Killer Kane Band ?Mr. Cool Pre W.A.S.P. 3 Track EP Original 1st pressing
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Killer Kane Band ?Mr. Cool is the brief 1976 collaboration of New York Doll Arthur ‘Killer’ Kane & Blackie Lawless of W.A.S.P.
A Mr. Cool
B1 Longhaired Woman
B2 Don't Need You
The Killer Kane Band recorded one, three-track EP back in 1976. I’ve posted all three songs from the EP, “Longhaired Woman,” Mr. Cool” (which Lawless would go on to re-record with his band Circus Circus and W.A.S.P. under the title “Cries in the Night”), and “Don’t Need You”
Killer Kane is, of course, the former bassist for the New York Dolls. The band is a short-lived venture out together by Kane and his buddy, a pre-W.A.S.P. Blackie (Goozeman) Lawless, and this is a repress of their single, originally released by Whiplash Records in 1976. The A-side, “Mr. Cool,” sounds like something straight out of Alice Cooper’s oeuvre, the influence of “I’m Eighteen” just dropping off it. The two tracks on the flip, “Longhaired Woman,” and “Don’t Need You,” are a bit more uptempo with a more Dollsy swagger.
I’m not telling you anything you probably don’t already know when I say that the divorce of glam punks heroes, the New York Dolls was a messy one. In 1975 members of the Dolls were completely fucked up on drugs—bassist Arthur “Killer” Kane (R.I.P.) was often too inebriated to even join the band on stage—and constantly fought with each other behind the scenes. After a five-date tour of New York’s outer boroughs, the Dolls parted ways.
During all this glittery chaos, and while on tour in Florida, Johnny Thunders and drummer Jerry Nolan abruptly left the band. Thunders was replaced by future heavy-metal codpiece enthusiast, Blackie Lawless, the soon-to-be vocalist for W.A.S.P. Which leads me to the topic of this post—the time that Arthur Kane made some sweet mid-70s rawk and roll with Blackie Lawless who was then known as “Blackie Goozeman” in the Killer Kane Band.
Credits
Bass, Vocals – Arthur Kane
Drums – Jimi Image
Guitar, Lead Vocals – Blackie Goozeman
Lead Guitar, Vocals – Andy Jay (2)
Original 1976 US 1st Pressing
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