Death: A 70's Rock Trailblazer Reborn

[Turd Murder]

Not to be a party pooper, but, meh. Nice back story though.

[TheDrunkTankJudge]

Welcome to last year. I find it odd that Drag City put it out. It's not really their style..

[Wang Mandu]

The song "Rock N Roll Victim" rips harder than anything the Stooges did.

Haha, c'mon maaaaaan.... It's pretty good but you're talking out of your ass.

[TheDrunkTankJudge]

Is there some new big push on them? Maybe 'cuz they have a couple shows coming up soon? Some guy brought them up when I was at the bar the other day, is why I ask...

[altars of radness]

The song "Rock N Roll Victim" rips harder than anything the Stooges and MC5 did. These guys may have been the first "punk" band.

I don't know, man. You really think that Death record is on the same level as Fun House and Raw Power? It sounds like fairly standard hard rock to me. They're no Crime.

[det-riot]

The song "Rock N Roll Victim" rips harder than anything the Stooges did.

Haha, c'mon maaaaaan.... It's pretty good but you're talking out of your ass.

I'm not arguing, the Stooges are miles better all around. I just think that song was faster and heavier and maybe even more straightforward than The Stooges in general. I've dug myself a hole defending this band. It's like finding a missing link between the high energy Detroit rock and then the punk explosion. They seemed to take many of the same influences as the early punk bands, and beating them to it by a few years.

[zombiehead]

the ramones still pre-date them

[Wang Mandu]

Ahhh, right.

[det-riot]

the ramones still pre-date them

The New York Times says Death formed in the early 70's and switched to "rock" in 73.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/15/arts/ ... 5rubi.html

Rolling Stone's Bio of the Ramones says they formed in 1974.

http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/the ... /biography

The Electric Eels were from 72-75.

http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=am ... qq5ldfe~T1

That's why I originally said that Death "may have been" the first punk band. Death were in that very brief middle phase right before actual punk.

[zombiehead]

what was that Australian punk band from the early 70s?

[caldwell.the.great]

awesome. "Let the World Turn" was one of my favorite songs last year. Whole record fucking rules.

[altars of radness]

They seemed to take many of the same influences as the early punk bands, and beating them to it by a few years.

But all the Stooges records came out before that Death record. I don't think Death beat anybody to anything. Fucking Ted Nugent is more punk rock than Death.