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June 10, 2003: w/live set from ROCKET FROM THE TOMBS (Sorry, at the band's request, no archive available of the performance)
Only recently have legit recordings surfaced from this legendary Cleveland 70s proto-punk gang, and 27 years after they broke up, they're in the WFMU studios playing live yet again, their first ever radio set! They're not in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, but they're responsible for undeniable punk classics like "Sonic Reducer", "30 Seconds Over Tokyo," and "Ain't It Fun". Richard Lloyd of Television takes over guitar duties for the late Peter Laughner, and David Thomas (visionary of Pere Ubu among other things), Cheetah Chrome (Dead Boys), Steve Mehlman, and Craig Bell are all in the WFMU studio today, fresh from a jawdropping appearance at Thomas's Disastodrome fest in L.A. Unfortunately, the band has asked we do NOT archive this show, so we're only able to air it this one time only.We've left the archive for the rest of the show though below. Some pix below of the session thanks to Phil Catalano.
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| Artist | Track | Album | New |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peter Laughner | Baby's On Fire | 7" | |
| Glass Candy | Hurt | Love Love Love | |
| Art & Language | Born In Flames | Fanfare In the Garden (Essential Logic comp) | * |
| MX-80 Sound | Tidal Wave | Lve at the Library | |
| The Queen Haters | I Hate the Bloody Queen | ||
| Noxagt | Pantyland | Turning It Down Since 2001 | * |
| Hal Russell's Chemical Feast | March of the Cellulite Goddesses | Elixir | |
| Black Eyes | Day Turns Night | Black Eyes | |
| Kenny Dope / Screechy Dan | Boomin' In Ya Jeep | Various: Nice Up The Dance | * |
| Augustus Pablo | Upfull Living | East of the River Nile | |
| DJ Blake 9 | Flipside | 7" split with Stoerok | * |
| The Decay | Margareth Thatcher | 7" | * |
| Schizoid | Extinct and Obsolete | All Things Are Connected | |
| Thin Lizzy | Whiskey In the Jar | Vagabonds of the Western World | |
| Pere Ubu | Heart of Darkness | Datapanik In the Year Zero | |
| Rocket From the Tombs | Life Stinks | The Day the Earth Met the Rocket From the Tombs | |
| Television | Double Exposure | Double Exposure | |
| Dead Boys | Down in Flames | Young Loud & Snotty | |
| Frog Eyes | Only To Come Across Plesant Meadows and Madames | Emboldened Navigator | * |
| Dead Meadow | Babbling Flower | Shivering King and Others | * |
| Circle | Lokki | Raunio | |
| Pacific 231 | New York 85 | Power Assume | |
| Ekkehard Ehlers | Maander II | Politik Braucht Keinen Feind | * |
| Rocket From the Tombs | Live in the WFMU Studios! | Engineer: Gil Shuster & Mike Reilly | |
| Frustration | |||
| So Cold | |||
| What Love Is | |||
| Ain't It Fun (Cheetah Chrome on vox) | |||
| Muckraker (Craig Bell on vox) | |||
| 30 Seconds Over Tokyo | |||
| Sonic Reducer | |||
| Never Gonna Kill Myself Again | |||
| Amphetamine (Cheetah on vox) | |||
| Down In Flames | |||
| Final Solution | |||
| David Thomas: Vocal, Richard Lloyd: Guitar, Cheetah Chrome: Guitar, Craig Bell: Bass, Steve Mehlman: Drums | |||
| Thanks to Rocket From the Tombs, Gil and Mike! | Latest release on Smog Veil (www.smogveil.com), "The Day The Earth Met Rocket From the Tombs (live and rehearsals) | Recommended reads: "From the Velvets to the Voidoids" (Clinton Heylin), "Psychotic Reactions and Carburator Dung" (Lester Bangs), | |
| Good article on Rockets on Perfect Sound Forever website (www.furious.com/perfect) | David Thomas/Pere Ubu's site: www.projex.demon.co.uk | ||
| Pix Below in descending order: Cheetah, David, BT w/David, Richard | |||
| Peter Laughner | What Goes On | 7" |
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