the Mutants of the Holocaust: October 2012

"...so bad, they're actually bad!"

Can it be true? Are the Mutants of the Holocaust really that bad? Well judge for yourselves fellow music lovers. This page gives a brief snapshot of a short period in the bands lifespan. More will be written when I get round to it.
In the meantime, feel free to download these tracks recorded in the bass players bedroom sometime in '85 if memory serves correctly.

We ran through the songs once and then recorded them straight onto a cheap compact cassette recorder.

Train is not one of ours - not actually sure who wrote it, although everyone has covered it, but this is based on a cross between the Shockabilly and Motorhead versions. Mushroomhead, on the other hand is one of ours. This is really just a series of observations and comments about, and inspired by, a certain strain of fungus. End of the World is also one of ours. Originally it was at least three times as long as what you hear on this record but for some reason or another, the tape got cut and the rest has been lost to history. Shame really. Loose is, of course, the Stooges song, although again, our version is based on the one that the Birthday Party recorded. We finish off with a tune that changed every time we played it. Whoever was singing at the time invented some new words; only the opening line stayed the same.

What happened to side two, you ask?

Well quite honestly, that’s it! That’s all we have.

Wednesday 10 October 2012

Peter Hook - Joy Division

I was attempting to make another vid the other day (but abandonned the idea when the effort began to outweigh any potential benefits) when I started remanicing about old VHSs and it prompted me to write this (which I had intended to write about at the time - but never got round to it). Some months ago I met Peter Hook (of Joy Division, New Order fame) at the Song Writers Conference at Leeds College of Music (cheers Dale!)who is not only very interesting and funny but a nice chap to boot. Anyways, I recounted the tale of Bad Rockin'Beresford (Mutants bass man)who many years ago, as an avid Joy Division fan had splashed out on a Joy Division video tape. And I mean splashed out (back in those days music VHS tapes, any videos come to think of it, were bloody expensive) about £30 as I recall (about a weeks wage). The thing was he didn't have a video player (nor did any of us come to think of it) and thus spent most of his time trying to find someone to badger into letting him watch it at their place. Beres, if you read this, Mr Hook apreciated your investment and asked me to say thanks.