THE REBEL KIND-VARIOUS ARTISTS (1983)
SOUNDS INTERESTING RECORDS (SILP-011)
The Fuzztones' "Ward 81" is also included-this
track
is self-penned, and hints at what goes
on in the
'Tones grey matter ....foul demons,
kicking mental
patients, psychotic spasms...Fuzzzz!
Babbling aural insanity! More Fuzzzzz!!
FREAKBEAT
"WARD 81"-Starting with clever use of
a found voice
preaching the horrors of insane asylums,
there's a
long (but tasty)guitar break and great
use of sreams
at the climax.The song equates insanity
with love, death,
and rock'n'roll. Thick and liquidy organ,
and a strong
dancebeat make "Ward 81" a highlight
on an exceptional album.
GOLDMINE
* * * * *
THE REBEL KIND-VARIOUS ARTISTS (1983)
The European Version.
* * * * *
99TH FLOOR MAGAZINE-FLEXIDISC (1984)
Features The Fuzztones version of "99th
Floor" as well as tracks by Plasticland and The Vipers.
* * * * *
BATTLE OF THE GARAGES VOL.2 VARIOUS ARTISTS
VOXX/BOMP 200-019
Stars of B.O.B.#8, New Yorks Fuzztones
pull a cracker
out their
zany bag with a version of "Green Slime"
which
is a nice
contrast to their wild and wigged-out
song on
last year's
"The Rebel Kind". It's no understatement
to
say this
lot have STYLE!
BUCKETFUL OF BRAINS
Anybody interested
in garage music, revival or otherwise,
should own
these. They contain all of the music
from the
four LPs originally
issued, so highlights are many, and
a name-droppers
paradise: Chesterfield Kings, Deniz
Tek,
Plasticland,
The Cynics, The Fuzztones, Sick Rose,
The Pandoras-they're
all here.
SAN DIEGO WEEKLY
These contain
all of the best of the garage kings
from
the States
and abroad. Cynics, Fuzztones, Chesterfield
Kings, Pandoras,
Les Thugs, Thee Forgiven, etc, etc.
An absolute
must-have for any collector.
Martin McMartin - FLIPSIDE
* * * * *
BAD NEWS TRAVELS FAST (1984)
MIDNIGHT 45 (MID 4504)
This is one primitive, rockin' disc!
The A-side is a wild,
fuzzy rave-up, with
great arrogant lyrics snarled out by
Rudi:"Now don't you
try to change me, I'll just string you
along, sit back and
enjoy the ride, tomorrow I'll be gone!"
There's a great,
throbbing riff and some berserk harmonica!
Flip the disc and
you get a story of lost love...no wimp
ballads here though,
just basic brutal trash! Great solo too!
This cut was recorded
live...in a cave, I guess!!!
FREAKBEAT
Fucking
great! I'd begun to think their wicked live
perform-
ances would never get
translated to record. An instant classic.
PULSEBEAT
The
delivery on the two originals here is authentic
and
inspired, yet fortunately
devoid of the purist outlook
that sullies the repertoires
of such contemporary garage
practicioners as the
Chesterfield Kings and the Pandoras.
BLITZ
Blasting
screams of hellish proportions! If this
record
doesn't get your iron-poor
blood pumping, give up
Rock & Roll, and
take break-dancing classes. The
Fuzztones have the meat
and they deliver!
Ron Rimsite - 99TH FLOOR
* * * * *
LEAVE YOUR MIND AT HOME (1984)
MIDNIGHT 12"EP (MIRLP 105)
Live, The 'Tones are all fuzz and fury...more
energy
than you ever imagined
possible...and a perfect choice
of covers, and mixed with
originals and a unique sense
humor! Am I dead? Am I
in heaven? No...I've just been
sucked into the Fuzztones
swirling psychedelic snarl!
This is the ultimate primitive
teenbeat thrash-out!
FREAKBEAT
...this set o'live covers gets into the
barn furlongs
ahead o'the pack, primarily
because guitarist Elan
Portnoy's gotta right
conceptual grasp on the fact
that lotsa good SIX-OH
claps JUST THIS SIDE O'METAL
in construction. Consequently
he sets his amp t' "stun,"
points his ugly hair at
ya, and cuts fuggin' loose.
Byron Coley - FORCED EXPOSURE
These are tales of minds not merely blown
but torn out by
the roots. There's no mistaking
what bag these hipsters
are in. Once smitten by
this unholy alliance you'll hear
voices green and purple,
and chances are you'll see things
you should never see, too.
This record kicks a lot of ass.
The Fuzztones offer a unique
opportunity to engulf your
cranium in lysergic emanations.
The Cult Of Fuzz awaits.
Lindsay Hutton - SOUNDS
* * * * *
HANGING OUT AT MIDNIGHT (1984)
VARIOUS ARTISTS - MIDNIGHT MIDLP 127
Compilation album featuring the Fuzztones
version of
"The Witch," as well as tracks
by the Mighty Mofos,
The Wind, Howard & Tim's
paid vacation, Absolutely Grey
Woofing Cookies, The Cheepskates,
The Tryfles, The Love
Pushers, The Backbones, The
Kingsnakes, and The Cavemen.
* * * * *
SCREAMING JAY HAWKINS & THE FUZZTONES
- LIVE! (1984)
MIDNIGHT 12"EP (MIRLP 114B)
The vinyl epitaph of Screamin' Jay and
The Fuzztones
historic union at New York's Irving
Plaza. The backing
throws a hole new light onto the
'Tones musical capabilities, the keyboards in particular.
No chance of
descending to cabaret horror rock
with a fundation like
these guys kick up. In fact, it'd
be nice if some of
this marsh gas were to turn up
in the band's own efforts.
SOUNDS
...with a good solid backing by
The Fuzztones (a band
that always sounds at least 10
times better than I expect them to), the four tracks
presented here move like
no old crip EVER did.
Byron Coley - FORCED EXPOSURE
* * * * *
GARAGE SALE - VARIOUS ARTISTS (1985)
ROIR CASSETTE A135
Unfortunately, garage psychedelia can be
turned into a
formula as easily as any other style,
and that's the
major fault here. Although this collection,
essembled
under the auspices of Goldmine magazine,
has it's share
of gems, including "Cinderella" by
The Fuzztones, most
of it's offerings are dross.
WASHINGTON POST
* * * * *
LYSERGIC EMANATIONS (1985)
ABC LP (European) (ABC LP4)
Now in full swing, this beast gives birth
to it's problem
child...the first full elpee, released
in 1985. This is
one grotesque, magical, spooky trip
through the canyons
of your mind...down into the darkest
resess and the
deepest hole!!! A complete hallucinogenic
hell-trip!!!
FREAKBEAT
Brusquely bracing Sixties album. Fiffty
trillion times
better than the FLESHTONES, probably
distant in-laws of
the Cramps, the singer halfway into
the madhouse. Ultra
melodic but arranged in such a way
nobody hankers for
their old days.
SOUNDS
* * * * *
SHE'S WICKED (1986)
ABC 7" 45 rpm w/PS (ABCS 006) and ABC 12" EP (ABCS 006T)
Catchy, simple, daunting intro that builds
up with depth swirling music machine,
and thrashing drumming, before pounding
out into a classic riff... a "Louie Louie" for the 80's
at least!!! Great voodoo chile lyrics too - "She's
got a mouth full of rasor teeth, and claws so needle sharp,
she'll set you off like fireworks, and tear your flesh apart"!
FREAKBEAT
"Said my baby's evil/said my baby's
bad/gypsies stole my baby/ from her
mom and dad". Poetry is it's own reward for
the Fuzztones, which is just as well really, because
bands as giddily gifted as this seldom get rich.
MELODY MAKER
* * * * *
BAD NEWS (1986)
ABC 12" EP (ABCS 011T))
The Fuzztones dig their claws into some
mean neo-sixties punk, which delivers
the good with nasty guitar riffs and Rudi
Protrudi's "lead snarl." Primitive, raw and raunchy.
MAXIMUM ROCKNROLL
Primal garage rock from one of New
York's most popular combos, rooted in the Music Machine school, with Elan
Portnoy's fuzzed out breaks perfectly blending with
Deb O'Nair's sleek urgent organ chords. Then there's lead
vocalist Rudi Protrudi, who gives a tough, arrogant preformance.
If elected, I'll put two bands like this in every
garage. The Fuzztones fall somewhere between ?
and the Mysterians and the Sex Pistols; I'm talkin'
rockin', and no dicking around.
THE BOB
* * * * *
LYSERGIC EMANATIONS(1986)
ABC Picture disc LP
Basically, every single song on the LP
is a classic, and I could rant all year about each and every one. "Gotta
Get Some" is slaughtered - again, it's the guitar solos that really stand
out! Kenny and the Kasuals' masterpiece of mystical musical madness "Journey
To Tyme" is next under the Fuzztones' choking grip:"I don't care if I never
come back!"...Man, who would ever wanna return from something this good?
FREAKBEAT
Music from underneath your garage
and could easily be the soundtrack for The Addams Family or Munsters television
shows. Ghoulish production, superb
songwriting, and a lead snarl all delivered
by Rudi, that're guaranteed to give you psychedelic
nightmares.
LIVELY ARTS
* * * * *
LYSERGIC LOVE / LOVELY SORT OF DEATH (1986)
Furlined Vulcano/Purple Helmut (Bootleg Live Album)
Also floating about are various illegal
tapes of the 'Tones British gigs...if
you have the chance to hear these, DO cause
the Fuzz and the Fury is all there!
FREAKBEAT
A decent lookin' thing (similar to the Chesterfield
Kings' FOSSILS), but the sound is often
worse than you'd ever imagine. I dunno if the
masterin' got screwed up or what, but this blows.
FORCED EXPOSURE
* * * * *
LYSERGIC EMANATIONS (1986)
Enigma/Pink Dust (72123-1) LP (American version w/ gatefold
sleeve)
A fab studio LP released originally in the
UK and then, with new graveyard cover
art (by Protrudi), and two different tracks,
in the States. The sound is pure sixties garage punk
- the Seeds, Chocolate Watchband, Yardbirds, Animals,
? and the Mysterians, Standells, Shadows of Knight
- produced clearly but without any excessive slickness.
Absolutely first rate.
TROUSER PRESS
* * * * *
"1-2-5" (1986) 7" SINGLE
(b/w "Just A Dream Away" - The Wipers)
Enigma Europe (CARA 1D 223)
"1-2-5" growls out of your speakers...whining
harmonica, ferocious guitar solos...the
sheer raw power of their live material may not
be so apparent, but there's a new tightness and quality
to the song.
FREAKBEAT
* * * * *
LIVE IN EUROPE (1987)
MUSIC MANIAC (MM006) - Flexi Disc with first 5000
A real bone-crushing bruiser of a disc
that fulfills it's mission in bringing the excitement of the Fuzztones direct
to your cave.
John Storey - BUCKETFUL
OF BRAINS
One gnarly thumbscrewer of an album,
digging into lotsa lowdown and dirty
guitar licks and tons of fuzz, as Rudi Protrudi
and the now - departed Deb O'Nair, along with their co-fuzzmongers,
dish up sum of the seamiest garage madness yet to assail
human eras.
Chris Wodskou - NERVE
Fuzztones worshippers shouldn't delay
snapping up this well housed (with lavish
gatefoldsleeve) and nicely recorded live set
from their '85 European Tour, especially as the first
5000 include a free flexi with Rat Scabies and Doctor
and the Medics helping out on "Gloria" - such is the power
of the band that they can even some live back into this ol'
chestnut.
John Storey - BUCKETFUL OF
BRAINS
"GLORIA" - FLEXIDISC w/ FIRST 5000 COPIES OF
"LIVE IN EUROPE" - MUSIC MANIAC
Flexi que en principio acompaiiaba a ia version de
edicion limitada del Live In Europe que editio Music
Maniac. (el de la carpeta despiegable, no el sencilio).
Tan solo lieva una cancion. Se trata de la version de Van
Morrison, "Gloria", que tue grabada el 14 de julio de 1985
en el FOOT CLUB de Londres, y que tue interpretada por los Fuzztones
accompailados de los Doctor and the Medics y Rat Scabies
a la guitarra.
GARAGE REVIVAL
* * * * *
NINE MONTHS LATER (1988)
Music Maniac 12" EP (MM013)
The mind is not a computer. Listen
carefully in your head to a meaningful
song in your past and then throw that same record
on your turntable. The real differs from the imagined,
doesn't it? That's what makes the Fuzztones special -
you can feel the spirit of the Sixties (and Fifties) in their
music, but instead of being true to form, they're true to
rememberance. In fact, if you want to pick it apart, the
Fuzztones could only exist in the 80's. Take the title track
of this four song EP, for instance. With it's spooky riff and
singer Rudi Protrudi's unrepentant wail, "Nine Months Later" explores
the haunting after-effects of a one-night stand - certainly
taboo subject matter 20-odd years ago. The organ on "Girl You
Captivate Me" may be straight out of '66, but there's a lyrical
twist, that would have gotten the song banned in the Sixties. "Greatest
Lover In The World" may bring on images of Elvis, but the wild performance
would not have been acceptable on the Ed Sullivan show. The Fuzztones
are like any living entity - a some of it's past, enlarged to fit the
present. This neat and all-too-short EP is guaranteed your musical
memory.
Janis Garza - MUSIC CONNECTION
* * * * *
CREATURES THAT TIME FORGOT (1989)
MUSIC MANIAC LP (MMLP020)/Skyclad CD (HEAD 64CD) and LP (HEAD
64)
Demos show just where THE FUZZTONES are
at..."99th Floor," "The Witch," and "Riot
On Sunset Strip" are all fuzzed up and pounded
out at a manic stomping pace!! Why the hell these killers
weren't ever released on vinyl is totally beyond me cos
they're way ahead of most of the current crop of "psychedelic"
bands... tight, trippy, rough, and rabid!!
FREAKBEAT
The Fuzztones' original line-up fell
apart not long after Lysergic Emanations,
but, as Creatures That Time Forgot certifies (in
screaming day-glo), not without leaving quite a legacy.
Single and compilation tracks are intersperced with demos
(neanderthal stomps through "The Witch" and the otherwise
unavailable "Fabian Lips" really stimulate the adrenal glands)
and deadpan interviews from sources as unlikely as
The Larry King Show. Priceless.
TROUSER PRESS
* * * * *
BLUE THEMES / 13 WOMEN AND THE ONLY ONE MAN AROUND
(1988)
Live Bootleg MINT MINUS (MMR666)
Bootleg recording of 1987 German concert,
believed to be released by Music Maniac
Records. Although an energetic performance is
captured, this soundboard recording suffers from a terrible
mix -vocals way too prominent, guitars too stifled. Not
recommended.
Igor Trypnick - CULT OF
FUZZ
* * * * *
"BRAND NEW MAN" - LIVE (1987)
GLITTERHOUSE RECORDS 7" EP (GR 0027)
Also tracks by Broken Jug, the Fluid, the
Politicians.
Free with Glitterhouse magazine.
German.
* * * * *
BLUE THEME (1987) - GERMAN BOOTLEG
Interestingly, this seems to be a bootleg
of a bootleg! The songs and the recording
are the same as "13 Woman and the Only One Man,"
the gatefold sleeve album believed to be put out by Music
Maniac head honcho Hans Kesteloo. Although this mixing board
recording captures a energetic perfomance, the mix is awful
- vocals way too loud, guitars way too low. Avoid!
Igor Trypnick - CULT OF
FUZZ
* * * * *
LOST TRAILS 7" EP - VARIOUS ARTISTS
Vinyl single icluded with Lost Trails fanzine.
Includes tracks by Gravedigger 5, the TellTale Hearts,
Ugly things, and an inexplicably sped-up live version
of "Love at Psychedelic Velocity" by the Fuzztones. Not
recommended!
* * * * *
SONGS WE TAUGHT TH FUZZTONES (1989) VARIOUS ARTISTS
MUSIC MANIAC-MMCD 66002
35 garage classics by the original artists.
Was die vier "Born Bad" sampler fur die CRAMPS sind, ist diese
Doppelalbum fur die FUZZTONES. Die legendaren Songs des 60's undergrounds, die
Existenz und die ersten Sets der FUZZTONES begrundeten. Zwischen den
vielen, teilweise schlechten Garage - Samplern ein Juwel mit vielen dem
Kundigen bekannten, teilweise von andere gespielt.
Der absolute Knaller ist der mit etwas uber einer Minute kurzeste Song
"Green Slime," Soundtrack zum gliechnamigen, japanischen B-Movie, 60's
trash pure.
Chris - UNKNOWN GERMAN MAGAZINE (1990)
* * * * *
IN HEAT (1989)
BEGGARS BANQUET/RCA/SITUATION TWO LP (9808-1-H)& CD
Endless adolescence, sticky summer nights,
the smell of packed parties in dingy basements,
and the feel of snakeskin strides. Even better than
the soundtrack to the 1971 classic film Werewolves
on Wheels...
L.A. WEEKLY
"WHEN I smell meat/I can't retreat/Come on,
baby/I'm in heat." Welcome to the world of Rudi
Protrudi, the Theopolis P Wildebeast of garage. This
is a man who, with one thrust of his spandexed (!) groin
makes the animalistic activities of Blackie Lawless seem like
those of Curly Watts. This is the man who will probably die
with loons around his ankles, a bottle of Jack in his hands and
a broad smile on his face. "IN HEAT" is a collection of Protrudi's
innermost thoughts, set to a ravaged hump of the most scuzzy,
tacky, ballsy psycho-trash rock since Naz Nomad had too much to
dream one night. The Fuzztones are old enough not to be out of date,
to concoct their brew from the BANANA SPLITS, the irreverent powerkreig
of vintage Damned. and the subtlety of Freddy Mercury in the "I
Want To Break Free" video. With such literary and musical gems as
the title track "Nine Months Later," (moral: "Always wear your rubbers
in the rain"), "Me Tarzan, You Jane," and "Charlotte's Remains," the
Fuzztones invent an imaginary era for you to revel in
Cathy Unsworth - SOUNDS
* * * * *
HURT ON HOLD (1989)
12" EP and 7" single (1989) SITUATION TWO - SIT 58 Flip side
of 45: "Jack the Ripper." EP also includes
"I can't control Myself."
Assuming garage is a musical cartoon, a
simple tale told in an unadorned style, a minor pleasure, this is about
as good as it comes.
MELODY MAKER
* * * * *
NINE MONTHS LATER (1989)
12" EP and 7" single (1989) SITUATION TWO - SIT 61 Flip side
of 45: "You Must Be A Witch." EP also includes
"Down on the Street." (w/ Ian Astbury
Otro de los singles salio tambien en formato
maxi. Comienza por "Nine Months Later." Otra
bueno pieza Fuzztoniana
Jolete Macana
- GARAGE REVIVAL
This 12" keeps the integrity
of the bad boy Fuzztones intact. The title
song is overrun with enchanting keyboards not unlike
"Ward 81," with the chorus picking up in the vein of
"Hang on Sloopy." Capable of burning rubber all over your front
lawn.
THE BOB
Jonathan Richman set the pattern
for the subject matter, all those adolescent firsts
- kiss, drink, guitar, and each and every variant on
the boy-girl tangle. This one is a little too real for
Jonathan, the girl returning nine months later to deposit
a newborn on the boys door. Power ish pop.
MELODY MAKER
* * * * *
IN HEAT TOUR SOUVENIR 10" PICTURE DISC
SITUATION TWO RECORDS (1989) SIT 61
Picture disc que sirvio de promocion a los
Fuzztones, durante su gira tierras inglesas en el
89 (Londres, Satisbury, Leeds, Walsall y Sheffield)
En la cara A, tenemos "In Heat" y "Nine Months Later,"
dos de las canciones mas destacadas del album "In Heat". En
la cara B nos encontramos con la grandisima version del "Down
on the Street" que ejecutan junto a Ian Astbury.
Mas informacion
de este disco en Google
* * * * *
FIRST FEAST (1989)
VARIOUS ARTISTS BEGGAR'S BANQUET BPCD0846
Compilation featuring The Fuzztones, Love and Rockets, Bauhaus, Flesh For Lulu,
The Fall, Peter Murphy, Thee Hypnotics, Gene Loves Jezebel, Pierce Turner, Luxuria, The Ian Lowery Group, Fields of the Nephilim, Passion Fodder and Loop.
* * * * *
ACTION (1990)
4 Song 12" EP/CD - BEGGARS BANQUET/SITUATION TWO (SIT 69)
Action's four songs further prove The Fuzztones'
original reactionary philosophy to have been right
on (man)
TROUSER PRESS
Sin palabras! 4 autenticos canonazos de garage,
vox y fuzz!! Ninguna version, les 4 obra de la casa
! Comienza con "Action speaks louder than words", si esta
cancion no te levanta el animo es porque te queda pen este
mundo. Tras esta, le toca el turno a "I never knew". Tambien
aparecio en formato cd maxi.
Jolete Macana - GARAGE REVIVAL
Heard 'em once, heard 'em million times.
KRK FLIPSIDE
* * * * *
BRAINDROPS (1991)
MUSIC MANIAC LP & CD (MM044)
Rudi Protrudi's Fuzztones bounce back with
an acid-drenched mess of garage grunge psychedelia.
Mindbending moments like the dangerous charm of the
opening "Third Times The Charm," and forthcoming 45 "Romilar
D," paint a lurid lysergic picture of sixties-style psych with
strokes of wild originality and present day Pebbles-dashed
crazed pop. The sound isn't too dissimilar to that of their previous
two studio albums, however there is an alomst dignified maturity
in this set. A further dozen reasons to take note of the U.S.A's
greatest export since the Cramps. One trip thta's worth taking.
This collection sees them at their very best.
Spike Sommer SOUNDS
* * * * *
TEEN TRASH (1994)
12" LP and CD MUSIC MANIAC (MM88004) Singles B Sides
Compiled as part of Music Maniacs' Teen
Trash serious which showcased several 80's garage bands from Europe, this
collection features B-Sides of singles, all of which
had never been previously released on album or CD. If
this album was ever reviewed, we were not aware of it.
* * * * *
MONSTER A GO-GO (1991)
Screamin' Skull LP/CD (HUNTER 134)
As king of men and Fuzztones singer Rudi
Protrudi so kindly points out in a note included with this LP, The Fuzztones
were known as the "Gurus of Garage Grunge" since 1982.
Grunge! Get it? Gee, there's a word I heard once or twice
over the last year or two. Let me put that in perspective for
ya. The Fuzztones had been dishin' out evil garage vibes since
most of you were about six and learnin' your motherfuckin' alphabet.
But it's all over now. So here's their last studio LP for your
ghoulish pleasure. They've been dissed, dismissed, and detracted
for ten years by pea-brains too square to catch on. The boys decided
to do a covers record of spooky favorites to make it painfully
obvious to the legions of dim-wits out there that every day is Halloween
when you're down with The Fuzztones. Dig on cryptic classics like
"All Black and Hairy," "Cellar Dwellar," and "She's My Witch." Fans
will find this a must, but the rest of you need to get this to get
your punk-rock bones shakin' at the inevitable blow-out you're bound
to have next October 31st. Many thanks to Rudi and the rest of the Fuzztones,
past and present, for years of consistantly awesome fuzzed-out offerings.
Martin McMartin FLIPSIDE
* * * * *
MUSIC MANIAC "GIMMICK" COMPILATION 12" DOUBLE
LP)
MMLP 023
Triple groove pressing containing live version
of "Ward 81" as well as the Jaymen's "Black Widow"
* * * * *
LYSERGIC EMANATIONS 12"LP and CD (1992)
MUSIC MANIAC MM (included 5 bonus tracks
from John Peel BBC sessions
PURE GARAGE drool from a band who learned
every lick they ever played from Lenny Kaye's 'Nuggets'
primer and the Cramps' 'Psychedelic Jungle' songbook. The
Fuzztones ooze with glow-in-the-dark-grunginess, a psycho-delic
monstrosity that squeals like some pet your parents flushed
down the toilette when you were a kid. The beast bites back with
a set of fresh-from-the-sewer-whole punk scratchings simply gorged
with guitar effect. A frenzy-filled freak-out attack which
you will either swallow whole or spit on the sidewalk.
NEW MUSICAL EXPRESS
* * * * *
ROMILAR - 12" EP (1992)
MUSIC MANIAC MM 12004
This 4 song EP features 3 non-LP versions
of "Romilar D," sung in English, and attempted in
Spanish and Italian. Once again , another gem not reviewed
by the press.
* * * * *
FOR YOUR LONGHAIR PARTY 7" EP Various Artists
(1992)
AISHNA ASH 202
Un buen ep de 4 grupos. El disco comienza
con THE FUZZTONES, que se marcan un "Be a caveman"
alucinante. Tras ellos, THE OVERCOAT con "Better heart",
otra muy buena pieza bastante mas acelerada. La cara B
comienza con "Something I want to tell you" de los ingleese
THE CYBER-MEN. Una gran cancion mucho mas suave que las anteriores.
El disco finaliza con THE NICOTINE SPYRAL SURFERS y su version
del "Lucifer Sam". Es un pedazo de disco. La portada se convierte
en un poster.
GARAGE REVIVAL
* * * * *
LYSERGIC EJACULATIONS (1994)
MUSIC MANIAC RECORDS - MM 052
When the L.A. garage psychedelic rock scene
was happening back in the late 80's - early 90's The
Fuzztones were one of the scene leaders. With front man
Rudi Protrudi's snarling vocals and wicked guitar this CD
is simply raw! Crank this one loud!
AMAZON.COM
* * * * *
FLASHBACKS (1996)
SUNDAZED MUSIC MUSIC - SC 11045
The Fuzztones ruled the black leather garage
netherworld throughout the 80's, alternating their
aural mayhem between New York City and Los Angeles. Their
FLASHBACKS CD is fiery proof the "paisley revival" has true
staying power. FLASHBACKS isn't really a "best of":The Fuzztones
released far too much material (more than 40 records) to make a
70-minute distillation possible. The 22 tracks here instead are
some choice LP cuts, alternate versions, demos, and previously
unreleased material. Rudi Protrudi is the focus behind The Fuzztones'
dark sound. His approach recalls an alley cat in the throes of vicious
copulation, his guitar alive with buzz, his voice a groaning invitation.
The Music Machine's Sean Bonniwell, Steppenwolf's John Kay, and
the Mysterians' Question Mark have nothing on Protrudi; perhaps
he's the result of them all. Lock up the girls. Protrudi & Co.
have reformed and are lurking
once again in L.A.
Tim Gassen - MAGNET (1996)
* * * * *
"ONE GIRL MAN" 3 SONG 7" 45
SUNDAZED (SEP139)
Three crunchy garage-grunge classics from
Rudi Protrudi - fasten your seatbelts and feel the heat!
SUNDAZED MUSIC
Ep realizado tras un largo paron de la banda.
Lo componen 3 canciones: "One Girl Man" Version Bastante
buena que inclurian en algun ep mas. "You Must Be A Witch"
que recupera el sonido de los primeros 'Tones y "I'm Gonna
Make You Mine". que para mi gusto es la mejor del disco.
GARAGE REVIVAL
* * * * *
"PEOPLE IN ME" B/W "I'M GONNA MAKE YOU MINE"
(1998)
MISTY LANE (FREE W/ ISSUE #16)
The band is one of the best of the 60's
obsessed groups of the 80's. Sean Bonniwell headed the Music Machine, one
of the most inspirational "punk" outfits from the 60's. This pairing makes
for an interesting recording of "People In Me," which represents a fine
example of the work Bonniwell did to stretch the limits of pop music way
back when. On the flip, the band is on their own, doing a rousing rendition
of the Shadows of Knight's "I'm Gonna Make You Mine." Guitar and organ-rich
retro music done with faithful zeal and alot of enthusiasm.
P.Edwin Letcher - FLIPSIDE
* * * * *
CAVESTOMP! VOLUME 1- CD VARIOUS ARTISTS (1998)
CAVESTOMP RECORDS 001
The Fuzztones appeared with the first Californian
line-up (except tha organist Jake Cavaliere of the Bomboras
- who was in later edition - subbed in at this show). They
had the bad luck to follow The Shadows of Knight, who blew many
fans right out the door. And by the time The 'Tones took the stage,
there weren't nearly as many crazed fans as there had been at one
of the saner hours of the night, but the boys delivered a damn good
set. The version of "She's Wicked" found on here is a pretty good representation
of their set that evening with Rudi in top form.
FLIPSIDE
* * * * *
"FACE OF TIME" B/W "MY BROTHER THE MAN" 7" SINGLE
(1994)
RAFR
Single de dos canciones, versiones las dos.
Comienza con "face of time", impressionante. El farfisa
y las Phantom Guitars trabajan a destajo. En la cara B, "My
brother the man". Donde hay momentos en los que revientan el
fuzz, es otra grandisima version a cargo de los 'Tones! Este disco
es una edicion limitada y numerada a mano de 2000 unidades. Las 1000
primeras son en vinilo rojo, las otras en vinilo
GARAGE REVIVAL
* * * * *
R.A.F.R. VOLUME 3 - CD COMPILATION
VARIOUS ARTISTS (2000)
R.A.F.R. RECORDS - RAFR011
RAFR comps have always consistently outblasted
any and all other competition - major label, indie, and
everything in between! Volume 3 is certainly no exception.
It contains some of the most outrageously thundering bands to
cacophonously kick out the jams while frenziedly unleashing the mighty
roaring beast known as ROCK & FUCKIN' ROLL (includin' The Humpers,
Mad Daddys, Motochrist, the Bullies, the Weaklings, the Superbees,
the Kowalskis, Short Fuses, the Chicken Hawks, Damnation, the Streetwalkin'
Cheetahs, the Bellrays, The Fuzztones, Darlington, the Hellbenders,
the Starvations, and so many more, it's downright unbelieveable!).
Indeed this is an eardrum-pounding plethora of audial decadence at
its wildest and most ferocious! RAFR has once again restored my brew-slathered
faith in rock'n'roll with this seminal collection of balls-out tune-crashers,
and I aggressively implore you to drop everything right fuckin'
now and buy this disc quick!
Roger Moore - RAZORCAKE
* * * * *
LAS VEGAS SHAKEDOWN - CD COMPILATION - VARIOUS
ARTISTS (2000)
MASKED SUPERSTAR RECORDINGS 001
Compilation consisting of bands that played
the Las Vegas Shakedown in 2000. The Fuzztones contribute
an alternate version of "A Wristwatch Band." Other bands
include Lords Of Altamont, Cheater Slicks, Weaklings, Lazy
Cowboys, Dragons, Monkey Wrench, Flash Express, Electric Frankenstein,
Necessary Evils, New Bomb Turks, Bantam Rooster, Hard Feelings,
Andre Williams, Throwrag, Raunch Hands, Horrors. Screws, Super
Bees, Vice Principals, Onyas, Zodiac Killers, and Buck. Again,
never reviewed.
* * * * *
"HELP MURDER POLICE" 3 SONG 7" EP (2001) -
TEEN SOUND
TEENS-021-A
The Fuzztones are back in the saddle, equipped
with a three track vinyl EP that fully proves they're still
the reigning gods and goddesses of trashy-teenybopper-born-in-the-basement
kind of Rock and Roll. Along with gnarly acts like the Chesterfield
Kings and the Lyres, the Fuzztones spearheaded the ferocious
sixties Garage Rock revival of the early eighties, a deed that
eternally earns them a place in the hearts and minds of anyone who
gets off on this almighty fine music that never seems to date and
is championed year after year by kids of all shapes and sizes. There's
no question the Fuzztones sound better than ever. Longtime fans of
the band will cheer their return, while those who are just discovering
their genius will be floored to the core and be anxious to hear their
past work. Viva the Fuzztones!
Beverly Patterson - THE LANCE
MONTHLY
* * * * *
"IDOL CHATTER" B/W "A WRISTWATCH BAND" - 7" 45
(2002)
BEARD OF STARS (BOSS32)
To tide us over until their new album rises
forth, the Fuzztones have released two tracks from it in
the form of a vinyl single. As usual, the band is in tip-top
condition, playing and singing with the kind of burning passion
that's sadly absent from rock and roll these days. The sound of a
bewitching organ has always been instrumental in the music of the
Fuzztones, so it's no surprise both "Idol Chatter" and "A Wristwatch
Band" are helmed by such ear-pleasing notes. The latter song was originally
done by an obscure sixties band called the Boss Tweeds , who were obviously
smitten with acts like the Doors and the Strawberry Alarm Clock. The
Fuzztones remain loyal to the initial version of "A Wristwatch Band,"
which floats to a spooky tenor and contains some real freaky lyrics
you're bound to a lot of fun with. This is a very mesmerizing number and
the Fuzztones are the ideal candidates to cover it. Charted of a mighty
mean hook and groovy psychedelic trimmings, "Idol Chatter" is just as
fantastic, but then again, you certainly wouldn't expect anything less
from the Fuzztones. In view of this numbers, you can bet your skull and
bones the band's upcoming album will be one heck of a dark-eyed beauty!
Beverly Patterson - THE LANCE
MONTHLY
* * * * *
"HALLUCINATION GENERATION" B/W "GET NAKED" 7"
45 (2003)
DARK ZONE (DZ01)
Okay, these two tunes are included in the
'Salt For Zombies' CD, but also these two fuzzgems are
alternate takes and not the exactly same songs of the album.
Anyways, there is a very good and important reason to get that
45, especially if you collect Fuzztones stuff or generally garage
punk records: It's vinyl! Unfortunately, until this time I am
writing these words, no news about vinyl release for the 'Salt For
Zombies' have reached my ears...So,here's a chance to get these tunes
on old mighty vinyl! It's still alive!
THEE CAVE
Este single contiene dos canciones, que aparecen
ensu disco "Salt For Zombies," pero son versiones diferentes
a las de dicho ip. En la cara A, "Hallucination Generation" creando
un gran ambiente tetrico y ayuado nada menos que por James Lowe
de los Electric Prunes. En la cara B, "Get Naked," sin subir las
revoluciones y creando un sonido psicodelico a lo largo de la cancion
con esa phantom guitar" Ambas canciones son propias de los Fuzztones.
GARAGE REVIVAL
* * * * *
SALT FOR ZOMBIES (2004)- FULL LENGTH CD
SIN RECORDS (SIN001)
Essential for every garage-nik out there!
A really well assembled blend of fuzzy garage-punk and psych
with that authentic Punkadelic sound you first loved in the
Psychedelic Unknowns comps.
MISTY LANE MAGAZINE
First full length release in 13 years from
these legendary garage rock fuzz monsters! Their 23 year
career spans at least 13 albums. This album starts where "'Lysergic
Emanations' (their 1985 classic) left off. Sixties organ drenched
fuzz garage with huge haunting sound!
SUGAR & SPICE
As fine a slice of garage-psych dementia
as they come.
COSMIK.COM
Maybe, like, their best album EVER!
LITTLE STEVEN (LITTLE STEVEN'S
UNDERGROUND GARAGE
* * * * *
BE A CAVEMAN - COMPILATION CD (2004)
THE BEST OF VOXX GARAGE REVIVAL
VARIOUS ARTISTS - VOXX RECORDS (VCD 2073)
A must for all garage/punk/trash aficionados.
This CD is a varied, high quality sampling of the creme de
la creme of 80's garage. For those who missed it the first time
around, prepare to be thrilled by the crazy sounds of Crawdaddys,
Fuzztones, and Things. Psychedelic strobe lights, beatle wigs and
lucious go go dancers mandatory!!!
NOISY MUSIC ZINE #75
* * * * *
TODOS SOMOS RAMONES (2004)
(WE ARE ALL RAMONE)
TRIBUTE ALBUM - VARIOUS ARTISTS
ROCKAWAY RECORDS
This record features tracks
by JOHNNY THUNDERS&THE HEARTBREAKERS, THE BOYS, SYLVAIN SYLVAIN
& THE SHE WOLVES, THE LURKERS, ALTERNATIVE TV, WHITE TRASH
DEBUTANTES, THE BULLYS, THE HUNTINGTONS, COLLIDER, BLACKFIRE, STIB
BATORS, THE INDEPENDENTS (FEATURING JOEY RAMONE), YOUTH GONE MAD (FEATURING
DEE DEE), BIEN DESOCUPADOS FROM ARGENTINA (FEATURING ING C.J. RAMONE),
and of course THE FUZZTONES
* * * * *
EVIL FUZZ - DAVIE ALLAN TRIBUTE (2005)
OM OM MUSIC RBKB9 B9
Never reviewed
* * * * *
KNIGHTS OF FUZZ
ONLINE BOOK WITH VEIDEO CLIPS
PURPLE CACTUS PRODUCTIONS
ALSO! AVAILABLE ON CD-ROM FOR PC & MAC!
The entire contents of the original 300 page
Knights of Fuzz 1980-1995 book! More than 100 updated feature
articles. Hundreds of reviews. More than 500 pages total! Music
videos from the Fuzztones ("Ward 81"), Chesterfield Kings, Gruesomes,
Yard Trauma, Marshmallow Overcoat and more! A 20 song, 72 minute
MP3 audio compilation of the top garage & psych bands of the
revival era - including
Miracle Workers, Sick Rose, The Last, Pandoras,
Vipers, Cynics, and Stomachmouths
* * * * *
LOST IN TYME CD COMPILATION
(w7 2005 issue of 'Lost In Tyme' magazine)
FUZZTONES (They're Gonna Take You Away),
STEMS (Hey Joe), GRUESOMES (Get Out Of My Hair, Nowhere), WOOLLY BANDITS
(Let Me KNow, Hard To Forget), UPTIGHT (Dimmi Perche), YESTERDAYS THOUGHTS
(s/t), MAINLINERS (Nowhere At All, Feed Me Up), MIDWAYS (He Was A Square,
The Way I Feel About You), HANGEE V (War Of Satellites, Stormy), THE STAR
& THE KEY OF THE BOYS (Lies), GARMENTS (Who Said It's Fair), CLIFFHANGERS
(What A Girl Can't Do), EXCITERS (Mummy's Little Boy), OBVIOUS QUESTION (Crud),
GRUESOMES (Who Dat?), MANGANZOIDES (Mundo Per Lieger)
* * * * *
SALT FOR ZOMBIES LP
MISTY LANE/TEEN SOUND 028 (2005)
This is a fine example of how it really
should be done, for all the newborn garage heads hit by the “white
stroke”. Being one of the sixties garage revival pioneers, I must
admit that, with the last couple of albums, I had a feeling that
they drifted away a bit from the initial concept themselves, but this
is where they’re turning back to their own roots. Two thirds of the
album are carefuly chosen covers of garage/psych classics that never
were, like the spooky riff-leaden pair of “My brother the man” and “Face
of time” or the Shy Guys’ 7-minute freak-out “Black lightning light”,
sounding like The Spencer Davis Group gone punk, or the more familiar
“Don’t blow your mind” by The Spiders. As for the originals, there’s
only five of them, but they’re worth the price of the admission alone.
The album’s highlight might be “Johnson in a headlock” with it’s Farfi-sized
garage beat fuzz at it’s best, “Get naked” is a moody punk ballad, “This
sinister urge” is sure to “light the fire” of any Doors fan, while still
maintaining the expected garagey vibes, and the remaining pair of “Hallucination
generation” and “Idol chatter” covers the darker corners of the eastern-tinged
psych feel. If it happens that none of the above can convince you to het
hold of this piece of vinyl, I suppose mentioning a couple of guest appearances
by the likes of James Lowe or Sky Saxon, might be of some help.
NOW SOUND
* * * * *
SALT FOR ZOMBIES CD (2005)
TRIBAL STOMP TS 501
Here's the latest CD from this long-running
garage-psych band, and what a doozy it is! The last studio release
from the 'Tones was 1992's Monster A Go Go, followed by the 1994
live Lysergic Ejaculations release, and then the band was put on
ice for a while. There's solo material by the group's leader Rudi
Protrudi, a couple of all-instro CDs by his sideband Link Protrudi
and the Jaymen, collaborations by him and the Others, reissues of
his pre-Fuzztones bands King Arthur's Quart and Tina Peel, and a Fuzztones
best-of collection on Sundazed. Some singles have snuck out here and
there as tasters for this new CD, which is as fine a slice of garage-psych
dementia as they come. There are covers of obscure garage-psych gems
like "My Brother, The Man" (We The People), "Face Of Time" (the Plague),
"A Wristwatch Band" (Boss Tweads), "Black Lightning Light" (Shy Guys)
and "Don't Blow Your Mind" (Spiders, a.k.a. Alice Cooper). There are
originals like "Be Forewarned," "Idol Chatter," "Halluci nation Generation,"
and "This Sinister Urge." All the songs are permeated by lots of fuzzed
guitars replete with psychedelic effects, sitars, backwards instruments,
eerie vocals, organ, bongos, and much more. Somewhat similar to the
most recent Chesterfield Kings CD, they really went all out for this
one, and like that release, there's a strong Electric Prunes influence
at work here. Even their version of "My Brother, The Man" begins with
a guitar part right out of "I Had Too Much To Dream (Last Night)." Of
course, no 'Tones album would be complete without some nods to sex;
in this case there's "Get Naked" and "Group Grope." The band apparently
spent a lot of time on this, and it shows. The album really flows well,
culminating in a great version of the Lincoln Street Exit's ultra-weird
"Whatever Happened to Baby Jesus," which in the hands of the Fuzztones
becomes even more bizarre.
Alan Wright - COSMIK DEBRIS
* * * * *
LSD 25 - DOUBLE DISC CD/DVD SET
SIN RECORDS 002 (2005)
25 "Best of" tracks, selected by the Fuzztones
Preservation Society (YOU!) to commemorate the band's 25 year anniversary.
Includes 4 tracks never before released on CD (including 2 brand
new ones, "Salem Witch Trial," and "They're Gonna Take You Away."
DVD features promo videos from 1984 to 1990, as well as TV appearances.
* * * * *
"LORDS HAVE MERCY ON MY SOUL" (2005)
7" SINGLE - TWIST RECORDS 34
Hip swinging mayhem from the same dudes
that brought us the scorching sounds of Thee Jenerators, this time
it's the turn of the masters of garage grunge the Fuzztones. Disciples
of the church of Screaming Jay Hawkins, the Fuzztones have been kicking
over gravestones and infecting hi-fi's since the early 80's with their
swampy fuzz. This limited vinyl release with superb Spider Rocket artwork
features a scorching cover of 70's bad boys Black Oak Arkansas' ˜Lord
have mercy on my soul" that's treated to a road kill dynamic drenched in
wailing harmonicas and the kind of shit hot blues beat pop that the classic
mid 60's Stones line up purloined from Muddy Waters et al and craftily called
their own. A rampant feast of down and dirty Pebbles witching hour pop
at its very finest. Flip over for the awesome worthy of the entrance fee
alone skin tingling "˜They're gonna take you away", darkly ominous and
chilling groove that cuts perfectly between Baby Woodrose and the 13th
Floor Elevators, voodoo twangs, swirling keyboards and the kind of coolly
coalescing late 60's wig flipping psyche pop that ought to come replete
with shades & leathers. Devilish stuff indeed! More please!
LOSING TODAY
* * * * *
LSD 25 - 25 YEARS OF FUZZ AND FURY
CD + DVD (2005)
GET BACK/GET 138
"Thee ineffable, ultimate, must have collection
of the patented trademark of pure garage fuzz guitar revival is now
here in smashing fashion. A box containing a collection of 25 of the
fuzztiest tunes ever to come out of the Rudi Protrudi factory, compiled
by historical members who have taken part in the project from 1980 to
the present, a DVD of promo and live videos (also featuring Ian Astbury
of THE CULT on a powerfull version of 'Down On The Street') and a 20 page
booklet displaying the photos of all the members who came and went into
Rudi's world, with new cover artwork presenting the replica of the original
poster of the Fuzztones' very first concert in New York's East Village
on Sept 19, 1980. Could you ask for more?
FREAK EMPORIUM
* * * * *
CHILDREN OF NUGGETS
4 CD BOX SET (2006)
RHINO - RT74639
Although heavily reviewed by the press,
The Fuzztones, possibly the single-most influential of all supposed
"garage-revival" bands, are conspicuously absent from all reviews.
* * * * *
BAD NEWS TRAVELS FAST - REISSUE (2006)
MUNSTER RECORDS - REF.7199
Not reviewed yet
-
* * * * *
PSYCHEDELICA VOLUME I
2 Disc Compilation (2006)
NORTHERN STAR - NS1
This two disc compilation features 32 of
todays leading purveyors of psychedelia, including Brian Jonestown Massacre,
Silver Apples, The High Dials, The Electric Prunes, The Telescopes, and
of course THE FUZZTONES
not reviewed yet
* * * * *
ILLEGITIMATE SPAWN (2006)
TRIBUTE ALBUM TO THE FUZZTONES
SIN RECORDS - SIN003
"Illegitimate Spawn’ is so simple and obvious an idea
you can’t help wondering why nobody thought of it
before. A Fuzztones tribute album or more rightly
a Fuzztones double tribute album. Featuring forty two
bands / tracks culled from all four corners of the globe
and rightly paying homage to one of THE great unsung heroes
of the whole garage scene. The origins of the idea prompted
by Italy’s Lysergic Love who feature here getting to grips
in fine style with ‘Hurt on Hold’. Word has it the Fuzzy dudes
where so enamoured with the concept that they put out a message
on their website requesting potential covers and received
enough material to fill a further two sets.
Mark Barton - LOSING TODAY
* * * * *
THE FUZZTONES BOOM (2006)
TRIBUTE ALBUM TO THE SONICS
Beyond Your Mind Records - 10"EP and CD - bymr90020 MLP
This six song set of Sonics' covers, compiled from past recorded endeavors,
also includes the brand new recording, "Caught You Red Handed," a definite
future classic which features Paul Revere and the Raiders' former frontman
Mark Lindsay on tenor sax.
This six song set of Sonics' covers, compiled from
past recorded endeavors, also includes the brand new
recording, "Caught You Red Handed," a definite future
classic which features Paul Revere and the Raiders'
former frontman Mark Lindsay on tenor sax.
"It was THE FUZZTONES that introduced an entire
generation to the 60's garage punks, like THE SONICS,
WAILERS & CO"
Joachim Hiller - OX - Fanzine
FUZZTONES BOOM, the sonics tribute album, features
The Fuzztones taking on six classic Sonics tracks,
features their versions of "Caught You Red Handed,"
"Cinderella," "The Witch," "Have Love Will Travel,"
"Strychnine" and "Boss Hoss." Since forming in the
eighties the Fuzztones have remained one of the finest
retro garage rock outfits and still sound good twenty
years later. This is pure classic garage rock complete
with sleazy hammond organ solos and screeching vocal
howls
ROAD RECORDS
* * * * *
LIVE IN EUROPE (2006)
GET BACK RECORDS - 12" Gatefold LP - GET158LP
The album comes with a hard vinyl
repressing of the original bonus flexi disc, "Gloria" recorded
live with special guests Doctor of The Medics and the Damned's
Rat Scabies on lead guitar.
COLLECTORS EDITION!
Due to a pressing plant screw up, the first 50 were printed with
pink and green, as opposed to the original purple and green cover.
Originally released on Music Maniac in 1987, Live In Europe
documents THE FUZZTONES' big overseas adventure. Live releases
were a common medium for this band who sent sound technicians
running in the other direction. All anyone could do to capture
their raw energy was to turn on the mics and let 'em rip, giving
RUDI PROTRUDI's gang a decidedly '60s lo-fi groove. First 1,000
copies contain one-sided 7-inch picture disc (the original had a
7-inch flexi for the first 5,000), featuring Van Morrison's "Gloria"
with special guest appearances by THE DAMNED's RAT SCABIES and DOCTOR & THE MEDICS.
MIDHEAVEN
* * * * *
SCRAEMIN' JAY HAWKINS LIVE WITH THE FUZZTONES(2006)
GET BACK RECORDS - 12" EP - GET156LP
The Fuzztones contribute their nasty fuzz drenched swamp spew to Jay's voodoo blues on this legendary four song EP. A marriage made in the depths of Hell!
Following THE FUZZTONES' fantastic 1984 live debut Leave Your Mind At Home,
this EP gave yet another taste of the hard garage beat movement that was
sweeping the nation during the 1980s. Among a plethora of singles and
compilation appearances that year, this performance recorded at NYC's
famous Irving Plaza venue backing up voodoo blues icon SCREAMIN' JAY HAWKINS
only strengthened the 'Tones rep as the supreme rulers of the new garage beat.
MIDHEAVEN
* * * * *
LEAVE YOUR MIND AT HOME(2006)
GET BACK RECORDS - 12" EP - GET155LP
This searingly raw seven song over-the-top live performance from 1984 will not only blow your mind, but will leave it torn out by the roots. One savage slab of vinyl mayhem!
Originally released on Midnight in 1984, this 45-rpm live
album (recorded during their Midwest tour) is the legendary
debut that spearheaded the rough 'n' ready garage rock revival
scene joined by other great combos such as the Cynics, the
Chesterfield Kings, et al. Formed in 1981 by NYC beat guru
RUDI PROTRUDI, THE FUZZTONES got immediate attention for their
authentic sonic replication of the 1960s garage punk style and
grotesque B-movie artwork (read: The Cramps). Their sonic attack
is well documented in the grooves of this faithful re-release of
the 'Tones deadly debut.
MIDHEAVEN
* * * * *
LYSERIC EMANATIONS (2006)
GET BACK RECORDS - 12" EP - GET157LP
Lysergic Emanations vinyl album rerelease. Not reviewed yet!
* * * * *
THE SPOOKY, SWINGIN' SOUNDS OF KREEPSVILLE MANOR
HEADLESS SPECTRE - 1313-01
A Collection Of 21 recorded bone-shivering shock songs, and sound F/X for Halloween fun!
Includes "Happy Halloween" by the Fuzztones.
* * * * *
SALT FOR ZOMBIES (2006) - CD
SOYUZ - SZCD3963-06
Russian release with alternate cover art and alternate versions.
* * * * *
KNIGHTS OF FUZZ (2006) - DVD
Dionysius DV04
Author Tim Gassen's DVD collection features the best of the Garage Revival bands, from 1980 to now. This 80 minute DVD includesnights of fuzz a documentary, featuring interviews with key bandmembers, along with promo videos from 17 of the top Garage Revival bands. Promo videos include "Ward 81" by the Fuzztones, along with videos by the Chesterfield Kings, Yard Trauma, Vipers, Miracle Workers, Gruesomes, Cynics, Plasticland and more.
* * * * *
FUZZ-TONES RARE TRACKS Vol.50 US Garage Rock from the 60's, 70's and 80's
ROLLING STONE MAGAZINE free disc with March 2007 issue
Tracklist
Nazz - Open My Eyes/The Strangeloves - I Want Candy/The Kingsmen - Louie, Louie/Paul Revere and the Raiders - Just Like Me/Count5 - Psychotic Reaction/
Flamin' Groovies - Teenage Head/The Fleshtones - Stop Foolin' Around/The McCoys - Hang On Sloopy/The Fuzztones - Nine Months Later/The Seeds - Can't Seem To Make You Mine/
The Sonics - Strychnine/The Litter - Kaleidoscope
* * * * *
HALLOWEEN A GO GO (2008) - CD
Wicked Cool Records
Obviously inspired by the Fuzztones 1990 Halloween album, "Monster A Go-Go," this 15 song compilation was assembled by Underground Garage impressario Little Steven, and features Fuzztones skinbasher Mad Mike's lycanthropic lungbuster, "I'm The Wolfman," as well as tracks by the Electric Prunes, Howlin' Wolf, Rocky Erickson, Carl Perkins, John Zacherle, the Pretty Things, Bruce Springsteen (surprise!), and Chesterfield Kings (double surprise!), among others.
* * * * *
HE PUT THE BOMP! IN THE BOMP GREG SHAW VARIOUS ARTISTS (2007)
BOMP 07-10-17
23 song tribute to Bomp magazine's Greg Shaw. Features Fuzztones' unreleased track, "I've Got A Way With Girls," as well as tracks by the Plimsouls, Black Keys, Lyres, Outrageous Cherry, the Last, Nikki Sudden & Captain Sensible, Barracudas, Dwarves and more.
* * * * *
ANSIA DE COLOR SAMPLER VARIOUS ARTISTS (2007)
ASH 5001
CD Freebie included with 2007 issue of Ansia de Color fanzine. 24 tracks including the Fuzztones unreleased version of "Oh Those Eyes," as well as tracks by the Electric Prunes, Gruesomes, Sick Rose, Thee Fourgiven, Morlocks, Ultra V, Marshmallow Overcoat, Cynics, Plasticland, Thanes, Stems, Loons, Sid Griffin and more!
* * * * *
COOLEST SONGS IN THE WORLD VOL. 4 VARIOUS ARTISTS
WICKED COOL RECORDS (2008)
This Little Steven comp features The Fuzztones "She's Wicked," which he picked as
"Coolest Song In The World this Week" on one of his shows, and which was voted by listeners as 2nd Coolest Song In The World in his one and only annual listener poll later that year. Other artist on this 16 track collection include the New York Dolls, Joan Jett, Dave Davies, the Hives and the Yardbirds.
* * * * *
72 HORAS - LA RUTA A VALENCIA VARIOUS ARTISTS (2008)
BLANCO Y NEGRO MXCO 1747
3 CD set includes The Fuzztones "Strychnine," among such unlikely coupling as the Waterboys, New Model Army, Alien Sex Fiend, Anne Clark, Interfront, Datura, Nitzer Ebb, and Techno Bert.
* * * * *
HORNY AS HELL (2008) CD/LP
ELECTRIQUE MUD and NOFUN RECORDS
The Fuzztones' newest masterpiece, recorded at Candybomber Studio, has been released on CD and Vinyl (Electrique Mudd/No Fun Records).
The No Fun Version features the bonus track "Caught You Redhanded."
As much as I "dig the new breed", leave it to a band that's been around for three decades to rewrite garage rock, make it bigger, louder, and give it a whole lot more soul. Since The Fuzztones are mainly known as a "garage punk" act, adding a horn section, female backing singers, and trading the Vox for a Hammond B3 is pretty ambitious. The opening cover of "Garden of My Mind" by Mickey Finn rearranges the raw sound of the original with super loud horns and a much more exciting vocal treatment from lead vox Rudi Protrudi, but the backing female vocals give it an upbeat, Motown vibe that's got so much soul that it's sinful.
Horny as Hell is full of notables.
Paisley Umbrella
The longing for a new record is over and it was worth waiting. 'Horny As Hell' is one of the best Fuzztones creations ever! It brings you all that the Fuzztones are legendary for and much more.
SOUNDFLAT
RESPEKT!!!
Triggerfish
Here comes the Fuzz! The Fuzztones is one of those groups that seems to have been around forever. Given my taste for basic, loud, snotty psychedelic/garage/trash/primitive rock, I'm surprised that I've never been exposed to their music before. And now that I finally have — with their new album Horny as Hell — I think that they may be on the cusp of a major transformation.
Terrell's Tune Up
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LYSERGIC LEGACY (2009) CD/LP
CLEOPATRA RECORDS CLP3745
Cleopatra Records has just released LYSERGIC LEGACY on CD and vinyl! The CD features 25 classic Fuzztones tracks, while the LP features 14. Guest artists appearing on these tracks, culled from the vast previously recorded Fuzztones cache include MARK LINDSAY (Paul Revere & The Raiders), SKY SAXON (Seeds), JAMES LOWE (Electric Prunes), SEAN BONNIWELL (Music Machine) and ARTHUR LEE (Love).
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ILLEGITIMATE SPAWN VOL II
TWIST RECORDS
Just as Volume I this album
features over 40 bands from all over the world doing their takes on FUZZTONES
classics! Artists featured this time around include the Cult's Ian Astbury,
Italy's Sick Rose, Berlin's Magnificent Brotherhood, What For, and Queensgang
Orchestra (delivering an astounding swing version of "She's Wicked"!),
Australia's Doll Squad, Ireland's Urges, Mad Mike's Live Ones, Dortmund's Cheeks, Boss Martins from the U.S.A. delivering a killer version of "Blood From A Stone"
Italy's Hangee V and the Preachers, with Rudi Protrudi guesting on lead vocals for a song especially written for this album!
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RAW HEAT (2009)
GO DOWN RECORDS
These are the demos that secured the Fuzztones recording deal with Beggar's Banquet/RCA. Too "rough" for the major label, Beggar's had them redo the album with legendary 60's producer Shel Talmy (The Who, Kinks, Creation). This is the REAL deal, produced by Rudi and Jordan Tarlow. If this version was released instead of the sterile Talmy production, the critic's would have surely had a different response. The Gurus of Garage Grunge at their grungiest!
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PREACHING TO THE PERVERTED (2011)
STAG O LEE - (stag o 021)
To be released january 28th, 2011! A dozen new originals!
Recorded and mixed entirely analog!
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SNAKE OIL CD -(2012)
THIRD EAR - (OZV227)
This Israeli release features 36 Fuzztones rarities, including previously unreleased studio
and live cuts as well as alternate versions and tracks formerly available only on rare comps.
Also included are radio and TV interview snippets and celebrity appearances by the Music Machine's
Sean Bonniwell, Question Mark, Paul Revere & The Raiders' frontman Mark Lindsay, Ian Astbury, MTV
legend Martha Quinn, John Peel, and Little Steven.
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HALLUCINATION GENERATION LP & CD(2012)
Lilith Records - (LDF3431)
This double LP is actually this Russian label's reissue of Cleopatra's "Lysergic Legacy."
Why they changed the name and replaced the cover art with clip art remains a mystery.
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ORANGE BLOSSOM SPECIAL 16 - (2012)
(Die Compilation) Homma!
Glitterhouse Records/CD - (GRCD 741)
19 track CD compilation of bands featured at the annual Orange Blossom Festival
in Beverungen, Germany. The Fuzztones' "Between The Lines" is included, along
with tracks by Spain, the Fog Joggers, Amanda Rogers, Nive Nielsen & the Deer
Children, the Flying Eyes, Orph, and more.
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