DIE KREUZEN Century Days 88 SONIC YOUTH TEST PRESSING
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ARTIST: Die Kreuzen
Title: Century Days
Label: Touch & Go
Year: 1988
Related link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Die_Kreuzen
Die Kreuzen (prouounced Dee-Kroytzen) was a rock band from Milwaukee, Wisconsin which was formed in 1981. The name is broken German for "the crosses", [1] or "sign of the cross" and was picked up by the band from a German Bible. They began as a hardcore punk group and rapidly became a source of inspiration for a wide range of alternative rock musicians, including Soundgarden, Sonic Youth, Voivod, Drive Like Jehu, and Alice In Chains, Neurosis.
The band had originally been called The Stellas.[2] The band consisted of Dan Kubinski on vocals, Brian Egeness on guitar, Keith Brammer on bass guitar, and Erik Tunison on drums.
After contributing tracks to the Charred Remains and The Master Tape compilations, the band's debut release was the Cows and Beer EP.[3] The band's 21-song eponymous debut album was released in 1984, and included new versions of the tracks from Cows and Beer.[4] The 1986 follow-up, October File, saw the band move away from hardcore into slower, more conceptual work.[4] Third album Century Days (1988) saw the band incorporate piano and a horn section.[4]
Brammer left to join Wreck in 1989. Other members worked on side projects including Kubinski and Egeness's Cheap Trick tribute band Chick Treat.[3] In 1992, Egeness left the band and in April that year, the rest of the band decided to call it a day, although they soon afterwards formed a new band, Chainfall, along with guitarist Charles Jordan (of S.O.D.A and Nerve Twins). Dangerbird Records cofounder Jeff Castelaz, then a music journalist, DJ and concert promoter, inadvertently inspired Chainfall's logo design. The band saw their name hand-scrawled on a piece of masking tape placed on the cassette he used to tape an interview with them at Bill Stace's Walls Have Ears basement ADAT recording studio. [3] Kubinski and Tunison later played in Fuckface, while Brammer played with the Carnival Strippers. Kubinski went on to form a new band, Custom Grand.[3] Kubinski now plays in Decapitado.
The majority of their records were produced by future Nirvana and Smashing Pumpkins producer, Butch Vig. All of their records, with the exception of their first 7" on Version Sound, were released by the Chicago record label, Touch & Go Records.
In 2005, a tribute to Die Kreuzen was released, Lean Into It - A Tribute to Die Kreuzen, featuring covers of Die Kreuzen songs by Napalm Death, Mike Watt, Voivod, Season to Risk, and Vic Bondi among others.[5] The album features liner notes by Thurston Moore, who states "Man, there was a point there when Die Kreuzen were the best band in the USA".[5]
SLEEVE: n/aRECORD: Unplayed
VINYL COLOR: black
NOTES: Test pressing with Diskmakers labels on the both sides. Only signifying feature is "T+GLP#30" handwritten on the a-side (see photo). Comes in regular paper sleeve. No picture sleeve.
ORIGIN/PROVENANCE: My friend Corey Rusk, who runs Touch & Go Records (and formerly of The Necros), has been cleaning out his storage space and has realized that he really doesn't have any more room for the all doubles and triples of many of the rare records in his collection. He's busy running Touch and Go and doesn't have the time to deal with selling his extras... but they do need to go. So he asked me to help him sell them off. And of course, as a long time friend of Corey and and fan of Touch and Go Records (along with being a 10+ year eBay seller with a perfect feedback rating of 2000+), I jumped at the chance.
PAYMENT: Paypal only. Or so sez eBay.
SHIPPING: The record will be housed between two pieces of cardboard and then put inside a sturdy mailer which might possibly be recycled (in an effort to save trees). I ship records the way I like them shipped to me. Simple as that. If you live inside the US, shipping is only available by priority mail (due exclusively to less expensive service's unreliability) and tracking is provided free of charge. Outside of the US, airmail rates apply. IF YOU LIVE OUTSIDE THE US, DO NOT PAY UNTIL I SEND YOU AN INVOICE!
And yes, I'll be happy to combine shipping. It saves your money, my time and the environment!
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