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WHITE BOY AND THE AVERAGE RAT BAND (US) - S/T LP 1980
Posted: Thu Apr 03, 2008 3:38 pm
by ION BRITTON
On Tradewind Records. All tracks written by Mike Matney (one man band?). Here's how their myspace site describes their sound:
Motorhead licking the leftover DMT off of Black Sabbath's "SYPMTOM OF THE UNIVERSE" for half an hour with an acoustic interlude which was merely a device so the band could reach over and finish those pints of strychnine and dodo-bird blood.
http://rapidshare.com/files/411731185/W ... d.rar.html
Posted: Thu Apr 03, 2008 5:34 pm
by nightsblood
Oh wow, great post Ion! I heard some songs by these guys awhile back and thought they were pretty interesting! I remember dealer John Allinson used to hype these guys a lot. Last copy of the album i saw sold for several hundred doillars (US)
Posted: Thu Apr 03, 2008 8:08 pm
by Glockose
unfortunately NOT a real myspace account.
From the looks of it not even someone who owns the LP. Just a fan of the music
John lived on the same street as White Boy and help with the release of this LP. (YES a 1 man band)
When it was released the only place you could purchase copies was from John or Zig Zag Records in NY as they dealt with John all the time and took some on Consignment
GREAT RECORD!
Posted: Thu Apr 03, 2008 8:21 pm
by bigfootkit
Thanks very much for the post Ion, looking forward to hearing this one, have heard good things about it which make me suspect it'll be right up my street.
Kudos to you sir, you're a gent.
Posted: Fri Apr 04, 2008 1:16 am
by nightsblood
Thanks for the info glock! I knew the 'band' was from John's area, but i didn't realize he was that closely involved w/ 'em. By the time I was buying from John all the copies were long gone; I think I remember him having one copy on his list for $90 around '93
Posted: Sat Aug 07, 2010 8:09 pm
by DaN
Cheers, but these links seem to be dead too
Hilfe!
Posted: Sat Aug 07, 2010 8:13 pm
by omen of hate
I'll check if I still have the file. If yes, I'll reupload it tomorrow.
Posted: Sun Aug 08, 2010 12:46 pm
by omen of hate
Original post is edited with a new link.
Posted: Sun Aug 08, 2010 1:59 pm
by Ernest Thesiger
Grazie!
Posted: Tue Aug 10, 2010 7:48 am
by MEXDefenderOfSteel
this is great! so american, so cheesy 80s sound
Posted: Wed Aug 11, 2010 2:40 pm
by nightsblood
Fun, cool record, still on my want list
Posted: Wed Aug 11, 2010 3:26 pm
by Glockose
Recently booted on Vinyl
Should be pretty easy to find for under $20
Posted: Wed Aug 11, 2010 4:34 pm
by nightsblood
glockose wrote:Recently booted on Vinyl
Should be pretty easy to find for under $20
Oh! Thanks for the heads-up! Is the boot easy to tell apart from an original? I might pick it up if it's a nice boot to help hold me over until I can get an original. Think I've placed third on the last two ebay'ed copies
Posted: Fri Aug 13, 2010 5:40 pm
by DaN
Thanx alot, omen! I really dug this of course, esp the crazy guitar tone. The vocals were a bit sour on a few cuts but as a whole this is great US "crossover" right up there with IMPECCABLE, JOE STEP etc...
Checking the going price on popsike made my heart sink though - for the time being I think I'll settle for that bootleg too...
Posted: Sun Aug 15, 2010 3:48 am
by nightsblood
DaN wrote:Thanx alot, omen! I really dug this of course, esp the crazy guitar tone. The vocals were a bit sour on a few cuts but as a whole this is great US "crossover" right up there with IMPECCABLE, JOE STEP etc...
Checking the going price on popsike made my heart sink though - for the time being I think I'll settle for that bootleg too...
Yeah, I always fall for the expensive ones