Podcast appearances and mentions of mick farren

In this episode we're joined by NME legend Chris Salewicz, author of acclaimed books about Bob Marley, Joe Strummer and others. We hear about our guest's boyhood in Yorkshire — and about the first gig he ever saw: the Beatles in Leeds in 1963 (followed in rapid succession by the Rolling Stones — plus a young David Bowie — in Huddersfield). Chris then describes how a move to London in the early '70s led to getting his foot in the door at Let It Rock and then, in 1974, at the indispensable New Musical Express. Discussion of the culture at the NME — sprinkled with yarns about such colleagues as Mick Farren,  Tony Tyler and Tony Stewart — prompts recollections of Chris' interviews with Jimmy Page (in 1977) and Prince (in 1981)... and culminates in the moment he opted to quit the paper for pastures new. A digression on Supertramp's 50-year-old Crime of the Century sparks a passionate defence of that unfairly maligned ensemble by 28-year-old Jasper Murison-Bowie. Jumping forward to the 21st century, we hear wonderful clips from Gavin Martin's 2006 audio interview with the youngest member of the "27 Club" series Chris collected in his 2015 book Dead Gods. Our thoughts on the astounding talent and tragically short life of Amy Winehouse then follows. After Mark quotes from newly-added library pieces — Val Wilmer's 1967 interview with free-jazz trailblazer Archie Shepp; Mick Brown's 1975 encounter with Bakersfield country icon Buck Owens – Jasper concludes the episode with his thoughts on a piece about "hip hop's Mozart" J Dilla (2011). Many thanks to special guest Chris Salewicz. For more Chris and info about all his books, visit chris-salewicz.com. Pieces discussed: The Gig Interview: Jimmy Page, The Clash: Clash On Tour, Bob Marley: A Day Out At The Gun Court, Prince, Supertramp: Crime Of The Century, Supertramp: To Concept Or Not To Concept?, Supertramp: The Taking of America by Strategy, Supertramp: Is This Really The Most Fun You Can Have With a Washing-Up Glove?, Amy Winehouse audio, Archie Shepp, Buck Owens and J Dilla: The Mozart of Hip-Hop.

Mike Stax chats with Peter Stanfield, the author of two groundbreaking new books, Pin-Ups 1972: Third Generation Rock 'n' Roll, and The Who: A Band With Built-In Hate. Topics of discussion include the rock scene and the early days of punk in the UK in the 1970s, rock journalism, Mick Farren, David Bowie, the Who, and the Yardbirds. https://www.peterstanfield.com/ Support us by becoming a Patreon https://www.patreon.com/uglythingspod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mike Stax chats with Peter Stanfield, the author of two groundbreaking new books, Pin-Ups 1972: Third Generation Rock 'n' Roll, and The Who: A Band With Built-In Hate. Topics of discussion include the rock scene and the early days of punk in the UK in the 1970s, rock journalism, Mick Farren, David Bowie, the Who, and the Yardbirds. https://www.peterstanfield.com/ Support us by becoming a Patreon https://www.patreon.com/uglythingspod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode we invite the inimitable Robyn Hitchcock to reminisce about his heroically nonconformist career from the Soft Boys to 2022's Shufflemania! After Robyn explains his recent return to London from his adopted Nashville, Barney, Mark and Martin hear about his hippiefied but not entirely psychedelic '60s youth – plus his early immersion in the far-out folk of the Incredible String Band and the songs of his greatest influence Syd Barrett. He talks about how the Soft Boys did – and didn't – fit into the UK's punk scene of the late '70s, but also how they became a totemic cult influence on American acts from R.E.M. to Gillian Welch & David Rawlings. Clips from John Tobler's 1973 audio interview with '60s folk-rocker turned Asylum Records singer-songwriter David Blue provide an opportunity to discuss the former David Cohen's Greenwich Village buddy Bob Dylan and the huge influence on Robyn of Bobsongs like Blonde On Blonde's 'Visions of Johanna'. Meanwhile the 10th anniversary of the death of underground-press legend and Deviants rabble-rouser Mick Farren takes us back to the revolutionary '60s and the heyday of International Times – as well as to such seminal Farren pieces as 1976's NME rallying cry "The Titanic Sails at Dawn". Mark rounds off the episode with quotes from newly-added library pieces about 'Terry' hitmaker Lynn "Twinkle" Ripley (Evening Standard, 1964), Motown chauvinist Marvin Gaye (Phonograph Record, 1977), Henry Rollins né Garfield (Washington Post, 1981) and more… Many thanks to special guest Robyn Hitchock. Somewhere Apart: Selected Lyrics 1977–1997 is published by Tiny Ghost and available now. Pieces discussed: The Soft Boys, The Soft Boys live, Robyn Hitchock by J. Kordosh, Robyn Hitchcock by Pete Paphides, David Blue, Pop in the Police State, Rock – Energy for Revolution, The Titanic Sails at Dawn, Memories of Mick Farren, Black Flag, Marvin Gaye, Eddie Hinton, The Cramps, Twinkle and Chet Atkins.

Kitchen Sink #131 PlaylistDazy – Choose Yr Ramone (new, OUTOFBODY, Richmond VA power pop)Life on Venus – Stranger Times (new single, Moscow shoegaze)Love, Burns – Pencils (Phil Sutton of Pale Lights, new Fade in the Sun EP, Queens NY indie pop)Break 1Jack Skuller – Asking For a Friend (new, Draw the Lucky Card, NJ indie pop)Key Out – Train (new, afterville, Sydney indie rock)The Shop Window – Circles Go Round (new, from forthcoming A 4 Letter Word, Maidstone UK jangle pop with Beth Arzy on backing vocals)Bellavista – Shelter Shock (B side of The Northwest Room single, SF shoegaze) Alvvays – Pharmacist (new, Blue Rev, Toronto indie rock)The Orchids – I Never Thought I Was Clever (new, Dreaming Kind, first release in 8 years, Glasgow indie pop)I Was a King – Leave (new, Follow Me Home, Egersund, Norway indie rock)Ian M Bailey – Sitting in Silence (new, You Paint the Pictures, English indie pop artist collaborating with Daniel Wylie of CRR)Cheap Star - Slow Down acoustic feat. Gary Louris & Mitch Easter (new, Swiss indie rock artist Rémi Vaissiere, from his acoustic release Wish I Could See (acoustically))The Reds, Pinks & Purples - Saw You at the Record Shop Today (new, Everything You Ever Loved EP, SF indie pop from Glenn Donaldson)Break 2Echolust – If I (new single, LA based post punk)Old Moon – Ephemeral (Altars, Sharon VT indie pop)SCHONWALD – Babylon (new, Formula EP, Italian post punk)Daydream Twins - Guthrie's Trip Into the Space Continuum (new, s/t debut, Austin TX psychgaze)The Secret French Postcards – Strain (new, Life Got Claws, Swedish dark wave)Rodney Cromwell - The Winter Palace Radio Mix (new single, UK synth pop)Hollie Kenniff – Shifting Winds (new single, from forthcoming We All Have Places That We Miss, Canadian dream pop)Break 3Avalyn – Distant Days (new single, Liverpool post-punk)Nightjacket – Don't Say A Word (new single, LA dream pop)Nyte Skye - Dream State I'm Vanishing (new single, project from Film School's Nyles Lannon and his son Skye)The Death of Pop – Dream Today (new, For a Minute EP, UK psych pop)Callière & Tears Run Rings – Earthrising (collaboration between France's Callière and Portland's TRR.The Black Angels – History of the Future (new, Wilderness of Mirrors, Austin TX psych rockHeather Trost – The Devil Never Sleeps (new, Desert Flowers, Albuquerque soft psych)Skullcrusher – Pass Through Me (new, Quiet the Room, LA indie folk)Baby Cool – The Sea (new, Earthling On The Road To Self Love, Brisbane dream pop)Break 4HYLA – The Brats Are Taking Over (new single, recorded and produced by two members of Flyying Colours, Melbourne shoegaze.Dead Leaf Echo – Boo (new single, Brooklyn shoegaze)Soft Blue Shimmer – Love Being (new, from forthcoming Love Lives in the Body, LA shoegaze)Dayflower – Picturefall (new single, UK dream pop)Knifeplay – Promise (new, Animal Drowning, Philly shoegaze)The Fallen Sky Official – Sunrise (new single, London UK dream pop)T.G. Shand – WAWO (new single, Christchurch NZ artist Annemarie Duff, ex-Miniatures)SugarCandy Mountain – Superman (new, Overtime EP, Edinburgh based shoegaze)Submotile – Resonica (new, One Final Summit Before The Fall, Dublin based artists Mick Farren and Daniela Angione)Velveteen – Empty Crush (new debut Empty Crush, UK shoegaze)Break 5Black Swan Lane – Wishful (new, Blind, CD is available from the band's web site, digital out on 12/6, Atlanta GA post punk with Jack Richard Sobel and John Kolbeck)

Paul Rudolph - The Deviant, The Pink Fairies, Hawkwind & Brian Eno - in conversation with David Eastaugh At the recommendation of his childhood friend Jamie Mandelkau, he relocated to London, England joining the Mick Farren led band The Deviants as a guitarist. After recording their third album and contributing to Twink's Think Pink album, the band and singer parted company during a disastrous tour of the West Coast of North America. Returning to England, the band hooked up with Twink forming The Pink Fairies, signing to Polydor and embarking upon a career centred on Ladbroke Grove, occasionally hooking up with Hawkwind for sets as Pinkwind. Recording two albums, Never Never Land and What a Bunch of Sweeties, Rudolph left immediately after the release of the second album to pursue other ventures, including a stint in Uncle Dog with Carol Grimes. He was invited by Roxy Music producer John Porter in early 1973 to participate in demo sessions for Sparks, before that band had found British musicians (Adrian Fisher, Martin Gordonand Dinky Diamond) for their UK re-launch. It was at the final Uncle Dog gig that he met former Roxy Music musician Brian Eno which would lead to him contributing to four of his albums in between 1973 and 1977, namely Here Come the Warm Jets, Another Green World, Music for Films and Before and After Science. At the same time he became the main musical interpreter for Hawkwind collaborator Robert Calvert, to which Eno also became involved, recording the concept albums Captain Lockheed and the Starfighters and Lucky Leif and the Longships.

-Opening Salvo - The Usual Suspects- Ray Campi - Catapilla [TnT 1957] 45 rpm repro* Bed- StonesSet 1       Baby Dolls & Jerks- Terry Clement & Tune Tones- She's my baby doll [Zynn 1957 / unissued] 45 rpm repro* Mr. Rogers- Jacques Dutronc - Le responsible [Disques Vogue 1969] 45 rpm EP* Mr. Rogers- Pretty Things - buzz the jerk [Fontana 1967] 45 rpm EP / Spanish issue* DRRShow ID- Charlatans UK - It's about time [MCA 2001] CD single* Bed: see aboveSet 2       Jesus & the Tijuana Bible- Link Davis - Grasshopper Rock [Starday 1955] 78 rpm* Jack Webb / Dragnet - listen punk- Sister Wynona Carr - Dragnet for Jesus [Specialty 1954 / unissued] CD - Dragnet for Jesus* Buzzsprout ID- Nazz - Under the ice [SRC 1969] 45 rpm - Mick Farren's Tijuana Bible - Memphis psychosis [Big Beat 1993] CD - Gringo Madness* Bed: see aboveSet 3       The Winged Eel Fingerling- The Gamblers - Moon dawg! [World Pacific 1960] 45 rpm* Fraternity of Man ad- Fraternity of Man - In the morning [ABC 1968] LP - The Fraternity of Man* The Onion Radio News- Captain Beefheart - I'm gonna booglarize you baby [Reprise 1972] LP - The Spotlight Kid* Canned Heat ad- Canned Heat - Sugar bee [United Artists 1970] LP - Future Blues* Bed: see aboveOver and Out- Gil Melle - The set break [Blue Note 1956] LP - Patterns in Jazz

Rich Dana/Ricardo Obsolete joins Brian to talk about Obsolete Press and their publication: Obsolete! Magazine. From older tech, to movies, to questions about the soul, so many subjects get covered, and it was a lot of fun... Special Guest: Rich Dana LINKS FROM THE SHOW:—”Obsolete Press: Home of Obsolete! Magazine and More” Link: obsolete-press.com/ APPENDIX:How to Submit to Obsolete! Magazine from Rich Dana: Call For Submissions: OBSOLETE! Magazine #8Deadline: April 29th, 2013Issue #8 theme: Obsolete Media: It’s Alive! Greetings! Issue #7 of OBSOLETE! has reached a record number of readers, with 3000 copies being distributed across the US and Canada through our Guerilla Distribution Network. Now, it’s time to get to work on our next issue. Loosely themed “Obsolete Media: It’s Alive!”, we are looking for essays, fiction, poetry, photographs and comics. Let me stress that it is not required to address that theme directly, so don’t let that hang you up. All submissions will be considered. Feel free to pitch ideas before submitting. Essays and non-fiction pieces could include subjects like shortwave, CB or pirate radio, zines, vinyl or cassettes, broadcast TV, film photography, letterpress printing and/or new uses for old communications technology or interactive formats of any sort. Sports, theatre, music, publishing, politics– it’s all open for discussion. We will also be including reviews of books, recording, films and “doopers” (your favorite old-school devices). Fiction need not be science fiction, but anything that might be considered “slipstream” or speculative fiction is welcome. Flash fiction is welcome. Thanks to the generosity of the Iowa Arts Council, we have a small grant that allows us to increase our contributor payments for this issue. The new payment amounts for previously unpublished materials are: $1.50 per line for poems or $7.50 per 350 words of prose (minimum payment for either genre is $20, maximum $150). Artwork ranges from $20 for 1/8 page to $150 for a full page. We will also swap advertising for your book, website or other project in lieu of cash payment. Previously published work is welcome and will be considered, but does not qualify for cash payment. We can trade advertisement for previously published work in some cases. Suggested Lengths:Essays/non-fiction – 3000 wordsFiction -3000 wordsReviews- max 1000 words. Please email your submissions, questions or comments to obmag@feral-tech.com Submissions of writing should be .rtf, .odt or .doc files. Images – .jpg, .tiff or .pdf Please include a one paragraph bio, contact info and mailing address with all submissions. Thanks for being part of OBSOLETE! – We look forward to seeing your work! best wishes, Rich Danaobsolete-press.com How to Advertise with Obsolete! Magazine from Rich Dana: In May, we will be putting out the 8th issue of OBSOLETE! Magazine, and we hope you will consider supporting this free, nationally distributed Arts and DIY tabloid by running an ad for your business, book, band, website, podcast- if you are independent and creative, we want to promote your project in the pages of OBSOLETE! Issue #7 of OBSOLETE! is reaching a record number of readers, with 3000 copies distributed across the US and Canada through our Guerilla Distribution Network. Volunteers deliver free copies to local independently owned bookstores, record shops, coffeehouses, vintage stores, art galleries and nightclubs. We have gotten fan mail from across the planet, including a reader in Florida who picked up copies in Chicago, and even a reader from Serbia who picked up a copy in San Francisco! OBSOLETE! brings local, independent scenes together and helps keep printed media alive. The theme of OBSOLETE! #8 is “Obsolete Media: It’s Alive!”. We will be featuring an essay by a UK artist who makes his art with a 1984 Timex-Sinclair home computer, an article on “Cassette Culture”, original fiction by the great Mick Farren, an excerpt from Christian Schoon’s upcoming novel “Zenn Scarlet”, illustrations by Frank Gresham and much more. RATES:Business card ad: 3 1/2″ W X 2″H $20Quarter page: 4.75″W X 7.75″H $35Half page: 10″W X 7.75″ $60Full page: 10″W X 16″ $100SUBMITTING YOUR AD: You can send us your ad by email, as a gray scale .jpg, .tiff or .pdf file. You can also send your ad by USPS. All ads must be black and white. Design assistance is available for a small additional charge. DEADLINE: Please reserve your space by April 13th. Artwork is due on April 26th.Please reserve your ad by emailing us at: obmag@feral-tech.com.Thanks for keeping the underground press alive! Don't forget you can also visit the Sovryn Tech Soundcloud page (@sovryntech) where you can comment directly onto the podcast as it plays, and listen and download the entire Sovryn Tech show library! Also don't forget you can e-mail the show at: sovryntech@hush.ai www.sovryntech.comwww.gplus.to/briansovryn

Rich Dana/Ricardo Obsolete joins Brian to talk about Obsolete Press and their publication: Obsolete! Magazine. From older tech, to movies, to questions about the soul, so many subjects get covered, and it was a lot of fun... Special Guest: Rich Dana LINKS FROM THE SHOW:—”Obsolete Press: Home of Obsolete! Magazine and More” Link: obsolete-press.com/ APPENDIX:How to Submit to Obsolete! Magazine from Rich Dana: Call For Submissions: OBSOLETE! Magazine #8Deadline: April 29th, 2013Issue #8 theme: Obsolete Media: It’s Alive! Greetings! Issue #7 of OBSOLETE! has reached a record number of readers, with 3000 copies being distributed across the US and Canada through our Guerilla Distribution Network. Now, it’s time to get to work on our next issue. Loosely themed “Obsolete Media: It’s Alive!”, we are looking for essays, fiction, poetry, photographs and comics. Let me stress that it is not required to address that theme directly, so don’t let that hang you up. All submissions will be considered. Feel free to pitch ideas before submitting. Essays and non-fiction pieces could include subjects like shortwave, CB or pirate radio, zines, vinyl or cassettes, broadcast TV, film photography, letterpress printing and/or new uses for old communications technology or interactive formats of any sort. Sports, theatre, music, publishing, politics– it’s all open for discussion. We will also be including reviews of books, recording, films and “doopers” (your favorite old-school devices). Fiction need not be science fiction, but anything that might be considered “slipstream” or speculative fiction is welcome. Flash fiction is welcome. Thanks to the generosity of the Iowa Arts Council, we have a small grant that allows us to increase our contributor payments for this issue. The new payment amounts for previously unpublished materials are: $1.50 per line for poems or $7.50 per 350 words of prose (minimum payment for either genre is $20, maximum $150). Artwork ranges from $20 for 1/8 page to $150 for a full page. We will also swap advertising for your book, website or other project in lieu of cash payment. Previously published work is welcome and will be considered, but does not qualify for cash payment. We can trade advertisement for previously published work in some cases. Suggested Lengths:Essays/non-fiction – 3000 wordsFiction -3000 wordsReviews- max 1000 words. Please email your submissions, questions or comments to obmag@feral-tech.com Submissions of writing should be .rtf, .odt or .doc files. Images – .jpg, .tiff or .pdf Please include a one paragraph bio, contact info and mailing address with all submissions. Thanks for being part of OBSOLETE! – We look forward to seeing your work! best wishes, Rich Danaobsolete-press.com How to Advertise with Obsolete! Magazine from Rich Dana: In May, we will be putting out the 8th issue of OBSOLETE! Magazine, and we hope you will consider supporting this free, nationally distributed Arts and DIY tabloid by running an ad for your business, book, band, website, podcast- if you are independent and creative, we want to promote your project in the pages of OBSOLETE! Issue #7 of OBSOLETE! is reaching a record number of readers, with 3000 copies distributed across the US and Canada through our Guerilla Distribution Network. Volunteers deliver free copies to local independently owned bookstores, record shops, coffeehouses, vintage stores, art galleries and nightclubs. We have gotten fan mail from across the planet, including a reader in Florida who picked up copies in Chicago, and even a reader from Serbia who picked up a copy in San Francisco! OBSOLETE! brings local, independent scenes together and helps keep printed media alive. The theme of OBSOLETE! #8 is “Obsolete Media: It’s Alive!”. We will be featuring an essay by a UK artist who makes his art with a 1984 Timex-Sinclair home computer, an article on “Cassette Culture”, original fiction by the great Mick Farren, an excerpt from Christian Schoon’s upcoming novel “Zenn Scarlet”, illustrations by Frank Gresham and much more. RATES:Business card ad: 3 1/2″ W X 2″H $20Quarter page: 4.75″W X 7.75″H $35Half page: 10″W X 7.75″ $60Full page: 10″W X 16″ $100SUBMITTING YOUR AD: You can send us your ad by email, as a gray scale .jpg, .tiff or .pdf file. You can also send your ad by USPS. All ads must be black and white. Design assistance is available for a small additional charge. DEADLINE: Please reserve your space by April 13th. Artwork is due on April 26th.Please reserve your ad by emailing us at: obmag@feral-tech.com.Thanks for keeping the underground press alive! Don't forget you can also visit the Sovryn Tech Soundcloud page (@sovryntech) where you can comment directly onto the podcast as it plays, and listen and download the entire Sovryn Tech show library! Also don't forget you can e-mail the show at: sovryntech@hush.ai www.sovryntech.comwww.gplus.to/briansovryn

TIMMY'S ORGANISM "Wall Of Grey" Survival of the Fiendish Burger Records (2018) LP/CD/CS - http://burgerrecords.11spot.com/timmy... Timmy’s Organism – 2018 Tour Dates 10/12 Chicago IL.@Thalia Hall* 10/13 Cleve OH.@Beachland Ballroom* 10/16 Buffalo NY.@Mohawk 10/17 NYC @Warsaw* 10/18 Detroit @Marble Bar 10/19 Milwaukee @Cactus Club 10/20 Minneapp MN.@Moon Palace Books 10/21 Fargo ND @Sidestreet 10/23 Missoula MT.@the Union Bar 10/24 Seattle WA.@Funhouse 10/25 Portland OR.@the Liquor Store 10/26 San Francisco CA.@Vacation Vintage 10/27 Los Angelas CA. @Hi Hat 10/29 Phoenix AZ. @Lunch Box 10/30 El Paso TX. @Monarch 10/31 Austin TX. @Hotel Vegas~ 11/1 New Orleans LA. @Poor Boys~ 11/2 Atlanta GA. @the Earl~ 11/3 Memphis TN. @Bar DKDC~ 11/4 Nashville TN. @Cobra Lounge~ 11/5 Louisvile KY. @Kaiju 11/6 Columbus OH. @Ace of cups * w/ Oh Sees ~ w/ John Wesley Coleman III So this is the new album by Timmy Vulgar’s band Timmy’s Organism, so named because it’s a beast. Vulgar (guitar/vocals) made it in six months in spring 2018 with Jeff Giant (bass) and Blake “Bovver” Hill (drums), two guys who’ve been the beating about-to-burst heart of the Organism for about three albums now, including one for Third Man and one for In The Red. “I’ve been on almost every single underground garage punk label there is,” says T.V. proudly, and now he’s the fresh meat on Burger. But when you hear a Timmy Vulgar record, you will know it’s a Timmy Vulgar record and nobody else’s record, and Survival of the Fiendish is an extremely Timmy Vulgar record. Even more Vulgar! It’s as Vulgar as Vulgar gets. Sure, make connections: “Guzzle Gasoline” is like Raw Power-ed freak rock; “God of Comedy” is like Destroy All Monsters on a solo Roky nightmare trip; “Bitter Pill” is like one of those Cleveland 197X tearjerkers—Rocket From The Tombs, Dead Boys, ain’t it fun?—about losing your mind to and “Wall Of Grey” is post-apocalypse proto-punk just like Chrome and Mick Farren knew would come true. It’s been almost twenty years and Timmy Vulgar is still the king of hard-to-make (and harder to fake) rock ‘n’ freak ‘n’ roll made from black light and white heat. He’s been covered in bloodstains, killed by death, ripped from the crypt and sent back from the grave. He worked long and hard to get you this music. He went out into the dark and brought back fire. That’s what must be done to survive.

TIMMY'S ORGANISM "Guzzle Gasoline" Survival of the Fiendish Burger Records (2018) WATCH THE VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZZTqi64TFI LP/CD/CS - http://burgerrecords.11spot.com/timmy-s-organism-survival-of-the-fienndish.html Timmy’s Organism – 2018 Tour Dates 10/12 Chicago IL.@Thalia Hall* 10/13 Cleve OH.@Beachland Ballroom* 10/16 Buffalo NY.@Mohawk 10/17 NYC @Warsaw* 10/18 Detroit @Marble Bar 10/19 Milwaukee @Cactus Club 10/20 Minneapp MN.@Moon Palace Books 10/21 Fargo ND @Sidestreet 10/23 Missoula MT.@the Union Bar 10/24 Seattle WA.@Funhouse 10/25 Portland OR.@the Liquor Store 10/26 San Francisco CA.@Vacation Vintage 10/27 Los Angelas CA. @Hi Hat 10/29 Phoenix AZ. @Lunch Box 10/30 El Paso TX. @Monarch 10/31 Austin TX. @Hotel Vegas~ 11/1 New Orleans LA. @Poor Boys~ 11/2 Atlanta GA. @the Earl~ 11/3 Memphis TN. @Bar DKDC~ 11/4 Nashville TN. @Cobra Lounge~ 11/5 Louisvile KY. @Kaiju 11/6 Columbus OH. @Ace of cups * w/ Oh Sees ~ w/ John Wesley Coleman III So this is the new album by Timmy Vulgar’s band Timmy’s Organism, so named because it’s a beast. Vulgar (guitar/vocals) made it in six months in spring 2018 with Jeff Giant (bass) and Blake “Bovver” Hill (drums), two guys who’ve been the beating about-to-burst heart of the Organism for about three albums now, including one for Third Man and one for In The Red. “I’ve been on almost every single underground garage punk label there is,” says T.V. proudly, and now he’s the fresh meat on Burger. But when you hear a Timmy Vulgar record, you will know it’s a Timmy Vulgar record and nobody else’s record, and Survival of the Fiendish is an extremely Timmy Vulgar record. Even more Vulgar! It’s as Vulgar as Vulgar gets. Sure, make connections: “Guzzle Gasoline” is like Raw Power-ed freak rock; “God of Comedy” is like Destroy All Monsters on a solo Roky nightmare trip; “Bitter Pill” is like one of those Cleveland 197X tearjerkers—Rocket From The Tombs, Dead Boys, ain’t it fun?—about losing your mind to and “Wall Of Grey” is post-apocalypse proto-punk just like Chrome and Mick Farren knew would come true. It’s been almost twenty years and Timmy Vulgar is still the king of hard-to-make (and harder to fake) rock ‘n’ freak ‘n’ roll made from black light and white heat. He’s been covered in bloodstains, killed by death, ripped from the crypt and sent back from the grave. He worked long and hard to get you this music. He went out into the dark and brought back fire. That’s what must be done to survive.