sean - please do make that available as an mp3. i'd like to hear it, even just out of curiosity. i adore 'dead eyes opened'. joakim from tigersushi has done a really excellent re edit of it that should be out soon. i was a bit wary as it's such a sacred song but he has done a very respectful job.
i never knew that ink records ripped them off but i have to say, if it wasn't for ink releasing their stuff over here, i don't think i'd have discovered them until much later when nettwerk started putting their music out.
and dan, i used to be mad about skinny puppy but i can't say i have put on any of there records in the last decade whereas severed heads are always on my stereo. most people in the uk probably only know 'greater reward' and think they made house records as it was a huge dancefloor hit in the summer of love ('88). that piano - mmmmmm!
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― (Jon L), Saturday, 4 September 2004 23:47 (nineteen years ago) link
rotund for success is easily my favorite album of theirs. "greater reward", it's b-side "nation", "all saints day", and "big car" all should've been huger than huge.
in the earlier days of sevcom.com, they were offering the entire catalog as a free download. a friend of mine has all of it on one mp3 cd. it's impressive and humbling.
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― the surface noise (slight return) (electricsound), Thursday, 4 November 2004 02:06 (nineteen years ago) link
I'd buy something if I ever saw them around.
And Jim, do you still have Priviledge?
― Sasha on a different PC, Thursday, 4 November 2004 05:42 (nineteen years ago) link
i've always thought "Dead Eyes Opened" to be one of Ellard's less interesting works. on the other hand, "Canine" OWNS.
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― The Ghost of Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Saturday, 2 April 2005 13:51 (nineteen years ago) link
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHH!!
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― stirmonster (stirmonster), Sunday, 3 April 2005 02:20 (nineteen years ago) link
Am I right to believe that very few o.s. Heads fans are aware of their earlier material, from Since The Accident backwards to Blubberknife (but not the crap Ear Bitten before that one)? This early Heads phase is pure gold, my friends.
― moley, Sunday, 3 April 2005 03:11 (nineteen years ago) link
― stirmonster (stirmonster), Sunday, 3 April 2005 03:17 (nineteen years ago) link
Also, those old Ink records are not too hard to find used.. at least in the states, probably even easier in the UK, Australia, and/or NZ.
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― stirmonster (stirmonster), Sunday, 3 April 2005 08:08 (nineteen years ago) link
The most danceable Severed Heads album is probably Rotund For Success, which is the only album to get an LTM reissue. So that's your best bet. Then again, there's nothing like "Dead Eyes Opened" on it.. the Racic produced "All Saints Day" comes closest, but it sounds closer to late 80s New Order dance type stuff more than anything else (which isn't a bad thing!).
Severed Heads aren't a dance oriented type band.. they just have/had a dance facet (as of 1983) that's part of their overall strange, beautiful architecture.. if that makes sense. I could easily imagine an indie rock cover tribute album for Severed Heads just as easily as a techno tribute album for Severed Heads.
― donut debonair (donut), Sunday, 3 April 2005 08:17 (nineteen years ago) link
Did I mention that Since The Accident is one of the greatest albums ever?
― donut debonair (donut), Sunday, 3 April 2005 08:23 (nineteen years ago) link
ps-see you thursday stirmonster! I've been getting nervy!
― Ronan (Ronan), Sunday, 3 April 2005 08:25 (nineteen years ago) link
It's up for 48 hours replay, so latecomers might still be able to buy a ticket in that window? Worth it just to hear Tom doing a Beatles cover.
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