Funk/punk stars of the ‘80s New
York club scene known for their animalistic, primitive energy, the Bush
Tetras' newly recorded material has a visceral energy reminiscent of their
early 80's recordings with Stiff & 99 records. Anyone who knows about
Revl9n or !!! (chk chk chk) or Le Tigre should also be familiar with the
Bush Tetras.
Very Very Happy includes two never before commercially available tracks “Nails”
& “Motorhead” & six tracks which have recently been
re-recorded at NYC Looking Glass Studios, finally being released the way
the band originally intended. The album is also enhanced with three videos,
including the classic Ed Steinberg version of “Too Many Creeps”
from 1980, which illustrates the devastating reality of NYC’s urban
decay during the late ‘70s and ‘80s.
“With their funk-punk rhythms,
urban feminist anthems, and Pat Place’s acid-scratch guitar, the
Bush Tetras ruled New York nightclubs in the early ‘80s; to the
rest of the world, they were probably way ahead of their time.”
- Village Voice
“They blended Pat
Place’s jangly, dissonant guitar, the spare funk bass lines of Laura
Kennedy and Dee Pop’s hammer-on-anvil industrial percussion with
the now-frantic/now-stoned vocalizing of Cynthia Sley and found their
ticket out of the increasingly clichéd torn T-shirt maelstrom.”
- Magnet
CHECK OUT THE BUSH TETRAS "TOO MANY CREEPS" MUSIC VIDEO!
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