Something's Gone Wrong Again
Holy shit. Thanks for posting this.
i fuckin' LOVE you, man.
No shit. I'm a huge Breaking Circus fan. Something about Steve Bjorklund's voice/lyrics/thing gets me. The only Strike Under track I knew was "Elephant's Graveyard." Karma will eventually demand a topnotch mix CD for you.
That was I.
Oh man, I am a big fan of Strike Under. I wonder if anyone out there has a copy of the Trial By Fire demo that went around. Trial By Fire was Chris Bjorklund, Pierre Kezdy, and Bob Furem, (3/4's of Strike Under) formed after Strike Under broke up. They recorded an LP but it was never released.
ha, still to this day strike under are one of my all time favorites, and not for nothin, but i think this beats most of the early chicago output by far..... on a side note, back when i was whoring myself out to bleeker bob i used to fly home to chicago, buy copies of this in the dollar bin, then flip em at bobs in nyc for a hundred or so cos it was 'rare early wax trax'... think i might still have a box of em with a few of the different sleeves ta boot.
I am only familiar with context,these are solid trax-do i hear the Ruts influence on "Sunday Night"?Cheers!
Ha! Elephant's Graveyard is on the WaxTrax Black Box and is one of the few tracks I still listen to off of that comp. I always kinda wondered about these guys, and put 'em on a mix tape about a week ago. Cool to find your blog!
Hey!,
Great post! I've always liked "Context, "Immediate Action" and "Sunday Night Disorientation." The other songs don't move me--not enough guitar power. But the Busted At Oz tunes are classic. I remember being bummed by the EP after hearing the Oz stuff first.
Two requests/questions for the public:
1. To Collinstrange (or anyone else): The cheapo version I bought of this had a white sleeve. You don't have extras of the lovely spray paint cover? If you do, I'd buy one from you. Name your price. (I don't need the record, though.)
2. I've heard tell of a 7" EP of Strike Under demos packaged in a brown paper sleeve. Does this record actually exist? I've never seen one.
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