The first Dead Farmers LP is one I hold particularly dear. I remember catching the group play as a teen back at the old Repressed Records site further up King St on the day the album came out. In stores at the shop seemed like the only place where someone under-18 could see interesting bands play at the time and felt like in “in” to the countercultural/underground happenings of Sydney.
Maxed out volume, double-vocal mayhem, music that drew upon punk but seemed so much more challenging/exciting than the schlock I’d read about in rock/guitar magazines. A group that appealed to my love of The Stooges at the time but also led me in the direction of the Japanese punk/psych of High Rise.
Long live Dead Farmers!
-Mitch
Maxed out volume, double-vocal mayhem, music that drew upon punk but seemed so much more challenging/exciting than the schlock I’d read about in rock/guitar magazines. A group that appealed to my love of The Stooges at the time but also led me in the direction of the Japanese punk/psych of High Rise.
Long live Dead Farmers!
-Mitch