DEAD BOYS Sonic Reducer 7" SIRE 1977 US orig+promo SRE 1004 STIV BATORS-G. RAVAN
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DEAD BOYS
The Dead Boys were one of the first punk bands to escalate the level of violence, nihilism, and pure ugliness of punk rock to extreme new levels. Although considered part of New York's mid-'70s CBGB's scene, all of its bandmembers originally hailed from Cleveland, OH. The group's roots lay in the early-'70s Cleveland cult band Rocket from the Tombs, which included future Dead Boys Cheetah Chrome on guitar, and Johnny Blitz on drums, along with future Pere Ubu members David Thomas and Peter Laughner. The group's sound was a bit too comparable to art rock for Chrome and Blitz's tastes (whose influences included the Stooges, Alice Cooper, and the New York Dolls), and by 1975, Rocket from the Tombs had split up. Chrome and Blitz decided to enlist local singer Stiv Bators, second guitarist Jimmy Zero, and bassist Jeff Magnum, and formed a new group more akin to their musical tastes and dubbed Frankenstein. But the group only managed a handful of local shows before fading away. Noticing that there was an underground punk scene flourishing in New York City's Bowery, the group befriended one of the leading bands from that scene, the Ramones, who had come to Cleveland on a tour stop. At the insistence of Bators, Ramones frontman Joey Ramone helped arrange a tryout for the group at CBGB's, as the whole former Frankenstein band (sans Magnum), made the trek to New York. Not only did the group land a spot at CBGB's, they enlisted the club's owner (Hilly Kristal) as their manager, and signed a recording contract with Sire shortly thereafter. Changing their name to the Dead Boys (from a line in their song "Down in Flames"), the band caused an immediate splash in their newly adopted hometown, due to Bators' Iggy Pop-esque, audience-bating antics, and the group's vicious three-chord punk rock
"SONIC REDUCER"tracklist
Side A: SONIC REDUCER (Stereo version)
Side B: SONIC REDUCER (Mono version)1977 7" SIRE RECORDS SRE 1004 STEREOMONO
PRINTED IN U.S.A. ORIGINAL PRESSING
PROMOTIONAL COPY
SINGLE COVER
NOTES: Issued in same picture sleeve as standard 7" release (with the track "Down In Flames").
Promotion - Not For Sale
Stereo one side, Mono reverse side.
Barcode and Other Identifiers
Barcode: none
LABEL: SIRE - YELLOW LABEL w/BLUE LOGO - BLACK TEXT
Catalog on cover: SRE 1004
Catalog on labels: SRE 1004 (VNY 1353)S / SRE 1004 (VNY 1353)
Matrix / Runout (Side A, Etched): SRE-1004-VNY-1353-S LW1' (Stamped): ? STERLING
Matrix / Runout (Side B, Etched): SRE-1004-VNY-1353-DJ-LW1' (Stamped): ? STERLING
On labels: rim text reads "Sire Records, Inc. Marketed by Warner Bros. Records Inc. Made in U.S.A."
PROMOTION NOT FOR SALE
Produced by Genya Ravan A C.B.G.B. Production
From the Sire Records Album SR 6038 Young Loud and Snotty
? 1977 Sire Records, Inc.
On Back Cover: Special thanks to Dave Vanian
?©1977 Sire Records, Inc./Made in U.S.A.
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