0...severely NOT CRAP.

(thread revival after stumbling on a great pic)

Oh good god, NOT crap.

I came to them late, about four years ago, and they floored me. I love guitar players who get described as "angular" so it was up my alley.

It's amazing how every now and then a band that you missed comes your way and it makes you wonder what other great music is out there like it. What did even an insufferable music geek like me miss completely some how? I have to give credit for the 'net for raising the profile of some of that stuff.

Unfortunately I still can't find a copy of General Davis by The Prats - 'net or no 'net. Even thought it mysteriously showed up in a movie last summer. That's just wrong.

[quote="alex maiolo"]Unfortunately I still can't find a copy of General Davis by The Prats - 'net or no 'net. Even thought it mysteriously showed up in a movie last summer. That's just wrong.[/quote]

If you're looking for just the one Prats track (which is also the only one by them I've heard), I do know that one LP you can find it on is an Italian Rough Trade compilation LP called "Cross Current: Rough Trade's Greatest Hits, Vol. 1". Lotsa other great stuff on there, including Wire's "Our Swimmer", the acoustic version of TV Personalities' "I Know Where Syd Barrett Lives", Blue Orchids' "Work" and (just to keep this thread tied together) This Heat's "Health & Efficiency" (trimmed down to around five minutes). So, if you're willing to do some digging through the various-artists vinyl bins, it's a worthwhile purchase.

Speaking of not being able to find things - where am I supposed to find the remastered versions of the This Heat CD's that were supposed to have come out a few years ago?

Cool photo post by cjh, by the way.

Excellent tip on tracking down the Prats stuff. Thanks a ton, I love that song. Yeah, those little turds weren't terribly proliffic. I say "little" because you know they were only 12-15 years old when they recorded all of that stuff, right?
If I had written a line like "Inverness, what a mess" when I was 13 I would have shit myself happy.
The only thing I have by them is an MP3 of a song called "Disco Pope." It's not great, and it's not bad. It sounds a little like Pink Flag era Wire. The title seems trite in retrospect, but they were FREAKIN' KIDS. Punk rock prodigies.

What This Heat in particular are you looking for? Made Available is pretty easy to find on CD.

Isn't the point of C/NC to post marginal bands?

Of course This Heat is not crap.... DUH!

I Love all of their stuff... Deceit is a masterpiece.

A box set of everything plus an extra disc of unreleased stuff is coming out on February 13th.

"health and efficiency" is the track that really sold me on this heat, though i certainly like their other stuff. most rock bands sound so fucking safe and servile in comparison. in fact, there should almost be another genre for bands like this heat, wire, swell maps, the pop group, fugazi (circa red medicine), pere ubu, etc. who actually made good on their penchant for experimentalism in creating something new and interesting (and FUN!) that upped the ante -- as opposed to just lapsing into the usual three chord crap masquerading as art by way of a few keyboards and effects.

(rock traditionalism makes my asshole pucker.)

Christopher_Dragon wrote:A box set of everything plus an extra disc of unreleased stuff is coming out on February 13th.

Fucking-A finally.

I've only ever been able to find Made Available. I can't wait to hear everything else.

Thanks for that tip Chistopher_Dragon. Do you have a link to it online somewhere, or label info or anything?

Not Crap.

Christopher_Dragon wrote:A box set of everything plus an extra disc of unreleased stuff is coming out on February 13th.

!!!!!