Saturday, March 26, 2022

the drums the drums the drums the drums


 

via Bob Stanley, who quotes Ian McCann description of it as "a dub record in rock"


As someone notes on the twitterthread, this is actually the original that gets "dubbed"



The  Scrap Iron Rhythm Revue is like some bubblegum anticipation of Neubauten

Stripping down to just drums, or nearly just drums, was a hallmark of the era - rock singles targeted at the disco floor 



And often framed with a kind of primality











That was G.Glitter's pitch wasn't it - the furry chest, the grunts, the caveman whoops 



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