"BIBLES FOR THE BLESSED"
SACRIFICE FLIPPER (1980-81) A1: SEXBOMB (5:21); A2: LOVE CANAL (4:01); A3: SACRIFICE (LIVE) (4:39); A4: EVER (2:59). B1: LIFE IS CHEAP (3:57); B2: SHED NO TEARS (4:28); B3: (I SAW YOU) SHINE (8:34). CATEGORY: NOISE ROCK | DURATION: 34 MINUTES Another American band who emerged from the punk melting-pot with a markedly…
YOUTH OF AMERICA WIPERS (1980) A1: TAKING TOO LONG (3:05); A2: CAN THIS BE (2:55); A3: PUSHING THE EXTREME (3:15); A4: WHEN IT’S OVER (6:30). B1: NO FAIR (4:25); B2: YOUTH OF AMERICA (10:30). CATEGORY: NEO-ROCK | DURATION: 31 MINUTES By co-opting Neu’s trademark “endless”…
ARE YOU GLAD TO BE IN AMERICA? JAMES ‘BLOOD’ ULMER (1980) A1: LAYOUT (5:02); A2: PRESSURE (3:49); A3: INTERVIEW (3:06); A4: JAZZ IS THE TEACHER (FUNK IS THE PREACHER) (4:20); A5: SEE-THROUGH (3:51). B1: TIME OUT (5:20); B2: T.V. BLUES (4:32); B3: LIGHT EYED (3:57);…
BORBETOMAGUS BORBETOMAGUS (1980) A1: CONCORDAT 1 (12:13); A2: CONCORDAT 2 (5:48). B1: CONCORDAT 3 (5:19); B2: CONCORDAT 4 (9:28); B3: CONCORDAT 5 (7:34). CATEGORY: FREE NOISE | DURATION: 41 MINUTES Embracing the provocations issued by free noise-jazz musicians such as Japan’s Abe Kaoru, as well…
KILLING JOKE KILLING JOKE (1980) A1: REQUIEM (3:44); A2: WARDANCE (3:46); A3: TOMORROW’S WORLD (5:25); A4: BLOODSPORT (4:44). B: THE WAIT (3:40); B2: COMPLICATIONS (3:06); B3: S.O.36 (6:30); B4: PRIMITIVE (3:32). CATEGORY: ELECTRO-INDUSTRIAL | DURATION: 34 MINUTES Only conceivable in the wake of the anti-rock…