Gaye Bykers On Acid – Live @ Reading Festival (1989.08.25)

Gaye Bykers on Acid were the opening band for the main stage of Reading Festival 1989. Relegated to a 30 minutes they manage to storm through a set of mostly ‘new’ songs from their 1990 album Cancer Planet Mission. Two interesting inclusions are slightly different versions of Face at the Window and Bleed the latter having an extended outro. Fairway To Heaven feels like it goes on forever – I assume there was miscommunication between the band! Sound quality is pretty good, especially for an outdoor show, but sadly there’s some chewed tape during one or two songs.

Set list

1. Shoulders (starts part way)
2. Face At The Window
3. Advertise
4. Welcome, Cancer Planet Mission
5. What Happened To Malcolm?
6. Bleed
7. In The Lyrics
8. Catalytic Converter
9. Fairway To Heaven

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Bugblot And The Shocking Confusion – Steeple (12″ Single – 1991)

Bugblot (aka Bugblot And The Shocking Confusion) released their debut single ‘Steeple’ on Gaye Bykers On Acid’s label Naked Brain in 1991 (Jan 14th to be precice!). Taking their infleunce from 60s garage rock and the likes of Captain Beefheart, Can and numerous Blast First bands, Bugblot recorded this driving, noisy, sometimes dark and often psychadelic EP. The title track “Steeple”, accurately described in their press release as sounding like a “year 2000 Stooges”, thunders along with heavy stoned riffs and catchy melodies. Up next is the psychadelic “Started Going Out” which somehow ends up sounding part-The Doors with a grunge-esque chorus (at least to my ears, anyway!) and features Noko of Apollo 440 fame on viola. The last track “Danny’s Psycho Jazz Tent” is a quick trash of crazy jazz metal which rounds the EP off in a noisey fashion. Well worth a download!

Tracklisting

1. Steeple
2. Started Going Out
3. Danny’s Psycho Jazz Tent

Download mp3 here http://bit.ly/1kmjhKQ

 

 

 

Ultima Thule – Bombolini Hey! (Vinyl LP Rip – 1990)

Bit of an oddity, this one. Hardly any information about this band exists online (aside from a blog post from 2008 and a Discogs page). The album was released in 1990 on Gaye Bykers On Acid’s label Naked Brain, and yet, no one from GBOA that I’ve asked can recall this band! (Possibly released without the bands consent by a manager of Naked Brain?). If anyone knows anything about this band and the album please write in the comment section!

Anyyyyyway, I discovered this album through the GBOA connection and it’s pretty damn good! Experimental-rock-spazz-jazz. Think Butthole Surfers with a dash of Frank Zappa and a tiny pinch of Bad Brains.

Tracklist

1. Philadelphia
2. Pump
3. Immortal
4. Decisions
5. Alaska
6. (Theme From) Johnny Scab
7. Should We Should We Shall We
8. Speakers
9. Cow On My Back
10. Young Apprentice
11. House O.D Blooz
12. Belly Of The Beast
13. Cardboard City Jam
14. Drums Like Cardboard Boxes
15. An Absurd Idea

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Bugblot & The Shocking Confusion – Improve Your Petrol (12″ Mini Album – 1991)

Released in 1991 on Naked Brain, Bugblot & The Shocking Confusion’s debut album “Improve Your Petrol” is the last release on the defunct label ran by Gaye Byker’s On Acid. I’m a big fan of GBOA and I came across this band on discogs.com after searching through Naked Brain releases.

Fronted by Karl Leiker, who went on to form Hyperhead with ex-GBOA singer Mary Byker and Martin Atkins of Killing Joke and Pigface (along with Mary), Bugblot’s album is a great collection of alternative space/stoner rock tracks which engulf the listener through a kaleidoscope of sludgy guitar riffing, tripped out rock and tight bass riffs. Highlights include the upbeat ‘Double Decker’, the stoned groove of ‘Remembering The Future In The Past’ and the Middle East tinged sound of ‘Andy Sinatra The Mystic Barber’. A hidden gem and great music to lay back and zone out to.

If you like this, check our Bugblot’s debut single ‘Steeple‘.

Bugblot And The Shocking Confusion – Improve Your Petrol (12″ Mini Album – 1991)

1. Double Decker
2. Remembering The Future In The Past
3. Wellcum To The World
4. No Bombs
5. Andy Sinatra The Mystic Barber
6. Counting Still

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