Coming out of a proto-actionist/Dada unit that operated in the same milieu as Otto Muehl and Joseph Beuys, 39 Clocks expanded their remit as dandified usurpers of mainstream culture by taking lessons in swagger from key rock/roll icons – Bob Dylan, Tom Verlaine, Lou Reed – while incorporating keyboards, cranky punk rock guitars and a primitive avant aesthetic that would situate em somewhere downwind of Ruth, The Voidoids and Tokyo’s Gasaneta. They operate in that same liminal zone between the late-70s and early-80s that saw punk’s refusal augmented by cheap home technology while reconnecting with the source of the music via the rehabilitation of pre-punk avatars, joining the dots between the revolutionary imperatives of the original rock urge and avantgarde action.
The songs here are classic rock snot, cut with enough grinding chords and cyborg rhythms to conjure visions of a pair of Richard Hell lookalikes cruising the autobahn in black wraparounds under 3am neon. Then they totally throw you with a minimal violin/guitar/drum machine jam that combines Black Angel’s Death Song with the extended raptures of HighTide.
It's been my first encounter with these guys back then...
Fuck! Totally fantastic and highly recommended !
Get it here: 39 Clocks - 13 More Protest Songs (256Kbps)
And enjoy !
PS: De Stijl Records just released a 39 Clocks-cd-box.
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Gracias, Danke, Thx! Anything Dylan/Verlaine related cannot be bad
many thanks for this. I am just embarking on an obsessive spell with 39 Clocks and JG's later solo stuff as Phantom Payn.. really amazing!
Yes, I really still like their stuff. So good that they have this new compilation and mentions on Volcanic Tongue and others...
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