This one has been hidin out, waiting to rock you out for 33 years. Recorded in 1976, the Hackney brothers, Danny, Dannis and Bobby lay down some seriously heavy music as DEATH.
After seeing local Detroit faves the Stooges play a concert, these guys got turned on and almost immediately started playing their own unique brand of melodic, funky and punky music. They managed to catch the eye of Clive Davis, who agreed to record them for the Columbia imprint. About seven songs into the recording process, Clive Davis began to insist they change their name from Death. The Hackney brothers were not havin it, and Davis dropped them from the label. So they started their own label, Tryangle Records (cool name , huh?) pressed five hundred 7 inch records and gave them away gratis at their concerts.
Then they kind of faded into the ether for awhile, their memory kept alive by crazy record collectors, groovin on their own private DEATH trip.
Many years later, Bobby Hackney's kids went to a party in LA and heard the single being played ("that's my dad!"). Bobby then dusted of the master tape and played it for 'em.
I guess that got the ball rolling 'cause Drag City records just put out a seven song EP taken from the Columbia sessions, and man is it cool. DEATH does their own thing, they bounce from genre to genre, funk, psych, punk...just music. check it out, you'll be glad that you did.
Thanks to Rob and Andy for turning me on to this one.
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