Active Ingredients - Hyper Exaggeration 7″
July 1st, 2007 at 4:10 am
I think this the first of the two releases(the second release coming up later on) that Active Ingredients released at the same time. Two awesome 7inches in a limited run of 250 copies each. As soon as you hear the guitar in the intro of Hyper Exaggeration you know you’re about to be blown away. Then in comes this hyper pitched synth that got a sound that make dogs cry. Marvelous. Powerpop synth punk on the highest level. Bird On Fire got a twisted jerky edge that I like just as much.
Franché Coma who plays bass on these two tracks was also in the Misfits:
Franché Coma
http://www.misfitscentral.com/bands/active-ingredients.php
Country: USA
Year: 1980
Label: Active
Format: 7″
Songs:
Hyper Exaggeration.mp3
Bird On Fire.mp3
November 30th, 1999 at 12:00 am
July 2nd, 2007 at 6:46 am
This record rips. And it’s one of the few fairly successful uses of keyboards on an early 80s record. Great find!
July 2nd, 2007 at 8:30 am
The A-side of this record is pretty good, but my favorite song by them is “Laundramat Loverboy” on the other 7″- killer use of keyboards on that song especially! I didn’t know Franchie Coma from the Misfits played in the band.
July 2nd, 2007 at 10:48 pm
Ha ha Tony you’re possum jenkins :D. Ok ok. By the way I’m looking forward to that punkbusinessmanager blog. Great name by the way ho ho ;).
July 3rd, 2007 at 5:54 am
Ya, I am Possum and Possum is me. I got the name from this character in a hilarious music video from a few years ago. Punk Business Manager- when that certain person called me that a while back, I thought it was a fucking perfect name for a blog. I have some “themes” for posts ready to go. Er, I already have another blog planned, dedicated to this great college radio show I listened to as a teen:
http://blowsagainstempire.blogspot.com
July 3rd, 2007 at 9:33 am
Wow, if Elvis Costello was more punk, this could’ve been the sound. Another nice pick.
Paul F
July 3rd, 2007 at 9:36 am
The second track’s keyboard riffs sound like The Doors.
July 4th, 2007 at 3:05 pm
Are these the same folks who did a 7″ with a funny song about “rock stars”? I have been looking for that single for about 20 years!
July 5th, 2007 at 2:38 am
David, the first song that comes to my mind about rock stars is Bollocks (from Maryland) who did a funny song called “All Rock Stars Should Be Drafted” back in 1981 on a 7″EP of the same name– maybe this is the record you’re looking for? If so, then I have several copies for trade if you’re interested.
July 5th, 2007 at 6:10 am
David, The Active Ingredients you are talking about was from Kentucky. They had a song called “Rockstar” on their “Bringing down the big boys” 7 inch from ‘85. It was on Fat man records. And one last thing, don’t forget to NEVER listen to Tony, he will mislead you all the time. He doesn’t know shit.
July 5th, 2007 at 6:13 am
Also, this Active Ingredients is way better than than the Kentucky one. Kentucky one is typical mid 80’s hardcore.
July 6th, 2007 at 3:02 pm
Dear Batso; Man that is a relief to find out even that much. The damn songs have been caught in my head since that hot summer in Utica back in 1985!
July 15th, 2007 at 11:03 pm
I heard this on a radio show in the early 90’s in Phoenix, Az. Never have seen a copy of this in a bin. Still looking.