SMASHING TRANSISTORS - SEGER LIBERATION ARMY "HEAVY MUSIC" 7" EP
Yeah! I egged Blob Seger's yacht. What about it?!? I've heard a ton of reasons why all the Seger stuff pre "Beautiful Loser" is out of print but a favorite of mine is that him and Punch Andrews, his manager for the past 58 years (who it just so happens is also Kid Rock's manager these days), HATE all the guys who played in the band back then so if the recordings are not available there's no sales and so those guys can't collect a royalty. Pretty sneaky huh? It sucks cuz Seger is known for being the big fat ass Santa looking guy who sings "Old Time Rock-n-Roll" but there was a time when he sounded tough and ROCKED! Put on something like "Down Home" from the first Seger System album and try to tell me it wouldn't sound right on the In The Red label circa now. Members of the Dirtbombs and the New Bomb Turks provide a fat groove behind the wine lovin' preaching of the Rev. Tom Potter as he leads his store front church gospel choir of Marcie and Jason Von Bondie cracklin' through speakers from the beaches to the streets. When Seger sang about the Big Bad Beat coming on the radio in "Heavy Music" he wasn't thinking about his truck or the Mackinac Bridge. He was talkin' about goin' deeper and gettin' down. Lemme tell ya-the Seger Liberation Army can feel it! Can you? "Chain Smokin'" is on the flip and it's dates even farther back to old Bob's days in the Last Herd (who's songs would've appeared on Norton's "Hideout" collection if it wasn't for a "request by the artist" to keep 'em off it). This record will squash them puny Briefs sentiments like a nuclear powered flyswatter
HORIZONTAL ACTION - SEGER LIBERATION ARMY "HEAVY MUSIC" 7" EP
Ah, the oft misunderstood Bobby Seegz, as interpreted by some of rock-n-roll's finest current heroes. Thomas Potter, JImmy Diamond, Fred Beldin, Jim Weber and mista Patrick Patano. If you even think ya gots a clue about Detroit rock then you're bound to know that at one time Bob Seger was crankin out some of the best sounds you could get yer greasy lil' fingers on. I'm talking pure d-town gold. I'm pretty sure that lil' scientoligist faggot Tom Cruise never owned or even heard any of it, but these fellas are bringin' it back like nobody else could. Who else could possibly handle the heavy vocal duties of B.S. than the great TeePee? Know What? You've heard it on these pages before, but the Briefs suck. This is great. Get it Now!
SLEAZEGRINDER.COM - SEGER LIBERATION ARMY "HEAVY MUSIC" 7" EP
Says here on the back cover, about the tunes: "You WILL dig 'em", so it's not like I have much of a choice. SLA (Hey!) is a supergroup comprised of 5 trash rock vets from such seminal gut-bucket garage punkers and R&R howlers as The Come Ons, Bantam Rooster, New Bomb Turks, The Clutters, the Dirtbombs, and El Smasho. With such a formidable lineage, you'd expect a king-size wallop of Big Beat rock and roll action, and brother, you get it. A-side "Heavy Music" is a monster, a wallop of 60's fuzz and roll that sounds like "Mony, Mony" blasting out of the MC5's stacks, and the b-side is a sleazy psyche-rawk track with Cherry Valance-styled high pitched "Yeahs!" and some seriously meaty, circular riffin'. The boys were absolutely right-I do dig 'em, and you're gonna dig 'em too. Very few supergroups live up to the sum of their parts, but Seger Liberation Army sound like a crack commado unit of rock and fuckin' roll unto themselves. This one's a classic. Go get it.
PUNK PLANET - SEGER LIBERATION ARMY "HEAVY MUSIC" 7" EP
It's a Detroit superstar cast doing Bob Seger covers - What the hell else do you want? Tommy Potter (lead vocals) from Bantam Rooster/Dirtbombs may be no Seger, but he gives the soul justice. Jim Diamond from Ghetto Recorders/Dirtbombs blasts guitars and organs. Fred Beldin of El Smasho fills in with more guitars. Jim Weber of the New Bomb Turks lays down the bass, and Pat Pantano of the Dirtbombs plays drums. Did I tell you that it was a Detroit Superstar cast or what? Nothing is really as pathetic as a bunch of drunks who get together and record these two covers "Heavy Music" and "Chain Smoking." Semms like a good idea and with Jim Diamond owning one of the best studios in the country, it sounds top notch. What's great is that Big Neck put this out. So where is the LP?
RAZORCAKE - SEGER LIBERATION ARMY "HEAVY MUSIC" 7" EP
Not sure what Bob Seger needs to be liberated from besides the 80s and 90s but that's exactly what this single does, covering two numbers that I have to assume (with very little actual knowledge on the subject of Seger's career output) are from the late 60s/early 70s days when his band probably opened for the MC5, whose sound was a slightly raunchier version of the white R & B present here. In other words, MC5 era Detroit rock-n-roll from the hand of the youth.
MAXIMUM ROCK-N-ROLL - SEGER LIBERATION ARMY "HEAVY MUSIC" 7" EP
...a tribute to the king of mid-60s Detroit white-boy soul. There seems to be a revival in the magic of old Bob Seger music these days and I ain't complaining either!!! All the young kids have been spinning Seger at the clubs... just goes to show you that there are some people who are REALLY INTO FUCKING out there and aren't afraid to let the world know it!!! Cuz I'll tell ya baby, you could really fuck good and hard to selected Seger System cuts... nasty sexy too!!! I'm glad the kids are hip to SEGER... more teenage sex and drug use is what I promote!!! Anyway about this record; It's basically an all star single featuring my favorite session man and bass player, Jim Diamond, who I think rules!!! This record doesn't have the power of the original numbers, but the spirit is there... I mean how can you give somebody as great as Bob Seger the "perfect" blowjob anyway?
GARAGE AND BEAT - SEGER LIBERATION ARMY "HEAVY MUSIC" 7" EP
If you just can't get enough Bob Seger music or would like to hear another band's spin on some of his more potent early tunes, the SLA are your ticket to good times. Detroit recording engineer to the stars, JIm Diamond, is part of this tribute to the ramblin' gamblin man. He is joined by Thomas Potter, Frederic Beldin, James Weber and Patrick Pantano, who are moonlighting from such bands as the Dirtbombs, Bantam Rooster, and the New Bomb Turks. The two tracks here, "Heavy Music" and "Chain Smokin'," are given a vibrant and respectful treatment. The modern edge works fine and points up the fact that Bob wrote some rather timeless tunes in his prime. I'd be curious to see what these whippersnappers do with some of my favorite ancient seger nuggets. This is probably jus a one off project, though.
BLANKGENERATION.COM - SEGER LIBERATION ARMY "HEAVY MUSIC" 7" EP
You WILL dig this. The SLA is Tom Potter, Diamond Jim Diamond, and other garage no-goodniks (including another Dirtbomb and a New Bomb Turk) raiding the vaults of one Mr. Bob Seger. And not Silver Bullet Band shit either, we’re going back-back-back to the late Sixties Bob Seger and the Last Heard days when he was still a little known garage doofus releasing records on local Michigan labels. Here, "Heavy Music" is backed with "Chain Smokin’", two prime slices of Detroit garage fuzz. The SLA turn in great performances on both tracks, in that Ghetto Recorders sound decked out with ample amounts of Dirtbombs-fuzz kinda way. It honestly rocks like all hell, and there’s already another volume in the works at the Big Neck hit factory which is supposedly even better than this. And if you’re like me and think everything Tom Potter touches is gold then get this superior slab ASAP.
SUSPECT DEVICE - SEGER LIBERATION ARMY "HEAVY MUSIC" 7" EP
If the sound of Bob Seger tunes wants to make you put a silver bullet in your head, your not alone. The only people who could possible make a Seger song not only bearable but rock-n-rollin is this Holy order of garage GODs aka Tom Potter and Jim Diamond (greasy spoon) form Bantam Rooster/Dirtbombs, Jim Weber from the New Bomb Turks/Gaunt (R.I.P. Jerry Wick), Fred Beldin from El Smasho and The Clutters, and Patrick Pantano from the Come Ons and The Dirtbombs.
AMP (AMERICAN MUSIC PRESS) - SEGER LIBERATION ARMY "HEAVY MUSIC" 7" EP
The single I was looking forward to most in 2002 didn't come out until the very last weeks of the year. but the wait was worth it. You might have heard about this band, but lemme fill you in: SLA features members of THE COME ONS, DIRTBOMBS, and NEW BOMB TURKS doing (suprise) BOB SEGER covers. The result is suprisingly great and more than a little funny. I'm not a Seger guy, but these undeniably cool folks have managed to breathe life into an undeniably uncool has been. With folks form those bands aboard, how could it suck?
CYCLOPS ONLINE ZINE - SEGER LIBERATION ARMY "HEAVY MUSIC" 7" EP
Big Neck Records latest 7 inch is “Heavy Music” by the Seger Liberation Army. Now this is a side project of members of some great bands, a super group if you will. It’s Thomas Potter of Batam Rooster/ Dirtbombs on vocals, Jim Diamond of the Dirtbombs on guitar and organ, Fred Beldin of El Smasho/the Clutters on guitar, Jim Weber of the New Bomb Turks on Bass and Patrick Pantano of the Come On/ Dirtbombs on drums. They do two songs by Bob Seger & The Last Heard. These songs are from ten years before Seger broke it big. This was recorded at Jim Diamond’s Ghetto Recorders so of course it sounds great. Side A contains “Heavy Music.” This is a soul rave-up that will get all the ladies dancin’ and I’m sure would get the James Brown seal of approval. It has a smokin’ organ solo and I always love those handclaps. Side B contains “Chain Smokin’.” What can I say, this is another funky number that had me dancin’ in my underwear. I really love the background vocals on this one. It got me thinkin’ “Soooooul Train.” Who’d a thunk, Bob Seger songs could sound this good? Will this super group make another record? Who knows? Just get this one and enjoy what we’ve got; a great single.
ROCTOBER - SEGER LIBERATION ARMY "HEAVY MUSIC" 7" EP
This is Lester Bang's dream band!!
GARBAGE DUMP ZINE - SEGER LIBERATION ARMY "HEAVY MUSIC" 7" EP
What would happen if some of the drunks from THE DIRTBOMBS, BANTAM ROOSTER, NEW BOMB TURKS and THE COME ONS would get along together to record cover versions from the BOB SEGER SYSTEM? This record, indeed!! Yes, that's true, some of the best musicians from the Detroit-Chicago-Columbus area got together to release two soulful, garagey, organ fuelled numbers from the great BOB SEGER. Recorded in a drunken blur by JIm Diamond in that '90s rock'n'roll mecca called Ghetto Recorders this is a fatal addition for your record collection.... hell I had to switch the turntable off to prevent my hair growing afro!!! BIG NECK strikes again... and if you dig the modern lo-fi/blues/garage way, it's better you start going that way too!!
CARBON 14 - SEGER LIBERATION ARMY "HEAVY MUSIC" 7" EP
I think this portion of the press sheet sums it up best, "They were drunk… and it seemed like a good idea at the time." I'm sure it did. And it made for a pretty good 7" too.
GO METRIC - SEGER LIBERATION ARMY "HEAVY MUSIC" 7" EP
Bob Seger has a lot to answer for, but his early Detroit days continue to inspire a legion of Seger apologists. The SLA, featuring a New Bomb Turk, producer Jim Diamond, and other luminaries, make a great case for the apologists. Both of these cuts are heavy, psychedelic r'n'b - lot's of muscle and big hooks. If only Chevy had chosen one of these songs for their tv ads.
2+2=? EP
SAVAGE MAGAZINE - SEGER LIBERATION ARMY "2+2=?" 7" EP
Tom Potter, Jim Diamond and gang continue raiding through Bob Segers´musical vaults with the second instalment in their Seger Liberation Army-story. "Heavy Music" was okay, but this one is even better. "2+2=?" is just an amazing catchy stormer and "East Side Story" is a dark and psychedelic 60´s garagepunker with cool organ and a riff that sticks like glue. I always thought good ´ole Bob S. was some boring wanker but hey, I guess I too have yet to discover the genious behind these songs! But heck, what I really wan´t to hear is the Detroit City Council- album that Pottery Tom has been concentrating on.
MAXIMUM ROCK-N-ROLL - SEGER LIBERATION ARMY "2+2=?" 7" EP
…fuckin’ eh, another tribute to Bob by the other SLA… the Detroit band!! Looks like a second in their series of way old BOB SEGER tunes… when he was a part of the SYSTEM and the LAST HEARD, all covered with grace by Mr. Jim Diamond and friends!!! Very smooth vocal work by Tom Potter (ex-Bantam Rooster, ex homosexual lover of Mr. Eddy Budds, Jr.) …and one dirty sweet production job as well!!! If you never got to taste the powerful cock and huge, wet and swollen balls of BOBBY-BOY SEGER back when your mother was balling him, here’s something to breast feed your children with.
