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

what happened to the guitar sound?

did i mention that i found an original copy of their one and only 45 last weekend? sounds great. definitely worth the dollar i paid for it.

Nice!

that live song on tv is rubbish. sounds like clean generic 70s rock. "politicians in my eyes" from 1975 though is absolutely phantastic. tight drumming, an expressive voice and a great riff which is shred to pieces by the distorted guitars at the end. wow!

Congrats Scott! This band rules.

so mos def is involved in that doc somehow?

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

― tylerw

yeah, esp after listening to this after hearing the recent Love Lost thing that sundazed put out

The only problem with this album is it's just not long enough. Discovered this recently after the ILX album countdown and, seriously, what an amazing record. Punk-rock all the way through but I can also hear little hints of the Moody Blues, Television, Love, Earth Wind & Fire, Sabbath, Parliament and loads of others. Probably the best thign I've heard so far this year.

The only other problem is that, because they're an African-American punk band, I feel like I should feel guilty about immediately being able to hear Arthur Lee, Phil Lynott, Jimi Hendrix etc... in their music. I wonder if I'd make those connections if I'd thought they were white, or if these influences really are so obvious.

BASEMENT OF WHAT WAS ONCE KNOWN AS GROOVESVILLE STUDIOS - DETROIT, MI - May 7th, 2010
"After searching for almost eight hours, I removed a box with a Master in it and vaguely saw some big red letters on the box below it. I shinned the light on this box to clearly see the writing in big red letters DEATH. I screamed with excitement DEATH!!, DEATH!!, DEATH!! Everyone in the building starting to scream and wildly cheer and applause. Upon seeing those tapes, it brought it all back, David had written those big red letters on the tape. Engineer Jim Vitti had jokingly drew a skull and crossbones on the box after the name to which David did not like telling him “We are not that kind of Death”. I was full of emotion, I cried. We were all elated, Jacque was elated, I called up Dannis who was in Vermont and he began to joyfully celebrate. I thought about David. If David were here with us all that has happened to Death up to this point would pale in comparison to what we found today. The tapes were right where Brian said they were sitting there awaiting us for 34 years." - Bobby Hackney

Spiritual, Mental, Physical is the new Death CD/LP and it will be released 01/25/11.

wow

so ... what is this? different songs than what was on the Drag City record? if so, awesome. was just listening to for the whole world to see.

these guys fucking rocked my shit when i saw them live btw

better than every other punk band i saw that weekend

really wish there was more to be unearthed somewhere.

― paper plans (tipsy mothra), Wednesday, April 8, 2009 1:08 PM (1 year ago) Bookmark

tipsy to thread!

holy shit

yeah, and there's a song on this that twists up (of all things) the Beatles' melody into something white-hot.

WHOOOOOAHHHH SHIIIIIiITTTTTTTTT so excited!!!!!

otm

Sweet!

WOWWAAAAAAAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

FUCK YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Nice.

i would like to point out that my thread title has been otm in this thread

why does black people wants to rock

so just curious... would anyone like this band without the dramatic story that is attached to it? i haven't heard it, but i have to say that i'm pretty skeptical about all the hype.

i would like this band even if i knew nothing about them

yeah I could give a fuck about the dramatic backstory

is the backstory even all that dramatic?

other than like, cool band no one ever heard about in the 70s is cool

black guys made a record, lost it

they're just a good band. if ...for all the world to see had come out way back when, people would still be listening to it and talking about it.

...for the whole world to see, or like that

black guys made a record, lost it

yeah, boring in its boiled-down state, but I think many elements of the story tie rather comfortably into our society's increasingly unquenchable thirst for some kind of authentic, uncommodified expression. which is why I asked.

i mean, the context of it makes it a "story", sure ... but no one would care if the record really sucked. there are lots of bands from back in the day that made records that don't really deserve to be rediscovered.

but most aren't *black* *punk* bands (before punk existed) who mysteriously disappeared off the face of the planet. honestly, I think this would have played very differently in the media if it were some young white guys.

I don't care how it played in the media - the music is great. Context isn't everything.

if you want authentic uncommodified expression you listen to tonetta, death just made a good rock n roll record

honestly, I think this would have played very differently in the media if it were some young white guys.
sure it might not have gotten as much attention -- it's a unique story. but the music is good. it rocks, you should check it out. whether it was made by black dudes, white dudes, whatever dudes. i

I heard the song "Politicians" a few minutes ago. It sounded pretty much what I thought it would sound like. It was fine, but not really my bag; I wouldn't have given it much thought without the story. The most notable thing to me was the bizarre drum/guitar interplay at the beginning, which seemed to me to be a little forced and awkward. I'm also not really a fan of most of the bands that people are using as reference points to describe Death, so I guess it doesn't surprise me that I wouldn't choose to listen to this (at least based on that song).

man i dunno i think the same vinyl collector scum like meself would be going bonkers about this no matter what, forgotten awesome lost 70s hard rock records are virtually a cottage industry at this point

drag city puts out a lot of stuff in the vein, like gary higgins red hash got a lot of attention (different genre but same great lost album thing) and he's a ginger hippie

m also not really a fan of most of the bands that people are using as reference points to describe Death, so I guess it doesn't surprise me that I wouldn't choose to listen to this (at least based on that song).

okay? i'm not really sure what ax yr trying to grind here, then

I think this would have played very differently in the media if it were some young white guys.

― Lazarus Niles-Burnham (res), Thursday, October 14, 2010 12:19 PM (11 minutes ago) Bookmark

true of everything, therefore meaningless. what if prince had been white? what if bruce springsteen had been chinese? i'm sure things would have played very differently...

relax guys. deep breath. you are not your music.

no shit

breathing deep, relaxing.

not pissed, just mystified.

plus yeah, if you don't worship the MC5/stooges/love/etc., then the odds that you're gonna freak out about the death record are pretty slim.

relax guys, he just dropped in to opine on some music in a style he doesn't like that he thinks you're being manipulated by the media into liking, no biggie

The riffing at the end of the song Politicians in My Eyes is absolutely killer.

let's not get our panties in a bunch, Edward.

also, i never mentioned media manipulation. I suggested a cultural proclivity-- the same one that suddenly turned the lowest brow food in the world, bacon, into some shit that people go around bragging about.

no, it's cool, I like to engage in irritating behavior and then respond with condescension when ppl get irritated, too