Anyway, Redd Kross are a very sentimental favorite for Umlaut dating back to the late-80's. After I burned out on Metal the first time back then (TRUE!), they were a band I discovered through an old roommate via their Teen Babes From Monsanto EP and Neurotica album. Redd Kross is an American alternative rock band from Hawthorne, California, United States, who had their roots in 1978 in a punk rock band called the Tourists, which was started by brothers Jeff and Steve McDonald while they were still in middle school. With the addition of friends Greg Hetson and John Stielow on drums, the band's first gig was opening for Black Flag. Neurotica (CD, Album, RE, RM, RP) Five Foot Two Records, Five Foot Two Records, Oglio Records, Oglio Records FF2003-CD, FF2-003CD, OGL82016-2, OGL 82016-2. Adobe bridge download. Redd Kross - Show World (1997) ☠ Redd Kross - Phaseshifter (1993) ☠ Pussy Galore - Right Now! (1987) ☠ Redd Kross - Researching The Blues (2012) ☠ Lacuna Coil - Shallow Life (2009) ☠ Lacuna Coil - Dark Adrenaline (2012) Redd Kross - Third Eye (1990) ☠ Pussy Galore - Dial 'M' For Motherfucker (1989) Redd Kross - Neurotica (1987).
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Redd Kross Band
Neurotica is the fourth record and second LP from the band Redd Kross. It was released on Big Time Records (an RCA Records subsidiary) in 1987. Observed to be a blend of various genres including garage rock, power pop,[1]punk rock,[2]art rock and pop rock,[3] the album was influential to the grunge movement.[2][3]
Track listing[edit]
All songs written by Jeff McDonald, except where noted.
- 'Neurotica' (Steven Shane McDonald, Robert Hecker, J. McDonald) - 2:57
- 'Play My Song' - 3:37
- 'Frosted Flake' (S. McDonald, J. McDonald) - 2:05
- 'Janus, Jeanie, and George Harrison' - 3:13
- 'Love is You' (R. Hecker) - 2:31
- 'Peach Kelli Pop' - 3:36
- 'McKenzie' - 4:28
- 'Tatum O' Tot and the Fried Vegetables' - 1:27 - (CD bonus track)
- 'Ballad of a Love Doll' - 1:55 - (from the Desperate Teenage Lovedolls movie soundtrack)
- 'What They Say' (R. Hecker) - 3:59
- 'Gandhi Is Dead (I'm the Cartoon Man)' - 3:25
- 'Beautiful Bye-Byes' (R. Hecker, J. McDonald, S. McDonald) - 1:48
- 'Pink Piece Of Peace' (R. Hecker) - 1:38 - (bonus track on 2002 CD version)
- 'It's The Little Things' (Sonny Bono) - 3:53 - (bonus track on 2002 CD version)
Related information[edit]
- Recorded at American Recorders, Los Angeles, California
- The album was produced by ex-Ramones drummer Tommy Erdelyi.
- To promote the album Big Time Records issued the promotional-only double albumDinner With Redd Kross. Disk one featured an interview with the band conducted by Albert O of WBCN-FM and the album versions of the songs 'Peach Kelli Pop', 'Love Is You', 'Neurotica', 'Janus Jeanie and George Harrison', 'McKenzie' and 'Play My Song'. Disk two contained 'Play My Song', remixed by Michael Frondelli, on red vinyl. The Frondelli remix is also available on CD on The Big Time Syndrome compilation.
- 'McKenzie' is about Mackenzie Phillips.
- 'Love Is You' has appeared in the 1987 film The Allnighter, and in the 2011 film Losers Take All.
- A number of tracks were remixed by Steven McDonald and Jon Auer for the 2002 reissue on Five Foot Two Records.
- The 2002 reissue included two bonus tracks: Robert Hecker's 'Pink Piece of Peace', and Sonny Bono's 'It's The Little Things'.
- Another version of 'Pink Piece of Peace' is on the first It's OK! album, featuring Redd Kross members Robert Hecker and Victor Indrizzo.
Members[edit]
- Roy McDonald - drums
- Steven Shane McDonald - bass, vocals
- Robert Hecker - guitar, vocals
- Jeff McDonald - vocals, guitar
References[edit]
- ^Thompson, Jason (March 13, 2003). 'Red Kross – Neurotica: ABC Gum'. Pop Matters. Retrieved November 10, 2015.
- ^ abReiter, Kyle (January 9, 2002). 'Red Kross – Neurotica'. Pitchfork. Retrieved November 10, 2015.
- ^ abMiles, Terrance. 'Red Kross – Neurotica'. AllMusic. Retrieved November 10, 2015.
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Inspired as much by breakfast cereal and kiddie TV as by rock music, punk-pop cult band Redd Kross were the brainchild of Steve and Jeff McDonald, brothers from the Los Angeles suburb of Hawthorne (also home of The Beach Boys) who began playing music together before either had hit puberty. Fueled by a series of dubious visits to famed area rock clubs like the Roxy and the Whisky a Go Go, they formed their first band, The Tourists, in 1978; Jeff, then 15, handled vocal duties while Steve, 11, took up the bass. After rounding out the group with schoolmates Greg Hetson on guitar and Ron Reyes on drums, The Tourists played their first gig, opening for Black Flag. Following a name change to Red Cross, they issued their self-titled EP debut in 1980. After the departure of Hetson and Reyes (for the Circle Jerks and Black Flag, respectively), the McDonalds enlisted a revolving lineup of underground musicians for their full-length follow-up, 1981's 'Born Innocent', which found the group's pop culture obsessions bubbling over on tributes like 'Linda Blair' and 'Charlie' (about Charles Manson, whose 'Cease to Exist' they also covered).
Following the album's release, the band was threatened with a lawsuit from the real International Red Cross; as a result, the group became Redd Kross, and returned in 1984 with 'Teen Babes from Monsanto', a collection of covers of artists ranging from David Bowie to The Rolling Stones and The Shangri-Las. That year, they also appeared in and composed the music for the no-budget film 'Desperate Teenage Lovedolls', which included their transcendent cover of The Brady Bunch's '(It's A) Sunshine Day.' Complete with new guitarist Robert Hecker and drummer Roy McDonald (no relation), 1987's 'Neurotica', with songs like 'Frosted Flake,' 'The Ballad of Tatum O'Tot and the Fried Vegetables,' and 'Janus, Jeanie and George Harrison,' appeared primed to push Redd Kross out of the underground, but their label, Big Time, folded shortly after the album's release, and legal hassles prevented the band from recording any new material under its own name for three years.
Instead, as The Tater Totz, the McDonald brothers corralled Three O'Clock member Michael Quercio and former Partridge Family kid Danny Bonaduce for 1989's 'Alien Sleestacks from Brazil', the title a nod to the Sid and Marty Krofft children's series 'Land of the Lost'. A collection of satiric and surreal covers, the LP included renditions of 'Give Peace a Chance,' 'We Will Rock You,' and Yoko Ono's 'Don't Worry Kyoko.' Prior to another Tater Totz effort, 1989's 'Sgt. Shonen's Exploding Plastic Eastman Band Mono! Stereo' (recorded with ex-Runaway Cherie Currie and future Foo Fighter Pat Smear), the McDonalds detoured into another side project, Anarchy 6, for the 1988 mock punk tribute 'Hardcore Lives!' Finally, in 1990 Redd Kross landed a deal with Atlantic, issuing the surprisingly straightforward 'Third Eye'. After an appearance (alongside David Cassidy) in the kitschy 1991 film 'Spirit of 76', the band issued a handful of singles before 1993's 'Phaseshifter', augmented by guitarist Eddie Kurdziel, keyboardist Gere Fennelly, and drummer Brian Reitzell. Minus Fennelly, Redd Kross returned in 1997 with 'Show World'.
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The band went on hiatus with an uncertain future following Kurdziel's drug overdose death (at age 38) in 1999. However, in 2006 the McDonald brothers reunited with late-'80s bandmembers guitarist Robert Hecker and drummer Roy McDonald and began making live appearances once again, including individual shows, festival dates, and tours that saw Redd Kross perform across the United States and in Canada, England, and Spain. A January 2007 show in Madrid was documented on the 'Got Live If You Must!' DVD, released the following year by Bittersweet Records. In 2012 the band released 'Researching The Blues' with longstanding indie giant Merge Records. Their seventh studio album was also their first collection of new songs in 15 years. [SOURCE: ALLMUSIC]