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

also, holy shit the drumming on everything but special mention Let the World Turn

also the songwriting is really really hooky, every song is really instantly hummable, I have a premonition of a T Mobile ad.

chorus to "Where Do We Go From Here" is totally Bloc Party.

but yes, we can keep coming up with associations but on its own this is a pretty awesome record. the ending of Politicians, as mentioned upthread, is amazing. esp. on headphones with the fucked up eq-ing and panning it never fails goosebumpwise.

list of all acts that comes into my mind while listening to this record:
stooges,mc5,saints,alice cooper,dammned,ramones,new bomb turks,love,wipers,new york dolls.

Glad to hear its on Itunes, coulndt find it this weekend in any store.

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".
Yeah, that was my initial impression too. I'll have to give it another listen.

fwiw i actually didn't know the whole backstory when a friend had sent me politicians in my eyes, or what race they were.

The comments on the iTunes page for this from the Chuck Schuldiner death-metal band fans bitching about how they shouldn't be allowed to have this name crack me up.

want to add my voice to the praise here -- record kicks serious ass. believe the hype!

yeah, I downloaded this. Pretty fucking awesome. and i concur with the post above about the hilarity of the Itunes comments.

I really dig this album.

yeah i kinda love this and if it's totally not to be so special can somebody point me to non-stooges shit that sounds like this so i can keep this vibe happening

you heard sonic's rendezvous? pretty sweet motor city rock from the 70s ...

i'll take a peek. thx!

not exactly like Death, really, but the Death record kinda put me in the mood to listen to them ...

list of all acts that comes into my mind while listening to this record:
stooges,mc5,saints,alice cooper,dammned,ramones,new bomb turks,love,wipers,new york dolls,love
― Zeno, Sunday, 12 April 2009 11:37 (1 month ago) Permalink

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Yeah Wipers was what I was gonna say right there.

This whole record is fucking great, been playing it a lot in the last month or so. That one song with the slow quiet creepy intro reminded me of 'Becoming A Man' by the Meatmen when I threw it on first... which I only mention cos it got me thinking that I'm sort of surprised I've never heard a dude like Tesco Vee mention this band... like in terms of age, location, tastes and collector obsessiveness he would have been in exactly the right place to be down with these guys at the time. I guess I'm just astonished the 7" slipped through the cracks as much as it did, maybe the obsessive KBD collector types have known about it for a while but...

yeah "keep on knocking" was comped on a KBDish LP called "staring down the barrel," but that didn't even come out until 2005. rad record, though.

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".

― Reatards Unite, Friday, April 10, 2009 6:23 PM (1 month ago) Bookmark

this is straight up bullshit btw

haha, true.
i'm going to try to get my band to cover "keep on knocking" -- that is a superclassic jam. they should be playing it on classic rock radio! it'd be huge.

not that the backstory here isn't interesting/unique, but if the record sucked, i don't think people would be raving about it.

and honestly, i was a little skeptical before hearing the record BECAUSE of the backstory, since I've bought supposed "lost classics" before and been kinda disappointed

yeah, this one kind of stands on its own, even if it was three white dudes from Gross Point

it's not the second coming of fun house or anything, but I'd put it up against a good MC5 or wipers album.

haven't been able to find this on vinyl :(

but i guess i haven't been lookin hard

someone do a poll of lost classic albums

Let The World Turn def has a bit of Love-y feel to it

that's the first thing I thought of when I heard that track

my fav track on the album

holy shit this whole thing is fucking awesome

like just rocked out in my living room to politicians in my eyes

think i'm gonna go drive around with this playin realllllllllllll loud

yeah, I love that song a little bit I think

the prog vibe in "politicians" also remind me of the great 70's dutch bands:earth & fire and shocking blue

There's no way this holds up to "a good Wipers album" (which I'll take to mean any of the first three). It's an impressive, even amazing artifact for its time, but the songwriting isn't to the level of the early Wipers. Find me something by Death that's as fiercely articulate as "Telepathic Love" or "Tragedy" and then we'll talk.

Let The World Turn def has a bit of Love-y feel to it

Yeah it's totally something off Forever Changes but punked up a lot. There's an element of 'turn everything up loud, throw a load of shit against the wall and see what sticks' about this album, and that it's appeal. Like a band trying to work out the rules of punk and metal before either existed, and the bits that are outside those rules are some of the most enjoyable.

I guess it depends how you feel about the wipers... it's not better than a great wipers album like youth of america but I definitely enjoy the death album more than is this real? (feel free to insert whatever wipers album you don't think represents their pinnacle)

oh man there isn't much I can imagine liking in this vein more than Is This Real but then again that record took a beating in the Wipers poll. I think the fact that you would prefer it says a lot about the strength of the record. I've only heard the single, need to hear the whole thing.

Holy fuck I just listened to Politicians In My Eyes three times in a row on that blog link way upthread. I need this.

I totally second the Sonics Rendezvous Band recommendation.

Also recommended....
SUCK - The Whip

Radio Birdman, in a more direct and straight down the barrel sorta way?

The bassist and drummer are now the leaders of a reggae band called Lambsbread
anyone heard?

or The 4th Movement?

definitely hear a lot of Arthur Lee in the vocal delivery/lyrics here -- going to go ahead and assume Death were/are fans ...

haven't been able to find this on vinyl :(

I found it in the meantime, but I did notice that keith fullerton whitman's store seems to have the lp in stock:
http://www.mimaroglumusicsales.com/artists/death.html

oh i found it on saturday lol

hahaha.

haven't been able to find this on vinyl :(

I found it in the meantime, but I did notice that keith fullerton whitman's store seems to have the lp in stock:
http://www.mimaroglumusicsales.com/artists/death.html

you can also try www.tictactotally.com

or The 4th Movement?

http://heavenly-grooves.blogspot.com/2007/03/4th-movement-4th-movement-1980.html

hell jah thx dude!

really diggin this 4th movement shit