Jersey City
|August 27, 2010 | Found Images
Via 1.3 Appropriations.

This is a dumb song. I was not yet 17 when I got this record, and I understood even then that a song written from the perspective of a world-weary 17-year-old who just can’t take it anymore was silly ( and then there’s the drummer, who’s like ” Look ma, I can play Wipeout ! ), and yet, IT ROCKS. Makes me want to put spikes on my jacket and do British stuff ( No Future, 1981 ).
The Partisans : ” 17 Years Of Hell “
The Partisans : ” 17 Years Of Hell ”
A vintage gummed-back paper label I found, which I think is from some sort of toy.
A Detroit band of the late 70s – early 80s that featured Stooges guitarist Ron Asheton and MC5 bassist Michael Davis ( Cherry Red, 1978 ).
Destroy All Monsters : ” Bored “
Destroy All Monsters : ” Bored ”
Big Boys : ” Complete Control “
Big Boys : ” Complete Control ”
Big Boys : ” Fun Fun Fun ”
Big Boys : ” Sound On Sound ”
Big Boys : ” We Got Your Money “
Big Boys : ” We Got Your Money ”
Fu’s deadpan, syrup-heavy cover of Sammy Johns’ 1975 ode to free love ( Mammoth Records, 1996 ).
Fu Manchu : ” Chevy Van ”
I’ve been getting a whole lot of email on this, but I’ve been waiting for an official release date to post about it. I’m In The Band is out Dec.7th : you can preorder on Amazon, and here’s the publisher’s page.
White Zombie’s like a black hole. For most people, it’s like we popped up out of nowhere, and then, a couple of years and a couple of platinum albums later, we disappeared. There’s almost no documentation of the history of the band, and so this is something of a mindfuck for me because it’s all here. I helped out a little while Sean was putting the book together as far as contributing some photos and memorabilia, remembering names and dates, but I just wasn’t prepared to see the entire timeline .. from the earliest days in Brooklyn, to my joining, to getting big, to breaking up .. laid out and illustrated like this.
It’s not all that often that a band lives up to its name, but here’s some sick, trashy genius that actually sounds like it came straight from the recording studio at a mental hospital. The guitar is so fuzzed-out that it functions more as mosquito-buzz generator than musical instrument and the singer sounds like he’s about to claw his own eyes out ( Autistic Records, 1979 ).
The Mentally Ill : ” Gacy’s Place “
The Mentally Ill : ” Gacy’s Place ”
An extraordinary high-quality version of the concert film. A celebration of the unique sound of the Mosrite guitar, and, really, of the electric guitar itself.
This song was a big hit in Jamaica in 2006 despite a ban on radio play – and no wonder. With righteous fury, Chuck Fenda preaches that sinners should be stabbed and set on fire.
Chuck Fenda : ” Gash Dem “
Chuck Fenda : ” Gash Dem ”