#614

March 12, 2024

The second week of the 11 week folk-like series on Gulls Window Circus. Last week the closing Michael Chapman track was cut short, so today I start with a different track by him. Then you get 15 tracks I uncovered since last week that precede ‘Ch’ in the alphabet. As I said last week, every track has a story as well as telling a story. Darryl Blood was the guitarist in my 90s band Turkish Delight, Beth Capper was vocalist in Oiler. Seana Carmody was in Swirlies. The City was Carole King’s band before going solo. The Colour Field was Terry Hall from The Specials/Fun Boy Three, and also includes Teardrop Explodes drummer Gary Dwyer. Hugh Cornwell was vocal/guitar in The Stranglers. Sarah Cracknell is vocalist for Saint Etienne. Each track gleams in this show.

Seana Carmody

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Artist Song Release Label
Michael Chapman The Aviator Fully Qualified Survivor Light In The Attic
Kevin Ayers Eleanor’s Cake (Which Ate Her) Original Album Series Parlophone UK
Alice Babs And The Swe-Danes Muskrat Ramble Alice Babs And The Swe-Danes Harkit Records
Sandra Bell Willow City Of Sorrows VHF Records
Belle And Sebastian There Is An Everlasting Song How To Solve Our Human Problems Matador
Birdie Port Sunlight Some Dusty it Records
Darryl Blood Stool Pigeon This Isn’t Goodbye Bluesanct
Françoiz Breut Derrière Le Grand Filtre Vingt A Trente Mille Jours Labels
Brideshead Hidden Talents Some People Have All The Fun Marsh-Marigold
Beth Capper This Is Love Complimentary Mood Enhancer (Presents The Original Soundtrack For The Motion Picture “Wig-Lickers” Based On The True Story Of Trigger) WIN Records
Bobby Charles Tennessee Blues Bobby Charles Light In The Attic
Gerry Cinnamon War Song Soldier The Bonny Little Runaway Records
Gerry Cinnamon Every Man’s Truth The Bonny Little Runaway Records

Artist Song Release Label
Seana Carmody Smoking In The Dark Struts & Shocks Kimchee Records
Karen Carpenter All Because Of You Karen Carpenter A&M Records
Cessna Summer Boy, Winter Girl The Loves Longings And Regrets Of Cessna Radio Khartoum
The City Now That Everything’s Been Said Now That Everything’s Been Said Light In The Attic
Gene Clark Till Today Gene Clark Sings For You Omnivore Recordings
The Clingers Blackbird Soft Bodies, Hard Rock. Area251 Records
Codeine Something New Dessau Numero Group
Colorsound Olympic White You’re Only As Good As Your Sound Summershine
The Colour Field Hammond Song Virgins And Philistines Chrysalis
Commander Cody And His Lost Planet Airmen Seeds And Stems (Again) Live In San Francisco 1971 Sundazed Music
Hugh Cornwell All The Tea In China Wolf Virgin
The Coronets Watching TV Veld: 20th Anniversary Edition Harriet Records
Country Joe And The Fish Away Bounce My Bubbles Together Vanguard
Sarah Cracknell The Mutineer Kites Cherry Red
Crazy Horse Fair Weather Friend Loose Reprise Records
Creedence Clearwater Revival Poorboy Shuffle Willy And The Poor Boys Fantasy

#613

March 5, 2024

The start of a new 11 week series on Gulls Window Circus, loosely called ‘folk-like’. The series runs alphabetically and includes tracks that have folk-like qualities, some based on acoustic guitars, some related to the strumming structure. The choices include tracks I like from many genres and eras having a folk-like feel. If you are not a fan of folk, you may find you love this series. If you ARE a fan of folk you may question some choices, but enjoy all. I’m not sure how to summarize this week, as each track was singularly chosen and demands the presence your ears. Let’s get started!

Batteaux

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Artist Song Release Label
Airport Girl Home On The Range Honey, I’m An Artist Fortuna Pop!
America How Long (Demo – Chalk Farm Studios, 1970) Highlights From Heritage: Home Recordings/Demos 1970-1973 Omnivore Recordings
The Association On A Quiet Night Insight Out Warner Bros. Records
Aztec Camera Down The Dip High Land, Hard Rain Domino
The Band Rockin’ Chair The Band Capitol Records
Syd Barrett Dark Globe The Madcap Laughs / Barrett Harvest
Batteaux Mirror Batteaux Be With Records
The Beau Brummels Sad Little Girl From The Vaults Rhino Records
Chris Bell You And Your Sister I Am The Cosmos Omnivore Recordings
Big Front Yard In Your Wagon Big Front Yard Thylacine Records
Big Star I’m In Love With A Girl Radio City Craft Recordings
Karen Black Babe Oh Babe Dreaming Of You (1971-76) Anthology Recordings
The Bluebells Aim In Life Sisters Past Night From Glasgow
Romain Azzaro Green Line La Vita Non E Un Film Rotary Phono Lab
Colin Blunstone Misty Roses One Year Sundazed Music
BMX Bandits Smile For Me Star Wars Past Night From Glasgow

Artist Song Release Label
Bowes Road Band I Hear A Knocking Back In The HCA Jakarta Records
David Bowie The Bewlay Brothers Hunky Dory RCA Victor
Anne Briggs Step Right Up The Time Has Come Earth
Jeff Buckley Don’t Let The Sun Catch You Cryin’ You And I Columbia
Tim Buckley Lady, Give Me Your Key Lady, Give Me Your Key Future Days Recordings
Buffalo Springfield I Am A Child Retrospective – The Best Of Buffalo Springfield Rhino Records
Vashti Bunyan I’d Like To Walk Around In Your Mind Some Things Just Stick In Your Mind (Singles And Demos 1964 To 1967) Dicristina Stair Builders
The Butterfield Blues Band Keep Moving Keep On Moving Elektra
The Byrds I Knew I’d Want You Mr. Tambourine Man Music On Vinyl
Chris Cacavas And Junk Yard Love Jukebox Lullabye Chris Cacavas And Junk Yard Love Heyday Records
Caedmon Maker Man Caedmon Guerssen
J.J. Cale Devil’s Nurse Closer To You Because Music
Eddie Callahan Where Will We Be Tomorrow False Ego Time-Lag Records
Captain Beyond Thousand Days Of Yesterdays (Time Since Come And Gone) Captain Beyond Capricorn Records
Michael Chapman Naked Ladies And Electric Ragtime Fully Qualified Survivor Light In The Attic

#612

February 27, 2024

This week Gulls Window Circus presents a one-off vinyl non-rock show. There are a few 2000+ blasts for you [Yoko Mono, Peace Orchestra, Rick Wade, Titan], a few 2010+ ones [Panoram , Shpongle, Yves Tumor, Japan Blues, Tosca], a mid-80s track [RAH Band], along with some new stuff and welcome reissues by fave current labels. Everything fits together and complements each other.

RAH Band

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Artist Song Release Label
Yoko Mono Higher Than Phunk (Crisp-Click RMX) Higher Than Phunk Force Tracks
Peace Orchestra Shining Peace Orchestra G-Stone Recordings
Rick Wade Can’t You See The Bumbaye EP Funky Chocolate
RAH Band Shadow Of Your Love Producers Choice Atjazz Record Company
Sonia Whittingham Sweet Dub Sweet Sensation Isle Of Jura
Al Kent Dubanova Welcome To The Dub G.A.M.M.
Neumayer Station Crossings Claremont Editions Three Claremont 56
ETNOBOTANIKA Planeta Las Le​ś​ne Duchy Superkasety Records
Panoram Awake Walk Everyone Is A Door Firecracker Recordings
Yves Tumor Seed Serpent Music PAN

Artist Song Release Label
Japan Blues Everything Passes Sells His Record Collection Japan Blues
Philipp Otterbach Solid Maybe The Dahlem Diaries Music From Memory
Shpongle Juggling Molecules Museum Of Consciousness Twisted Records
Titan C’mon Feel The Karaoke C’mon Feel The Noise Emperor Norton
Paternoster Mammoth Opus O (Disco Rigido Remix) Remixes And Versions HHV.DE
Tosca Supersunday Going Going Going !K7 Records
Soul Supreme Rich in Soul Soul Supreme Soul Supreme Records
Steamy Windows & Woolfy One Of Those Nights (L.u.c.a Quirky Version) One Of Those Nights Ambassador’s Reception
Harri Pierson Young Australians DB12 013 Duca Bianco
Pejzaż Wizje List II The Very Polish Cut-Outs

#611

February 20, 2024

A CD-only Gulls Window Circus show means we get to hear stuff that is only available (as physical product) on CD, or CD is the only format I have it on. This is a rock show. We get to hear tracks from several Raving Pop Blast! compilations (a Bristol label I first learned about from artists The Mudd Club), and the Caroline True Records comp ‘The Art School Dance Goes On: Leeds Post-Punk 1977-1984’. We also hear Barcelona-based Tarta Relena and Istanbul’s Gaye Su Akyol, a track from Chris Stamey’s latest, a self-released Gary Valentine CD (original Blondie bassist), recent reissues from New Math, Second Hand and LMNOP, the premier shoegaze band The Stargazer Lilies, and dug-up nuggets by Bone Of Contention, Further, Philip Rambow, William Carlos Williams, 10¢, Ivy and Silver Jews, and a couple of Harriet bands, The Coronets and Kisswhistle.

	Th... The Serum! It Spilled Into My Glass... My Mind... What Is Happening To Me?

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Artist Song Release Label
Bone Of Contention Crawl Stay Calm Igor Records
Our Arthur & The Local Defence Volunteers I’ll Wait For The Summer Pop! Fuzz! Junk! Rumble! Try Some To See Raving Pop Blast! Records
Joe James & The Pariahs Let’s Get High Pop! Fuzz! Junk! Rumble! Try Some To See Raving Pop Blast! Records
Chris Stamey Back in New York (Electric Mix) The Great Escape Schoolkids Records
Kisswhistle I Dreamed A Genie Closure, Collected Songs: 1996-2000 Harriet Records
Lmnop Y? LMNO3 Deluxe Think Like A Key Music
Soft Cell The Girl with the Patent Leather Face (Demo) The Art School Dance Goes On: Leeds Post-Punk 1977-1984 Caroline True Records
Sheeny And The Goys You Let Me Down The Art School Dance Goes On: Leeds Post-Punk 1977-1984 Caroline True Records
Sawdust Caesars!! Flower Pop Show Pop! Fuzz! Junk! Rumble! Try Some To See Raving Pop Blast! Records
The Rev Jonny Kinkaid My Neighbour’s House Pop! Fuzz! Junk! Rumble! Try Some To See Raving Pop Blast! Records
Second Hand Steam Tugs Reality Think Like A Key Music
Shape Of The Rain Wasting My Time Riley, Riley, Wood And Waggett Grapefruit Records
The Dukes Of Mumbai Get Carter Main Theme (Carter Takes A Train) Th… The Serum! It Spilled Into My Glass… My Mind… What Is Happening To Me? I… I… Raving Pop Blast! Records
The Total Rejection Outside Chance Th… The Serum! It Spilled Into My Glass… My Mind… What Is Happening To Me? I… I… Raving Pop Blast! Records
Joe James & The Pariahs Just A Little Bit Th… The Serum! It Spilled Into My Glass… My Mind… What Is Happening To Me? I… I… Raving Pop Blast! Records
Silver Jews Horseleg Swastikas Bright Flight Drag City
Ivy Disappointed Long Distance Nettwerk America

Artist Song Release Label
10¢ Die On The Ranch Buggin’ Out! Hi-Ho Records
Wojciech Mazolewski Miłość Yugen 2 Jestem Agora Muzyka
The Coronets Hawaiian Divorce Song Veld: 20th Anniversary Edition Harriet Records
Gaye Su Akyol Hologram Hologram İmparatorluğu Glitterbeat
The Stargazer Lilies Forever Today Cosmic Tidal Wave Floravinyl Records
William Carlos Williams Old As Trains White Women ShoeString Records
Household Name Indoctrination The Art School Dance Goes On: Leeds Post-Punk 1977-1984 Caroline True Records
Another Colour Wartime Working Woman The Art School Dance Goes On: Leeds Post-Punk 1977-1984 Caroline True Records
Household Name Lynch Mob Tactics The Art School Dance Goes On: Leeds Post-Punk 1977-1984 Caroline True Records
New Math Angela Die Trying & Other Hot Sounds [1979 – 1983] Propeller Sound Recordings
Gary Valentine Scenery Amor Fati Not On Label
Philip Rambow Don’t Come (Cryin’ To Me) The Rebel Kind Anthology 1972-2020 Cherry Red
Tarta Relena Relatable Content Fiat Lux La Castanya
Further Be That As It May Next Time West Coast 100 Guitar Mania Records

#610

February 13, 2024

The eighth and final week of the Gulls Window Circus hard rock series: We complete the alphabetical series in the first 5 tracks, then we start a quick A-Z of CDs with this sound, bringing a lot of fun tracks that aren’t easily available on vinyl. Got the first 5 tracks in the show, White Zombie (Like Red Kross in week 6) cover Kiss, rather spectacularly. Black Sabbath make their 3rd appearance in this series, completing a view of the last 3 LPs Ozzy sang on, this time with the title song of the final Ozzy LP Never Say Die. In the CDs section, the recent movie The Creator had 2 Deep Purple tracks in it, and we hear Flight Of The Rat. Maggie Estep has a fun track (all hers are) that you will remember. 45 Grave is heard without Dinah Cancer singing in the epic track Slice O’ Life. Long Island 70’s band Good Rats sound just right. Inter Lorre’s original band Nymphs sound fine on one of their singles. Ten Foot Pole is really the HC band Scared Straight after they changed their name and sound (much like Ill Repute did back on show #606). 70’s artists in the CD portion include Cycle, John Du Cann, Terry Reid, Stray, Tear Gas, Thin Lizzy, Uriah Heep, and Vanilla Fudge. Permanent Green Light is the post-Three O’Clock band.

Minimalist Love Gods

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Artist Song Release Label
Wet Dreams Her Wet Dreams Black Pop Records
Whirlywirld Sextronics Complete Discography 1978-80 HoZac Records
White Zombie God Of Thunder God Of Thunder Caroline Records
Wildest Dreams She Loves Me Not Wildest Dreams Smalltown Supersound
The Wonder Stuff Grin The Eight Legged Groove Machine Polydor
Black Sabbath Never Say Die! Never Say Die! BMG
Cycle Rich Man, Poor Man, Pig Cosmic Clouds Rise Above Relics
Deep Purple Flight Of The Rat Deep Purple In Rock Parlophone
John Du Cann Don’t Be A Dummy The World’s Not Big Enough Angel Air Records
Maggie Estep The Stupid Jerk I’m Obsessed With No More Mister Nice Girl NuYo Records
45 Grave Slice O’ Life Sleep In Safety Real Gone Music
Faz Waltz Good Time Is Callin’ Loud Callin’ Loud Contra Records
Good Rats Back To My Music Tasty Mondo Records Corporation

Artist Song Release Label
Minimalist Love Gods Cyclone Fence Devolver Igor Records
Nymphs Imitating Angels A Practical Guide To Astral Projection DGC
Permanent Green Light We Could Just Die Hallucinations Omnivore Recordings
Terry Reid The Way You Walk Seed Of Memory BGO Records
Sleepers Flying The Less An Object Tim/Kerr Records
Stray Time Machine All In Your Mind – The Transatlantic Years 1970-1974 Esoteric Recordings
Tear Gas That’s What’s Real Tear Gas Esoteric Recordings
Ten Benson Dark Forces Benson Burner Jetset Records
Ten Foot Pole Man In The Corner Swill Ten Foot Records
Thin Lizzy It’s Only Money Nightlife Vertigo
Thin White Rope Eleven When Worlds Collide Munster Records
Thirty Ought Six Eris Hag Seed Mute America
Uriah Heep I Wanna Be Free Look At Yourself Sanctuary
Vanilla Fudge Shotgun Psychedelic Sundae (The Best Of) Rhino
The Winkies Long Song Coming The Winkies Lemon Recordings

#609

February 6, 2024

In this seventh week of the 8 week Gulls Window Circus hard rock series (I’ve been thinking more of it as ‘hardrock-like’) we speed through the letters S-W. Sonic’s Rendezvous Band is Fred Smith of MC5, The Split Squad includes Clem Burke, Keith Streng (Fleshtones) and Eddie Muñoz (Plimsouls). That Petrol Emotion is basically Undertones after Feargal Sharkey left. The Tourists is pre-Eurythmics, Tyla Gang is post Ducks Deluxe. Ronnie Spector rocks it out from her 1980 lp. I am very happy to bring you Spitboy, Starcrawler, The Strings, The Twinkeyz, The Velvet Monkeys, The Victims (The NYC ones, not the Aussie ones) and Wasted Youth (The English ones, not the California ones). Much to uncover, let’s get started!

Teenage Head

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Artist Song Release Label
Sonic’s Rendezvous Band Electrophonic Tonic Detroit Tango Svart Records
Soul Asylum April Fool Grave Dancers Union Music On Vinyl
Sort Sol Fire Engine Everything That Rises… Must Converge! Medley Records
Specimen Tell Tail Batastrophe Sire
Spitboy Seriously Body Of Work 1990 – 1995 All The Songs Don Giovanni Records
Ronnie Spector Boys Will Be Boys Siren Polish Records
Speedtwins Selfmutilation It’s More Fun To Compete Pseudonym
The Split Squad Showstopper Another Cinderella Folc Records
Queer Hot Child In The City Spore / Queer – Phuko & Flan Is Ta Chunk Records
Starcrawler Goodtime Girl Dark Nights: Death Metal Soundtrack Loma Vista
The Strings Deflower Yum Yum Parsley
The Struts Wild Child Strange Days Interscope Records
The Sueves Mop Bucket Tears of Joy Magicatalog
Sundowners The Rush That Blinds Gnome & Glacier Dirt Cult Records
Sunflower Bean Puppet Strings Twentytwo In Blue Mom + Pop

Artist Song Release Label
SWA Optimist XCIII SST Records
Tad Lycanthrope Inhaler Real Gone Music
Teenage Head Lucy Potato Teenage Head Warner Music Canada
Teenage Fanclub Interstellar Overdrive The King Pema
That Petrol Emotion Creeping To The Cross Babble Polydor
The Tourists Circular Fever Reality Effect Logo
The Twinkeyz Wild Love Alpha Jerk S-S Records
Tyla Gang Flashing In The Subway Moonproof Beserkley
The Vaselines Sex Sux (Amen) Dum-Dum Glass Redux
The Velvet Monkeys World Of … Future Fountain Of Youth Records
The Victims She’s So Hot Real Wild Child Golden Disc Records
Sonny Vincent Lament Diamond Distance & Liquid Fury- Sonny Vincent: Primitive 1969-76 HoZac Records
Violence Creeps Whine Soul Narc Digital Regress
Virgin Prunes Pagan Lovesong Pagan Lovesong BMG
Wasted Youth Something’s Going Wrong The Beginning Of The End Bridge House Records

#608

January 30, 2024

The sixth week of the 8 week Gulls Window Circus hard rock series covers the letters N-S alphabetically, with stops such as pre-The New York Dolls band Actress, post Milk ‘n’ Cookies Ian North, Dwarve’s side-project Penetration Moon, pre-Chesterfield Kings Greg Prevost, pre-The Sound band Second Layer, pre-Detective band Silverhead, pre-Adverts band Sleaze, two versions of The Stooges track 1969 [by The Sisters Of Mercy and Joey Ramone], speaking of, a track from the often neglected ‘Instinct’-era Iggy Pop, the often-hated Sigue Sigue Sputnik shines, a Kiss cover by Redd Kross, latest PiL, and must-hear tracks by Out Of Band Experience, Novak, Planchettes, Ratcat, The Reactors, Shadow 15, Sic F*cks, Sixteen Deluxe, and Skeletal Family.

Out Of Band Experience.

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Artist Song Release Label
The New York Dolls It’s Too Late Actress: Birth Of The New York Dolls Get Back
Ian North Tran-Sister Neo Metronome
Novak Real Cool Guy Dumb Records: 1977-1979 Athena Records
No Direction All Night Long No Direction Rerun Records
Out Of Band Experience Genius Call Now! 1-800-OUT-BAND Immortal Records
Penetration Moon It’s A Wonderful Life Of Crime Penetration Moon Burger Records
Planchettes (You’re Just Like) Everybody Else The Truth Rise Above Records
Iggy Pop Tom Tom Instinct A&M Records
Pop Will Eat Itself Grebo Guru Box Frenzy Rough Trade
Greg Prevost Hey Mister Vintage Violence: Barbaric, Crude & Primitive 1975-1979 Mean Disposition
PiL The Do That End Of World PiL Official
Punishment Of Luxury All White Jack Laughing Academy United Artists Records
Joey Ramone I Got Knocked Down (But I’ll Get Up) Don’t Worry About Me INgrooves
Ratcat Everything Is Happening Again This Nightmare Waterfront Records
The Reactors Seduction Center Half-Life! Rave Up Records

Artist Song Release Label
Redd Kross Deuce Teen Babes From Monsanto Gasatanka Records
Rema-Rema Rema-Rema (Renegade Soundmachine Mix) What You Could Not Visualise Le Coq Musique
Mike Rep And The Quotas Rockstar Hellbender HoZac Records
The Runaways Black Leather And Now… The Runaways! Mercury
Shadow 15 Just Like Before Days of Innocence 1983-85 Beat Generation
Second Layer I Need Noise Courts Or Wars 1972
Sigue Sigue Sputnik Massive Retaliation Flaunt It Manhattan Records
Sic F*cks Rock Or Die Sic F*cks Sozyamuda Records
Silverhead Bright Light 16 And Savaged MCA Records
The Sisters Of Mercy 1969 Alice Merciful Release
Joey Ramone 1969 Don’t Worry About Me INgrooves
Sixteen Deluxe Idea Backfeed Magnetbabe Trance Syndicate Records
Skeletal Family Promised Land The Singles Plus 1983 – 85 Graveface Records
Sleaze Dum De Dum Sleaze Sing Sing Records

#607

January 23, 2024

Fifth week of 8 in the Gulls Window Circus hard rock series covers the letters L-N. Several bands follow the artist from very popular previous bands [Screaming Trees > Mark Lanegan Band , Psychedelic Furs > Love Spit Love, Dead Boys > Lords Of The New Church, Nymphs > Inger Lorre, Codeine, Come, Volcano Sons > The Martha’s Vineyard Ferries, Hanoi Rocks > Michael Monroe, Husker Du > Bob Mould], a few of the artists went on to bigger fame in subsequent bands [The Living > Guns ‘n Roses, The Mike Gunn > Charalambides, Mother Love Bone > Green River > Pearl Jam]. All songs have mentionable aspects, but I want to draw your attention to the Menace Dement track, the fact that Map Of Africa is re-edit wizard DJ Harvey, and Manikins, who were formed as Cheap Nasties in Australia.

Lydia Lunch Retrovirus

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Artist Song Release Label
Mark Lanegan Band Stitch It Up Somebody’s Knocking Heavenly
Leather Towel Food Poisoning II Leather Towel IV HoZac Records
The Living A Song For You 1982 Loosegroove Records
Love Spit Love Sweet Thing Trysome Eatone Real Gone Music
The Lords Of The New Church World Without End Is Nothing Sacred? I.R.S. Records
Inger Lorre Monitor Live At The Viper Room Sweet Nothing Records
L7 Drama The Beauty Process: Triple Platinum Real Gone Music
The Lurkers Sex Crazy Sex Crazy Damaged Goods
Lydia Lunch Retrovirus Snakepit Breakdown Urge To Kill Rustblade
The March Violets Steam Natural History Rebirth
Manikins Young And Restless From Broadway To Blazes Manufactured Recordings
Map Of Africa Get Outta Bed Map Of Africa Whatever We Want Records
The Martha’s Vineyard Ferries The Know It All Suns Out Guns Out Ernest Jenning Record Co.
Masters Of Reality V.H.V. Sunrise On The Sufferbus Real Gone Music

Artist Song Release Label
Melvins Hot Fish Working With God Ipecac Recordings
Menace Dement Corpse Menace Dement Vermiform
Metal Urbain Numéro Zéro Les Hommes Morts Sont Dangereux Byzz
The Mike Gunn Liska Durban Poison Double Naught
Ministry Stigmata Greatest Fits Run Out Groove
The Mission UK Child’s Play Children Mercury
Mirrors Penthouse Legend Something That Would Never Do Violet Times
Michael Monroe All Fighter I Live Too Fast To Die Young! Silver Lining Music
Mother Love Bone Half Ass Monkey Boy Shine Stardog Records
Motörhead Iron Horse – Born To Lose On Parole Parlophone
Bob Mould When You Left Blue Hearts Merge Records
Mudhoney Overblown Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge Sub Pop
Neon Christ The Knife That Cuts So Deep 1984 Southern Lord

#606

January 16, 2024

Fifth week of 8 in the Gulls Window Circus hard rock series covers the letters L-N. Several bands follow the artist from very popular previous bands [Screaming Trees > Mark Lanegan Band , Psychedelic Furs > Love Spit Love, Dead Boys > Lords Of The New Church, Nymphs > Inger Lorre, Codeine, Come, Volcano Sounds > The Martha’s Vineyard Ferries, Hanoi Rocks > Michael Monroe, Husker Du > Bob Mould], a few of the artists went on to bigger fame in subsequent bands [The Living > Guns ‘n Roses, The Mike Gunn > Charalambides, Mother Love Bone > Green River > Pearl Jam]. All songs have mentionable aspects, but I want to draw your attention to the Menace Dement track, the fact that Map Of Africa is re-edit wizard DJ Harvey, and Manikins, who were formed as Cheap Nasties in Australia.

Grunttruck

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Artist Song Release Label
John Du Cann Don’t Talk The World’s Not Big Enough Just Add Water
E. Coli Permafrost To Drool Triple X Records
Fanny Kaplan The Reason To Cover Self Up Fanny Kaplan Inflammable Material
Fields Of The Nephilim Chord Of Souls The Nephilim Beggars Banquet
Flesh D-Vice Color Me Gone Some Bloodstained Morning Jayrem Records
Ace Frehley She Origins Vol.2 eOne
Girlschool Race With The Devil Demolition Renaissance Records
Giuda Overdrive E. V. A. Burger Records
The Godfathers Tell Me Why Birth, School, Work, Death Epic
Gorillas Foxy Lady Message To The World Damaged Goods
The Gordons Laughing Now The Gordons 1972
Grand Funk Railroad In Need Grand Funk Capitol Records

Artist Song Release Label
Green River Together We’ll Never Dry As A Bone Sub Pop
Gruntruck Follow Push Real Gone Music
Hanoi Rocks Lost In The City The Best Of Hanoi Rocks Lick Records
The Haskels Walk To The Beach The Haskels Splunge Communications Inc.
The Harry Von Zells Stardom Because Play It Backwards Igor Records
Hitmen Death Grip Hitmen WEA
Hollywood Brats Chez Maximes Hollywood Brats Get Back
The Hollywood Stars So Blue Sound City Liberation Hall
Ill Repute Beware Transition Mystic Records
Iron Prostate Hell Toupee Loud, Fast, And Aging Rapidly Skreamin’ Skull Records
Ivy Green I’m Sure We’re Gonna Make It Ivy Green Pseudonym
Tommy Jay I’ve Been Waiting For You Tommy Jay’s Tall Tales Of Trauma Assophon Records
Joneses Good From Far Jonesin’ Discography Vol. 2 Projectile Platters
Killing Joke Wardance Killing Joke Spinefarm Records
King’s X Fade Tape Head Svart Records

#605

January 9, 2024

In this third week of the Gulls Window Circus hard rock series, we leave the 70s (after the first 4 songs, overflows from last week), letting the sound endure through time. It is in these coming weeks that amazing discoveries will be made. Hard rock by artists you might never expect to have dabbled in these waters. Special attention to Baby Grande (Steve Kilby pre-Church), Corpse Grinders, Arthur Kane (post-New York Dolls), Dark Carnival (Niagara, post-Destroy All Monsters). Every track has earned its place, details given after each 3 song set.

Avis Davis

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Artist Song Release Label
Terry Stamp Itchy Feet Fatsticks Just Add Water
Status Quo Is It Really Me / Gotta Go Home The Rest Of Status Quo Music On Vinyl
Sweet Cockroach (Munich Mix) Give Us A Wink (Alternative Mixes And Demos) Sound City Records
The Third Power Like Me Love Me Believe Future Days Recordings
Alien Sex Fiend I’m Not Mad Who’s Been Sleeping In My Brain Anagram Records
Asteroid B-612 Believe It’s True Not Meant For This World! Bang! Records
Bakamono This Is An Unreinforced Masonry Building The Cry Of The Turkish Fig Peddler Priority Records
Banned From Chicago Dear Ron 1978 Alona’s Dream Records
The Batfish Boys Not Enough Blue Lurve: Some Kinda Flashback Twilight Records
Stiv Bator You Must Be A Witch Do You Believe In Magyk? Easy Action
The Beasts Of Bourbon Drop Out The Axeman’s Jazz Big Time

Artist Song Release Label
Blackwater Holylight Wave Of Conscience Blackwater Holylight RidingEasy Records
The Buck Pets How Delicious She Looks The Buck Pets Island Records
Chainsaw Kittens Heartcatchthump Chainsaw Kittens Jett Plastic Recordings
Charlie ‘Ungry Who Is My Killer? The Chester Road Album Rave Up Records
Baby Grande Pure, White, & Deadly Baby Grande HoZac Records
Christian Death Resurrection – Sixth Communion Only Theatre Of Pain Frontier Records
Clinic Fantasy Island Fantasy Island Domino
Corpse Grinders City Rocker Grind On Rave Up Records
Eddie Criss Group Killer Undertaker HoZac Records
The Cult Dreamtime Dreamtime / Dreamtime Live At The Lyceum Beggars Banquet
The Damned Motorcycle Man Darkadelic Ear Music
Dark Carnival Let There Be Dark The Last Great Ride Sympathy For The Record Industry
Avis Davis Miss Ya Love Junky Innovative Communication
The Donnas It Takes One To Know One Gold Medal Real Gone Music