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DAMGOOD 602CD
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"Reissue of classic album originally released by Sub Pop records in 1990! Now with new artwork and extra two tracks ('Girl From '62' was originally released as the A-side of a single on Regal Select Records, while 'Troubled Times' was the B-side of a single on Dog Meat Records).
'What's the story behind the album title? 'Heavens to Murgatroyd, even!' is a term of surprise by Snagglepuss, a bright pink lion, who starred in his very own Hanna-Barbera cartoon. The term was famously employed by The Downliners Sect on the intro to their top tune 'Leader of The Sect.' This album originally came out on Sub Pop Records in 1990. The label was known for US grunge at the time, how come they ended up working with a Medway garage and racket group? We prefer the term 'Maximum Drums and Racket.' It all came about because a young Steve Turner, of Mudhoney fame, when a young lad visiting England with his father, happened across Thee Mighty Caesars playing at The Cricketers Public House at the Oval. Fast forward five years and he is telling the Seattle grunge mob all about how great we are. We were then invited to play with Mudhoney on their first Sub Pop jaunt in the UK. Bruce Pavitt, the Sub Pop visionary, saw our mass appeal and asked if we'd knock out an LP for Sub Pop. He also asked me to sign a contract. I replied -- 'What's a contract, can you eat it?' By this good chance we still owned the LP.' ? Q&A with Billy Childish (September, 2023)"
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DAMGOOD 602LP
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"Reissue of classic album originally released by Sub Pop records in 1990! Now with new artwork and extra two tracks ('Girl From '62' was originally released as the A-side of a single on Regal Select Records, while 'Troubled Times' was the B-side of a single on Dog Meat Records).
'What's the story behind the album title? 'Heavens to Murgatroyd, even!' is a term of surprise by Snagglepuss, a bright pink lion, who starred in his very own Hanna-Barbera cartoon. The term was famously employed by The Downliners Sect on the intro to their top tune 'Leader of The Sect.' This album originally came out on Sub Pop Records in 1990. The label was known for US grunge at the time, how come they ended up working with a Medway garage and racket group? We prefer the term 'Maximum Drums and Racket.' It all came about because a young Steve Turner, of Mudhoney fame, when a young lad visiting England with his father, happened across Thee Mighty Caesars playing at The Cricketers Public House at the Oval. Fast forward five years and he is telling the Seattle grunge mob all about how great we are. We were then invited to play with Mudhoney on their first Sub Pop jaunt in the UK. Bruce Pavitt, the Sub Pop visionary, saw our mass appeal and asked if we'd knock out an LP for Sub Pop. He also asked me to sign a contract. I replied -- 'What's a contract, can you eat it?' By this good chance we still owned the LP.' --Q&A with Billy Childish (September, 2023)"
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DAMGOOD 587CD
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"It's been 22 years since the last Headcoats album, but now Billy, Bruce, and Johnny return with a brand-new studio album. The undisputed kings of garage rock are back! It's been 22 years since the last Headcoats album, but now Billy, Bruce, and Johnny return with a brand-new studio album! Recorded last year at Ranscombe Studios in Rochester. Billy, Bruce, and Johnny kindly answered some pertinent questions... You got back together recently as Thee Headcoats Sect to make the 'Tribute to Don Craine' EP. What was it like working with each other again after all this time? BILLY: It was 'fab' and 'gear.' BRUCE: The weirdest thing for me was how weird it wasn't. It was like time compressed, but to the 'good old days', early on. I was wary that it 'wouldn't be like Thee Headcoats', but it was. JOHNNY: I'm with Bruce and Billy on that one. I think we were all surprised how it all just worked. If I remember correctly, we kicked off role playing like we detested each other. Then we got started and well, you can hear the result. You've also paid tribute to Don with a track on the Irregularis album -- Oh Leader We Do Dig Thee. He was, along with the other members of Downliners Sect, a big inspiration to Thee Headcoats. When did you first become aware of his music and what was he like to work with? BRUCE: We were given (or possibly lent) a reissue of the Sect's first LP around 1977, marketed as Punk From The Vaults, which certainly floated our boats and definitely popped our corks, due to the somewhat aggressive yet carefree nature of the tunes and sound in general. Ollie, our old bassist, found an ad in a trade magazine for them with a contact number for a Michael O'Donnell, which I excitedly called almost immediately. T'was none other than Don his'self and we managed to convince him into venturing down to Rochester to record some tunes with us which became the first Headcoat Sect EP. We were fairly starstruck and presented him with a brand new 'dearstalker' (or 'Headcoat', as they were now known)."
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DAMGOOD 587LP
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DAMGOOD 581CD
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"A boxed set of 4 CDs featuring four classic albums by Thee Headcoats! We present four albums by Thee Headcoats in a clamshell box set complete with booklet. With exclusive new artwork by Bruce Brand at Arthole! The four albums in the set are -- Headcoats Down! The kids are all square, this is hip! Headcoatitude W.O.A.H! Bo in Thee Garage Thee Headcoats was a band formed in Chatham, Kent, England in 1989, that was well known for its garage rock sound, explicitly sticking to this style on almost all of their albums. The band's signature sound as well as their prolific writing has been attributed to Billy Childish's love of simple, direct recording. The band has been on multiple labels including Billy's own Hangman Records, Damaged Goods and Sub Pop. Described in the New York Times as 'the king of garage rock', Thee Headcoats had their roots in the British punk scene of the 1970s (both Billy and Bruce playing in The Pop Rivets and The Milkshakes). The band recorded songs by The Clash under the pseudonym Thee Stash. The band also recorded tribute albums to Bo Diddley and Jimmy Reed. Their debut album featured new versions of songs recorded by Son House including 'John the Revelator' and 'Child's Death Letter', both of which were later covered by The White Stripes upon whom Billy and Thee Headcoats were a great influence. These influences give a good indication of the band's sound; punk mixed with pure rhythmic rock 'n' roll and blues."
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DAMGOOD 096LP
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"**Finally Out Of Moth Balls!** **Reissue Of Thee Headcoats' 1996 Classic Lp Featuring Some Of Their Finest Cuts!** Thee Headcoats were mainly Billy Childish (Git/Vox) Bruce Brand (Drums) and Johnny Johnson (bass), they formed in 1989 after Billy's previous band Thee Mighty Caesers gave up the ghost. By 1992 they had already released something like 6 albums and 15 singles. Lots more releases followed including this great LP In Tweed We Trust, originally released in 1996, the follow up to the equally great Conundrum. Thee Headcoats carried on touring and releasing records in every corner of the world until mid-2000 when they called it a day. During the '90's I must have seen them 60 times, I even went over to Japan with them in 1993. There was something really natural about them, no bullshit. We did the 'We hate The Fuckin' NME' single after NME journo Johnny Cigarettes walked out of their gig in Archway after insisting that he should get in for free as he was from the NME and then reviewing Thee Headcoatees by saying there were no girls in the band (he left before they came onstage!!)."
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DAMGOOD 140CD
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Thee Headcoats' classic The Messerschmitt Pilot's Severed Hand, recorded in March 1997 and originally released in 1998. It features a re-recording of their classic single "We Hate the Fucking NME" as well as fan-favorites "Punk Rock Ist Nicht Tot" and "Organic Footprints." Billy Childish on The Messerschmitt Pilot's Severed Hand: "We recorded this LP live, off the cuff. Most of the song lyrics I sketched out the night before and then made up the tunes on the spot. We used 2 mic's -- one for bass and drums (set up between the two) and one for voice and guitar. (both through a Selmar 15 amp). We used the old Revox G-36 1/2 track machine that we inherited off of Tony Pink, local jazz player in 1977. I've always had soft spot for this LP as it embodies my first idea of what a punk rock group would be."
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DAMGOOD 140LP
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LP version. First vinyl reissue. Thee Headcoats' classic The Messerschmitt Pilot's Severed Hand, recorded in March 1997 and originally released in 1998. It features a re-recording of their classic single "We Hate the Fucking NME" as well as fan-favorites "Punk Rock Ist Nicht Tot" and "Organic Footprints." Billy Childish on The Messerschmitt Pilot's Severed Hand: "We recorded this LP live, off the cuff. Most of the song lyrics I sketched out the night before and then made up the tunes on the spot. We used 2 mic's -- one for bass and drums (set up between the two) and one for voice and guitar. (both through a Selmar 15 amp). We used the old Revox G-36 1/2 track machine that we inherited off of Tony Pink, local jazz player in 1977. I've always had soft spot for this LP as it embodies my first idea of what a punk rock group would be."
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DAMGOOD 201CD
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Reissue of the debut album from Thee Headcoats.
Originally released on the Hangman Records label in 1988.
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DAMGOOD 449LP
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Reissue of garage rock kings Thee Headcoats' long-out-of-print 1994 classic Conundrum on white vinyl. "Ripping off the Non-Entities of Yesterday / Influencing the Stars of Tomorrow..." So it was written on the back cover of the original Conundrum release, almost a decade before The White Stripes and The Hives broke through -- how prescient they were. Thee Headcoats were mainly Billy Childish (guitar, vocals), Bruce Brand (drums), and Johnny Johnson (bass). They formed in 1989, after Billy Childish's previous band, Thee Mighty Caesars, gave up the ghost. By 1992 they had already released something like six albums and 15 singles. Conundrum was originally released on the legendary garage label Super Electro Sound Recordings (cofounded by Steve Turner of Mudhoney) in the USA, and later by Billy Childish's Hangman's Daughter label in the UK; it's been unavailable since the mid-'90s, until now. It features two of Thee Headcoats' classic singles, "Every Bit of Me" (originally a 1993 Damaged Goods 7") and "Girl from '62" (a Regal Select single from 1991). "'Every Bit of Me' alone has enough rough-voiced and snarling garage punk power to shame wannabes half the age of Childish, and that's just the first track of 14. His witty, blunt, and passionate views on life, love, and lust are as strong as ever, while the band sounds particularly great, still embracing the rough-and-ready Toerag Studio sound but cutting the musical crap and kicking out jams like nobody's business." --Ned Raggett, AllMusic
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VL 900748LP
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2010 release. "The self-proclaimed 'king of garage rock' Billy Childish acted as frontman to this band from 1989 to 2000. The most prolific of Childish's musical endeavors, the band recorded 14 albums during its lifetime. Here is what Childish himself had to say about the album: 'unsophisticated balderdash from the English gentlemen of rock n' roll Thee Headcoats and their cohorts, the majorettes from hell, Thee Headcoatees. 15 raucous tracks of unabashed ineptitude from a secret London pub gig in April 1995. This gig was wasted on the audience as most probably will this record be wasted on your good self.'" 180 gram vinyl.
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DAMGOOD 178CD
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A retrospective compilation of singles released on a multitude of different labels throughout the '90s. A fitting tribute to one of the greatest bands ever; highlights include "(We Hate The Fuckin') NME," "My Dear Watson," and "Every Bit of Me." Thee Headcoats were mainly Billy Childish (guitar, vocals), Bruce Brand (drums), and Johnny Johnson (bass). They formed in 1989 after Billy Childish's previous band, Thee Mighty Caesars, gave up the ghost. By 1992 they had already released something like six albums and 15 singles, one of which was DAMGOOD 1, a split single with Thee Headcoatees.
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DAMGOOD 178LP
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Triple LP version in triple gatefold sleeve. A retrospective compilation of singles released on a multitude of different labels throughout the '90s. A fitting tribute to one of the greatest bands ever; highlights include "(We Hate The Fuckin') NME," "My Dear Watson," and "Every Bit of Me." Thee Headcoats were mainly Billy Childish (guitar, vocals), Bruce Brand (drums), and Johnny Johnson (bass). They formed in 1989 after Billy Childish's previous band, Thee Mighty Caesars, gave up the ghost. By 1992 they had already released something like six albums and 15 singles, one of which was DAMGOOD 1, a split single with Thee Headcoatees.
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