Green On Red

 

Always wary of their paisley underground tag, it was only Green on Red's debut EP that leaned on the

psychedelic sounds of the '60s before they traded it in for a boozy, all-American sound. They have been credited as latter-day forbears to the No Depression sound forged by Wilco and Son Volt. Singer and songwriter Dan Stuart, Chris Cacavas (keyboards), and Jack Waterson (bass) formed their first group in Tucson, AZ, in 1979. After the band relocated to L.A., drummer Alex MacNicol joined up and Green on Red released their debut EP on Steve Wynn's Down There label in 1982.
                                       

By 1983, they had dumped the trippy psychedelic stuff for Gravity Talks, their Slash debut. By the time

1985's Gas Food Lodging rolled around and the band had added guitarist Chuck Prophet, Green on Red were earning critical accolades, but their greatest success came overseas with the release of 1985's No Free Lunch (Polygram).
                                 

Between albums, Stuart paused to work with Steve Wynn and a smattering of their respective

bandmembers under the Danny & Dusty moniker, a side project that allowed Stuart to play on his "drunken bum" persona. Prophet and Stuart continued to hone their darkish, down-and-out loser blues on The Killer Inside Me (1987, Mercury) and Here Come the Snakes (1989, Mercury), but by the time 1989's This Time Around (also on Mercury) came out, interest in their work stateside had ceased.
                                     

Cacavas then left the fold to begin what had become a consistent, albeit overlooked, solo career.

Prophet and Stuart found an audience for their music in Europe for Scapegoats (1991, China) and Too Much Fun (1992, Off Beat), but ultimately traded in the madness of what had become their collaboration for quieter lives. Stuart relocated to Spain and Prophet continued the career he launched in 1990, performing as a solo artist and with his band the Mission Express (featuring his wife, Stephanie Finch, on keyboards and vocals).
                                   

As it turns out, Prophet was a sleeper, with a number of releases into the 2000s bearing little

resemblance to the ramshackle outfit that was Green on Red. However, Prophet did join a briefly reunited Green on Red -- with a lineup also including Stuart, Cacavas, and Waterson -- for a series of shows in 2005-2006. Drummer Alex MacNicol died in 2004.
By Denise Sullivan

GRAVITY TALKS  1983

 
                    

Label: Wounded Bird Records – WOU 3964
Format: CD, Album, Reissue  2003
Country:US
Released: 1983
Genre: Rock
Style: Alternative Rock, Paisley Underground

TRACKS

01. Gravity Talks  (Written-By – Cacavas, Stuart)  2:38
02. Old Chief  (Written-By – Stuart)  3:31
03. 5 Easy Pieces  (Written-By – Cacavas, Stuart)   2:23
04. Deliverance  (Written-By – Stuart)   5:47
05. Over My Head  (Written-By – Stuart   3:06
06. Snake Bit  (Written-By – Stuart)   4:30
07. Alice  (Written-By – Stuart)   4:11
08. Blue Parade  (Written-By – Stuart)   4:32
09. That's What You're Here For  (Written-By – Cacavas)  2:12
10. Brave Generation  Written-By – Stuart)   4:17
11. Abigail's Ghost  (Written-By – Stuart)   2:42
12. Cheap Wine  (Written-By – Stuart)   4:11
13. Narcolepsy  (Written-By – Stuart)   5:38

MP3 @ 320 Size: 114 MB
Flac  Size: 298 MB

NO FREE LUNCH   1985

                                                       

Label: Acadia – ACA 8054
Format: CD, Album, Reissue
Country: UK
Released: 2003
Genre: Rock, Folk, World, & Country
Style: Alternative Rock

TRACKS

01. Time Ain't Nothing    3:15
02. Honest Man    2:08
03. Ballad Of Guy Fawkes    3:53
04. No Free Lunch    3:12
05. (Gee Ain't It Funny How) Time Slips Away    3:12
06. Jimmy Boy    4:10
07. Keep On Moving    4:09

BONUS TRACK
    
08. Smokestack Lightning    13:31

BONUS TRACKS FROM THE KILLER INSIDE ME  1987

                                

09. Clarkesville   04:10
10. Mighty Gun   04:17
11. Jamie   03:34
12. Whispering Wind   01:53

MP3 @ 320 Size: 120 MB
Flac  Size: 353 MB

THIS TIME AROUND   1989

 
                

Label: China Records – 841 519-2
Format: CD, Album
Country: France
Released: 1989
Genre: Rock
Style: Alternative Rock, Country Rock

TRACKS

01. This Time Around    3:39
02. Cool Million    3:44
03. Rev. Luther       4:06
04. Good Patient Woman  (Acoustic Guitar [Second] – Bernie Leadon)   4:20
05. You Couldn't Get Arrested   (Mandocello – Bernie Leadon/Piano – Spooner Oldham)   5:48
06. The Quarter  (Organ [Hammond B3] – Spooner Oldham)  4:20
07. Foot  (Bass [6 String] – Bernie Leadon)   4:08
08. Hold The Line  (Piano – Spooner Oldham)   3:54
09. Pills And Booze  (Mandolin – Bernie Leadon)   3:14
10. We're All Waiting    3:48

BONUS TRACKS FROM THE KILLER INSIDE ME

                                    

11. Ghost Band   02:47
12. Sorry Naomi   04:25
13. No Man's Land   04:48
14. Track You Down (His Master's Voice)   3:21

MP3 @ 320 Size: 131 MB
Flac  Size: 347 MB

SCAPEGOATS  1991

 
                 

Green On Red – Scapegoats
Label: China Records – WOLCD 1001
Format: CD, Album
Country: Italy
Released: 1991
Genre: Rock
Style: Alternative Rock

TRACKS

01. A Guy Like Me    2:54
02. Little Things In LIfe    3:41
03. Two Lovers (Waitin' To Die)    3:51
04. Gold In The Graveyard    3:51
05. Hector's Out    5:09
06. Shed A Tear (For The Lonesome)    3:06
07. Blowfly    3:02
08. Sun Goes Down    4:22
09. Where The Rooster Crows    3:27
10. Baby Loves Her Gun    3:45

MP3 @ 320 Size: 88 MB
Flac  Size: 208 MB

TOO MUCH FUN  1992

 
     

Label: China Records – WOLCD 1029
Format: CD, Album
Country: UK
Released: 1992
Genre: Rock
Style: Country Rock, Alternative

TRACKS

01. She's All Mine    3:46
02. Frozen In My Headlights    3:14
03. Love Is Insane    3:57
04. Too Much Fun    3:23
05. The Getaway      4:44
06. I Owe You One (Banjo – Rainer/Lead Guitar – Bobby Soto)  4:46
07. Man Needs Woman    2:45
08. Sweetest Thing  (Composed By – Spooner Oldham)   2:33
09. Thing Or Two  (Dobro – Rainer)   4:01
10. Hands And Knees  (Backing Vocals – Randy McReynolds)   3:10
11. Wait And See    4:35
12. Rainy Days And Mondays  (Lyrics By, Composed By – Paul Williams, Roger Nichols)   3:03

MP3 @ 320 Size: 101 MB
Flac  Size: 263 MB

BBC SESSIONS  2007

 
              

Label: Maida Vale Records – MVRCD002
Format: CD, Compilation
Country: UK & Europe
Released: May 3, 2007
Genre: Rock
Style: Alternative Rock, Country Rock

TRACKS

01. Busted    2:25
02. Are You Sure Hank Done It This Way?    4:06
03. D.T. Blues    4:58
04. Fading Away    5:04
05. Reverend Luther    2:41
06. Good Patient Woman    4:27
07. Itch And Shout    2:54
08. Pills And Booze    3:41
09. Little Things In Life    3:26
10. Hair Of The Dog    3:17
11. Two Lovers Waiting To Die    3:06
12. Zombie For Love    4:12
13. Billy    7:10
14. Baby Loves Her Gun    3:49
15. Little Things In Life    3:34
16. Sun Goes Down    5:06
17. Frozen In The Headlights    3:27
18. Too Much Fun    3:29
19. Man Needs Woman    2:28

MP3 @ 320 Size: 168 MB
Flac  Size: 462 MB

More Green On Red On URBAN ASPIRINES HERE

Green On Red : Gas Food Lodging 1984

Much like their pals the Dream Syndicate, Green on Red used up nearly all their psychedelic influences early on, and 1985's Gas Food Lodging found Dan Stuart and company veering into country-inflected roots rock that dovetailed nicely with the populist themes Stuart had begun to explore in his lyrics.

Opening with "That's What Dreams," a tough but moving first-person tale of a working man struggling to hold on to his dignity, Gas Food Lodging takes a long look at the sometimes-fractured state of the American psyche during the Reagan years, as seen through the eyes of a low-budget rock band out on the road.

Of course, Dan Stuart's America is populated by drunks, losers, drifters, and psychopaths, but there's a genuine measure of compassion in his portrayal of this collection of lost souls, and this lineup of the band with Chuck Prophet IV on guitar and Chris Cacavas ( Greek man ) on organ created evocative music that added depth and detail to Stuart's grubby vision.

Gas Food Lodging set a template for the music Green on Red would make in the future, but they rarely hit their targets as squarely as they did here .

there's an emotional weight and a ring of truth to this material that missing from much of the band's later work, and while closing with "We Shall Overcome" might seem like an especially obvious gesture, through sheer bloodshot sincerity this band makes it work and makes it genuinely moving. This is  Green on Red's best album will do nicely.

The band issued an overtly psychedelic, self-released red vinyl EP, sometimes called Two Bibles, though its first widely available record was an EP issued in 1982 by Dream Syndicate leader Steve Wynn on his own Down There label.

Green on Red followed the Dream Syndicate onto Slash Records, which released the album Gravity Talks in the fall of 1983. San Francisco-based guitarist Chuck Prophet joined for the 1985 Gas Food Lodging (Enigma), after which MacNicol was replaced on drums by Keith Mitchell (later of Mazzy Star).

In 2006 'Gas' was performed live in its entirety as part of the All Tomorrow's Parties-curated Don't Look Back series. Also in 1985, Stuart collaborated with Steve Wynn as "Danny & Dusty" on the album The Lost Weekend (A&M).

This album is a masterpiece of Rock Music in the 80's .

Paisley Underground is a subgenre of jangle pop that originated from California. It was particularly popular in Los Angeles, reaching a peak in the mid 1980s. Paisley Underground bands incorporated psychedelia, rich vocal harmonies and guitar interplay, owing a particular debt to 1960s groups such as Love and the Byrds, but more generally referencing a wide range of pop and garage rock revival.

TRAXS

SIDE A

 

01. That's What Dreams     4:22
02. Black River     2:43
03. Hair Of The Dog     2:31
04. This I Know     2:30
05. Fading Away     4:35

SIDE B

 

06. Easy Way Out     3:05
07. Sixteen Ways     3:43
08. The Drifter     2:32
09. Sea Of Cortez     3:51
10. We Shall Overcome     2:27

Personel :

Bass, Vocals – Jack "Jake" Waterson
Design – A.B.T.P
Drums – Alex "Big Dog" MacNicol
Engineer – Carolyn Collins, Paul B. Cutler
Guitar, Vocals – Chuck "Billy The Kid" Prophet IV
Keyboards, Jew's Harp [Mouth Harp], Vocals – Chris "Chez" Cacavas
Lacquer Cut By – Porky
Photography By [Band Photo] – Craig Takahashi
Producer – Paul B. Cutler
Vocals, Guitar – Dan "Big Daddy" Stuart
Recorded at Eldorado Studios, Hollywood, December 1984.

Format : Vinyl LP
Made in : Greece
Label : Virgin
Gerne : Rock
Style : Paisley Undrground

THAT'S  WHAT DREAMS  LYRICS

It seems that no one has any faith anymore
Well isn't that what we invented heroes for?
Got the world intent that I was through.
Still the young man I know that that ain't true.

That's what dreams were made for

Staring in the eyes of the preacher who sold me down the river
Well I got too much faith for him to deliver
Guess I'll just be poor for the rest of my life
It's better than giving up the fight.

That's what dreams were made for

It seems the handshake means nothing today
Lifetime of work sold down the river for a mans weekly pay.
Guess I'll just be poor for the rest of my life
It's better than giving up the fight

That's what dreams were made for

 MP3 @ 320 . SIZE : 75.9 MB

FLAC  SIZE  :  226 MB

Re-Up on Flac: Green On Red : Down There EP 1982

Members

Dan Stuart :guitar,vocals
Chris Cacavas : keyboards,vocals
Jack Waterson : bass
Alex MacNicol : drums

Originally a quasi-psychedelic American rock band with the sound of the southwestern desert thrown in.Green On Red came out of Tucson, Arizona and quickly relocated to L.A. where they became (somewhat dubiously) a part of the Paisley Underground scene. Their music was alt-country long before such a thing existed, and it bore more in common with Neil Young or Cali-country rock than any of their contempories.

Green on Red were an American rock band, formed in the Tucson, Arizona punk scene, but based for most of its career in Los Angeles, California, where it was loosely associated with the Paisley Underground. Earlier records have the wide-screen psychedelic sound of first-wave desert rock, while later releases tended more towards traditional Country rock Others who have called them the bastard children of Neil Young.



The band issued a self-released red vinyl EP,
sometimes called Two Bibles, though its first widely available record was an EP issued in 1982 by Dream Syndicate leader Steve Wynn on his own Down There label. Green on Red followed the Dream Syndicate onto Slash Records, which released the album Gravity Talks in the fall of 1983. San Francisco-based guitarist Chuck Prophet joined for the 1985 Gas Food Lodging (Enigma), after which MacNicol was replaced on drums by Keith Mitchell (later of Mazzy Star). In 2006 'Gas' was performed live in its entirety as part of the All Tomorrow's Parties-curated Don't Look Back series. Also in 1985, Stuart collaborated with Steve Wynn as "Danny and Dusty" on the album The Lost Weekend (A&M).
(From Wikipedia)

TRACKS

A1. Death And Angels     2:14
A2. Hair And Skin     3:23
A3. Black Night     2:32
A4. Illustrated Crawling     3:38
B1. Aspirin     3:27
B2. Lost World     3:53
B3. Apartment 6     2:54
 

Format : Vinyl EP
Label : Down Here Records - ZIPPO Records
Made in England
Year : 1982

ASPIRINE

In a world of subjects
In a world of pain
I look around and around
And I see the same

Subjects of desire
Things of pain
Please release me from this world
I swear I'll be your gain(?)

[Refrain]
Give me some aspirin
Feed me some pain

In a world of subjects
Doesn't it seem the same
I float upside down in my world
But I see straight

In a world of something
In a world of pain
I'm willing to sacrifice my mind
Just show me the way

[Refrain]
Give me some aspirin, please
Give me some pain

In a world of restaurants
In a world of pain
I float upside down
I see myself the same

In a world of something
In a world of pain
Please feed me some aspirin
Please say(?) the same(?)

[Refrain]
Give me some aspirin, please
Give me some pain

In a world of births(?)
The subjects the same
In this struggle
Turns upside down
Please, come my way

In a world of something
In a world of pain
I go up and down
My eyes the frame(?)

[Refrain]
Give me some aspirin, please
Give me some help(?)


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Green On Red - Here Come The Snakes 1989

Green on Red was an American rock band, formed in the Tucson, Arizona punk scene, but based for most of its career in Los Angeles, California, where it was loosely associated with the Paisley Underground. Earlier records have the wide-screen psychedelic sound of first-wave desert rock, while later releases tended more towards traditional country rock.

The band began in 1979 as The Serfers, a four-piece made up of Dan Stuart (vocals/guitar), Jack Waterson (bass), Van Christian (drums, later of Naked Prey) and Sean Nagore (organ), quickly replaced by Chris Cacavas. In the summer of 1980, the Serfers relocated to Los Angeles, where they changed their name to Green on Red (after the title of one of their songs) to avoid confusion with the local surf punk scene. Christian returned to Tucson and was replaced by Lydia Lunch sideman Alex MacNicol.

When Stuart returned to recording, with the 1989 "Here Come the Snakes", it was essentially as a duo with Prophet, using hired backing including Christopher Holland on keyboards. Three more albums were released before the pair called it quits, after the 1992 Too Much Fun.

Produced by Jim Dickinson and Joe Hardy, Dan Stuart and Chuck Prophet finally cracked the Memphis sound by steeping themselves in the environment and surrounding themselves with the musicians who made their name there. From the get-go, Prophet's guitar is the cornerstone to the Let It Bleed mood that fires this record from "Keith Can't Read" throughout, though it ends up with the very Neil Young-like "D.T. Blues."


TRACKS

01. Keith Can't Read     3:22
02. Rock & Roll Disease     3:08
03. Morning Blue     3:58
04. Zombie For Love     3:53
05. Broken Radio     3:52

06. Change     5:01
07. Tenderloin     5:02
08. Way Back Home     2:29
09. We Had It All     2:52
10. D.T. Blues

Vinyl Rip
Country : Greece
Label : Virgin
Made in Greece
Imported by : Red Rhino Recors
Serial Number : VG 50392

Musisians :

  Bass – Rene Coman
  Drums – Jim Dickinson
  Guitar, Vocals – Chuck Prophet, Dan Stuart
  Harmonica – Ed Kollis
  Piano – Paul Ebersold
  Producer – Jim Dickinson, Joe Hardy

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ASPIRINES

It was summer of  2008 when me and my friend George ( Θείος ) decided to create a Blog , posting Good Music , Rare Vinyl Lps , Greek Rock Bands , Arts , Comics , Poetry , Political and Social satirics and Rock events .

We decided to name our blog "URBAN SUICIDE", but Google didn't accept that name.

Listening the song "ASPIRINE "  ( Green On Red )  we gave birth to " URBAN ASPIRINES " .

"Urban medicines" for your ears and your souls.

After 4 1/2 years , Rapidshare deleted all our links .

We decided to fight the Shits and continue our Rock way .
In only 7 days we restored over 130 files .

After few weeks , all the links were restored .

Many Thankx to all our friendly Blogers for their support .

ASPIRINE  ( Green On Red  )

In a world of subjects
in a world of pain

I look for round and round
and I see the same .


Subjects of desire
things of Pain

please release me from this world
I swear I 'll be your game .


GIVE ME SOME  ASPIRINE .   GIVE ME SOME PAIN .


In a world of subjects
Doesn't  seem the same
I flowed upside down in my world
but I see it straight

In a World of something
In an world of Pain
I would n't to sacrifice my mind

just show me the way .


GIVE ME SOME  ASPIRINE . PLEASE .  GIVE ME SOME PAIN .

In a world of restwones
In a world of Pain
I flowed upside down
I see my self the same

In a world of something
In a world of Pain
Please give me some ASPIRINE
Please say the same .


GIVE ME SOME  ASPIRINE PLEASE . GIVE ME SOME PAIN .

In a world of something
In a world of Pain
I go up and down

my eyes are grey


GIVE ME SOME  ASPIRINE  PLEASE . GIVE ME SOME PAIN .

Green On Red  Here

Green on Red - Green on Red (EP, Down There, 1982)

Green on Red
Green on Red
EP
Down There
1982



Tracks
Death and Angels
Hair and Skin
Black Night
Illustrated Crawling
Aspirin
Lost World
Apartment 6
Members
Dan Stuart :guitar,vocals
Chris Cacavas : keyboards,vocals
Jack Waterson : bass
Alex MacNicol : drums
http://www.greenonred.net/


Originally a quasi-psychedelic American rock band with the sound of the southwestern desert thrown in.

 Green On Red came out of Tucson, Arizona and quickly relocated to L.A. where they became (somewhat dubiously) a part of the Paisley Underground scene. Their music was alt-country long before such a thing existed, and it bore more in common with Neil Young or Cali-country rock than any of their contempories.

Green on Red were an American rock band, formed in the Tucson, Arizona punk scene, but based for most of its career in Los Angeles, California, where it was loosely associated with the Paisley Underground. Earlier records have the wide-screen psychedelic sound of first-wave desert rock, while later releases tended more towards traditional Country rock Others who have called them the bastard children of Neil Young.
The band issued a self-released red vinyl EP,
sometimes called Two Bibles, though its first widely available record was an EP issued in 1982 by Dream Syndicate leader Steve Wynn on his own Down There label. Green on Red followed the Dream Syndicate onto Slash Records, which released the album Gravity Talks in the fall of 1983. San Francisco-based guitarist Chuck Prophet joined for the 1985 Gas Food Lodging (Enigma), after which MacNicol was replaced on drums by Keith Mitchell (later of Mazzy Star). In 2006 'Gas' was performed live in its entirety as part of the All Tomorrow's Parties-curated Don't Look Back series. Also in 1985, Stuart collaborated with Steve Wynn as "Danny and Dusty" on the album The Lost Weekend (A&M).
(From Wikipedia)














GR.Δεύτερη τους κυκλοφορία,
μετά το Two Bibles,
με τρία φοβερά τραγούδια:
Black Night,
Aspirin,
Apartment 6...
Μαθαίνω ότι κάποιοι το ζητάτε , ίσως γιατί ακούγεται το Aspirin στο blog μας...
HERE  MP3

FLAC  Take It HERE

Υ.Γ. Ακόμη θυμάμαι εκείνο το φοβερό Live τους στο Club 22...