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Ah, originally the record label (Sire, if I'm not mistaken) imposed a metallic diamond-shaped logo in a metal-glam style on the DMZ, which really pissed our guys off. The record was bought by very few, apparently because they mistook the DMZ for just another hard-rock-dinosaur band to avoid (in '77...). The cover features Monomann and company behind some large metal mugs - but I could be talking nonsense - anyone who knows more should step forward.

The RTx are a world apart. Their albums are so different and disconnected from each other (due to experimentation and exploration) that comparing them comprehensively always feels like a game for "pseudointellectual critics" (quoting Neil M. Hagerty). "Twin Infinitives" is there... an imploded gem that speaks of a world just gone (and hats off to Stoopid for accurately remembering the primordial, multi-headed creature: the Pussy Galore from which RTX, JSbx, and last but not least Action Swingers and Boss Hog emerged) but then has little to do with the SOUND and the IDEA that the RTX will refine. It’s like the base for a fish soup! Donquixote, I come to you: when you think of Lou Reed, is the first album that comes to mind Metal Machine Music or Transformer? Then, Veterans is conceptually a double album (with Accelerator as the hypothetical second record) and it mixes everything: punk, glam, fusion, acid, psych, jazz, Latin, folk (whether you like RTX or not, I challenge you to find another album so varied and cohesive in the entire history of Music... where each single track seems like a "house tribute" to a different genre, to a different way of conceiving music). Because "Witch's Tit" is like Neil trying to remember an old Bob Dylan song, "Blue Is The Frequency" a backdrop for any solo by Ornette Coleman, and so on. Every RTx album is like a 3000-piece megapuzzle. Perhaps this is what I wanted you to highlight, Don. But you're right, it’s a matter of perspective. Perhaps.

those who seek shall find! on sale for 9.90 (it’s not a digipack but who cares) beautiful beautiful beautiful. I agree: heavenly sound, when the tracks from the Monterey Festival play it feels like the Experience is performing right in your living room!!! but I add that the purchase is mandatory even just to hear and see that gorgeous mulatta horse Fayne Pridgon (Jimi's first lady) and Lina Keith (a talented producer but above all as hot as fresh bread!) softly explaining how she discovered our man, implying much more.. then, the unwatchable Little Richard, crazier and gayer than ever, cackles and spouts nonsense emitting incomprehensible squeals every 20 seconds. in front of all this, Townshend admitting to "barely strumming" compared to Jimi, takes a backseat. p.s. thanks again for the wonderful tip.

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But how could Royal Trux fall into banality? And why slither away quoting the Strokes and MTV (what do they have to do with it, come on!? It's like shooting fish in a barrel!) and this fucking Twin Infinitives (which the guys weren't even thinking about anymore). Sickazz Dog is not at all the most ethereal track from (here we go again!) Twin Infinitives...try giving Singles/Live/Unreleased a listen and be amazed! Or Cats and Dogs, Royal Trux (the self-titled one from '92) just like Sweet Sixteen. Now, I don't want to give my little "lesson," but I just want to say that... Veterans Of Disorder is an album full of colors and you don't catch a single one (and by the way, what happened to "Witch's Tit"?). Your "style" in the review leaves me cold again (no hard feelings, I swear I would never dream of it) but I'm very interested in your perspective on Royal Trux. Are you a newbie? Have you ever seen them live? Cheers!

Well, I strike out the Sex Pistols, whom I've never been able to stand (I only mentioned them for their historical importance). The Suicide, on the other hand, are great precursors/innovators, but... by the third listen, they start to bore me.

well... it's always a pleasure. I still haven't had the chance to hear the final mix of the album (I'll ask my greengrocer for some sneak peeks!) but I stand by the 3 stars. here they're less original and definitely less rowdy, but for me, they remain one of the very few psychedelic noise bands that truly have the guts. missing out on them would be a shame... so peace, freedom, and all that other nonsense. òla

Anyway, the incredibly uncool DMZ release their album the following year, in 1978 (and here another list of must-have records could open up... Pere Ubu and X-Ray Spex to name a couple) but the recordings actually date back to '77, to be precise.

@pretazzo. Really??? :-) @psycho. hahhaaha! @Eneailcorvoallisciòne. Enè, are we talking about the same year? I remember it differently, my Breviario del Giovine Settantasettino states this list verbatim: The Clash - s/t (1977); Sex Pistols - Never Mind the Bollocks (1977); Ramones - Leave Home (1977); Wire - Pink Flag (1977); Damned - Damned Damned Damned (1977); Saints - I'm Stranded (1977); Dead Boys - Young Loud and Snotty (1977) @todos los otros. Hi there!

oh fuck flaccid.. it was to find out if the priest liked Husker Du. I'm not coming down from the soap mountain. you know how it is, one chats a bit, talks about related bands and shares opinions. in any case, mind your own business next time: in the meantime, you can shoot yourself in the ass.