Downright Scrump-Dilly-icious. Wow. These guys blew thru here a few times in the early nineties. And we never. ever. missed 'em. And for years after, we just assumed that everyone in the world dreamt about them, cared deeply for them, wanted badly to have their babies, etc., but the ancienter I gets, the more I realizes that this crush bears the glorious stank of skewed global post-geographies. Wherein Chicago is contiguous with Osaka. Go Figure Metonymy.
Public Bath, Anyone? (find a fuggin link?) Were ya ever Bored with boredoms? You shoulda been so lucky. As Were We. Back in College-town Chicago of late-eighties/early-nineties mintage, we had nothing better to do than troll the record stores for all the well-stocked great-lateness, and all the nightcubs for performativity on tour. We eaterly consumed all the Boredoms we could find, and religiously attended all thee pertinent Japanese shows of greatness (Boredoms, Omoide Hatoba, Ruins, Zeni Geva, K. K. Null, Yoshimi, OOIOO...), which were, invariably: Greatness.
Good Baden. But No diligence for googl-ish-ness, now. What I can recall suggests that Public Bath was based out of Madison, WI. That they (he, David Hopkins) specialized in Japanese (Osaka?) stuff, and that (he) the label founder spoke the male English language parts on these albums, and that he even played tuba (?). And lived over there or something? Which is all unimportant. We should simply worship their cremains for the opportunity to get wiggly.
Historical Help is Appreciated.
I Remember, I Remember! Mommy I Remember (That Memory is a faulty mistress).
Livid! Hells No -- I Ain't Even Dead Yet! Hey. I'm not gonna refrain from acknowledging that these records be far more gelatinous than most "common" sense allows. But if you can truly hear through your ears into this recording for just a second even, you may begin to pretend to imagine the amazing live shows some long-ago roxx-off kids can even yet heartfelt testify to.
Hums yeah. And Feedback too. I had a lot of ideas about suggested tracks for uninitiated or non-believers or would be converts, but I gave all that up after a vibrant revist. Try something. You no like, click up another track. These guys were nothing if not ever motherloving expansive.
HoJo's USA OK SENSAY!. Yeah forget I said that that. I say go strait to "ROUTE 99999" and "SURFIN' U.F.O." and "Marine Snow" and "MOTHER" and "Daisan [Third] Rock" and you will then know that these guys, albeit jokers to the bone, were hardly fucking kidding. (or just chew on the 2nd-to-last-track of EITHER the first or second album). Or you can't suss any of the misencoded zeros and ones and you just tup ti no. (no no. but MOTHER simply must be first). Granted. These recs are done on the fly. A lot of incandescence. Thrifty on the spit-polish.
Arms Aloft. So in retrospect they were just another jam band. Which we were oh-so-about avoiding. For shame. Big deal. Because Truly. What a fucking jam band they were. They always fucking bar(n)stormed. And They cured some ears of rarified principles. For Good. (AND There were a lot of fine moments from that scene yet to be recollected...)
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LINE-UP: SEIICHI YAMAMOTO; ATSUSHI TSUYAMA; CHU HASEGAWA
GUESTS: YUICHI SUGIMOTO; DAVID HOPKINS; BETSY HOPKINS
1. Astro Volcano Break Down
2. Surfin' U.F.O.
3. Egg Head
4. Mother
5. Daraku Koushinkyoku [Degradation March]
6. C.T.I.
7. Nuba-II
8. Marine Snow
9. Miya [Shrine]
10. Nuba-I
11. Kubi Juui [Pick Up Your Neck]
12. A Scab Forms Crone
2. Surfin' U.F.O.
3. Egg Head
4. Mother
5. Daraku Koushinkyoku [Degradation March]
6. C.T.I.
7. Nuba-II
8. Marine Snow
9. Miya [Shrine]
10. Nuba-I
11. Kubi Juui [Pick Up Your Neck]
12. A Scab Forms Crone
Hear Dai Ongaku [Big Music]
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LINE-UP: SEIICHI YAMAMOTO; ATSUSHI TSUYAMA; CHU HASEGAWA
GUESTS: YUICHI SUGIMOTO; DAVID HOPKINS; KEN SUGISAKI; KOUJI KAWAMURA
1. 22 Jigen [Dimension]
2. Samurai Acid Contemporary
3. Blues for Turn Table
4. Route 99999
5. Suichi-Joe
6. Chuukaku [Core; Nucleus]
7. Shooting Dub
8. Futoppara (Gyoukusai Warutsu) [Generous (Honourable Death Waltz)]
9. Hau
10. N.C.C.P 1701-1
11. Daisan [Third] Rock
12. IN
13. Sea Monk
Hear Suichi-Joe [Underwater Joe]
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LINE-UP: SEIICHI YAMAMOTO; ATSUSHI TSUYAMA; CHU HASEGAWA
GUESTS: YUICHI SUGIMOTO; DAVID HOPKINS; KEN SUGISAKI; KOUJI KAWAMURA
1. 22 Jigen [Dimension]
2. Samurai Acid Contemporary
3. Blues for Turn Table
4. Route 99999
5. Suichi-Joe
6. Chuukaku [Core; Nucleus]
7. Shooting Dub
8. Futoppara (Gyoukusai Warutsu) [Generous (Honourable Death Waltz)]
9. Hau
10. N.C.C.P 1701-1
11. Daisan [Third] Rock
12. IN
13. Sea Monk
Hear Suichi-Joe [Underwater Joe]
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that sets off some wacky memories
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