Browse by Artist: HOT KNIVES

Artist:	HOT KNIVES
Title:	Hot Knives
Label:	GROWN UP WRONG (AUSTRALIA)
Format:	CD
Price:	$17.00
Catalog #:	GUW 002CD

This stunning album is one of the archeological rock finds of the century. Recorded in 1976, never released and not even rumored to exist, this is classic stuff from a band that combined '60s folk rock with muscular rock'n'roll in a sound that was simultaneously a throwback to a more innocent time (think Beau Brummels, early Jefferson Airplane and Moby Grape) and a raw and rockin' alternative to the pop-smart mid-'70s Fleetwood Mac. This 14-track album has languished in a cupboard for over 30 years. Only two singles from it ever saw the light of day at the time; the second one, "I Hear The Wind Blow," prompted the greatest of pop pickers, the late Greg Shaw, to declare in his Bomp! newsletter that "The Hot Knives are the best thing happening in San Francisco right now; their second self-made 45 is just out... They're not punk rock, it's folk-rock with female vocals a la early Jefferson Airplane, with warm harmonies and gorgeous Byrds guitar." Includes stomping covers of Moby Grape's "Hey Grandma" and the Knickerbockers' "Lies."

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