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DEAD MOON - Echoes Of The Past
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| Oregon living fossils Fred and Toody Cole were both born in '48, got married in '67 (three years after Fred first recorded), started Dead Moon in '87, and have never quit. They're as legendary for their dogged perseverance as for their lo-fi psychedelic cow-punk, and this two-disc, 49-song retrospective of self-released output probably should be half as long. But so what?...full text |
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| If you're a band that books your own tours, cuts your own vinyl-only releases (on the same machine that cut The Kingsmen's "Louie Louie," no less) and pretty much tackles everything with a gung-ho do-it-yourself attitude, that's one thing. To do it for 19 years and survive to tell about it, that's another thing altogether....full text |
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| After you're done reading this review, you'll realize just how ironic that quotation really is. Dead Moon is the best Northwestern rock band you've never heard of. In fact, even most Northwesterners react with vague confusion upon hearing the name. The only people who seem to know who this Clackamas, Oregon trio are happen to be other Northwestern bands or industry people `in the know.' Members of Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Mudhoney and a slew of indie artists claim Dead Moon as one of their absolute favorites, despite their relative anonymity....full text |
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