v244 - False Prophets - "Blind Roaches And Fat Vultures: Phantasmagoric Beasts Of The Reagan Era"
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Artist Name: False Prophets
Album Title: Blind Roaches And Fat Vultures: Phantasmagoric Beasts Of The Reagan Era
Virus #244
Seminal NY punk band the FALSE PROPHETS recorded their self-titled debut album in 1984. Now it's finally out on CD with eight bonus cuts, including the band's two ultra-rare singles and five unreleased songs (see track listing). Sure, you can call it part of "Alternative Tentacles Records re-issues of necessity," series, along with our past re-issues: the DICKS, V/A - NOT SO QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT, BGK a Dutch feast; the complete works of the FARTZ, AMEBIX arise! +2 LP + 7"/CD and recently MIA
Formed in 1980, the FALSE PROPHETS helped spawn the second generation of New York punk-rock. But they were far more eclectic than the average punk band, melding flat-out thrash and slow psychedelic drones, bass-driven reggae and rap-inflected grooves, and punk-rock opera. "We're like the oddball cousins of the New York scene," lead singer Stephan Ielpi once told Maximum Rock'n'Roll. They were also noted for their politico-religious agitprop and Ielpi's onstage antics, which included donning a bear-head mask and throwing cat litter (unused) at the audience. They opened for the DEAD KENNEDYS, the RAMONES, D.O.A., JOHNNY THUNDERS, and BLACK FLAG.
Formed in 1980, the FALSE PROPHETS helped spawn the second generation of New York punk-rock. But they were far more eclectic than the average punk band, melding flat-out thrash and slow psychedelic drones, bass-driven reggae and rap-inflected grooves, and punk-rock opera. "We're like the oddball cousins of the New York scene," lead singer Stephan Ielpi once told Maximum Rock'n'Roll. They were also noted for their politico-religious agitprop and Ielpi's onstage antics, which included donning a bear-head mask and throwing cat litter (unused) at the audience. They opened for the DEAD KENNEDYS, the RAMONES, D.O.A., JOHNNY THUNDERS, and BLACK FLAG.