Less is more

2007-05-28T20:01:00.000Z

THE DELETION OF FILES (PART 2)

Ok, whoever is deleting my files, you scumfucking, moron, son of a defacating motherfucker!!! You win, I quit. I am very pissed right now!! The worse thing is, the bastard won't let him know. He or she is a ugly, goddamn coward in the first degree. I hope you're satisfied, you prick! If you've got the guts to post a reply I might forgive you! All those other bloggers out there, keep up the good work and I wish you luck, strenth and guts! I'm signing off! See ya'll!

2007-03-28T21:14:00.000Z

THE SCREAMING BLUE MESSIAHS -
GOOD AND GONE

Hi there come on in !!

''The Screaming Blue Messiahs'' were a band formed in 1983 in London by Bill Carter (vocals and guitar), Chris Thompson (bass and vocals) and Kenny Harris (drums). Featuring a high-octane sound sometimes described as "rockabilly from hell" and an almost unhealthy obsession with Americana they initially released the mini-album ''Good and Gone'' before signing to. Three full-length albums followed, with the second, ''Bikini Red'', providing their only top ten hit in the form of ''I Wanna Be a Flintstone'' (later included on the soundtrack to the live-action Flintstones movie). Despite the support of David Bowie they were dropped by their label after the third album and split shortly afterwards.

2007-03-21T12:59:00.000Z

RENEGADE SOUND WAVE : 1987-1995

Formed in London during the late '80s, Renegade Soundwave applied the punk and industrial ethic to both dub and dancefloor electronica, in good company with fellow sound terrorists throughout the decade, from Cabaret Voltaire to Skinny Puppy and Meat Beat Manifesto. The trio of Gary Asquith, Danny Briottet and Carl Bonnie debuted on Rhythm King with the 1987 single "Kray Twins," and moved to Mute one year later for an EP, Biting My Nails. Though Renegade Soundwave spent two years recording material for an album, the release of Soundclash and In Dub within six months vindicated them somewhat. The group's only hit, "Probably a Robbery" (from Soundclash), made the British Top 40 early in 1990, but Bonnie left later that year, after releasing the single "Renegade Soundwave", for a solo career. Asquith and Briottet spent several years in isolation before emerging in 1994 with the "Renegade Soundwave" single and the album How You Doin? After playing their first live date in history during late 1994, the duo released Brixton and The Next Chapter of Dub the following year. The compilation RSW 87-95 emerged in 1996 on 2 cd's.
I only have one cd which you can find here.

2007-03-13T18:10:00.000Z

THE DELETION OF FILES (PART 1)

The Killing Joke, Six by Seven and Danzig files are no longer available on Sendspace so I'll have to try it on an onther fileserver. Killing Joke is available (as long as it will last) on Badongo.
I am a bit busy lately so a lack of posts will occur.
Please forgive me.

2007-03-07T18:46:00.000Z

MURDER INC. - MURDER INC.

Murder Inc. was a short-lived industrial metal supergroup formed in 1991, featuring members of Killing Joke and vocalist Chris Connelly. Murder, Inc. consisted of Connelly; current Killing Joke members Geordie Walker, Paul Raven, and Martin Atkins; former Killing Joke drummer "Big Paul" Ferguson; and Killing Joke live keyboardist John Bechdel. Unsurprisingly, Murder, Inc.'s musical style is quite similar to contemporaneous Killing Joke.

2007-03-06T00:30:00.000Z

THANK YOU - GRACIAS - MERCI - OBRIGADO - DANKE - DANK U

Thank you for the comments!
I still have to figure out how to thank commenters trough
a reply in the comment itself.
I told you I had a lot to learn
Anyway, thanx!

2007-03-05T23:30:00.000Z

THE GODFATHERS - HIT BY HIT

First there was The Sid Presley Experience.
This band lasted from late 1983 through early 1985 and they released a few singles.

After the breakup and a couple of fights concerning the band's name,
they changed the name to the Godfathers.
The lineup was: Peter Coyne on vocals, Chris Coyne on bass,
Kris Dollimore (lead) and Mike Gibson on guitar, and George Mazur on drums.

1985 saw the Godfathers release of a number of singles on their own independent
Corporate Image label ( This Damn Nation and I Want Everything).
The songs on these singles were compiled on 1986's Hit by Hit,
put out by Link Records.
A cover of John Lennon's 'Cold Turkey' is often called the gem of the collection.

This is great Garage Rock and very hard to find!

2007-03-02T06:36:00.000Z

ANEKDOTEN - GRAVITY

The latest Anekdoten output "Gravity" seems to break new ground
for the band.
Four years after "From Within" we get to know that
Anna Sofi Dahlberg leaves her Cello at home, but the most
obvious change refers to the style of their music wich is going away
from the so called Retroprog to alternative-rock with progressive
elements.
But that's just a slight development, Anekdoten still makes
good prog and "Gravity" is just noticeable more accessible
than former albums.

Some songs seem to show a new direction refering to the bands
general style.

2007-03-02T05:54:00.000Z

KILLING JOKE - HA

Killing Joke are an influential English post-punk
rock band formed in 1979. Founding members Jaz Coleman (vocal, keyboards, synthesizers,
and orchestration, arrangements)
and Geordie Walker (guitars) have been
the only constant members. Regarded as one of the most significant bands
to have emerged from the post-punk/New Wave era of the late-1970s/early-1980s, Killing Joke strongly influenced bands
such as Nirvana, Metallica, Ministry, Prong, Jane's Addiction,
Soundgarden, all of whom have at some point cited a substantial
debt of gratitude to 'The Joke'. Original drummer Paul Ferguson once described their music as
"the sound of the earth vomiting".
Killing Joke's music typically consists of hypnotic, metallic guitars
and heavy, tribal, and danceable rhythms.
Coleman's vocals are sometimes in a talk-sing style, sometimes a malevolent-sounding growl and sometimes emotional and melodic.
Dark, ominous synthesizer loops and even sweeping, gothic keyboards
(especially in the late 80s) also appear to varying degrees,
but usually only as background texture.
Geordie's guitar is usually well to the fore.
Although he never plays solos, he has been praised for his
unique style by the likes of Eddie Van Halen and Jimmy Page. Their albums have evolved stylistically from one release to the next,
whilst always retaining the band's distinctive flavour.
From post-punk and dub reggae beginnings (late 70s) they developed
a unique tribal, proto- industrial metal (early 80s),
gradually added more hooks and keyboards,
got increasingly "progressive" (late 80s),
then dumped that to embrace 90s dance elements,
and more recently a sort of tribal metalcore with many dance
and industrial elements still in tow. According to Coleman, their manifesto was to
"define the exquisite beauty of the atomic age in terms of style,
sound and form". They toured extensively throughout UK during this time, and both fans
of post punk and heavy metal took interest in Killing Joke. Killing Joke became notorious largely due to the controversies
that arose from their imagery.
The images that appeared on their records and on-stage
while performing live were, typically, bizarre and potentially shocking
and inflammatory.
Killing Joke were far from being the industry darlings of the era,
regardless of their actual output.

2007-03-02T05:23:00.000Z

DUB TRIO - NEW HEAVY

These New York City-based musicians formed in early 2003
and quickly earned a reputation of being
one of the rhythm sections around.

Dub Trio brings dub to life. 
Usually, it is during long mixing sessions
that truly transform music into a dub/version,
but Dub Trio are unique in that they create
their original dub sound in real-time on stage!
With their massive sound, the drums and bass
lay down a thick bed of wicked riddims in a variety of
reggae styles while radically altering the music
with extreme fades, reverbs, filters and echoes.

New Heavy, is an experiment in splicing dub
with post-hardcore metal and punk.
The dubs are credible and sufficiently deep,
and the tracks on which they aren't interrupted
with gnarly riffage are the best.

2007-02-27T06:58:00.000Z

DANZIG - DANZIG

Danzig is an American band that fuses dark lyrics and imagery with Blues-inspired Heavy Metal music. The band serves as a musical outlet for singer/composer Glenn Danzig. The band can be seen as the third stage in Glenn Danzig's musical career, preceded by the Horror punk band The Misfits and the band Samhain.

Having formed and begun recording as Danzig the previous year, in 1988 the band released its first album, simply titled "Danzig", on Rick Rubin's newly formed label Def American (later renamed to American Recordings). The album featured polished production by Rick Rubin, with heavy, Blues-based guitar riffs and Glenn's powerful and melodic vocal performance--a harsh contrast to the gritty, raw-sounding production of Samhain's albums. The album was released to lukewarm reviews, but is now considered by many heavy metal publications to be among the best hard rock albums of all time.

2007-02-26T18:41:00.000Z

MODERN ENGLISH - MESH AND LACE

Modern English made several albums in the 80's. Mesh & Lace has a brand of doomy, intense post-punk style. This is a very interesting period piece though; singer Robie (not Robbie) Grey's voice gives new meaning to the word monotone but it's the instruments which help to build the atmosphere most of all; the chilling, radio commnetary on '16 Days' and the rapid drum fills on 'The Token Man'. On some tracks no words are spoken until a few minutes of menacing bass guitar and keyboard-driven 'melody' have set the tone. It's all a bit heavy going for 70-odd minutes (thanks to the generous A and B sides offered on this re-issue) but it is very rarely dull.

2007-02-26T07:04:00.000Z

ZEUS - THE POWER ACCORDING TO ZEUS

Great band!
Mind crushing US Hard Rock from 1970. A guitar and organ driven rock fest, loaded with some great instrumental interplay and vocal harmonisation driven along with killer guitar licks and swathes of hammond etc. Late '60s Stoner Rock at it's best!

2007-02-23T16:27:00.000Z

SIX BY SEVEN - THE WAY I FEEL TODAY

The band take their name from the research connected with the Hubble telescope.
Six By Seven have a spontaneous approach to their songwriting.

''Six By Seven'' are a Nottingham-based rock band who consist of Chris Olley on vocals and guitars, James Flower on keyboards and until March 2006 Chris Davis on drums. Exponents of building, atmospheric drone-rock, influenced heavily by bands such as My Bloody Valentine and Spacemen 3 they found a niche in the industry with a considerable underground following, but despite some attempts to commercialise their sound, this has never crossed over into mainstream success.

The group formed in Nottingham in 1996 after having played initially under the name "Friends Of...". At the time they had two other members, Sam Hempton and bass player Paul Douglas. After recording several demos and playing gigs, the band attracted record company interest, and played to a room full of A&R men in Leicester's Charlotte. The room emptied before the first 15 minute song was complete. Undeterred, the band continued to write and record. Bass player Paul Douglas joined later that year.

The band got their break by playing support slots with Rocket From The Crypt and Girls Against Boys, and later changed their name to Six By Seven.

In 1997 the band released its first 12" single "European Me" to critical acclaim, with numerous publications citing them as one of the most exciting new names in UK guitar-based music, leading to a five album deal. Their first album, ''The Things We Make'' is released the following year. As a sign that Six By Seven had achieved true success, they were asked to play a live session on the John Peel Show, broadcast in May of 1998. They recorded four more over the next four years.

Their second album, ''The Closer You Get'' was released in 2000. Sam Hempton left the band shortly thereafter. Douglas followed in 2002, after the release of their third album ''The Way I Feel Today''. In September 2004 the fourth album called ''04 album|04'' was released, along with a collection of outtakes from the recording sessions called ''Left Luggage At The Peveril Hotel'' which was initially available through the band's website. In April 2005 a new album was announced for release entitled ''Artists Cannibals Poets Thieves'' - it was described as Six by Seven's "first album as a three piece". Shortly before the album's release in June the band announced they were to "stop touring and effectively end the group for the foreseeable future", with a live album and a b-sides and rarities collection to follow.

In December 2005 a new "unofficial" studio album - ''Club Sandwich at the Peveril Hotel'' - was released on the band's web site in January 16th 2006, with a limited number of copies making their way into stores in March. Although there was mention (and even scheduling) of a series of live gigs for early 2006, these shows were eventually cancelled.

In August 2006 the band made a surprise appearance playing at the Social in Nottingham with a new line up featuring past collaborators Tony Doggen Foster and Ady Fletcher with Ian Bissett newly recruited on the drums.

In September 2006 a collection of rarities, live tracks and demo recordings are made available via the bands' website.

2007-02-23T09:33:00.000Z

VARIOUS ARTISTS - ABSOLUTE FUNK

Hello everybody
This is my first post and what a post.
Some lost gem from the past.
This is Absolute Funk from the brown belly of ghetto Funk
20 sparks of pure genius inspired by the great Funk masters.
Hope you'll like it.