I red somewhere that the best music is made in the garage! This record is made like this!Some great songs which carry all the American rock tradition , from power-pop to garage punk and surf.The band comes from way back and sometime in 1976 they released their first EP "Hot And Cool" (remember the DIY punk generation?)!Long deleted now ,"Cybernetic Dreams Of PI", released in 1983,offers great moments and fun:"When I Go To The Beach" was the single of this album,"Invisible People" a fantastic garage punk track ,a great cover of Status Quo's "Pictures Of Matchstick Man" and many more , all played with their own pop-garage guitar and keyboard style!I never stopped listening this album from 1985 and i think i'll never do!This is a de-noised vinyl rip.
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This San Fransisco based surf band was formed in the late '80s and has all the proper influences like Dick Dale , Link Wray , Ventures , spaghetti western music e.t.c. , for such a band. They created their own style with the "clean" psychedelic , rockabilly meditteranean lounge "cinematique" sounding guitar and they were in the center of the early '90s surf revival movement .They wrote one of the greatest anthems -in my opinion-of the scene at that time,the opening track of this fine album ,called "Bravado".GET IT HERE
Agent Orange are punk legends.From 1979 till now they've become an enormous influence on the punk scene , even if they said that they don't feel part of it at all!Maybe they're right!Taking a closer look at their work we'll see (hear) that this surf-garage thing is always there ,in every record they made!This 6 track album , released in 1983 (was re-released on cd from Restless in 1987), contains some covers of classics like "Somebody To Love" ," Shaking All Over" , "Secret Agent Man" ," Out Of Limits" and a killer surf-garage punk instro , "Bite The hand That Feeds (Pt. 2)" written by the guitarist Mike Palm , which shows all the Agent Orange musical influences and philosophy.Punk or not , i love it!GET IT HERE
These guys were formed in Calgary , Canada in 1990.They released a number of singles and albums but this one is their most impressive work! "Dig In" was released in 1995 from "Mint Records" and "One Louder" in Europe.Maybe this is the reason that the title of this excellent album is often referred in many sites as "Dig In Mint" , but as you can see on your own, is "Dig In!". The fantastic cover of Link Wray's "American Sunset" is giving us a great idea about the band's influences and their own "Who's Your New Girlfriend?" are one of the best songs of this album (it was a difficult choice,believe me),which received much of acceptance not only in Canada and USA (where the surf revival thing was alive) but in Europe as well.The band made , as far as i know two more albums:"Get Outta Dodge" & "Muerte Del Toro".One of the best surf revival bands....
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One of the hundreds of hard rock bands that remained hidden under the shades of the big groups of the ‘70s and the last 15 years have begun to come out in the surface, due to the work of some collectors!
They were formed in the late 60’s in Japan and their sound had been influenced by the hard rock groups of the time and from electric blues, of course. It is not accidental that the ' 75 made tour in Japan with Mountain (which they broke up a little after the Japan tour because of hearing problems of Felix Pappalardi!).
Their first self titled album was released in 1969.All the tracks were covers of blues songs (almost all the groups at that time had at least one blues cover in their album). The second however,named "Demon & Eleven Children" released in 1971 ,shows an exceptional hard rock group! Songs as “Atomic Bombs Away” and “Sorrow”, written by the band’s leader and guitarist Kazuo Takeda , as almost all of their material, show a very interesting group, with an excellent guitar work. A classic hard rock sounding album, from those that in their time didn't find their way (or didn't had any commercial interest if you want) and god only knows how many we will still hear! They put however their own mark in the history and glory of dynasty of rock! GET IT HERE
Even if most of the songs were written almost 30 years ago,this album is like a kick in the stomach!It recalls the heroic days of the late sixties - early seventies when Motor City was burning.It's like a tribute to Detroit's rock music history made by a group of friends,living legends of this scene!Wayne Kramer from MC5,Scott Morgan from Rationals & Sonic Rendezvous Band , Deniz Tek from Radio Birdman(the man who brought Detroit rock to Australia as a lot of music reviewers say) along with Paul Ill (bass) and Brock Avery (drums) made it, and it sounds as powerful as ever!"City Slang" , the opening track (originally a Sonic Rendezvous Band single release) is been covered with a Radio Birdman attitude and "The Harder They Come" (a Jimmy Cliffs reggae classic)is given a high energetic Detroit rock touch , as to all the songs of the album!Along with the other covers (L.94 -Radio Birdman , I Got A Right - Stooges)this album offers Kramer's "Citizen Of Time" ,Tek's "100 Fools" and a song they made together called "Better Than That".The blasting guitars and the tight "rocking" rhythm section of this album are giving a lesson on "how pure and original rock music should be played"!The album is dedicated in memory of Rob Tyner (MC5) , Fred "Sonic" Smith (MC5) and Dave Alexander (Stooges), musicians of Detroit.This is a de-noised vinyl rip .
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I red somewhere that the best music is made in the garage! This record is made like this!Some great songs which carry all the American rock tradition , from power-pop to garage punk and surf.The band comes from way back and sometime in 1976 they released their first EP "Hot And Cool" (remember the DIY punk generation?)!Long deleted now ,"Cybernetic Dreams Of PI", released in 1983,offers great moments and fun:"When I Go To The Beach" was the single of this album,"Invisible People" a fantastic garage punk track ,a great cover of Status Quo's "Pictures Of Matchstick Man" and many more , all played with their own pop-garage guitar and keyboard style!I never stopped listening this album from 1985 and i think i'll never do!This is a de-noised vinyl rip.
