Acid Casualties, The - Panic Station (1982) MP3

The Acid Casualties w/Robby Krieger - Panic Station (Rhino RNLP 850) 1982

An obscure album remotely related to the Doors' history is Panic Station, the
only album recorded by a short-lived progressive rock band called the Acid
Casualties in 1982. Doors guitarist Robby Krieger played on four of the
album's eight tracks. The main quartet consisted of singer/bassist Mark Avnet
(who worked on Krieger's 1983 solo album Versions), synthesizer player
Arthur Barrow (who also played on Versions and on all of Krieger's later solo
studio albums), guitarist Lou Maxfield (who had previously played with Joan
Jett's Blackhearts), and drummer Tom Brown. They were not exactly the type
of psychedelic band that their name suggested; such a band would have
been anachronistic in 1982. They were more of a Pink Floyd-type space-rock
band, but they didn't have the Floyd's ability to create effective moods or
otherworldly soundscapes. They actually covered the obscure early Floyd
single "Point Me At The Sky", as well as the early T. Rex song "Fist Heart
Mighty Dawn Dart". On the four tracks he plays on, Krieger adds spacey slide
guitar effects. Otherwise, Barrow's synthesizer sounds are the only standout
feature of this otherwise undistinguished prog-rock venture.


Track Listing:
* with Robby Krieger

1. Point Me At The Sky
2. Shadow Street *
3. Canyons Of Your Mind
4. Solid Sound *
5. Armies Of The Sun/The Battle*
6. Fist Heart Mighty Dawn Dart (Funny How The Day Comes)
7. She's A Lost Soul *
8. Floating