DEAD MOON.

There's nothing to hide behind here, and it's not like Fred Cole needs to - motherfucker lays his whiskey-soaked soul out there on the regular - his wife Toody by his side, each of them slinging & swinging their rock-axes through the depths of murky vulnerability.

In the end, they always come through, and if there's one dude in rock 'n' roll who is on the same level that Lemmy is, legend-wise (it certainly ain't Ozzy any more, son), it's Mr. Fred Cole. Dude has been slugging it out on the stage for 48 years now, and the plan is that THERE IS NO PLAN (other than to keep laying it down on the daily until the day he dies).

With soul power like this, there's no need to worry about the immediate future from what I can tell.

Dead Moon - Hard Wired in Ljubljana

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WAYNE KRAMER.

As a kid growing up in a no-way-out / burned-out General Motors town in mid-Michigan, The Brother Wayne Kramer always "spoke" to me. His playing in the MC5 fanned the flames of many a revolt in the Seventies; be them political demonstrations, or of "the innner self".
Sadly, the MC5 went down in flames like only they could do it - they will always be legend.

They don't make protest bands anymore, kid.

Wayne has been there & done that more than twice, and has played with the likes of everyone from GG Allin to Red Rodney to Johnny Thunders to The Melvins & quite a few other bad-asses in between. These days, he spends most of his time giving hope to "correctional facility" prisoners via his Jail Guitar Doors foundation, as well as scoring the music for the "television-awesomeness" known as Eastbound & Down.

The man has risen from a dark past - to shine like a motherfucker - to say the least.

Ain't nothin' wrong with that - most of us can only hope to attain some semblance of inner peace, right?

Six strings and a grip of soul.
Fuck yes.

Wayne Kramer - The Hard Stuff + 4

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THE REPLACEMENTS.

In the Great Battle of the Twin Cities back in the Eighties, it must have been hard to pick a side.
For me it is - not that I'd want to, honestly - but the "Big Two" (Hüsker Dü & The Replacements) - made for some serious Midwest rock bad-assery back in my formative years.

This here collection is an early (live) boot with some excellent sound quality - the year is 1989, and we find the 'Mats out on the road in support of Tom Fuckin' Petty!?!
I'd garner to say, it would have been great to see these guys open, mop the floor with their superior rock power, & then bail the fuck out afterwards to the dive bar down the street...

Bob Stinson was a fuckin' BEAST of a guitar player - Thank you.

The Replacements - Shit, Shower, & Shave

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ANGEL ROT.

So I've been meaning to post this a few days ago, but I've been sick.

It all started w/ an ingrown fingernail, and then I'm assuming that while bar tending the other night, I got some bar-rot in there, and before you know it, I woke up w/ one swollen, red, angry-looking dick-finger/digit! Anyways, I went to the Doctor & she started me on antibiotics. It took about 10 hours, but then my system crashed, and all I could do is lay in bed, surfing waves of nausea, or get up & go pee out my ass every 30 minutes - maybe even puke up some weird bright yellow liquid.

I'm glad I could share that with you…

Anyways, Angel Rot could very well be the soundtrack to your medication-induced delirium - it was for me - and honestly? This is some dirty, fucked up rock that most folks STILL ain't gonna like. What the fuck? What's NOT to like about Tom Five & his Iommi-meet-Ginn proto-stylings? This shit is still ahead of it's time.




Angel Rot - Unlistenable Hymns of Indulgent Damnage

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MONSTER MAGNET.

I've always thought the term "stoner rock" sucked.
Most stoner rock bands can't write a riff to save their lives, or they think that it all starts and ends with Kyuss.
Thankfully, Monster Magnet is NOT a stoner rock band. Close at times, but NOT stoner rock in my opinion.

I've also always thought that Monster Magnet were a great band, but wondered why Dave Wyndorf couldn't check his drugs/ego long enough to write another "great" record after "Dopes To Infinity".

This time he has.

While I like bits and pieces of each M.M. record since "Dopes", this one is the first record since then that sounds consistent to me - I only "don't like" 1 1/2 songs on it.

Great driving record...

LINKS -
Official Website. (Time to U-P-D-A-T-E it, ya fucks!)

D/L Monster Magnet - 4-Way Diablo right here.



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Die Kreuzen - Among The Ruins
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CAUSTIC RESIN.

Did a Treepeople post not too long ago - here's an offshoot of that band (sorta), the mighty Caustic Resin. Brett Netson is a waaaay underrated guitar-slinger for sure, busting out with some dirty hot-shit sludge-heavy blues/rock riffage.
Not sure if this band is still alive or not - hope it ain't over yet!

(Don't let the word "blues" scare you away as these guys make records that are perfect for that late night long drive home)...

LINKS -
Official Website.
DoucheSpace.

D/L Caustic Resin - Keep On Truckin' right here.



I don't usually post YouTube videos, but I dig this one...


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Possessed - Burning in Hell
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KINGFACE.

Unsung Washington DC band that never really got the credit they deserve, possibly because they didn't fit the Dischord HC mold. Great songwriting with a no-frills straight-up rock style, these dudes and Only Living Witness give me the same feeling when I listen to them - good stuff...

D/L Kingface - 9:30 Club, Washington D.C. 1988 right here.



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Only Living Witness - Voice Of Disrepair
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