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The Greenback blues

by ASTEROID B612

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1.
Introduction 00:32
Introduction by Pat Duncan and Thee Cosmic Commander
2.
YOU´VE ALWAYS GOT SOMETHING TO LOSE (J.Spittles/G.McIver/S.Cunningham)
3.
NOT MEANT FOR THIS WORLD (S.Cunningham)
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EDGE A LITTLE CLOSER (S.Cunningham)
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CAN I TOUCH IT? (J.Spittles / G.McIver)
6.
All this and more is originally performed by The Dead Boys
7.
STRAIGHT BACK TO YOU (J.Spittles/G.McIver/S.Cunningham)
8.
True Romance 04:30
TRUE ROMANCE (S.Cunningham)
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I´VE HAD YOU (J.Spittles/G.McIver)
10.
Down on the street was originally performed by The Stooges
11.
DANNY´S SISTER (J.Spittles/G.McIver)

about

Recorded Live at Radio WFMU New Jersey USA , 21st November 1996

If this was a band tearing itself apart it’s not apparent from the performance, put to tape for a broadcast for New Jersey radio station WFMU towards the tail end of the tour. (The liner notes laughably tag the gig as “a disaster”, no less. So why’s the band releasing it?) This is pure, killer rock and roll with a few of the 11 cuts achieving more grunt than their paler album versions.

“Straight Back to You” sounds like the Oz radio hit it should have been, the peerless engine room of Scotty Nash and Ben Fox elicit both rock and roll, while the guitarists trade some stinging licks. Their tone is magic and they wreak a storm of pealing leads in “Can I Touch It?” that sound more like a forerunner to an air attack by F-18As than a band imploding. Bullett is typically gritty in the vocals department, albeit restrained in the between-song patter, which makes the tension evident. Elements of the band might have wanted to kill each other but that anger was obviously an energy when the count-in began. Covers of the Dead Boys’ “All This and More” and the Stooges’ “Down on the Street” sit well with the originals (the latter with some improvisational ivories-tickling by someone, presumably John Spittles).

Live was (and still is) the best place to experience Asteroid B612. (And I wish I’d caught more of the various line-ups over the years). So here’s a tip: The current four-piece plays only sporadically, but a better night of soulful, no bullshit, genuine guitar rock you won’t experience in Sydney).

The only sadder thing than the liner notes is the fact that that this band didn’t break worldwide. Global domination looks even less likely these days, but I hope they at least have another album in ‘em. C’est la vie. Buy this one for the music. – The Barman

credits

released May 1, 2003

Johnny Casino - Guitar
Stewart Cunningham - Guitar
Benny Fox - Drums
Scotty Nash - Bass Guitar
Grant McIver - Vocals

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JOHNNY CASINO Spain

Classy, rocking and cinematic, with sweeping vision, individualism , big, bold and brassy sounds occasionally bitter and always engaging. I-94 BAR

Johnny Casino should be playing upper-middle-class booze orgies to loosen up and wreck soon to be career women. VILLAGE VOICE New York City

Johnny Casino, anywhere, anytime.This man has one musical fault – he’s too fucking good !BEAT MAGAZINE
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