Bob Urh : LeadVocal ,Guitars
Ariane Root : Organ,Vocals, Percussion
Tara McMunn : Bass, Vocals
John Chua: Bass
Drummers:
Greg Clarke,
Piki Soul,
Ellen Oneil (RIP),
Bob Osuna ,
Ken Anderson,
Wayne Diaz,
Joanna Kerew,
Frankie Rock (RIP),
Influences
THE MUSIC MACHINE,IRON BUTTERFLY,VANILLA FUDGE,SEEDS,COUNT V,THE OUTSIDERS,LOVE,SHOCKING BLUE,
? MARK AND THE MYSTERIONS,STONES,STEPPENWOLF,THE ATTACK,13 FLOOR ELEVATORS,JOHNS CHILDREN, BANDS THAT ONLY RELEASED A SINGLE BACK IN THE SIXTIES THEN VANISHED AS WELL AS TONE OF ENGLISH POP PSYCH BANDS!
Sounds Like
November 25, 2009
The Ultra 5/Ultra Psychotic Resurrection: Tryptic Records
Filed under: Uncategorized — leftofthedialmag @ 10:04 am
These sleazy sidekicks of fuzz punk mayhem return on this nicely pressed single, showcasing their twisted talent in full force. Side A features the very woozy, keyboard-drenched, slow and surefire “Sympathy for the Devil.” Although it can’t quite render the psychedelic-gone-voodoo landscape of the original, it does provide an uncanny vibe riddled with ghosts, drugs, and dementia. Definitely the stuff that re-imagines the legendary Cavern club and other primal, freakbeat, blues stomp clubs of days past. The flipside, “Bad World,” is a medium-paced, murky, and midnight prowler, delivered with devilish danceability, if you have worn go-go boots at the ready. The most frantic track is “Out of My Mind,” a real piece of triggered tumult. It roams the haunted aural landscape like a slowed down, wonky version of early Gun Club or Peppermint Lounge era Cramps. As the title unabashedly testifies, this is “Psychotic Garage” from NYC, or more specifically, the dank and eerie warehouse alleys near the East River in Brooklyn. Not for the timid or tepid, these tracks again prove that Bob Urh was a ghoulish garage rocker way before Williamsburg became the crowded post-punk capital of hipster America.
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"Ultra 5 are definitelly one of my favorite garage punk bands. I really love their trashy, psychotic and primitive garage punk sound, vox organ with fuzz guitar and cool garage punk image a bit in Cramps style"
The Ultra 5
“Denizens of Dementia”
Green Cookie Records
Formed in 1986 in New York, The Ultra 5 play a psychedelic garage rock that reminds me of the Velvet Underground and Iron Butterfly, but with the cultured perversion of The Cramps. Fuzzed guitars and organs used the right way make this band’s primitive delivery sheer auditory pleasure. Sexy, creepy, & fun, these 24 tracks are a must-have. - BL
ULTRA PSYCHOTIC RESURRECTION: SYMPATHY FOR THE DEVIL b/w BAD WORLD/OUT OF MIND - The Ultra 5 (Tryptific Records)
Something from the grave as a long-dead NYC garage band recording is dragged out of the dusty tape cupboard. Narcotic rhythm, swirling organ and Bob Urh's off-kilter vocal make this re-working of the classic Stones tune a dark and worthy trip. It doesn't so much ape the original as dress it up in a hospital gown and take it for a seven-minute walk. The organ from Ariane Root is at the heart of what makes this 1992 recording so great. The flip shakes you awake with a blast of organ before the strident "Bad World" kicks in, vocals mixed somewhere out there but the song isn't really getting out of second gear. "Out Of Mind" sounds vaguely like the Cramps set to a straight-up beat. Keyboards dominate both these cuts from '87 without the guitar getting much of a look-in. OK, but I'm drawn back to the A side.
1/2
I-94
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Group: THE ULTRA 5
Nationality: USA
Disc title: Ultra Psychotic resurrection
Format: 7 "
Label: tryptic Records
Year: 2009
Reference: TR03
Publicado: 1-/-1/2009
Contains 3 songs.
Let's start at the first face where, Recorded in 1992, we find what we can say that is one of the best versions of "Sympathy for the Devil" that have ever done. It has it all ... And that farfisa accompanied at all times ... Indispensable!
On the B side, two jewels, where we cross the sound of the early Ultra V. Recorded in 1987, we first "Bad World", a scuffle grezna Fuzz and primitive! after this, almost without giving us time to breathe, we revel in "Out of mind", more aggressive, more wild ...more NeanderthGarage!
Goddamn EP to take into account your individual clubs!
The culprits:
Bob Urh, Ariane Root, Tara McMunn, Anderson and Joanna KJen Kerewan.
The track list:
1 - Sympathy for the Devil
2 - Bad World
3 - Out of mind
The Ultra 5
Album Title : Ultra Psychotic Resurrection
A welcome surprise from Tryptic Records, a new 7" of Ultra 5 unreleased songs! Now, I always believed that outtakes were unreleased for a reason, and should remain as such, but in this case I can't understand why these little gems were kept buried for 20 odd years! Anyway, on Side A, we get a 7 minute long (!) cover of Sympathy For The Devil, recorded in 1987. This is a really cool take on this standard, as the Ultra 5 grab the song from it's original New Orleans voodoo swamp atmosphere and move it to downtown Brooklyn, adding cool New York drawl vox and punky guitars, making this track feel more at home in CBGBs than the bayoo! On Side B, we get two tracks recorded in 1992, in the classic Ultra 5 psychotic fuzz & Farfisa Garage vein! This release is not only for Ultra 5 completists, but it could and should be an entryway for younger Garage freaks, to the world of the Ultra 5! Well done to Tryptic records for releasing this 7"!!!
http://www.fuzzoverdose.com/webzine/reviewsdetails.aspx?review=67
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Recordings / Discography
ULTRA PSYCHOTIC RESURRECTION: SYMPATHY FOR THE DEVIL b/w BAD WORLD/OUT OF MIND - (Tryptific Records) 2009
*Denizens of Dementia (24 song CD, 2004 Green Cookie Records)
It's A Long Way Home/Sweet Love (45, 1988 Ultra 5 Records)
The Bones Walk/She's The Girl (45, 1991 Screaming Apple)
Reincarnation (12 song LP, 1991 Who Stole The Summer Records)
Dead Or Live (12 song LP, recorded live in Mexico, 1992 Moon King Records)
House O Fun (13 Song LP & CD 1992 Skyclad/Who Stole the Summer Records)
For You (promo only 45, 1992 Who Stole The Summer Records)
Back To The Savage Garden (EP, 1996 Zebra Records)
Additional tracks released on:
"ITS ALONG WAY HOME",PSYCHO"(LIVE) IN ISSUE 2 RUMBLE SKUNK ZINE ,GREECE, 2008
"SWEET LOVE" ON ANSIA DE COLOR 20 ANNIVERSARY COMP,SPAIN,2007
"GREEN DOOR"(LIVE!),(THE BOMBING OF NEW YORK VOLUME 11, LISTEN LOUDEST CD COMP,CROATIA,2006
"HIT AND RUN",(THE BOMBING OF NEW YORK VOLUME 11, LISTEN LOUDEST CD COMP,CROATIA,2006
I SAW WHAT YOU DID(CD COMP, 2005 included in MISTY LANE MAGAZINE 19)ITALY
LOVE FOR TOMARROW(CD COMP, 2005 included in CONTINENTAL MAGAZINE 11)USA
Get Out Of My Life Woman ( Split 45, 1988 Screaming Apple/Ex Nexus Magazine)
Go Baby Go (What's All The Fuzz About?, cassette, 1988 Whatwave Records)
Go Baby Go (Thee Cave Comes Alive, LP, 2004 Thee Cave/ Action Records)
The Streets Of Your Town(Lost in Tyme Magazine, CD1, 2004)
Get Out of My Life Woman (Disgraceland, cassette, 1989 Whatwave Records)
The Bones Walk (Mr. Garager's Neighborhood, LP, 1989 Whatwave/Og Records)
Be (Rock City Cassette 3, 1993 Rock City Productions)
Off The Hook (Stoned Again: A Rolling Stones Tribute, CD and cassette, 1990 Imaginary Records/The Communion Label)
Don’t Know Why? (Munster Dance Hall Favorites Vol. 3, LP 1990 Munster Records)
Little Red Riding Hood (Dagger Killer Vol 2, cassette, 1990 Dagger Killer Records)
Fun (Hipnosis LP, 1990 Aishna Records)
Rock & Roll Doll (Split 45, 1991 Abus Dangerous Magazine)
Lying All the Time (Misfit, A Tribute To The Outsiders LP, 1992 Screaming Apple Records)
House O Fun (Split 45, 1992 Kinetic Vibes Magazine)
Sacred Word (CD, 1993 included in Larson Magazine)
(THE BOMBING OF NEW YORK VOLUME 10, LISTEN LOUDEST CD COMP,CROATIA,2004)
Hell (Tales From Estrus 4 song split EP and comic book set, 1990 Estrus Records)
Sympathy For The Devil (CD 4, included with Garage Band Revisited Magazine, 2003)
SWEET LOVE (THE BOMBING OF NEW YORK VOLUME 10, LISTEN LOUDEST CD COMP,CROATIA,2004)
SOUNDTRACKS
Satan’s Angel (Betty Page: Setting The Record Straight, 1991)
TOURS / SHOWS
Tours of US Midwest, Canada and Mexico
Coney Island USA
VIDEOS
*Get Out Of My Life, Woman
*Be
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