THE BRIMSTONES
NEW JERSEY'S FAVORITE HELLIONS. NEW 3 SONG 45 RPM 7" ON GO APE RECORDS. COMING SOON.

Cobbled together from instruments fished out of the garbage and influenced by records nobody would ever fess up to diggin’ in good conscience, the Brimstones came together in 98’ to fill a grave left empty w/ the absence of real, intense, balls out rock & roll (not to be confused w/ the pap that passes for the real deal these days).

Clubs were closing, the scene was deader than a 6pcs bucket of extra crispy, CB’s had installed an art gallery (!?!?). There seemed little hope than subsequent generations of NJ suburbanites and NY scumbags would ever see the sight of splintered guitars, fuck a piece of strange in a bathroom stall, nor slip around in a puddle of blood that wasn’t there own.

Yet through some strange hitherto unknown Alchemy of Vacuum Tubes, Transistors, pointy shoes and, more often than not, Thunderbird Wine, the ‘Stones’, as they came to be called (Not to be confused w/ those other guys) , managed to pack houses, basements, bars and the occasional Taco joint with the most eclectic group of low lives (A term of endearment); whipping themselves into a violent frenzy akin to a spiritual trance and inviting everyone to take part in their saturnalia-like orgy of destruction and self-gratification.

With absolutely no support form the underground music establishment (too busy hiring stylists to give a hang about the music itself) nor a kind word from area journalists preoccupied with tacking their byline on self-aggrandizing bullshit, the Brimstones still managed to hammer their message squarely between the eyes of any who cared to listen, and indeed managed to hang on and even increase their grip where as others passed into obscurity and, more often than not, day jobs.

Yet instead of just riding the coat tales of local acts of manufactured rebellion and pretentious art house shtick, the Brimstones made it a point to give the kind of show that not only made the audience fear for their safety, but *gasp* actually dance (In full view of their friends, no less). Bones were broken, mic stands took flight, hips were dislocated; in short, the stars aligned, and for a time, teenagers walked the walk instead of just getting a cool haircut, an ironic tee-shirt and missing the point completely.

But what is the point? In a word, Rock and Roll is not a genre. It is not a fad or a faze. It is not a style that can be co-opted, nor does it suffer the weak. Rock and roll is a religion, born out of primitive desire and hedonistic indulgence. It has no message, no lofty aspirations. What it does do is get you broken teeth, free drinks and occasionally laid with impunity, and that, my friends, is where the Brimstones come in…

The Brimstone have held their own onstage alongside some of the greatest acts Rock & Roll has to offer including the Cramps, Damned, Slits, Ventures, Seeds, ? & the Mysterions, Link Wray, Dick Dale and the Remains just to rattle of a handful. Often imitated, never duplicated (occasionally questioned by local authorities) the Brimstones are an American band, a Jersey band, and barring a change in the statute of limitations, a Rock & Roll band, free to play whatever the fuck they want, whenever they want and to whoever is willing to listen. Consider this your heads up. Wear a helmet.

Prepare yourself for the all new release from Go Ape Records: three rug-cutters from New Jersey's favorite hellions, the Brimstones! In the grand tradition of records that don't suck, the Brimstones new 45 lifts and separates like a bullet bra for your soul. This is a very limited release, so get it while it's white hot. It's more fun than a barrel of drunken monkeys and only costs your sanity.

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HERE ARE LOS WAKAMONOS
HOT OFF THE PRESS, IT'S THE LONG AWAITED NEW RELEASE FROM GO APE RECORDS: LOS WAKAMONOS FOUR FANCY ELEKI HITS. THIS TREBBLE, FUZZ AND REVERB SATURATED 4 SONG 7" EP WILL MAKE YOR SPEAKERS SQUEAL LIKE A PIG. IT'S ABSOLUTELY PRIMITIVE!

Los Wakamonos "4 Fancy Eleki Hits" is the newest release from Brooklyn's favorite DIY label, Go Ape Records. Los Wakamonos (roughly translated - The Young Men) is a demented "eleki" duo hailing from Okayama, Japan. Making their international vinyl debut, the emperors of eleki's rough & ready brand of garage & surf instrumentals will make your speakers squeal like a pig. I don't know if they surf on Monster Island, but if they do, I'd bet dollars to donuts Los Wakamonos is blasting out of every transistor radio along that beach. If you like treble squelching, fuzzed-out, reverb drenched guitar coupled with primitive, bombastic drums, check out the two-headed Beast from the East, Los Wakamonos. This is a very ltd edition 4 song EP mastered by the garage master himself, Tim Warren of Crypt Records. It is a fuzz & reverb saturated head-first foray into the frothy depths of the primitive. Los Wakamonos are truly the contemporary emperors of eleki.

What people are saying about Los Wakamonos:

Mike Rowell of SF Weekly, "It gave me the slow-motion Cramps."
Michael Chandler of Lost Crusaders & Raunch Hands, "My oriental brothers!"
Tim Warren of Crypt Records, "I love the damaged sound"
Michael Lynch, Ugly Things contributor, "digs the fuzzfest freakout that is '4 Fancy Eleki Hits!!'
Miriam Linna of Norton Records and The A-Bones, "Who did the cover?"

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Other places one can find Los Wakamonos "4 Fancy Eleki Hits"

Academy Annex
96 N. 6th Street
Brooklyn, NY 11211
718-218-8200

Academy Records
415 E. 12th Street
New York, NY 10009
212-780-9166

Barn Homes Records
601 Gloria Hatsuho-Shinjuku
7-6-5 Nishi-Shinjuku
Tokyo, Japan
03-3363-4730

Time Bomb Records
Sun-Ball B1
2-9-28 Nishi-Shinsaibashi
Chuo-Ku, Osaka City
Osaka 542-0086
Japan
06-6213-5079

Dead By Mono Records
On -line store out of the U.K.

Interpunk
One-stop on-line punk shopping.

IT HAS RISEN...
DIRECT FROM HOLLYWOOD CEMETERY

Six Feet Under The Mason Dixon Line

First there was Screaming Lord Sutch, then Alice Cooper and then the Misfits. Now there's Direct From Hollywood Cemetery. DFHC's debut EP on Go Ape! Records dispatches a swift kick to the gonads of your rock-n-roll fantasy.

With an organ-driven garage-punk sound more furious than a barrel of evil monkeys, DFHC reaps souls first and asks questions later. Incredibly, the band blends elements of Roky Erickson, Meat Loaf and televangelism into an evil pastiche of dual guitar madness.

With the right Rev. Phineas Fangs crooning like a bat out of Hell and the lovely Lucretia Secretions responding like a chorus of sirens, each song is a wicked sermon inflicting upon its devoted laity an ungodly clamor executed with all the panache and savoir-faire of the Piper himself.

So, if you've never seen one of their spine-tingling live performances, do your soul some justice and experience the next best thing: the new ltd. edition 7" EP on Go Ape! Records. The A side is the lascivious show stopper "It Ain't Cheatin' With Me." It's fast, furious and just a little cheeky. The flip side delivers two monstrous ravers, "The Snake" and "Fan The Fires."

It's a wicked foray into the netherworld of Rock-N-Roll that just can't be ignored and a must for any vinyl nut. The very limited pressing of 500 is going fast so don't snooze! Pay a meager $5.00 now or thru the nose later on some on-line auction. Shipping in U.S. and Canada is $5.00 and the rest of the world is $8.00. Cheap!

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introducing... THE HECKLERS

7" Single LIMITED QUANTITY

The Heckelrs: Go Ape Records first ever recording artist. If you're a fan of good ol' fashion KBD-style no-frills rock-n-roll and love to collect 45's then you won't be disappointed by this slab. The band rips through two original tunes on the A side, My Head and Walking Like A Panther, and deliver a balls-out version of The Rubinoos' Rock-N-Roll Is Dead on the flip.

Read what's been said about this band in MRR HERE.
See the band perform HERE.

Get your copy while they last, as this is a very limited pressing. Purchase your copy now for only $4.00 (cheap!). Add $3.00 shipping to anywhere in North America and $6.00 for the rest of the world. Send your hard-earned cash to P.O. Box 411, Brooklyn, NY 11211, USA, or click a link below for an instant PayPal purchase. Please note: all money orders should be made payable to Lewis-Verdon.

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