Death - You're a Prisoner
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Uploaded by 1Didirock on Mar 20, 2009
1975 Death
For the Whole World to See
Dannis Hackney
Bobby Hackney
David Hackney
"They released a single, recorded and shelved an album, and then moved to Vermont with their family. They morphed into a reggae band. Time passed. The EP slowly acquired a cult record-collector following. Tapes were unearthed, and here we are.
Deaths music falls somewhere between 70s hard rock and the more stripped-down, straightforward garage rock one might deem proto-punk. Obviously influenced by Cream and the Jimi Hendrix Experience, most of their songs span multiple parts and time signatures. Let the World Turn even features a drum solo. With the exception of that song, a reverby slow-jam, the album stays uptempo. Its replete with wonderful, memorable moments, like Freakin Out, which mixes a classic-sounding garage riff with an unexpected chorus that sharply repeats the title phrase over a snare beat. Rock-N-Roll Victim avoids hard-rock cliché by augmenting the drums with handclaps.
Theres not a bad song in the bunch, but the songs from Deaths only official release are the clear highlights on For the Whole World to See. Keep On Knocking is a simple, catchy rock song that gets all the elements right, particularly Bobby Hackneys urgent vocals and Davids spot-on guitar solo. Politicians In My Eyes, the EPs A-side, is masterful. Form meets content as Bobby alternately spits out and wails lyrics decrying hypocritical politicians. Davids guitars and Dannis drums, similarly, sound angry, accusatory. Fiercely energetic, it sounds so rooted in such a particular time and place that it has a kind of canonical familiarity, like something thats been played on the radio for years."
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34 years without seeing the light????
IT'S A CRIME!!!
2 years ago 19
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They did not last because they were screwed over by Clive Davis, when he wanted the band to change their names from Death to something else, just so that Clive Davis could make more money off of them and for his own evil purposes. Death was screwed over by Clive Davis, that is why they did not last long in the music scene, and it is a shame.
2 years ago 17
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@NoYouDummy Dont beat yourself up. I only found about them yesterday and Im from Detroit. lol
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PLAY THIS ON FULL BLAST
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ZERO dislikes....exactly how it should be. how could anyone not like this? another gem.
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this is fucking amazing.
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This song is SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO BADASS!! -
I cant believe I didnt find out about these guys till a week ago! They sound like Bad Brains fathers.
9 months ago 4
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Damn, I'm bummed these guys didn't go big. There music was sick! Apparently their "...For The Whole World To See." album never get finished, only half did. Can anyone confirm that?
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Amazing shit!
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:O death (the death metal one) stole the name?!?!
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Has anyone got more info on this great band? Thank´s
son6ics 2 years ago 2
see infos
1Didirock 2 years ago