X - X-ASPIRATION - 1979 UNBRIDLED AUSSIE TRIO PUNK PACKED DEBUT UGLY POP SLD LP

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X – X-Aspirations. Ugly Pop Records UP 054. Canadian release. FACTORY SEALED NEW VINYL RECORD ALBUM. Originally issued in early 1980. This release issued in 2014 with hype sticker; long out of print. Includes liner note insert. Produced by Lobby Loyde.

 

MEMBERS:  Steve Lafiero (drums), Ian Rilen (bass, vocals), Stephen Lucas (lead vocals, guitar)

 

TRACKS, 

 

SIDE ONE:

 

      01)  Suck Suck

      02)  Present

      03)  Simulated Lovers

      04)  Police

      05)  Revolution

      06)  Turn My Head

      07)  Good On Ya Baby

 

SIDE TWO: 

 

      08)  Delinquent Cars

      09)  I Don’t Wanna Go Out

      10)  Dipstick

      11)  It Must Be Me

      12)  Coat Of Green

      13)  Waiting

      14)  Batman

 

DESCRIPTION:  Following unsuccessful attempts to replace original guitarist Ian Krahe, who died six months after the group's live debut, X reverted to the trio lineup of original members Stephan Lucas (lead vocals, guitar), Ian Rilen (bass, vocals), and Steve Cafiero (drums) for the recording of the band's debut album. At the helm was Australian rock guru Lobby Loyde, who oversaw the five-hour session. That the album only took that long to record is evidenced by the crude nature of the performances, but Aspirations is one example where such guerrilla-style studio tactics pay off. Punk rock had caught fire, establishing strongholds in England and America, and eventually reaching X's native Australia. Drawing on its predecessors for inspiration, this music is burning with a primal intensity that is vintage 1979. The group combines the revolution rock of the Clash, the bitter new wave of Elvis Costello & the Attractions, the mindless punkisms of the Ramones, and the no-future deadpan of the Sex Pistols. This punk collision could be a recipe for disaster, yet X somehow manages to walk the razor's edge while avoiding the collapse the band seems perpetually headed for. Rilen's basslines amount to a rollicking sludge which, along with the weighty pummel of Cafiero's attack, provides the stark underbelly for Lucas' desperate guitar shards. Krahe's guitar playing was, sadly, never documented on record (though early demos with Krahe on guitar have now surfaced and been released), but it could hardly be rawer than this. Unfortunately, X didn't enter the studio again for another five years. Continued attempts to fill Krahe's vacancy also hindered X, meaning that the group probably never got the attention it deserved. This reissue from Ugly Pop Records attempts to remedy that, taking listeners back to the music's heyday for an underrated punk gem.  

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