Various - The Munster Dance Hall Favorites Vol. 1 (Teenagers from Outer Space / Rocco, 1987)

Today I'm really proud of postin' for y'all this record: The Munster Dance Hall Favorites Vol. 1 (1987), a legendary one. A 7" which is a fuckin milestone of the Spanish underground rock; released by Teenages from Outer Space Records (the embryo of Munster Records) and compiled by the Munster Brothers—Íñigo and Gorka. The vinyl contains four songs with enough magnitude to be worth for entire Back from the Grave volumes: Surfin' Lungs ("The Munster Theme" in garage-surf style), the terrific Spacement 3 ("Take Me to the Other Side"), Sex Museum in their garage time ("You"), and the legendary los Enemigos ("Chicken All over"). Four bands that shook the underground scenes of Britain and Spain. They will rock you, that's guaranteed. Another magnificent record that Tony DevilDog brings to us. Thanks, bro!

Nobunny - Live at Third Man Records (Third Man Records, 2010)

What a curious thing is Music. Someone appears in your life coming out of the blue, nothing too original—as evokes a lot of different bands, but at the same time, with a distinct and unique sound. You inevitable get hooked on that sound, the guy becomes one of your favorites and you get crazy looking for his albums. Well, that guy is Nobunny, alias Justin Champlin. The first record I listened to was First Blood (2010); it was put in my hands by a record store owner—one of those guys which musical criteria you can trust blindly, and from the first time I played, I realized that I was in front of something fuckin’ great. Since then I've been looking for every single work he has released. My last acquisition was this Live at Third Man Records (2010), from the Live at Third Man series, recorded at Jack White's studios in Nashville, TN. It will bring to your ears this rock and roll, bubblegum punk, garage and lo-fi mixture which might remind you to millions of bands, but, to me is just Nobunny. And no one else.

Los Saicos - Demolición b/w Lonely Star (DisPerú, 1965) (reissue from Demolición! The Complete Recordings, Munster Records, 2010)

No doubt, Los Saicos were one of the wildest bands from Latin America in the mid-sixties. What the hell, they were one of the wildest in the entire world! These Peruvian crazy guys are usually compared to The Sonics, because of their wild, crude music and attitude. But, if you ask me, I think that musically those bands are quite different: Los Saicos are more melodic and psychedelic than the Sonics, which means the formers were wilder, but the voice of Erwin Flores is ruder and more, much much more badass than Gerry Roslie's. "Demolición" b/w "Lonely Star" was their second 7", released in 1965 by DisPerú and reissued, as part of a boxset, by Munster Records in 2010. "Demolición" ("Demolition"), an instant hit, is probably the most badass-lyrics they ever wrote. That their gratuitous violence apologia in form of garage-like surf was released with no problems in 1965 at Peru is a remarkable fact, as remarkable as its success among the juveniles —"Let's wreck the train station / Demolish, demolish! / We like blowing up train stations / Yeah, yeah!". Really funny, isn't?

The Mono Men - Burning Bush b/w Rat Fink/Don't Tread on Me (Estrus, 1989) (Estrus Records reissue, 1995)

Let's go today with the (reissue of the) 7" debut of one of the most beloved and important bands of American rock & roll underground scene: the almighty Mono Men! Not exactly a garage band, their music is a crude rock and roll soaked in garage revival love, drenched in punk attitude and seasoned with early-nineties alt-rock rawness. Their debut single "Burning Bush" b/w "Rat Fink" (1989) is a terrific, mythical record; two songs which are the perfect example of what I tried to describe to you. This is the 1995 reissue made by Estrus Records, which also released the original reference. That means we can enjoy one extra track on side B, spliced to the Nomads' "Rat Fink": "Don't Tread on Me".

Tokyo Sex Destruction - Black Noise Is the New Sound! (BCore, 2004)

Between the MC5 and the (International) Noise Conspiracy they are the Barcelona-based band Tokyo Sex Destruction. I mean, they were when Black Noise Is the New Sound! (2004), their second LP,  was released, because since then their music is under a continuous evolving, going far, far away from its first influences. In his subsequent albums, 5th Avenue South (2005) and The Neighborhood (2009), the psychedelic and soul components have grown, resulting in more complex and polyhedral songs. But we are in the past now, when Tokyo Sex Destruction were a highly-politicized garage-punk-soul machine. You can feel it in these eleven blasts the band shot restless. The CD includes stereo and mono mixes, the last ones just for you purist sixties lover! By the way, "ソウル・ミュージック・パーティ" seems to mean "Soul Music Party".

 

Paul Revere & the Raiders feat. Mark Lindsay - Just Like Me b/w Kicks (Columbia, undated)

You guys probably know who are Paul Revere & The Raiders, not in vain they were one of the most successful American garage bands in the mid sixties. It's a pity that their joke costumes and appearances at Dick Clark's Where the Action It's could erode their wildness and rawness. Ok, they weren't the Troggs nor the Sonics, but give 'em a little respect: this band was in the place when the Animals collides with  the Kinks —in fact, the former band rejected "Kicks", and then the song was offered to the Raiders. The both "Just like Me" (November 1965) and "Kicks" (February 1966) hit the US pop charts, reaching #11 and #4, respectively. This 7" is one of those Columbia double A-side reissues that includes two hits by the price of one —by the way, I couldn't date the record, if somebody knows the release date, please talk!