― the surface noise (electricsound), Tuesday, 2 March 2004 00:40 (twenty years ago) link
― donut bitch (donut), Tuesday, 2 March 2004 00:42 (twenty years ago) link
― donut bitch (donut), Tuesday, 2 March 2004 00:43 (twenty years ago) link
― the surface noise (electricsound), Tuesday, 2 March 2004 00:46 (twenty years ago) link
― donut bitch (donut), Tuesday, 2 March 2004 00:56 (twenty years ago) link
― the music mole (colin s barrow), Tuesday, 2 March 2004 01:08 (twenty years ago) link
i was speaking about this eralier with a friend - if they hadn't had such an intimidating (to some) name, could severed heads have been as big as new order?
― stirmonster, Tuesday, 2 March 2004 01:12 (twenty years ago) link
― the music mole (colin s barrow), Tuesday, 2 March 2004 01:15 (twenty years ago) link
― Dan Selzer (Dan Selzer), Tuesday, 2 March 2004 01:25 (twenty years ago) link
anyhow, here in the uk, they were never even a blip on the radar. very sad but very indicative of the (pre techno) uk conservatism for any electronic music that wasn't kraftwerk.
― stirmonster, Tuesday, 2 March 2004 01:52 (twenty years ago) link
― lauren (laurenp), Tuesday, 2 March 2004 02:03 (twenty years ago) link
― Dan Selzer (Dan Selzer), Tuesday, 2 March 2004 02:40 (twenty years ago) link
― Sean Carruthers (SeanC), Tuesday, 2 March 2004 02:51 (twenty years ago) link
Tom doesn't have a single kind word to say about Ink records, the UK label that ripped the band off, but did pretty much got their stuff distributed on vinyl... and is the reason most of us on this thread might actually own any Severed heads vinyl pre-1985 at all.
― donut bitch (donut), Tuesday, 2 March 2004 07:02 (twenty years ago) link
sean - please do make that available as an mp3. i'd like to hear it, even just out of curiosity. i adore 'dead eyes opened'. joakim from tigersushi has done a really excellent re edit of it that should be out soon. i was a bit wary as it's such a sacred song but he has done a very respectful job.
i never knew that ink records ripped them off but i have to say, if it wasn't for ink releasing their stuff over here, i don't think i'd have discovered them until much later when nettwerk started putting their music out.
and dan, i used to be mad about skinny puppy but i can't say i have put on any of there records in the last decade whereas severed heads are always on my stereo. most people in the uk probably only know 'greater reward' and think they made house records as it was a huge dancefloor hit in the summer of love ('88). that piano - mmmmmm!
― stirmonster, Tuesday, 2 March 2004 14:20 (twenty years ago) link
― lauren (laurenp), Tuesday, 2 March 2004 15:58 (twenty years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Saturday, 4 September 2004 17:52 (nineteen years ago) link
― scott seward (scott seward), Saturday, 4 September 2004 18:05 (nineteen years ago) link
― scott seward (scott seward), Saturday, 4 September 2004 18:10 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Saturday, 4 September 2004 18:23 (nineteen years ago) link
― scott seward (scott seward), Saturday, 4 September 2004 19:00 (nineteen years ago) link
― frenchbloke (frenchbloke), Saturday, 4 September 2004 19:10 (nineteen years ago) link
― david acid (gareth), Saturday, 4 September 2004 19:25 (nineteen years ago) link
― the music mole (colin s barrow), Saturday, 4 September 2004 22:41 (nineteen years ago) link
― Dan Selzer (Dan Selzer), Saturday, 4 September 2004 23:16 (nineteen years ago) link
― the music mole (colin s barrow), Saturday, 4 September 2004 23:33 (nineteen years ago) link
― (Jon L), Saturday, 4 September 2004 23:47 (nineteen years ago) link
rotund for success is easily my favorite album of theirs. "greater reward", it's b-side "nation", "all saints day", and "big car" all should've been huger than huge.
in the earlier days of sevcom.com, they were offering the entire catalog as a free download. a friend of mine has all of it on one mp3 cd. it's impressive and humbling.
― tricky disco (disco stu), Sunday, 5 September 2004 00:04 (nineteen years ago) link
― Dan Selzer (Dan Selzer), Sunday, 5 September 2004 03:18 (nineteen years ago) link
― purple patch (electricsound), Sunday, 5 September 2004 08:26 (nineteen years ago) link
― tricky disco (disco stu), Sunday, 5 September 2004 12:59 (nineteen years ago) link
― frenchbloke (frenchbloke), Sunday, 5 September 2004 13:11 (nineteen years ago) link
― Dan Selzer (Dan Selzer), Sunday, 5 September 2004 17:50 (nineteen years ago) link
― frenchbloke (frenchbloke), Sunday, 5 September 2004 18:43 (nineteen years ago) link
― scott seward (scott seward), Sunday, 5 September 2004 19:02 (nineteen years ago) link
― tricky disco (disco stu), Sunday, 5 September 2004 22:55 (nineteen years ago) link
― the music mole (colin s barrow), Thursday, 4 November 2004 01:50 (nineteen years ago) link
― the surface noise (slight return) (electricsound), Thursday, 4 November 2004 02:06 (nineteen years ago) link
I'd buy something if I ever saw them around.
And Jim, do you still have Priviledge?
― Sasha on a different PC, Thursday, 4 November 2004 05:42 (nineteen years ago) link
i've always thought "Dead Eyes Opened" to be one of Ellard's less interesting works. on the other hand, "Canine" OWNS.
― the surface noise (slight return) (electricsound), Thursday, 4 November 2004 05:45 (nineteen years ago) link
― Jedmond (Jedmond), Sunday, 13 March 2005 14:29 (nineteen years ago) link
― shine headlights on me (electricsound), Sunday, 13 March 2005 23:58 (nineteen years ago) link
― The Ghost of Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Monday, 14 March 2005 02:38 (nineteen years ago) link
― Sean Carruthers (SeanC), Saturday, 2 April 2005 03:24 (nineteen years ago) link
― Jaunty Alan (Alan), Saturday, 2 April 2005 03:39 (nineteen years ago) link
― Sean Carruthers (SeanC), Saturday, 2 April 2005 03:47 (nineteen years ago) link
― Jaunty Alan (Alan), Saturday, 2 April 2005 03:54 (nineteen years ago) link
― donut debonair (donut), Saturday, 2 April 2005 09:25 (nineteen years ago) link
― The Ghost of Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Saturday, 2 April 2005 13:51 (nineteen years ago) link
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHH!!
― donut debonair (donut), Saturday, 2 April 2005 23:22 (nineteen years ago) link
Always kicking myself for missing the show in Baltimore in Feb 2020, but I think he was not in the lineup? Came to this group too late love Petrol so much.
― A Pile of Ants (Boring, Maryland), Saturday, 8 January 2022 20:19 (two years ago) link
don't think Bradbury has been in a lineup in a longtime. Was interesting discovering some of his solo stuff, gave a good sense of what his contribution might have been.
― dan selzer, Saturday, 8 January 2022 20:41 (two years ago) link
(he was p much only involved in 1982-83 and 1985, but had solo and other-band releases on Terse Tapes beforehand and on Sevcom much later)
― dark end of the st. maud (sic), Saturday, 8 January 2022 21:30 (two years ago) link
saw GB play live solo maybe 10 years ago, was an extremely good show - and as suggested upthread he definitely possessed a good amount of whatever made Sevs weird and great when they were weird and great
― lemmy incaution (emsworth), Saturday, 8 January 2022 22:07 (two years ago) link
Just heard this, how fucking sad
― raven, Sunday, 9 January 2022 03:55 (two years ago) link
Upcoming livestream on Bandcamp
https://severedheads.bandcamp.com/merch/seance
We announce a Seance to be held with the departed spirits of Severed Heads for Halloween 2022. Based upon the freshly restored backing tapes and instruments used by the band in performances in the year 1982, before any hint of acclaim or recognition. You will enjoy an hour of sight and sound from beyond the grave (and probably a bit of in-studio malarkey if the OUIJA board is a bit dodgy. Please join us Saturday 8th October @ 7pm PDT. - The Severed Seance System
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 19 September 2022 14:36 (one year ago) link
Excellent!
― Tracer Hand, Tuesday, 20 September 2022 14:31 (one year ago) link
ooh
― castanuts (DJP), Tuesday, 20 September 2022 19:17 (one year ago) link
starting soon
― Vance Vance Devolution (sic), Sunday, 9 October 2022 01:58 (one year ago) link
Yesterday my shuffling iPod threw up "We Have Come to Bless the House" and I was transported with ecstacy
― assert (matttkkkk), Sunday, 9 October 2022 03:17 (one year ago) link
*ecstasy
*pingers
how was it, with pingers, or not?
― stirmonster, Sunday, 9 October 2022 03:54 (one year ago) link
Great show!
― Lord Pickles (Boring, Maryland), Sunday, 9 October 2022 04:33 (one year ago) link
It's up for 48 hours replay, so latecomers might still be able to buy a ticket in that window? Worth it just to hear Tom doing a Beatles cover.
― Vance Vance Devolution (sic), Sunday, 9 October 2022 18:26 (one year ago) link