Where the fk should I start with Crime? There is so much to say and I'm such a shitty writer. Crime is a classic. If you don't have this already, YOU NEED TO. Their "Hot Wire My Heart" single came out in 1976 and is one of the first punk singles to ever be released, even though they 'hated' and would not bill themselves as punk, billing themselves as 'San Francisco's first and only rock'n'roll band.' This collection features every studio recorded song plus some very good (for CRIME standards) live material. The official discography of released material is:
Hot Wire My Heart b/w Baby You're So Repulsive (1976)
Frustration b/w Murder By Guitar (1977)
Gangster Funk b/w Maserati (1980)
The "First Blood" ep came out much later and is studio material that I'm pretty sure is a bootleg, but very well could be approved by the band or released by the band themselves. The songs were recorded in 1979. NOVAK NOTE: again, in keeping with the NOVAK theme, NOVAK recorded and produced their second single "Frustration/Murder By Guitar" and used to play with them in '76/'77 at almost every show of theirs. His first 7" was released just 2 months after theirs. He had recorded his 7" in 1976 but due to him not thinking anyone want to listen to it at all, he slaked on it for a little, then had issues with the pressing plant getting the records back. When he finaly finished his sleve's, he went to a couple record stores to sell them and noticed CRIME's 7" on the shelves, bought one, and the rest is history (or a later rant).
Tracks 1 & 2: First 45 released in '76 Tracks 3 & 4: Secons 45 released in '77 Tracks 5-24: San Francisco's Doomed LP released in '90 (demo's and good live stuff) Tracks 25-27: First Blood 45 recorded '78 Tracks 28 & 29: Third 45 released '80
So most people talk shit and get down about their last single "Gangster Funk/Maserati", but personaly I think "Maserati" is one of the coolest songs they ever did. "Gangster Funk" is shit though and you should probably delete it from your hard drive just to save CRIME's face, but "Maserati" should be played every day repeatedly for hours and then DJ it 6 times in a row.
There would be no Sonic Youth without CRIME
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first blood was a bootleg. the same person gave the weirdos and a few others the same treatment. worth noting is that the mix on the 45 versions of their hits is different than the one on the swami records repress.
ReplyDeletealso worth noting is that ricky tractor of crime went on to become ricky sleeper of the sleepers and was a member of flipper (gave them their name) for a minute or so.