Sunday, August 4, 2013
Live Skull - Dusted 1987
Studio Recordings - @320
Out of Print
Live Skull formed in downtown New York City in 1982, founded by the guitar/bandleader tandem of Mark C. and Tom Paine. The earliest line-up included Julie Hair on vocals and Dan Braun on drums. They were soon joined by drummer James Lo and Marnie Greenholz (Paine's then-girlfriend), on bass guitar. In 1984, a self-titled debut 12" EP saw release on the tiny Massive label. They soon signed with indie label Homestead Records, which released their 1985 debut full-length Bringing Home the Bait. On this LP, vocal duties were shared by Greenholz, Paine, and C. 1986 album Cloud One featured slightly more accessible song structures. A live album called Don't Get Any on You was recorded at CBGB later that year. Thalia Zedek joined the band as lead singer in 1987, taking over most of the vocal duties so that the other members could concentrate on their instruments. Zedek had previously played in the Boston-area post-punk outfits White Women, Dangerous Birds, and Uzi. The band also replaced Lo with ex-Ruin drummer Rich Hutchins. Zedek and Hutchins debuted on 1987's Dusted, which spawned a black-and-white music video for the song "5-D," likely filmed in the same abandoned warehouse featured in the album's cover art. (This video later appeared on the Twelve O'Clock High video compilation.
~Wiki
Members
- Mark Cunningham : "Mark C."
- Marnie Greenholz
- Richard Hutchins : "Rich Hutchins"
- Thalia Zedek
- Tom Paine
It’s not surprising that history has been a bit negligent to Live Skull. After all, Sonic Youth released Sister the same year as Dusted, and any shred of competition between Sonic Youth and their New York contemporaries (including Live Skull) would be obliterated with the follow-up release of Daydream Nation in 1988. Frankly, when a shadow that huge is cast, it’s easy to overlook where it falls. To compare the two bands on that basis is unfair, but they are worth linking, as Live Skull’s general sound often strikes me as a spikier progression of what Sonic Youth evoked on Bad Moon Rising: unease and dread in the shape of eerie, foreboding noise-rock. Dusted is just where Live Skull hit a cohesive peak.
~Devin Friesen
http://www.tinymixtapes.com/delorean/live-skull-dusted
Revived from a old rapidshare link....
Track List:
1. Machete
2. Cavity
3. Dusted Part 2
4. Kream
5. (X) W/ The Light
6. Slugfest
7. Debbie's Headache
8. Back In The Earth
9. 5-D
10. Fat Of The Land
11. Dusted Drummer
12. Alive Again
13. Pusherman
Bonus
Live Skull - Peel Sessions 1989
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Dusted+Bonus
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