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RANDOM RECORD WORKOUT SEASON 5 Battle 8 Zipgun: 8 Track Player (Side B) Vs. Wall of Voodoo: Call of the West (Side 2) Zipgun: 8 Track Player (Side B) Zipgun was a punk rock band from Seattle Washington active from 1991 to 1994. The original founding members were: guitarist Neil Rogers (The Derelicts, Glazed), singer Robb Clarke(Trids, RC5,The Burnz), bassist Mark Wooten (The Zanny Guys, Noble Firs) and drummer Dan Cunneen (Final Warning, The Obituaries, Nightcaps, Sugarsmacks). Consisting mostly of various Derelicts (literally, the former Sub Pop band) Zipgun was often, like the name implies, improvised firearms. Unpredictable and alcohol fueled punk rock 'n roll. In fact, there is a famous Seattle legend that Neil broke his guitar over Robb's back at their debut gig. They burned quickly and from both ends, putting out a slew of singles and two LP's mostly for Seattle based EmPtY Records. This is their first LP. It starts off with "Cool in the Cell". Well produced, fast and furious-better call Ludicrous. (#seewhatididthere) Mostly standard issue riffage. "Third Prize" is a straight forward rocker and "Feel It Wearin'" is a 180. Slower and driving, and almost has a Screaming Trees vibe. Droning, drowning, drudgery. "Can't Think Straight has the boys returning to basics. This would actually be a good warm up band to see live, drink of choice in hand. "Ten" is a song about Pearl Jam (# seewhatiddthere) just kiddng. They finish strong with "Chase the Ace". It has a killer bass solo to start it all off. I hear mainly influences like The Fluid, and Fluf. More adrenaline than Eddie Spaghetti on sped. Gruff, nasty vocals. Associated acts include, but are not limited to : the Derelicts, a Gas (Huffer) and oil (midnight) mix, with some Mudhoney to burn the Fumes. Maybe even a little Sinister Six. Buzzsaw guitars with the occasional Rock 'N Roll leads. Recorded by Jack Endino for what it's worth. Wall of Voodoo: Call of the West (Side 2) Wall of Voodoo may be the first band to form out of a business. Wall of Voodoo got its start from Acme Soundtracks, a film score business started by Stan Ridgway, later the vocalist and harmonica player for Wall of Voodoo. Acme Soundtracks' office was across the street from the Hollywood punk club The Masque and as the story goes, Ridgway was soon drawn into the emerging punk/new wave scene. Marc Moreland, guitarist for The Skulls, began jamming with Ridgway at the Acme Soundtracks office and the soundtrack company morphed into a new wave band. In 1977, with the addition of Skulls members Bruce Moreland (Marc Moreland's brother) as bassist and Chas T. Gray as keyboardist, along with Joe Nanini, who had been the drummer for Black Randy and the Metrosquad, the first lineup of Wall of Voodoo was born. The band was named Wall of Voodoo before their first gig in reference to a comment made by Joe Berardi, a friend of Ridgway. Berardi was listening to some of the Acme Soundtracks music Ridgway and Moreland had created in their studio. When Ridgway jokingly compared the multiple-drum-machine- and Farfisa-organ-laden recordings to Phil Spector's Wall of Sound, Berardi commented it sounded more like a "wall of voodoo" and the rest is history. They toured with similar acts Oingo Boingo and Devo, whom they sound most akin to. They are probably most known for their MTV hit, "Mexican Radio"- considered a one hit wonder of the 80's. It has Stanard's (yes, his real full name) weird vocal patterns over basic looped drums and synth blasts. It really is a great tune, and I WILL cover this in a band one day. How many songs use a lyric to talk about barbecued iguana anyhow?!?!!? "Spy World " follows and has a cool spy theme (duh). Oddly, or not oddly drenched in reverb. "They Don't Want Me" has nasty -distorto-riff centric leanings. Darkwave all the way. "On Interstate 15" is a great instrumental jam (makes sense once you know the Acme soundtracks back story) with a western theme. Piano driven (#seewhatididthere). "Call of the West" is actually surprisingly minimal for a title track. Seems more like a statement piece. Also, I would like to thank them for being a stand in sub, as originally slotted here was the album "space freak" by Sinkhole -until I realized I had done that already in season...3? WoV are Devo in nature, but a different mutation (#seewhatididthere) (#devofansgetit). Weird new wave cowboys. Pioneering (#seewhatididthere) (#icantstopwiththepuns). This seems like it would be on the soundtrack to that steampunk western from about 12 years ago. So Zipgun played just under 8 tracks, and took 19 minutes to blitzkrieg through 6 songs and burn 135 calories. They earned 8 out of 18 possible stars. That is 22.5 calories per song and 7.11 calories per minute. Wall of Voodoo felt the call of the west and burned 153 calories over 5 songs and 21 minutes. They earned 10 out of 15 possible stars. They burned 30.6 calories per song and 7.29 calories per minute. Mexican radio? More like Mexican RAD-io! Wall of Voodoo wins! Listen for yourself! Check out the links: Zipgun: "Cool in the Cell" https://youtu.be/oPQEPlAVqoY Wall of Voodoo: "Mexican Radio" https://youtu.be/eyCEexG9xjw #RANDOMRECORDWORKOUTSEASON5 #RANDOMRECORDWORKOUT

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RANDOM RECORD WORKOUT SEASON 5 Battle 8 Zipgun: 8 Track Player (Side B) Vs. Wall of Voodoo: Call of the West (Side 2) Zipgun: 8 Track Player (Side B) Zipgun was a punk rock band from Seattle Washington active from 1991 to 1994. The original founding members were: guitarist Neil Rogers (The Derelicts, Glazed), singer Robb Clarke(Trids, RC5,The Burnz), bassist Mark Wooten (The Zanny Guys, Noble Firs) and drummer Dan Cunneen (Final Warning, The Obituaries, Nightcaps, Sugarsmacks). Consisting mostly of various Derelicts (literally, the former Sub Pop band) Zipgun was often, like the name implies, improvised firearms. Unpredictable and alcohol fueled punk rock 'n roll. In fact, there is a famous Seattle legend that Neil broke his guitar over Robb's back at their debut gig. They burned quickly and from both ends, putting out a slew of singles and two LP's mostly for Seattle based EmPtY Records. This is their first LP. It starts off with "Cool in the Cell". Well produced, fast and furious-better call Ludicrous. (#seewhatididthere) Mostly standard issue riffage. "Third Prize" is a straight forward rocker and "Feel It Wearin'" is a 180. Slower and driving, and almost has a Screaming Trees vibe. Droning, drowning, drudgery. "Can't Think Straight has the boys returning to basics. This would actually be a good warm up band to see live, drink of choice in hand. "Ten" is a song about Pearl Jam (# seewhatiddthere) just kiddng. They finish strong with "Chase the Ace". It has a killer bass solo to start it all off. I hear mainly influences like The Fluid, and Fluf. More adrenaline than Eddie Spaghetti on sped. Gruff, nasty vocals. Associated acts include, but are not limited to : the Derelicts, a Gas (Huffer) and oil (midnight) mix, with some Mudhoney to burn the Fumes. Maybe even a little Sinister Six. Buzzsaw guitars with the occasional Rock 'N Roll leads. Recorded by Jack Endino for what it's worth. Wall of Voodoo: Call of the West (Side 2) Wall of Voodoo may be the first band to form out of a business. Wall of Voodoo got its start from Acme Soundtracks, a film score business started by Stan Ridgway, later the vocalist and harmonica player for Wall of Voodoo. Acme Soundtracks' office was across the street from the Hollywood punk club The Masque and as the story goes, Ridgway was soon drawn into the emerging punk/new wave scene. Marc Moreland, guitarist for The Skulls, began jamming with Ridgway at the Acme Soundtracks office and the soundtrack company morphed into a new wave band. In 1977, with the addition of Skulls members Bruce Moreland (Marc Moreland's brother) as bassist and Chas T. Gray as keyboardist, along with Joe Nanini, who had been the drummer for Black Randy and the Metrosquad, the first lineup of Wall of Voodoo was born. The band was named Wall of Voodoo before their first gig in reference to a comment made by Joe Berardi, a friend of Ridgway. Berardi was listening to some of the Acme Soundtracks music Ridgway and Moreland had created in their studio. When Ridgway jokingly compared the multiple-drum-machine- and Farfisa-organ-laden recordings to Phil Spector's Wall of Sound, Berardi commented it sounded more like a "wall of voodoo" and the rest is history. They toured with similar acts Oingo Boingo and Devo, whom they sound most akin to. They are probably most known for their MTV hit, "Mexican Radio"- considered a one hit wonder of the 80's. It has Stanard's (yes, his real full name) weird vocal patterns over basic looped drums and synth blasts. It really is a great tune, and I WILL cover this in a band one day. How many songs use a lyric to talk about barbecued iguana anyhow?!?!!? "Spy World " follows and has a cool spy theme (duh). Oddly, or not oddly drenched in reverb. "They Don't Want Me" has nasty -distorto-riff centric leanings. Darkwave all the way. "On Interstate 15" is a great instrumental jam (makes sense once you know the Acme soundtracks back story) with a western theme. Piano driven (#seewhatididthere). "Call of the West" is actually surprisingly minimal for a title track. Seems more like a statement piece. Also, I would like to thank them for being a stand in sub, as originally slotted here was the album "space freak" by Sinkhole -until I realized I had done that already in season...3? WoV are Devo in nature, but a different mutation (#seewhatididthere) (#devofansgetit). Weird new wave cowboys. Pioneering (#seewhatididthere) (#icantstopwiththepuns). This seems like it would be on the soundtrack to that steampunk western from about 12 years ago. So Zipgun played just under 8 tracks, and took 19 minutes to blitzkrieg through 6 songs and burn 135 calories. They earned 8 out of 18 possible stars. That is 22.5 calories per song and 7.11 calories per minute. Wall of Voodoo felt the call of the west and burned 153 calories over 5 songs and 21 minutes. They earned 10 out of 15 possible stars. They burned 30.6 calories per song and 7.29 calories per minute. Mexican radio? More like Mexican RAD-io! Wall of Voodoo wins! Listen for yourself! Check out the links: Zipgun: "Cool in the Cell" https://youtu.be/oPQEPlAVqoY Wall of Voodoo: "Mexican Radio" https://youtu.be/eyCEexG9xjw #RANDOMRECORDWORKOUTSEASON5 #RANDOMRECORDWORKOUT