Chris D. singing for THE FLESH EATERS, live 1982 on their US tour. Captured by Byron Coley in his classic tour diary in Take It! fanzine the next year.
WORLD OF POOH, live in 1989 at the 6th Street Rendezvous in San Francisco.
The band featured Barbara Manning (solo, SF Seals, 28th Day), Brandan Kearney (Caroliner, many other experimental bands) and Jay Paget (later of Thinking Fellers Union Local 282). For a year or two they were absolutely the best ticket in town for shambolic, wiry pop music.
One of the coolest and more equanimous things I’ve ever seen done in music history was the time the LA synth/artpunk band MONITOR decided to give one track on their own album to their Arizona pals THE MEAT PUPPETS.
The result, sitting there near the end of Side 2 of the 1981 “Monitor” LP, is this track, “Hair” by the Meat Puppets. It sounds like nothing else on the record; and indeed, like nothing else in the universe. Play loud, preferably at work.
Linda “Texacala” Jones from TEX & THE HORSEHEADS, live in Los Angeles 1983. Scanned out of “Take It!” fanzine. She’s got love if you want it.
I wrote up a guide to essential music apps for you iPhone users who, you know, listen to music & stuff. Perhaps you’ve heard of Spotify and Soundcloud, but may I please introduce you to FlickTunes, 8Tracks, iCrates and Bandcamper?
GOLDEN STARLET were a British mostly-female band who played an aggressive, loud-punk version of C86 Scottish pop during their brief time on the planet, cira 1994-95. Some might even have called them “riot grrls”. Grrr!
Everything they did’s on vinyl only, and is collected on an LP called “Token Gadgy”. This track comes from their excellent 1994 “Cheap Tartlets” 7"EP and is entitled “Girl’s Gotta Fanclub”.
I paid a visit to Amoeba Music in San Francisco over the past weekend and walked out with this box set in my hands: Surf-Age Nuggets: Trash & Twang Instrumentals 1959-1966. This is an under-documented corner of rock & roll, and outside of Crypt’s excellent “Strummin’ Mental” compilations, the raw/surf/hot rod boss instrumental noise that came from garages all around the US has been mostly frustratingly confined to rare, pseudo-bootleg LP’s. Not that there’s anything wrong with that, of course.
Apparently amongst the many 100+ gems here are among the most rare 45s of all time. It’s got The Nautiloids’ “Nautiloid Reef”, which is a huge plus and a big yeah-hup for the folks behind this one. What a monster instrumental. I’ll post a track or two from this set when I’ve digested it a few times. Right now the big new-to-me winner is “Mr. Custer Stomp” from THE SCOUTS. Let me know if there are other 60s instrumental LP/CDs besides, say, “Diggin’ Out” and “Concussion!” that you’d recommend as well.
ANOTHER TUNELESS RACKET fanzine from the UK, late 70s & with both Swell Maps and The Fall coverage….
Come take a gander at Dynamite Hemorrhage Radio podcast, Edition #3, which I recorded on the last day of 2012 as a gift for the people of 2013. Pop, trash, art, noise, punk and things so obscure that even the bands who played them have forgotten them.
Rubin Fiberglass of MONOSHOCK, pounding the skins like a feral beast circa 1995. Courtesy of the Monoshock Facebook site, maintained by the band.
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