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.
A -
Hot Love
B -
Woodland Rock (glam remake of Tyrannosaurus Rex “Woodland Bop" from the previous year.)
The King of The Mountain Cometh
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.
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
A -
Hot Wire My Heart
B -
Baby You're so Repulsive
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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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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.
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.
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.
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).
JF 1 A -
The Story of the Blues Part One
JF 1 B -
The Story of the Blues Part Two (Talkin' Blues)
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.
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.
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.
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".
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 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.
Boys on Demand
Dreamcancer
The Revenge of the Snake Seller's Wife (Shirokuma Corporation remix)
To Each Their Own (Ladyboy discomix)
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
A -
Never Lose Your Shadow
Public Fun
B -
L.D. 60
Magic Words Command
Enjoy or die trying,
NØ
