An interesting one-time-only band, New Race was proof that good music can occur when "teachers" and "students" get together. In this instance, the "teachers" were ex-Stooges guitarist Ron Asheton and ex-MC5 drummer Dennis Thompson, who joined forces with "students" Deniz Tek, Rob Younger, and Warwick Gilbert, the latter three members of the seminal Australian punk band Radio Birdman. Tek was a Michigan native who'd emigrated to Australia in the early '70s, bringing his love of high-energy Detroit proto-punk with him. After Birdman's demise, he contacted Asheton and Thompson to come to Australia and form this ad-hoc touring outfit. New Race toured Australia once in 1981, playing mostly small halls and releasing one legit live LP and a few lo-fi bootlegs. While the resulting record, The First and the Last, benefits from a significant amount of in-studio sweetening (backing vocals are added, guitar solos overdubbed), it's still an exciting, guitar-fueled rave-up. Fans of the early-'70s Motor City sound or early Aussie punk wouldn't want to be without it.~ John Dougan, All Music Guide
The First and the Last (1981)
1. Crying Sun
2. Haunted Road
3. Gotta Keep Moving
4. Breaks My Heart
5. Sad TV
6. Loose
7. November 22, 1963
8. Love Kills
9. Alone in the Endzone
10. Looking at You
11. Columbia
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1. Crying Sun2. Haunted Road
3. Gotta Keep Moving
4. Breaks My Heart
5. Sad TV
6. Loose
7. November 22, 1963
8. Love Kills
9. Alone in the Endzone
10. Looking at You
11. Columbia
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The First to Pay (1989)
1. Smith and Wesson Blues
2. Haunted Road
3. Living World
4. Loose
5. TV Eye
6. Love Kills
7. November 22, 1963
8. 455 SD
9. Alone in the Endzone
10. Looking at You
11. New Race
12. Columbia
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1. Smith and Wesson Blues2. Haunted Road
3. Living World
4. Loose
5. TV Eye
6. Love Kills
7. November 22, 1963
8. 455 SD
9. Alone in the Endzone
10. Looking at You
11. New Race
12. Columbia
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The Second Wave (1990)
1. Burn My Eye
2. Alone in the Endzone
3. Man With the Golden Helmet
4. Breaks My Heart
5. Gotta Keep Movin'
6. Crying Sun
7. Sad TV
8. Loose
9. TV Eye
10. New Race
1. Burn My Eye2. Alone in the Endzone
3. Man With the Golden Helmet
4. Breaks My Heart
5. Gotta Keep Movin'
6. Crying Sun
7. Sad TV
8. Loose
9. TV Eye
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11 comments:
The only studio sweetening was Rob re-doing his vocals and adding a different backing vocalist. No over-dubbed guitar solos. What you hear is what was played.
I never said otherwise, I just copy/pasted from allmusic.com :p Cheers
hi
Good blog
I love aussie music.
I'm looking for Lipstick Killers
Any chance?
Good work
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Zer0_II
Yeah, this is it. Keep on!
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Thank you for The First to Pay and The Second Wave. I didn't have either of those.
I know you already have my blogroll listed in your links, but check out my main music blog @ http://digitalmeltd0wn.blogspot.com If you haven't already. It's a very eclectic blog, but punk rock is the genre of music I have posted the most. Take care and thank you once again
Zer0_II
Awesome! didnt know The First to Pay and Second Wave existed. Thanks. Went to 8 of their shows around Sydney... couldnt hear for a month after... in fact my ears are still ringing.
Ron Asheton R.I.P.
Thanks for posting the Fist & Second , my record player broke a couple years back & I haven't heard either of those albums since. Also, I uploaded the album Victim of Circumstance by Ron Asheton's New Order on my He/She-attle blog the other day in case anyone's interested - it's the band Dennis & Ron had before New Race. RIP Ron
The only time i saw this record in a store it was a high priced import. Out of my price range at the time. Still is.
Thanks so much.
Hello
Rapidshare deleted the new race first to pay, can you repost it please ?
Thanks a lot
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