Deeper Purple

TOMMY BOLIN – Teaser
Dunno if it was Circus or Shit Parader or one o’ them masturbatory guitar hero mags, but as a 14 year-old wannabe axe-master I KNEW I hadda get this album: Lookit this guy! Hair almost down to his waist with multiple dayglo colors, a sharktooth earring… geetar slung down to his knees– [...]

Atom Bomb, Baybee

SACRILEGE (UK) – Turn Back Trilobite (1989)

I make no bones about it: “Turn Back Trilobite” is my favorite Sacrilege album. It took years for it to cement its place in my heart– in fact, I absolutely despised it until about five years ago. Certainly it was a shock to the earholes– I mean, here I [...]

Söul Cräft

THE IMPRESSIONS – Check Out Your Mind!
Consider this one a hangover from the last post. Now that Spring has finally sprung, and everybody’s hormones are scattering around aimlessly like rats in a slum fire, what could be more appropriate than thee smoooth harmonies of Messrs. Mayfield, Cash and Gooden? Everything from sweet ‘n’ sexy traditional [...]

This Stuff’ll Getcha Laid

LEON THOMAS – The Leon Thomas Album
When I mentioned Leon Thomas as a huge influence on “Starsailor”-era Tim Buckley, the ever-dimming light bulb flickered in my head: why hadn’t I ever featured the man here? Well… I still don’t have an answer for that, but I can rectify the situation. Anyway here’s what I said [...]

4 Shocking Terror

ZENI GEVA – 10,000 Light Years
For the umpteenth time I’m simply gonna plagiarize myself: Tokyo’s three-man demolition unit known as Zeni Geva sound like Slayer with their nuts on fire. KK Null’s geetar-shreddin’ and commanding bellow will pummel you into whimpering subservience. He fires off relentless salvos of distortion-caked licks that owe as much to [...]