Heavy Relic - The Apparition of The Great Cabala

Hey you! 
Yeah, that's right ..... you in the corner with 
the blank stare and drool coming out the 
corner of your mouth. 
You look the sort of person who would be into 
"Earthless" ...... yep , me too. 
I guess you like to light up a "doobie" and jerk 
off to Sonic Prayer ...... yep, me too. 

Heavy Relic are a much heavier version of the 
afore mentioned band - this means jams of 
freakout acid guitar brilliance. 
Heavy Relic play instrumental stoner with heavy 
vibes and as with all instrumental projects the question 
has to be asked - is there enough going on to keep your 
attention wandering due to the lack of vocals? 
In this case, the answer is a resounding yes. 
The guitar riffs are loud and nicely fuzzed, evoking 
the sun-baked desert sound but with a heaviness drawn 
from sludge. Excellent audio clips are used to great 
effect but without being overdone. Drones and atmospherics 
throb underneath the songs, bringing in some 
space-rock undercurrents. 

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GUITAR WOLF - JET GENERATION 1999

I really don't know where to start with this bunch of crazed 

Japanese madmen nor what genre to place them in....

I think " a bloody great row" would sum it up !! 

I wasn't really sure if it warrants inclusion here either but Tony 

says that if it makes us jump up and down then its worthy of 

a mention.....and listening to this always makes me smile.

I'll start with repeating his original notes to me when he gave 

me this album to listen to many years ago...." Japanese 

band who think that the guitar sound on the Iggy remixed Stooges
"Raw Power album is weak and not distorted enough !"

This mix is beyond "the red", in fact, off the spectrum with the
drums sometimes disappearing under the sheer weight of distortion !
I couldn't find a track off the actual album to put here for your l
istening pleasure (?) but here are a couple of the tracks done live
....including the most fucked up version of Summertime Blues you
will ever hear !! They seem to have the same approach 

to their live sound as in the studio...be warned and good luck !!

     

DOUG E DOGG

Keith Cook - Broken Grate

I stumbled across this on Bandcamp and had to post it.

How can you resist this description:

If you’re expecting street rock stuff from me then here it is.

It was recorded on a free recording program, a $2 PC mic

(luckily the last record paid for the mic), and a $0 budget.

All the songs were written on bass, all but 3(written earlier in 2011)

were written and tracked 1st on bass between 1 and 4pm November

17th 2011, the drums were tracked between 4 and 5pm the same day,

besides one that was originally recorded mid-afternoon May 1st 2011

(except for the drums that were tracked November 16th while I was

tracking drums for the other new recording) not too bad for someone

who has probably still spent less than 24 hours behind a drum kit in

their life. Guitar was tracked and the lyrics were written over the next

few days the last thing recorded was around 11:30am November 22nd.

I had a notebook I’d written titles for songs in during 2009 but no words

or music so I wrote them around those titles and saved about 4 for later use.

This is noisy, lo-fi punk - drums and bass barely audible, slurred

vocals and huge white noise slabs of guitars over which fuzzed

atonal solos are played.

Basically if you love the Velvet Underground at their most chaotic

and think the solo from "I Heard her Call My Name" cannot be beaten

then I urge you to give this a Listen

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Radio Birdman - Radios Appear (1978)

Radio Birdman were a band that introduced a whole section of

Australian underground listeners to a love of Detroit rock'n'roll.

Although the Stooges and MC5 are the obvious touchstones

here, there are strong pop hooks, jazz-tinged guitar licks,

keyboard flourishes and vocals that touch upon Morrison

as well as Iggy.

Infectious, essential listening to anyone with a love for guitars

and the smell of overloaded amps!

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Sir Lord Baltimore - Kingdom Come (1971)

Proto-metal and raw classic rock from this Brooklyn

Trio.

Primitive blues that put me in mind of Free or Purple

but the thing that stands out is the thick, fuzzed

out guitar sound.

If you have ever blissed out to the 1st Stooges album

(and if you read this blog, you must have!) and wondered

if you would ever hear such distortion abuse on another

record in your lifetime, although never quite scaling the sonic

heights of Ron Ashton, this may whet your appetite.

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Blues Creation - Demons & Eleven Children (1971)

Some brain altering Japanese Acid guitar here.

Incorporating styles from the early electric blues

genre - Cream, 1st Zepp album, there is also a

healthy nod to Mountain and their brand of

Southern heavy rock.

Although full of hard rock workouts, there are

some slower numbers but never fear because

everything is smothered in frenzied twin guitar

soloing, making full use of fuzz box and wah-wah

to get your juices flowing.

The songs have a looseness to them that hint of

jamming being recorded live in the studio.

If you want some scorching riff work, give this a listen.

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Dub Trio - Another Sound is Dying (2008)

Mainly instrumental math rock but with a huge rock

sound to the songs, giving them a great stoner edge as

well.

Twisting guitar lines interplay with solid bass and

drums but all mixed up with forays into the world

of Dub.

King Tubby type echo on the drums, staccato guitar

stabs repeating into the distance, all underpinned with

a fat, fat bass.

The dub aspect is never overplayed, so this is a very

varied album Listen

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The Heads - Relaxing With ..... (1995)

This is being re-released with bonus CD and

other stuff - however, this is my old copy ....

reading the reviews made my play this and

yes, it still sizzles along nicely.

Fuzz freakouts with psychedelic heavy rock

tunes that can melt speakers and brains, come

on. you know you want it - Listen

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Nuggets - Fuzz Geetar

The full title is "Nuggets: Original Artyfacts

from the First Psychedelic Era 1965 - 1968"

In 1972, Lenny Kaye, then the guitarist from

the Patti Smith group, compiled a double

album of obscure and forgotten gems which

coined the term "Garage Rock"

In 2006 this was re-released as an expanded

4 CD box set. I have put together a compilation

from over 120 tracks - only the most fuzziest

riffs made it on!

Don't thank me. Just listen to The Litter, Amboy

Dukes, Chocolate Watch Band, The Electric

Prunes etc Here

Guitar Wolf - Jet Generation 1999

Japanese band Guitar Wolf combine the

sonics of the MC5, the rock'n'roll of Link Wray

and the punk power of early Stooges.

Grittier and dirtier than most modern

garage bands, the manic guitars race along

with primitive drums and the frenzied

unintelligible vocals prove that even if

you are not sure if you are listening to

English or Japanese, when the noise is

this good, who cares?

Let's Fucking Freak Out!

The Scientists - Weird Love 1986

Scuzzy, Aussie swamp rock, Stooge driven riffs

and strangled vocals over killer tunes.

What's not to like?

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The Electric Prunes - Live In Stockholm 1967

As expected, The Electric Prunes play

their best known hits - Too Much To Dream

& Get Me To The World On Time but unlike

so many live albums from the '60's, this

is fantastic quality, showcasing the fuzzed

guitars, wigged out lyrics, free form jams

and a powerful blues sound.

Like, crazy man!

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The Heads - At Last! 2003

Once upon a time there was a

band called Spaceman 3. They

took the fuzz driven riffs of The

Stooges and mixed up with the

MC5's space rock and psychedelic

freak outs and they were very,

very good. But ........................

they could also be very, very slow

and go on for a long time.

The Heads decided to take the

blueprint and be faster, heavier

and instead of vocals that sounded

half asleep, added a snarl that

to my ears sounds like Thurston Moore.

and The Heads are very, very good and

make me jump up and down and it all

ends happily ever after.

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