Hi guys,
This is my first upload post:
A very rare Gang War CD. As you guys may know, Gang War was a short-lived band with
Johnny Thunders (New York Dolls) and Wayne Kramer (MC5) sharing guitar and vocals.
This is an amazing recording, very clear. Not perfect, but great.
(tracks 5 & 6 are missing, I downloaded it like this).
INFO:
Gang War - Street Fighting
Johnny Thunders - guitar and vocals
Wayne Kramer - guitar and vocals
Bobby Thomas - bass
John Morgan - drums
This CD contains 2 live shows: Rock City Montreal, Dec. 28, 1979 and Channel Club, Boston June 20, 1980. The band is tight and sounds better than they did on their studio material. I would pick this one or "Crime Of The Century" if I had to get just one Gang War CD.
Tracks 1-12: Rock City Montreal, Dec. 28, 1979
Tracks 13-17: Channel Club, Boston June 20, 1980
Live at Rock City, Montreal, Canada, December 28, 1979
01. Ramblin' Rose (MC5)
02. London Boys (Thunders)
03. These Boots Are Made For Walking (Lee Hazlewood)
04. M.I.A. (Thunders)
07. I'm Much Rather Be With The Boys
08. I'll Go Crazy
09. Hey Thanks
10. The Courageous Cat
11. Just Because I'm White/Bright Lights Big City
12. Around & Around (Chuck Berry)
Live at the Channel Club, Boston, USA, June 20, 1980
13. The Harder They Come
14. Ten Commandments Of Love
15. Like A
Rolling Stone
16. Endless Party
17. Do You Love Me
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Info 1:
In late 1979 former New York Dolls guitarist Johnny Thunders teamed up with former MC5 guitarist Wayne Kramer (right after Wayne was released from jail) in a band called Gang War. Other members included John Morgan, Ron Cooke and Philippe Marcade. They recorded several demos and performed live several times. Gang War disbanded before releasing any actual LP, but there are a few bootleg recordings of their studio demos and live performances circulating; One semi-official live/studio vinyl only LP was released on Zodiac Records, credited to Thunders and Kramer and titled Gang War, it is easily available from specialist retailers.
Info2:
Gang War came about shortly after Johnny Thunders released his 'So Alone' album, and Wayne Kramer was not long out of jail after serving two years of a sentence of four for a coke bust. Arriving in Detroit with the Heartbreakers, Johnny met his teenage idol Wayne who jammed with them at the gig. Johnny stayed on, moving his family to Michigan and pledging his future to Gang War. They toured regularly and recorded a couple of demos with a view to getting a deal, but they couldn't get record company interest and after eight or nine months they split. Although Gang War released no records and at the time they got little attention, in retrospect the collaboration is looked on as a 'rock fantasy' supergroup. These live recordings bear testimony to this unique partnership between two renowned rock guitar icons. On the recordings, both contribute lead vocals and guitars on Thunders and Dolls tracks, songs familiar from Kramer and MC5 and fascinating cover versions.
About this CD:
This cd is a mix of two seperate Gang War shows, and on the first show the band is in pretty good form and the sound is pretty good. It really does sound like a cross between The Heartbreakers and the MC5. Johnny's guitar is there in all it's buzzsaw glory, and every once in a while Wayne lets some wild acid drenched lines fly, and their styles really complement each other pretty well. However, the second show that starts with 'The Harder They Come' (which is the same material as on 'Live at the Channel Club') has Thunders completely out of it. By this point Johnny's wife has just left him, and, true to form, he immedietly started self destructing. So he spends half of these last 5 tracks berating the audience between and during the songs.
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track 01 - RAMBLIN' ROSE
http://www.2shared.com/file/1790404/...blin_Rose.html
track 02 - LONDON BOYS
http://www.2shared.com/file/1790608/...ndon_Boys.html
track 03 - THESE BOOTS ARE MADE FOR WALKING
http://www.2shared.com/file/1790615/...r_Walking.html
track 04 - M.I.A.
http://www.2shared.com/file/1790628/..._04_-_Mia.html
track 07 - I'D MUCH RATHER BE WITH THE BOYS
http://www.2shared.com/file/1790632/..._The_Boys.html
track 08 - I'LL GO CRAZY
http://www.2shared.com/file/1790642/..._Go_Crazy.html
track 09 - HEY THANKS
http://www.2shared.com/file/1790674/...ey_Thanks.html
track 10 - THE COURAGEOUS CAT THEME
http://www.2shared.com/file/1790679/...geous_Cat.html
track 11 - JUST BECAUSE I'M WHITE
http://www.2shared.com/file/1790687/..._Im_White.html
track 12 - AROUND AND AROUND
http://www.2shared.com/file/1790750/...d__Around.html
track 13 - THE HARDER THEY COME
http://www.2shared.com/file/1790775/...They_Come.html
track 14 - THE TEN COMMANDMENTS OF LOVE
http://www.2shared.com/file/1790805/...s_Of_Love.html
track 15 - LIKE A ROLLING STONE
http://www.2shared.com/file/1790818/...ing_Stone.html
track 16 - ENDLESSS PARTY
http://www.2shared.com/file/1790827/...ess_Party.html
track 17 - DO YOU LOVE ME
http://www.2shared.com/file/1790833/...u_Love_Me.html
Enjoy!
Luciano
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