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The Midwest Can Be Allright: 1981 NYC Demos Gulcher Gulcher-501 CD EP £4.99 Beautiful collection of cool rock ‘n’ roll demos in the utopian teenage tradition of The Real Kids, Trashmen, Bobby Fuller, Dale Hawkins, Jan & Dean, Modern Lovers and The Ramones from the late Dale Lawrence/Billy Nightshade incarnation of this phenomenal group. Makes you nostalgic for the small-town Midwestern teenage you never even had. |
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Rock & Roll Don’t Come From New York Gulcher 425 CD £6.99 Rock & Roll Don’t Come From New York traces the arc of this particular incarnation via studio sessions and live blow-outs from 1979-1981 when they eventually called it a day. Although they weren’t as gloriously wasted and garage-inspired as the original Gizmos monster, this was a group that could tear chunks out of classic rock ‘n’ roll form. Although they drew heavily on UK inspirations like The Pistols, The Clash, X-Ray Specs and The Vibrators, these Gizmos were just as conversant with the melodic, 1960s-inspired moves of The Ramones and The Real Kids, birthing a great goober of trans-Atlantic power that crossed killer hooks, swooning locomotive guitar with some real fuck-you venom. The result is an absolute doozy. This is actually one of the most frequently spun Gulcher discs at VT HQ and comes highly recommended. Great liners (as quoted from above) by Dale Lawrence and tons of beautiful pics: dig that cover. |
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Raw First Takes 1977 Slippy Town SLIPTO-026 CD-R £6.99 Exactly what it says on the box: punk-primitive run-throughs of classic early Gizmos material by a great line-up of wise-asses including Rich Coffee, Dave Sulak, Eddie Flowers, Ted Niemiec, Davey Medlock, Rich Stim (MX-80/Chinaboise), Jim DeVries, Don Jaskulske and Ken Highland. Recorded in 1977, this is some spirited DIY liberation in the dumb-punk tradition of The Angry Samoans, Dictators, Ramones, Electric Eels et al. Includes two hilariously stupe live tracks recorded at a drunken teenage party in the Sulak family basement in April of 1976. File this one next to yr Harry Smith Anthologies in order to complete yr American folk-spirit library. Limited edition of 177 copies released on Eddie Flowers of The Gizmos/Crawlspace’s label. We are the exclusive UK source for all Slippy Town product. |
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Live In Bloomington 1977-1978 Gulcher Gulch-430 2xCD £10.99 Idiotically good round-up of early live junk from a group that alongside mebbe The Dictators best summed up the whole dumbo/smartass trash guzzling 70s rock-roll aesthetic at a time when fans were first becoming self-aware enough of the basic tenets of primal no-brain ugh to effectively parody/celebrate it without ever betraying the form and its values. And according to that kinda math this makes the Gizmos simultaneously the funniest/greatest rock/roll group ever to run a beer umbilical straight from the source. Live In Bloomington documents a bunch of loose Gizmos line-ups playing places like The Library (same place where that great MX-80 Gulcher set was recorded, complete with a live introduction by John 'Cougar' Mellencamp), the first Cincinnati Punk Rock Festival and a bunch of radio shows with Ted Niemiec's hamburger vision leading a buncha line-ups that kinda fall between the earlier Ken Highland-led monster and the later power-popping Dale Lawrence version. Featuring 18 tracks from the only two shows the Highland Gizmos ever played, 3 tracks from the 'original' band without Highland and 27 by the Niemiec/Lawrence monstrosity. Features a guest appearance by the late Dave Mahoney of MX-80 on drums and inspired covers like "Deuce" and "Strutter" by Kiss (these guys got taste), "Gloria", The Modern Lovers' "Astral Plane" et al. Comes with a book with snaps and liners from Ted. |
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1976: The Rockabilly Yobs Session Vulcher 0003 LP £12.99 Buncha crude rock and roll moves upgraded to vinyl from their previous inclusion on the Gizmos’ 1975-77 DEoms & Rehearsals CD set. Features the dumb punkin duo of Ken Highland on guitar and vocals and Eddie Flowers on drums and vocals. Includes “Fanzine Pussy”, “She Put A Spell On Me” and more. |
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Gizmo My Way Gulcher Gulch-606 CD £6.99 The kinda genius project that only the most genuinely stoopid-doopid of suburban teenage wasters could even have contemplated - never mind having the kind of gonzoid savvy and taste for hamburger to pull off - Gizmo My Way presents a clutch of never-waxed drunken brainstorms shot straight from the collective cakehole of Ken Highland and The Gizmos, all given a metal-as-formulated-by-Bangs/Kirby/Cooper makeover via a weekend teenage shutdown with nothing but a buncha cheap gear, ton of tape, alla the Creem that counts and no Tee-vee. All unreleased tracks that even Mr Chris Stigliano never heard (although he does posit their possible existence in period live sets of Afrika Korps or maybe Slickee Boys) - and if he hasn't, you ain't. Non? Well, yeah. Either way, Mr Mykal Xul has gotta be one dumb kid. Pretty much the perfect contemporary tribute to the garage guts of yesteryear. |
