Live At The Masque: Forming

Various Artists, “Live At The Masque: Forming” (Year One, 1996; originally recorded 1978)
Early L.A. punk live recordings are crucial in a way even the best ’77-’78 UK or NY live stuff generally isn’t. What translated into fast, streamlined blasts in the studio played out live as dark, screaming, gleeful chaos, taking Dead Man’s curve at 90 miles an hour and somehow remaining intact, total rock and roll that still feels like free jazz.
Try 1, 5, 7, 8, 13, 16, 19, 24
7/26/12