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The London Music Archives - 1986

CHRW
London Underground

Condo Christ - Weekend Alcoholic
Itsa Skitsa - Warning
L.MO.T.V. - Loss Of Control
Lifeless Currents - Walk On
Nosmo King Jr. - City Of Faith
October Crisis - PCB
Planet People - Bad Boy
Sheep Look Up - Like A Rat
Suffer Machine - Footsteps
Thin Line - Burning Leaves
Ukase - Shadow Dancer

Recording Information

Executive Producers - David Freeman and AI Ross
Co- Ordinated by S. Latimer
Associate Producer - Andrew Sykes
Promotions - Alice Haliburton
Cover Artwork by Doug Temple, Len Temple

This album was recorded at SRS (Sound Recording Studio)
London, Ontario - Spring 1986.

Engineers: Tim Lunn, Jennifer Lewis
Mix Engineers: Tim Lunn, Jennifer Lewis, Paul Steenhuis
Production Assistance from CHRW, Paul Steenhuis, Geoff Keymer

Cut at The Lacquering Channel, Toronto, Ontario
Manufactured by Astro Records, Toronto, Ontario
Distributed by CHRW

Special thanks to the University Students' Council, U.W.O.,Lunasee Lighting & Sound, Katie Utsall, Jo Ann Pleber, Mike Hensen, SRS Studios and the London community who made this album possible.

UKASE 'Shadow Dancer'

He's a mystery ..shadow dancer
Looking at me with grey-blue eyes
Where is his world, I tried to find it
Looking at you, our worlds collide

Chorus
Looking at . . . our worlds collide
Shadow dancer but he can't hide

Days pass by shifting slowly
Morning sun to deep midnight
Darkness brings my feelings inward
I need your love to shed some light
Fragments all beyond these pieces
Where he stands so tall so still
Is my love enough to reach you
Will its touch release your will
In the shadows, he can't hide.

(c) 1986 UKASE
UKASE are .. .
Roza White - Vocals
Christine deVeber - Guitar
Dianne McPherson - Guitar
Jane Culligan - Bass
Steve Vachon - Drums

THE THIN LINE `Burning Leaves'

Carried away on the wings of the wind
I loin the race to death
With lifeless breath under gothic skies
Our last words laid to rest
As the seasons turn, the embers burn
There's a shadow long and drawn
Kisses from impassioned lips
With deadened grass upon the lawn

Chorus
Swirling in a circle
The dust gets in my eyes
And it doesn't really matter
Which way I turn
For the seasons have stilled our cries.

As the light recedes from full blown rage
We draw the curtains on a lively beast
Our traps are full
But our catch is small
We drive on a setting sun
Burning leaves burn like aged souls
The sap, it flows no more
We pass another season, harden up our skins
We place the bolt across the door.

1986 Andrew McPherson
Music by T.T.L.
THE THIN LINE are ...
Andrew McPherson - Vocals, Sax
Rolf Dinsdale - Guitar
Tim Crease - Bass
Mario Circelli - Drums

LIFELESS CURRENTS `Walk On'
All the sensitivity we cut it all away
Destroy, destroyed, destroy ourselves, play the game
Well I've stopped dreaming of the days
I might never see
Lost cause seems dead to the world
Bring me back to life again

It doesn't matter who you are
It doesn't matter if you're weak or strong
It doesn't matter where you're from
It only matters, do believe in yourself

Caught a glimpse of hell's rage
We still want to taste
The poison that smells so sweet
The power we embrace
They want you to worship their deity
Follow the rules but what about God
Listen and obey the Preacher
No I won't, I'm on my own

Too much to live up to
Too many to disappoint
I pulled out her thouu
Never saw the dagger
You found so many ways to put words
Into my mouth
Dissillusioned by my intentions
Let it go
Walk on.

1986 A. Piggins
Music by LC.
LIFELESS CURRENTS are . .
Mike Munro - Drums, Vocals, Celtic Harp, Tuba
Mitch - Bass, Vocals, Belzouki, Jesus Harp, Harmonica
Alan Piggins - Vocals, Guitar, Foot Stompin'
Thanks to: Bruce Fleming, Jeff Stock, Colin the Giraffe, Tannis Maynard
(backup vocals, harmonizing), Paul Boreham, Phil Langlotz, Kevin Barry and Frank Shaw.

OCTOBER CRISIS 'PCB' © 1986
OCTOBER CRISIS are . ..
Rick Barnes - Rhythm Guitar
Dave Clark - Back-Up Vocals
Jamie McLean - Drums
Johnny O. - Bass
Darsea Scot - Lead Vocals

CONDO CHRIST `Weekend Alcoholic'

Get up in the morning -run my fingers through my hair
My head's still pounding - gotta get out of here
Everyone's bitching - but I don't care
Going out now gonna dunk some more beer

Weekend alcoholic -'cause there's nothing else to do
Weekend alcoholic - and it's all because of you
Weekend alcoholic - leave me alone
Weekend alcoholic - gonna drink 'til I fall

You can't be a rebel forever
How long can you be a brat?
Felt like I can do it forever
Maybe even longer than that

Chorus
Get up in the morning - run my lingers through my hair
My head's still pounding - gotta get out of here
Everyone's bitching - I don't care
Going out now gonna drink some more beer.

© 1986 Condo Christ
CONDO CHRIST are . ..
Mary Lou Ambrogio - Bass
Chris Richards - Guitar
Dan Husband - Lead Guitar
Wayne Fisher - Drums
Jamie Conyers - Vocals

PLANET PEOPLE `Bad Boy'

Some people they drink whiskey
Some people they decline
Some people live all their lives
Some lust sit and pine
Some people pray for money
Some people pray for fame
Me I love it sunny
Me I love it rain

I'm just a bad boy enjoying all my days
Don't have no job, don't have no fears
I'm lust a bad boy soaking up the rays
Summer's dancing . . . dancing in my ears
My bank account's run dry . . . she's in arrears

Just a bad boy . . .

Some people they dig ditches
Some sip apple wine
Some caught up with the riches
Some caught feeling fine
Some people work to retire
Some are purely bored
Some just like to hire
Some lust want to hoard

I'm just a bad boy showing no distain
Never forcing any blame
I'm just a bad boy got to stay sane
I live a lazy game . . . never play by the rules
Never fly . . . too near the flame

Just a bad boy .

© 1986 D.N Blokker
Music by J Charlton
PLANET PEOPLE are . ..
John Charlton - Lead Vocals, Guitar, Drums
Ralph Dame - Chapman Stick, Vocals
Special thanks to Cinch Morrison.

L.M.O.T.V. 'Loss of Control'

Loss of control
Loss of control
We're going down with a heart full of soul
The number we've reached is no longer in service
And that look in your eye is making me nervous
You pulled out the plug
On our great love
And all my sweet dreams
Have run down the drain
We tasted your mettle - you threw in the towel
And everyone wonders who'll have the last howl
Images in nations that I've never seen
Make me wonder if I've got the right dream
Twilight sleep, I will forget
To feel my cowardice - haven't earned it yet

Musical limbo's not a nice place to be
Floating m a dingy in the deep blue sea
There's land hog A land of snow
We'll warm it up with a musical glow

Draw in the anchor -- full speed ahead
Blinding ambition - the taste of lead
We never sleep - though we collapse into bed
We'll never sleep until we're cold and dead.

© 1986 J Zucchero
L.MO.T.V. are ...
Paul Brennan - Bass
Gary Kaufman - Drums
Kevin McKeon - Guitar
Andrew McPherson - Vocals, Sax
Jim Zucchero - Guitar

SUFFER MACHINE 'Footsteps'

Prostituted my body
Kissed ass and I like it
Perverted the innocent
Like my father did
Relieve the things I tell you
though I am a liar it
I only had the guts
I'd burn your money in a fire

I'm just following in the footsteps of my teacher

Imprisoned my body
Tasted pain and I liked it
Perverted the innocent
Like my mother did
Believe the things that I tell you
Though I am a lia
r If I only had the nuts
I'd burn your world in a fire

Cause every slave in his head
Yearns to be a man of action
.. I'm just following in the footsteps of my teacher

(C) 1986 Suffer Machine
SUFFER MACHINE are ...
Peter Tangredi - Vocals
Chris (Bork) Serratore - Perc/Drums
Greg (Egg) Rinehart - Bass
Pat (Snit) Eynon - Guitar
Stephen (Phano) - Keys
Lisa Patterson - Sax, Back-Up Vocals
Sheila Veerkamp - Back-Up Vocals
Michele deVeber - Back-Up Vocals

NOSMO KING JR. `City Of Faith'
NOSMO KING JR. are . ..
Greg Clarke - Rhythm Guitar, Vocals
Pat Gilmour - Keys
Jedd House - Lead Guitar
Brodie Lodge - Drums
Lionel Lodge - Bass

ITSA SKITSA' Warning'

It's raining raining again
But the sun it still shines
Pouring pouring rain
But the sky is still the same
People in their cars
Driving home from work
Turn on the radio
Can't get it to work
Calm down it's okay
Just need a release
Walking down the street
Steaming underneath
Something in the air
Something we don't know
Sale signs are everywhere
Everything must go
Waiting for the warning to begin
For an explanation out of desperation
You want it

Living in a tent
House has fallen down
Saving all the rent
Sleeping on the ground
Earth below your feet
Shaking all the time
This is where we wait  For another sign

© 1986 Paul Scriven
Music by Itsa Skitsa
ITSA SKITSA are . . .
Paul Scriven - Vocals, Guitar
Damian Seguin - Guitar, Vocals
Doug Campbell - Drums lain Staines -Bass
Special thanks to Dana Stone

SHEEP LOOK UP `Like A Rat'

Your life's piece meal
And ya want appeal
You wanna finish it off
But ya got no cause
Want to believe
Ya got the means
Is the God in you
Wont it shine through

Chorus
Sonority
Build a nightmare
Diversity
Why are you frightened
Festering
Building cycles
A new plateau
Ya live like a rat

No killing ground
To be found
Religious fewer
Is what you need
Make a circle
Make it perfect
So you won't need rest
You'll need the best

Chorus

Break it down
Into sound
See how the pieces fit
Now make a mess of it
Wasting my time
Like words that don't rhyme
No not another change
You can't maintain

Chorus

© 1986 Will Power
Music by Sheep Look Up
SHEEP LOOK UP are . . .
Will Power - Vocals
Gilbert Smith - Guitar
Greg Moore - Drums
Mark DeRoux - Bass
John Francom - Sax, Piano
Produced by Chris Greenwood & Sheep Look Up

In addition to those already mentioned CHRW would like to extend special thanks to -
Rob Elder. Dale Goldberg, G. James. Robert MacDougall. Paul Reviers Mark Furakawa. Rob Pollock, Fed Miller, Eric Funnekotter, Len Siderius, Paperworks Port Litho. Lionel Lodge. Brodie Lodge. 8. Mack. Sonic Wolfe, Helen & Tammy.