Heavy Metal by Teenage Fanclub (1990)

Over the years, I tried a few times to get into indie rockers' Teenage Fanclub's music, but it never really worked for me. I guess I should have followed my tried and trued advice which is go to their earliest stuff first. They do have a bit of a rockier edge on their debut 1990 LP, A Catholic Education. Here is the opening instrumental track off of that release.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kix2PFDEIok

Harmonic Steppenwolf by Shooting Guns (2011)

Shooting Guns is a psych/stoner/doom metal band from Saskatchewan. However, I knew none of this when I clicked on the link to find out more about their 2011 LP, Born to Deal in Magic: 1952-1976. It just happens to be exactly the kind of album that would catch my eye as I'm looking for weird, underknown music while surfing the net. Still, I liked what I heard. Here is the band with the opening track off of their debut album.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-EVC95Nc3Ws&feature=youtu.be

Disco Tek Wreck by The Chosen Few (1978)

I've always thought that the "anti-Disco" movement was a bit much. While disco wasn't my favorite genre, there was some funky music in there. That said, there's not denying the punk power of this anti-Disco song from this group of lad's from Melbourne. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-mvLDYr_nfc

East Side San Jose by Clifford Coulter (1970)

Recently picked up this funky little gem from lesser known keyboardist/organist Clifford Coulter. Definitely worthy of your time if you can ever grab a copy. Also, great driving music. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2gnqB8mCdJY&feature=youtu.be

Quiet Sun by Royal Assassins (1985)

Last month, I was traversing back to New England from a record show in Brooklyn and once I hit Massachusetts I finally found some interesting radio on the rental van's AM/FM receiver. I was pleased to hear today's featured track, which I thought at first might be live Talking Heads that I hadn't heard. It was not. The band was Royal Assassins, a band classified as "post-punk", but after sampling some of their tracks, it is harder to classify. The band released an album in 1988, but that was it. Only in the last several years, has archival information been released. Here is a live track from 1985 with a little Crazy Eddie at the end.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7IHE16Ehr1g&feature=youtu.be

Disco Pope by The Prats (1980)

And now for some Scottish teenage punk...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TTfg_SqTXsM

I Can't Be All Bad by Johnny Adams (1969)

Johnny Adams was a New Orleans bred soul singer that bounced around the bayou and later the Los Angeles area without much success. It wasn't until he made his way to Nashville in his late 30's and signed with SSS International records where he hit the high point of his career with a number of successful singles. Here he is with a soulful number from 1969.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xdsdXLTpcDg

Buy Me a Million Dollars by Love Tractor (1982)

Continuing my very infrequent anthology on bands from Athens, Georgia(See posts on the B-52's and Pylon), here is a largely instrumental band that also helped to shape that Athens' sound.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b6-eEj071Qk

Up Is Up by The Taxi Boys (1981)

The Taxi Boys were a side project of the Real Kids frontman John Felice. Felice, who had already played with the likes of the Modern Lovers and had worked a a roadie for the Ramones was quite a figure in the Boston music scene. Here he is from 1981 with a catchy rock tune.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pqa_uV6smas

Speed Freak by V2 (1978)

V2 was one of many late to the original era Manchester punk bands that were still able to grasp some of that key punk sound. Here they are off of their debut single.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8AVW7khtrc&feature=youtu.be

Melô Dos Dois Bicudos by Azimüth (1975)

I must be on a 1975 kick, with three of the last four days hailing from this largely transitional year in music. Today's mid-seventies track is some Brazilian funk from a trio of musicians that were just starting out on a long career together. They started out with a bang. On a side note, it sure sounds like this song(or parts thereof) was on Quentin Tarantino's Kill Bill soundtrack. But it didn't check out when I looked it up online. It must just sound like something on the soundtrack. Mystery unsolved. In any case, enjoy today's selection.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mL0MhuIGrOg

Beautiful Delilah by The Count Bishops (1975)

Were the Count Bishops a pub rock band or a proto punk band or does it even matter? They left scorched Earth wherever they played and that's what's important. Here they are from their debut EP, 1975's Speedball. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Uyz8uIVL94

Propeller Love by Mother Trucker (1974)

Well there sure have been a lot of bands called Mother Trucker, Mothertrucker, or the Mother Truckers over the years. The first one that I could find is this UK glam/pop band that released one album back in 1974. Here is the best track that leans more on the glam side.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OmDVQEUpW5M&feature=youtu.be

Heartfire by Pancake (1975)

I feel like there has been a paucity of prog rock on this site, as of late. Well, here is some small remedy. Pancake was a prog rock outfit from Stuttgart that put out three albums in the mid to late 70's. Here they are with a track off of their debut release, 1975's excellently named Roxy Elephant. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJlJc5oOzho

The Art of War by Siglo XX (1982)

This Belgian cold wave band cranked out eight LPs(including live ones) in the 80's before calling it quits. Here they are sounding choice from early in their career.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KzOfFG_gE94

Whamola by Les Claypool's Frog Brigade (2002)

About a month ago, I had the good fortune to meet one of the my musical heroes, Les Claypool, along with Sean Lennon, who are doing really interesting things with the Claypool Lennon Delirium.

Over the years, I had previously featured Primus, Oysterhead, and the above-mentioned Delirium in the Deep Rock Mining space. (In a side side note, Sean was also featured with his other band, The Ghost of a Saber Tooth Tiger) Of course, with someone like Les, there are always other collaborations to choose from. In the early 2000's, Les had a side project with a number of musician's, including some former members of Primus. Here is a track off of the band's only studio LP, 2002's Purple Onion.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lk-D4QYBRL4

Police Car by John Hoyles (2017)

British guitarist John Hoyles relocated to Sweden as a young man and became centrally involved in the Scandanavian rock scene. He spent time in Witchcraft and Big Kizz. He also released a solo album in 2017. Here is a track from that album.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BifG6x0aaR4

Time Gambler by Hard Stuff (1972)

Out of the ashes of Atomic Rooster, Hard Stuff was formed by guitarist John Du Cann and drummer Paul Hammond, along with vocalist Harry Shaw and bassist John Gustafson, who would later go on to play with Roxy Music. The band would put out two albums. Here they are off of their debut, Bulletproof.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=97h4zwapa5U

Crying For You by Mushroom (1971)

And now for some smokin' Dutch hard rock from 1971 off of one of the two singles the band churned out...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Yia9pUvfEE

Magic Onion by The Lovely Eggs (2015)

Now here's a band you should know. The Lovely Eggs consist of a married couple (Holly Ross and David Blackwell) from Northern England. They've released five LPs of punk/psych/lo-fi rock music since 2009. Here they are with a video from 2015 off of their This Is Our Nowhere album.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RdNfRF9pBMY

Mad In England by Crown Court (2018)

And now for some modern day Oi punk from England...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mGF-4ybIgc0

Suburban Family Lament by Ruth Copeland (1971)

Ruth Copeland was a British singer who relocated to the United States in the mid-60's. She would eventually meet her future husband, Motown producer Jeffrey Bowen, as he was in the process of forming Invictus Records. During this time, she got to work with George Clinton. She even co-produced the first Parliament record. a couple of years later, many members of the band would support her solo efforts. Here is an interesting track off of Ruth's second LP, I Am What I Am. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8_atdXhSaHE

TV Times by Crash (1982)

When researching the band Crash for this blog post, I came across a number of bands with this name. There is the 90's Finnish pop band, an 80's NYC Indie band, and a South Korean thrash metal band. However, none of those outfits were the band that recorded today's track. This song was an early 80's UK punk band who released a couple of singles. Here is one of them.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0To4uoOeDIU

Don't Bring Me Down by The Cindells (1965)

And now for some scorching 60's garage from NYC with the Cindells...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iexA_4StajA

E.M.I. by The Sex Pistols (1977)

Back in high school, in the mid-1980's, I had read somewhere(probably Rolling Stone magazine) about the Sex Pistols being the most influential punk band ever. So, I ordered the defunct punker's cassette through Columbia House, just to check them out. A few weeks later, the tape of Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols arrived in the mail. I was surprised to discover that the music was very familiar, it just sounded like sped-up Chuck Berry music. The lyrics, however, were quite scandalous(to my sheltered teen ears). As a result, I played this tape over and over again, wearing it out. For years, I thought that punk music began and ended with the Sex Pistols. Years later, I would do a deep dive into the genre and begin to have a much deeper appreciation all of other seminal punk bands and the scene as a whole. Despite all that, whenever I hear the term "Punk", I still think of the Sex Pistols. Here they are with their salute to the Electric and Musical Industries after being fired three months into a two-year contract.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8CSSFdaVr5U

Twenty Past One by The Climax Chicago Blues Band (1969)

The Climax Chicago Blues Band, aka the Climax Blues Band, produced a number of records between 1969 and 1982. That's probably why I'm always finding albums of theirs in yard sales and flea markets. Because these records don't hold much value on the secondary market, I've always assumed that the band wasn't that good. However, over time, I've managed to listen to a few of their records and they have some decent stuff. Here they are with an instrumental electric blues rocker from 1969.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kfkl1FSotDE

Saman Doye by Black Brothers (1978)

Those Shocking Shaking Days, 2011's masterful compilation of 70's Indonesian funk, rock, and psych is a record that I keep coming back to. Definitely worth picking up for about $25. Today's featured track can be found on that collection -or- if you prefer, you can seek out the original Indonesian LP that will sell for over $500, if you can even find it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k504kh88CuQ

Sunflower by Snow (1970)

Today on Deep Rock Mining, check out this short-lived band's unreleased hard rock track that wound up on the great Brown Acid collection in 2015.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IjfvpLEo6vs

Being is More Than Life by Baby Grandmothers (1968)

Out of the ashes of Swedish garage band T-Boones, the short-lived psych rock band Baby Grandmothers was formed. They managed to open for Jimi Hendrix once and put out one single that is now worth nearly $500 if you could ever find it. Here is the B side of that single, an instrumental track that builds in intensity.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iH7x3BxqfNE

Celestial Terrestrial Commuters by Mahavishnu Orchestra (1972)

The age-old question you probably never asked, "Was Mahavishnu Orchestra the first jazz fusion band?", was something I've pondered many times. I'm still not sure, but they were definitely near the beginning. Lead by former Miles Davis guitarist John McLaughlin, and featuring Jan Hammer, Rick Laird, Billy Cobham, and Jerry Goodman on electric violin, this group of musicians definitely stand out as some of the best out there. Here they are with a shorter track that still captures the essence of what they were about.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5XoNlcLEfw

One Good Man by Janis Joplin (1969)

After becoming the face of Big Brother & The Holding Company at the Monterey Pop Festival and releasing a couple of albums with the band, Janis Joplin officially left the group to record her first solo album, 1969's I Got Dem Ol' Kozmic Blues Again. As with any album that featured Janis, there were many high points. Here she is with a slowed down, bluesy number featuring Mike Bloomfield on lead guitar.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3lvmkXAEUI