In The Trashcan
Records GEM023
"Shut the f*ck up and play those ghastly tunes..."
Zero, Butch and Snider are Cee Bee Beaumont, the uncrowned London kings of garage punk instrumentals from the 90s. This is 1994, in the heyday of Thee Headcoats. Little Teddy Recordings from Munich had the guts to release this "…For the male animal" EP. Every song of this 5-track EP is a killer.
A quite unknown fuzz guitar instrumental track by Billy Childish on a series of splitsingles on Knobbler Records, called Trailin'. This is from Trailin' Volume Three and were meant for the movie "Trail nuts". I've never heard of this movie afterwards.
Instrumental madness by Toe-Rag Studios with Los Easylays featuring Liam Watson and Josh Collins and 5 others. Released on NV Records in 1992. It's a "Pass the hatchet" rip-off, originally by Roger & The Gypsies from 1965.
A 3-track 45 on Ritchie's label Screaming Apple, released in 1993. A terrific sax driven garage instrumental by the Norton Records couple, Billy and Myriam and three friends. About a decade later I attented a gig by The Hekawis, named after this self-penned tune.
Surf garage combo from Tours that might have something to do with BeeDeeKay & The Rollercoaster. Andy (of The Sires) helped these guys at the recording studio. This split-EP was the first release on Makeface Rikordz.
Another organ with fuzz guitar instrumental like, say, The Men From S.P.E.C.T.R.E. This comes from Finland, though, released on a Swedish label called Zorch, in 1999. On vol 13 there's another Hypnomen track.
Instrumental garage version of "Shapes of things" with a prominent role for the organ. Italian combo from Verona who released this EP on Destination X in 1993.
Another so-called song from a movie soundtrack. It's a 1995 guitar instrumental reelased on Detour Records. It was their second single. The band has existed for about 10 years.
Chicago garage quartet with this 4-track EP on Pure Vinyl from Austria, limited to 500 copies. Creepy organ instrumental by guys called Buh Zombie, Phantom Creeper, Beau Grumpus and Dom Nation.
Spooky fuzzed-out Vox guitar instrumental from 1995 by these UK guys, released on the Crocodile label.
Lo-fi garage punk from Seattle in the Pacific Northwest. With a false start, released on Real Records from the Medway delta in Southeast England in 1994.
My first encounter with these four Belgian guys was this EP on Drop Out/Drag Beat, limited to 500 copies. I have copy #70. One week later I also bought their first EP on the same two labels, both from 1993. They predated the surf hype from the mid-90s.
Uptempo acid jazz on Detour from 1997 by this band that has been listening to James Taylor Quartet and The Vice Barons.
A four-song EP on Kato Records, recorded in 1998 in New Zealand, including one Billy Childish song (see vol 13). "Green man" is a self-penned, fast, fuzz guitar instrumental.
As if Davie Allan has found new Arrows in a garage sale. The Vice Barons were a Brussels instrumental group. A Screaming Apple EP from 1994.
This 45 is in my Top 10 garage 45s from the 80s. "Sheez wycked" is well known and comped more than once. This eerie instrumental B-side can only be played at Halloween. Brothers Elan and Orin Portnoy formed the short-lived band. They became more famous in bands like The Fuzztones, Outta Place and other garage outfits from New York. A Midnight Records release from 1984.
