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Hell Tonite! Gulcher Gulcher-424 CD £6.99 Another fist in the heart for the legions of Thundertroopers still holed-up in the backwoods stockpiling food, beer and shotguns in preparation for the on-coming Disco apocalypse. Back in 1979 Mach Bell’s garage punk/heavy boogie group Thundertrain saw the first glittering signs of the approach of the disco void and headed for the hills, but before they did they left us a back catalogue that featured some of the most beautifully unselfconscious teenage rocking ever to come out of Boston. These guys formed alliances with all sorts of major Boston scenesters, including The Real Kids, DMZ and Willie ‘Loco’ Alexander, as well as hooking up with high-energy out-of-towners like The Dead Boys. Hell Tonite! might just be their single most solid set, a radio broadcast of a live show from down near the end of the line, February 1st, 1979. Something about the dual guitar action here has a squelch that is deeply satisfying and the versions of tracks like “Hell Tonite”, “I Gotta Rock”, “Hot For Teacher!”, The Standells’ “Dirty Water” and Slade’s “Mama Weer All Crazee Now” are pretty much definitive. As Mach himself puts it on "Readin'Riotin'Rock'n'Roll" - "I can't read, I can't write, havin' the time of my life!" Some hilariously inspired on-stage rants from Mach too, with a particularly crazed anti-disco rant censored by the broadcast authorities, proof that disco was a government-sponsored plot designed to erode the standards of the human race forever, just like you figured. Includes 2004 sleeve notes from Mach too. |
