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ARTIST
RUDE, RON
TITLE
The Borders Of Disgrace
FORMAT
LP
LABEL
SORCERER RECORDS
CATALOG #
SORC 1013LP
SORC 1013LP
GENRE
ROCK
RELEASE DATE
7/4/2025
2023 release. Sorcerer reissues -- for the first time ever! -- this classic slice of outsider Australian post-punk, originally issued by
Ron Rude
himself on LP back in 1979. Born and raised in Belgrave, an outer suburb of Melbourne which, 40+ years ago was basically a rural town outside of Melbourne, Ron and his band,
The Unforgettables
, were a rag-tag of hippie-punks who, under Ron's tutelage, recorded this album throughout 1978/'79 in a vague sort of isolation from the world surrounding it. Ron was inspired by everything from
Stockhausen
to the
Stooges
and made a kind of basement
Iggy/Lou
sound in step with the city's post-punk scene, but always one step removed. Ron was a regular fixture in the scene which coalesced around the Crystal Ballroom in St. Kilda and featured other luminaries like the
Boys Next Door
,
The Models
et al, sharing stages with all and sundry. He reached a certain hometown infamy when he staged a hunger strike in the window of Missing Link Records after the album's release in protest of local commercial FM radio station 3XY not playing tracks from it. He also released the equally fantastic
Vorpal Blade
LP under the band name
Piano Piano
in 1980, among other highly-coveted rarities. But for now, Sorcerer presents this fascinating, unique and thoroughly rockin' slice of Melbourne post-punk DIY history. Newly remastered by
Mikey Young
with the bottom end Ron always felt the original LP lacked, the album also containing extensive liner notes by Mr. Rude himself, as well as some previously unpublished photos from the era.
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