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RELEASE DATE: 9/16/2022
Ordalias marks the first solo album by Ian Mason, lead singer of the well-known Basque Country heavy doom rock act, The Wizards. Within this precious edition shaped in a double-LP work, you can find 13 selections of dark and psychedelic folk in the way of bands like Wovenhand, Swans, or Death In June with lyrics involving matters such as spirituality, Christian mysticism, and the symbolist poetry of authors like Yeats, Blake, Goethe, or Novalis. Ordalias regards as a magical vessel to connect with Ian Mason's unique cosmovision, this collection of songs, had been conjured from the depths of the subconscious world by a sort of meditation sessions and magical operations along the period of five years, in which as a result, the musician has found the visions and ecstatic images that became the songs which conforms Ordalias in its entirely (sic). All of this has been fulfilled with a delicate handcrafted work in the visual outfit of the album. Seven depicted drawings from the Illustrator Nerea Kndina and the final graphic outcome, done by Babylon Fell designs studio, takes Ordalias a step further from other similar works and releases. A work which stands to look beyond the music, a true appeal to the strength of the vision and the inner voice. Edition of 300.
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RELEASE DATE: 8/26/2022
Radio KSG was formed by Kent Steedman (Celibate Rifles), Russell Baricevic (Bored, Pray TV), Ben Brown (The Hellmen), and Vince Donato (Flycharmers). The album Million In The Creek is the first collection of songs released and recorded by Radio KSG over the last two years and the first LP from the band. All being well, another will be completed by the end of 2022. Radio KSG is a collaboration of musical friends from Sydney and Melbourne joined to play for the joy of music. Featuring members from a number of classic iconic rock bands from the independent Australian music scene. Kent Steedman has played guitar with The Celibate Rifles for 40 years and participated in projects with Deniz Tek, Crent, Yage, La Secta, Jim Moginie and the Family Dog, Screaming Trees, and others. Russell Barecivic has played bass with Bored and Pray TV among others and is a solid, well-respected bass player. Ben Brown sang in The Hellmen and is a globally respected artist and designer from Sydney. He has done covers and posters for bands from underground indie to Guns N' Roses levels of fame. Vince Donato plays drums from Melbourne underground bands and has worked in labels and management in Melbourne and globally. The band came together to create and share songs and ideas with a guitar focus and an ironic observance of humanity and language. Enjoying playing music and recording together with many years of experience. The sound is tough, lively with an Australian edge and a commercial touch that pays homage to the legacy of the members but with an open-minded approach to new versions of the same genre.
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Murder Junkies is the seventh studio album by G.G. Allin and featuring ANTiSEEN. This is GG Allin's final studio album to be released during his lifetime, originally released in 1991. Jeff Clayton, lead singer of ANTiSEEN, has described this album as a mixed blessing. Although he is very happy with the way it turned out, he thinks that a lot of people got the impression that they are nothing more than a backing band for G.G. Allin. Clayton has stated that G.G. Allin was very professional during the recording of the album, and he wonders how much of G.G. Allin's stage act was real and how much of it was "For The Marks". Now this album is being released for the first time as it was originally conceived, and it has been remastered in order to deliver the aggressive sound which with it was recorded.
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Fast Stories... from Kid Coma is the debut studio album by the American rock band Truly, originally released in 1995. The album was put out by Capitol Records' Revolution imprint, while the vinyl edition was handled by Sub Pop. And now it is being reissued by Bang! Records. Fast Stories... from Kid Coma is loosely a concept album about a comatose kid "reliving a past summer of grandeur." The Encyclopedia of Popular Music called the album "a hard-hitting, insistent record that occasionally overreached in its attempts to distance itself from its contemporaries." Trouser Press wrote: "Heavy but never bludgeoning, melodic but never cheesy, excessive but never ridiculous, Fast Stories is an extended trip into several of rock's outer dimensions." Loudwire ranked the album at twenty-sixth in their list of "The 30 Best Grunge Albums of All Time". Kerrang! wrote that Fast Stories... from Kid Coma "remains a genuinely vital album, and quite possibly the [grunge] genre's swan song." Louder Sound named the album in their list of "10 obscure but absolutely essential grunge albums". MTV called it "the great psychedelic hard rock rush of the year." Members of the band: Robert Roth (vocals, guitar), Hiro Yamamoto (bass guitar, member of Soundgarden), Mark Pickerel (drums, member of Screaming Trees).
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It exists! The Loved, The Lost And The Last is the unreleased until now, sixth and final studio album by New York noise rock band the Honeymoon Killers, originally recorded in 1991. The Honeymoon Killers recorded this album picking up all three members of the nascent Jon Spencer Blues Explosion and it meant a sonic evolution to the band in the way to get the original Honeymoon Killers sound adding slicks of Pussy Galore and The Blues Explosion, and it includes covers of Ramones and The Scientists. Artwork by Pauline Teel (Big City Stompers).
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Spearheaded by twisted Australian guitar legend Stu Spasm of Lubricated Goat, Crunt, and The Beasts Of Bourbon, The Art Gray Noizz Quintet were originally formed for an afterparty celebrating the New York City premiere of Amphetamine Reptile documentary The Color Of Noise. "It was obvious I must assemble a supergroup of the finest noise rockers New York City had to offer," says Stu Spasm. First choice was basher extraordinaire "Bloody" Rich Hutchins, veteran of such explosive musical exports as Live Skull, Of Cabbages And Kings, and Ruin. Next, Skeleton Boy of Woman was recruited. "Who, just as Leadbelly was the king of the twelve-string guitar, is himself the king of the two-string bass." Then came the twang, with the addition of suave slinger Andrea Sicco of Twin Guns. "When our guitars merge, it forms a most piquant aural mélange." In a nod to the latter half of his birth name, Stu Spasm now became Art Gray, and an entirely new mess was born. The Art Gray Noizz Quintet have recently been witnessed onstage opening for kindred spirits such as The Scientists and Mudhoney, and 2019 saw them survive a successful tour of the West Coast. Catching the eye of no wave queen Lydia Lunch led to teaming up for a collaborative musical effort, and sharing a few stages including bookending the pandemic, with one of the last shows of 2020 NYC before lockdown hit, and a triumphant return to the boards in July 2021.
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For the first time on vinyl, the one considered by many as Nikki Sudden's best album ever Red Brocade, originally released in 1999. Featuring members of Jacobites, The Chamber Strings, Wilco, etc. In 1997, British musician Nikki Sudden traveled to Chicago to work with The Chamber Strings. While there, the two parties realized that they were creatively simpatico, and soon began work on an album, a baker's dozen of thoughtful, occasionally introspective, and superbly written songs, which would appear in 1999 as Red Brocade. It's mellow singer-songwriter fare, some might call it "alt country", and that Wilco's Jeff Tweedy pops up here should give you a sense of what you're getting, as sonically, all the songs here could have been Wilco tracks. Released under license from Easy Action Records, UK. The original album released on gatefold cover double LP with inner sleeves, remastered and with liner notes by Kevin Junior (The Chamber Strings).
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Fried Cheese & Pivo, first time on vinyl, a live performance recorded in Czech Republic in 1992. Fried Cheese & Pivo was only released on CD in 1993 and for Czech market. The Pleasure Fuckers were formed in 1988 in Madrid (Spain) and were led by legendary Kike Turmix. During ten years they toured extensively across Europe and USA. Through the years, and as shown in this recording, The Pleasure Fuckers developed a brutal assault of high energy punk rock with no remorse and no prisoners. A total must for fans of Bored!, Hellacopters, Asteroid B-612, Turbonegro, and all '80s & '90s bands which exceeded amps up to ten. Newly remastered; gatefold sleeve.
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Acclaimed second album by The Drones finally reissued by Bang! Records, originally released in 2005. Wait Long By The River And The Bodies Of Your Enemies Will Float By draws influence from the likes of Neil Young and The Birthday Party, though it has been described by lead singer/guitarist Gareth Liddiard himself as a punk rock album. The lyrics, penned by Liddiard, deal with issues such as death, depression and alcoholism in its depiction of Australian working-class life. The album received critical acclaim upon release, regarded later on as the band's "break-out" and one of their most popular releases. The track "Shark Fin Blues", in particular, went on to become a concert staple and was voted by contemporary Australian songwriters as the greatest Australian song of all time in October 2009. The album itself was performed live in its entirety many times, even as a part of the acclaimed Don't Look Back concert series. In 2008, The Age ranked it the best Australian album of the 21st century. Three years later, the band's contemporaries and "industry experts" would vote it the 24th best Australian album of all time. Gatefold sleeve.
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Bang! Records present a reissue of the Fuzztones' Horny As Hell, originally released in 2008. Horny As Hell was the sixth studio album by the American garage rock band The Fuzztones. Horny As Hell was produced by the leader and sole survivor of the original Fuzztones line-up Rudi Protrudi and Berlin keyboardist Lana Loveland. On this album, The Fuzztones keep their fuzz spreading, although this time they are accompanied by a wind section that reinforces the wildest side of their sound. Remastered; edition of 600.
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The Meanies cult classic and long out-of-print Come 'n' See album, remastered and repackaged on LP via Bang! Records. Australia's seminal punk-rock champs The Meanies are diving back into the vaults to remaster and reissue this classic early release on vinyl. Forming in 1989, The Meanies' catchy-as-hell, buzz-saw style of punk rock and a reputation for blistering and often dangerous live shows quickly gained a cult following across Australia. After releasing several sold-out 7"s via influential Melbourne indie label Au Go Go. From November 1990 to March 1991, they released a run of EPs and singles as limited edition 7" vinyl discs. Most of their material was written by Lindsay "Link Meanie" McLennan. They toured Australia, including appearances at Big Day Out festivals in 1992, 1993, and 1994. They supported local gigs by international artists in 1992, including Nirvana, Redd Kross, Beastie Boys, Pearl Jam, and Bad Brains. Their debut studio album, Come 'n' See, which appeared in April 1992, was produced by Michael "Ded" Kennedy and the Meanies. A PBS reviewer described how they had established themselves as one of Australia's preeminent underground rock bands through cultivating a huge all-age following and upsetting the rock establishment by breaking attendance records in the nation's capital cities. In 1993, The Meanies toured Europe and the United States. While in the US they traveled to Seattle to record their second studio album with Conrad Uno producing.
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Eat More Possum is Antiseen's most acclaimed album, originally released in 1993 and row remastered for this vinyl reissue. Antiseen is an American punk rock band formed in Charlotte, North Carolina by Jeff Clayton and Joe Young in 1983. The name Antiseen serves as a deliberate deviation of the phrase "anti-scene" -- the group not wishing to adhere to standard perceptions of punk rock in specific and rock music in general. Musically, Antiseen is influenced by groups such as the Ramones and Stooges, employing short, heavily distorted power chord driven songs largely free of guitar solos or advanced musicianship. The band has a catalog of over 100 LPs, EPs, CDs, and DVDs recorded with various line-ups and have performed all over the world. Years after crawling from the primordial ooze of rural North Carolina, Antiseen proceed to bulldoze through the nineties with one quality release after another. Eat More Possum is one of the greatest specimens of gun totin', meat eatin', society rejectin' punk rock the Young/Clayton posse ever laid to wax. Young's guitar tone is particularly grinding, heartwarming like steel cutting machinery buzzing in your ear, capped by Jeff Clayton's trademark ursine raving. Speedballs like "Star Whore" and "Storm Trooper" are like chopper territory fights set to music, while anthropological studies on southern attitudes like "Trapped In Dixie" offer miles of perspective to the unfamiliar. The vegetarian torturing anthem "Animals (Eat 'em)" may be the tastiest nugget in this pannikin of dixie nihilism, and the boys nail one hell of a Ramones cover along the way. This is an absolute must for fans of extreme punk rock ala GG Allin, Dwarves, Poison Idea, etc.
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Hung Far Low is the fifth and final studio album by New York noise rock band The Honeymoon Killers, originally released in 1991. Remastered to achieve the extreme sound desired for this band. The Honeymoon Killers recorded this album picking up 2/3 of the nascent Jon Spencer Blues Explosion and it meant a sonic evolution to the band in the way to get the original Honeymoon Killers sound adding slicks of Pussy Galore and The Blues Explosion. Artwork revised and completed by Pauline Teel (Big City Stompers). Personnel: Jerry Teel - guitar, harmonica, vocals (The Chrome Cranks, Knoxville Girls, Big City Stompers, etc.); Jon Spencer - guitar (Blues Explosion, Pussy Galore, Five Dollar Priest, etc.); Russell Simins - drums (Blues Explosion, etc.); Lisa Wells - bass.
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Bang! Records released Asteroid B-612's self-titled first album for the first time on vinyl, originally released on CD in 1993. This is the very first album of legendary Australian band Asteroid B-612. Originally recorded and released in Melbourne, Australia in 1993, this album was produced by Dave Thomas from Bored! all in one take! So, you can assume it is a monster piece of sonic hazard and guitar army sound mixing Detroit's wildest with Australian classics. This album was their rawest and most extreme violent sound, and it was released only on CD and only in Australia, and it's been remastered in order to deliver the most brutal sound of this band, as it was. A total must for all fans worldwide of MC5, Stooges, Dark Carnival, Sonic's Rendezvous Band, Radio Birdman, The New Christs, Bored!, Hellacopters, etc.
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A collection of songs recorded throughout the history of The Celibate Rifles. The Celibate Rifles were well known for their iconic and unusual versions of songs that inspired or horrified them and sometimes even recorded them. The first five songs are from a 1985 session that was planned as a cover album but did not come to fruition in the end. These themes are all the ones that went the furthest. Demos and preliminary mixes to later add and finish. That never happened live on studio recordings; the lead vocal was recorded on other sessions. "Hot Stuff" is a recreation of The Rifles from a classic record and "I'm Gonna Try" was the last session the band recorded with just a leading voice, but it was the last session Damien sang in the studio before he became unwell and could not complete the session. These songs are all unreleased versions except "6 Days On The Road" sung with Barry Crocker which was on a 4 ZZZ radio fundraising album. Any other song repeated in some other album or compilation is a different mix or take than the one with "Extract from The Fungus". This album is an offering to fans in appreciation for their support throughout the years rather than something to further the band's career. The Celibate Rifles sadly no longer exist, but they allow this to remember and maintain the legacy of the 40 years that they entertained and took on the world.
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Recorded at legendary NY studio Funhouse by alternative rock supergroup, the Knoxville Girls, these recordings have remained mostly unheard so far. Here we have the original album as it was conceived with their pristine swamp, country, blues, and New York sound. Finally seeing the light of day here we have an unreleased album recorded in NYC in 1999 by this super band: Jerry Teel on vocals, guitar (The Chrome Cranks, Honeymoon Killers, Boss Hog, Big City Stompers), Kid Congo Powers on vocals, guitar (The Gun Club, The Cramps, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, The Butcher Shop), Jack Martin on guitar (Five Dollar Priest), Barry London on organ, piano, harp, Bob Bert on drums (The Chrome Cranks, Five Dollar Priest, Sonic Youth, Pussy Galore, Lydia Lunch). Recorded at legendary NY studio Funhouse, these recordings have remained unheard so far (except the Tom Waits cover) and some of the tracks were afterwards rerecorded for their last album. But here we have the original album as it was conceived. An absolute must for fans of The Gun Club, The Beasts of Bourbon, etc. Edition of 500.
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I Won't Bend For You, the new posthumous album by Brian Henry Hooper (The Beasts of Bourbon), is packed with darkest and most intimate melodies in his solo career. Released now almost three years after his passing. Recorded at the end of his days with the collaboration of friends of the stature of: Kim Salmon (The Beasts of Bourbon, Scientists, Surrealists, Salmon), Spencer P. Jones (The Beasts of Bourbon, The Johnnys, The Green Mist, The Butcher Shop), Mick Harvey (Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, The Birthday Party, The Wallbangers), among others. The album goes a step beyond his previous album What Would I Know? (BANG 118LP, 2018) revealing a final period in the musical and personal evolution of the artist, where the darkest and most intimate melodies intersect, announcing the subsequent outcome, as well as the genius and creativity of the musical musculature of this group of unique musicians of their kind. Edited courtesy of Ninevah Hooper. Gatefold sleeve; edition of 500.
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Recently discovered ultra-rare tape of a set by the legendary Detroit super group recorded in 1976 and with excellent quality. Pre the iconic 7" single release of City Slang. This record is a historic reference since this is the origins of Sonic's Rendezvous Band where the band develops a strong cross between blues rock and high energy, including ultra-rare covers of artists such as Bob Dylan and Ray Charles, among others. Sonic's Rendezvous Band came from the ashes of four Michigan rock bands: Fred "Sonic" Smith formerly of the MC5, Scott Morgan formerly of the Rationals, a soul-influenced Detroit band of the 1960s, Gary Rasmussen formerly of The Up, and Scott Asheton formerly of The Stooges. They remained virtually unknown, but their one and only single retained high interest among fans of Detroit rock. The band had had only enough money to mix one song, "City Slang", so it was pressed on both sides of the single. One side was labeled mono and one side stereo although both sides were identical. A badly recorded bootleg LP called Strikes Like Lightning was traded in the 1980s. Renewed interest in Scott Morgan, who was critically acclaimed in the 1980s with bands like Scots Pirates and the Scott Morgan Band who were largely successful only in the Midwest. SRB disciples, Sweden's Hellacopters recorded five Scott Morgan/SRB compositions which further popularized the group. Scott Morgan went on to record with the Hellacopter's Nicke Royale, releasing two Hydromatics albums as well as two soul albums by The Solution. The band has enjoyed renewed interest, along with mainstream critical acclaim in the music press, with the September 2006, release of a six-disc box set, Sonic's Rendezvous Band, by UK label Easy Action. The record was reviewed by Rolling Stone, October 19, 2006, by David Fricke, as one of "Fricke's Picks." saying of the band's 1978 single (included in the set) "City Slang," "5:15 of assault guitars, railroad drumming and Smith's determined-rebel call -- has all you need to know why SRB were masters of their domain." That domain, as Fricke put it was "the Detroit Church of High Energy Rock."
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Recorded in Seattle in 1999, this monster record is now being reissued on vinyl remastered by Jack Endino. As soon as the opening track of Electric Children begins, you realize that The Monkeywrench have gotten much tighter in their second album, since their debut eight years before. The production also seems more raw, possibly due to the fact that the band moved from Conrad Uno to veteran Seattle producer Jack Endino, who also engineered the first releases from bassist Steve Turner and vocalist Mark Arm's other band, Mudhoney. Also contributing to the rawness of the record is the absence of Arm's trademark piano and organ. This enhances the energy, causing you to notice a more frantic, electrified side of the band. As on the debut album, Clean as a Broke-Dick Dog (1992), several genres of music are given equal time, including the country of "Thirteen Nights" and "The Empty Place", the rockabilly of "The Weasel's In The Barn", the Eastern modal quality of "Around Again", and the noise rock of the closing number, "In the days of the Five". The Monkeywrench have grown in their ability to craft a song, and the result is a masterpiece. Check this band: Mark Arm (Mudhoney, Bloodloss), Steve Turner (Mudhoney), Tim Kerr (Big Boys), Tom Price (Gas Huffer, U-Men), Martin Bland (Bloodloss, Lubricated Goat). Licensed by Estrus Records.
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Señor No is the ultimate Basque rock band. No bullshit. Be ready for a fucking bulldozer running over you at 100 miles per hour! It's no secret that Señor No is one of Bang! Records' favorite bands ever. And the list of reasons for it is endless... But now they have gone further than ever before! Three guitars based on a stomping pounding rhythm section that makes your home floor vibrate. Each guitar going in a different direction and with no limits. All of it directed by Xabi Garre, master and commander of Señor No since 1994. And here is where the title comes from... 94/20 is their very latest and new recording based on old tracks unknown and rare tracks, all now re-recorded building a rock solid new album which brings you to the sonic abuse of Bored!, with the unique touch of Hoss and basic roots of Motörhead and MC5. And for those unlucky ones who do not understand the lyrics they are pure street poetry Bukowski style engaged to lost women and low life fulfilled with smoke, booze and drugs... If your rock music knowledge is so wide that you know about the boiling Basque rock scene of the late '80s to early '90s, Xabi was one of the founding members of La Perrera in San Sebastian. Absolutely mandatory for fans of Bored!, Radio Birdman, Sonic's Rendezvous Band, Hellacopters, MC5, Stooges, Motörhead. 150 gram vinyl; edition of 700.
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Bang! Records reissue The Drones' Here Come The Lies, originally released in 2002. At last! The Drones' first album on vinyl available outside of Australia. In order to exceed the sound pollution of Melbourne's -- the hometown of the band -- big city noise back in the day (2003), The Drones overdrive their amps to a brutal level, strum their strings the hard way and beat the drums in an unheard-of way. This is blues from the gutter. Big city blues, although some call it noise. Sure, there's enough overdriven chords on this album to please any noise fan, but there's more. The sound sways between a chorus of dissonance and numerous tactical silences, only to emphasize the music even more. You can't have noise if you don't have silence (makes sense doesn't it?) Also, the band writes lyrics that fully correspond to the music, making the package truly whole. Helping the band doing this is the anti-production-a-go-go; thank you for the squeals and the good feedback. Rock and blues, that's what The Drones are all about. Doing it the hard way. 150 gram vinyl; gatefold sleeve; edition of 500.
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Asteroid B-612's Forced Into A Corner is released for its very first time on vinyl. This is the second album of legendary Australian band, and it is the killer predecessor to their cult album Not Meant For This World! (BANG 134LP). Originally recorded and released in Melbourne, Australia in 1994, this album was produced by Dave Thomas from Bored! So... you can assume it is a monster piece of sonic hazard and guitar army sound mixing Detroit's wildest with Australian classics. This album was originally released only on CD and only in Australia. It's remastered here in order to deliver the most brutal sound of this band. A total must for all fans worldwide of MC5, Stooges, Dark Carnival, Sonic's Rendezvous Band, Radio Birdman, The New Christs, Bored!, Hellacopters, etc.
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The Real Sound of "In Heat": the disclaimer on the album states, "NOT produced by Shel Talmy" (The Who, Kinks). The original version of the album In Heat from The Fuzztones, as it was intended to sound. The Fuzztones have been around for over 30 years as a garage rock revival band. Though originally from New York City, they worked mainly in Europe where their brand of retro '60s trash rock burned up radios from Hungary to Poland to Italy. The original In Heat was released in 1989 at the peak of the garage revival, when bands like the Chesterfield Kings, Lyres, and Cynics were all the rage. Unsurprising, the music industry turned a blind eye, yet miraculously The Fuzztones signed a major label deal with RCA. Label politics had the band in a "real" studio with a "name" producer who watered down their unharnessed energy and snotty attitude. In the end the original disc was a second-rate affair with most of the grit rubbed out only to die a sad, quick death at the hands of critics who never appreciated the band's live act anyway. With the resurgence in garage rock in The Hives and The Strokes, the time may be right again for The Fuzztones to get a second shot. Raw Heat therefore turns the clock back in time when garage rock rivaled punk as the most exciting musical scene to come along in decades. Produced by founder/guitarist/singer Rudi Protrudi and Jordan Tarlow (Outta Place, Morlocks) the recording gets a second wind when "Heathen Set" comes roaring out of the speakers. The running order has changed from the original recording putting more power up front. Both the classic church organ and dangerous guitars are better controlled in the mix (originally the organ overpowered the whole thing). "Hurt On Hold" still stands strong as the band's real chance at a single although "Me Tarzan, You Jane" with its featured harmonica is a close second. The added punch of the bass and primitive drums give the whole thing a real boost especially on "Cheyenne Rider" and "You Must Be A Witch" -- no wonder Ian Asbury of The Cult was so hooked on these guys. The best song might be the title track "In Heat" -- "We'll I'm a big bad wolf, can't ya hear me howl" Give the boys the credit they deserve... and all the fame!
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2021 repress forthcoming. Bang! Records present a reissue of Lydia Lunch and Rowland S. Howard's Shotgun Wedding, originally released in 1991. Lydia Lunch: New York City's provocateur, poet, singer, author, performer, and actress. From fronting the influential no-wave group Teenage Jesus and The Jerks to her current musical incarnation as Big Sexy Noise, with Gallon Drunk's noise makers James Johnston, Terry Edwards, and Ian White; countless collaborations and projects in between Lydia has never played by anyone's rules but her own. This 1991 collaboration with the Australian iconic cult figure Rowland S. Howard is perhaps one of her most revered. Featuring production by JG Thirwell (Foetus, Manorexia) and drums by Jim Sclavunos (Bad Seeds, Grinderman) it's a veritable who is who of the post punk/no wave scene of the time. Rowland S. Howard is no doubt best known for his work with the Birthday Party, his discordant guitar is an essential factor in their sound. Howard sadly passed away from liver cancer in 2009. A hugely influential alternative musician, in 2011 he was subject to a 110-minute documentary entitled Autoluminescent, by cult filmmakers Richard Lowenstein and Lynne Maree Milburn, which received an independent cinema release. Featuring luminaries such as Nick Cave, Bobby Gillespie, Wim Wenders, and of course... Lydia Lunch, the film highlights Howard s genius, talent, and rightfully elevates him to the cult status he so deserves. With both parties at the height of their respective talents, this is an alternative rock gem, yet however maintains an atmosphere of eerie beauty throughout. Out of print for years, this re-press is a must have.
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BANG 134LP
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The long-awaited vinyl reissue of Asteroid B-612's Not Meant for This World!, a classic album of Australian high-energy rock n' roll. Originally recorded and released in Sydney, Australia in 1996 under guidance of their leader John A. Spittles (aka Johnny Casino), this album reached the maximum exposition of sonic attack and guitar army sound mixing Detroit's wildest with Australian classics. This album was released only in Australia, on CD and with a super short vinyl edition which is impossible to find nowadays. Bang! Records have reissued it here with added graphic material. Remastered in order to reach the deserved level of sharpened guitars and rusted wall of sound! A total must for all fans of MC5, Stooges, Dark Carnival, Sonic's Rendezvous Band, Radio Birdman, The New Christs, Bored!, Hellacopters, etc. 150 gram vinyl; edition of 500.
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