F/i / Boy Dirt Car – Split [LP (198, RRRecords)

F/i are from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and have been around since 1981, releasing a half-dozen LPs on RRRecords. The band started out as a unit elaborating on noise structures in the tradition of Throbbing Gristle or Nurse With Wound. They are also influenced by Hawkwind and Spacemen 3. In 1983 they changed their name from The Surfin' Führers to F/i. Richard Franecki later went on to form Vocokesh but still returns to F/i once in a while. 

Boy Dirt Car were formed by Darren Brown and Eric Lunde in 1981 after the two young punkers met Glenn Branca at a Chicago noise-music festival. Starting1983 with a line up featuring Darren Brown, Julie Brown, Josh Mead and Dylan Ritchie, they proceeded to play with a revolving-door line-up that usually consisted of Brown and Lunde. Finally settling on a semi-stable line-up that consisted of the duo and Keith Brammer and Dan Kubinski of Die Kreuzen on various metal percussive instruments and noise-making devices, Boy Dirt Car found their feet and were soon mooted as America's answer to Einstürzende Neubauten. Inactive as a band for many years, Eric Lunde in the meantime released some solo records and Darren Brown formed Impact Test. 

 

Label: RRRecords – RRR 006 

Format: Vinyl, LP 

Country: US 

Released: 1986 

Style: Industrial, Experimental 

 

Tracklist: 

A1 F/i – Union Grove 1 

A2 F/i – Trauma At The Beach 

A3 F/i – Another Magic Window 

A4 F/i – Looking For My Head 

A5 F/i – Union Grove 2 

B1 Boy Dirt Car – Metal House 

B2 Boy Dirt Car – Friction Moves 

B3 Boy Dirt Car – He Tore Out His Eyes 

B4 Boy Dirt Car – Impact Test 

B5 Boy Dirt Car – Harm 

 

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