Plug Uglies - Plug Uglies

HOW IT ALL BEGAN

In 1985 I became friends with John Gorman. He used to come over to my place in Redfern and we’d drink like madmen and listen to records. One day he brought over "Never Understand" by The Jesus And Mary Chain. We played it all afternoon and decided to start a band that sounded like that song. Another night John brought over a friend called Angus Douglas from Tactics. He was going to play guitar with us, but on this occasion just cut his arm open and spread blood all over the kitchen wall.
I knew a bass player called Wayne Baker from Brisbane. A friend of Wayne’s told him about a girl called Tina that practiced drums to Prince records in the flat downstairs. Tina Havelock Stevens arrived at her first rehearsal with six friends and a dog. Her friends sat around the walls of the rehearsal room drinking and laughing while we swayed in the deranged alchemy of sweet noise.
We found a name in a book called Street Gangs Then & Now. It summed up how we felt: Plug Uglies.
Our first booking was at the Music Cafe in Kings Cross. We were pretty excited. On the day, someone gave Wayne two rhohypnols and told him they were uppers. He took them at home and went into a deep sleep. We dragged him to the gig, administered speed and then placed him on stage. The only movement from him for the next 45 minutes – apart from his hands – was a big glob of nose drool that slowly distended down to his knees. It was a great performance.
Tina's parents came along to the next show and caught the surprise act when Angus ran out the door and threw his guitar into the middle of William Street.
Bookers liked us because we drew a large heavy drinking crowd. One of the wonderful things about this world is how one persons jug of woe can be another’s pot of gold... it’s a theme that resounds throughout the music industry.
Our audiences grew. We did a live to air on Radio Skid Row. We screen-printed and we postered all over Sydney. We wrote lots of songs in a disoriented state in what was once a meat freezer in the now demolished Pie Factory in Darlinghurst. We changed lead guitarists often, the one guy John was happy with was Tony Milner. He told us he had to leave because he couldn’t keep up with the drinking. Our bass player Wayne left in 1987 and Mark Lock from Died Pretty joined.
In 1988 John’s brother Michael Hiron organized for us to record six songs. We thought they sounded great, but no one wanted to release the record. It was a strange and depressing year. The bicentenary, gentrification and rent hikes. All the shitty things that happen to you when you’re on the dole that you can’t fix or change. And then John hung himself. That was the worst.

HIPSTERS, FLIPSTERS AND FINGER POPPIN' DADDIES

We released the record "knock me your lobes" ourselves in August 1989 through Waterfront Records distribution and sold about a thousand copies. Johnny’s face graced the cover, his sounds filled the grooves, but we supported the record with a new line-up. Michael Hiron played lead guitar and Clem Lukey (who had played with Michael in The Pineapples from the Dawn of Time) played rhythm. Later that year Mark lost interest and quit. John Willsteed from the Go Betweens stepped in.
We still pulled large crowds, and broke numerous bar records. Plugs shows in inner city Sydney became regular events where people met, drank, danced and went home and fucked. We were happy to supply the soundtrack. We toured to Brisbane and Melbourne and some strange places in between. Live, the Plugs were volatile, beautiful, whimsical and mad. No studio recordings ever captured the sonic mayhem our best shows.
In late 1989 we wanted to record again, but didn’t have much money. We recorded Johnny Panic and Grubby Supper, then argued about the mix for days. After countless joints in the control room we dreamt we came to an agreement.
A record company called Rattlesnake Records said they’d do us a favor and release Johnny Panic as a 12” single, even though they didn’t expect to make any money on it. We received $190 from them based on their poor sales figures. Ironically, no one we knew could purchase the record anywhere because it had sold out. 2JJJ gave it regular airplay, another irony considering their shift at the time from supporting the Sydney music scene to a generic concept of a national youth network.
We continued to play almost every gig on the east coast of Australia. I still hear faint echoes when I travel to those places. Some people get tinnitis in their ears. I get melancholia in suburbia.
In 1991 we decided it was time to do an album, so we recorded a demo on a 4-track with only three tracks working. Some of the best songs were the new ones like Dead Weight Walk and Deep Six. Then we dubbed cassettes and looked for a deal. One guy told us to get the fuck out of his office and threw our tape in the bin. He went on to become a very successful record company executive. Others were not so direct.
We released one more single, Pounding Grace. It was country on one side, bitter on the other. We were all tired. Tina kept saying “poor Plugs.” Michael stopped communicating. Then he left.
Our last gig was March1992 with Mick Meredith from The Moles on bass. No door list, and not enough room to fit all those who came. The publican said we could play our last gig there any time.

For many years I wanted to compile a CD of the Plug Uglies. In 2000, I asked John, Michael and Tina to create a master of the best available songs. We looked forward to it’s release and our reconciliation. Sadly, Michael died in March 2001, before the mastering could be completed. He wanted to write the liner notes. We miss him & Johnny, but are glad they finally exist in some form in the digital realm.

Roger Norris

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http://rapidshare.com/files/80015780/Plug_Uglies_2.rar

The Acoustic Lounge - Midnight Oil

tricky at his best

One proud Aussie band wearing their heritage on their sleeves. Peter in talkative mode, band tight and powerful, harmonies in full flow. Rob Hurst one very underrated drummer. Even have a hammond organ groovin' along nicely.

One fine album, one fine band. This here my friends in a must have addition to your collection. One true reflection of Australian 'Pub Rock', a little insight into the way Australians think.

Peter Garrett, singer and spokesperson for the Oil, is now Minister for The Environment in Australia, there's a good chance that one day this intelligent and articulate man could one day be PM of our great country.

Play it load and jump around the room. May the fire in your belly never die. Couldn't find a cover so I improvised.

http://rapidshare.com/files/80003597/Midnight_Oil_-_Acoustic_1993.rar

Robert Forster - Danger in the Past

Robert Forster is an Australian singer-songwriter, best known for his work with songwriting partner Grant McLennan, with whom he co-founded The Go-Betweens. Born 29 June 1957, Forster grew up in Brisbane, Australia. He met McLennan in drama classes at the University of Queensland and, inspired by a mutual love of Bob Dylan and the New York music scene, formed the Go-Betweens.

In addition to his work with the Go-Betweens, he has released four solo albums: Danger in the Past, recorded in Berlin in 1990; Calling from a Country Phone, recorded at Sunshine Studios, Brisbane, in 1993 with members of local pop group Custard; I Had a New York Girlfriend, a collection of cover versions recorded in Melbourne in 1994; and Warm Nights, recorded in London in 1996 and produced by Edwyn Collins.

Critically acclaimed internationally as a songwriter, he reveals a strong literary influence in his work. He became, through his work with McLennan and the Go-Betweens, one of a group of Brisbane musicians who established a particular Brisbane sound characterised by laid-back, jangly arrangements.

In 2005, Forster began writing for the Australian magazine, The Monthly. He had virtually no print experience, with only a column on hair care for a fanzine in the 1980s to his credit. On 25 October 2006, it was announced that Forster was the winner of the Pascall Prize for Critical Writing for his columns. Forster announced his return to live performance with four nights at the Queensland Music Festival in July 2007. Back when Nick Cave was putting together the line-up that would become the first incarnation of the Bad Seeds, rumour had it that Robert Forster, co-founder of the Go-Betweens and the latest shining light of the music literati, was set to become the guitarist in the band.

The Go-Betweens and the Birthday Party had long been linked since their days as label mates on Missing Link - the Tuff Monks' After the Fire being the fruit of one collaboration. Later, when both bands were in London, legend has it that Grant McLennan wrote Cattle and Cane on a guitar owned by Mr Cave. So it was no surprise when Forster drafted in Mick Harvey to produce his solo album, Danger in the Past, a dark, broody, menacing exorcism of his past and an indication of the possibilities for future directions.

http://rapidshare.com/files/79997223/Forster__Robert_-_Danger_in_the_Past.rar

The Clean - Anthology

While Split Enz came first and hit bigger worldwide, one could argue that there would be no New Zealand rock scene as it is known today if it weren't for the Clean; the sainted Flying Nun label was formed to put out their debut single, their willingness to go the D.I.Y. route in recording their early material set the standard for any number of bands (Kiwi and otherwise), and their playful yet aggressive mixture of pop hooks, jagged guitar lines, neo-Velvets minimalism, and edgy wit paved the way for the Bats, the Chills, the Verlaines, the Jean-Paul Sartre Experience, and a handful of other bands who helped New Zealand develop its own musical identity for the first time. The bass player of the Chills split the band to play his own songs, and so The Bats were formed. Despite their importance and longevity, the Clean have never been especially well-served on record in the United States; their important early singles and EPs received little circulation in America, and their post-reunion albums have been only sporadically available, thanks to the collapse of several indie labels. Anthology isn't the perfect remedy to this situation, but it comes close; it's a superb overview of the Clean's career, with the classic Boodle Boodle Boodle and Great Sounds EPs included in their entirety on disc one (along with several crucial singles and outtakes), while disc two skims off the cream of the later albums Vehicle, Modern Rock, and Unknown Country (four outtakes from the Modern Rock sessions are thrown in for good measure). A thoroughly enjoyable introduction to an important and influential band, Anthology will also fill in plenty of gaps in the collections of American fans; anyone with more than a passing interest in the Clean will find plenty to revel in here.

Disc 1

http://rapidshare.com/files/79889945/Clean__The_-_Anthology__Vol1_.rar

Disc 2

http://rapidshare.com/files/79901125/Clean__The_-_Anthology__Vol2_.rar

Disc 3

http://rapidshare.com/files/79916782/Clean__The_-_Anthology__Vol_3_.rar

Tribute to the Go-Betweens - Write your Adventures Down

tricky

The Go-Betweens Tribute

May 6, 2007 marks the anniversary of the death of singer/songwriter, Grant McLennan, who died unexpectedly, at age 48. The Go-Betweens Tribute is a concert tribute to one of Australia's most influential bands.

Recorded at Brisbane's Tivoli Theatre, David McCormack, formerly of Brisbane band Custard and longtime friend of The Go-Betweens, together with The Go-Betweens band members, Adele Pickvance (Bass), and Glenn Thompson (Drums), lead a stellar line up of musicians performing an assorted mix of The Go-Betweens songs.

Performers include: Sarah Blasko; Glenn Richards (Augie March); Kevin Mitchell (aka Bob Evans); Darren Hanlon; Dan Kelly; Ian Haug (Powderfinger); and Cameron Emerson and Toby Martin (Youth Group).

This special concert was presented to an audience of over 1000 people, including Robert Forster, who is the surviving key songwriter of The Go-Betweens, and gave the audience a rare opportunity to hear these songs performed by such brilliant musicians.

http://rapidshare.com/files/79833293/Various_Artists_-_Tribute_to_the_Go-Betweens.rar

The Stems - Heads Up

many, many thanks to mailee

If you haven't noticed by the number of Stems postings......I dig The Stems....dig the sound, dig the look......

It’s incongruous to think that Heads Up is only The Stems’ second full length album, and the band’s first new release in twenty years. Incongruous not just because The Stems remain one of Australia’s most virtuous garage and power pop bands, despite a playing and recording history that lasted a mere few years in the mid 1980s, but also because Heads Up is so pure, fresh and potent that it could have been recovered from recording sessions shelved at the height of the band’s original popularity or – better still – found lying dormant on tapes discarded at the apex of the halcyon days of the 1960s garage rock era.

Whereas Iggy meandered through the motions on The Stooges’ The Weirdness, and David Johannsen and Sylvain Sylvain mocked band branding reality on One Day It Will Please Even Me to Remember This, on Heads Up The Stems – comprising original members Dom Mariani, Richard Lane, Julian Matthews and Dave Shaw (sometime drummer Gary Chambers is, by some reports, farming potatoes in rural Western Australia) – are as vibrant as the day they first donned stove pipe trousers, flopped their fringes over their eyes and went in search of fuzz laden lands.

Mariani's opening line on the stomping Leave You Way Behind – "I'm feeling so much better/All of my pain has gone away" – is significant. The Stems imploded in the late 1980s under the weight of a relentless touring schedule and egos unable to manage the pressure of burgeoning national and international fame. Twenty years later the band has rediscovered the basic ingredients of the rock'n'roll form, sans all the industry bullshit that smothered their original zest and enthusiasm. She Sees Everything gives a power popped Loved Ones flavour to the wild eyed perspective on matters of the heart, and the Dave Shaw penned Surround Me is positively drenched in the sunny eyed optimism that none of us should ever forget (and neither should we ignore Mariani's spin on Roger McGuinn's Eight Miles High solo that appears late in the song).

For a healthy dose of garage attitude, '60s fashionista style and a slick sound to die for, you'd be insane to go past What's Your Stand, while Hellbound Train finds Mariani rediscovering a brutal riff he left lying around the studio after the recording sessions for the last Stoneage Hearts album, and discovering his band mates love it just as much he does. The rock'n'roll perfection that characterises Get to Know Me puts the seal of authenticity to the rhetorical statement that forms the song title – why would you do anything else but embrace contemporary The Stems after hearing this song?

Richard Lane's Only if You Want It shows what you can do with a bit of garage spice on a simple pop tune, and Liar is as down and dirty as much of the rest of the album is brimming with sunshine and beauty. Finally, Mariani is at his power pop best in Get So Bad – a tale of adolescent emotional dysfunction, a simple and catchy melody, and a guitar solo that slices and dices the air like a razor sharp Ginzu steak knife.

The ironic beauty of rock'n'roll is its seemingly infinite interrogation of simple riffs, melodies and specious narratives. If you need an antipodean example of the intrinsic attraction of garage rock and its close cousin power pop, look no further than The Stems – and if you need proof that rock’n’roll is an attitude, not a date on a birth certificate, check out Heads Up.

Check out the tour poster for 2007..... Gurus, Birdman, Stems......I want to go home

http://rapidshare.com/files/79808245/Stems__The_-_Heads_Up.rar

The Acoustic Lounge - Steve Kilbey (The Church)

another delight from tricky

Recorded live in Australia , 2000, ACOUSTIC & INTIMATE offers 16 songs from the former lead singer of The Church.

http://rapidshare.com/files/79786735/Church_-_Kilby__Steve_-_Acoustic___Intimate.rar

Exploding White Mice - In a Nest of Vipers

Back to Oz.

Exploding White Mice were a punk-pop band from Adelaide, Australia in the 1980s.

Their name was taken from a scene in the film Rock 'N' Roll High School, in which a laboratory mouse spontaneously explodes upon being exposed to the music of The Ramones, the band's foremost influence. Other major influences include Rocket to Russia and Radio Birdman.

Exploding White Mice got its start in 1983 in Adelaide when Paul Gilchrist (vocals) played a one-off show as a cover band with Andy MacQueen (bass), Gerry Barrett (guitar) and Craig Rodda (drums) at a party. It was Paul's first band; Andy had previously been in the bands The Deviants and the Crunch Pets, and Craig drummed for the Screaming Believers. The show went well enough that the group decided to play together regularly. One of these shows was attended by Giles Barrow, who was the guitarist for the bands Zippy & The Coneheads and Kaos. He ended up joining the group on rhythm guitar. In 1984 they began playing regularly in Adelaide at the Cathedral Hotel; Gerry left near year's end and was replaced by former Spitfire and Tombstone Shadow member Jeff Stephens.

At this point in the group's history, they were primarily still a cover band, but soon after began working on originals. After adding another former member of Zippy & the Coneheads, David Bunney, the group released an EP, 1985's A Nest of Vipers, on Australia's Greasy Pop Records. Sydney rock publication RAM named the album the best Australian record of the year in 1986.

http://rapidshare.com/files/79774942/Exploding_White_Mice_-_In_a_Nest_of_Vipers.rar

Varioue Artists - Songs from the Lowlands

More 80's music from NZ. A compilation put out by Robert Scott on his tape label Every Secret Thing (ESP).It was released around 1986. It was taken out of print a short time later when Bill Direen objected to his songs being on it without his permission. Robert Scott had got the songs from Bats and Builders drummer Malcolm Grant . Electric Blood was the Scott brothers band as well. This the revised version without the Builder tracks. Got songs from The Bats and The Doublehappys.

http://rapidshare.com/files/79768391/Various_Artists_-_songs_from_the_lowland.rar

Variou Artists - Flying Nun 25th

Flying Nun Records was formed in Christchurch in 1981 by music shop proprietor Roger Shepherd in the flurry of new punk rock-inspired labels forming in the early 80s. The intention was to record original local music of Christchurch, but soon the label rose to national and international prominence by championing the emerging sound of music from New Zealand.

The label grew an incredible reputation worldwide from such success with bands and musicians such as The Clean, Bailter Space, The Chills, The Bats, Chris Knox, Toy Love, Straitjacket Fits, The 3Ds, JPSE, Tall Dwarfs, The Verlaines, David Kilgour, The D4, The Mint Chicks, and many more...

This includes Tall Dwarfs, The Exploding Budgies, The Orange, The Weeds, Dead Famous People

This was originally a 4 CD set, but alas the trolls had their way. Enjoy what remains.

http://rapidshare.com/files/79604244/Various_Artist_-_Flying_Nun_25th_Anniversity.rar

The Bats - The Daddys Highway

The Bats' first full album continues the early promise of their EPs and, with only the slightest deviations and changes since, established their sound for just about everything that followed. Scott and company may not be the most willfully experimental of musicians, but when they're on -- more often the case than not -- their lovely, melancholic songs simply hit the spot. Woodward forms the perfect singing partner for Scott, while guest violinist Alastair Galbraith brings his talent to the fore as he has for so many other New Zealand bands. "Treason" makes for a good start to the album, but the real standout on Daddy's Highway is the surging "North by North." Featuring a fantastic Galbraith violin solo, it gives the band the opportunity to show its sometime hidden strengths for more energetic, nervous material. Scott's vocal performance is one of his best, and the quick, on-edge pace seems to get even more so as the song continues. Quieter songs unsurprisingly abound as well, from the understated sweetness of "Sir Queen" to the gentle keyboard-touched "Candidate." "Tragedy" is one of the best in this vein, ending in a disturbing low drone (or at least as much of a drone as the generally quick-length songs by the Bats allow for).

http://rapidshare.com/files/79642770/Bats__The_-_daddy_s_highway.rar

The Stems - Weed Out (Live)

thanks to hank

The Stems formed in late 1983 when Dom Mariani, formerly in the band the Go-Starts, was introduced to Richard Lane. Richard had seen Mariani in the final few gigs of the Go-Starts and asked him for some guitar lessons. The lessons turned into jams, the jams into songs, and the decision was made to start the band. A friend, Gary Chambers, was recruited to join the band on drums and bass player John Shuttleworth poached from another local band, the Pink Armadillos and some demo’s recorded. The bands debut gig was supporting The Saints and The Triffids at the Old Civic Theatre in Perth. Their sound was influenced by 60s garage acts ranging from the Electric Prunes, The Standells, The Chocolate Watch Band to The Easybeats. A local Saturday night residency at the Wizbah venue saw throwback covers and a growing list of original songs and a cult following for the band. Shuttleworth decided to leave so a final gig for the band was arranged which drew a large crowd. The success of this gig and freshly written songs saw the band recruit a new bass player, school friend Julian Matthews.

The Stems played at local legendary (and now long-gone) venues such as The Wizbah, The Old Melbourne and The Shenton Park Hotel on a regular basis, the group built up a substantial following in Perth, at a time otherwise dominated by cover bands. During this time they replaced Shuttleworth with Julian Matthews on bass.

Weed Out is a 1997 album released by House of Wax of live recordings by The Stems. This live 2 track recording features 10 live cuts from a performance at The Old Melbourne Hotel in Perth, Western Australia on April 18, 1986. As well as containing live versions of previously released favorites like "Rosebud", "Make You Mine" and "Love Will Grow" the album contains two previously unreleased songs "Does It Turn You On", "Don't Let Me" together with a cover of the Monkees' "Stepping Stone".

http://rapidshare.com/files/79659690/The_Stems_-_Weed_Out_live_.rar

Grant McLennan - Fireboy

Fireboy is the second solo album by Grant McLennan, a member of The Go-Betweens. It was released in 1992. In the album's liner notes McLennan said the songs were for Gloria Swanson, Kenneth Slessor, Brett Whiteley and Dean Martin.

http://rapidshare.com/files/79760488/McLennan__Grant_-_Fireboy.rar

Paul Kelly - So Much Water, So Close To Home

thanks to tricky

So Much Water, So Close To Home is an album by Paul Kelly & The Messengers and originally released in 1989. The title comes from a short story of the same name by author Raymond Carver.

The entire album was recorded in the U.S. with a big-name producer (Scott Litt, best known for his work with R.E.M.). It was released on Mushroom Records in Australia and A&M Records in the United States

http://rapidshare.com/files/79563790/Kelly__Paul_-_So_Much_Water__So_Close_To_Home.rar

Paul Kelly - Under The Sun

thanks to tricky

Under The Sun is an album recorded by Paul Kelly & The Coloured Girls and originally released in 1987.

It was released on Mushroom Records in Australia and was the second album for both Paul Kelly & The Coloured Girls. In the U.S., it was released on A&M Records with the band credited as Paul Kelly & The Messengers.

http://rapidshare.com/files/79559033/Kelly__Paul_-_Under_the_Sun.rar

Jesus and Mary Chain - Three Records

thanks to Time Bandit for Barbed Wire Kisses

The Jesus and Mary Chain originally revolved around the songwriting partnership of its two main members. To fully realise their vision of the band, the Reid brothers recruited bassist Douglas Hart and drummer Murray Dalglish.

The band recorded their debut single, "Upside Down", released in October 1984 on Creation Records. The melody, structure and lyrics ("Inside I feel so bad/So low I feel so sad/Feels like I'm going mad/Best friend I've ever had.") are reminiscent of 1960s pop music of the like created by the Brill Building or Phil Spector, but "Upside Down" gives the material a noisy post-punk treatment, with brutally simple drums and one guitar playing shrill feedback throughout most of the song.

Dalglish was replaced shortly afterwards by Bobby Gillespie (who would go on to front Primal Scream), and William Reid subsequently claimed that he had played the drums on the debut single himself because of Dalglish's lack of ability. Though the single received universal critical acclaim from the British music press, and the band was championed fanatically by the NME, it was their riotous live shows that drew them the most attention.

Their music fuses together the Reids' two primary influences, the guitar noise of The Stooges and The Velvet Underground with the '60s pop leanings of The Beach Boys and Phil Spector.

odds-and-sods collection Barbed Wire Kisses (1988)

http://rapidshare.com/files/79578441/Jesus_and_Mary_Chain_-_1988_Barbed_Wire_Kisses.rar

the largely acoustic Stoned & Dethroned which would see release in 1994.

http://rapidshare.com/files/79674379/jesus_and_mary_chain__-_Stoned___Dethroned.rar

final album in their odds-and-sods trilogy, 1995's Hate Rock N' Roll

http://rapidshare.com/files/79686517/Jesus_and_Mary_Chain_-_Hate_Rock_N_Roll.rar

Mutton Birds - Live Wolverhampton 25th November 2000

01 Small Mercies
02 Straight To Your Head
03 Envy Of Angels
04 As Close As This
05 She's Been Talking
06 Like This Train
07 A Thing Well Made
08 Last Year's Shoes
09 Wellington
10 Winning Numbers
11 Andy
12 Claude Rains
13 Queen's English

http://www.4shared.com/file/36409869/7ba9f3aa/Mutton_Birds_-__Wolverhampton_25th_November_2000.html

Mutton Birds - B-Sides & RaritiesVolumes 1 & 2

I found these last night, you must listen to these records. 'Anchor Me' two versions , 'Pulled Along By Love' two versions .... you won't be disappointed. I keep coming back to edit this post, their cover of 'Don't Fear The Reaper' Blue Oyster Cult...... outstanding.....this collection......my new favourite record

A note from Don - The name 'B-Sides & Rarities' is a little misleading for this collection as it's all live (mostly audience) recordings, never officially released. (Volume 3 coming later, sorry busy). All the available studio recordings were gathered together for the first two volumes of this series. This one does however feature some hard to find tracks, such as Come Sunday, Stay Hungry and Helicopter Pilot, Don's recent live recording of Queen's English with the Auckland Chamber Orchestra, the first ever public airing of Green Lantern (recorded at the 12 Bar Club in Feb '98), and some audio from live TV performances. The rest are mainly personal choices of particularly good live performances, some of which I've tweaked and removed some back-ground hiss from.

B-Sides & Rarities Volume 1

1-2 from NZ 'The Mutton Birds' album
3-4 from NZ 'Nature' single
5 from NZ 'Anchor Me' single
6 from NZ 'The Heater' single
7 from UK 'Anchor Me' single
8 from NZ 'Solid Pyrite Hits' compilation
9-15 from NZ-only 'Envy Of Angels' bonus disc
16-17 from NZ 'Come Around' single

http://www.mediafire.com/?2gbxizue2zu

B-Sides & Rarities Volume 2

01 from UK 'Come Around' single
02 from Aus 'Don't Fear The Reaper' single
3-4 out-takes from 'Envy Of Angels' sessions
5-6 from UK 'Pulled Along By Love' single
7-9 from UK 'AsCloseAsThis' single
10 from NZ 'The Underwater Melon Man' soundtrack album
11-12 from Don McGlashan's 'Instrumental Music' CD sampler
13-16 from BBC GLR Sessions (26th Jan 1998)
17-18 from BBC GLR Sessions (5th Feb 1999)

http://www.mediafire.com/?0czxnl3d3zz

Mutton Birds - Nature

from 'cobber' thanks for the upload and reminding me of the Mutton Birds

More from Kiwi Land, a taste of the 90's. The Mutton Birds, clean guitar sounds, folk elements in the structure of the songs with passion and beauty. An extraordinary band.

The Mutton Birds formed in 1991 in New Zealand. Main songwriter Don McGlashan, guitarist David Long and drummer Ross Burge had made quite a few albums between them in the anti-Darwinian environment that makes New Zealand so unique in the musical world. Bands like Blam Blam Blam and The Front Lawn (Don), The Six Volts (David), The Spines, Sneaky Feelings and The Dribbling Darts (Ross), had provided a testing ground for their ideas about songs and how to play them. When bassist Alan Gregg (also of The Dribbling Darts) joined in 1992, and they made their first, self-titled album, college radio picked it up with a vengeance and mainstream radio in New Zealand was forced to follow suit.

The Mutton Birds began making sorties to England in 1995. That year, they released "Nature" (Virgin Records), a 12-song compilation of tracks from "The Mutton Birds" and "Salty", with additional production courtesy of Neil Finn. The release won the band some firm friends: ".....Robust, sad melodies, folk harmonies and beautifully weighted arrangements" **** Q magazine. Like many bands of their genre the popularity of grunge during the 90’s music restricted the amount of exposure and subsequently the levels of popularity these bands had.

Their third album, Nature, was a collection of songs from their first two CDs with production assistance from Neil Finn, released by Virgin Records in 1995.

http://www.mediafire.com/?7eqzn3ne2c1

Smashing Pumpkins - Live in Paris

Quick update for all. Large file over 3 parts, uploaded it into Mediafire so it's easier to download. Good quality sound board recording. Recorded in Paris in 2007 with the reformed band. Song list covers the total history of the band, 34 songs. Collectors item.

Disc 1

http://www.mediafire.com/?4zdtdnzozcc

Disc 2

http://www.mediafire.com/?dzdmjwqpjwz

Disc 3

http://www.mediafire.com/?5pjgcmxypzp

Tripple J - New Releases

cheers to 'cobber' for this one

Something a bit different, these are songs from Australian bands and artists that are currently getting 'high rotation' on Tripple J in Australia. Included are promo shots of the bands and artists. Style wise it's a bit of everything...... but pointing towards pop/rock. If you want to know what's happening in Australian music NOW, here it is.

http://rapidshare.com/files/79541331/Tripple_j_-_New_Releases.rar

The Acoustic Lounge - Nirvana

No explanations are really needed; Nirvana, Unplugged in New York. Probably the best know ‘unplugged’ recording of all time and certainly my favourite Nirvana record. This is special, a double CD with all the original songs remastered as well the rehearsal tapes for the show. This comes from the recently released DVD.

Kurt Cobain loved to confound his fans' expectations during his brief stint in the spotlight. So when Nirvana gathered in New York City on November 18, 1993, he had another trick up his sleeve--an acoustic performance of the raw, ferocious grunge songs that propelled the band to stardom. The results were startling, and for many viewers a hidden depth to Cobain's songwriting talents were revealed as gentle renditions of NEVERMIND staples such as "On a Plain" and "Come As You Are" were stripped down and performed for a specially invited audience. Among the many highlights is the performance of "Jesus Don't Want Me For a Sunbeam," which was originally by Scottish indie-pop group (and longstanding favorite of Cobain's) the Vaselines; a stunning opening in the form of the BLEACH-era track "About a Girl"; and a selection of songs originally performed by underground rock act the Meat Puppets.

http://rapidshare.com/files/79443160/Nirvana-Unplugged_In_New_York-DVD-2007_d1_.rar

http://rapidshare.com/files/79523091/Nirvana-Unplugged_In_New_York-DVD-2007_d2_.rar

Go-Betweens - Botony Tapes

These sessions were demos and rehearsals for the follow-up album to 16 Lovers' Lane, to be called Freakchild. That the album never saw the light of day was down to the fairly acrimonious disintegration of the band, however a number of the songs here were featured in the solo albums of Forster and McLennan.

Songs 1-20 feature Forster and McLennan and their acoustic guitars playing the songs the way they would play them at numerous record store and low key club gigs between the demise of the band and the reformation. Tracks 21 - 27 feature the band rehearsing the new material.

I also have 'The Lost Album 78-79' and 'My Way' a live recording, I'll be posting in the future.

http://rapidshare.com/files/79427691/Go_Betweens_-_Botany_sessions.rar

Valanes - Hallelujah All The Way Home

thanks to Kiwi Tapes for these gems

Another band from the 'land of the long white cloud' . A one-time Flying Nun act, Graham Downes' Verlaines produced some of the most sophisticated indie pop of the '80s while on the label, and made it to America all too ahead of their time. The antipodean garage that gave their albums Bird Dog and Hallelujah All the Way Home such a distinctive character, which highlighted the eccentric songwriting sensibilities of Downes. His only peers in the craft being Go-Betweens frontman Robert Forster and fellow Kiwi Martin Phillips of the Chills for absolute mastery of the art. The collection here has all of the distinctive traits that made the Verlaines so special -- quirky lyrics, Baroque string arrangements, and incessant guitar jangle.

http://rapidshare.com/files/79407327/Valanes_-_Hallelujah_All_The_Way_Home.rar

The Vines - Highly Evolved, The Winning Ways

Highly Evolved

The Vines: Craig Nicholls (vocals, guitar, piano, percussion); Patrick Matthews (piano, organ, bass, background vocals); David Olliffe (drums).

Additional personnel: Rob Schnapf (guitar); Roger Joseph Manning Jr (keyboards); Pete Thomas, Joey Waronker, Victor Indrizzo (drums); Ethan Johns, Steven Rhoades (percussion).

Recorded at Sound Factory and Sunset Sound Recorders, Hollywood, California between July 2001 and February 2002.

Most folks first became aware of Australian rockers the Vines via their cover of the Beatles' "I'm Only Sleeping" on 2001's I AM SAM soundtrack album. A few months down the line, their 2002 debut album HIGHLY EVOLVED took the UK by storm. Shortly thereafter, the album was released in the US with high hopes. The group's basic, no-frills guitar rock should find plenty of friends among fans of the Strokes, the Hives, White Stripes, etc. It's rock & roll stripped to the bone, pared down to charging riffs that reference such evergreen influences as the Stooges and the MC5, and sharp songcraft with echoes of everything from T. Rex to Nirvana. There are a couple of softer moments on HIGHLY EVOLVED, such as the ruminative "Autumn Shade" and the contemplative "Homesick," but for the most part these Aussie lads lead an electrified charge with all guns blazing, frenzied vocals and sledgehammer rhythms belting out their battle cry of rock with a capital "r."

http://rapidshare.com/files/79394791/Vines__The_-_Highly_Evolved.rar

The Winning Ways

The Vines: Craig Nicholls (vocals, guitar, Moog synthesizer, percussion); Ryan Griffiths (guitar); Patrick Matthews (piano, keyboards, bass); Hamish Rosser (drums, percussion).

Recorded at Bearsville Studios, Bearsville, New York in 2003.

This is an Enhanced CD, which contains both regular audio tracks and multimedia computer files.

For the second Vines album, WINNING DAYS, the group's resident enfant terrible, Craig Nicholls, still comes off as an amalgam of Ryan Adams, Billy Corgan, and Kurt Cobain, and that's exactly what makes the record compelling from the start. Guitars blaze as Nicholls's unapologetic rock-star sneer carries the fierce opening track, "Ride." On "TV Pro," the band moves into slow, dreamy territory, but the chiming riffs are soon joined by jagged bursts of distortion, making for one of the Vines' most dynamic tunes.

On this confident set, the Australian rockers benefit from producer Rob Schnapf's return to the boards, crafting multi-faceted songs ranging from the pensive, acoustic "Autumn Shade II" and the Beach Boys-influenced title track to the metallic stomp of "Evil Town" and the spite-fueled closing number. Talented beyond their years, the lads of the Vines prove that the success of their debut was no fluke with WINNING DAYS.

http://rapidshare.com/files/79401460/Vines_The_-_Winning_Days.rar

The Numbers - 39.51

Maybe their second 0r third album, with tracks such as Big Beat and Blacktown really reflecting the sound and fashion of the time - only better, a great album. I have no idea about the meaning or relevance about the album name. If you do, drop me a line.

http://rapidshare.com/files/79377585/Numbers__The__39.51.rar

Silverchair - Young Modern

Silverchair is an Australian alternative rock band, formed in Newcastle, New South Wales in 1992. The group has had more top twenty hits in Australian charts during the last decade than any other local artist. Additionally, they have sold over six million albums worldwide. Every album released by the band to date has spawned at least one top 1 single and debuted at the #1 position on Australian charts. Silverchair is also one of only three Australian bands to have three number 1 singles on the Australian Singles Chart, and the only Australian band to have their first albums chart at #1 in the Australian Album Chart. They are the most successful act at the ARIA awards, having won more awards than any other act.

In November of 2006, Silverchair announced they were working on the music for their fifth studio album, Young Modern. Bass player Chris Joannou wrote a short overview about how the recordings for Young Modern went, which was published on the band's website on July 27, 2007. He wrote that the band spent five weeks in the Hunter Valley, in late 2005 to play some new tunes together. Prior to that Johns had been busy recording home demos on his own. Then the demos were recorded in a recording studio in Sydney and once the band had put it all together they headed for L.A. to start recording the songs at Seedy Underbelly Studios as they would appear on the album. Nick Launay was hired to produce the album together with Johns and during the time in L.A., some more songs were written (and possibly recorded). Van Dyke Parks was hired to do some orchestral arrangements for three new songs and these orchestrations were recorded in three days in Prague. The band mixed the album in Toronto ON at Metalworks Studio in January 2007 with Diorama co-producer David Bottrill.

They played a limited number of 'warm-up' concerts (with Paul Mac on keyboards at the Great Escape festival, the Clipsal 500 and the Rock-It festival) to showcase some of the new material and fund the recording of Young Modern. They originally aimed to release the album around December 2006, but delays pushed it into being released on March 31, 2007 in Australia.

In the build up prior to their Homebake performance, Silverchair performed a cover of Midnight Oil's "Don't Wanna Be the One" at the 2006 ARIA Awards as part of Midnight Oil's induction into the ARIA Hall of Fame. During the end of the performance Johns spray painted PG4PM (Peter Garrett for Prime Minister) on a stage wall, paying tribute to the Oils' frontman who is now a federal MP for the ALP.

The band played at Homebake on December 2, 2006 in Sydney; at Phillip Island on December 30, as part of The Pyramid Rock Festival; and the Queen's Wharf Brewery in Newcastle on New Year's Eve. They also played some showcase events in the U.S. and Canada in early 2007, in order to attract record companies to distribute Young Modern. It was recently stated by Johns on a Channel V broadcast of Silverchair's Homebake performance that Paul Mac is his "musical soulmate" and he finds it difficult to perform without him" and that Silverchair becomes a "supergroup" with his presence.

"Straight Lines" was chosen as first single from the new album Young Modern. Footage for the video was shot in Sydney, in which fans were invited to appear. The single was released on the band's official website and their official MySpace page on February 2nd. The physical single was released on March 10th and debuted at number 1 on the ARIA charts. Silverchair became only the third Australian band to have three number 1 singles on the ARIA Charts, the other bands being The Easybeats and The Seekers.

Coincendentally, Judith Durham, lead singer of The Seekers, performs guest vocals on an iTunes bonus track from Young Modern.

Young Modern debuted at number one in the ARIA Albums Chart, becoming their fifth consecutive studio album to top the chart, making them the only Australian band to ever reach five number one albums, surpassing Cold Chisel and Midnight Oil with four. It was certified double platinum by ARIA in only its third week charting. Young Modern continued to claim the number 1 position for a fourth week, becoming their fastest-selling album and holding off the Arctic Monkeys' Favourite Worst Nightmare.

Silverchair cleaned up at the 2007 ARIA awards, taking the coveted "Album of the Year", "Song of the Year" and "Best Group" songs among their five awards for the evening.

http://rapidshare.com/files/79365304/Silverchair_-_Young_Modern.rar

The Bats - Music for Your Fireside

The Bats, one of the most influential bands from New Zealand in the 80's, this EP released around 1985. That trademark mix of dark-hued guitar jangle, dry, offhand vocals, and melodies that tend to meander around rather than stick to traditional verse-chorus structures is in full bloom here.

http://rapidshare.com/files/79356682/Bats__The_-__Music_For_The_Fireside_EP.rar

Lime Spiders - Headcleaner

thanks hank

This one has me beat I can find no reference to this Spiders album. Spiders released three albums, The Cave Comes Alive 1987, Volatile 1988 and Beethoven’s Fist in 1990. This seems a compilation of sorts with songs spanning their career as well as varying recording standards. Don’t care where it came from , I love the Spiders. Piece of trivia "Slave Girl" being covered by the Goo Goo Dolls on their 1995 album, A Boy Named Goo. The picture is from ‘My Favourite Room‘ single, cool

http://rapidshare.com/files/79353226/Lime_Spiders_-_Headcleaner__A07_.rar

Sick Puppies - Dressed Up As Life

Sick Puppies are a rock band from Sydney, Australia. The band was formed by singer/lead guitarist Shimon Moore and bassist Emma Anzai in the music room of Mosman High School in 1997, where the two connected because of their shared love for Silverchair. Initially with Shimon on drums and Emma on guitars, the duo would frequently meet up to play Green Day, Rage Against the Machine and Silverchair songs and eventually felt compelled to write their own songs. Soon, Chris Mileski was added to the band to fill in on drums.

Sick Puppies started attracting national attention when their song "Nothing Really Matters" won Triple J's Unearthed in 2000. Later that year, they released their debut album called Welcome to the Real World and were voted for "Best Live Performance" at a rock festival in Sydney. This album was initially supposed to feature a humorous cover version of Destiny's Child's hit single "Say My Name", performed in a post grunge/nu metal style, however the song was not included due to the threat of a lawsuit by Destiny's Child's record label. The band received a very large amount of exposure for the song "All the Same" which is the theme for Juan Mann's Free Hugs Campaign video on YouTube, although it also has its own video. Sick Puppies garnered international attention, making their 2007 album, DRESSED UP AS LIFE, a surprise hit. Formed in Sydney, Australia, the Los Angeles transplants, fronted by vocalist/guitarist Shimon Moore, offer up songs on the heavy end of post-grunge alternative rock.

http://rapidshare.com/files/79342870/Sick_Puppies_-_Dressed_Up_As_Life.rar

Jebediah - Of Someday Shambles

Jebediah is a four piece alternative/pop rock band from Perth, Western Australia. Jebediah was formed in Perth in 1994 with Kevin Mitchell on vocals and rhythm guitar, Vanessa Thornton on bass, Chris Daymond on lead guitar and Almin Fulurija on drums. Kevin's brother, Brett Mitchell replaced Almin on drums because Almin didn’t turn up to practice. Kevin, Vanessa and Chris met at high school while Brett Mitchell had been a drummer with various bands. The band took their name from Jebediah Springfield, the fictional founder of Springfield on The Simpsons.

The band started recording its second album Of Someday Shambles in Melbourne in 1999. "Animal", the first single, reached number 16 on the Australian ARIA Singles Chart. The band started touring Canada and New Zealand and won further WAMi awards for best video for "Harpoon", and Vanessa Thornton winning Best Bass Player. Of Someday Shambles debuted at number 2 on the Australian album charts, reaching gold status and then platinum.

http://rapidshare.com/files/79335610/Jebediah_-_Of_Someday_Shambles.rar

Eastern Dark - Where are all the Single Girls

The band was formed in 1984 when then Celibate Rifles bassist James Darroch decided to leave and form his own band. Darroch switched from bass to guitar and enlisted drummer Geoff Milne and former Lime Spiders backing vocalist Bill Gibson. on bass. After some rehearsals the three became The Eastern Dark, named after a place in The Phantom comics. The three piece began touring in May of 1984, quickly garnering local support, and releasing their first single, "Julie Is A Junkie/Johnny And Dee Dee," in July of 1985.

With Rob Younger as producer the band recorded the EP Long Live The New Flesh! in 1986. On March 4, 1986, on the way from recording to a gig in Melbourne, the band's van went off the road and Darroch was killed. Long Live the New Flesh! was released posthumously later that year, and the band's complete recorded output was collected as Girls on the Beach in 1989. Another collection, Where Are All the Single Girls? was released on Half A Cow Records in 2000.

http://rapidshare.com/files/79328622/Eastern_Dark_-_Where_are_all_the_Single_Girls_pt1.rar

http://rapidshare.com/files/79321983/Eastern_Dark_-_Where_Are_All_The_Single_Girls_pt2.rar

Ed Kuepper - Butterfly Net

One of Ed's Greatest Hits, all his best known songs, a favourite of mine

http://rapidshare.com/files/79220921/Kuepper__Ed_-_Butterflynet.rar

Midnight Oil - Demos of Head Injuries

thanks to mailee

Posted the original a couple of days ago, mailee sent this one in, the full demos of Head Injuries. Different versions of every song. A little gem.

http://rapidshare.com/files/79192981/Midniht_Oil_-_Head_Injuries_Demos.rar

Ed Kuepper - Electrical Storm

one for cobber...... cheers mate

Electrical Storm released in 1985. At the time of releasing this LP, Ed Kuepper had just broke up his pervious band, The Laughing Clowns, they had run their course (a brilliant one at that). Ed Kuepper, a prodigous writer, had collected songs over several years that did not suit the Clowns avant-garde style. The best of those songs are on this LP. The title track, Electrical Storm, is laced with the intensity that we expect from Ed Kuepper. The album has some of the power of The Saints (his first band), and hints of what his later work would be like. If you want help in choosing your first Ed Kuepper album, I recommend this one

http://rapidshare.com/files/79183993/Kuepper_Ed_-_Electrical_Storm.rar

Hummingbirds - Va Va Voom

The Hummingbirds were an indie pop or jangle pop band from Sydney, Australia, formed in 1986 from members of the band Bug Eyed Monsters. They were one of the first bands signed to the rooArt label, and had a chart hit with Blush. The Hummingbirds then signed to rooART and recorded loveBUZZ with Mitch Easter. It was a major hit and earned an American release, though sales were slow despite excellent reviews.They continued recording for Australian audiences, releasing another LP, 1992's Va Va Voom. However, the release of this album was delayed due to problems with RooArt.

http://rapidshare.com/files/79175520/Hummingbirds_-_Va_Va_Voom.rar

Grant McLennan - Horsebreaker Star

Grant William McLennan (12 February 1958 – 6 May 2006) was an Australian singer-songwriter with the alternative rock band The Go-Betweens, which he co-founded with Robert Forster in Brisbane, Australia in 1977. In a career spanning almost thirty years, his work with The Go-Betweens (1977–89, and resuming 2000–06) is complemented by several solo releases and side-project collaborations with other performers.

McLennan received a number of accolades recognising his achievements and contributions as songwriter and lyricist, including the naming of his 1983 composition "Cattle and Cane" by the Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) as one of the 30 greatest Australian songs of all time. Grant McLennan died in his sleep at his home in Brisbane on 6 May 2006, aged 48, from a reported heart attack.. He was preparing for a party at his home and claimed he was feeling a bit unwell, and went upstairs to lie down. He was found later that night. Over 1,000 people attended his funeral, including Australian musicians such as Paul Kelly and Ed Kuepper.

Horsebreaker Star is the third solo album by Grant McLennan, he recorded the album in Athens, Georgia with American musicians. In a 1995 interview he said the album had been "a lot of work". "I wanted it to be the kind of record that could be played by anyone, but not too obvious. You know, the London Symphony Orchestra doesn't have to do the ballads, Johnny Cash doesn't have to do the country songs. I don't like to be that predictable. I like surprises," he said. McLennan toured the US, Europe and Australia in 1995 to promote the album, playing with musicians including Anna Burley and Dave Foley from The Killjoys, and Phil Kakulas from Blackeyed Susans. His American performances received highly favourable reviews from the The New York Times and Rolling Stone, which called McLennan "one of the world's great songwriters"

http://rapidshare.com/files/79156142/Grant_McLennan_-_Horsebreaker_Star.rar

Triple J podcasts.

brought to you by cobber

Triple J is a nationally-networked, government-funded Australian radio station (a division of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation), mainly aimed at youth (defined as those between 12 and 25). Music played on the station is generally more alternative than commercial stations with a heavy emphasis on Australian and live music. In metropolitan rating surveys Triple J usually has less than one third the market share of its major commercial rivals , but its influence on Australian popular music belies the modest ratings, having provided a launch pad for numerous Australian recording artists and announcers. Listen to 'live on the radio' Australian and touring bands.

Triple J podcasts.
http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/listen/podcast.htm

Billy Bragg - Reaching to the Converted

Stephen William Bragg (born December 20, 1957 in Essex, England), better known as Billy Bragg, is an English musician who blends elements of folk music, punk rock and protest songs. His lyrics mostly deal with political or romantic themes. His music career has lasted more than 20 years, and he has collaborated with Johnny Marr, Leon Rosselson, members of R.E.M., Michelle Shocked, Less Than Jake, Kirsty MacColl, and Wilco.

Personnel: Billy Bragg (vocals, acoustic & electric guitars); Cara Tivey (vocals, recorder, piano, harmonium, keyboards); Robert Handley (vocals); Johnny Marr (various instruments, acoustic guitar); Wiggy, Kenny Jones (guitar); John Porter (mandolin); Amanda Vincent (piano); Nigel Frydman, Andy Hobson (bass); Rob Allum, J.F.T. Hood (drums); Jody Linscott (percussion); Lorraine Bowen, Kirsty MacColl (background vocals).

Producers include: Johnny Marr, Grant Showbiz, Gary Smith, John Porter, Edward de Bono.

Combine the confusion of modern man with the infectious enthusiasm of a small boy, and you've got Billy Bragg. REACHING TO THE CONVERTED, a mixture of one-offs and studio doodles that never quite made the final cut, has both qualities in abundance.

"Shirley," the album's uptempo opener, demonstrates Bragg's mastery of the contemporary British urban couplet ("How can you lie back and think of England / When you don't even know who's in the team?"), while Johnny Marr's fine production proves the perfect foil for Bragg's direct vocal approach. Bragg still wears his left-wing heart on a red shirtsleeve ("Days Like These"), and he's never afraid to have his say on a serious matter; but he manages to do so without smugness. Unlike other troubadours, Bragg prefers writing about being in love to writing about being out of it, and a sense of real warmth and humanity always comes through ("We'll dance in the town till the sun goes down / And push our beds together"). Whether standing on his soapbox or musing on his calf-love ordeals, Bragg matches the voice of a football fan with the heart of a poet.

http://rapidshare.com/files/79141774/Billy_Bragg_-_Reaching_To_The_Converted.rar

The Stems - Bud

thanks to hank

More of their hits with some other songs they recorded.

http://rapidshare.com/files/79112616/The_Stems_-_Buds.rar

The Numbers - The Numbers

Their first self-titled album came out in 1980 and included the brilliant single, 5 Letter Word and Teenage Wonderland. Brother and sister(Chris and Annalise Morrow) share the vocals. The Number were active between 1978 and 1984 and produced 3 albums of original post-punk sound that was not too far removed from some other more successful bands of the time. Touches of Blondie and Pretenders, very 80's guitar sounds and choruses. Great record. I'll post a later album in the future. Bass player Craig Bloxom went on to form ‘v spy v spy’

Members :

Annalise Morrow - Bass Vocals
Chris Morrow - Guitar Vocals
Simon Vidale - Drums
Graham Bidstrup - Drums
John Bliss - Drums
Craig Bloxom - Bass
Russell Handley - Keyboard Guitar
Marty Newcombe - Drums
Collin Newham - Keyboard Bass
Marcus Phelan - Guitar
Garry Roberts - Bass

http://rapidshare.com/files/79105229/The_Numbers_-_The_Numbers.rar

Smashing Pumpkins - Discography

The Smashing Pumpkins are an American alternative rock band that formed in Chicago in 1988. While the group has gone through several lineup changes, The Smashing Pumpkins consisted of Billy Corgan (vocals/guitar), James Iha (guitar/vocals), D'arcy Wretzky (bass/vocals), and Jimmy Chamberlin (drums/percussion) for most of the band's recording career.

Disavowing the punk rock roots shared by many of their alt-rock contemporaries, the Pumpkins have a diverse, densely layered, and guitar-heavy sound, containing elements of gothic rock, heavy metal, dream pop, psychedelic rock, progressive rock, shoegazer-style production and, in later recordings, electronica. Front man Billy Corgan is the group's primary songwriter—his grand musical ambitions and cathartic lyrics have shaped the band's albums and songs, which have been described as "anguished, bruised reports from Billy Corgan's nightmare-land".

The Smashing Pumpkins broke into the musical mainstream with their second album, 1993's Siamese Dream. The group built their audience with extensive touring and their follow-up, 1995's double album Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness, debuted at number one on the Billboard charts. With approximately 18.3 million albums sold in the United States alone as of 2006, The Smashing Pumpkins were one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed bands of the 1990s. However, internal fighting, drug use, and diminishing sales hampered the band and led to a 2000 break-up. In April 2006, the band officially announced that they were reuniting and recording a new album. Returning members Billy Corgan and Jimmy Chamberlin were joined by new additions Jeff Schroeder (guitar/vocals), (bass/voGinger Reyescals), and Lisa Harriton (keyboard/vocals) in 2007 to tour in support of their new release, Zeitgeist.

At the age of nineteen, singer and guitarist Billy Corgan left his native Chicago, Illinois, moving to St. Petersburg, Florida with his gothic rock band The Marked. The band had limited success and quickly broke up. Corgan returned to Chicago, taking a job in a record store. While working there, he met guitarist James Iha. Adorning themselves with paisley and other psychedelic trappings, the two began writing songs together (with the aid of a drum machine) that were heavily influenced by The Cure and New Order. Corgan met bassist D'arcy Wretzky in 1988 after a show by the Dan Reed Network where they argued the merits of the band. After finding out Wretzky played bass, Corgan stated his band's need for a bassist and gave Wretzky his telephone number. Wretzky soon joined the band, and she and Iha later had a short-lived romance. The first performance of The Smashing Pumpkins was on July 9, 1988, at the Polish bar Chicago 21. This performance included only Corgan and Iha with a drum machine. On August 10, 1988, the band played for the first time as a trio at the Avalon Nightclub. After this show, Cabaret Metro owner Joe Shanahan agreed to book the band on the condition that they replace the drum machine with a live drummer. Jazz drummer Jimmy Chamberlin was recruited for the band after a recommendation from a friend of Corgan's. Chamberlin was at first an unlikely match, as he knew nothing of alternative rock at the time. As Corgan recalled of the period, "We were completely into the sad-rock, Cure kind of thing. It took about two or three practices before I realized that the power in his playing was something that enabled us to rock harder than we could ever have imagined." On October 5, 1988, the complete band took the stage for the first time at the Cabaret Metro. Although not an official member of the band at this point, Chamberlin would soon be announced as such, and the complete four-person lineup from this first show at the Metro would be unchanged for the next seven years.

In 1989, the group had recorded a handful of demo tapes, which appeared later on the bootleg release Early 1989 Demos. The Pumpkins made their first appearance on vinyl that same year on the compilation album Light Into Dark, which featured several Chicago alternative bands. They released their first record, a limited edition single of "I Am One", in 1990 on local Chicago label Limited Potential. The single sold out and they released another single, "Tristessa", on Sub Pop, after which they signed to Caroline Records. The Smashing Pumpkins recorded their 1991 debut album Gish with producer Butch Vig at his Smart Studios in Madison, Wisconsin, for $20,000. In order to gain the consistency he desired, Corgan often played all instruments save drums, which created tension in the band. The music fused heavy metal guitars, psychedelia and dream pop, garnering them comparisons to Jane's Addiction. Gish became a minor success, with the single "Rhinoceros" receiving some airplay on modern rock radio. After releasing the Lull EP in October 1991 on Caroline Records, the band formally signed with Virgin Records, which was affiliated with Caroline. The band supported the album with a tour that included opening for bands such as the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Jane's Addiction, and Guns N' Roses. During the tour, Iha and Wretzky went through a messy breakup, Chamberlin became addicted to narcotics and alcohol, and Corgan entered a deep depression, writing some songs for the upcoming album in the parking garage where he lived at the time.

Gish

http://www.mediafire.com/?7r0mqd4gdez

With the breakthrough of alternative rock into the American mainstream due to the popularity of grunge bands such as Nirvana and Pearl Jam, The Smashing Pumpkins were poised for major commercial success. At this time, and amid their protests, the Pumpkins were routinely lumped in with the grunge movement. In a Halloween night interview on MTV's 120 Minutes in 1993, Corgan remarked, "We've graduated now from [being called] 'the next Jane's Addiction' to 'the next Nirvana,' now we're 'the next Pearl Jam.'" The group nevertheless contributed the song "Drown" to the platinum-selling soundtrack of the 1992 movie Singles, a film set in the Seattle grunge music scene.

Corgan said that in the wake of Nirvana's landmark 1991 album Nevermind, "We felt a great pressure that if we didn't come up with a record that was huge, we were done. It was that simple in our minds. We felt like our lives depended on it."[6] Corgan's depression deepened to the point where he contemplated suicide. To counteract his depression, Corgan worked overtime, saying he practically lived in the studio for the 1993 follow-up album, Siamese Dream. The album was recorded at Triclops Sound Studios in Atlanta, Georgia, mostly between December 1992 and March 1993. The band lived in Marietta during the sessions, as Butch Vig reprised his role as producer. The decision to record so far away from their hometown was motivated partly by the band's desire to avoid local friends and distractions during the recording, but largely as a desperate attempt to cut Chamberlin off from his known drug connections. In this respect, the strategy failed, as Chamberlin quickly managed to find new connections and often was absent without any contact for days at a time.

The recording environment was very difficult, and the band fought constantly. The contemporary music press portrayed Corgan as a tyrant during the recording sessions. Corgan admitted there was some truth to the accusations, though he felt the press misunderstood the situation. Rumors circulated that he had recorded all the guitar and bass parts himself. It was never confirmed exactly how much each member participated on the album; Corgan did say he performed a majority of the guitar work, but only because he could record tracks and parts in far fewer takes. In 2007, Corgan would finally clarify the nature of the band's recording habits, stating "ninety-seven percent of what you would hear off of any Smashing Pumpkins record is, pretty much, just Billy and Jimmy."

In all, it took over four months to complete the record, with the budget exceeding $250,000. Despite all the problems in its recording, Siamese Dream debuted at number ten on the Billboard charts, and sold over four million copies in the U.S. alone. MTV put the videos for the songs "Today" and "Disarm" into heavy rotation, garnering the Pumpkins international attention.

While the Pumpkins were successful, they were not universally adored by the alternative rock community. Participants in the indie scene had derided the band as careerists since their early days. Indie rock band Pavement's 1994 song "Range Life" refers to the band with the lines "I don't understand what they mean/And I could really give a fuck", which have been widely interpreted as an insult (although Stephen Malkmus, lead singer of Pavement, has stated "I never dissed their music. I just dissed their status."). Former Hüsker Dü frontman Bob Mould called them "the grunge Monkees", and fellow Chicago musician/producer Steve Albini wrote a scathing letter in response to an article praising the band. He countered that the Pumpkins were no more alternative than REO Speedwagon and said they were created "by, of and for the mainstream" and "stylistically appropriate for the current college party scene, but ultimately insignificant". Others such as Courtney Love of HoleKurt Cobain) were vocal supporters of the band.

Siamese Dream

http://rapidshare.com/files/79011094/Smashing_Pumpkins_-_Siamese_Dreams__D1_.rar

http://rapidshare.com/files/79057757/Smashing_Pumpkins_-_Siamese_Dreams__D2_.rar

In 1994, Virgin released the B-sides/rarities compilation Pisces Iscariot which outperformed Siamese Dream by reaching number four on the Billboard charts. Also released was a VHS cassette titled Vieuphoria featuring a mix of live performances and behind-the-scenes footage. Following relentless touring to support the recordings, including headline slots on the 1994 Lollapalooza tour and at Reading Festival in 1995, the band took time off to write the follow-up album.

Pisces Iscariot

http://rapidshare.com/files/78983493/Smashing_Pumpkins_-_Pisces_Isariot.rar

Corgan worked nonstop over the next year and wrote, according to statements in interviews, about fifty-six songs for the next album. Following this spell of concentrated creativity, the Pumpkins went back into the studio with producers Flood and Alan Moulder to work on what Corgan described as "The Wall for Generation X",[ a comparison with Pink Floyd's famous two-LP concept album.

The result was Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness, a double album featuring twenty-eight songs and lasting over two hours (the vinyl version of the album contained three records, two extra songs, and an alternate tracklisting). The songs were intended to hang together conceptually as a symbol of the cycle of life and death. Praised by Time as "the group's most ambitious and accomplished work yet", Mellon Collie debuted at number one on the Billboardc harts in October 1995. Even more successful thanSiamese Dream, it was certified nine times platinum in the United States and became the best-selling double album of the decade to date. It also garnered seven 1997 Grammy Award nominations, including Album of the Year. The band won only the Best Hard Rock Performance award, for the album's lead single "Bullet with Butterfly Wings". The album spawned five singles—"Bullet with Butterfly Wings", "1979", "Zero", "Tonight, Tonight", and "Thirty-Three"—of which the first three were certified gold and all but "Zero" entered the Top 40. Many of the remaining songs that did not make it onto Mellon Collie were released as B-sides to the singles, and were eventually compiled in The Aeroplane Flies High box set. As a testament to the band's popularity, Virgin Records originally intended to limit the set to 200,000 copies, but produced more after the original run sold out due to overwhelming demand.

Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness

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In 1996, the Pumpkins embarked on an extended world tour in support of Mellon Collie. Corgan's look during this period—a shaved head, a longsleeve black shirt with the word "Zero" printed on it, and silver pants—became iconic. That year, the band also made a guest appearance in an episode of The Simpsons, "Homerpalooza". With considerable video rotation on MTV, major industry awards, and "Zero" shirts selling in many malls, the Pumpkins were considered one of the most popular bands of the time. But the year was far from entirely positive for the band. In May, the Smashing Pumpkins played a gig at The Point Theatre in Dublin, Ireland. The venue was overcrowded and despite the band's repeated requests for moshing to stop, a seventeen-year-old fan named Bernadette O'Brien was crushed to death. The concert ended early and the following night's performance in Belfast was cancelled out of respect for her. However, while Corgan maintained that moshing’s “time [had] come and gone,” the band would continue to request open-floor concerts throughout the rest of the tour.

The band suffered a personal tragedy on the night of July 11, 1996, when touring keyboardist Jonathan Melvoin and Chamberlin overdosed on heroin in a hotel room in New York City. Melvoin died, and Chamberlin was arrested for drug possession. A few days later, the band announced that Chamberlin had been fired as a result of the incident. The Pumpkins chose to finish the tour, and hired drummer Matt Walker and keyboardist Dennis Flemion. Corgan later said the decision to continue touring was the worst the band had ever made, damaging both their music and their reputation. Meanwhile the band had given interviews since the release of Mellon Collie stating that it would be the last conventional Pumpkins record, and that rock was becoming stale. James Iha said at the end of 1996, "The future is in electronic music. It really seems boring just to play rock music."

After the release of Mellon Collie, the Pumpkins contributed multiple songs to various compilations. Released in early 1997, the song “Eye” relied almost exclusively on electronic instruments and signaled a drastic shift from the Pumpkins’ previous musical styles. At the time, Corgan stated his "idea [was] to reconfigure the focus and get away from the classic guitars-bass-drum rock format”. Later that year, the group contributed "The End is the Beginning is the End" to the soundtrack for the film Batman & Robin. With Matt Walker on drums, the song featured a heavy sound similar to "Bullet With Butterfly Wings" while still having strong electronic influences. The song later won the 1998 Grammy for Best Hard Rock Performance. Though Corgan announced that the song represented the sound people could expect from the band in the future,] the band’s next album would feature few guitar driven songs. Recorded following the death of Corgan's mother and his divorce, 1998's AdoreAdore received favorable reviews and was nominated for Best Alternative Performance at the Grammy Awards, the album had only sold about 830,000 copies in the United States by the end of the year, which lead the music industry to consider it a failure. The album nonetheless sold three times as many copies overseas. On June 30, 1998, the band embarked on a seventeen-date, fifteen-city charity North American tour in support of Adore. At each stop on the tour, the band donated 100 percent of tickets sales to a local charity organization. The tour's expenses were entirely funded out of the band's own pockets. All told, the band donated over $2.8 million to charity as a result of the tour. represented a significant change of style from the Pumpkins' previous guitar-based rock, veering into electronica. The record, cut with assistance from studio drummers and drum machines, was infused with a darker aesthetic than much of the band's earlier work. The group also modified its public image, shedding its alternative hipster look for a more subdued appearance.

Adore

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In 1999, the band surprised fans by reuniting with a rehabilitated Jimmy Chamberlin for a brief tour dubbed "The Arising", which showcased both new and classic material. The lineup was short-lived, however, as upon the completion of the album Machina/The Machines of God, the band announced the departure of Wretzky in September. Former Hole bassist Melissa Auf der Maur was recruited for the "Sacred and Profane" tour in support of the album and appeared in the videos accompanying its release. Released in 2000, Machina was initially promoted as the Pumpkins' return to a more traditional rock sound, after the more gothic, electronic-sounding Adore. The album debuted at number three on the Billboard charts, but quickly disappeared and as of 2007 has only been certified gold. Music journalist Jim DeRogatis, who described the album as "one of the strongest of their career", noted that the stalled sales for Machina in comparison to teen pop ascendant at the time "seems like concrete proof that a new wave of young pop fans has turned a deaf ear toward alternative rock."

Michina

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On May 23, 2000, in a live radio interview on KROQ-FM (Los Angeles), Billy Corgan announced the band's decision to break up at the end of that year following additional touring and recording. The group's final album before the break-up, Machina II/The Friends & Enemies of Modern Music, was released in September 2000 in a limited pressing on vinyl with permission and instructions for free redistribution on the Internet by fans. Only twenty-five copies were cut, each of which was hand numbered and given to friends of the band along with band members themselves. The album, released under the Constantinople Records label created by Corgan, consisted of one double LP and three ten-inch EPs. This is the only Smashing Pumpkins studio album that is not under an EMI-owned record label. Originally, the band asked Virgin to offer Machina II as a free download to anyone who bought Machina. When the record label declined, Corgan opted to release the material independently.

Machina2

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On December 2, 2000, The Smashing Pumpkins played a farewell concert at The Metro, the same Chicago club where their career had effectively started twelve years earlier. The four-hour-long show featured 35 songs spanning the group's career, and attendees were given a recording of the band’s first concert at The Metro, Live at Cabaret Metro 10-5-88. The single "Untitled" was released commercially to coincide with the farewell show.

On June 21, 2005, the day of the release of his album TheFutureEmbrace, Corgan took out a full-page advertisement in the Chicago Tribune newspaper to announce that he planned to reunite the band. "For a year now," Corgan wrote, "I have walked around with a secret, a secret I chose to keep. But now I want you to be among the first to know that I have made plans to renew and revive the Smashing Pumpkins. I want my band back, and my songs, and my dreams." While performing at various drum clinics across Europe in September 2005, Jimmy Chamberlin confirmed that a reunion tour was planned to begin the next February, with a new album possibly to follow. In February 2006, MTV.com reported that Corgan and Chamberlin had signed a new management deal with Front Line Management, and Melissa Auf der Maur stated that the pair were currently working on an album of new material.

On April 20, 2006, the band's authorized website, www.smashingpumpkins.com, confirmed the reunion stating, "It's official. The Smashing Pumpkins are currently writing songs for their upcoming album, their first since 1999." The website later reported that the new album would be produced by Roy Thomas Baker, who produced many of Queen's albums, including A Night at the Opera. According to a MySpace blog posting by Jimmy Chamberlin on October 20, 2006, they finished work with Baker and had also enlisted help from producer Terry Date, who has worked with Deftones, Pantera, and Soundgarden.

Corgan and Chamberlin were verified as participants in the reunion, but there was question as to whether other former members of the band would participate. In April 2007, Iha and Auf der Maur separatetly confirmed that they were not taking part in the reunion. Chamberlin would later state that Iha and Wretzky "didn't want to be a part of" the reunion. The Smashing Pumpkins performed live for the first time since 2000 on May 22, 2007, in Paris, France. There, the band unveiled new members Jeff Schroeder and Ginger Reyes, who took o

ver second guitarist and bassist duties, respectively, as well as Lisa Harriton on keyboards. That same month, "Tarantula" was released as the first single from the band's forthcoming album. On July 7, the band performed at the Live Earth concert in New Jersey. The band's new album, Zeitgeist, was released that same month on Reprise Records, entering the Billboard charts at number two. Chamberlin has confirmed that the Pumpkins will be going back into the studio to record a new album at the completion of the current tour. The American Gothic EP will be released on iTunes in January 2008.

Zeitgeist

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Earphoria

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Greatest Hits

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That's My Way

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Live in Paris

coming soon

Painters and Dockers - Kiss My Art

Forgot I had this one. This contains their two most recognised songs, Die Yuppie Die and Nude School. Can't find the album cover but I tracked down the single covers. Listened to this for the first time in ages, great songs.

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Spiderbait - Greatest Hits

For me Spiderbait along with Powderfinger are the best Australian bands who are currently still active. All their hits, lots of songs, lots of fun.

Spiderbait is an Australian rock band who have had two top ten albums and another three albums reach the Australian top 40. Their song Buy Me a Pony was #1 on the Triple J Hottest 100 for 1996, and the group enjoyed success with their 2004 #1 Australian hit cover of " Black Betty".

The three band members Mark Maher better known as Kram (drums/vocals), Damien Whitty or "Whitt" (guitar) and Janet English (bass/vocals) come from the small town Finley in southern New South Wales where they jammed together in their youth.

The band moved to Melbourne, Australia where Kram was studying at the Victorian College of the Arts School of Music. The band played its first gig at a loungeroom for a friend's party. The band soon became part of Melbourne's punk scene playing gigs at venues like the Tote Hotel in Collingwood, Victoria. They released their first single Circle K on Au-Go-Go Records with an EP titled P'tang Yang Kipper Bang Uh! (named after a Michael Apted movie) following in 1992. The band's first album Shashavaglava was released in 1992. 'Shashavaglava' means 'dickhead' in Serbo-Croatian. This album featured the songs Old Man Sam and a cover of English comedians The Goodies' song Run Spiderbait signed with Polydor Records and released their first album with the new label named The Unfinished Spanish Galleon of Finley Lake in 1995. The album reached #14 on the Australian charts with singles Monty and Jesus receiving extensive airplay on Triple J. The album title refers to an unfinished project by the Finley Rotary Club, which became a venue for teenage drinking in their home town.

Their second album Ivy and the Big Apples was released in 1996 and reached #3, and sold over 180,000 copies in Australia. Their first single Buy Me a Pony received extensive airplay on Triple J resulting in listeners voting it as their favourite song of the year. The second single Calypso also achieved commercial airplay, and reached #13 in the Australian singles charts in 1997.

In 1998, Janet English and her then boyfriend Quan Yeomans of Regurgitator recorded an album as Happyland. Around the same time, Kram and Richie Lewis of Tumbleweed released their own side-project the Hot Rollers - so named as both member's mothers were hairdressers. The Hot Rollers only album (self-titled) was released through Polydor.

Spiderbait returned together in 1999 with the album Grand Slam which also debuted at #10 on the Australian album charts.

Despite good airplay for the Grand Slam singles Shazam! and Stevie, their 2001 album The Flight of Wally Funk was a commercial flop, only selling 20,000 copies. The album was recorded in Whitt's living room.

Spiderbait recorded the Tonight Alright album in Los Angeles with producer Sylvia Massy who had worked with acts such as the Red Hot Chili Peppers, R.E.M., Tool, System of a Down and Skunk Anansie. The first single Black Betty was a cover version of the old Leadbelly song which became a hit in 1977 when covered by Ram Jam. The single reached #1 after 10 weeks in the singles chart in May 2004 (after debuting at #12), and stayed there for three weeks, becoming their biggest selling single ever. The film clip featured a hot rod similar to the car on the ZZ Top Eliminator. The song also made the soundtrack to the Electronic Arts video games Need for Speed: Underground 2 and Need for Speed: Underground Rivals for the PSP. Tonight Alright was released on 28 March 2004, and debuted and peaked at #14. The second single Fucken Awesome debuted in the top 30 on June 28 2004. Interscope Records signed the band in 2004 to distribute Tonight Alright in the US and UK.

At the 2004 ARIA awards, Kram performed as part of the supergroup The Wrights, featuring members of many other Australian rock bands.

In September 2005 they released a Greatest Hits collection to reveal their back catalogue to younger fans who were caught up by Black Betty. This debuted at #6 and received a Gold Accreditation.

The band went on hiatus March 2005 after bassist Janet English gave birth to her daughter and planned a cycling tour across Europe. More recently Kram had announced plans of a solo album to be released sometime next year.

On 9th of October 2005, Spiderbait performed at the Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne, as part of the Coca-Cola Live'n'Local Tour '05 that toured Australia and New Zealand.

On 18 November 2006 the band performed at the Queensland Council of Unions organised Rock the Vote! concert in Brisbane after a nine month hiatus from touring.

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The Acoustic Lounge - Marc Bolan Acoustic Warrior

Theres been a really good response to Acoustic Lounge, each post averaging around 30 downloads. So for the first post of the next 100 I give you this little gem. A good live recording with just Marc playing guitar doing all the hits he had with T Rex. This is one cool record.

Marc Bolan (born Mark Feld; 30 September 1947 - 16 September 1977), was an English singer, songwriter and guitarist whose hit singles, fashion sensibilities and stage presence with T.Rex in the early 1970s helped cultivate the glam rock era and made him one of the most recognisable stars in British music of the time.

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Velvet Underground - Velvet Underground & Nico

POST 100

Only been 10 days and now 100 posts. I promise I'll slow down, just having fun. I try to listen to each record before I upload it, refresh my memory, to remember where I was when I first heard the songs or what memories come flooding back. So I've been pondering which record to mark the 100. I suspect that most of you already have this. This is arguably one of the most influential records of modern rock. So many bands cite this record as being a major influence in there music. (including Died Pretty) What a famous and classic cover. As for me, I know this record lead me in the direction of the music I listened to and what music I played.

The Velvet Underground was an American rock band first active from 1965 to 1970 (& 1970 to 1973 in a different incarnation). Its best-known members were Lou Reed and John Cale.

Although never commercially successful whilst together, the Velvet Underground are often cited by critics as one of the most important and influential groups of their era. A famous remark, often attributed to British musician Brian Eno, is that while only a few thousand people bought the first Velvet Underground record upon its release, almost every single one of them was inspired to start a band. Their sound influenced many later musicians in many genres, including experimental, post-punk, new wave, and gothic rock.

Andy Warhol became the band’s manager in 1965 and suggested they feature the German-born singer Nico on several songs. Warhol’s reputation helped the band gain a higher profile. Warhol helped the band secure a coveted recording contract with MGM’s Verve Records, with himself as nominal “producer”, and gave the Velvets free rein over the sound they created.

During their stay with Andy Warhol, the band became part of his multimedia roadshow, Exploding Plastic Inevitable, for which they provided the music. They played shows for several months in New York City, then traveled throughout the United States and Canada until its last installment in May 1967. The show included 16 mm film projections and colors by Warhol.

At Warhol's insistence, Nico sang with the band on three songs off their debut album, The Velvet Underground and Nico. The album was recorded primarily in Scepter Studios in New York City during April. It was released by Verve Records in March 1967.

The album cover was famous for its Warhol design: a bright yellow banana with “Peel slowly and see” printed near a perforated tab. Those who did remove the banana skin found a pink, peeled banana beneath. This would later be used as the cover to one of several Velvets boxed sets, also titled Peel Slowly and See, released in 1995.

Eleven songs showcased their dynamic range, veering from the pounding attacks of "I’m Waiting for the Man" and "Run Run Run", the droning "Venus in Furs" and "Heroin" to the quiet "Femme Fatale" and the tender "I’ll Be Your Mirror", as well as Warhol's own favorite song of the group, the magnificent "All Tomorrow's Parties".

The overall sound was propelled by Reed’s deadpan vocals, Cale's droning viola, Morrison's often rhythm and blues– or country-influenced guitar, and Tucker’s simple but steady beat. Nico's European-accented vocal contributions lent an otherworldly quality to the group.

The album was released on March 12, 1967, peaking at #171 on Billboard magazine's Top 200 charts. The promising commercial début of the album was dampened somewhat by legal complications: the album’s back cover featured a photo of the group playing live with another image projected behind them; the projected image was a still from a Warhol motion picture, Chelsea Girls. The film’s cinematographer, Eric Emerson, had been arrested for drug possession and, desperate for money, claimed the still had been included on the album without his permission (in the image his face appears quite big, but upside down). MGM Records pulled all copies of the album until the legal problems were settled (by which time the record had lost its modest commercial momentum), and the still was airbrushed out.

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Lime Spiders - The Cave Comes Alive & Slave Girl EP

thanks hank for th EP

a request from Greece -hope this is what you wanted????? b

The Lime Spiders were formed in 1979 by Mick Blood, who cites their influences as being 1960s garage bands with psychedelic rock, together with Darryl Mather, Eric Grothe and Dave Guest. The band's name is based on a non-alcoholic australian cocktail ( acombination of vanilla ice cream and lime soda).

In early 1984 the new line-up recorded the band's second single, "Slave Girl", which was released in October, 1984. It was the eighth single released by Citadel Records. "Slave Girl" was the number one independent single in Australia for 1984 with over 5,000 copies sold and even reached the national mainstream singles charts. The single also received airplay in countries such as France, Germany, Spain and Sweden. In September 1984, the band added guitarist Gerard Corbin to the line up. The success of "Slave Girl" led to the overseas release of a 12" mini-lp that compiled all six of their recorded songs under the title Slave Girl. In January of 1985, Jakimyszyn left the band (after being diagnosed with schizophrenia), and the band decided to continue without him. As a four piece they recorded the single "Out Of Control" and again it was released on Citadel in December, 1985.

The band reformed upon Blood returning from Europe in 1986 with the lineup now consisting of Mick Blood, Richard Lawson on drums, Gerard Corben & Mark Wilkinson on guitars, and Phil Hall on bass. Lime Spiders signing a three record deal with Virgin Records. Jakimszyn rejoining the band briefly in May, 1987 (in time for the release of their debut album) but leaving soon afterwards. The band releasing their first album, The Cave Comes Alive! in June, 1987, which reached the top of the US College charts, and remained there long enough to generate enormous interest in the Lime Spiders. With the release of the album the band support, The Cult on a national tour of Australia. At the end of the year the band embarked on an American tour spanning two months of shows in most major US cities, and several in Canada, the last thirteen shows supporting Public Image Ltd. Rolling Stone magazine describing them as sounding like "the Sex Pistols on acid". Highlights included a visit backstage by two famous fans of the band at the Cat Club in New York, Iggy Pop and Joey Ramone

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Blah, Blah, Blah - Troll Update

All uploads infested by TROLLS have been cleaned. The Troll menace for now has been rectified. Again I beset you to notify me if any URL's go down. In the meantime I'm going swimming and I'm leaving my friends The Scared Cows to hunt down those TROLLS. Hit it boys.........

Thrill, thrill, thrill

Kill, kill, kill

Kick a goal

Knock off a Troll

Yeah, Yeah, Yeah

Bump off a square

That's what it's about

Hate is in

Love is out

Kill, kill, kill

Yeah, Yeah, Yeah

Merry Christmas b

Painters and Dockers - Love Planet

The end of the set....... my complete Painters and Dockers. Fun band, entertaining live.

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Midnight Oil - Head Injuries

The Oils, as they are known to their fans, began as a progressive rock band called Farm in the early 1970s. After changing their name to Midnight Oil, their style also quickly changed, the group developing an aggressive, punk - hard rock sound associated with the Sydney surfer community. Two of their early fan bases were the Sydney northern beaches pub The Royal Antler at Narrabeen and the Bondi Lifesaver club near Sydney's Bondi Beach.

One of Australia’s all time legendary bands. Packed with energetic powerful rock riffs and thought provoking lyrics. The oils don't disappoint with this one!!!

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Kasey Chambers - Carnival

This one is for Karen,my sister back in Oz, Merry Christmas sis.

Kasey is back with a new cd. She’s stepped farther way from her country and alt/country roots and approached the rock-tinged, singer/songwriter sound with her considerable song writing talents intact. She’s accomplished this with more success and sincerity than either the Dixie Chicks or Allison Moorer did in their recent releases. Kasey’s voice is as expressive and varied as ever–-she can purr and she can wail (much like one of her most important influences–Nanci Griffith). She can be sad, she can be sexy, she can be exceedingly poignant. Nash Chambers has produced again and given Kasey a backdrop of electric guitars and percussion to sing against. She never gets lost, staying front and center on every song. Acoustic instruments do make strategic and affecting appearances–keyboards, strings and a harmonica. Kasey’s favorite themes are here–-delivered with particular verve and originality: feisty happiness (“Sign on the Door,” the sexy “You Make Me Sing”), contemplation of what could have been (“Colour of a Carnival,” “Dangerous”), dealing with the bad men in her life (“Light up a Candle,” “I Got You Now”), enduring the tough times (“Hard Road” which includes a lovely duet with Bernard Fanning, “Nothing at All,” and the intoxicating but strange “Railroad”), and finding a brighter tomorrow or the hope of one (“The Rain,” “Surrender,” and “Don’t Look So Sad”). Kasey remains an original and a treasure. “I got a sign on the door that says Lonely don’t live here anymore.”

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The Moodists - Thirsty Calling

The Moodists were an Australian post-punk band that formed in 1980, when Dave Graney, Clare Moore and Steve Miller of punk group The Sputniks moved from Adelaide to Melbourne. They added bass player Chris Walsh and later added guitarist Mick Turner.

After recording two singles and a six track EP for Bruce Milne and Greta Moon's Au Go Go label in Melbourne they relocated to London. This was at the behest of the Red Flame label who had released a compilation of their Australian releases. They then recorded the albums Thirstys Calling (1984) and Double Life (1985).

They returned to Australia in 1985 for six months and then travelled again to the UK. During this time they toured extensively through Northern Europe and also made a short tour of the USA. In 1985 they recorded an EP for Creation Records. In 1986 they released two EPs on the TIM label. All their recorded works from the time they first decamped to the northern hemisphere were produced by the band and Victor Van Vugt (who went on to work with Nick Cave, Beth Orton and PJ Harvey as well as many others) Their final gig was in London and the lineup by this time featured Dave Graney, Clare Moore and Steve Miller as well as former members of Scottish band Orange Juice: David McClymont on bass and Malcolm Ross on guitar. (Malcolm Ross was later to play with Graney and Moore as part of the original Coral Snakes). After they disbanded in 1987, Dave Graney and Clare Moore formed the first of Graney's solo groups 'Dave Graney with the Coral Snakes'. This band featured Malcolm Ross, Gordy Blair on bass and piano player Louis Vause. They recorded an ep for Fire Records which was produced by Barry Adamson. Turner reconvened his earlier group Fungus Brains, and would later form The Dirty Three.

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The Stems - Mushroom Soup, The Citadel Years

A greatest hits compilation, 18 tracks all their hits…… I play this a lot.

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Paul Kelly - Post and Manila

another post by tricky

not much more to say about PK. Manila 1982 with The Dots, Post 1985. I looked everywhere for the cover of Manila, no where to be found, even PK's home site had no reference to the album....... I wonder why? If anyone has a jpeg could you send it my way. I'm using iTunes to store and display music and I need a cover. Cheers. Ask and you shall receive......cover Manila
thanks Mr no name........

Manila

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Post

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Paul Kelly - The Messanger

words and upload by tricky

Here is an album called Hidden Things that I really like ... especially the songs Reckless (made famous by Aussie Crawl) and Special Treatment

I also added 4 extra songs at the end:

** Khe Sanh (from recent Cold Chisel tribute album)
** Shane Warne song
** acoustic cover of Little Red Corvette (Prince)
** nice live version of Dumb Things

Hidden Things is a collection of recordings made at various times and places between 1986 and 1991. Except for

Bradman and Pastures Of Plenty, none of them have appeared on previous albums. YEAR: 1992

http://rapidshare.com/files/78550881/Kell__Paul_-_The_Messager.rar

New stuff from back home. The new wonder kids on the block British India (why boys). Much in the vein of the Arctic Monkeys that ‘new indi rock sound’. 20 years ago I would have loved this. It sounds good just a little one dimensional, small tempo throughout, small vocal tones. They sound English… Beasts, Jet, even The Vines have an Australian sound. As they say in say in Thailand ‘lao ta kun’ up to you.

British India is an alternative rock band based in Melbourne, Australia. The band is comprised of Declan Melia (vocals), Nic Wilson (guitar), Will Drummond (bass) and Dougy (Real name Matt O'Gorman) (drums).

The band is notable for their single "Tie Up My Hands", taking the number one spot in the jtv music television programme, with their debut album Guillotine produced by Harry Vanda. Guillotine was also nominated for Triple J's J Award in 2007 and in December of that year British India won the AIR Award for 'Best New Independent Artist'.

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The Acoustic Lounge - XTC

XTC was a New Wave band from Swindon, England, active between 1976 and 2005. Though the band enjoyed some significant chart success (including the UK hits "Making Plans For Nigel" (1979) and "Senses Working Overtime" (1982)), they are more known for their long-standing critical success than for making hit records.

First coming together in 1972, the core duo of Andy Partridge (guitars & vocals) and Colin Moulding (bass & vocals) went through many band names (including The Helium Kidz and Star Park) over the next five years. As the Helium Kidz, they were featured in a small NME article as an up-and-coming band from Swindon. Drawing influence from the New York Dolls and the emerging New York punk scene, they played glam rock with homemade costumes and slowly built up a following. Drummer Terry Chambers joined in 1973. Keyboard player Barry Andrews followed in 1976, and the band finally settled on a name: XTC. By this time, the punk rock movement was in full swing, and XTC had found their style, a unique brand of hyperactive pop mixed with funk, punk, ska, reggae, and art rock.

While XTC have not announced a formal break-up, in 2006 band member Andy Partridge announced that the only other remaining member of XTC, Colin Moulding, was no longer interested in writing, performing or recording music. Partridge has stated that he will not issue new recordings under the XTC banner without Moulding's participation; accordingly, he now speaks of XTC "in the past tense".

http://rapidshare.com/files/78599543/XTC_-_The_Acoustic_XTC.rar

Beasts of Bourbon - Little Animals

Some records should not be taken lightly. This one is the real deal, an unexpected gift from the gods. This is a brand new beasts of bourbon album, recorded and mixed in three days in the melbourne winter of 2006. 'Little animals' it's their first album of new songs in nine years. And it will kick your arse! The long awaited album arrives against considerable odds. Last time tex perkins, spencer p jones, charlie owen, brian hooper and tony pola made a record, it's title turned out to be succinctly prophetic. At the end of '97, 'gone' saw them off on the longest hiatus of the beasts' 23-year tenure, for reasons best unasked or forgotten. Over six albums of excoriating, low life rock'n'roll, the beasts of bourbon had carved their name large and indelibly in Australian rock lore. In (evil) spirit they're kin to ac/dc, the stones and the birthday party; in real life their lineage encompasses the johnnys, the surrealists, the cruel sea, the new christs, tex, don and Charlie and too many crash-and-burn blues/punk rock outfits that fell foul of the old death or glory equation sometime over the last quarter-century.

• Vocals: Tex Perkins
• Guitar: Spencer Jones, Charlie Owen
• Bass: Brian Hooper
• Drums: Tony Pola

http://rapidshare.com/files/78670225/bobla.rar

An attack of the TROLLS

Hi folks, hope you are all well! Last night by accident I discovered a number of files had been deleted bloody TROLLS. This is a carefully orchestrated and very well planned attempt at censorship and dictatorship of music blogging. Some ego-maniacs think they have the right to dictate to all of us what and how much can be and should be shared. In their ridiculous illusions of grandeur they forget one little detail and that is : nobody has the right to define what "Responsible music blogging" is without consulting all parties involved, nor does anybody have the right to dictate us anything at all, leave alone enforcing their ludicrous "policies" on anybody.

All of these files were on Rapidshare, I have sent them an email requesting a copy of the complaint and the IP address of the complainant. See what happens! I use Rapidshare because of upload speed and because they supply extensive details of down load numbers and times. Remember I’m a teacher and I love details and statistics. I’m going to change the way I name files and see what happens.

As for the missing files I’m reuploading them as I type, public holiday in Thailand…. the pool can wait. I will have them posted bb this afternoon.

Effected files

Xavier Rudd – both albums

Screaming Trees – Sweet Oblivion

Pixies – Purple Tapes

Lighthouse Keepers – both discs

Jesus and Mary Chain – Darklands

Hoodoo Gurus – Mars Needs Guitars

In the future if anyone come across a deleted post PLEASE LEAVE MESSAGE IN BLAH, BLAH, BLAH.

I’m a stubborn bastard, MUSIC AS USUAL death to trolls ………..cheers b

JFK and the Cuban Crisis - Singles

Some of the first indie singles I ever bought. I still remember seeing them play at O Week my first year at Uni. Memories........

JFK and the Cuban Crisis had its origins in the Brisbane southern suburb of Acacia Ridge in the late 1970's. John Kennedy and James Paterson were friends from high school with a common interest in pop music and memberships in the Beatles Fan Club. They went through a few garage band line ups with names including Barley Rhyme, Mantelpiece and Post Mod before James returned from a period overseas with the proposal of taking their music to the small Brisbane post-punk club scene using the band name JFK and the Cuban Crisis. With John on vocals and rhythm guitar and James playing lead, the pair formed the core of a band that was to see a number of line ups in Brisbane and later, Sydney. They took inspiration from the Beatles in using their respective talents to co-write a number of the early JFK tunes. In 1982, after some small success including support spots for the Pretenders and Ian Dury and the Blockheads, they decided to make the move to Sydney in the hope of securing major label interest. A number of false starts later, with a new line-up and a new EP on Waterfront Records, they established themselves on Sydney's inner city indie club scene.

Singles - Am I a Pagan, Careless Talk Cost Lives, The Ballad of Jack O Gotham City

I also have 'It's a Big Country' single, in real life the map of Australia is orange plastic....... cool

http://rapidshare.com/files/78537015/JFK___The_Cuban_Crisis.rar

Little Murders - Collection 3 EPs

A late 70s - early 80s mod band out of Melbourne. Believe it or not but they played lots of shows with the Birthday Party. The

songs are good, heavy influences from The Jam, The Clash, The Kinks, the usual suspects. Worth a listen.

The Little Murders

Rob Griffiths: Vocals / Guitar

Paul Thomas :Guitar
Mick Barclay: Drums
Craig Pilkington: Bass
Kate Stalker: Vocals

http://rapidshare.com/files/78559256/Little_Murders_-__Collection.rar

Powderfinger - Double Allergic

Another from tricky

The band released the highly successful Double Allergic on September 2, 1996; this, their second album, reached double platinum status in Australia. Four singles were released from the album; "Pick You Up", "D.A.F.", "Living Type" and "Take Me In". "Take Me In" was released as a video-single featuring several other music videos by the group. Double Allergic debuted at #7 on the Australian charts and remained in the top 20 for seven weeks. A reviewer for Faster Louder, a music review web site, commented that "when Double Allergic was released in 1996, it showed the band were here for the long haul to become arguably one of the best of the decade"

http://rapidshare.com/files/78514922/Powderfinger_-__1996__Double_Allergic.rar

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4ZZZ Tapes - History of Brisbane Bands 1975 - 1995

Thank you to 'Overhere'

Every band that calls Brisbane home owes a debt to this radio station. The motto for the station is agitate, educate, organize.

4ZzZ (pronounced "Four Triple Zed" or simply "Triple Zed") is an independent community radio station operating in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, at the frequency 102.1 FM. As a community radio station, 4ZzZ is a member of the Community Broadcasting Association of Australia (CBAA).

4ZzZ grew out of Queensland's sixties civil liberties movement. It was established to provide a radical alternative to mainstream news, give experience to those who wanted to later join the mainstream media and to promote Australian Rock Music. The station began transmission on 8th December 1975 as the first FM community broadcaster in Brisbane transmitting in stereo. The station's first studios were constructed by announcing staff and volunteers, using second hand building materials and furniture. The first transmitter was hand built by the station engineer. The first track played on ZZZ was the Who's "Won't get fooled again!"

Brisbane bands popularised in the early days 4ZzZ included the Saints and the Go Betweens.

On 14 December 1988, 4ZzZ was taken off air and forcibly evicted from its University of Queensland premises by the then UQ Union ALSF and Young Nationals student union executive. While university students rallied to support the station, 4ZZZ moved to alternative premises on Coronation Drive in the suburb of Toowong. In 1992 the station moved to its current premises in the former Communist Party Headquarters on St Paul's Terrace, Fortitude Valley.

What we have here are a series on radio tapes broadcasted by 4ZZZ. This one here is Episode 6, song list below. This is a single mp3, containing the songs , interviews and comments from the DJ, great sound quality.

Tracklist:

The Dark Age - Repeat
Hotel Breslin - Death Row Road

Thanks for the Fish - Small Town Hicksville

Love Gone Wrong - Hey Stephen

The Wickermen - It Happens

The Stinsons - Top Mark

The Crysalids - Sunny Guitar Pop

Boxcar - Boiling Point

Wonderous Fair - The Tallest Building in the World

The Fun Addicts - Mandela

Batswing Saloon - Harold and Maud

Cut - Wound

Cut – Returning

Track 6, The Chrsalids- Sunny Pop Guitar, Yes folks yours truly on bass. The band folded just after this was recorded. Why? I loved every second of 6 years we played together; Alex and I started the band back in 84 with Ivan on drums. Drummers came and went, with Cameron being the most regular. We made a few records, toured up and down the coast. Tried our luck in Sydney for a while, we had a solid fan base, received decent press. Bands just have a ‘use by date’ and we reached ours. I went on to “Mad Parade’ Alex ‘Spinny Norman Experience’ Cameron played with nearly ever band in Brisbane during this time.

The Chrysalids
Brisbane 1984 – 1990

Members :

Catherine Attow - Drums
Alex Waller - Guitar Vocals
Cameron Earle - Drums
Graham Jackson - Guitar Vocals
John Lloyd - Drums
Brian Mann - Guitar
Michael Faggioni - Drums
Bruce Swartz - Bass
Ivan – Drums

http://rapidshare.com/files/78490033/Part_6.rar

Midnight Oil - Midnight Oil

Dedicated to Mr Peter Garrett, rock legend, Member of the Australian Parliament, Minister for the Environment. Meet him on many occasions... humble, intelligent, a good bloke.

Midnight Oil was an Australian hard rock-punk band who were active from the early 1970s until 2002. The band was known for its driving hard rock sound, intense live performances, and its political activism, particularly in aid of environmentalist and indigenous causes. The lineup included Rob Hirst on drums, Peter Garrett on vocals, Jim Moginie on keyboard/guitar, and Martin Rotsey on guitar. Andrew James was the band's first bass player, followed by Peter Gifford from 1980 to 1987, and replaced by Bones Hillman.

The Oils, as they are known to their fans, began as a progressive rock band called Farm in the early 1970s. After changing their name to Midnight Oil, their style also quickly changed, the group developing an aggressive, punk - hard rock sound associated with the Sydney surfer community. Two of their early fan bases were the Sydney northern beaches pub The Royal Antler at Narrabeen and the Bondi Lifesaver club near Sydney's Bondi Beach.

Although consistently championed by Sydney alternative rock station Double Jay and its FM band successor Triple J they, like many independent bands of the period, were almost totally ignored by Australia's mainstream commercial radio stations. As a result of this, the band developed a strong "street cred" and a reputation for making no compromises with the music industry. The band built an intensely dedicated fan base through constant touring, and blistering full-tilt live performances, featuring the twin-guitar attack of Moginie and Rotsey, the drumming and vocals of drummer Rob Hirst and the manic, whirling-dervish presence of their towering, bald lead singer Peter Garrett, who quickly earned a reputation as one of the most charismatic and outspoken musicians on the Australian music scene. Their first two albums, 'Midnight Oil' and 'Head Injuries' are now regarded as classics of Australian independent rock, mixing solid guitar rock with progressive flourishes; both were released independently through the M7 label (a subsidiary of the Seven TV Network) and both were produced by Triple J live concert sound producer Keith Walker.

http://rapidshare.com/files/78482054/Midnight_Oil_-_Midnight_Oil.rar

Keith Richards - Talk is Cheap

The coolest person on the planet, redefined the the phrase ' rhythm guitar'.

Keith Richards (born 18 December 1943) is an English guitarist, songwriter, singer, producer and founding member of The Rolling Stones. With songwriting partner and Stones lead vocalist Mick Jagger, he has written and recorded hundreds of songs. As a guitarist Richards is mostly known for his innovative rhythm playing, but has written most of the signature licks, and occaisionly plays them in concerts. In 2003 Richards ranked 10th on Rolling Stone Magazine's "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time".

When Jagger refused to tour behind Dirty Work, Richards actively pursued solo work. He formed Keith Richards and the X-pensive Winos in 1988 (first named Organised Crime) with Steve Jordan, who had drummed on the Stones' "Dirty Work" and on Hail! Hail! Rock 'N' Roll, a documentary of Chuck Berry's 60th birthday concert organised, produced and hosted by Richards.

Besides Steve Jordan, the X-pensive Winos featured Sarah Dash, Waddy Wachtel, Ivan Neville, Charley Drayton and Bernie Worrell. Their first release, Talk Is Cheap in 1988.

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Painters and Dockers - Kill Kill Kill & Bucket

Thanks to overhere

Painters and Dockers are a band from Melbourne, Australia they formed in 1982 . The unusual name was chosen early in the bands career when playing at a pub frequented by the Federated Ship Painters and Dockers Union, the band had no name and chose Painters and Dockers for the event, and the name stayed with the band from then on. Several members of the band went on to form the highly successful Dili Allstars.

The Painters and Dockers released six albums between 1984 and 1994, which featured a selection of sarcastic and amusing singles, such as "Die Yuppie Die" from 1988's Kiss My Art and pro-queer and anti-monarchy "I Know Better Queens Than That" from 1994's The Things That Matter. Their greatest chart success was achieved with 1985's Nude School which received air play on a number of commercial radio stations and which was marked by its controversial lyrics and video clip.

In the earlier years, they were the headline act at the Port Melbourne Festival, and in a Government initiative called Rockin' The Rails, played songs from the back of a train, as it stopped at various Melbourne stations, including Ringwood, Camberwell and Flinders St.

Singer Paul Stewart's brother Tony was a sound recordist in the group of journalists killed in East Timor known as the Balibo Five.

Members :

Colin Buckler - Drums
Vladimir Juric - Guitar Vocals
Andy Marron - Drums
Mick Morris - Sax
Phil Nelson - Bass
Chris O'Connor - Guitar Vocals
Dave Pace - Trumpet
Paul Stewart - Vocals Trumpet

http://rapidshare.com/files/78458855/Painters___Dockers_-_1995_-_Bucket___Kill_Kill_Kill__disc1_.rar

http://rapidshare.com/files/78474794/Painters___Dockers_-_1995_-_Bucket___Kill_Kill_Kill__disc2_.rar