Big Scary - Not Art - VINYL LP

Frankie Sparo - My Red Scare [VINYL LP] date 11/07/2000

A rare collection of early demo recordings pre InchGerm Free AdolescentsInch. Updated from the original 1991 with new sleeve notes from Paul Dean & Lora Logic. On Limited 'Day-Glo' Pink Vinyl + Insert, 'Day-Glo' Orange Vinyl + Insert and 'Day-Glo' Green CD.'Obsessed With You [The Early Years]' is an official of the early X-Ray Spex demo recordings which would evolve into the celebrated pioneering 'Germ Free Adolescents' album. Also includes early versions of classic Punk pioneering debut single tracks 'Oh Bondage, Up Yours!' and 'I Am A Cliché'.Recorded in 1977, the majority of these recordings feature original saxophonist Lora Logic and capture the raw instinctive power of the band who seemed to arrive fully formed despite their youth. The iconic vocal stylings of Poly Styrene immortalised here are even more visceral than what was recorded for the final product and further indicate just how much inspiration they lent Bikini Kill's Kathleen Hanna and the Riot Grrrls that followed. Elsewhere, an early take on 'Germ Free Adolescence' has subtle electronic influences that hint at a potential future the band didn't hang around long enough to fulfill.

THE WHIMBRELS are a power art-rock band with lineages to some of the most influential and raw music New York City has produced - loud art with a back beat. The sound is dense, rhythmic, hard and sweet, with hooks and riffs that pop out at unexpected moments. Their three-guitar lineup featuring ARAD EVANS (Glenn Branca Ensemble), NORMAN WESTBERG (Swans) and LUKE SCHWARTZ (Glenn Branca, Wharton Tiers), along with bassist/vocalist MATT HUNTER (Savak, Dusty Fates) and drummer STEVE DiBENEDETTO. The New York Times once placed Arad Evans on Inchan index of creative or experimental electric guitar-based music in America - young lords of the wild in the post-rock tradition.Inch That description fits The Whimbrels perfectly. You may need earplugs.