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Ugly Americans - Philadelphia Freedom (restless records) ‘86
It has been written that Simon Bob basically started the ‘punk scene’ in Durham, he was the big promoter of the day. He would run all his show outta St. John’s Cultural Center, a church basement. Sinister was credited for doing graphic works for COC, Dead Kennedys and his own band. The Ugly Americans first lp was entitled “The Dream Turns Sour” (Discipline Records) ‘84 and was said to have gotten rave reviews amongst the local Durham ’scene’. Their second offering the “Whos Been Sleeping In My Bed” Lp saw the americans signed on with Metal Blade records offshoot Death Records in ‘85. Sinister went on to sing for COC for a short stint, recording and producing “Technocracy” as well as the tour support for this release, this was also the last great COC lineup to emerge. Heres their last single produced and engineered by Slagel and Metoyer…around the time of the whole ‘crossover’ scene if you had a band you wanted to work with these two guys, you knew just those 2 names on the back of the sleeve would help.
Tracklisting
philadelphia freedom
backlash
sleepless nightmare
> produced and engineered by Slagel…
brian slagel. gawd, how his lps sound like ass now. well, i’m sure they always did but i was like 15/16/17 & prolly didn’t care.
I saw them open for the Descendents a long,long time ago. It was a great show! I still have the concert shirt from that show (Sleeping in my Bed - Tour 85-86)Thanks for putting this up. This is the only one I did not have.
AS a matter of fact (coincidence)check out Simon Bobs shirt! Just noticed it.
haha! my hometown heroes! i was a little too young to see these guys but definitely knew their legacy. thanks for posting this and giving me a trip down memory-lane!
i needed this one also
saw coc on the technocracy tour,incredible show
thanks for this.
Holy crap! I forgot all about these guys. I loved The Dream Turns Sour and I have no idea why I still don’t own it. “Sleepless Nightmare” is from that album. This version seems slower.
I almost bought a second hand Ugly Americans record recently that a friend was selling. Luckily someone else got their first. This is pretty horrible.
Hey Pogel…agreed. This single by no means is a classic in my books.
upload dream turns sour please :-D