andy human - freeze

ANDY JORDAN's been bouncing around the california rock n roll scene for quite some time now, with the CUTS, TIME FLYS and LENZ, and only now has decided to emerge with a solo record as ANDY HUMAN, and man oh man was it worth the wait.....on his debut LP FREEZE via the newly minted CHROMEWAVES RADIO label, ANDY HUMAN concocts a swirl of urgent, catchy power-popped, glam-coated fake punk gems, that'll have you humming along in an instant.........

on FREEZE, yr transported to alternative universe that might have existed thirty years ago, when new wave was just starting to coalesce into a pop monster, when horror b-movies were cued up in the VHS player, before the 80s became a cliche and when all the weirdos and outsiders were lined up at the local dive bar for a night of music that could've only be witnessed then........ carefully choosing his influences, ANDY HUMAN borrows from DEVO, T REX, F.U. 2, GARY NUMAN, ELVIS COSTELLO, the TESTORS, DOW JONES & THE INDUSTRIALS and the SPEEDIES all in one sugary high octane mess of rock n roll........  

it's as if glam wasn't killed when punk arrived, and new wave never left its punk roots and the power pop cult favorites recorded around the same time as those classic Ramones lps were just as important as punk was.....  only revisionist pop historians will try to make history seem straight forward and linear.  after all, you could've gone to the record shop in 1980 and grabbed the cure, the shoes, the damned and the new york dolls all in one purchase.....and i can imagine ANDY HUMAN finding a time machine and doing just that......

extremely well made, infectious rock n roll for outsider pop fans like me, FREEZE is one of the best albums you can get yr hands on right now......totally recommended.

listen to FREEZE below, 
 and pick up a copy from CHROMEWAVES RADIO here - 

f u 2 - punk rock

THE DOWNLINERS SECT were part of britian's early unruly garage rock scene, along side the yardbirds, the stones and the kinks.....and though they never "made" it big, their three lps and various singles from the latter half of the sixties are prized possessions for those of us that are fanatic about rock n roll.......

as time rolled on, they broke up, their catalog was reissued and they decided to reform in the late seventies......their records were oft cited as an influence on this new thing called PUNK.......

.....so instead of sitting around just being grandfathers to this bratty new scene, they got together in the studio and recorded one of the lost classics of the late 70s....

entitled fittingly as "PUNK ROCK" and rather than tarnish their name with this collection of rowdy songs, they recorded under the name F U 2....

PUNK ROCK is no stab at trying to incorporate the sounds of today by older guys that just don't understand..... as F U 2, they mashed power pop, glam, blues, garage and punk into one hell of a killer album.....one that's been bootlegged over the years by obsessive fans.....  "sniffin glue" and "move around" and all the others are fucking classic songs.....many of which have been covertly covered by other bands over the years..........

the downliners sect didn't stick to the whole F U 2 joke for very long and again disappeared into the back pages of rock n roll history........ until the one and only billy childish grabbed them as his backing band for a couple of lps in the late 90s.........(as thee headcoats sect, which are highly recommended albums by the way)..........

however they once again disappeared......that is until now when 1-2-3-4 GO! records got ahold of the master tapes of the much fabled "punk rock" lp and decided that they needed to finally give it a much deserved reissue treatment........

fans like me can finally own a copy to throw down on my turntable........ originals are nearly impossible to find and if you happened to see one, you'd most likely pay over $200......so let me just thank 1-2-3-4 GO for finally making this happen.......

FU 2 is THE FAKE PUNK CLASSIC......

SO FUCKING RECOMMENDED!!!!!!!!!!!!

FANS OF GARAGE, POWER POP, GLAM AND PUNK NEED TO OWN THIS LP NOW....

i'm sure billy childish, greg oblivian and all the other luminaries of the scene have a copy,

and SO SHOULD YOU.....

LISTEN TO A FEW TRACK BELOW VIA YOUTUBE.....
and CLICK HERE TO BUY IT FROM 1-2-3-4 GO!.......