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March Of The Lost Wormsouls

from Raw Sewage, Vol. 1 (1983) by Walls Of Genius

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This is an epic 2-chord bolero that fades in. Lord knows how long we had been jamming before the fade in! Brad is playing martial marching drums to David’s relentless rhythm guitar. Again, David’s approach to the guitar is plainly evident. Not only does he rock, but he sounds almost as if he’s going to fall off the edge of the earth at any moment—in many ways, this approach reminds me of Thelonious Monk’s odd-times and off-beat approach to the piano. I (Evan) am playing a wild trilling recorder lead that may have been overdubbed—hard to imagine how the recorder could compete with the drum set. Dena’s cello is finally audible, comping the rhythm. After a long while, Evan comes in with some lead guitar and comps the rhythm, along with the relentless cello. The lead guitar shares some call-and-response with the drums. Evan’s guitar turns to a rhythm part and the drums pick up the new rhythm. David’s guitar picks up the groove and Evan goes back to leads and faux-bass-lines. Is it about to fade out? No! It’s just quieting down and the cello takes a lead. Ed finally abandons percussion and brings in the Echoplex guitar, Evan plays some discordant rhythm parts, and together the two of them build up the groove. The drums rise up nicely and the jam achieves a critical mass climax. It quickly fades out before anything else starts up. You can hear Brad go back to the original drum part on the quick fade-out. This was a lengthy piece, who knows how much longer we went with it in the studio. I picked the best section for “release”. Once again, this was titled after the fact. I had used a worm theme previously (“Leading the Worms To Slaughter”) and would revisit this same music with lyrics at a future date. I was into the idea of worms, how they came out of the soil when it rained and wriggled around, apparently suicidal in a lemming-like way. I was also very impressed by the book “Seven Years In Tibet” wherein the author described how the young Dalai Lama took such care to save the worms when they were excavating around the Potala Palace. David had more of a “salted slug” theme that he would pursue later on. This track originally appeared on the cassette release "Johnny Rocco", credited to the faux-group The Ed'n'Evan Hullabaloo.

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from Raw Sewage, Vol. 1 (1983), released March 1, 1983
composition: Evan Cantor & David Lichtenberg
Evan Cantor: electric gtr & baroque recorder
Little Fyodor: electric gtr
Ed Fowler: electric gtr, kalimba, slide whistle
Dena Zocher: cello
Brad Carton: drums (courtesy Denver punks The Lepers)

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Walls Of Genius

Fried psychedelia, relentless experimentation, hunter-gatherer improv, space rock doom, heavy rock monumentalism and daffy cover tunes. Walls of Genius rips holes in the fabric of space and time, kicks you in the ass and leaves you smiling. 80s stalwarts of the cassette culture, they're back in the 21st century. The most unique band that ever was. Really! ... more

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