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PISCES ROCK BAND

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FOLK LEGEND~PSYCHEDELIC ROCK~PISCES, APART FROM THREE RARE~AS~HENS~TEETH 45'S ON THE VINCENT LABEL, HAD TO WAIT ANOTHER 40 YEARS TO BE HEARD. NOW. THANKS TO CHICAGO CRATE DIGGERS NUMERO GROUP, A RE~ISSUE LABEL CHIEFLY KNOWN FOR THEIR EXCELLENT ONGOING "ECCENTRIC SOUL" SERIES, WE CAN ALL HAVE OUR HEARTS, MINDS AND EARS WARPED BY SOME OF THE MOST EXCITING RECORDINGS TO EVER BABBLE UP OUT OF THE 1960'S PSYCHEDELIC STEW. WITH UNFETTERED ACCESS TO THE MASTER TAPES, WHICH HAVE BEEN CAREFULLY STORED AWAY IN FOUNDING MEMBER JIM KREIN'S BASEMENT EVER SINCE THE BAND'S STUDIO BURNT DOWN~MARCH 1970,~NUMERO HAS COMPILED A "BEST OF" 15~SONG COLLECTION ENTITLED "A LOVELY SIGHT: IT TAKES A LEISURELY, TRIPPED OUT STROLL THROUGH INVENTIVE, HAUNTING SOUNDSCAPES OF PSYCHEDELIC POP PLAYFULLNESS, CREPUSCLAR GARAGE PUNK AND A HANDFUL OF BEWITCHING BLUESY, PSYCH~FOLK NUMBERS~THE LATER MINACINGLY BREATHED INTO LIFE BY A 17~YEAR OLD SINGER CALLED LINDA BRUNER WHO'D INITIALLY GONE TO KREIN FOR GUITAR LESSONS. BY THE TIME BRUNER HAD JOINED THE BAND IN 1969 HOWEVER, PISCES WAS DOWN TO ONLY TWO MEMBERS~GUITARIST JIM KREIN AND KEYBOARD PLAYER PAUL DIVENTI. AND LIKE THE BEATLES BEFORE THEM, ONLY ON A FAR SMALLER BUDGET (WHICH THEY SUPPLEMENTED BY RECORDING LOCAL ACTS AND JINGLES), THEY HAD RETREATED INTO THEIR STUDIO AND GIVEN UP PLAYING LIVE. NEVER THE LESS, IT APPEARS THAT, KREIN AND DIVENTI'S IMAGINATION BURNT BRIGHTER THAN THE DEVIL'S OWN LAVA LAMP, OPENER "DEAR ONE" CAST AS A TAMBOURINE WIELDING SPELL, AS BRUNER ENCHANTS WITH A TALE OF SPECTRAL LOVE. SONG NUMBER TWO, "CHILDREN KISS YOUR MOTHER GOODNIGHT," IS A SLOW BURNER TO THE DARK SIDE WHERE A KEYBOARD~INDUCED LULLABY TURNS DOWN RIGHT CREEPY, WITH THE BROODING DENOUNCEMENT: "YOUR MOTHER IS LEAVING ON THE MIDNIGHT FLIGHT CHILDREN YOUR MOTHER'S GOING TO DIE TONIGHT." THE DREAMY FOLK ROCKER "SAY GOODBYE TO JOHN" SEES THE PROTAGONIST MARCH OFF TO HIS DEATH. EVEN THE STANDOUT TRACK SUNG BY BRUNER, "SAM," A PLEADING TALE OF UNREQUITED LOVE, IS FULL OF MENACE AS HER VOICE STRAINS TO BE HEARD OVER BALEFUL THROBBING BASS AND OSCILLATING PYCH~ORGAN. THERE IS THE ODD TUNE, HOWEVER, WHEN PISCES MUSICAL EXPERIMENTALISM GETS THE BETTER OF THEM, SUCH AS THE "REVOLUTION NO 9' INSPIRED SHENANIGANS OF "MARY" AND THE EARLY PROG~LIKE SPOKEN WORD SELF INDULGENCE OF "GENESIS II." BUT AS THE CLICH'E GOES, YOU CAN'T MAKE AN OMELETTE THIS TASTING WITHOUT BREAKING A FEW EGGS. OTHERWISE, HOW ON EARTH WOULD THEY HAVE COME UP WITH A WONDERFUL POP SONG LIKE "MOTLEY MARY ANN," WHICH SOUNDS AS IF THE HOLLIES ARE BEING BACKED BY A JAMICAN SOUND SYSTEM WITH BASS RACHETED TO 10. THIS RELEASE OF "A LOVELY SIGHT" BY "PISCES" MEANS ONE LESS LOST CLASSIC IS WAITING TO BE UNEARTHED. HOMESPUN ILLINOIS PSYCH WITH PLENTY OF BITE. HAILING FROM THE "GHOST TOWN" OF ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS, PISCES WERE A DECIDEDLY UNNERVING COMBO. DRAWING AS MUCH FROM THIS SIDE OF THE ATLANTIC AS FROM THEIR OWN WEST COAST, THEY PEDDLED A FAIRLY UNIQUE ACID~FOLK MIX THAT REMAINS BEGUILING AND SPECIAL. THE OPENER KICKS OFF THE WITH THE FUZZ GUITAR AND DRUMS, BUILDING A TRIBAL BEAT FOR THE GHOSTLY VOCALS OF LINDA BRUNER (THINK THIRD EAR BAND FRONTED BY HOPE SANDOVAL). IT'S UNSETTLING AND ARRESTING STUFF. ELSEWHERE, TRACKS LAID DOWN AT THE TIME GLISTEN WITH AN INTENSITY AND DEPTH FEW OF THE JOLLY WEST COAST LOT MANAGED~PERHAPS IT JUST RAINS MORE IN ILLINOIS. "CHILDREN KISS YOUR MOTHER GOODNIGHT." IS, AGAIN, DISCONCERTING, BUT THE HIGHLIGHT, "MOTLEY MARY ANN" SHOWS THEY HAD STYLE TO INFUSE THE DARK STUFF. HERE IMAGINING WHAT A "PISCES" ALBUM MIGHT HAVE SOUNDED LIKE BY COLLATING MOST OF THEIR RECORDED WORK, NUMERO HAVE HERE TRIUMPHED IN UNEARTHING SOME SERIOUS GOOD PSYCH THAT WILL TURN A LOT OF PEOPLE ON. A SPARELY FURNISHED, STRAIGHT UP BEAUTIFUL SET OF TUNES BY LINDA BRUNER~PREVIOUSLY (AND THANKFULLY) DOCUMENTED BY NUMERO FOR HER WORK WITH THE PSYCH~TINGED "PISCES" HERE WITH A HALF DOZEN SONGS RECORDED IN THE BACK ROOM OF NIELSEN'S MUSIC STORE IN ROCKFORD ILLINOIS: SONGS FOR A FRIEND IS CONCISED, AND PERHAPS ALL THE MORE EFFECTIVE FOR THAT, HEAVY AND STARK IN MOOD, AS FORTHNIGHT, HONEST AND EVOCATIVE LINDA IS ACCOMPANIED BY "PISCES" GUITARIST JIM KREIN ON SOME RAW AND UNREHEARSED COVERS WITH ONE LONE, EMOTIONAL ORIGINAL. TITLES INCLUDE "SONG LINDA WROTE HERSELF," "WICHITA LINEMAN," "THORN TREE IN THE GARDEN," "GEORGIA ON MY MIND," "DON'T LET ME DOWN," "RAINY NIGHT IN GEORGIA." (A SIX SONG MINI LP WITH AN ETCHED ART B:SIDE).

Record Label:

NUMERO RECORDS

Label Type:

Independent

Band Members:

LINDA BRUNER~VOCALS~JIM KREIN~VOCALS~GUITAR~PAUL DIVENTI~VOCALS~KEYBOARDS~CAL VAN LANINGHAM~DRUMS~RED BALDERAMA~BASS~AL JOHNSON~LEAD GUITAR~BOB~FISH~FISHER~BASS

Influences:

N/A

Hometown:

ROCKFORD IL

Country:

Canada

Occupation:

DEAD ROCK STAR~SECURITY GUARD~RECORDING ENGINEER

Companies:

NASH SECURITY

Schools:

COLUMBIA ACADEMY~UNIVERSITY OF HONKY TONKS

Interests:

WEBSITES~PISCESROCKBANDFANCLUB~PISCESROCKBANDFANSITE

Movies:

THE LAST RIDE~TWO MULES FOR SISTER SARA~THE AFRICAN QUEEN~THE ENTITY

Music:

HANK WILLIAMS SR

Books:

GONE WITH THE WIND~LOVESICK BLUES THE LIFE OF HANK WILLIAMS~'SCUSE ME WHILE I KISS THE SKY 50 MOMENTS THAT CHANGED MUSIC

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