Cover of The Morlocks Submerged Alive
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For fans of garage punk, lovers of 60s and 70s rock, enthusiasts of underground punk scenes, and those interested in gritty, drug-influenced music history
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THE REVIEW

San Diego. Boys in a garage. They play the easiest thing. Simple 60s chords. Maybe we don't know how to play and then we send Fuzz to the max.

A singer, I believe, Filipino, he likes music, but he likes drugs a lot, really a lot, especially heroin.

We like unknown names from the 50s, we like 60s science fiction cinema, we like distorted surf, the Sonics, so why not try to throw music into a basement.

A band is born, roots of Garage Punk. The wild 60s spit in your face. Buryers of years gone by, seen through the eyes of the poor who express their dissent in front of a TV broadcasting the Beatles. Punk, I don't think like you and I make my own music.

Let's go back to San Diego, They keep doing drugs, the "Black Mexican" is smoked a lot.

But between one pipe and another, I play in a band.

After a first garage record, which in the U.S.A nobody cared about, but in Europe it was doing well, we make a new record.

By now the 60s garage innocence is gone. I am a heroin addict, quite unbelievable, but the band works.

Live, a fake live. Garage Punk has become dark, sick, transported into the 70s and I, the singer am a legend.

Dark music, a daughter of the 60s, but played by people who now listen to Hard from the early 70s. Maybe they've heard the first of Black Sabbath?

I don't know, but I think that's how it went.

Listen to this record and let me know.

These guys keep playing around the world. Love for music? I envy it.

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Summary by Bot

The Morlocks' album Submerged Alive channels the raw energy of 60s garage punk infused with dark and hard rock elements from the 70s. The band embraces a gritty, rebellious sound shaped by their wild lifestyle and drug culture. Despite being underappreciated in the U.S., the album thrives in Europe. It captures a unique blend of punk dissent with a vintage yet modern twist.

Tracklist Videos

01   Get Out Of My Life Woman (00:00)

02   She's My Fix (00:00)

03   Different World (00:00)

04   Black Box (00:00)

05   Leavin' Home (00:00)

06   My Friend The Bird (00:00)

07   Body Not Your Soul (00:00)

08   Two Wheels Go (00:00)

09   Empty (00:00)

The Morlocks

American garage rock band formed in San Diego in 1984 and led by vocalist Leighton Koizumi. Early releases include Emerge and the ‘fake live’ Submerged Alive; the group later returned with albums such as Easy Listening For The Underachiever, The Morlocks Play Chess, and Bring On The Mesmeric Condition.
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By Cervovolante

 "Submerged Alive" proves the band can play well, alternating between hard rock and psychedelic moments.

 This classic is still in the catalog thanks to the commendable Area Pirata, which reissued it on CD and vinyl.