SLOW I Broke The Circle 1st Pressing RARE Promo Vancouver Punk Grunge
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!!! SLOW !!!
!! from Vancouver, B.C. !!
- on -
Zulu Records
THE BAND THAT SHUT-DOWN INDIE MUSIC AT EXPO '86!!!
READ THE TRUE-STORY BELOW...
FROM WIKIPEDIA:
Slow is a Canadian punk rock band that started in the mid-1980s. Based in Vancouver, British Columbia, the band consisted of vocalist Thomas Anselmi, guitarist Christian Thorvaldson, bassist Stephen Hamm and drummer Terry Russell. Additional guitarists were Ziggy Sigmund and Russ Davies.
Hamm and Russell had previously been in a West Point Grey punk band called Chuck & the Fucks, playing an infamous concert at Queen Mary Elementary in the spring of 1980 where many of the teachers forced the children to leave.
They recorded and released their debut single, "I Broke the Circle", in 1985 on Zulu Records, and followed up with the EP Against the Glass in 1986.
The band's style was also cited as an influence on the nascent grunge rock movement in the nearby Seattle music scene, especially on its adoption of clothing styles such as flannel shirts, ripped jeans and heavy boots.
Slow are most famous for a controversial incident which both marred the Expo 86 festivities and effectively ended the band's career, when the band were invited to play at the event's Festival of Independent Recording Artists. According to Anselmi, the band's original idea was to simply appear on stage naked, run through the crowd to a boat on False Creek and then simply disappear without playing a note; however, the band ultimately chose to put on a more typical performance.
Typical, that is, for Slow.
The show included Anselmi pitching two two-by-fours into the front rows' empty seats at the side of the stage, and both Anselmi and Hamm followed through on the original idea to strip. Anselmi stripped off his shirt and jeans and performed in a pair of boxers, occasionally "poking through" the front as he adjusted his underwear; at the end of the set, Hamm dropped his shorts to his knees and, with arms raised in triumph, said goodbye to the audience while naked from the waist down.
Expo officials cut the power to the pavilion, ending the band's set.
The band were detained by the Vancouver police, who considered charging them with indecent exposure. Citing security concerns, Expo officials cancelled the evening's headlining concert, Poisoned featuring Art Bergmann; subsequently, the entire week-long festival was also cancelled.
Some of the fans in attendance got onstage and many in the audience refused to leave the venue. A chant of "BCTV" started in the crowd and a large group marched to the location of BCTV's onsite studios.
The group gathered outside the studio windows, where they protested the concert's cancellation so loudly and persistently with chants of "Expo sucks" that the station had to pull its 11:00 pm newscast. Instead, BCTV started its late night movie early; the movie was Rock 'n Roll High School featuring the Ramones.
The band subsequently embarked on a cross-Canada tour, although the negative publicity they received as a result of the Expo show led them to split up by the time they returned to Vancouver.
Anselmi and Thorvaldson formed the band Copyright, while Hamm and Russell launched Tankhog.
Tracklist
A I Broke The CircleB
Black Is Black
- Producer – Howard Fitzgerald
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- From The Sleeve
- Engineering expertise provided by Howard Fitzgerald at Aragon Sound.
Tammy, Dee, and Ian sang backup vocals / Artwork by Chris / Shane Broke the Glass
PROMO-PACK INCLUDES:
- "I Broke The Circle" / Black Is Black"
- 3-Page Press-Kit
THIS RECORD IS VERY RARE!!!
PLEASE NOTE THE PRICE IS "LOW" b/c of the FOLLOWING "ISSUES":1) Sleeve has corner-cut (b/c it's a promo) and (otherwise NM) Sleeve is attached w/staple to the "Press Pack".
2) "Black Is Black" (side 2) has some scuffs/scratches at edge of record (see photo) and a few very light-surface scratches (which were too light to photograph but visible), reducing the grading of that side from NM to VG.
3) "I Broke The Circle" (side 1) is NM+!! - never played.
Again: THIS IS A RARE RECORD.
However - it is "not perfect" - if you are
not "completely happy" with this
SLOW single and "Promo Press Pack" just
return in exact same condition for full-refund
(not including your shipping cost)
THIS RECORD IS GUARANTEED - if not completely satisfied simply return in exact same condition within 14 days and all funds returned (minus your own shipping expense).
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