Finders Keepers Records/B-Music will release Man Chest Hair, a collection of unissued studio demos and rare tracks of hard rock, hairy funk, heavy prog from the toughest unknown rock groups of greater Manchester, England, on November 20. The compilation has been lovingly compiled by Finders Keepers audio excavationists Andy Votel and Doug Shipton and features fascinating in-depth liner notes from Votel about the oft overlooked 1970s Manchester rock underground.
Featuring bands with names like Urbane Gorilla, J.C. Heavy, Stack Waddy, Socrates, Slipped Disc, Plasma, Savory Duck and Spider Jive, Man Chest Hair liberates 18 heroic outbursts of rare and unreleased Northern testosterone from Mancunian pops awkward coming of age purple period. The hairy funk and hard rock foundations of Manc punk and metal laid down by the self-sufficient post-beat unsignables.
Man Chest Hair documents the missing stink between The Hollies, The Hermits, Hamburg, Hannett and Hotlegs with a heavy emphasis on dirty drums and filthy fuzz from beneath the black rainclouds of Greater Manchester. Ahead of their time, under the radar and over the heads of the trembling music industry these glorious live action trailblazers crank the ignition of the eclectic Mancunian metal machine, engines blazing between 10cc and full throttle Motorheads.
This is the sound of do or die DIY from beneath the rainy city sky documenting the trouble behind the stubble, the aftershave sting that followed and the good humoured bromantic chippy dinners that united Madchester before it was clinically diagnosed. Man Chest Hair boasts the seldom recorded, unshaven sounds of the Mancunian "independent" industry from the future capital of "indie" music. Cruising via prog, psych, funk, glam and hard rock with no toilet breaks or refuels along the way.
Man Chest Hair
(Finders Keepers Records/ B-Music)
Street Date: November 20, 2012
Formats: CD/ LP/ Digital
Track List:
1. Oscar - Good Lovin' Woman
2. Urbane Gorilla - Ten Days Gone
3. Stack Waddy - Hunt The Stag
4. Greasy Bear - Windy Day
5. J.C. Heavy - Is This Really Me?
6. Socrates - Johnny
7. Plasma - Seven Stars
8. Slipped Disc - Come On In
9. Savory Duck - Dragonflight
10. The Way We Live - King Dick II
11. Spider Jive - Crocadilla
12. Sweet Chariot - Wildside
13. Samsun - Bringing It All Back Home
14. So On & So Forth - Sweet Wine
15. Grisby Dyke - Nebula
16. Young & Renshaw - Can't Get Enough Of Your Love
17. Plasma - Hazel Time (CD Only)
18. Chris Statham - Getaway
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