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Artist: 100 FLOWERS Title: s/t Format: LP Label: Superior Viaduct Country: USA Price: $16.00 |
| "100 FLOWERS (previously known as THE URINALS) were a power trio whose sole 1983 album is an enduring document of the Southern California underground. Based in crime-ridden 80s Los Angeles against the backdrop of juvenile hardcore and vapid hard rock, 100 Flowers crafted a sound that rests between the inspired bursts of The Minutemen and the pastoral jangle of the Dream Syndicate with similarities to the equally oblique Monitor and The Gun Club (who even included a Urinals cover in their set). The trio wielded a gripping visual aesthetic and hyper-literate lyrical content that reflected their art-school backgrounds, while a ferocity and frustration borne out of their bleak urban environment permeates their songs. Strains of UK post-punk can be heard on "All Sexed Up" and skittish tension on "Presence of Mind." A far cry from the beach punk and surf rock of their contemporaries, album closer "Californias Falling into the Ocean" contains all of their signature qualities: off-kilter delivery, subversive sentiments and an irrefutable pop sensibility that reflects their immersion in LAs burgeoning Paisley Underground scene. The band splintered shortly after the release of this album, but time has only intensified the urgency of 100 Flowers music. First-time reissue of underground Los Angeles classic originally released in 1983. Includes digital download card." - Superior Viaduct. |
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Artist: AVENGERS, THE Title: Paint It Black b/w Thin White Line Format: 7" Label: Superior Viaduct Country: USA Price: $8.00 |
| "The Avengers emerged as one of the best bands from San Franciscos first wave punk scene in 1977. Their second 7" packs a 1-2 punch that tears through the Stones classic and unleashes the menace that was only hinted at in the original. The B-side "Thin White Line" is a musical punch in the gut with the pay-off of lead-singer Penelope Houstons excellent "Dont talk about the blood running down my chin" lyric. Limited edition Record Store Day release of 1,000 pressed on green vinyl." -Superior Viaduct. |
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Artist: AVENGERS, THE Title: Teenage Rebel b/w Friends Of Mine Format: 7" Label: Superior Viaduct Country: USA Price: $8.00 |
| "The Avengers emerged as one of the best bands from San Franciscos first wave punk scene in 1977. "Teenage Rebel" remains the anthem for every disaffected youth on the planet. Not included on the infamous Pink album, this song is a two-minute package of pure adolescent vitriol. Backed with "Friends of Mine," a declaration of solidarity for the punks of San Francisco. Recorded in 1978 at the famed Iguana Studios on Folsom Street. Limited edition Record Store Day release of 1,000 pressed on orange vinyl." -Superior Viaduct. |
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Artist: AVENGERS, THE Title: We Are the One Format: 7" Label: Superior Viaduct Country: USA Price: $8.00 |
| "The Avengers emerged as one of the best bands from San Franciscos first wave punk scene in 1977. Their first 7" remains an essential artifact of punk rock in the late 70s. Originally released on the seminal Dangerhouse label, the EPs three tracks feature visceral sonic attacks, lyrical manifestos of self-reliance, and classic anthemic choruses. Cover photography by Marcus Leatherdale on two unique picture sleeves - the rare "crucifix" and "target" designs. Limited edition Record Store Day release of 1,000 copies (500 each of two original covers) pressed on blue vinyl." -Superior Viaduct. |
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Artist: BLACK HUMOR Title: Love God - Love One Another Format: LP Label: Superior Viaduct Country: USA Price: $16.00 |
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"BLACK HUMOR was an experimental rock band from San Francisco in the early 80s. (Not to be confused with "blackhumor," alias of noise artist Frazer Hall.) They released just one, very hard to find LP on Fowl Records in 1982. Only 1,000 records were pressed, each with unique handmade covers: thick slabs of paint, collage, parrot feathers, dirt, whatever else happened to be laying around their Tenderloin flat. Many of these have since gone for high, collector prices or ended up in oblivion. Existing in a parallel universe to other bands of the era, Black Humors music is filled with jarring images of urban decay and desperation, bass-driven melodies, and layers of dissonant guitar and percussion. And perhaps the only known recording of a parrot that was taught to say "Fuck You." - Superior Viaduct. Highly Recommended!
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Artist: FACTRIX Title: Scheintot Format: CD Label: Superior Viaduct Country: USA Price: $15.00 |
| "Arguably the most prescient band of the entire late 70s San Francisco underground, Factrix released just one 7-inch and two pioneering LPs in the early 80s. Formed in 1978 by Cole Palme (one-time member of the LAFMS group Airway) and Bond Bergland (later of Saqqara Dogs), the two initially called themselves Minimal Man and performed a handful of shows along with Patrick Miller (who would go on to have a great solo career under the MM moniker). Soon they enlisted bassist Joseph T. Jacobs (Bay Of Pigs) and emerged from their Mission-district basement with their own unique take on the burgeoning English and New York post-punk scenes. The results were throbbing walls of damaged electronics, grim lyrical musings, droning bass, piercing guitar, and a modified Roland CR-78 played at 1/4 its slowest speed. Factrixs sole studio album, 1981s Scheintot, is a dark, moody, and penetrating work that grows more contemporary every year. Genuinely disturbing at times and often disorientating, it filters the influence of peers such as Cabaret Voltaire and DNA through the sonic and structural sensibilities of The Velvet Underground. An underappreciated masterpiece of the early industrial/No Wave era, Scheintot is a record that compels the listener to lift the needle from the run-out groove and listen again and again. Julian Cope describes it best: Factrixs Scheintot deserves to be experienced several times, preferably in the darkness and in a state of near exhaustion (and/or informed by psychoactive chemicals). CD with 16-page booklet + Empire of Passion b/w Splice of Life single. Liner notes by Julian Cope." -Superior Viaduct. |
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Artist: FACTRIX Title: Scheintot Format: LP Label: Superior Viaduct Country: USA Price: $17.00 |
| "Arguably the most prescient band of the entire late 70s San Francisco underground, Factrix released just one 7-inch and two pioneering LPs in the early 80s. Formed in 1978 by Cole Palme (one-time member of the LAFMS group Airway) and Bond Bergland (later of Saqqara Dogs), the two initially called themselves Minimal Man and performed a handful of shows along with Patrick Miller (who would go on to have a great solo career under the MM moniker). Soon they enlisted bassist Joseph T. Jacobs (Bay Of Pigs) and emerged from their Mission-district basement with their own unique take on the burgeoning English and New York post-punk scenes. The results were throbbing walls of damaged electronics, grim lyrical musings, droning bass, piercing guitar, and a modified Roland CR-78 played at 1/4 its slowest speed. Factrixs sole studio album, 1981s Scheintot, is a dark, moody, and penetrating work that grows more contemporary every year. Genuinely disturbing at times and often disorientating, it filters the influence of peers such as Cabaret Voltaire and DNA through the sonic and structural sensibilities of The Velvet Underground. An underappreciated masterpiece of the early industrial/No Wave era, Scheintot is a record that compels the listener to lift the needle from the run-out groove and listen again and again. Julian Cope describes it best: Factrixs Scheintot deserves to be experienced several times, preferably in the darkness and in a state of near exhaustion (and/or informed by psychoactive chemicals)." 4-page insert with liner notes by Julian Cope." -Superior Viaduct. |
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Artist: FACTRIX/CAZAZZA Title: California Babylon Format: CD/DVD Label: Superior Viaduct Country: USA Price: $19.00 |
| "California Babylon is a far more sparse and caustic offering than Factixs debut, Scheintot, documenting their live collaboration with notorious artist Monte Cazazza, who along with recording for Throbbing Gristles Industrial label also coined its Industrial Music for Industrial People motto. Originally released on the seminal Subterranean Records in 1982, California Babylon remains one of the best collections of violent guitar and primitive machine-noise resonance ever released. Featuring a musical treatment of the Brion Gysin permutation poem, Kick That Habit Man, with avant-garde percussionist ZEV backing the band. This first time reissue comes from the original analog source. DVD contains bonus material of four studio tracks previously unreleased in the US, the Prescient Dreams single, and a feature-length movie, the so-called Night of the Succubus (live in San Francisco 1981), complete with special appearance by Mark Pauline from Survival Research Labs. NTSC all-region format DVD." -Superior Viaduct. |
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Artist: FACTRIX/CAZAZZA Title: California Babylon Format: LP Label: Superior Viaduct Country: USA Price: $17.00 |
| "California Babylon is a far more sparse and caustic offering than Factrixs debut, Scheintot, documenting their live collaboration with notorious artist Monte Cazazza, who along with recording for Throbbing Gristles Industrial label also coined its Industrial Music for Industrial People motto. Originally released on the seminal Subterranean Records in 1982, California Babylon remains one of the best collections of violent guitar and primitive machine-noise resonance ever released. Featuring a musical treatment of the Brion Gysin permutation poem, Kick That Habit Man, with avant-garde percussionist ZEV backing the band. This first time reissue comes from the original analog source." -Superior Viaduct. |
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Artist: FLYNT, HENRY Title: Graduation Format: Double LP Label: Superior Viaduct Country: USA Price: $25.00 |
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"HENRY FLYNT took a high-brow approach to so-called low-brow music. Combining sounds from his native North Carolina with an avant-garde sensibility honed in New York Citys loft scene in the 1960s, Flynt created what he describes as "new American ethnic music." As a student of Hindustani singer Pandit Pran Nath alongside La Monte Young and Terry Riley, an associate of the Fluxus movement, and even a live collaborator with the Velvet Underground, Flynt was a part of one of the 20th centurys richest art and music milieus. Graduation, recorded between 1975 and 1979, was meant to be the debut of his avant-garde hillbilly music. The albums title track is a slow, twisted ballad that unfolds like a funeral dream over dirge-like country riffs. "Celestial Power," the albums 20-minute closing track, is an entrancing minimalist composition performed strictly with oscillating vibrato guitar. As Flynt explains, "I aspire to a beauty which is ecstatic and perpetual, while at the same time being concretely human and emotionally profound." Shelved upon its completion in 1980, Graduation was not released until after the turn of the century. In 2013, it still sounds years ahead of its time. Includes digital download card." -Superior Viaduct.
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Artist: GERMAN SHEPHERDS Title: Music for Sick Queers Format: LP+7" Label: Superior Viaduct Country: USA Price: $16.00 |
| "Formed by STEPHEN SCHEATZLE and SANDY STARK (aka MARK HUTCHINSON), GERMAN SHEPHERDS grew out of San Franciscos art-punk scene in the early 80s. Their first single, "I Adore You," is a lost minimal synth nugget with an unforgettable rhythm box pattern, and their second, "THC," showcases Starks menacing and child-like vocals. Music for Sick Queers (originally released in 1985) brings together these and more beautifully disturbing songs with electronic noise reminiscent of Allen Ravenstine (Pere Ubu) and the best of The Residents, Suicide and Psychic TV. While more tracks would appear on compilations, such as Mykel Boards infamous The "Youll Hate This Record" Record, German Shepherds themselves virtually disappeared as their self-released album went out-of-print for decades. After years of searching the catacombs, Superior Viaduct finally caught up with only surviving member, Stark, and uncovered the bands secret history growing up in Ohio. This first-time reissue comes from the original master tapes and features a special bonus 7-inch containing previously unreleased material plus archival inserts and a digital download card." -Superior Viaduct. |
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Artist: GRUPPO DI IMPROVVISAZIONE NUOVA CONSONANZA Title: Musica Su Schemi Format: LP Label: Superior Viaduct Country: USA Price: $16.00 |
| Vinyl reissue of their 1976 LP. "In the early 1970s, FRANCO EVANGELISTI assembled GRUPPO DI IMPROVVISAZIONE NUOVA CONSONANZA, a collective of Italian composers that included ENNIO MORRICONE on trumpet. Gruppo aspired to revolutionize composition through group improvisation and-like their peer, Karlheinz Stockhausen-musique concrete, aleatory (controlled chance) techniques and early electronic music. One significant influence in the studio was their use of chess to define key parameters of their music. Musica Su Schemi is unpredictable, fluid and always marked by a tension between the performers and their conscious rejection of traditional forms. Each member of Gruppo would establish themselves as important figures in 20th century music, though no others gained the notoriety of Morricone. Nonetheless, Gruppos influence on modern composition endures. As composer / saxophonist John Zorn explains, "[They] were instrumental in founding a radical tradition of Western musical improvisation that owed little or nothing to anybody and created some of the strangest music ever made." Packaged with new artwork and a digital download card." -Superior Viaduct. |
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Artist: MONITOR Title: S/T Format: CD Label: Superior Viaduct Country: USA Price: $15.00 |
| "An errant project of suburban Los Angeles art collective World Imitation Productions, MONITOR was the sonic outlet of four young artists grappling with their terror and amazement in the convergence of the late 1970s punk scene and Southern Californias consumerist decadence. As with the collectives visual artwork and events, Monitor blends archaic influences with modern technology into one of the eras most curious albums. Eerie synthesizer, menacing guitar leads and morose vocal chants make "In Terrae Interium" an evocative ballad of paranoia. "I Saw Dead Jims Shade" showcases Monitors idiosyncratic vocal interplay in a sinister tale of a stolen hand. When "Hair" required a tempo beyond Monitors instrumental chops, the band appropriated THE MEAT PUPPETS to record the track for them. Acquainted at first through mail art, World Imitation found a kindred spirit in DEVO associate ED BARGER, who meticulously recorded this LP in 1980, burying the presence of shrieking cats, closing doors and tape loops deep in the mix. Monitor associated with the original Hollywood punk scene but often met with ambivalence for their incongruity in the face of the movements increasingly codified appearance and sound. Loosely aligned with like-minded pioneers such as Nervous Gender, Human Hands, BPeople and NON, who together constituted the sub-scene known as the Associated Skull Bands, Monitor operated in its own space within a progressive, diverse musical milieu. Few groups so deftly encapsulate the existential dread and delight particular to Southern Californias antiquated culture of artifice. First-time reissue of only album, originally released in 1981. CD contains three bonus tracks." -Superior Viaduct. |
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Artist: NOH MERCY Title: Noh Mercy Format: LP Label: Superior Viaduct Country: USA Price: $16.00 |
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"We are extremely honored to announce NOH MERCYs debut release -- a mere 33 years after it was recorded. You may know these San Francisco legends from Fast Products Earcom #3 compilation. Well, lost recordings have been uncovered at last and offered to the world. Truly incredible.
Formed in San Francisco in 1977, NOH MERCY was comprised of only two women: Esmerelda and Tony Hotel. The bands motto was "No Boys On Guitars" as a reaction against male-dominated rock n roll. They didnt need boys or guitars. They harnessed the angularity of DEVO, the punk/poet attitude of PATTI SMITH, and the art spectacle of ROXY MUSIC, all ground down to a minimalist core of voice and drums. Their only two previously released songs -- "No Caucasian Guilt" and "Revolutionary Spy" -- have long been considered essential recordings within Post-Punk/No Wave collector circles and by fans of other late 70s "girl" groups, such as X-RAY SPEX, THE SLITS, and THE RAINCOATS.
This album contains almost entirely unreleased material, unheard for over thirty years. Recorded by Fluxus artist and electronics genius Tommy Tadlock (TUXEDOMOON) during their peak in 1979. As prescient as bands come, NOH MERCY preceded the defiant queer rebellion of Riot Grrrl and the frenetic art minimalism of the early 21st century by decades.
LP on clear vinyl with 8-page insert." - Superior Viaduct. Very highly recommended! |
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Artist: NOH MERCY Title: s/t Format: CD Label: Superior Viaduct Country: USA Price: $15.00 |
| "Formed in San Francisco in 1977, Noh Mercy was comprised of only two women: Esmerelda and Tony Hotel. The bands motto was No Boys On Guitars as a reaction against male-dominated rock n roll. They didnt need boys or guitars. They harnessed the angularity of Devo, the punk/poet attitude of Patti Smith, and the art spectacle of Roxy Music, all ground down to a minimalist core of voice and drums. Their only two previously released songs -- No Caucasian Guilt and Revolutionary Spy -- have long been considered essential recordings within post-punk/no wave collector circles and by fans of other late 70s girl groups, such as X-Ray Spex, The Slits, and the Raincoats. This album contains almost entirely unreleased material, unheard for over thirty years. Recorded by Fluxus artist and electronics genius Tommy Tadlock (Tuxedomoon) during their peak in 1979. As prescient as bands come, Noh Mercy preceded the defiant queer rebellion of riot grrrl and the frenetic art minimalism of the early 21st century by decades." - Superior Viaduct. |
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Artist: REV, MARTIN Title: S/T Format: LP Label: Superior Viaduct Country: USA Price: $16.00 |
| "In 1980, shortly after SUICIDEs second full-length, MARTIN REV released his first solo album on preeminent No Wave label Infidelity (Lust/Unlust). Uninhibited by the trappings of a collaborator, Rev was freed to explore his most experimental and pop leanings with dirty synths, dark melodies and dreamlike textures, and produced a masterpiece of modern alienation that captures a uniquely New York landscape. Echoing other electronic forerunners such as Silver Apples and Kraftwerk, and foreshadowing the work of Aphex Twin and Air, Revs solo outing rests firmly in the lineage of unnerving sounds from the furthest fringe of maladjustment. Includes an insert with a new Rev interview by musician / critic ALAN LICHT, as well as a digital download card." -Superior Viaduct. |
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Artist: SLEEPERS, THE Title: Painless Nights Format: LP Label: Superior Viaduct Country: USA Price: $16.00 |
| "THE SLEEPERS broke up at least once before their first show on Christmas Day 1977 at Mabuhay Gardens, San Franciscos center of the underground universe. While intensely unpredictable singer RICKY WILLIAMS played in other bands such as CRIME and TOILING MIDGETS, The Sleepers were on their own rock n roll planet-somewhere between punk, post-punk and psychedelic. As Joe Carducci wrote in Rock and the Pop Narcotic, "The Sleepers were an awesome powerhouse live. They were an appropriate refinement of The Stooges, and what Joy Division might have developed into had they the balls." 1981s Painless Nights is their only album. From the opening tracks "When Can I Fly?" and "Walk Away" (featuring ALEX GIBSON & TOM RECCHION of BPEOPLE), Painless Nights captures The Sleepers fluid and volatile sound. Guitarist MICHAEL BELFERs lo-fi textures and incisive riffs serve as the perfect counterpoint to Williamss improvisational lyrics. Perhaps if the band had not broken up for the last time soon after its release, this amazing record would be even more known today. This first-time reissue comes from the original analog source and features a new insert with liner notes by Carducci and includes a digital download card." -Superior Viaduct. |
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Artist: SLEEPERS, THE Title: S/T Format: 7" Label: Superior Viaduct Country: USA Price: $10.00 |
| "THE SLEEPERS debut five-song EP, originally released in 1978, is one of the truly essential records to come out of California in the late 70s. It is 100% punk in spirit and yet avoids every punk cliche. The bands original lineup of RICKY WILLIAMS, MICHAEL BELFER, PAUL DRAPER and TIM MOONEY operates here as a machine-a temperamental one rattling in unison. Opener "Seventh World" trudges through many tempos without repeating a single one, while Williamss astonishing, Robo-fueled voice douses the microphone with esoteric imagery. Each track creates a new template for psychedelic rock and discards it by the time the next one begins. This record inexplicably transcends the mere sum of its parts. First-time reissue in its proper 7-inch format, from original master tapes." -Superior Viaduct. |
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Artist: URINALS, THE Title: Another EP Format: 7" Label: Superior Viaduct Country: USA Price: $10.00 |
| "Originally released in 1979 on the bands own Happy Squid Records, THE URINALS second 7-inch picks up where their first left off. Bookended by the slow-building pressure of "Black Hole" (covered by The Gun Club and Grass Widow, among others) and rapid-fire surge of "Ack Ack Ack Ack" (famously covered by the Minutemen), Another EP shows what happens when dynamic songwriting meets condensed attitude. Essential recordings that are best appreciated in small doses, repeated over and over and over. Limited edition color vinyl." -Superior Viaduct. |
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Artist: URINALS, THE Title: S/T Format: 7" Label: Superior Viaduct Country: USA Price: $10.00 |
| "Hailing from the late-70s underground of Los Angeles, THE URINALS were often called "the American Wire" for their graceful tension, wild energy and trademark brevity. Recorded with a sole microphone and guitar / bass running through a single amplifier, their debut 1978 EP defies its limitations while defining The Urinals unique aesthetic. "Dead Flowers," "Hologram" and "Last Days of Man on Earth" are not simply classic songs, they are venerable punk haiku-raw and unrestrained. Limited edition color vinyl." -Superior Viaduct. |
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Artist: URINALS, THE Title: Sex/Go Away Format: 7" Label: Superior Viaduct Country: USA Price: $10.00 |
| "THE URINALS third 7-inch, from 1980, demonstrates the groups increased technical proficiency and fuller production that the same members would later bring to their next project, 100 FLOWERs, under which moniker they produced an outstanding album (also available on Superior Viaduct). "Sex" and "Go Away Girl" (penned by David Nolte of The Last) are propulsive, lo-fi statements that lay waste to the A-side in under three minutes-classic Urinals form. Faithfully restored with test tones on the B-side to ensure your hi-fi is set properly for these sounds. Limited edition color vinyl." -Superior Viaduct. |