ADZ - Transmissions From Planet Speedball

Original Release Date

1999

Release Information

US CD 1999 (Amsterdamned - 70014-2)

1 After The Storm 3:09
2 Creature Of Habit 2:06
3 Cottonmouth 3:47
4 Buddha Sixteen 3:25
5 Lucifer Sam 3:12
6 The Neck 2:53
7 Surfin' Planet Speedball 2:56
8 Win, Lose Or Draw 2:30
9 Sugar 3:28
10 Bob Cut And A Lunchbox 2:40
11 Locomotive 3:03
12 Whores For Gloria 2:02
13 Crash And Burn 2:11
14 Ramblin' Gamblin' Man 3:17

Chart Placings

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Credits

Tony Reflex - vocals
Kirk Mosher - guitar, vocals
George Paras - guitar
Bruce Duff - bass, guitar, keyboards, vocals
Mat Young - drums

Reviews & Opinions

ALL MUSIC GUIDE: A sometimes harrowing song cycle that depicts a first-person descent into drug abuse and self-destruction, the album is in some ways like a late-'90s reworking of Hüsker Dü's Zen Arcade, ditching that album's conceptual sprawl but keeping its forward motion and yowling intensity (as well as its psychedelic leanings -- the album's highlight is a snarling pure punk version of Syd Barrett's "Lucifer Sam"). Even the lighter material, like the Queers-style "Bob Cut and a Lunchbox," is pretty desperate. Transmissions from Planet Speedball is a surprisingly potent and unflinching look at the dark side of rock & roll life that delivers a powerful message without resorting to sensationalism or preaching."

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