[Cover and Tribvtes XI] Ian Dury Tribute - Brand New Boots and Panties

After Ian Dury's death in 2000, some artists and musicians gathered themselves up to record a tribute album to the fallen one. The album name mocks that of Ian Dury's classic 1977 record: "New Boots and Panties!!!".

Among the people who appeared to record this tribute are Sinead O'connor, the british guys from Madness, the beautiful Shane MacGowan and, to the surprise of everyone: Sir Paul McCartney!

How the hell did the ex-beatle happen to be here, I'm not sure, but his version of "Partial to your Abracadabra" is probably the best thing he has ever done since 1973.

1. Sinead O'Connor With The Blockheads - Wake Up And Make Love With Me (4:58)
2. Robbie Williams and The Blockheads - Sweet Gene Vincent (4:07)
3. Paul McCartney & The Blockheads - I'm Partial To Your Abracadabra (3:31)
4. Madness - My Old Man (3:13)
5. Billy Brag And The Blokes - Billericay Dickie (4:43)
6. Wreckless Eric and The Blockheads - Clevor Trever (6:15)
7. Cerys Matthews and The Blockheads - If I Was With A Woman (3:34)
8. Grant Nicholas and The Blockheads - Blockheads (4:07)
9. Shane MacGowan and The Blockheads - Plaistow Patricia (4:03)
10. Keith Allen and The Blockheads - Blackmail Man (2:14)

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On an unrelated note, this is the 100th post of the blog. And today is 10/10. And this album has 10 songs. And right now is, according to my watch: 10:00am. That means something, right? Any Inca prophecies?

[Covers and Tribvtes III] Bryan Ferry - Dylanesque (2007)

Great news, everyone!
Noel Gallagher, from Oasis, was kind enough to send us a quick message. Noel has been a follower of the site since its beginning back in 1997. Noel and Liam always kept close contact with the website. In 2002, Jesvs Cristvs was the first website to broadcast their hit single "The Hindu Times", even before mTV.com.

Noel's message:


Thanks a lot, mate!

On an unrelated note, this is Bryan Ferry's (ex lead-singer from Roxy Music) album from 2007: Dylanesque. It comprises of eleven covers of Bob Dylan.

Ferry is a pretty talented folk, and these versions are all really interesting. The album sold quite well back then and even scored a Top 10 in the UK and in Sweden(like someone would care about Sweden's top charts).

All tracks composed by Bob Dylan:

1. "Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues" – 3:50
2. "Simple Twist of Fate" – 5:18
3. "Make You Feel My Love" – 3:22
4. "The Times They Are a-Changin'" – 3:40
5. "All I Really Want to Do" – 2:29
6. "Knockin' on Heaven's Door" – 6:13
7. "Positively Fourth Street" – 3:45
8. "If Not for You" – 2:40
9. "Baby, Let Me Follow You Down" – 2:13
10. "Gates of Eden" – 5:12
11. "All Along the Watchtower" – 3:46

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[Covers and Tribvtes - I] Rush - Feedback (2004)

From wikipedia.com:
"Feedback is a studio EP by Canadian rock band Rush, released in 2004. The album features eight covers of songs that were influential for the band members during the 1960's."

Great versions by a band I've never been a big fan of. "For What It's Worth" is still one of the best songs ever written.

1. "Summertime Blues" (Eddie Cochran, arr. by Blue Cheer/The Who) – 3:43
2. "Heart Full of Soul" (Graham Gouldman, arr. by The Yardbirds) – 2:52
3. "For What It's Worth" (Stephen Stills, arr. by Buffalo Springfield) – 3:30
4. "The Seeker" (Pete Townshend, arr. by The Who) – 3:27
5. "Mr. Soul" (Neil Young, arr. by Buffalo Springfield) – 3:51
6. "Seven and Seven Is" (Arthur Lee, arr. by Love) – 2:53
7. "Shapes of Things" (The Yardbirds) – 3:16
8. "Crossroads" (Robert Johnson, arr. by Cream) – 3:27

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Big Daddy - Sgt. Pepper's (1992)

Another Sgt. Pepper tribute album in less than a week, this is how previsible this blog is. Anyway, this won't be a problem since we all love hearing what people do to the Beatles's songs.

Big Daddy used to be a parody band from Los Angelos in the eighties. They were famous for playing well-known classics in 50's style. "When I'm Sixty Four" is now a doo-wop ballad. "Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds" is turned into rockabilly. "A Day in The Life" sounds like as if it were made by Buddy Holly. And I love it all.

Big Daddy performing their version of the title-track on a german tv show. (skip to 1 minute):



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Ps: thanks to Jaypee Murphy who showed me this album by sending an email to jesvscristvs@gmail.com. Send your emails to us with suggestions too!

Tom Tom Club - Tom Tom Club (1981)

Tom Tom Club was formed in the early eighties by Tina Weymouth and Chris Frantz. You probably already know Tina as the mysterious-pretty-blonde-bass-player from the Talking Heads. Frantz is also a former member of the Talking Heads, although you probably don't remember him.

Tom Tom got really famous with the two big hits: Wordy Rappinghood and Genius Of Love. If you were a youngster in the early eighties, you probably will recall these two tunes.

Oh, boy. Weren't those the best times? Dancing in those good old discothéques until dawn? Oh yeah. Fun times.

Wordy Rappinghood is one of those songs you just can't stop listening to. Its chorus's lyrics might be one of the most poetic things ever written since the beginning of times:

"Ramsamsam a ramsamsam
Goediekoediekoediekoedie ramsamsam
Ajkaja jippie ajkajee
Ahoe ahoe a rikitsjie"

1. "Wordy Rappinghood" – 6:27
2. "Genius of Love" – 5:34
3. "Tom Tom Theme" – 1:24
4. "L'Elephant" – 4:51
5. "As Above, So Below" – 5:22
6. "Lorelei" – 5:05
7. "On, On, On On..." – 3:33
8. "Booming and Zooming" – 4:35
9. "Under the Boardwalk" – 5:46
10. "Lorelei" (Remix Version) – 6:17

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Yoko Ono - Between My Head and Sky (2009)

When I was just a kid who thought Yoko Ono is no more than the "Woman who broke the Beatles apart", this one fellow came in and showed me how wrong I was.

Very few people know how incredible this japanese lady is. Besides being a very well-known artist since early fifties (when John Lennon was still wearing diapers), and a very special musician, Yoko has already proved to be a wonderful and very humble person. Difficult qualities for musicians, these days.

To record Between My Hand and Sky, Yoko regrouped with the Plastic Ono Band and Sean Lennon. The result is one of her more accesible albuns. It has rocknroll, funk, moving ballads and electronic goofiness.

I wouldn't know about all this, if it wasn't for this old fellow of mine. Today is a special day for him, and this post goes as a homage.


1. Yoko Ono Plastic Ono Band - Waiting For The D Train (2:48)
2. Yoko Ono Plastic Ono Band - The Sun Is Down (4:50)
3. Yoko Ono Plastic Ono Band - Ask The Elephant (3:04)
4. Yoko Ono Plastic Ono Band - Memory Of Footsteps (3:16)
5. Yoko Ono Plastic Ono Band - Moving Mountains (2:54)
6. Yoko Ono Plastic Ono Band - Calling (4:19)
7. Yoko Ono Plastic Ono Band - Healing (4:24)
8. Yoko Ono Plastic Ono Band - Hashire, Hashire (3:35)
9. Yoko Ono Plastic Ono Band - Between My Head And The Sky (5:35)
10. Yoko Ono Plastic Ono Band - Feel The Sand (6:01)
11. Yoko Ono Plastic Ono Band - Watching The Rain (5:31)
12. Yoko Ono Plastic Ono Band - Unon. To (3:18)
13. Yoko Ono Plastic Ono Band - I'm Going Away Smiling (2:52)
14. Yoko Ono Plastic Ono Band - I'm Alive (0:20)
15. Yoko Ono Plastic Ono Band - Higa Noboru (5:45)

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The Doors - Soft Parade (1969)

The less talked-about Doors record. Undeservedly, in my opinion. I love how the band started making simple pop and blues songs. Where's the band who did "The End" and "When the Music is over" a couple years ago? Where's the band who's going to do "Riders on the storm" some years later?

Tell All the People and Touch Me are my favourites. The first one has Jim screaming as if he were a messiah. The second one, Touch Me, is a timeless classic, and I won't lose my time describing it: "Come on, come on, come on, come on, come on, now touch me, baby!"

Track listing:
1) Tell All The People;
2) Touch Me;
3) Shaman's Blues;
4) Do It;
5) Easy Ride;
6) Wild Child;
7) Runnin' Blue;
8) Wishful Sinful;
9) The Soft Parade.

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On an unrelated note: here are the winners of the Jesvs Cristvs's September T-Shirt Prize!
These three fellows from Nairobi, Quenya, were selected among the almost 100 contestants, and received these beautiful and 100% cotton customized T-Shirts.

Congratulations Ngũgĩ , Thiong'o and Xhoih! Enjoy your JvCv's Prizes!

"thanks a lot jesvs cristvs ! you is very good blog and you give rock music just like the real jesus who gave us his life to pay for our sins! god bless! long live rocknroll !!"
Ngũgĩ , Thiong'o and Xhoih, from Nairobi, Quenya

The Fall - Perverted By Languages (1983)

One of the best records by one of the best bands in the world. Not really easy to describe, there's a certain postpunky moody but this is a Fall album, and you will never know what will come next.

If you're new to The Fall, bear in mind the keyword to their sound: Repetition. Yeah, great riffs repeating and repeating while Mark E. Smith sings his poetry with his bum-messiah voice.

You will probably hate it. But remember: Mark E. smith hates you too.

• "The Man Whose Head Expanded"
• "Ludd Gang"
• "Kicker Conspiracy"
• "Wings"
• "Pilsner Trail"
• "Eat Y'Self Fitter"
• "Neighbourhood of Infinity"
• "Garden"
• "Hotel Blöedel"
• "Smile"
• "I Feel Voxish"
• "Tempo House" (recorded live at The Haçienda, Manchester July 1983)
• "Hexen Definitive / Strife Knot"

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Flamin' Groovies - Teenage Head (1972)

This is one of my favourite rock n' roll albums ever. Do you like Rolling Stones? Do you like to boogie? Crunchy guitars? Groovy rhytms?

Classy stuff to hear while drinking some booze.



Track listing:
1) High Flyin' Baby;
2) City Lights;
3) Have You Seen My Baby?;
4) Yesterday's Numbers;
5) Teenage Head;
6) 32-20;
7) Evil Hearted Ada;
8) Doctor Boogie;
9) Whiskey Woman

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Paul Revere & The Raiders - The Spirit of 67' (1967)

Dammit, does this album cover sucks or what?
But, skip that, there is great music inside it.

From allmusic.com:
"By the time they recorded their third Top Ten album The Spirit of '67, Paul Revere and the Raiders were firmly established as one of America's best and most popular homegrown rock 'n' roll acts. The band had also begun to spread its wings creatively, expanding the garage-flavored rock 'n' roll of their early hits into more ambitious and sophisticated musical territory. Along with such classic Raiders smashes as "Hungry," "Good Thing" and "The Great Airplane Strike," The Spirit of '67 finds the quintet embracing psychedelia on such tunes as "Oh! To Be a Man," "1001 Arabian Nights" and "Undecided Man," while delivering memorable showcases for bassist Phil "Fang" Volk ("Why? Why? Why?") and drummer Michael "Smitty" Smith ("Our Candidate"). This expanded edition augments the original 11-song album with three rare bonus tracks, including an alternate version of "Hungry" and the single mix of "The Great Airplane Strike."



1. Paul Revere & The Raiders - Good Thing (3:06)
2. Paul Revere & The Raiders - All About (3:03)
3. Paul Revere & The Raiders - Hungry (2:59)
4. Paul Revere & The Raiders - In My Comm (2:11)
5. Paul Revere & The Raiders - Louise (2:11)
6. Paul Revere & The Raiders - Why Why (3:00)
7. Paul Revere & The Raiders - Oh! To Be (3:05)
8. Paul Revere & The Raiders - Undecided (1:50)
9. Paul Revere & The Raiders - Our Candidate (2:53)
10. Paul Revere & The Raiders - 1001 Arabi (4:27)
11. Paul Revere & The Raiders - The GreatAirplane Strike (3:14)
12. Paul Revere & The Raiders - (You're A) (2:01)

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Captain Beefheart - Ice Cream for Crow (1982)

Another crazy man's album. This one is the last record made by the legendary Don Van Vliet, or, Captain Beefheart. If you're not familiar with him yet, well... I guess you're going to be a bit shocked with Ice Cream For Crow.

Although not as shocking as his famous record Trout Mask Republica(1968), this one shows a older and maturer Beefheart. Allegedly a schizophrenic and visibly not completely sane, he sounds like a dying pirate cursing his fellow shipmates here.

After this record, Beefheart left the music businness and went to live isolated somewhere in the californian desert. Some don't even know if he's still alive. Well, God bless that poor soul.

- A -
1.ice cream for crow 4:33
2.the host the ghost the most holy-o 2:25
3.semi-multicoloured caucasian 4:20 instrumental
4.hey garland, i dig your tweed coat 3:11
5.evening bell 2:00 instrumental
6.cardboard cutout sundown 2:37
- B -
7.the past sure is tense 3:20
8.ink mathematics 2:40
9.the witch doctor life 2:38
10. '81' poop hatch 2:37 poem *
11.the thousandth and tenth day of the human totem pole 5:43 *
12.skeleton makes good 2:18

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Can - Ege Bamyasi (1972)

This is a fantastic record. One of my favourites ever, definitely.
If you still arent familiar with Can and Krautrock, I'd recommend you to search wikipedia to see what they stand for. In resume, they are a german band with a japanese singer who sings in mumblings.

This record is one of those you get high while listening to. I mean, not literally, it's just that the sound is so grasping and involving, you can't help but start feeling part of the experience.

Prindle describes it as:
"Like you just fell like putting on dark sunglasses and shaking your head back and forth like a heroin user might before the dark slumber of death rolls over."

Starostin describes it as:
"Keywords: 'organic', 'polyrhythmic', 'tribal', 'voodoo', 'dark', 'mystical', but far from the generic game 'Let's Pretend We're So Very Psychic''. Let it just grow on you."

1) Pinch;
2) Sing Swan Song;
3) One More Night;
4) Vitamin C;
5) Soup;
6) I'm So Green;
7) Spoon

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Frank Zappa - You Are What You Is

From Markprindle.com:

"I already owned cheap or free copies of Hot Rats, Uncle Meat, We're Only In It For The Money, Fillmore East June 1971, Apostrophe (`), Strictly Commercial (a "best of" compilation I didn't review here) and Shut Your Mouth With A Guitar, but all of them just made me feel.. Mmm, semi-interested. Like, I could tell that one day I WOULD be a fan because a lot of it seemed really smart, but that day just hadn't come. But You Are What You Is made that day come. The only reason I bought it in the first place was because I was digging through a bunch of cheapy CD bins where the deal was "Buy 9, get a 10th free" and I'd already found 9. I honestly didn't expect to like it at all, but the Moon was shining on Sagitarrius that day because it ended up being my ticket into a splendid world unknown. Suddenly I "GOT" Zappa! And I wanted more more MORE MORE!!!"

If that record made Prindle a Zappa-fan, it can make YOU too.

Side one

1. "Teen-Age Wind" – 3:02
2. "Harder Than Your Husband" – 2:28
3. "Doreen" – 4:44
4. "Goblin Girl" – 4:07
5. "Theme from the 3rd Movement of Sinister Footwear" – 3:34

Side two

1. "Society Pages" – 2:27
2. "I'm a Beautiful Guy" – 1:56
3. "Beauty Knows No Pain" – 3:02
4. "Charlie's Enormous Mouth" – 3:36
5. "Any Downers?" – 2:08
6. "Conehead" – 4:24

Side three

1. "You Are What You Is" – 4:23
2. "Mudd Club" – 3:11
3. "The Meek Shall Inherit Nothing" – 3:10
4. "Dumb All Over" – 5:45

Side four

1. "Heavenly Bank Account" – 3:44
2. "Suicide Chump" – 2:49
3. "Jumbo Go Away" – 3:43
4. "If Only She Woulda" – 3:48
5. "Drafted Again" – 3:07

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Black Taj - Black Taj (2005)

Black Taj is the band the former members from Polvo created in early 00's in order to have freedom to pursuit new musical directions without being directly related to their old sound.

Well, like Polvo, Black Taj is also guitar-based. But, instead of indiesonicyouthesque music, you'll hear one of the best hardrock band that have come out in the last few years.

The relation to Led Zeppelin is obvious, and, at sometimes, even the guitars sound like taken off from a Zeppelin album, but, that's not a bad thing. On the contrary, it is one of the best thing about this album.

If you like Led Zeppelin and Sonic Youth, listen to this and you'll see what would their son sound like.



1 - Back to the bridges
2 - Cinema Style
3 - Clover
4 - Self Soothing
5 - Roots
6 - Octastone
7 - Beyonder
8 - Red Jr.
9 - Woke up Tired

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Stephen Malkmus - Stephen Malkmus (2001)

Stephen Malkmus is a former member of the indie-rock band Pavement. After the band disbanded, Malkmus went on to pursuit a solo career, and a very interesting one.

This is his first solo album and it sounds like pavement: creative and catchy indierock by un unquestionably talented fellow. Every song is good, believe me.

1. "Black Book" – 4:23
2. "Phantasies" – 2:40
3. "Jo Jo's Jacket" – 4:01
4. "Church on White" – 3:20
5. "The Hook" – 3:03
6. "Discretion Grove" – 3:14
7. "Troubbble" – 1:40
8. "Pink India" – 5:54
9. "Trojan Curfew" – 4:06
10. "Vague Space" – 2:56
11. "Jenny and the Ess-Dog" – 2:45
12. "Deado" – 3:37

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Roky Erickson - The Evil One (1981)

Roky Erickson is a lunatic. It's not even a metaphor, he's literally a complete loon. In mid sixties he was the leadsinger for the 13th Floor Elevators, the band that might have started psychedelia. That's a lot already, but it doesn't end here.

In 1968 he started acting weird and speaking nonsense stuff. Roky was diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia and was sent to a mental hospital. From 1969 to 1972 he bounced from a sanatory to another receiving all kinds of wonderful treatments, such as this one:

Apparently all those lobotomies and shock treatments only made our dear Roky even more loonie. And this record, The Evil One, is its evidence.

Just look at those song titles: "Two Headed Dog", "I Think of Demons", "Don't Shake me Lucifer". I mean, you gotta be at least a bit crazy to write a slow romantic ballad entitled "I Walked With a Zombie".

Anyways, all those songs are pretty catchy and sound like postpunk meets psychedelic and heavymetal for a ride. It's pretty worthy, I promise.

1.Two Headed Dog (Red Temple Prayer)
2.I Think Of Demons
3.Creature With The Atom Brain
4.Wind And More, The
5.Don't Shake Me Lucifer
6.Bloody Hammer
7.Stand For The Fire Demon
8.Click Your Fingers Applauding The Play
9.If You Have Ghosts
10.I Walked With A Zombie
11.Night Of The Vampire
12.It's A Cold Night For Alligators
13.Mine Mine Mind
14.Sputnik
15.White Faces

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Eddy Current Supression Ring - Primary Colours (2008)

I haven't heard to many australian bands in my life but Eddy Current is definitely my favourite one to have come out of the kangaroo island in the last decade.

Even though they aren't trying to create new rock tendencies, and, instead, are doing the good old garage rock thing with some bits of punk and rocknroll, they do it so well that every song here is a winner.

Colour Television is definitely my favourite. You can't go wrong when you use hypnotic-repeating bass riffs.

1- Memory Lane
2- Sunday's Coming
3- Wrapped Up
4- Colour Television
5- That's inside of Me
6- I admit my Faults
7- Which Way to Go
8- You Let me Be Honest With You
9- We'll be Turned on
10- I Don't Wanna Play No More



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Lilys - The 3 Way (1999)

Amazon.com's Best of 1999:
"The Lilys' music will instantly remind you of a handful of classic organ- and guitar-heavy combos from the '60s, but they're wholly unlike any other retro outfit on earth. Theirs is an alternate vision of '60s psychedelia. Neither pretentious nor full of itself, the stuff totally rocks, Nuggets-style, in spite of the disjointed lyrics and way-complicated song structures. --Mike McGonigal"

I love this record. My favourite 60's ripoff album ever. If you like The Kinks or Beatles, give it a listen.

1. Dimes Make Dollars
2. Socs Hip
3. Accepting Applications at University
4. And One (On One)
5. Leo Ryan (Our Pharoah's Slave)
6. Solar Is Here
7. The Spirits Merchant
8. The Lost Victory
9. The Generator
10. A Tab For The Holiday

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Bob Dylan - Rolling Thunder Revue (1975)

Undoubtely the best Dylan live album to me. The Rolling Thunder Revue was a famous concert tour assembled by Bob himself in 1975. These series of shows are notorious for having the mose intense versions of some songs (see Isis video below for example) and great guest musicians(Joan Baez, Roger Mcguinn from The Byrds and others).

The Rolling Thunder Revue culminated with the release of Desire, in early 1976, that, to many and to myself, is one of the best albuns in Dylan's career.



Disc one
"Tonight I'll Be Staying Here With You" – 3:55
"It Ain't Me Babe" – 5:25
"A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall" – 5:16
"The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll" – 5:25
"Romance in Durango" (Dylan/Levy) – 5:22
"Isis" (Dylan/Levy) – 5:11
"Mr. Tambourine Man" – 5:39
"Simple Twist of Fate"– 4:17
"Blowin' in the Wind" – 2:43 (with Joan Baez)
"Mama, You Been on My Mind" – 3:11 (with Joan Baez)
"I Shall Be Released" – 4:33 (with Joan Baez)

Disc two
"It's All Over Now, Baby Blue" – 4:34
"Love Minus Zero/No Limit" – 3:13
"Tangled Up in Blue" – 4:41
"The Water is Wide" (Traditional) - 5:16 (with Joan Baez)
"It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry" – 3:12
"Oh, Sister" (Dylan/Levy) – 4:04
"Hurricane" (Dylan/Levy) – 8:15
"One More Cup of Coffee (Valley Below)" – 4:14
"Sara" – 4:29
"Just Like a Woman" – 4:31
"Knockin' on Heaven's Door"– 4:22 (with Roger McGuinn)

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Killing Joke - Fire Dances (1983)

In 1982, Killing Joke almost split up because their lead singer, Jaz Coleman started reading stuff related to occultism and Aleister Crowley. I don't know what's up with rock stars and Crowley's philosophy, but the two always find a way to get together.

Anyways, Jaz Coleman got convinced that the apocalypse was coming really fast and he disappeared to Iceland, where - he thought - he would be safe, because it is written in the Bible: "And then the Judgement Day shall come - and no creature shall receive My mercy. Pain shall be spread all around the earth. Except in Iceland, of course, who I like so much."

Waiting for the apocalypse is quite boring, though. So the rest of the band decided to fly to Iceland too and record a tribal post-punk album drenched in communist lyrics and great guitarwork. And It's darn good.

Setlist:
1 - The Gathering
2 - Fun & Games
3 - Rejuvenation
4 - Frenzy
5 - Harlequin
6 - Feast of Blaze
7 - Song & Dance
8 - Dominator
9 - Let's All Go
10 - Lust Almighty

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