Destructor rose leather-clad from the mean streets of 1980s Cleveland to preach the thrash gospel. Taking on noms-de-metal like Dave Overkill and Paul Warhead they brought forth riffs and angst and apparently a hatred of Michael Jackson. Cleveland was made for metal not Michael Jackson! they shout from the stage prior to the song “Iron […]
Tag: 1984
Destruction – “Sentence of Death” (1984)
Destruction are considered part of the “Big Four” of German thrash bands, alongside Kreator, Sodom, and Tankard. I of course did not know this when I picked up Sentence of Death at Rough Trade during our visit to New York City a few months ago. What I did know, however, is these guys look like […]
Claw Boys Claw – “Shocking Shades of Claw Boys Claw” (1984)
I picked this up at the Rough Trade store in New York City a few weeks back. I wasn’t familiar with these 80s Dutch rockers, but after listening to a few samples online I figured it was worth taking a flyer on their debut. Stylistically Claw Boys Claw play rock, but it’s hard to leave […]
[Morris Day and] The Time – “Ice Cream Castle” (1984)
We were in Minneapolis for a few days to see friends and catch The Kills at the infamous First Avenue, the club Prince brought to national awareness by featuring it so prominently in the film Purple Rain, where it almost became a character in its own right. And of course any time we travel I […]
Throbbing Gristle – “Special Treatment – Live At The Cryptic One London 1978” (1984)
When I re-launched Life in the Vinyl Lane, I made the conscious decision that I was not going to write about everything I purchased. For much of the blog’s history that’s exactly what I did, and frankly it burned me out. Listening to things became like work, something I felt I needed to do even […]