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Mark Sultan’s War On Rock ‘N’ Roll

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“For a few years now, I have come to a conclusion regarding the music that I have loved forever: Rock N Roll MUST be destroyed. Killed, in order to preserve it and its spirit. I can’t be the only one who has thought this. Or that there was no need for a Gremlins 3-D.

Maybe now is the perfect time, given that anarchy is being co-opted for a surrealist ad-campaign. Maybe it’ll make more sense. Maybe the idea is now as trendy as the entity I am trying to repossess ownership from. Maybe I am a liar, a foolish punk rocker. Maybe my bitching is trendier than everything.

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Mark Sultan, ladies and gentlemen.

Sure he may initially come off as a bitter old man, but when you read between the lines, he definitely has a point. Stagnation is the enemy of any art form. And yes, rock and roll is an art form. It comes from a place of purity, a place of love. When The Sonics started out, they didn’t do their thing to sound cool… it’s an extension of their personality. And a band ripping off The Sonics doesn’t do it to sound cool, it’s because this is the music that they love and this is the music that they want to do. 

Then again, maybe I’m just speaking for myself and my band, but I think (and I hope) that’s the case MOST OF THE TIME.

Rock n’ Roll’s enemy is not the mainstream. It’s not the record companies. It’s not the ambivalence of a crowd who does not “get” what you’re trying to do.

It is stagnation.

Without evolution, we are doomed to perish, doomed to implode. In the end, it will just suck the fun (the life force… the ether, if you will) out of this thing that we love, this thing that we do. 

In order to save rock n’ roll, it needs to be destroyed.

This concept is nothing new, this is why punk happened. This is why “post-punk” happened. People who truly want it to be saved take it in their hands and crush it. While Mark Sultan’s diatribe speaks of him and his music, this just proves the mentality that music is indeed cyclical.

Destroy everything and build something out of it.

Anarchy in the purest (purist) sense.

Evolution = Revolution

-Francis

#Garage Rock      #free music      #war on      #war on rock n' roll      #Mark Sultan     
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victorfranko: sexandfury: wewantnothing: RATBOY69: Gun Club - Fire of Love Gun Club - Fire of Love@ 320 kbps - Covers are included1. Sex Beat 2. Preaching the Blues 3. Promise Me 4. She’s Like Heroin to Me 5. For the Love of Ivy 6. Fire Spirit 7. Ghost on the Highway 8. Jack on Fire 9. Black Train 10. Cool Drink of Water Blues 11. Goodbye Johnny Tribal psychobilly blues is the best way to describe Gun Club’s energetic death rock, but the band’s career seemed doomed from the get-go due to leader Jeffrey Lee Pierce’s reputation as an unreliable wildman, and well-publicized bouts of drunkenness dogged him throughout his career. Formed in Los Angeles in the early ’80s, the band was vaguely aligned with similarly roots-inspired groups like X and the Blasters, but later picked up and relocated to the Lower East Side, resting more comfortably around the New York downtown set and Pierce’s mentors, Debbie Harry and Chris Stein. Their 1981 debut, Fire of Love, was a punk-blues hybrid — intense energy fueled Pierce’s exorcism-in-progress delivery and the band’s (Ward Dotson, guitar; Rob Ritter, bass; and Terry Graham, drums) frenetic style. ~ Denise Sullivan, All Music Guide MORE GUN CLUB IN THE NEXT COMING DAYS…….. http://sharebee.com/a73641a7 Posted by ratboy69

victorfranko:

sexandfury:

wewantnothing:

RATBOY69: Gun Club - Fire of Love

Gun Club - Fire of Love
@ 320 kbps - Covers are included
1. Sex Beat 2. Preaching the Blues 3. Promise Me 4. She’s Like Heroin to Me 5. For the Love of Ivy 6. Fire Spirit 7. Ghost on the Highway 8. Jack on Fire 9. Black Train 10. Cool Drink of Water Blues 11. Goodbye Johnny

Tribal psychobilly blues is the best way to describe Gun Club’s energetic death rock, but the band’s career seemed doomed from the get-go due to leader Jeffrey Lee Pierce’s reputation as an unreliable wildman, and well-publicized bouts of drunkenness dogged him throughout his career. Formed in Los Angeles in the early ’80s, the band was vaguely aligned with similarly roots-inspired groups like X and the Blasters, but later picked up and relocated to the Lower East Side, resting more comfortably around the New York downtown set and Pierce’s mentors, Debbie Harry and Chris Stein. Their 1981 debut, Fire of Love, was a punk-blues hybrid — intense energy fueled Pierce’s exorcism-in-progress delivery and the band’s (Ward Dotson, guitar; Rob Ritter, bass; and Terry Graham, drums) frenetic style. ~ Denise Sullivan, All Music Guide

MORE GUN CLUB IN THE NEXT COMING DAYS……..



http://sharebee.com/a73641a7

Posted by ratboy69

#El Duderino      #stuff we dig      #free music      #The Gun Club     
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rebjukebox: victorfranko: wewantnothing: DETAILED TWANG: TWIST AND BURN!, VOLUME 1 I mentioned a few posts ago about my 2000-2004 fetish of digitizing just about every piece of 33rpm and 45rpm vinyl I’d ever owned, which back then was pretty considerable. Now it’s paltry, but then again, everything I own has been converted to ones and zeroes, and can be quickly posted here now for your listening pleasure. I then made myself themed CD compilations, much like “The Ultimate Post-Punk C-78”. One of my favorite series that I roasted up was my own TWIST AND BURN! set of CDs, which encompassed my favorite 1980s and 1990s garage punk records. This was, by many accounts including my own, a golden era for punk rock music, a “third wave” after the 1960s and 1970s eruptions.Actually, let’s be honest here: the 1980s by themselves were pretty beat for garage-influenced punk rock music, while being fantastic in other regards. I was only able to get one full CD together of the really, really great stuff, whereas I have multiple CDs’ worth of 1990s stuff, and that’s only thefirst half of the 90s. Jeez, my CD cover art even includesTHE CRAMPS, a band more famously associated with the 1970s. TWIST AND BURN!, VOLUME 1 is kind of a whopper, though – I think you may agree when you download and burn the whole thing. From ART PHAG to theSUICIDE KINGS, from THE NIGHTS AND DAYS to theORIGINAL SINS, there was some pretty twisted, righteous, raw noise erupting from garages all over the planet. Almost everything here comes from a 45. Here’s the track listing:TWIST AND BURN!, VOLUME 11. DEVIL DOGS – Twist and Burn2. BO-WEEVILS – That Girl3. DWARVES – Lick It4. THEE HYPNOTICS – The Girl’s All Mine5. THE NIGHTS AND DAYS – Garbage Can6. ART PHAG – Golf7. SLOTH – Fetch The Wedge8. EASTERN DARK – Julie is a Junkie9. ORIGINAL SINS – Just 1410. ELECTRIC MANCHAKOU – She Said11. SID PRESLEY EXPERIENCE – Public Enemy #112. SISTER RAY – Purgatory13. SCIENTISTS – There’s a Monster In Me14. THIRSTY BRATS – White Ghetto15. DWARVES – Nothing16. SUICIDE KINGS – Take Yer Medicine17. EASTERN DARK – Johnny & Dee Dee18. BOYS FROM NOWHERE – Goin’ Too Far19. DEVIL DOGS – North Shore Bitch20. CRAMPS – Weekend On Mars21. ART PHAG – A Boy and His Gun22. SID PRESLEY EXPERIENCE – Hup Two Three Four23. THEE HYPNOTICS – All Night Long24. BOYS FROM NOWHERE – I Don’t Bother25. SLOTH – Miss Sleazy Underbelly26. WORKDOGS – Funny $Download TWIST AND BURN!, VOLUME 1 (this is a .zip file) For an 80’s Garage Punk compilation with nothing by The Chesterfield Kings or The Fleshtones, it’s still damn fine. *reblog-a-rama*

rebjukebox:

victorfranko:

wewantnothing:

DETAILED TWANG: TWIST AND BURN!, VOLUME 1

I mentioned a few posts ago about my 2000-2004 fetish of digitizing just about every piece of 33rpm and 45rpm vinyl I’d ever owned, which back then was pretty considerable. Now it’s paltry, but then again, everything I own has been converted to ones and zeroes, and can be quickly posted here now for your listening pleasure. I then made myself themed CD compilations, much like “The Ultimate Post-Punk C-78”. One of my favorite series that I roasted up was my own TWIST AND BURN! set of CDs, which encompassed my favorite 1980s and 1990s garage punk records. This was, by many accounts including my own, a golden era for punk rock music, a “third wave” after the 1960s and 1970s eruptions.

Actually, let’s be honest here: the 1980s by themselves were pretty beat for garage-influenced punk rock music, while being fantastic in other regards. I was only able to get one full CD together of the really, really great stuff, whereas I have multiple CDs’ worth of 1990s stuff, and that’s only thefirst half of the 90s. Jeez, my CD cover art even includesTHE CRAMPS, a band more famously associated with the 1970s. TWIST AND BURN!, VOLUME 1 is kind of a whopper, though – I think you may agree when you download and burn the whole thing. From ART PHAG to theSUICIDE KINGS, from THE NIGHTS AND DAYS to theORIGINAL SINS, there was some pretty twisted, righteous, raw noise erupting from garages all over the planet. Almost everything here comes from a 45. Here’s the track listing:

TWIST AND BURN!, VOLUME 1

1. DEVIL DOGS – Twist and Burn
2. BO-WEEVILS – That Girl
3. DWARVES – Lick It
4. THEE HYPNOTICS – The Girl’s All Mine
5. THE NIGHTS AND DAYS – Garbage Can
6. ART PHAG – Golf
7. SLOTH – Fetch The Wedge
8. EASTERN DARK – Julie is a Junkie
9. ORIGINAL SINS – Just 14
10. ELECTRIC MANCHAKOU – She Said
11. SID PRESLEY EXPERIENCE – Public Enemy #1
12. SISTER RAY – Purgatory
13. SCIENTISTS – There’s a Monster In Me
14. THIRSTY BRATS – White Ghetto
15. DWARVES – Nothing
16. SUICIDE KINGS – Take Yer Medicine
17. EASTERN DARK – Johnny & Dee Dee
18. BOYS FROM NOWHERE – Goin’ Too Far
19. DEVIL DOGS – North Shore Bitch
20. CRAMPS – Weekend On Mars
21. ART PHAG – A Boy and His Gun
22. SID PRESLEY EXPERIENCE – Hup Two Three Four
23. THEE HYPNOTICS – All Night Long
24. BOYS FROM NOWHERE – I Don’t Bother
25. SLOTH – Miss Sleazy Underbelly
26. WORKDOGS – Funny $

Download TWIST AND BURN!, VOLUME 1 (this is a .zip file)


For an 80’s Garage Punk compilation with nothing by The Chesterfield Kings or The Fleshtones, it’s still damn fine.

*reblog-a-rama*

#El Duderino      #stuff we dig      #free music      #history lesson     
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rebjukebox: victorfranko: wewantnothing: DETAILED TWANG: TWIST AND BURN!, VOLUME TWO The next volume of garage punk 45s and LP cuts I made for myself a few years ago moves partially out of the 1980s and into the first year or two of the nineties. Looking at the assembled lineup here, which I have to say is pretty goddamn impressive, it’s running about 50/50. As I made more volumes of these – and don’t worry, I’ll probably end up posting them all before this site runs its course – I added an incremental year before tapping out around 1994 (which, to my way of thinking, is right around the time the third wave of punk rock tapped out as well).Several of these tracks have been posted on Detailed Twang before, sure, but certainly not grouped with garage punk rock of this order of magnitude. I do so very much hope that you enjoy it.Track list:TWIST AND BURN!, VOLUME 21. THE GORIES – Telepathic2. CLAW HAMMER – Bullet In My Head3. MORLOCKS – By My Side4. CHEATER SLICKS – Why5. DIRTY LOVERS – Teenage Love Bomb6. THE NIGHTS AND DAYS – Diddy Wah Diddy7. HONEYMOON KILLERS – Get It Hot8. SUPERCHARGER – Sooprize Package for Mr. Mineo9. BOYS FROM NOWHERE – Beg10. LAZY COWGIRLS – Goddamn Bottle11. GORLS – Bongo Beat12. FALL-OUTS – Greed13. MYSTREATED – Wait and See14. THE MUMMIES – I’m Down15. THE NIGHTS AND DAYS – Goes Without Saying16. THE HUMPERS – My Machine17. ART PHAG – Molly n’ Bobby18. MORLOCKS – In The Cellar19. HONEYMOON KILLERS – Gettin’ Hot20. THE GORIES – Hate21. DIRTY LOVERS – All I Want22. CLAW HAMMER – Self Destruct23. THE MUMMIES – Whitecaps Pt. II24. SUPERCHARGER – South City Psycho25. LAZY COWGIRLS – Sock It To Me Santa26. THE NIGHTS AND DAYS – Yeah27. MYSTREATED – Listen28. THE HUMPERS – Loser’s Club29. BOYS FROM NOWHERE – Rocket to NowhereDownload TWIST AND BURN!, VOLUME TWO (this is a .zip file) For a 80’s to 90’s Garage compilation with nothing by The Gruesomes or The Cynics, it’s still damn fine. *reblog-a-rama*

rebjukebox:

victorfranko:

wewantnothing:

DETAILED TWANG: TWIST AND BURN!, VOLUME TWO

The next volume of garage punk 45s and LP cuts I made for myself a few years ago moves partially out of the 1980s and into the first year or two of the nineties. Looking at the assembled lineup here, which I have to say is pretty goddamn impressive, it’s running about 50/50. As I made more volumes of these – and don’t worry, I’ll probably end up posting them all before this site runs its course – I added an incremental year before tapping out around 1994 (which, to my way of thinking, is right around the time the third wave of punk rock tapped out as well).

Several of these tracks have been posted on Detailed Twang before, sure, but certainly not grouped with garage punk rock of this order of magnitude. I do so very much hope that you enjoy it.

Track list:

TWIST AND BURN!, VOLUME 2

1. THE GORIES – Telepathic
2. CLAW HAMMER – Bullet In My Head
3. MORLOCKS – By My Side
4. CHEATER SLICKS – Why
5. DIRTY LOVERS – Teenage Love Bomb
6. THE NIGHTS AND DAYS – Diddy Wah Diddy
7. HONEYMOON KILLERS – Get It Hot
8. SUPERCHARGER – Sooprize Package for Mr. Mineo
9. BOYS FROM NOWHERE – Beg
10. LAZY COWGIRLS – Goddamn Bottle
11. GORLS – Bongo Beat
12. FALL-OUTS – Greed
13. MYSTREATED – Wait and See
14. THE MUMMIES – I’m Down
15. THE NIGHTS AND DAYS – Goes Without Saying
16. THE HUMPERS – My Machine
17. ART PHAG – Molly n’ Bobby
18. MORLOCKS – In The Cellar
19. HONEYMOON KILLERS – Gettin’ Hot
20. THE GORIES – Hate
21. DIRTY LOVERS – All I Want
22. CLAW HAMMER – Self Destruct
23. THE MUMMIES – Whitecaps Pt. II
24. SUPERCHARGER – South City Psycho
25. LAZY COWGIRLS – Sock It To Me Santa
26. THE NIGHTS AND DAYS – Yeah
27. MYSTREATED – Listen
28. THE HUMPERS – Loser’s Club
29. BOYS FROM NOWHERE – Rocket to Nowhere

Download TWIST AND BURN!, VOLUME TWO (this is a .zip file)

For a 80’s to 90’s Garage compilation with nothing by The Gruesomes or The Cynics, it’s still damn fine.

*reblog-a-rama*

#El Duderino      #stuff we dig      #history lesson      #free music     
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rebjukebox: victorfranko: Missing, Presumed Awesome… Great Garage Rock and Garage Punk 1980-1999 The Exploding White Mice - He’s Gonna Step on You Again The Gruesomes - What’s Your Problem? The Fleshtones - High on Drugs The Chesterfield Kings - My Canary is Yellow The Dik Van Dykes - Curling Rocket From the Crypt - This Way Out Oblivians - You Fucked Me Up, You Put Me Down The Cynics - Shot Down The King Sound Quartet - Annihilate This Week U.I.C. - Lite It ‘n’ Fly Color Me Psycho - Mr. Invisible Huevos Rancheros - Endsville Deadbolt - The Last Time I Saw Cole Jon Wayne - But I’ve Got Texas Deja Voodoo - Three Men, One Coffin So, I got inspired to do this by some posts about Twist and Burn Vol. 1 and Twist and Burn Vol. 2, two great Garage Rock / Garage Punk Compilations focusing on the Garage revival of the 1980’s - 1990’s.  Loved ‘em… but I thought that they both missed a few bands.  I grew up on that era of Garage Rock, and I didn’t see any of my favourite bands.  Part of the problem (as usual) was that I am Canadian, and indie Garage bands tended to be somewhat localized in those days.  Secondly, the Garage Rock revival inspired so many bands that it would take a Nuggets sized boxed set to include even a portion.  In fact Nuggets did release a boxed set of Garage music from that era (Children of Nuggets), and they missed a ton of bands.  Anyway, I decided to do my small bit to fill in some of the empty spaces, hence… Missing Presumed Awesome… Enjoy, in its entirety here or if that doesn’t work, here.

rebjukebox:

victorfranko:

Missing, Presumed Awesome…

Great Garage Rock and Garage Punk 1980-1999

  1. The Exploding White Mice - He’s Gonna Step on You Again
  2. The Gruesomes - What’s Your Problem?
  3. The Fleshtones - High on Drugs
  4. The Chesterfield Kings - My Canary is Yellow
  5. The Dik Van Dykes - Curling
  6. Rocket From the Crypt - This Way Out
  7. Oblivians - You Fucked Me Up, You Put Me Down
  8. The Cynics - Shot Down
  9. The King Sound Quartet - Annihilate This Week
  10. U.I.C. - Lite It ‘n’ Fly
  11. Color Me Psycho - Mr. Invisible
  12. Huevos Rancheros - Endsville
  13. Deadbolt - The Last Time I Saw Cole
  14. Jon Wayne - But I’ve Got Texas
  15. Deja Voodoo - Three Men, One Coffin

So, I got inspired to do this by some posts about Twist and Burn Vol. 1 and Twist and Burn Vol. 2, two great Garage Rock / Garage Punk Compilations focusing on the Garage revival of the 1980’s - 1990’s.  Loved ‘em… but I thought that they both missed a few bands.  I grew up on that era of Garage Rock, and I didn’t see any of my favourite bands.  Part of the problem (as usual) was that I am Canadian, and indie Garage bands tended to be somewhat localized in those days.  Secondly, the Garage Rock revival inspired so many bands that it would take a Nuggets sized boxed set to include even a portion.  In fact Nuggets did release a boxed set of Garage music from that era (Children of Nuggets), and they missed a ton of bands.  Anyway, I decided to do my small bit to fill in some of the empty spaces, hence… Missing Presumed Awesome…

Enjoy, in its entirety here or if that doesn’t work, here.

#El Duderino      #stuff we dig      #free music      #history lesson     
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contacthigh: siberia: suicidewatch:sexandfury:thesweetestpsychopath: Garage Punk Unknowns Volume 1Full Monophonic Teenblast from America’s Mid-60’s Garage Explosion CLICK THE COVER TO DOWNLOAD (zip-file) 1. Now - King-Beez2. I’d Gladly Pay - Lost Generation3. Not Fade Away - End4. Don’t Press Your Luck - Primates5. Beware - Big Beats6. Coffee, Tea or Me - Fink-Munck Nine7. Sleepless Nights - The Ravens8. Jezebel - The Teddy Boys9. How Can I Make Her Mine - Bobby Roberts & The Rave-Ons10. Hey Bo Diddley - The Temptations11. Make Her Cry - Undecyded12. I Told You So - The Avengers13. We Got Some - Lincolns14. I Gotta Move - King-Beez15. Sacrifice - The Brymers16. I Can’t Wait til Friday Comes - The Hard Times17. I Know, And - Brothers & Sisters18. If I Was Gone - Trademarks19. Love For a Price - Kempy & The Guardians20. Don’t Say - Night Riders21. Taxi - Chargers22. Witch - Landels23. I’m No Good - Five More24. I Need You - Big Beats25. Hard Times - Danny & The Otherguys26. Roses Are Red My Love - Savages27. I Saw Her in a Mustang - The Vandals28. Good Times - Jay-Bees29. Shipwrecked30. Make up Your Mind - Motor City Bonnevilles31. Be Happy Baby - Odds & Ends

contacthigh:

siberia:

suicidewatch:sexandfury:thesweetestpsychopath:

Garage Punk Unknowns Volume 1
Full Monophonic Teenblast from America’s Mid-60’s Garage Explosion

CLICK THE COVER TO DOWNLOAD (zip-file)

1. Now - King-Beez
2. I’d Gladly Pay - Lost Generation
3. Not Fade Away - End
4. Don’t Press Your Luck - Primates
5. Beware - Big Beats
6. Coffee, Tea or Me - Fink-Munck Nine
7. Sleepless Nights - The Ravens
8. Jezebel - The Teddy Boys
9. How Can I Make Her Mine - Bobby Roberts & The Rave-Ons
10. Hey Bo Diddley - The Temptations
11. Make Her Cry - Undecyded
12. I Told You So - The Avengers
13. We Got Some - Lincolns
14. I Gotta Move - King-Beez
15. Sacrifice - The Brymers
16. I Can’t Wait til Friday Comes - The Hard Times
17. I Know, And - Brothers & Sisters
18. If I Was Gone - Trademarks
19. Love For a Price - Kempy & The Guardians
20. Don’t Say - Night Riders
21. Taxi - Chargers
22. Witch - Landels
23. I’m No Good - Five More
24. I Need You - Big Beats
25. Hard Times - Danny & The Otherguys
26. Roses Are Red My Love - Savages
27. I Saw Her in a Mustang - The Vandals
28. Good Times - Jay-Bees
29. Shipwrecked
30. Make up Your Mind - Motor City Bonnevilles
31. Be Happy Baby - Odds & Ends

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deathatbay: Easily one of the most important and profound records of Punk ‘77, L.A.M.F. is the only album released under the moniker of Johnny Thunders & the Heartbreakers, and like the title suggests, it is “like a motherfucker”. Heavy and unforgivingly tough, the album is the soundtrack to the lives of the Bowery street rats who made it, and the considerable superpowers of Johnny Thunders and Jerry Nolan, both formerly of The New York Dolls; Richard Hell, recently departed of Television and soon after divorced of the Heartbreakers; Billy Rath, who would go on to form the Voidoids with Hell; and Walter Lure, who recorded with just about everyone in New York, make L.A.M.F. a sheer force of nature. Driven and unyieldingly raw, the album sounds like the East Village circa ‘77, filled with the miasma of sex, drugs, and rock ‘n’ roll, but on the alternate mix presented here, the album comes through in clear stereo, ignoring the craptacular original recording mixes that Malcolm McLaren so greedily dug his limey fingers into. Obviously the best track is the justifiably legendary “Chinese Rocks”, which features the distinctively thuggish bassline of Dee Dee Ramone, on lend from his namesake group (he also penned the song), but songs like “I Wanna Be Loved” and “One Track Mind” have a libidinal fury and thrust that bludgeon themselves into your mind, making sure you never forget them or else they’ll be back for another beat down. Classic and riveting, L.A.M.F. is a undeniable relic of a time when boys could be boys and rock ‘n’ roll was still the common denominator. Listen to “Chinese Rocks” (Live at Max’s Kansas City, 1979)Download “L.A.M.F. - The Lost ‘77 Mixes”

deathatbay:

Easily one of the most important and profound records of Punk ‘77, L.A.M.F. is the only album released under the moniker of Johnny Thunders & the Heartbreakers, and like the title suggests, it is “like a motherfucker”. Heavy and unforgivingly tough, the album is the soundtrack to the lives of the Bowery street rats who made it, and the considerable superpowers of Johnny Thunders and Jerry Nolan, both formerly of The New York Dolls; Richard Hell, recently departed of Television and soon after divorced of the Heartbreakers; Billy Rath, who would go on to form the Voidoids with Hell; and Walter Lure, who recorded with just about everyone in New York, make L.A.M.F. a sheer force of nature. Driven and unyieldingly raw, the album sounds like the East Village circa ‘77, filled with the miasma of sex, drugs, and rock ‘n’ roll, but on the alternate mix presented here, the album comes through in clear stereo, ignoring the craptacular original recording mixes that Malcolm McLaren so greedily dug his limey fingers into. Obviously the best track is the justifiably legendary “Chinese Rocks”, which features the distinctively thuggish bassline of Dee Dee Ramone, on lend from his namesake group (he also penned the song), but songs like “I Wanna Be Loved” and “One Track Mind” have a libidinal fury and thrust that bludgeon themselves into your mind, making sure you never forget them or else they’ll be back for another beat down. Classic and riveting, L.A.M.F. is a undeniable relic of a time when boys could be boys and rock ‘n’ roll was still the common denominator.

Listen to “Chinese Rocks” (Live at Max’s Kansas City, 1979)
Download “L.A.M.F. - The Lost ‘77 Mixes”

#El Duderino      #free music      #stuff we dig      #Johnny Thunders & The Heartbreakers