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You always got something to lose

from Not meant for this world by ASTEROID B612

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    NOT MEANT FOR THIS WORLD - THE AU-GO-GO YEARS 1994-96 - Asteroid B612 (Off the Hip)
    So the main game for established fans is the bonus track collection, right? Ten of 'em, ranging from alternative versions of album cuts "Destination Blues" and "Farewell To The Cosmic Commander" to eight raw and steaming pre-production demos. Plus there's the impossible-to-find "Teen Sublimation Riffs" EP, which might be their greatest studio moment outside of the "Reading Between The Lines" LP.

    Of course "Not Meant" in its original incarnation suffered from a lack of balls in the bottom end, so Ernie O's re-mastering job just adds to the attraction of this 2CD package. That alone makes this re-issue all the more desirable if you already own a copy. That it's also an education in Rock Action ballistics is reason enough to buy it if you don't.

    Sydney was their stamping ground but Asteroid B612 spent a lot of time in Melbourne where some healthy cross-pollination with the likes of Hoss, Powder Monkeys and Bored! was a win-win on all sides. The fact that 'Roids grew out of a declining hometown scene where the array of short-lived Radio Birdman clones made it an imperative to sound different was a plus. So you'll hear elements of the so-called Detroit sound as well as Chuck Berry, Cream and the Flamin' Groovies.

    The opening three-punch of the Stoogey "Destination Blues", turbocharged title track and pop-ish "True Romance" are as good an opening salvo as you could expect and the rest of "Not Meant For This World" has aged very well.

    Asteroids were always all about the songs - which only became better as the band went on. You can hear a selection of their best on this re-issue. By now the band had two albums under their belts and Stewart Cunningham had joined John Spittles on guitar to form one of the most formidable pairings around. There's a nice balance between their work with one guitar alternatively ringing out with fatter tones while its counterpart goes for the throat. Brute Force and Insolence, to paraphrase a predecessor band.

    On the other side of the ledger, I always though Grant McIver's vocals came across better in the live context than on tape, seeming a bit thin when not accompanied by his glowering stage presence, but I've warmed to them down the years. The pre-album demo's have him buried in the mix but they were always only intended for exposure to select ears. What you do hear - loud and clear - is the Spittles-Cunningham attack and some re-working of mostly familiar songs that made it to the album. "Untitled" (an instro), "Not Meant For This World" and a steely "Thanks For Nuthin'" are particularly effective.

    "Teen Sublimation Riffs" was the EP that came out as a taster and showed off a superior mix of "Straight Back To You" that should have been a break-out hit all over the country. The liner notes by Richie Ramone (Au-Go-Go staffer who went on to be mine host at Melbourne's iconic Tote Hotel) relate that the disc was moving 10-15 copies per hour in the label's store when it first came out, and but for an anomaly in the chart-counting process it would have been a hit.

    The EP title track has a riff that's hammered so hard it should have needed panel-beating when it was over, and the cover of Alice's "Is It My Body?" is simply up their with the best adoption of another band's tunes that I can recall. The bluesy "Undertow (Second Time Around)" actually will sweep you away.

    A national tour with the Hoodoo Gurus that exposed them to a wider local audience and an ultimately ill-fated trip to the US put the lid on this line-up. That the Asteroids didn't achieve global fame, if not fortune, is a long story that doesn't bear telling but essentially boils down to soured relations with their then-label Au-Go-Go and an overseas licensing deal not going ahead. More's the pity because this package reinforces their lost promise.
    - The Barman

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  • ASTEROID B612 - Not meant for this world - Limited edition 12¨ re-issue on Bang! Records
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    Asteroid B612´s Not meant for this world album was originally released by Augogo Records on LP and CD in 1997 and has been LONG out of print, the good folk at Bang! Records Spain asked to re-issue it on LP only in 2019 and it is now out of print!!! We have only 6 copies available here at JC´s Bandcamp, get em while you can as we dont see this being available ever again?

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    Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality downloads of Eight Miles High, Get some today! For a better tomorrow, The greenback blues, 5x7 the days of wine and cola, Love over fear, Johnny Casino y Xabi Garre con Biscuit, Another girl, Singles Collection - Volume 1, and 35 more. , and , .

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lyrics

You always got something to lose (John A Spittles / G.McIver/S.Cunningham)

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from Not meant for this world, released September 1, 1996
Johnny Casino - Guitar
Stewart Cunningham - Guitar
Ben Fox - Drums
Scott Nash - Bass
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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