Classic proto-Punk 45 single, Electric Eels, Nr/Mint, Rough Trade,1st issue 1975
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ELECTRIC EELS
Title: DIE
Mint, Rough Trade, United Kingdom, RT008.
(proto) Punk Rock 45 single
SONGS: "Agitated" and "Cyclotron" was recorded in Cleveland in 1975 (!), released on Rough Trade, UK in 1978.
See DISCOGS: First pressing, hard to come by, purchased in London in 1979, played once or twice to record to cassette and sleeved in vinyl ever since. I've owned it long enough, time to pass it on...
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Quoted from Superior Viaduct:
"Cleveland's electric eels (all lower case in homage to poet e.e. cummings) is America's quintessential proto-punk band. Formed in 1972 by singer Dave E. McManus and guitarists John Morton and Brian McMahon, the group enlisted drummer Nick Knox (later of The Cramps) and producer Paul Marotta to record a flurry of catchy and genuinely fucked-up tunes. After only five legendary live performances – complete with Dave E. in black leather jacket covered in rat-traps and playing a gas-powered lawnmower on stage – the eels broke up in 1976 and posthumously released their classic single Agitated on Rough Trade in 1978, blazing a trail for high-art, low-concept rock.
As Jon Savage writes in the liner notes, "There is something heroic about the eels' isolation and uncompromising attitude: a fierceness that you can hear in these songs that still resonates in a different time and world."
From the loud and snotty "Agitated" and its B-side "Cyclotron" (which Johan Kugelberg listed as #1 in his top 100 punk singles) ...... [The Eels] exorcise the demonic power of the Stooges and Velvets and captures the mystique of these outsider artists inventing a new language.
"It's 5am and I'm crawling the walls ... just waiting for imaginary telephone calls."
As the eels demand "Attendance Required" on their flyer for the infamous Special Extermination Music Night, listening is absolutely mandatory for this seminal band. Recommended for fans of Dead Boys, Simply Saucer and Pagans."
***********************************************************************at time of listing, only reissues available on internet- one listing on EBAY at almost twice my opening...
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