John Wilkes Booze

"Whiskey and Pills" b/w "Marc Bolan Makes Me Want to Fuck"
FV15 7"

John Wilkes Booze come from the very Indiana soil that birthed, in the mid-1970s and early 80s, The Gizmos, MX-80 Sound and others. Through savage showmanship and a damaged, conceptual, and artful view of rock n roll these six create a sound not far from the orbits of garages or El Saturn. Recorded 100% live, direct to two-inch tape by Paul Mahern, singer of the legendary Zero Boys. Edition of 600, hand-numbered.

"In the same rauccous, fucked-up-and-bored vein as '70s Hoosier punks such as the Gizmos and Panics, the a-side (whose titles says it all) is a nonstope gallop of low-rent R&B organ, fuzz guitar and hopped up fratboy vocals. On the flip, the slide-guitar blues of 'Marc Bolan Makes Me Want to Fuck' (me, too) disturbingly invokes the phrase 'children of the revolution' with such lip-smacking glee you can't help but ponder how many pederarasts are to be found in the JWB lineup." -- Fred Mills, Magnet

Released April 2, 2002

Out of Print