METAL URBAIN - Paris Maquis FIRST ROUGH TRADE RELEASE
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METAL URBAIN
Paris Maquis/Cle De Contact
Rough Trade Records : RT 001
Here is an EXCELLENT copy of Metal Urbain's second single release, and the first release on the Rough Trade Records label dating from 1977.
They were heavily influenced by The Clash and The Sex Pistols on one hand, and on the other by an electro approach related to "Metal Machine Music" by Lou Reed. They relied on heavily distorted guitars and replaced the traditional rock rhythm section of bass guitar/drums with a synthesizer and drum machine, a then-unique approach that foreshadowed the experimental possibilities that were explored by later post-punk bands such as Big Black. They were also known for their radical image (the color scheme of albums always being a stark black, white and red), and subversive lyrics sung in French.
They were met with much enthusiasm in England, particularly by John Peel and the Rough Trade label. (Métal Urbain's single "Paris Maquis" was Rough Trade's first release.) They had an enthusiastic but small audience in France, receiving little exposure. The punk rock scene was not as popular in France as it was in the UK, and they did not interest the French media as English bands like the Sex Pistols did. As a result, the band broke up by 1979, though members scattered to form such groups as Metal Boys, Doctor Mix and the Remix, and Desperados, as well as joining Ashpalt Jungle.
Métal Urbain had focused their efforts on singles, and only produced one album, Les hommes morts sont dangereux, during their first period of activity . However, several compilation records were released, gathering their singles with additional material such as BBC sessions and live recordings.
Their electro approach was very innovative for its time, and the group are a reference point for such groups as The Jesus and Mary Chain, Bérurier Noir, and the producer Steve Albini.
The band reunited in 2003 to tour in USA, and had since toured consistently in France and the rest of Europe. Metal Urbain recorded in 2006 their first studio album J'irai chier dans ton vomi produced by Jello Biafra in San Francisco, a follow up mini-album Crève Salope was issued in 2008.
The record is in EXCELLENT condition and plays well, with surface noise and the odd light click, as you would expect. The picture sleeve is also in EXCELLENT condition, with minor creasing and ringwear.
All records are well packaged in quality mailers and sent recorded delivery in the UK and with adequate compensation, depending on selling price, if sent abroad.
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