When the Birthday Party released their penultimate EP inter-band relations were at a low, tempers running at a druggy fever
‘Reactor No 2’
With his bandaged head, top hat, white dinner suit and impenetrable shades, Nash The Slash looked like a reanimated Biograph Company ‘trick’ film lead.
‘Why Don’t You Smile’
Months before the Velvet Underground gained New York infamy, Lou Reed was churning out ten-a-penny songs for supermarkets and convenience stores.
‘Synthetic Substitution’
He only released one single, but millions have heard Melvin Bliss’s music without twigging it.
'Thinkin’ About Thinkin’'
A quintet of hirsute flare-wearers with an Aldous Huxley fixation, fun-loving Texans Bubble Puppy were slightly less unhinged then their labelmates the 13th Floor Elevators and Red Crayola.
‘Housemate Troubles’
Playing the geek image to his advantage, the one-time Barnes & Noble staffer’s aim to rejuvenate hip-hop’s spirit kicked off when he started writing absurdities for emcee friends at the Rhode Island School of Design.