You won’t find this. I’ve wanted a CD of it for years. No dice. Cdnow.com doesn’t have it. Tried everywhere. Has covers of Cheap Trick’s ‘He’s a Whore’, KISS’s ‘Deuce’, and B.O.C.’s ‘Hot Rails to Hell’. Originals include ‘ Instant Breakfast’ and ‘Suicide King’. Whole album is good. Heard a rumor that B.O.C. has been reduced to playing strip-mall bars. Top
This is Italian Hardcore Punk, out of the Midwest. VERY fast. The lead guitarist has a caucasoid afro that would do Noel Redding proud. No stereotypical black + white cover either, but total Day-Glo. Best Song: ‘State Oppression’
(screaming)
"State!
Oppres-sion!
State Oppression!
State!
Oppres-sion!
State Oppression!"
Other good trax: ‘Joe’s the Best’, ‘Start a Fight’, ‘Police,Police’
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"M-I-T-C-H it’s Mitch! Greatest turtle in the world!" A world where you don’t buy pets, you leave them your card and hope they’ll call you back. Good post-Nirvana, early Ween type alterno-rock. I purchased this one at the Dollar Store. (Tia Carrere’s album was there too.) Worth what I paid for it. Top
Momo and Cash. Cash and Momo. Anglo-Indian raga rock by way of Duran Duran, flavored with chanting, calls to prayer, sitars, the whole subcontinental enchilada. Didn’t sell more that 2 copies, one of which is mine.I have a feeling somebody who knew what they were on about would object, but I’ve never met one.Cash sings. Momo plays guitar and buys batteries for their 80’s vintage drum machine. A truly great album. The title track comes last, and it rocks. The whole thing rocks. ‘Magic Jeweled Limousine’, ‘UFO Over Cairo’, ‘Wild Ways’. (why-why-wild ways!) Truly original and not a bad track on it. Check the bargain bin or the pawnshops for this one. Or Tower, they stock everything (almost!).
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Like Duane Eddy, American Indian Link Wray did the Southern Rebel twang-instrumental thing in teh 50s, then branched into raw R+B later in the 60s. 'Dixie-Doodle' is a
great one, and god knows how much else has made it's way onto soundtracks in the post-Tarantino era.
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Released by Davis Records in 1975, I got this one new in the wrapper over 20 years later. It's a collection of folk tunes as remembered by a very old Indiana farmer, who plays the fiddle and the plectrum banjo. These are matched up with dulcimers, fifes, guitars and all the traditional instruments of the country people. The first side is very dulcimer oriented, almost Celtic in style, while the fiddles really come out on the second side. A great slice of pre-pop music, for those who are looking for something more authentic than modern day country and singer-songwriter folk.
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Pretty polished production for a simple fiddler, but hey, this guy isn't just another fiddler. He swings, too, with a real jazz feel on a few of the tracks, and a great rendition of the Beatles' 'Norwegian Wood'. Actually, this album is one of my fastest, in any genre, and has some great jazz guitar on it, too (no guitarist credited...) A 1979 release from Little Darlin' Records, with quite a beautiful girl on the cover.
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