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 Posted: December 29 2014 at 14:29 |
Schnauser
Where Business Meets Fashion
Another great current neo-pysch band, Schnauser are from England and already have four albums out. Their sound references older pysch and prog like Yes, early Floyd and Sgt. Pepper's era Beatles but with an inventive twist all their own. Some of the songs on 2012's WBMF are ridiculously catchy with great hooks and melodies, while the lyrics comment on English social conventions that are reminiscent of Well Respected Man era Kinks.
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Posted: December 28 2014 at 14:35 |
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Posted: December 28 2014 at 14:26 |
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On a related note, I'm disappointed the world never saw a music collaboration between Roky Erickson and Sun Ra. Would make for a meeting of mind between the two alien contactees who have had the strongest impact on music history.
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Posted: December 28 2014 at 14:24 |
Wow, I had no idea those two hung out together at the time. Also, GG looks like he got back from a brawl, which, from what I've heard about the man, was business as usual.
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Posted: December 28 2014 at 14:19 |
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Btw, someone told me that GG Allin was born Jesus Christ Allin. No wonder he was a punk god!
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Posted: December 28 2014 at 14:14 |
^I absolutely agree but Ozzy and BOC fans bought a lot of records!  Great pic of the great man!
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Posted: December 28 2014 at 14:12 |
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^I have to agree. I think that Roky was looking for an audience similar to Ozzy's or BOC with The Evil One, but I still get a kick out of the album. Even if it's a long way from Prog or 80's Metal. |
I was thinking more of The Cramps, or The Misfits. Maybe Christian Death or Siouxsie and the Banshees if you wanna get highbrow.
There's also a photo of Roky Erickson together with GG Allin.
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Posted: December 28 2014 at 14:06 |
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I feel exactly the same about the remix. I think it's because I know the original so well that everything different about the music just feels out of place.
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Posted: December 28 2014 at 14:04 |
KingCrInuYasha wrote:
A bit too obvious a choice, but it's something I've been listening to non stop since Christmas Eve (please help me).
I actually have two copies of the album, the 1999 edition and the 40th anniversary remix. I'm not too fond with the remix, however. There are some parts that I like - the whistling at the end of "Love Street", the clearer guitar on "We Could Be So Good Together", the quiet parts of "The Unknown Soldier" being a bit more louder, a little extra organ at the beginning of "Summer's Almost Gone" and so forth - but they do it by drowning out some other parts I do like. Oh well.
Whining aside, this is a fantastic album. I like the schizophrenic vibe I get from it; one minute you have the guys skipping along the street all happy like ("Love Street"), the next they're conjuring a deranged proto-Alice Cooper sound ("Five To One"). |
You're not alone KCIY, I'm not fond of the remix either and neither are many of my friends. I only listened to it once and it seemed to lack warmth. And you came to the wrong person for help. Just play it louder! 
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Posted: December 28 2014 at 14:03 |
Ahh, no worries 
Also fits the description of the kind of production I generally don't enjoy ie the digital one - that is if it's not an electronic release  |
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Posted: December 28 2014 at 14:00 |
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We might be hearing things differently then Steve. I thought it sounded way too...erm studio-like. I missed dynamics in the overall sound and everything kinda sounded like it was recorded,or indeed played, at the same level. I tend to prefer the home made production over a professional studio job any day Then again, it really depends on the band. Steve Wilson can pull off the modern production thang with everything in it's right place and no superfluous "noise" etc etc....but the psych and krautrock fan in me WANTS and NEEDS the noise. Hell, it's half the music if you ask me! |
Bad choice of words from me, David. To me, home made=digital sounding. Sorry about that.
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Posted: December 28 2014 at 13:54 |
A bit too obvious a choice, but it's something I've been listening to non stop since Christmas Eve (please help me).
I actually have two copies of the album, the 1999 edition and the 40th anniversary remix. I'm not too fond with the remix, however. There are some parts that I like - the whistling at the end of "Love Street", the clearer guitar on "We Could Be So Good Together", the quiet parts of "The Unknown Soldier" being a bit more louder, a little extra organ at the beginning of "Summer's Almost Gone" and so forth - but they do it by drowning out some other parts I do like. Oh well.
Whining aside, this is a fantastic album. I like the schizophrenic vibe I get from it; one minute you have the guys skipping along the street all happy like ("Love Street"), the next they're conjuring a deranged proto-Alice Cooper sound ("Five To One").
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Posted: December 28 2014 at 13:54 |
We might be hearing things differently then Steve. I thought it sounded way too...erm studio-like. I missed dynamics in the overall sound and everything kinda sounded like it was recorded,or indeed played, at the same level. I tend to prefer the home made production over a professional studio job any day Then again, it really depends on the band. Steve Wilson can pull off the modern production thang with everything in it's right place and no superfluous "noise" etc etc....but the psych and krautrock fan in me WANTS and NEEDS the noise. Hell, it's half the music if you ask me!
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Posted: December 28 2014 at 13:48 |
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^I can't lie David, the production is a bit home made, but Nik does some great turns on sax and flute and I dig the music as a whole. (I might be showing my age here!)
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Posted: December 28 2014 at 13:41 |
^I listened to that a couple of times at my friend's place. While I found the music interesting I still found it hard to enjoy on account of the production. I tend to have problems with modern records, supposedly psych, that sound like they've been recorded in a lab  Nahh give me Xitintoday instead  |
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Posted: December 28 2014 at 13:36 |
Nik Turner
Space Gypsy One album that is definitely listed under PA's Psych/Space prog site is the excellent 2013 album Space Gypsy by famed Hawkwind Co-founder Nik Turner. In case you missed it, the album is a blast and there's a great review of it on PA.
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Posted: December 28 2014 at 13:27 |
Country Joe and the FishElectric Music for the Mind and Body 1967. One of the few bands that I'm surprised is not listed under Proto prog as Country Joe and the Fish sounded like a cross between the Doors and H.P. Lovecraft. More progressive than the former but less so than the latter. 1967's Electric Music For the Mind and Body sports some cool Farfisa driven rock with excellent electric blues supplied by two underrated guitarists, Barry Melton and David Cohen, who occasionally trade stellar leads. The album is known for it's explicit drug references and topical subject matter which may obscure some of the more adventurous tunes like Purpose Mouth, Section 43, The Masked Marauder and the 7 minute long avant garde closer Grace. Excellently remastered by Ace/vanguard with both mono and stereo versions available on a double CD reissue.
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Posted: December 28 2014 at 13:14 |
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^I have to agree. I think that Roky was looking for an audience similar to Ozzy's or BOC with The Evil One, but I still get a kick out of the album. Even if it's a long way from Prog or 80's Metal.
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Posted: December 28 2014 at 13:09 |
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Listening to that album I can't help but get the feel Roky decided to embrace that it was the punk/garagerock crowd most of his fanbase came from, it's some pretty damn raw and abrasive stuff compared to his tenure with the Elevators with a lot of the songs being surprisingly aggressive even next to You're Gonna Miss Me.
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Posted: December 28 2014 at 09:22 |
Toaster Mantis wrote:
What are the differences between The Evil One and the Roky Erickson and the Aliens S/T. Seems like they have the same cover art and many of the same tracklistings. I'm guessing the S/T is the European release of the same recording and The Evil One the US release?
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Yes, a little confusing. The Evil One was released in the U.K. in 1980 as The Five Signs with 5 alternate tracks and Roky And the Aliens was released in other parts of Europe with those track listings. Light In The Attic's remaster contains all of the different track combinations that total 15 tracks in all. All of the songs are excellent, btw.
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