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SEWER ZOMBIES- Reach out and … LP (Subversive Records, USA, 1985)

Not for the faint-hearted: Floridas SEWER ZOMBIES. Totally out of tune barrage of noise with incredible lyrics (“They died with their Willie Nelson T-shirts on”). After a 10 seconds Google-research, I stumbled over a site dedicated to “Ron Johnson Records” (who re-released this LP in England in 1987). Some dork said that this was a Napalm Death / Extreme Noise Terror rip-off which is of course total bollocks.

Strange that noise and low-fi music seems to be adored only if it’s not too noisy and arty-farty enough. Bands like the SEWER ZOMBIES (and DÖDEN and DEAD and CYANAMID and ATTA and LAMA and APATHETIC etc.) will one day get their piece of the cult-cake too, I’m sure – but time’s not yet ready for them!

Time for some art:

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They died with their Willie Nelson T-Shirts on.mp3

14 Comments

  1. raison d'être

    Please post more sick stuff like SEWER ZOMBIES. Fab blog!!

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    Posted on 05-Aug-06 at 08:28 | Permalink
  2. Anonymous

    Great posting! Their second album has som fine tunes too. It’s more polished and has more synths, but the sickness is still there!

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    Posted on 05-Aug-06 at 14:18 | Permalink
  3. E.

    I vaguely remember that one. Would love to hear it again. Start blogging and ripping and uploading please.

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    Posted on 06-Aug-06 at 01:49 | Permalink
  4. Pogel

    Many moons ago I recorded the “Willie Nelson” track off John Peel and then bought their “Galaxy” LP. It disappointed me as it was less frantic.

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    Posted on 07-Aug-06 at 23:49 | Permalink
  5. Assume Nothing

    Hello I am POPE one of the original members of The Sewer Zombies. Never knew we put out a second Record. And also in 1985 we toured with D.K. to whom our surpsise Jello loved us.. Would love to hear some tracks , lost all my copies over the years.

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    Posted on 12-Dec-06 at 11:51 | Permalink
  6. Erich

    hey Pope – nice to hear from you! yeah, there was a second albium – you can find it here: http://www.fuzzlogic.com/flex/s/4404.php

    let me know if you need a rip of the first one!

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    Posted on 13-Dec-06 at 02:07 | Permalink
  7. Diego

    I found this album on soulseek and it completely rocks! A shame this is so overlooked though. They kinda remind me of Cancerous Growth in a weird way.

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    Posted on 09-Mar-08 at 10:30 | Permalink
  8. elliott

    this is a very hard to find record where i am. i would love to hear the hole album please?

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    Posted on 23-Oct-09 at 04:14 | Permalink
  9. elliott

    please oh please for the love of good bad music please repost this. i’m going out of town in a few days to visit the ultra conservitive grand parents and need something to scare the shit out of them. please erich? it would mean a lot to me.

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    Posted on 22-Dec-09 at 04:25 | Permalink
  10. if you give me that record I want, we can talk bout it, haha

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    Posted on 22-Dec-09 at 09:01 | Permalink
  11. elliott

    oh how did i know that was coming? your good man.

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    Posted on 22-Dec-09 at 17:25 | Permalink
  12. Clinton Chapman

    Erich, who are ATTA and APATHETIC? My mate purchased the UK press of the Sewer Zombies LP from a junkie outside the Hackney Tesco. My mate passed it onto me saying I’d love it-sure enough-my mind was melted.

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    Posted on 30-Jun-10 at 02:24 | Permalink
  13. I played on the 2nd LP-guitar on ‘Haitian Vacation’ and a GoGos cover ‘Into the light’ As I recall I was introduced to the songs in the studio and set loose-thu its been many years I could be wrong. Mark Subversive (a middle aged guy from Canada who collected beer cans and road kill taxidermy) was basically the band. Others were various Ft Lauderdale punks and freaks who acted as a studio band

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    Admin Reply:

    Thanks a lot for stopping by, Robert, and the info. Should be posting the 2nd LP soon, if you don’t mind.

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    Posted on 26-Feb-11 at 16:13 | Permalink
  14. alleywaykid

    Eyed this one in a discount bin for years before I took the bait.

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    Posted on 25-Jan-12 at 12:21 | Permalink

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