HEARTS SLOW DOWN......

Having beenascrabbling for this for some while now, it was with the good fortune of the Raw Nerve board that it finally came up again. I have been over playing this crap, taped copy on C90 for years. It does not do this album justice in the slightest. What album? The unreleased Redrighthand album " They Sang and Chanted For Hours, Then The Locked In Hundreds Set Themselves Ablaze". A true crime on the last decade.
During the Narcosis years our vocalist peet had been doing this band ( they in fact started before he was in Narcosis with a different line-up and many twists and turns to the story) that was eventually recorded in 2004 by our good friend Mr John Kettle. The recording was a bit of a stress and headache but this was the finished product.
But then the label went skint, they couldn't afford to release it, it got shelved save for a few CD-r's and tapes of the recording which have been circulating for years.
The line-up at the time consisted of people that have/are in They Are Cowards, Narcosis, Like A Kind of Matador, Charger, Hard To Swallow and Gruel.
At the time everyone was blown away by this album. It is still to this day a horrible, angsty, drawn out affair. Avoiding the more conventional "rock" element of doom. Instead its replaced with dissonance and pure distorted filth.

REDRIGHTHAND

LISTEN UP!

1982...IT WAS A GOOD YEAR.

First off, Coalesce did not dissapoint last night. I know its easy to be disheartened by seeing a band you have loved ( I have been waiting 10 years to see them) who then are shit when you do finally get the chance.
Coalesce did non of this. They played a awesome setlist off a few new tracks and a good selection of the back catologue. Ingram's voice has not changed and is still as powerful. Shame they are only playing 3 dates in the UK and a few European ones. Gutted for the rest of your miserable life if you don't see them.

I recently went on a bit of a Black Flag binge. This has been one of the most played of recent times. According to common lore and fairytale, in 1982 Black Flag where legally restricted from releasing any new material for whatever reason, I don't know. They secretly recorded a load of demo's of material that ended up on My War and Slip It In. Add to this a live interview from some radio sessions they did. It rules for the fact that a lot of these versions sound so much better than the actual album versions. The sound is rawer and more upfront and Rollins has a unhinged vibe to his vocals. Plus Kira Roessler is hot. Here it is for maximum punk points.....

Drinking black coffee..........

YES, YES, YES, YES, YES.........