
Here's an ultra rare one. Limited Pressing of 1000 with hand silk screened covers.
Here's what All Music Guide Review says:
With a name like Reverb Motherfuckers (often shortened to RMF), New York's self-proclaimed scum rockers were clearly hoping to attract a little attention -- even negative attention (as with the Butthole Surfers before them) -- to their sample-heavy noise rock. And that they did -- both attract and repel -- with their debut, Route 666, with its silk-screened Day-Glo cover (a psychedelic portrait of a motorcycle speeding past a twisty N.Y.C. skyline). Only a few years later, however, Wild Man, 4Skins, and Bubble -- the nicknames listed on the cover for Roy Edroso, Ray Sage, and John Terhorst -- would be forgotten. Meanwhile, at least one of their brothers in noise, Jon Spencer (Pussy Galore, JSBE), only became better-known once the '90s hit (partly by moving away from his noise rock origins). Although fairly headache-inducing when taken as a whole, Route 666 is, if nothing else, a pretty adventurous release. Rather than just another mound of indistinguishable sludge, each song has something different going on: bizarre lyrics, treated vocals, subversive humor, a diverse array of samples, and so on. Pretty much everything appears to be fair game, which means that some tracks are just silly, others downright irritating -- kind of like a cross between Frank Zappa and Killdozer (and it makes sense that the Honeymoon Killers' Jerry Teel gets a name check, as there's some crossover with that grungy garage unit as well). The best song is the Funhouse-influenced "Dr. Bloodmoney," whereas the opposite end of the spectrum includes "Joe of Arc," which sounds more like a reject from The Rocky Horror Picture Show (see, there really is something for everyone here). "Suspicious Minds" is a throwaway cover of the schmaltzy Elvis hit and "Peace Man" (an original composition) was recorded live at CBGB. ~ Kathleen C. Fennessy, All Music Guide
Track Listing
# 1 Highway to Hojos
# 2 Joan Collins Always
# 3 Thrillseekers
# 4 Backwards
# 5 Who Got the Crack
# 6 Action Boys
# 7 Want Girl
# 8 Dr. Bloodmoney
# 9 Parents
# 10 Peaceman
# 11 Joe of Arc
# 12 Parmesan
# 13 Suspicious Minds
# 14 Cocktail Time
# 15 Harmonic Convergence
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4 comments:
thanks for this. i've really been looking for 12 Swinging Signs of the Zodiac but can't find it anywhere on the internet, not to mention blogs. you have it?
i've recently purchased 12 swinging signs of the zodiac for 50 cents at a flea market. as soon as i can get it on to mp3s i will upload it. i had no idea to expect with a band called reverb motherfuckers but i must say i was pleasantly surprised.
Hooray!
Holy Shit! Haven't heard this in 20 years. Makes for all sorts of feelings. New york ain't what it used to be.
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