The Fuzztones : LSD 25 - 25 Years Of Fuzz And Fury 2005

The Fuzztones are an American garage rock revival band formed in 1980. Founded by singer-guitarist Rudi Protrudi in New York City, the band has gone through several member changes but is currently active in Europe. 

Dismissed by some critics and listeners as a "bar band" or unoriginal, they maintained a strong fan base in New York, in Europe (with their music being played on Hungarian State Radio), and in Los Angeles. Rudi Protrudi moved to Los Angeles in 1987, after the breakup of the original band, to organize a new Fuzztones, consisting of Jordan Tarlow, (Lead Guitar) John "Speediejohn" Carlucci, (Bass) Jason Savall, (Vox Organ) & "Mad" Mike Czekaj on drums. 

This lineup bears the distinction of being the only 1980's garage rock revival band to secure a major label record deal[citation needed], when they signed to RCA.

The group's name is derived from Fuzz Tone, the commercial name of a guitar effect pedal invented in 1962 and whose distinctive sound was popularized in the 1965 hit song "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" by the Rolling Stones.

This New York City-based psychedelic/garage rock combo played a large role in the mostly underground '60s revival during the 1980s. Led by the enigmatic Rudi Protrudi, the Fuzztones were one of the major "successes" (particularly in Europe) of the revival that flourished in 1984 and that also boasted the Chesterfield Kings, the Cynics, the Miracle Workers, and Plasticland. 

Their debut studio LP, Lysergic Emanations, was released in 1985. Thanks to praise from Ian Astbury of the Cult, the newly refitted Los Angeles-based Fuzztones were one of the few to get a major-label deal, and a second album, In Heat, was released by Beggars Banquet in 1989. Due to the album's lackluster sales performance, the Fuzztones went back to the indies. 

That might have been the end of the story, but it wasn't. Thanks to a hugely successful tour of Europe in 1985, the group built a loyal and dedicated fan base there, and one version or another of the Fuzztones has toured there regularly ever since. Their over three-decade career has yielded at least a dozen or more albums, countless singles, and several videos, and Lysergic Emanations has been re-released by at least three different labels over the years.

In 2011, to celebrate their 30th anniversary, the band released a new studio album, Preaching to the Perverted, on Stag-O-Lee/Cleopatra. 

LSD 25

LSD 25 - 25 Years of Fuzz and Fury is a compilation album by the band Fuzztones released in 2005 in Italy and in 2006 in US, with a bonus DVD of promo videos, television appearances and interviews.

Discography LP

    Lysergic Emanations (1985)
    In Heat (1989)
    Braindrops (1991)
    Monster A-Go-Go (1992)
    Salt for Zombies (2003)
    Horny as Hell (2008)
    Preaching to the Perverted (2011) 

 

TRAXS

01. Johnson In A Headlock     3:21
02. I Never Knew     3:17
03. One Girl Man     3:21
04. Gotta Get Some     2:33
05. Nine Months Later     4:25
06. Ward 81     5:29
07. Action Speak Louder Than Words     2:15
08. I'm Gonna Make You Mine     2:27
09. Heathen Set     2:36
10. They're Gonna Take You Away     2:50
11. She's My Witch     3:01
12. Rise     3:30
13. Third Time's The Charm     3:31
14. Don't Blow Your Mind     3:07
15. Brand New Man     2:33
16. Bad News Travels Fast     2:39
17. Thirteen Women     2:47
18. Romilar D     3:31

Dextromethorphan (DXM or DM) - Romilard D  is a drug of the morphinan class with sedative, dissociative, and stimulant properties (at lower doses).

ROMILAR    D    LYRICS

 

Yeah I tried strychnine and sniffing glue 

I´ve been known to take a trip or two Banana peels and pesticide

Nothing can beat this swinging ride 

 This stuff is thumbs up Pass another dixie cup 

I can´t tell which end is up Save another swig for me Romilar D 

That´s the stuff for me Romilar D 

Take a tip from me 

 Some folks like coffee some folks like tea I need more to get outta my tree

 

 Don´t know where 

I´m going don´t know where I´ve been

 But I´m where it´s at when this stuff kicks in I can´t tell which end is up Fill another dixie cup 

This stuff is thumbs up Pass another bottle to me Romilar D

It´s got me outta my tree Romilar D 

That´s the stuff for me Get with the countdown learn to fly 

You gotta kiss this square old world good bye 

Blast off to Kicksville USA Look out below,

 up up and away This stuff is thumbs up Pass another dixie cup

I can´t tell which end is up 

Save another swig for me Romilar D 

That´s the stuff for me Romilar D 

Take a tip from me Romilar D...

 

19. Hurt On Hold     2:26
20. She's Wicked     3:15
21. This Sinister Urge     3:24
22. Salem Witch Trial     3:34
23. Strychnine     2:16
24. In Heat     2:20
25. Cinderella  2:57

Flac  Size : 531 MB

Screamin' Jay Hawkins and The Fuzztones : Live EP 1985

SCREAMIN' JAY HAWKINS

American musician, singer and actor, born 18 July 1929 in Cleveland, Ohio, USA and died 12 February 2000 in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France.

 Famed chiefly for his powerful, operatic vocal delivery and wildly theatrical performances of songs such as "I Put a Spell on You" and "Constipation Blues," Hawkins sometimes used macabre props onstage, making him perhaps the first shock rocker.



THE FUZZTONES

The Fuzztones have achieved legendary status as cult faves during their 29 year career. Their fiery brand of Garage-Psych-Punk pre-dated the entire "Garage Revival" of the 1980's and has influenced hundreds of groups, from the Hives to the Horrors.

SCREAMIN’ JAY HAWKINS & THE FUZZTONES- Live!

“Hooking up veteran soul singer Screamin’ Jay Hawkins, a guy who has been singing since the fifties, with New York garage band heroes The Fuzztones is not as strange a combination as at first it seems.

This four cut EP, recorded live at a benefit Christmas party last year at Irving Plaza, finds Jay in good voice and raunchy good humor, and as he puts it, the young band really seems to give him a kick.

He somehow manages to slip a reference to AIDS in ‘Alligator Wine,’ and ‘Constipation Blues’ is almost painful to listen to, with Hawkins doing his best impression of an outhouse. Yet the classic “I Put A Spell On You” never sounded better than in this raunch revisionist setting.

And there’s even a Christmas song for people who hate Christmas songs, a truly wonderful piece called ‘It’s That Time Again.’ It’s mostly good fun, and Screamin’ Jay sounds like he’s having a blast. Everyone should have so much fun after doing their thing for so long.” –Hank Bordowitz

http://www.discogs.com/Fuzztones-Screamin-Jay-Hawkins-Live/release/1074288

The Fuzztones and Screamin' Jay Hawkins – Live
Label : Midnight Records– MIRLP 114
Format : Vinyl, 12", Mini-Album
Country : US
Released : 1985
Genre : Rock, Blues
Style : Blues Rock, Garage Rock

Tracklist

A1 Alligator Wine
Written-By – Leiber & Stoller
A2 I Put A Spell On You
Written-By – J. Hawkins
B1 It's That Time Again
Written-By – J. Hawkins
B2 Constipation Blues
Written-By – J. Hawkins

   

Credits

Bass – Michael Jay
Drums – Ira Elliot
Guitar – Elan Portnoy
Guitar, Harp – Rudi Protrudi
Organ – Deb O'Nair
Photography By [Back] – Tom Bessoir
Photography By [Cover, Inner Sleeve] – Lisa Seifert
Vocals, Piano – Screamin' Jay Hawkins

Notes

Live Recording from a show which took place on December 19, 1984 at Irving Plaza, NYC.
Contains a Midnight Records' flyer with a big picture of SJH & the Fuzztones at the Irving Plaza N.Y.C.

VINYL RIP : BY " ΘΕΙΟΣ "
POSTED : BY " KOSTAS "

FLAC HERE : Size : 133 MB

Screamin' Jay Hawkins on this Blog HERE
The Fuzztones on this Blog HERE

Fuzztones : Monster A Go Go ! 1992

The Fuzztones have achieved legendary status as cult faves during their 29 year career. Their fiery brand of Garage-Psych-Punk pre-dated the entire "Garage Revival" of the 1980's and has influenced hundreds of groups, from the Hives to the Horrors.

Born in the summer of 1980 in the bowels of NYC's Lower East Side, The Fuzztones were soon regulars at legendary NYC hotspots such as CBGB, and the Mudd Club. By utilizing the fuzzbox (an antiquated effects pedal used by many 60's groups to achieve overly distorted "psychedelic" guitar sounds), the band created a raunchy sound they referred to as "Grunge"...(On their 1984 debut single, "Bad News Travels Fast", lead guitarist Elan Portnoy is credited as playing "lead grunge", at least a decade before the Seattle Grunge Invasion), hence the band’s moniker! Complete with paisley and leather attire, genuine human bone necklaces, The Fuzztones influenced the fashions of bands as diverse as the Hoodoo Gurus (who also modified the Fuzztones infamous skull and crossed Vox Phantom guitars logo for use on one of their album covers) to Marc Almond (who aped The Fuzztones by wearing black turtlenecks with bone necklaces) to the X-rated Dwarves logo, which was stolen from the Fuzztones "Lysergic Ejaculations" cover.

The band's classic video for "Ward 81" even inspired the legendary Ramones, whose "Psychotherapy" video copies several scenes directly from the Fuzztones' masterpiece, as did the glitter-rock docu-film "Velvet Goldmine"! The Fuzztones' first European tour in 1985, a 3 month onslaught of England, Wales, Scotland, Germany and Italy, firmly established the band with a dedicated, and avid following that continues to this day! Their 1985 debut studio LP, "Lysergic Emanations" has achieved major cult status, and has been released by 4 different labels over the last 23 years, the combined sales of which has assured gold record status!

The Fuzztones have toured Europe fervently since 1985, and have headlined major venues in Italy, Spain, Greece, France, Norway, Sweden, Belgium, Wales, Scotland, Austria, Germany, Czech Republic, Denmark, and Finland, as well as Croatia, Slovenia, Canada, Israel, and Mexico.
During their illustrious 29 year career they have appeared on over 70 vinyl and CD releases, including at least 15 albums, countless singles, and compilations, not to mention 5 videos, several television and radio appearances, and countless major press articles (NME, Sounds, Melody Maker, Rockerilla, Hit Parade, US,Rolling Stone, Mojo, and more).

They were the ONLY band involved in the 80's "Garage Revival" to obtain a major label record deal (RCA). In 2003, The Fuzztones received co-headliner billing at Little Steven’s Underground Garage Festival, a 42 band extravaganza that included Rock luminaries The Stooges, New York Dolls, Pretty Things, Nancy Sinatra and Bo Diddley. Recently, Rolling Stone magazine featured a Fuzztones track on a giveaway CD (entitled “Fuzz-Tones”!) and Rhino included a track on their compilation, “Children of Nuggets.” Italy’s Get Back label re-issued 4 classic Fuzztones albums and a “Best of” CD/DVD set, all within a few months time! Their classic recording, “1-2-5” is featured in the new German film, “Fur Den Unbekannten Hund (The Unknown Dog)” and an Italian documentary on Coney Island.

The band’s newest album, “Horny As Hell” (on Unique Records sub-label, Electrique Mud), has been receiving rave reviews, and coincides with their upcoming European tour (Feb/March 2009). The Fuzztones are currently writing material for their upcoming studio album. Release date will be fall 2010. This album will also mark their 30th anniversary and lead into a 2 month tour across Europe!

LINKS

http://www.fuzztones.net/discography.htm

Trax

1. Jack the Ripper
2. All Black and Hairy
3. Charlotte's Remains
4. Dinner With Drac
5. Night of the Phantom
6. Witch
7. Happy Halloween
8. D.O.A.
9. Cellar Dweller
10. I'm the Wolfman
11. She's My Witch
12. Goin' to a Graveyard
13. Night of the Vampire

CELLAR DWELLAR

(Monster A Go Go Version) Lyrics By R. Protrudi, music by E. Portnoy

In the dark you hear a sound
from my basement underground
Can't see it but you know it's there
Why can't it be just a nightmare?
It crawls, it drools, it breathes right down your neck
It oozes evil, eats things that are dead
You'd better never close your eyes
Or I'll be there to take your life
Cause I'm the ugly cellar dwellar

Fingers crawlin' up your spine
Voices callin' from behind
You're much too scared to leave your bed
It won't be long until you're dead

You watch the clock tick your life away
The only thing that you can do is pray
Your remaining days are few
Destiny is calling you
I'm the ugly cellar dwellar

Every night you lay in fear
Knowing that the end is near
The sound you hear is hunger pains
And all they'll find is your remains
Your heart will start beating much too fast
The next sound you hear will be your last
Now it's time for you to die
Don't forget to say goodbye
I'm the ugly cellar dwellar

Chomp Chomp!

Size : 106 MB
Format : Red Coloured Vinyl LP
Made in Canada
Label : Skreamin' Skull Records
Bitrate 320

  HERE (Vinyl Rip) MP3

HERE (CD Rip) Flac Size: 357 MB