The Electric Eels "God Says Fuck You"

The Electric Eels were the original anti music heroes. Formed 1972 in Cleveland, they lasted 3 years & played only around half a dozen gigs.

Providing visual defamation was peroxide haired party punk John Morton with his violence onstage at himself, the band, and the audience. Morton, originally drawn to art, wanted the excitement of performing. Heylin said::::: 'From the Velvets to the Voidoids' :::: "Their roots...led them to deconstruct rock'n'roll, retaining only the noise element, the polemical nature of the rock lyric and the confrontational aspect of the live performance."

One gig had John Morton and Dave'E'Macmanus being arrested for being drunk and disorderly. One wearing a coat strung together with safety pins & the other covered in rat traps. Morton's hand was broken in the arrest. The next gig he had various tools strapped to his cast and proceeded to beat the shit out of a sheet of metal with a sledgehammer.

These tapes were made using an assortment of junk PA equipment and a low end home cassette deck. No compromises to the recording process would be made and the band played deafeningly loud as always.
"""""Agitated" is a pure slice of the finest punk  - insanely mixed past the point of bleeding and fucking brilliantly proud in its audacity. Its also worth noting the drummer on their recordings providing that solid back beat - (Nick Knox)."""

"In 1974, they were wearing safety pins and ripped-up shirts, T-shirts with insulting things on them, White Power logos and swastikas: it was offensive and they meant to be offensive. They meant to distract people, but I don't think they were exceptionally racist: they were being obnoxious and outrageous." Mike Weldon quoted in "England's Dreaming"

file under ;;;; proto punk self destructionnnnnn


John Morton - Guitar & Vox    
Brian McMahon - Guitar & Vox
Dave E - Vox & Clarinet
Nick Knox  - Drums






Tracklist:

1] Agitated
2] Cyclotron
3] Refrigerator
4] Tidal Wave
5] Anxiety
6] Natural Situation
7] Cold Meat
8] Cyclotron (Giganto)
9] Sewercide
10] Jaguar Ride
11] You're Full Of Shit
12] No Nonsense
13] Accident
14] Bunnies
15] Cards And Fleurs
16] As If I Cared
17] Spin Age Blasters


The Electric Eels - Mediafire

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The Electric Eels - Megaupload