Dan Melchior und das Menace - 'Obscured by Fuzz.'
12" vinyl LP. No CD / No Download, just good old fashioned black
vinyl.
Dan started his recording career with Billy Childish and Holly GoLightlt
before moving to the US and forming the Broke Revue. After a handfull
of critically acclaimed albums he went solo and has been releasing a whole
load of high class singles and albums on the coolest American labels.
This is his first UK release since 1997.
14 tracks of snotty, garage, lo-fi rock with a dylanesque lyrical flair.
THE DECIDER - Scots art rockers who take 'She's
lost control' and make it "poppy!" Three track single featuring the reto-futuric
punk-funk of "Recycle It" and "Reccomended" along with the title track
"Unshakeable".
JOWE
HEAD - An original member of Swell Maps who then joined The Television Personalities...
His solo work is best! Two tracks 'Merman Blues' and 'Baby Bounce'.
STEVE
TREATMENT - Released 3 classic DIY singles in 1978/79 then this in 2005!
Steve is joined by The NoMen as his backing band and there are five (or
is that six?) tracks on this single which is packaged in a spectacular fold
out poster sleeve.
THE
KNOCKOUTS - Instrumental rock band from Luton... ex Thrilled Skinny. They
make inspired garage/surf/punk tunes!
THE
KNOCKOUTS - The band have teamed up with a singer on this release and produced
four tracks of Bollywood inspired garage rock!
(Plus a surprise Ramones cover!!!)
STEVE
TREATMENT - the best of steve's topplers recordings 2003 - 2005! NEW
IMPROVED VERSION includes remixed versions of the tracks from Steve's
2005 7" single!
...
JOWE HEAD - New solo album, a first rerelease for his nineties band 'Olives
Hairy Custard, and his current band 'Angel racing Food.'
THE KNOCKOUTS - their first
full length album for Topplers, but this must be their fifth or sixth album
to date...
THE PHONES SPORTSMAN BAND - Phones was a founder member of the Swell Maps...
these are his first recordings since the PSB solo single in 1980... well
worth the wait!
SALT DOLL - Bittersweet semi
acoustic folk rock from Christine Isherwood and Terry Kolvunen
MR LUGGS - unrestrained madness
from ex Nyah Fearties frontman. Comes in a sandpaper sleeve!
THE CULT FIGURES - A live
recording from 1980. This band released two of the greatest singles from
the UK DIY punk era (Zip Nolan & I Remember). This live album shows
how good their other songs were.
THE INDEPENDENT PIGGIES BOX
SET - OTT packaging and over 11 hours of music on this 3 CD box set (2 audio
discs and one MP3 disc) Full colour booklet and notes from the band. Experimental
recordings from the late seventies and early eighties from Phones Sportsman
and John Cockrill from Swell Maps and Dave Wright.
All these records and CDs can be purchased
for a very reasonable price at www.topplers.net
影響
Hear we go... John Fahey, Pere Ubu, Suicide, T Rex, Neu, Nyah fearties, The Seeds, The Pop Group, The Fall, Wire, Can, Sigue Sigue Sputnik, Chrome, Johnny Dowd, Half Japanese, The Carter Family, Jimmie Rodgers, The Blazing Corks, Ivor Cutler, Angel Corpus Christie, Captain Beefheart, Electric Eels, Shampoo, Tripod Jimmy, Rocket from the Tombs, Pebbles, Nuggets, Ramones, Captain Groovy and his Bubblegum Army, Swell Maps, Television Personalities, Nikki Sudden, Jowe Head, Epic Soundtracks, Richard Earl, Phones Sportsman, Golden Cockrill, David Thomas, Tony Joe White, The Pixies, The Breeders, The Amps, Ramases, O Level, XTC, The Monks, Link Wray, Ronnie Dawson, The Four Plugs, Baby 63, Steve Treatment, Crime, The A-Lines, Lee Hazelwood, Johnny Cash, Hank Williams, Faust, The Cramps, Nick Cave, Birthday Party, Sixto Rodriguez, Black Sabbaff, Sweet, The Slits, World Domination Enterprise, Bobbie Gentry, Middle of the Road, Klaus Wonderlich, Girls in the Garage, Alice Cooper, The Conroy Canyon Mission, The Platforms, Dan Melchior und Das Menace, Gang, The Topplers, The Prefects, Subway Sect, The Lines, Mari Mundi & the Bitches, Only Ones, The Cult Figures, PJ Harvey, Patti Smith, Television, Richard Hell & the Voidoids, Tom Waits, Kleenex, Blind Blake, Leadbelly, Fred Frith, and that other band...
DAN MELCHIOR und das MENACE
"Obscured by Fuzz." Vinyl 12" LP (no CD, no download!)
14 tracks of fuzzed out, aggressive gonzo rock. The loudest, grungiest album
you'll hear this lifetime! £11.99 UK / €14 Europe / $20 US and rest
of world.
These prices include postage
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website... Topplers.net
THE KNOCKOUTS - Special Deal! Two CD albums and at least two 7" singles for a tenner!!!
(while stocks last).
The Knockouts (UK) play their own distinctive brand of surf/garage/punk in
a totally instruMENTAL style! Well, apart from the 'India' 7" which features
a selection of Bollywood and Ramones covers sung in Hindu!!!
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Topplers.net
The Cult Figures Live 1980. Now remastered with expanded artwork.
Only £5.99 including post from www.topplers.net
A
4 track EP, titled Call Signs, it provides the perfect introduction to
the band prior to the release of their debut album, Grappling Hooks, in
early 2010.
Issue 10 of Ice Cream For Quo is out now, featuring an exclusive interview with Dan Melchior, plus reviews (Knockouts, Topplers, etc) and all sorts of other exciting things.
hey alen , how are things with you ? hope all is good ! i just popped up a new song , the boy with the posters ... your opinion and or comments would be most welcome , all the best phil , ps.... you planning anymore compilations?? i'd love to have another track out with you ..
This 14 track album by Dan Melchior is out now on the Topplers Record Label.
Dan Says... It's a good one I think, very loud and blasted out like the more 'punk' moments on 'Thankyou very much' , but with a good dose of mangled pop too.
Available from good independent dealers in the US and UK or direct from Topplers.