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01. Electric Funeral - People
02. Electric Funeral - War Funeral Song
03. Electric Funeral - Black Pages
04. Electric Funeral - Rock Ba Rock
05. Electric Funeral - To Be One
06. Electric Funeral - We're Gonna Change The World
07. Electric Funeral - Fly Away
08. Electric Funeral - My Destiny
09. Electric Funeral - I Don't Know
10. Electric Funeral - You Can Help
11. Electric Funeral - To Be One (Alternate Version)
ARTIST
TITLE
The Wild Performance
FORMAT
CD

LABEL
CATALOG #
SOMM 042CD SOMM 042CD
GENRE
RELEASE DATE
5/24/2019

Ear-splitting hard-rock/proto-doom-metal from the early '70s, Electric Funeral were a pioneering Swiss hard-rock band who sadly never registered any studio recordings at the time. Formed in the late '60s by Edi Hirt (drums), Pierrot Wermeille (bass), Alain Christinaz (guitar), and Dominique Bourquin (vocals), they were influenced by bands like Deep Purple, Black Sabbath, and Led Zeppelin. Famous for their loud (they played behind giant stacks of Marshall amps) and powerful shows, their sound was too heavy-sounding for a regular label to offer them a contract. The Wild Performance is made of private live and rehearsal tapes recorded in 1970 -- very raw and lo-fi -- but it's the only testimony of their brutal sound. First released in 1991 as a limited LP, this is an expanded edition with newly remastered sound and four killer bonus tracks, taken from reels and tapes recently found in the band's archives. These tracks were also recorded in 1970 except for "My Destiny", which dates to 1973. The sound is still lo-fi but slightly better than the original tracks, especially on the killer "You Can Help" (proto-punk á la Electric Eels), "My Destiny" and the alternate version of "You Can Help". RIYL: Black Sabbath, Iron Claw, Edgar Broughton Band, Moses, Sainte Anthony's Fyre. Includes insert with rare photos and liner and notes by Klemen Breznikar (It's Psychedelic Baby).