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Yama & The Karma Dusters
Up From The Sewers
Super political, rocking, anti-establishment communal band (c. 1970) put together as a result of the Kent State
Massacre. As the Euphoria Blimpworks Band, fronted by Howard Berkman from morose garage punksters the Knaves, they
played demonstrations and student strikes when they weren't opening for blues royalty or being the first band to play
the yard at Cook County Jail. They were inter-racial, anti-war, Stop the Bomb, free love hippies, the wildest of the
wild kids. And this is the quintessential anarcho-hippie record, a surprisingly well-engineered indie effort which came
inside home-made silk-screened jackets, with twisted, poetic lyrics (Dylan or Arthur Lee and Love? you decide), and
funky, rocking bones political, sociological, ecological, reflective and free-love sexy. The Karma Dusters really cook
on the up-tempo tracks, sounding at times like a cross between The Blues Project and Dylan's band circa 1966, augmented
by some dazzling violin. This excellent sounding master-tape reissue has two bonus tracks; it also has two booklets one
is for the outrageous and explicit Gonzo history of the band and their urban commune; the other is a wrap-around booklet
for lyrics, all served up together in a Mylar plastic sleeve. You just know the FBI has a huge file on these punks. But
do they have the album?
Price
€ 11.95
Genre
Format
CD - 1 disk
Release
30-03-2010
Label
Item-nr
341494
EAN
0778578063627
Availability
Not in stock