Welcome to episode 31 of Love
That Album: The Compilation Edition.
Eric is talking about some punk
rock reissues from the Grand Theft Audio label this time around. Grand Theft
Audio specialized in reissues of punk music mainly over looked, forgotten and
ignored bands from the golden era of the late 70s and early 80s. The reissues
were oriented towards 'complete recording' from a time period.
Starting off is Popular Easy Listening Music Ensemble (P.E.L.M.E.) and their album Relax With... from 1995.
They were playing in a slightly different sandbox from the rest of the CDs Eric
is going to talk about with their mix of hardcore, industrial, punk, noise, exploring
experimental sounds. This isn't music for the
casual listener or for the back ground, but for those who like chaotic noise
and speakers set on KILL!
Getting back to a something a
little more common is Long Beach CA, early 80s Hardcore Punk band, Funeral and
the release Have You Seen My Leather
Jacket? Funeral was notable for including later Tex and the Horseheads member, Mike Martt. In their recordings you can start to hear the expansion
of the the Hardcore sounds towards a sleazy blues rock that would take over the
LA scene in the mid to late 80s. Here that sound is only slightly in the mix
and not as obnoxious as it would become as time and hair spray infiltrated
the LA club scene.
Moving
on we have Red
Scare and the As Promised
(1982-1988) release. Featuring the vocal talents of the late Bobbi
Brat singing songs with a very psychotronic edge. The Shining and James Bond
are both referenced, however it's their classic Street Life that's the stand
out track.
Finally you
have the neighbours of the beast Mourning Noise and the disc Death Trip
Delivery - 1981-1985. These guys lived across the street from the Misfits and
Steve Zing from Mourning Noise would go on to play in Samhain with Danzig. Few
punk bands from the USA have had the underground impact that the Misfits did
and it's a treat to hear one of the first of the bands they inspired. When Eric
first played these tracks for my fanatic Misfits fan friends they at first
thought he was playing them 'lost' Misfits demos.
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