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BASSA FEDELTA' - OBLIVIANS : "Popular favorites" (Sep 10 1996, Crypt Rec.)

The reunion two years ago and Oblivians Gories with attached mini Italian tour, as well as some very personal considerations on the state of rock and roll me back to listening straight through (which continues to this day!) of some old records of the bands mentioned above. Oblivians The coming Memphis (TN) were and are Greg, Jack and and Eric, as you can imagine, they do not last Oblivians (as already Ramones). Same training as Gories to three, with two guitars and drums. The absence of the lower hardly notice, thanks to the rhythmic pounding stomp of school Bo Diddley that our able to impose. "Popular Favorites" is the band's second album after the excellent debut "Soul Food" (1995 Crypt) and includes recordings made by December 20, 1995 to January 1996.
A period of the first half of the nineties not quite favorable for these sounds (not yet had the echo caused by heavy grunge) that will find a fact, albeit brief and modest "revenge" in the second half, thanks to bands like the Oblivians, with a strong attitude lo-fi . Christina , the opening track is a true statement: desperate rock'n'roll to limit the noise ( Part of your plan ) or at least in perfect balance. Here the country and the blues are a new form, one might almost venture a comparison with Jon Spencer Blues Explosion and the , except that the trio of Memphis sounds much more raw ( You Fucked Me Up You Put Me Down ) and low fidelity ( Do the milkshake ). Inoltre è totalmente privo di qualsiasi tentativo di intellettualizzazione tipicamente urbano e metropolitano (New York).
Però troviamo lo stesso sudore (forse anche di più) e la stessa energia (se non raddoppiata). Un'atteggiamento ovviamente sudista. Ma in quale altro modo si può suonare il rock'n'roll? She's a hole è il classico che farà sempre scatenare il pubblico, così come Bad man . A questo disco ne seguirà un terzo ed ultimo, l'ottimo "Play 9 Songs With Mr. Quintron" (1997, Crypt). Three albums and then, just as the Gories and then break ranks!
However, the components of the respective bands will continue with various projects: Dirtbombs, Demolition Doll Rods and as regards the Oblivians Reigning Sound, to name the main ones. Also Eric Friedl "Oblivians" build the Goner Records label specializing in garage-lo-fi sound. Label for which affect Jay Reatard , revealed the new phenomenon of the American scene in low fedeltà.Ecco, I wanted to remember this great band, able to recover the tradition of a 'healthy and warm' rock 'n' roll to ferry today. Now a little 'chilly to be honest!

Andrea Fornasari

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THE FUZZTONES: "Preaching to the Perverted" (2011, Stag-O-Lee)

's been 26 years since the release of "Lysergic Emanations" the album that has consecrated the Fuzztones between the milestones of the '80s garage. And you can not hide the fact that they all feel in "Preaching to the Perverted" , the last work that the group has just published for the German Stag-O-Lee . There are more explosive tracks like the grit Strychnine, 1-2-5 o Cinderella e il suono possente che ha caratterizzato la loro produzione discografica in quella gloriosa seconda metà degli anni '80, nonostante la voce di Rudi Protrudi rimanga sempre potente e caratteristica dando un'impronta particolare a ogni brano. Il suono di  "Preaching to the Perverted"  (titolo che è anche quello di un film del 1997 diretto da Stuart Urban ), peraltro un lavoro per una volta tutto composto da brani originali, risulta meno selvaggio e decisamente più morbido e pop, sebbene la vena garage sia ben presente in una buona parte del disco. Anche i testi sono diventati a tratti più maturi (in Launching Sanity's Dice viene evocata pure l'amletica citazione “to be or not to be ”) e perfino malinconici, come quando Rudi nel brano Old ripete quasi cantilentando frasi come "I'm old/I'm old and wise/I'm old/I don't get any younger/I'm old/I'm lucky just to be alive" . Ma ci sono anche brani dal tono e dal tema ben diversi come Lust Pavillon o This Game Called Girl .
Nell'insieme comunque il disco è decisamente piacevole, sebbene contenga un paio di brevi episodi finali that maybe they could stay out, Bound To Please where Protrudi sings along with keyboardist Lana Loveland and Come To Me . But throughout the first half of the disc does not regret the old days too. Much has also been pressing the body Loveland reminiscent of the unforgettable Deb O'Nair , but songs like My Black Cloud, Flirt, & Hurt Desert, Between the Lines, Invisible are those that remain in the head after hearing them a couple of times without you even realize it had. The first hearing
disc leaves something 'perplexed "Preaching to the Perverted" is an album that you should not judge the first taste, but only after it tasted good.

Rossana Morriello

Mix with all the album tracks
Do not Speak Ill of the Dead (live)
Set me straight ( live)