Since it's probably the best rock record that's going to come out this year: Death (detroit proto punk not metal band) - "...For The Whole World To See" Thread

that's kinda good enough I suppose.

actually, i said they didn't sound like Bad Brains too quickly. Freakin' out sounds a little bit Bad Brainsy vocally. But probably not the most obvious reference.

If by hardcore you mean 'playing really really fast' that has an element of truth I think xxxp
yeah that's basically what i mean

wasn't hardcore just playing punk really fast?

It sounds like I definitely need this.

i would be real surprised if you didn't like it bill

It sounds like it-I read the NYT article when it came out, and I was intrigued-but this thread is sealing the deal.

drag city reissues department is on a ROLL

Red Hash....Bill Fay...those are two i've gotten fairly recently what else?

Nimrod Workman if that counts as a reissue

Yahowa13 Magnificence in the Memory - June 23, 2009

also that JT IV thing from last year is worth hunting down

this is pretty nice. like the guitar stabs on "politicians". never heard of these guys before.

i mostly meant the JTIV, death, royal trux reissues, and the upcoming george-edwards group LP

too bad their catalog isnt bigger. Someone could start a Death v. Death poll. These guys would have to be really good to win that.

i dont understand...this band was from the 70s, but they're releasing their first album now? are they dead?

oh d'oh maybe i should read that times piece

whoa this is good

wow...this is great.

I hear some judas preist in rock n roll victim, mostly in the guitar. Politicians in my eyes sounds kind of post-punk to me.

wow...this is great.

hell yes. i love this record. sounds plenty punky to me, or proto-punky, whatever. it rocks. really wish there was more to be unearthed somewhere.

yeah it's a bit like that crushed butler EP, you want more (but this is way better than crushed butler)

Politicians in my eyes sounds kind of post-punk to me.

yeah, that's what I thought when somebody leonardo'd the single last year. if I closed my eyes and ignored the chorus I'd say it was a ruts outtake.

Woo, sounds intriguing!

"Since it's probably the best rock record that's going to come out this year"

sad, cause it's a 70's record,but probably true.
will rock music ever be GREAT again?

a: yes
b: this is admittedly ten kinds of k-awesome

will rock music ever be GREAT again?

great rock music is still around, it's just hard to find

kind of like death was in the 70s

can't stop listening to this. the outro to 'politicians' is insanely good. the way it just keeps on going, but they incrementally amp it way up into the red, rallizes/mainliner-style...? amazing.

and so is the intro.

and the rest.

yeah dude rock music has been really good lately!

i don't really have anything to say about this album except that i bought it and it's great

and the fresh air thing is probably worth listening to

beside the obvious influences (stooges, heavy metal...), am i the only one who feels the WIPERS vibe here?

the whole album is beyond great, but the last track is beyond-beyond great.
jaw dropping stuff

is this available on vinyl??

was wondering that myself. seems like not too many copies were pressed. forced exposure has it on their site but I'll bet that's just out-of-date.

is this available on vinyl??

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gbx i got mine at fetus...last copy...i don't think they have any new stock coming in..

treehouse is out i know, so is eclipse

i would try: cheapos (fridley can be a good hookup)...maybe call roadrunner

This is great, got it on iTunes last night, the $6.93 price seemed to good to pass up.

not on emusic :(

ooh good to know it's on itunes for that price -- i think i've got a gift certificate for jsut about that amount. and yeah, it does break my heart that drag city is not on emusic -- i'd be able to easily plug a bunch of gaps in my collection if it were the case ...

oh bummer. i'll check the cheapo down the street, but doubt i'll be out in fridley anytime soon

This album is clearly more "whoa three black dudes from Detroit playing rock music that hasn't seen the light of day in 30 years - let me jump on the bandwagon" than "whoa this album just blew me away".

they couldn't fool you!

POWER MEET TRUTH

ENJOY THE SAMEOCRACY, SHEEPLE!

im so deflated that i've been found out :(

don't worry, we'll always have sir lord baltimore

haha, any reissue of obscurity thread wouldn't be complete without a "dude, it was forgotten for a reason!" post.

love is real not fade away

yeah it's a bit like that crushed butler EP, you want more (but this is way better than crushed butler)

uh, no and no. i mean, they're both EPs so that's true, but CB were more on a heavy UK post-blues/pre-glam/proto-metal thing. the second no is obv a matter of personal taste, but CB pretty much hit on every song, death is a little spotty.

just to clear things up:
this album is actually a collection of their singles.

Also one that could almost be Bad Brains, a decade early.

yeah, no way that beatles thing is an accident. and the drum/bass solos are kind of a waste.

xp Or half a decade, three quarters, whatever. (Nothing on the first one made me think Bad Brains, fwiw -- talked about that upthread, I think. And obviously I'm still not saying this means Bad Brains actually heard them back then, or anything.)

Don't the liner notes say something about that one song being their tribute to the Beatles, actually? (Don't have the CD booklet in front of me.)

Playing California in February:

Friday, February 25, 2011 - San Francisco, CA @ Slim's w/ Zolar X
Saturday, February 26, 2011 - Los Angeles, CA @ Echoplex w/ RTX

"Politicians In My Eyes" features on a very very good compilation of proto-punk from Kris Needs.

Hmm. Picked this up on a whim today based on how much I loved last year's, hadn't read this thread revive first. Still, hoping theres some good stuff on here.

http://www.daytrotter.com/dt/death-concert/20054728-3738356.html

DRAFTHOUSE FILMS TO RELEASE "A BAND CALLED DEATH"
OFFICIAL SELECTION FOR SXSW 2013 DOCUMENTARY FILM
HEAR AN UNRELEASED DEMO OF "POLITICIANS IN MY EYES"
ROUGH FRANCIS SET TO PLAY SXSW

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Drafthouse Films, the film distribution arm of the Alamo Drafthouse Cinema, announced today the acquisition of North American rights to Jeff Howlett and Mark Covino’s riveting rockumentary A Band Called Death, which is set to screen at this year’s SXSW Film Festival in the “24 Beats Per Second” film category. The film chronicles rebirth and rise to cult stardom of early-’70s African-American “proto-punk” trio Death, following a new generation’s discovery of a virtually unheard demo tape more than 30 years later. A theatrical and VOD release for A Band Called Death is scheduled for this summer.

About A Band Called Death

Before Bad Brains, the Sex Pistols and the Ramones, there was Death. Formed in 1971 by three teenage brothers in Detroit, Michigan, the African-American group is widely acknowledged as being one of the first punk bands. After years of struggling with canceled contracts, increasing debts, inner family tragedy, and a controversial name that barred them from future success, Death sold off their instruments and disbanded with their recordings laying dormant in an attic for decades. After years of silence, Death’s moment finally arrived following unexpected demand from rabid internet fans and record collectors which ushered renowned appreciation and a swarm of national media attention that has now secured their place in the annals of rock history. Detroit-born Jack White of The White Stripes said in the New York Times : “the first time the stereo played (Death) I couldn’t believe what I was hearing. When I was told the history of the band and what year they recorded this music, it just didn’t make sense. Ahead of punk, and ahead of their time.”

http://vimeo.com/61023981

i just listened to this again for the first time in a while and was like damn

saw the doc last night. was good, but the moving photo thing was bugging the fuck outta me.

i hate the way they make documentaries now

yeah that is a pretty irritating effect, about as over-used as the ken burns slow photo pan.

i take it there's no actual footage of the band from the 70s?

there's a bit

was thinking of driving down to boston to see it tomorrow night (presented by its director), but got equally indifferent word from a friend who's a fan both of the band and of fringe music docs. so maybe i'll just watch it on compuder.

Anybody heard anything from Death III yet? (beyond "North Street")

http://pitchfork.com/news/53844-death-to-release-archival-collection-death-iii-share-north-street/

On one hand, watching the documentary a few weeks ago has me excited to hear more, but there was already a sense of scraping the barrel a little with the last one, so my hopes aren't exactly super high.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=klCL0krHKqc

Superiority of the third collection to the second collection is inarguable & inexplicable.

Really? That's great to hear, maybe I will pick this up after all!

huh I spun "Free" on the radio yesterday just to check it out a bit, I look forward to playing other songs off this in the coming weeks.

it did not sound like I expected it to, very Hendrix vibe

Death and the Collector: The Blinkered Music Geekery in ‘A Band Called Death’

Can someone help me understand what this piece is trying to say? Something bad about white collector geeks, but what exactly?

it is saying that record collectors are white geeks in glasses (the horror), and that their enthusiasms are contemptible

Heya, so new album from the current lineup out soon annnnnd...I interviewed 'em.

http://www.factmag.com/2015/03/15/detroit-proto-punk-band-death-on-n-e-w-album/