / death, pain / torture, sorrow / depression. By the time this album was released, the music is a melancholic, romantic Dark Ambient with little of Hamre's poetry left to hear. 

 

Penitent - Among the Sleepless, Eternal Pride Productions EPP008, 2007.
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Life Beyond    
Transfiguration    
The Resurrection of Nativity    
Epitaph for the Lost Ones    
A Shapeless Beauty
Throne of the Abyss
Demon Trubadour
Within a Void    
The Flight of Divinity

This P's for U,
NØ

Musick that Needed Work - P: Pavlov's Dog

 

Pavlov's Dog was a progressive rock band formed St. Louis, Missouri in 1973. If there is any musical ensemble deserving to be called "unique", certainly it is Pavlov's Dog. Founded in 1973 by Chuck Berry drummer Mike Safron, Pavlov's Dog captured the world's attention due to the astonishing voice of David Surkamp.

The band signed its initial recording contract with ABC Records in 1973 for the unheard of figure of $500,000. The group was dropped within weeks of the release of its debut Pampered Menial. Columbia Records re-released Pampered Menial within a month of the ABC debacle, following it's own $500,000 advance. Soon the album began charting on two labels simultaneously on the Billboard charts (a first & last for the recording industry).

Here Pavlov's Dog is: David Surkamp - guitar & vocals; Steve Scorfina - lead guitar; David Hamilton - keyboards; Rick Stockton - bass; Doug Rayburn - mellotron & flute; Siefried Carver - violin & viola, & Mike Safron - drums & percussion. 

 

Pavlov's Dog - Pampered Menial, Columbia PC33552, 1975.
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Side 1 -        
Julia
Late November
Song Dance
Fast Gun  
Natchez Trace

Side 2 -       
Theme from Subway Sue  
Episode  
Preludin
Of Once & Future Kings 

 

 

This P's for U,
NØ

Musick the Needed Work - P: Pankow

Pankow are one of the pioneer groups of Italian EBM / Industrial style. 

 

They formed in Florence in 1979. They began to fully experiment with electronics from 1981. Their second singer, Alex Spalck, has been the composer of all the lyrics from their first release onward. The music is dark & nihilistic in the extreme. All three releases here were mixed by Adrian Sherwood of On-U Sound. 

 

Pankow - Freiheit für die Sklaven, Contempo Records Conte113, 1987.
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Conte 113A -
Gimme More in Dub
Gimme More (Much More)
Girls & Boys (Prince cover)
She's Gotta Be Mine
In Heaven (David Lynch cover)

Conte 113B -
Nice Bottom (Schöner Arsch)
Sickness Takin' Over
Touch - I'm Your Bastard
Freiheit für die Sklaven
Nice Bottom (Nice Dub)

 

 

 

 

 

Pankow - Play the Hits of the Nineties 12", Contempo Records TEMPO 117, 1988.

Side A -
Boys & Girls (Hard Dub)
Side AA -
Gimme More (Much More)

 

 

 

 

 

Pankow - Touch 12", Contempo Records Tempo123, 1988.

Side A -
Touch (Thumping Pumping Dubbing version)
Side B
Sickness (Sick version)
Revolution

 

 

 

 

This P's for U,
NØ

3,000.000 Served

 

On October 27, 2021 I sez:
     "Over night last night my visitor count passed the 2,000,000 mark. I realize that that's no big deal in light of the length of time I've been doing this, but for a "backwater blog" like I've got going here, it's kinda major to me. In fact, I'm mightily chuffed."

Well, over night last night my visitor count passed the 3,000,000 mark. So in less than three years I’ve had another million hits. So for a "backwater blog" like I've got going here, I'm even more mightily chuffed.

All I can really say to all of you out there cruising the interweb searching for musick is...

Thank you so much.

NØ

Musick that Needed Work - P: Painkiller

 

I've been fighting my way through a folder I have labeled Musick that Needs Work. I start at "A" in 2015. I'm up to "P" now. When I looked under the letter P I was surprised at how many items I had. So for a while this month I'm gonna do this thing.

I usually try to mix these shares up in some kinda order that seems to make sense but probably only to me, so I'm gonna just dole them out in alphabetical, they way they are in the folder. 

 

First up is Painkiller.

Painkiller was formed in 1991 by saxophonist John Zorn, bassist Bill Laswell, & drummer Mick Harris. It is one of the longest running Zorn projects. This debut offering finds the band performing a mix of avantgarde jazz & grindcore. What an insane combination.

Bonnicon sez:
     "This album will bludgeon your senses, atrophy your auditory tract with it's jet-fuelled rage."

Recorded April 1991 at Greenpoint, Brooklyn, NY. This is the Japanese release on Toy's Factory with the banned in UK cover artwork

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Pain Killer - Guts of a Virgin, Toy's Factory TFCK 88561, 1991.
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Scud Attack   
Deadly Obstacle Collage   
Damage to the Mask   
Guts of a Virgin   
Handjob   
Portent   
Hostage   
Lathe of God   
Dr. Phibes   
Purgatory of Fiery Vulvas   
Warhead   
Devil's Eye

This P's for U,
NØ

Alert: Another Blog Going Down

Good Frenz of NSS Smashhuggler left word of the upcoming demise of yet another music blog. You might want to head over before they're gone & grab some goodies. Literally tens of thousands of things from which to choose. 

 

MixesDB has been around since early 2008. Here's the word right from the source...

"MixesDB will shutdown on June 29, 2024.

The reason for this is rather simple: The website code is completely outdated and cannot be run on modern servers anymore.

For the technically interested audience: The site runs on MediaWiki version 27 (current is version 41.1) and PHP 5.6 (current is PHP 8.3.7). Mostly everything that is not possible on Wikis by default was heavily custom coded by me or its extension is not maintained anymore (e.g. the comments and the foundation of features like the Explorer).

To make it short: The code ran into a dead corner and is not update-able anymore without months of enormous coding effort. And since ads went towards zero months ago and donation models failed years ago, I decided it's better to shut it down now than later.

I know many of us have put weeks of effort into this database, but this is where we stand."

Go, go,
NØ

From A to X

 

Having been working as a visual artist since Xmal Deutschland's breakup in the early 90s, former lead singer Anja Huwe finally has returned to making music . She released her debut solo album Codes in March. It's a great release for this noted purveyor of glamorous gloom.

 

After Codes came out, I went back & started listening to all the XMAL (or X mal) that I had. Decided to put together as many of their singles as I have. Thought some of you might like to give them a listen after all these years. 

 

Xmal Deutschland - Schwartze Welt 7", Zickzack ZZ31, 1981.
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1 -
Schwarze Welt

2 -
Die Wolken
Großstadtindianer

 

 

 

 

X Mal Deutschland - Incubus Succubus 12", Zickzack ZZ110, 1982.

Seite 1 -
Incubus Succubus

Seite 2 -
Zu Jung Zu Alt
Blut ist Liebe

 

 

 

 

X Mal Deutschland - Qual 12", 4AD BAD305, 1983.

Over -
Qual

This Side -
Zeit
Sehnsucht

 

 

 

 

X Mal Deutschland - Incubus Succubus II, 4AD AD311,1983.

Over -
Incubus Succubus II

This Side -
Vito

 

 

 

 

X mal Deutschland - Sequenz, Red Rhino Europe RRET1, 1985.

a -
Jahr um Jahr II

b -
Autumn
Polarlicht

 

 

 

 

X Mal Deutschland - Matador, Xile XMAL 112, 1986.

45.a -
Matador (Blood & Sand extended mix)

45.b -
Paho
4 

 

 

 

 

Xmal Deutschland - Sickle Moon, Xile XMAL 212, 1987.

a45 -        
Sickle Moon    

b45 -
Illusion (version)    
In Onyx

 

 

 

 

X Mal Deutschland - I’ll Be Near You, Metronome 889709-1, 1989.

Seite 1 -
I'll Be Near You (Radical remix)

Seite 2 -        
The Girl in the Iron Mask
I'll Be Near You (Retouched radio version)

 

 

 

 

X Mal Deutschland - Dreamhouse, Metronome 871543-1, 1989.

Seite 1 -
Dreamhouse (Do-the-Hitch-Hike-mix) (extended)
Dreamhouse (theme)    

Seite 2 -
Dreamhouse    
Drowned You

 

 

Enjoy,
NØ

The First Trick, Again...

 

I've shared & hyped Tricky's debut Maxinquaye here in the past. I still stand behind my claim that it is one of the greatest albums of all times.

Tricky's genius lies in the way he writes songs that aren't songs, lyrics that trail off at the edge of recognition, music that bypasses reason. He doesn't sing, or rap in any recognised way.

Maxinquaye was an album of its time but now, all these years later, it belongs to a category beyond that of mere genre, beyond both time & sensibility. It's one of those albums whose radicalism is matched by its brilliant immediacy, a barrage of sound whose initial revolutionary impact has been followed by an undimmed afterlife.

In 2023, Tricky released Maxinquaye (Reincarnated). The version I bought is 49 tracks. The first 12 tracks are the Abbey Road remaster of the original album. I was initially excited to hear it but less than thrilled with the results after multiple listens. It just pissed me off that where the original was so gringingly primitive, this was just so over-produced.

So I decided to do one of those Albums that Should Exist kinda things & create my own NØ Reblasted version. See what you think. Be brave. Let me know. 

 

Tricky - Maxinquaye (NØ Reblasted)
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Overcome (Acapella/Rough Monitor mix)
Ponderosa (Reincarnated)
Black Steel (Rough Monitor mix)
Hell is Round the Corner (Reincarnated)
Pumpkin (Reincarnated)
Aftermath (Reincarnated)
Abbaon Fat Tracks (Tricky remix)
Brand New You're Retro (Alex Reece remix)
Suffocated Love (Mix 1)
You Don't (deluxe edition)
Strugglin' (Reincarnated)
Feed Me (live NY 09-16-1999)
bonus track - Little Aftermath (Reincarnated)

Enjoy,
NØ

PTSMH

 

German-born electronic musician Patt Smith creates compelling music with a complex juxtaposition of soundscapes & emotions blending electronic & downtempo stylings.

Smith skillfully combines melodies, throbbing beats, & ethereal textures. His proficienct fusion of downtempo sensibilities & electronic components creates a sonic tapestry that is simultaneously uplifting yet meditative.

Here is a cross-section of his body of work. Drift away & feel the music.

Patt Smith - PTSMH Nothin' Mix, NØ Comp., 2024.
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Nothing
Darknumber
Eyes Closed (album version)
New D Trip
Inside
Behind the Scenes
Klammeraffe
Hesitate (BMON remix)
Realize (BDKS)
Eyes Closed (dance version)
Walkers
The Last Call

 

 

 

 

Here are a couple of EPs self-released by Patt... 

 

Patt Smith - Broken Instruments, self-released, 2015. 

Patt Smith - 20,000 Noisemiles Under the Sea, self-released,  2016.

 

 

Enjoy,
NØ

The End (for Now)

This is the end of the ongoing series of Glasgow Noise bands, at least for now. 

 

This final instalment features the band DeSalvo.

Desalvo formed from the ashes of several Glasgow/Edinburgh bands: Allan Stewart (future Idlewild guitarist); Alex Grant (former PH Family & part-time Idlewild bassist); original vocals - Fraser Lumsden (former PH Family vocalist); replacement vocals - P6 (former Stretchheads & PH Family vocalist); & Richie Dempsey (former Stretchheads drummer).

Desalvo was originally strongly influenced by US post-hardcore bands such as Helmet & Tad. They signed to Mogwai’s label Rock Action Records. Their style has been compared to The Jesus Lizard. Listen & decide for yourself. 

 

DeSalvo - Mood Poisoner, Rock Action Records rockact38cd, 2009
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Brown Flag    
Tonguescraper Parts 1 & 2    
Ripper Situation
Latrine Lizard    
Get Black    
Oedipus Rising    
Schindler’s Lift    
Questionable Sport    
Spandoflage    
Cock Swastika

It’s been a great journey,
NØ

The White Whale

Never been a fan of Moby but I know he's worked with a lot of various artist, remixing their tunes to his own musical vision. I was checking on his website & looked at his list of remixes. I realized I knew of a few that weren't on his list, so it made me go, hmmm!

Well, I found over twenty-five more remixes that he hadn't listed & decided it would be a stupid insane idea to get them all together. Here's an even one hundred, split into four parts... 

 

Moby - A Remix Set, NØ Comp. 2024.
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Part 1 -
(Do Not) Stand in the Shadows (Moby remix) - Billy Idol
(Do Not) Stand in the Shadows (Moby Half Speed Version remix) - Billy Idol
Vault (Moby remix) - Pendulum
Salt (Moby remix) - Kita Klane
Break (Moby remix) - ADLT VDEO
Just Say (Moby remix) - KDA
Hell in Paradise (Moby remix) - Yoko Ono
The Bumps (Moby Remix) - Pete Tong feat. John Monkman
Walls (Moby Remix) - Monkey Safari
Automatic (Moby remix) - NØISE
Torn Red Heart (Moby remix) - Mark Lanegan Band
Do it Again (Moby Basement mix) - Röyksopp feat. Robyn
Do it Again (Röyksopp & Robyn Vs. Moby mix) - Röyksopp feat. Robyn
All I Know (Moby remix) - Washed Out
y (Moby remix) - iamamiwhoami
Noah's Ark (Moby remix) - David Lynch
Theme for Great Cities (Moby remix) -Simple Minds
Wait & See (Moby remix) - Holy Ghost!
I'm Free (Moby remix) - The Rolling Stones
Krakpot (Moby remix) - Plastikman
The Son Of Flynn (Moby Remix) - Daft Punk
I'll Be Home for Christmas (Moby remix) - Tony Bennett
Rock Your Body, Rock (Moby remix) - Ferry Corsten
Les Djinns (Moby remix) - Djuma Soundsystem
Miserablism (Moby Electro mix) - Pet Shop Boys

Part 2 -
Souvenir (Moby remix) - Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
Sunday (Moby remix) - David Bowie
Alive (Moby remix) - Beastie Boys
Wait A Minute (Moby's mix) - The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
Beetlebum (Moby's mix) - Blur
Dead Man Walking (Moby mix 1) - David Bowie
Dead Man Walking (Moby's House mix) - David Bowie
Dead Man Walking (Moby mix 2) - David Bowie
Falling in Love (Is Hard on the Knees) (Moby Flawed mix) - Aerosmith
Falling in Love (Is Hard on the Knees) (Moby Fucked mix) - Aerosmith
Grave Ride (Moby mix) - John Lydon
Damage I've Done (Moby Sad Gospel mix) - The Heads
Damage I've Done (Moby Melodic Deep mix) - The Heads
Stella (Electro mix) - Jam & Spoon
Stella (Moby's Barracuda mix) - Jam & Spoon
Stella (Moby's Spirit mix) Jam & Spoon
1979 (Moby remix) - Smashing Pumpkins
Until it Sleeps (Moby's Herman Melville mix) - Metallica
Until it Sleeps (Moby Slow mix) (unreleased) - Metallica
Dusty (Moby mix) - Soundgarden
Greyhound Part 1 (Moby remix) - The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
Lost Again (Moby's Hands on Yello remix) - Yello
Bam Bam Bam (Paul Yates mix) - Westbam
Bam Bam Bam (Moby Dub mix) - Westbam
Revolution Earth (Moby's CO2 mix) - The B-52's

Part 3 -
Movin' On (Moby mix) - The Other Two
Movin' On (Moby's Waterfront mix) - The Other Two
Revolution Earth (Moby's PPM Dub) - The B-52's
Revolution Earth (Moby's Vibe Tribe version) - The B-52's
Revolution Earth (Moby's CO2 Edit) - The B-52's
Fall from Grace (Moby Distressed version) - Eskimos & Egypt
Fall from Grace (Moby's Love Dub) - Eskimos & Egypt
Fall from Grace (Moby's Patient Love Dub) - Eskimos & Egypt
Fall from Grace (Moby's Regressive mix) - Eskimos & Egypt
I Talk to the Wind (Moby Transcendent mix) - Opus III
I Talk to the Wind (Moby Head mix) - Opus III
I Talk to the Wind (Moby Transcendent Dub) - Opus III
I Talk to the Wind (Moby's mix) - Opus III
Is That You Mo-Dean? (Moby's Interdimension mix) - The B-52's
Is That You Mo-Dean? (Moby's Liquid Sky Dub) - The B-52's
Is That You Mo-Dean? (Moby's Harpapella) - The B-52's
Is That You Mo-Dean? (Moby's Roots mix) - The B-52s
Fractal Zoom (Mary's Birthday edit) - Brian Eno
Fractal Zoom (Moby's Up River mix) - Brian Eno
Fractal Zoom (Moby's Naive mix I) - Brian Eno
Fractal Zoom (Moby's Naive mix II) -Brian Eno
Fractal Zoom (Moby's Landed mix) - Brian Eno
Fractal Zoom (Moby's Bucolic mix) - Brian Eno
Who is It (Moby Tribal version) - Michael Jackson
Who is It (Moby's IHS mix) - Michael Jackson

Part 4 -
Who is It (Moby's P-Man Dub) - Michael Jackson
Who is It (Moby's Lakeside Dub) - Michael Jackson
Who is It (Moby's Raw Mercy Dub) - Michael Jackson
Beat It (Moby's Sub mix) - Michael Jackson
Everybody in the Place (Moby's Dance Hall version) - The Prodigy
Make it Mine (Moby's Manhattan mix) - The Shamen
Make it Mine (Moby's US Dub mix) - The Shamen
Make it Mine (Moby's Deep mix) - The Shamen
Ride (Moby's Dub) - SoHo
Ride (Moby's Odessa mix) - SoHo
Ride (Moby's Speed mix) - SoHo
You Gotta Believe (Moby's Sweet mix) - Fierce Ruling Diva
You Gotta Believe (Moby's Love of God mix) - Fierce Ruling Diva
Good Stuff (Moby's Schottische mix) - The B-52s
Only Time Will Tell (Mobygyn mix) - Ten City
Only Time Will Tell (Obygyn mix) - Ten City
Faith Healer (Moby's Barracuda mix) - Recoil
Chorus (Mob''s Vegan mix) - Erasure
Heart on the Line (Voodoo Child mix) -Fortran 5
Heart on the Line (Voodoo Child mix) (Edit) - Fortran 5
Heart on the Line (Moby's Bassline mix) - Fortran 5
Gazza (Voodoo Child Disco 2000 mix) - Andromeda
Speed Freak (Moby Mutation mix) - Orbital
Tan Ta Ra (Moby remix) - LFO
Está Loca (Moby remix) - the latin age

I stopped at 100. There are many more. Submit your suggestions & I'll do Take II.

ps. Here are two new ones I lifted from Dubhed blog.
We're Going Wrong (Moby Mix) - Cream
You & Me (Moby extended remix) - Anifisa Letyago
(check out the heavy lyrics from the bald alien on this last one)

Enjoy,
Queequeg

Lung Leg Too

 

Shared this Glasgow grrrrl group April 2014 for friend & fellow Taurus Ib Sibling, their EP The Negative Delinquent Autopsy here.

Here is their follow-up EP Shagg the Tiger. 

 

Lung Leg - Shagg the Tiger, Piao! Piao! 05, 1995.
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Side a -
Small Screen Queen
Edith Massey

Side b -
Kung Fu on the Internet
Accident
Butt Sister

 

 

 

 

& this split single with Make-Up... 

 

 

Make-Up / Lung-Leg - Pow! To the People / Krayola split 7", Southern Records, 1998.

Side A -
Pow! To the People

Side B -
Krayola

Enjoy,
NØ

Musick that Needed Work - O: Otis Optic & the Option People

Otis Optic & the Option People are a German psychedelic rock band from the Dortmund, Ruhr area. All the musicians were born in the 80s, but live in the 60s. Their blend of 60s psychedelic & garage music is classic 60s organ/fuzz guitar driven sounds. 

 

Here OO&tOP is: Tobias Fonda - guitar & vocals; Philipp Kawalek - guitar; Dario Treese - organ & bass; & Elke Jamelle - drums.

Micrograms is a bonus track originally released as a single in 2005. 

 

Otis Optic & the Option People - self-titled, Nasoni Records NASONI 072-2CD, 2008.

Saints of Sound    
Shallow Fair    
Velvetized    
Spot in Your Mind    
Traffic Lights    
Mass Confusion    
Among You    
Memory Dehydrating    
Liable to Fade    
Concept of Time    
Cold Rain (outro)    
bonus track -    
Micrograms

Enjoy,
Ø

Musick that Needed Work - O: ONO

The avant-gospel collective ONO have been around since 1980, pioneering/re-defining "noise".  Blending the slightest apparitions of jazz & funk with a primordial deluge of discordant sonic emanations driven by a poetic cadence of sing-speak-scream vocals exhuming our deepest, darkest thoughts, fused to the tempestuous now-you-hear-it-now-you-don't rhythmic arrangement. It is noise, but it is also dizzying, ponderous, profound, & so much more. 

 

Constant members are: travis (Travis Dobbs) - vocals & lap steel guitat; P. Michael - bass, keyboards, & electronics; & Shannon Rose Riley - vocals, keyboards, & horns along with an ever-changing cast of musical collaborators.

Village Voice-over sez:
     "über-legendary Chicago avant-everything cult freakazoids ONO are one of those radical groups who've earned that tag as 'one of the most influential bands you've never heard of'."

     "ONO is my idea of onomatopoeia before music.",
travis sez. 

 

ONO - Machines That Kill People, Thermidor T11, 1983.
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Side 1 -
Danger    
Machines That Kill People    
The Model Bride    
O Jackie O I    
O Jackie O II
WWV (locked groove)

Side 2 -
Pyramid of Drums    
X-Ray

 

 

 

 

The full ONO experience, however, happens in the live shows, which are tightly orchestrated, with a narrative arc & numerous costume changes. travis spits out words that weave history with personal pain, moving in & out of the crowd as he adds or subtracts a wedding gown, a headpiece, a tuxedo shirt, a lace veil. P.Michael helms the ship from behind a table covered by drum machines, samplers, & effects pedals. He crafts dense, groovy compositions that swell with travis's vocal performance.

So in case the first offering wasn't weird enough for some of you weirdos, here's a couple live shows. You kinda already know what happens New Year's Eve...

 

 

ONO - New Years Eve 1984, ONO self-released, 1985. 

ONO often performs a cover of the song "Heroin" by the Velvet Underground that is as solemn & painful as it is elegant.

P. Michael sez:
     "We've been doing it since the 80s. We knew so many people who were on heroin, so it means a whole lot to us to perform that piece. Which is why it takes so much out of travis to do, it always has to be at the end. He can't function after, because of all the folks we know and all the people who were at our shows that were doing heroin. And some of them are dead now because of that, so it's very intense."

 

 

ONO - Filmmakers2 - Heroin, ONO self released, 2007.

 

 

 

 

Enjoy,
Ø