wjnz@sphinx.UChicago.UUCP (James Cooper) (10/05/85)
Hiya folks. Haven't been reading the net in the last couple
weeks, so I'm not sure if someone has done this expose or not.
Anyway...
I managed to find the album by the group Camper Van Beethoven
that was mentioned on the net a month ago. It is called
"Telephone Free Landslide Victory," and is on Independent Project
Records.
The sticker on the outside of the album says, in part, "Imagine
growing up in Redlands, California. On beyond Riverside, San
Berdoo and Cucamonga. What kind of music do you think you'd make
if you were here listening to Black Flag, The Clash and Augustus
Pablo back when everybody else thought that Blondie was "punk?"
And you decided you'd start a surrealist, absurdist folk
band?"
That gives you a pretty fair idea of where they're coming from.
Their sound is a sort of cross between a folk and a ska band and
occasionaly a heavier guitar sound. On top of this is a janglely
guitar that sounds like the theme music from spaghetti western
movies.
Songs are mostly instrumentals but also a Black Flag cover
("Wasted"). My favorite two songs are "Where the Hell is Bill",
which is about a missing drummer at practice, and "Take the
Skinheads Bowling" which is beyond me. I guess there were 1200
copies of this pressed initially (I have #254) so you better act
quickly.
For info:
Send some postage to: IPR
Postbox 60357
Los Angeles, CA 90060
More later...
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James Cooper
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