FIREWORKS

Posted by hauntedgeorge.

Fireworks on AMG
A muddy, bloody lo-fi trashfest, Fireworks' debut, Set the World on Fire, attempts to do just that, but even if the only thing the band managed to burn out was itself, the remaining document is a blazing mess of druggy white soul. Fireworks dresses up their bare-bones rockabilly skronk with feedback and distortion as connective tissue, making a treble-heavy clatter with rudimentary drumming, cheap guitars, and no low end in sight. Mastermind Darin Lin Wood has charisma to burn even when smothered in reverb and amplifier hum, carrying himself like the drunken reincarnation of Gene Vincent and howling with the urgency of a man who has just one chance to get it on tape. By turns pugnacious ("Hey Fucker"), romantic ("Silver Moon"), sinister ("Murdered Model"), and lusty ("Fire Engine Lady"), Wood leads the band through a set that bursts with so much dirty, greasy life that it collects in pools under the speakers. Although their approach has obvious antecedents in bands like the Cramps, the Gories, and the Panther Burns, Fireworks sweat out the kind of passion and energy that divides the men from the record collectors. Set the World on Fire is a wild classic of messed-up garage rock from a sadly defunct band that ended up exhausting itself after just a few years, too noisy for most but perfect for those with primitive tastes. FRED BELDIN

JEFFERSON AIRPLANE

"Saturday Afternoon" (at Woodstock)


"Plastic Fantastic Lover"


"House at Pooneil Corners"


"Crown of Creation"


Posted by TheDormouse, dianeables and Hampeleman.

HEAVEN AND HELL

It's true. The Dio-fronted lineup of Black Sabbath is touring again. And it's heresy to say so, but I'd rather see this than an Ozzy-fronted version these days. Only because I love Ozzy enough to know it's time for him to just retire and enjoy a nice, quiet family life in his (relative) old age. He's earned it. Stop listening to your wife, Ozzy. You deserve to take it easy.

Also, Number Two always tries harder -- Dio's whole elfin-magic schtick is gonna work great in his grizzled, aged state.

Anyone wanna drive to Fresno in October with me?

Posted by MaidenPriest.

BLACK AND BLUE

Posted by SabbathSG.

JAKE SHIMABUKURO

VIOLENT APATHY

Reunion in K-Zoo, June 23, 2007.

Posted by gdcrow.

SKIDOO

Part One


Part Two


Part Three


Part Four


Part Five


Part Six


Part Seven


Part Eight


Part Nine


Part Ten


Here's the legendary 1968 Otto Preminger film Skidoo in all its glory, one of the few pro-drug establishment pictures of the era. Witness Jackie Gleason drop acid in prison, see Carol Channing dressed like a hippie and Frankie Avalon wearing a fake moustache, hear Harry Nilsson sing the closing credits, and discover what some of us have known all along ... Groucho Marx is God.

Posted by mrburger1.

CHROME SPIDERS

Live K-Zoo, June 23 2007. Kinda dark, but T-Jack is in there somewhere.

Posted by BobSeger1981

THE CRUCIFUCKS

"Democracy Spawns Bad Taste"


"By the Door"


"Hinkley Had A Vision"


"Marching For Trash"


"I don't have to, I don't have to/I'm not going to, I'm not going to/I don't have to so I'm going to take your world and trash it, trash it, trash it."

Posted by backporchvideo and HABIswe.

HAWKWIND -- BBC DOCUMENTARY

Part One


Part Two


Part Three


Part Four


Part Five


Part Six


Part Seven


Part Eight


Posted by HawklordPXR5.

VAN HALEN VS AC/DC

Posted by fenway5150.