| THE STYRENES
All The Wrong People Are Dying Overground Records OVER 74 CD
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1. One Fanzine Reader Writes
2. East Side Story
3. Memory Of You
4. Two Up Two Down
5. Last Hot Day
6. Opus 12
7. All The Wrong People Are Dying
8. True Confessions
9. Back In Hell
10. Jetsam
Music by Paul Marotta and Stories by Mike Hudson
except track 6: lyrics by Jamie Klimek
track 7: music by Jamie Klimek
track 8: words by Charlotte Pressler
Paul Marotta: piano
Mike Hudson: singer
Jamie Klimek: guitar
Paul Laurence: drums
Fred Lonberg-Holm: cello
Charlotte Pressler: vocals and tapes on 8
Pete Haskin: alto sax on 2, 3, 8
Tom Kirchmer: bass on 2, 3, 5, 6, 8, 10
David Licht: drums on 2, 5, 6, 10
Marty Ehrlich: clarinet on 4
Alex Markov: violin on 2, 5
Cyro Ciari and Paula Potocki: percussion on 8
Tracks 2,3,5,6,9,10 recorded and mixed at Noise New York by Paul Marotta and Jamie Klimek
Tracks 1&7 recorded and mixed at Waterfront Studios, Hoboken, NJ by Michael van Dueser
Track 4 recorded and mixed at Beat Fram Studio, Willoughby OH & Waterfront Studios by Robert Griffin and Michael van Dueser
Track 8 orecorded and mixed at High Rse Sound, NYC by Stephan Rudolph
Produced by Paul Marotta
Digital Mastering by George Evangeliou at Unique Recording, NYC
Following the enormous success of Overground's Electric Eels CD "Their Organic Majesty's Request", Paul Marotta and Overground decided to continue this partnership, and the result is a compilation of rare Styrenes material.
Unlike The Electric Eels who have been defunct for the best part of 25 years, The Styrenes are an ongoing concern. Just check out their recent awesome new CD "We Care, So You Don't Have To" on Scat. They regularly gig and negotiations are under way for the first Styrenes tour of Europe this October.
Leader Paul Marotta formed The Styrenes in Cleveland in 1974 after the demise of the Electric Eels. They released a series of singles that David Fricke accurately described as 'post-punk before punk happened'.
Releases have ranged from the very abstract 'Agit-Prop Piano' (Paul's avant solo piano LP) to the essential 'A Monster and the Devil', which marked Mike Hudson's (ex-Pagans vocalist) debut in the group. The collaboration began by mail Paul sending Mike his depressing music and Mike sending Paul his depressing lyrics.
This album collects long deleted vinyl only singles with rare tracks from obscure compilations. These tracks collate perfectly as each is a story and each is performed as such. One of the highlights is 'Two Up Two Down' which is a true story of a kidnapping. The text includes the actual ransom note. The names were not changed.
The album also features contributions from Jamie Klimek (ex - Mirrors and Styrene Money Band) and Charlotte Pressler (ex - Hearthan recording star), David Licht (ex - Shockabilly) and Fred Lonberg-Holm (ex - John Zorn).
The sleeve and a 12 page booklet feature new John Morton artwork (ex - Electric Eels) and the lyrics to each recording.
