Ash - Old Guy (Shed Demo Tape 1992)

Ash Old Guy (Shed Demo Tape 1992)

Information About This Demo:
- Shed was recorded in September 1992 at Cosmic Ray's 8-Track Studio. However, the studio only had 7-tracks because the 8th track was broken.
- The cover was designed and drawn my Mark Hamilton (the bassist) and features a picture of a tool shed on it and a guy peering through a window.
- This demo tape included the first song, "Jack Names The Planets," which was to become a single nearly two years later. It is a very early version of the song.
- This demo tape really exposes Ash's early dark punk-grunge style with songs such as "Old Guy (Age Concern)," "Cruelty Street Contest," "Little Duck," "Chorus Pedal," and "Get Out." Ash eventually strayed from this style of music by the time their second and most popular album, 1977, was released in 1996. Really, the only songs ever heard of again that were from this genre were "Get Out" which appeared on Trailer and "Cruelty Street Contest" which appeared on Ash's final compilation demo tape, Pipe Smokin' Brick.
- This demo tape included several songs that would later be released as b-sides and the first recording of "Intense Thing," which later appeared on Trailer, Ash's first album. "Different Today" would later appear on the U.S. version of Trailer. "Things" later became a b-side to the "Petrol" single, Ash's second single.
- "Waterfall" is unique in the fact that it was recorded again MUCH later as a b-side to the "Candy" single in 2001.
- "Goodbye Tractor" was Ash's first completely instrumental song.

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Music

Tags:

• Ash
• Old
• Guy
• Shed
• Demo
• Tape
• 1992
• Alternative
• Indie
• Rock