One Gang Logic – Alienate (Kafka Laughs) [7''] (1979, Stark Products)

 

One Gang Logic were a short-lived late-1970's, early 1980's British post-punk band from Grimsby, Humberside (now Lincolnshire), England. They released one single in 1979 before imploding. One Gang Logic were: Chris Leaning, Paul Singleton and Mick Clark. Their first and only 7", 'Alienate (Kafka Laughs)' was released by Stark One Records in 1979. Two further songs, "Playtime" and "The Stand" were included on the 1980 various artist compilation 'Household Shocks'. "The Stand" included co-vocalist Mark McCubbin, and was dedicated to Ian Curtis of Joy Division. [SOURCE: LAST.FM] 

 

Label: Stark Products – SRTS/79/CUS 485 

Format: Vinyl, 7", 45 RPM 

Country: UK 

Released: 1979 

Style: New Wave, Punk, Post-Punk

 

Tracklist:

A1 Alienate (Kafka Laughs) 

A2 Queue Here 

B1 Repeat Action 

B2 Who Killed Sex? 

 

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Neonbabies – Harmlos [LP] (1982, Ariola)

 

"Harmlos" means "harmless" in German, and that's pretty much what this album is. A little pop, a little new wave, a flirt with some experimental stuff, but all in all, it's pretty nondescript and undecided... While it's the Neonbabies best album, with a few good tracks ("Carosello", "Moderne Liebe" and "Aiaiaiai"), most of the tracks are just average. Even if Neonbabies are pretty unknown today, they're often cited as Neue Deutsche Welle pioneers. [SOURCE: RATE YOUR MUSIC] 

 

Label: Ariola – 204 530, Ariola – 204 530-320 

Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo 

Country: Europe 

Released: Mar 1982 

Style: New Wave, Synth-pop, Neue Deutsche Welle

 

Tracklist:

A1 Alibi 3:05 

A2 Reise 4:15 

A3 Angelogen 1:28 

A4 Ausser Sich 2:44 

A5 Carosello 3:54 

B1 Moderne Liebe 3:34 

B2 Triebtäter 5:44 

B3 Roboter 3:22 

B4 Gemini 3:16 

B5 Aiaiaiaiai 2:11 

 

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Ministry Of Love – Wide Awake And Dreaming [12''] (1987, Underworld Records)

 

This obscure Los Angeles band was led by vocalist William Faircloth and was his precursor band before he led the more mainstream band Red Temple Spirits, who released two albums in the late 1980’s. This band mixed in psychedelia, gothic and alternative influences to good effect on this little known EP. “Living In The Moment” is a killer tempo changing psychedelic new wave synth seven minute odyssey. Gothic overtones come into play on the spirited “Psychic Nation”. [SOURCE: RATE YOUR MUSIC] 

 

 

Label: Underworld Records – R 9002 

Format: Vinyl, 12", 33 ⅓ RPM, Mini-Album 

Country: US 

Released: 1987 

Style: Alternative Rock, New Wave, Goth Rock, Psychedelic Rock, Post-Punk

 

Tracklist:

Light Side 

A1 Nuclear Stone Age 3:15 

A2 Psychic Nation 2:52 

A3 You're Not On Your Own 4:38 

Dark Side 

B1 Living In The Moment 7:00 

B2 This Magic Kingdom 4:54 

 

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Loren Mazzacane – Acoustic Guitar / Gifts [LP] (1978, Daggett Records)

The eclectic music of improvisational guitarist Loren Connors is difficult to describe neatly and concisely, but avant-garde is the best generalization. Experimental, jazz, and blues also fit, and even hints of Irish music are evident. Connors, who names abstract expressionist painter Mark Rothko as his single biggest artistic influence, is incredibly prolific; he has released dozens of albums, EPs, and collaborations -many in extremely limited quantities- on countless labels under his own name and a handful of pseudonyms (including Loren Mattei and Guitar Roberts). His wife, Suzanne Langille, occasionally sings on his recordings, and the two perform as part of the group Haunted House. He also worked extensively with folk singer/songwriter Kath Bloom in the early 1980s. Connors' obscure albums, ranging from unaccompanied acoustic guitar improvisations to deconstructed blues, were met with indifference until the early '90s, when critics began to take notice and supporters such as Sonic Youth's Thurston Moore and Lee Ranaldo, Gastr del Sol's Jim O'Rourke, and Alan Licht (who has recorded with Connors, Run On, Love Child, and Blue Humans) sang his praises. 

As a child, Connors studied violin (which he credits with shaping his vibrato technique on the guitar) and trombone; he also learned rock & roll bass guitar. He was heavily influenced by his mother Mary Mazzacane's singing as well. She often performed Johann Sebastian Bach pieces at funerals. This exposure to classical music led Connors to investigate the music of Giacomo Puccini and Frederic Chopin. Blues, particularly the works of Robert Pete Williams and Muddy Waters, also appealed to him. He studied art at Southern Connecticut University and the University of Cincinnati in the early '70s, but he decided his music was more original than his painting. By 1976, he'd moved back to Connecticut. Two years later, Connors began issuing albums (as Loren Mazzacane) on his own Daggett label. [SOURCE: ALLMUSIC] 

Label: Daggett Records – 47 

Format: Vinyl, LP 

Country: US 

Released: 1978 

Style: Avantgarde, Experimental, Acoustic Blues, Free Improvisation

 

Tracklist:

A Loren Mazzacane – Acoustic Guitar 

B Loren Mazzacane - Kath Bloom – Gifts 

 

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Kleistwahr – Do Not [Cass] (1986, Broken Flag)

Kleistwahr's take on NWW's tape goofiness, pretty much, odd sounds and all, even going with including a nine-minute or so psychedelic drone rock tune in the midst of the exploration of tape sounds, for better or for worse. Not particularly mind-blowing stuff (unlike some NWW), but it's thoroughly fun while it lasts. [SOURCE: RATE YOUR MUSIC] 

 

Label: Broken Flag – BF 52 

Format: Cassette

Country: UK 

Released: 1986 

Style: Industrial, Noise, Tape Music, Psychedelic Rock, Drone

 

Tracklist:

A Untitled 17:58 

B Untitled 18:46 

 

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The Janitors – Deafhead [LP] (1988, Abstract Sounds)

The Janitors were Andrew Denton (vocals), Craig Hope (slide guitar, keyboards), Pete Crowe (bass guitar), and Tim Stirland (drums). Denton, Hope and friend Phil Storey recorded demos in Leicester's Highfields which Yeah Yeah Noh's John Grayland brought to the attention of some indie labels. Described as "a mixture of Membranes meeting Captain Beefheart", they signed to Marc Riley's In-Tape label, releasing their debut single, 'Chicken Stew' in July 1985 (on which Hope played all of the instruments). It went on to reach the top 10 of the UK Independent Chart. Second single 'Good to be The King' was also an indie hit, reaching number 14, and debut album 'Thunderhead', produced by Jon Langford of The Mekons, peaked at number 6 on the indie albums chart. The band then moved to the Abstract label. In 1988 Phil Storey joined on rhythm guitar. After two further singles, their second album, 'Deafhead', was released in June 1988. [SOURCE: WIKIPEDIA]

 

 

Label: Abstract Sounds – ABT 019 

Format: Vinyl, LP 

Country: UK 

Released: 1988 

Style: Indie Rock, Psychedelic Rock

 

Tracklist:

A1 Moonshine 

A2 Spin 

A3 Only One 

A4 Halfway To A Happening 

A5 Get A Load (Get A Job) 

B1 Happy 

B2 What Can I Say 

B3 The Country Song 

B4 Proud Mary 

B5 Time Goes On 

B6 Going To Be 

 

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Inspiral Carpets – Waiting For Ours [Cass] (1987, Inspiral Carpets)

After The Stone Roses and Happy Mondays, Inspiral Carpets were arguably the third most popular band to emerge from the late-'80s/early-'90s Madchester scene. Like The Charlatans, they weren't quite as innovative as the city's two standard-bearers, relying less on the contemporary dance club beats that became Madchester pop's identifying signature. They did, however, share a fascination with trippy psychedelia, particularly the Farfisa organ-drenched sound of Nuggets-style garage rock from the '60s, which set them apart from their peers. It also enabled them to tinker with their sound once the Madchester fad had passed, and the group continued to score hits right up to their mid-'90s breakup. 

Inspiral Carpets were formed in the Greater Manchester town of Oldham by guitarist Graham Lambert -who'd been playing around the area since 1982- and vocalist Stephen Holt, who soon both recruited drummer, Craig Gill. The group began to settle on a permanent lineup in 1986 when Farfisa organist Clint Boon joined up, before bassist Dave Swift came into the fold the following year. '60s-influenced garage punk-style demo tapes, recorded at Boon's studio, helped to get the band noticed in Manchester, as did local support slots with The Bodines and Spacemen 3. [SOURCE: ALLMUSIC] 

 

 

Label: Inspiral Carpets – none 

Format: Cassette, EP 

Country: UK 

Released: 1987 

Style: Garage Rock, Psychedelic Rock, Indie Rock 

 

Tracklist:

A1 Garage Full Of Flowers 

A2 Give Me Less Time 

B1 You're Gonna Miss Me 

B2 Slow Suicide 

 

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H.O.D.I.C.A. – The Shit Hits The Fans [12''] (1989, Not)

 

Head of David were an experimental heavy metal act whose sound helped pave the way for the subsequent industrial, grindcore, and noise rock genres. Hailing from the town of Dudley, just a few miles outside the city of Birmingham in the heart of England's so-called Black Country, Stephen R. Burroughs (vocals), Eric Jurenovski (guitar), Dave Cochrane (bass), and Paul Sharp (drums) were clearly influenced by the region's heavy industry and depressed economy during the mid-'80s when formulating Head of David's grimy and oppressive sound. This sound was potent enough to make an immediate impact upon the release of their first two efforts in 1986: September's 'Dogbreath EP' and October's simply named 'LP', which remarkably climbed to number three on the U.K. indie charts and was followed in July of 1987 by the live 'Shit Hits the Fans', which made it to number 21. [SOURCE: ALLMUSIC]

 

 

Label: Not – NOT 3 

Format: Vinyl, 12", 33 ⅓ RPM 

Country: UK 

Released: 1989 

Style: Noise, Noise Rock, Industrial Rock, Post-Punk, Industrial Metal

 

Tracklist:

A Untitled 

B Untitled 

 

Notes:

H.O.D.I.C.A. is Head Of David live at the I.C.A., London. 

 

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Gordons – Volume 2 [LP] (1984, Gordons)

 

This is a quantum leap forward from their sluggish, droney debut album. The gauntlet is thrown down during the careening, explosive first 10 seconds of opening song "Quality Control." Huge shards of guitar shrapnel and screechy feedback literally leap out of the speakers and go right for the listener's jugular, particularly on "Reactor." "Red Line" and "Identity" have a somewhat poppy swagger underneath the noise. They opened for Motorhead in the early '80s and supposedly demanded to use 4 times as many amps, wattage-wise, as Motorhead. Hence why the Gordons are often cited as one of the loudest bands of all time. Recommended if you like Killing Joke, Helmet, Bailter Space, early Sonic Youth, early Swans, Unwound or Fugazi. [SOURCE: RATE YOUR MUSIC] 

 

Label: Gordons – GORDONS 3 

Format: Vinyl, LP, Album 

Country: New Zealand 

Released: 1984 

Style: Alternative Rock, Noise Rock, Post-Punk

 

Tracklist:

A1 Quality Control 3:04 

A2 Reactor 5:41 

A3 Lead Room 5:29 

A4 Red Line 3:42 

B1 Identity 3:48 

B2 Mono Flo 3:26 

B3 Gone Machine 4:19 

B4 Joker 2:26 

B5 Mentus Fugit 2:12 

 

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