Monday, December 12, 2011

U.S. Maple - Long Hair In Three Stages



Label: Skin Graft
Year: 1995

Al Johnson - Mount Shasta, Snailboy, Shorty, Lake Of Dracula
Mark Shippy - Snailboy, Shorty
Patrick Sampson - Mercury Players (Bovine Records....can I get a What, What?)
Todd Rittman - Singer, Mercury Players
Recorded by Jim O'Rourke - Gastr Del Sol, Sonic Youth, Yona Kit, Brise Glace, The Red Krayola, Loose Fur, etc.
"Sophisticated noise rock"? Maybe?

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4 comments:

  1. MpgDecember 12, 2011 at 11:25 PM

    This is a spectacular album. Give my bones to Billy Gibbons. Neat blog.

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  2. AnonymousDecember 13, 2011 at 4:57 PM

    todd rittman has a great new band, D.Rider. unbelievably good.

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  3. MpgDecember 14, 2011 at 7:46 AM

    Thanks for the tip. I love Rittman, love how cocky he seemed when I US Maple live in Boston years back. The memories; what was a bonkers show. The amount of energy and strain Al put into his vocals. Whoa...

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  4. James JoyceDecember 15, 2011 at 7:34 AM

    Best US Maple album - still rocks.

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