Die Electric Eels - Cyclotron 7″
October 18th, 2006 at 5:28 am
In May 1975 these guys recorded two slabs of what have to be some of the greatest proto punk ever. Agitated has all the punk elements: short song, sloppy instrumentation, raw production and a lousy solo.
Released by Rough Trade 1977. From Cleveland, Ohio(round in the ends high in the middle). Electric Eels on the web: http://www.electriceels.com.
Country: USA
Year: 1975
Label: Rough Trade
Format: 7″
Songs:
Cyclotron.mp3
Agitated.mp3
October 18th, 2006 at 7:17 am
Were the song titles mixed up in the post? Agitated talks about a cyclotron, while Cyclotron singer says he is “so agitated.”
October 18th, 2006 at 7:47 am
The song titles corresponds to the the titles on the labels. Maybe the labels are reversed?
October 18th, 2006 at 12:22 pm
Yeah the songs are the wrong way round - top quality for sound on this page though, they sound great coming from whatever set up you’ve got there!
October 18th, 2006 at 1:54 pm
Peter is once again saving us from 128 kbps hell.
October 19th, 2006 at 4:07 am
Thanks for the nice comments Rich and Malfeitor :). My set up is nothing special. Someday I migh afford to upgrade my 6 year old sound card and that will improve the quality alot. Or buy me one of the those nice pre-amp USB interfaces.
October 19th, 2006 at 5:55 am
Nick Knox, the drummer from Cramps. Exelent stuff, love this band! Also agree with the others, great site! Keep up!
October 19th, 2006 at 10:30 am
This is real punk rock! Wanna hear real punk rock? Then listen to this and NOT Chaos uk!
October 19th, 2006 at 11:43 am
Chaos UK :-) How about some Anti Pasti (Peter’s and my fave band)?
October 19th, 2006 at 1:22 pm
Or Exploited!!! That’s REAL punk ho ho! Punx Not Dead Barmy Army!
October 20th, 2006 at 12:15 pm
You know what I think/I think the whole world stinks/And I don’t need no shrink/I just hate it
Genius.
October 21st, 2006 at 2:31 am
Another mindblowing record, this is in my Top 10 of all time. John Morton’s guitar playing just absolutely kills on this record. Plus they were from my hometown of Cleveland, so I know where some of the Eels’ angst came from since Cleveland was a pretty drab place back in the 70’s– the river caught on fire, the economy was in the toilet, downtown was a run down area. Come to think of it, there’s still some drab, raw places there in 2006! But Cleveland has a long history of original music coming out of it, punk and otherwise, from jazz maestro Albert Ayler in the late 60’s/early 70’s to the Electric Eeels, Pagans, Pere Ubu, etc, etc.
October 31st, 2006 at 2:02 pm
As far as sound quality is concerned, these songs were recorded live onto cassette. I don’t believe the band ever recorded in any other way.
Also, I’ve never seen a copy of this single with the labels the right way round.
“The Eyeball Of Hell” (LP) is an extraordinary record. If I remember rightly the vinyl version has more songs than the CD. It’s 2 LPs worth of this!! I think it’s on “SCAT” records.
Try http://www.electricfuckingeels.com
November 15th, 2006 at 7:45 am
GREAT POST-PUNK!!!!!!!
February 13th, 2007 at 10:18 pm
que diran los pistols????????????????????????”
muy buen punk rock de los Die Electric Eels
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February 13th, 2007 at 10:19 pm
que diran los sex pitols
punk rock del bueno con bastantes huevos de los Die Electric Eels
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February 14th, 2007 at 12:06 am
Jorå! Detta är tidigare än Pistols men efter Stooges och Ramones. Och lååååångt senare än Bill Haley & The Comets.
February 14th, 2007 at 12:22 am
Ich bein Die Electric Eels.
September 17th, 2007 at 7:31 am
How fucking good is this!!! Brilliant stuff.
February 21st, 2008 at 4:09 am
Here’s where bratty 1960s punk gets snapped morphing into nasty 1970s punk. ‘Agitated’ is a genuine buried treasure and a true punk classic.