The Crime - San Francisco's Still Doomed & EP Gangster Funk/M

The Crime - San Francisco's First and Only Rock and Roll BandDigitalised from vinyl:

A-side - Gangster Funk

B-side - Maserati



Produced by Joey d'Kaye & Stacy Baird

1980 B-Square RecordsRipped from CD:

San Francisco's Still Doomed [1979]

Tracks 1-11 produced by Eliot Mazer and Recorded at His Master's Wheels Recordings March 1978.

Tracks 12-20 produced by Henry Rosenthal and recorded at Time and Space 1979, with Joey d'Kaye on bass.

Tracks 21 & 22 recorde 1976 at Bear West with Ricky Williams (Tractor) on drums.

Swami Records, San Diego.Brought to you by WV Lowil [2009]From Wikipedia:



Crime was an early US punk band from San Francisco. The band was formed in 1976 by Johnny Strike (vocals, guitar), Frankie Fix (vocals, guitar), Ron "The Ripper" Greco (bass; ex-Flamin' Groovies) and Rickey Tractor aka Rickey Williams (drums). Their debut, the self-financed double A-side, Hot Wire My Heart and Baby You're So Repulsive, appeared at the end of 1976, and is the first single released by a U.S. punk act from the West Coast. In the following years Crime changed their line-up twice: Williams was fired (later appearing in groups such as Flipper, Toiling Midgets and The Sleepers; he is now deceased) and was succeeded by Brittley Black in 1977, but was quickly replaced by Hank Rank that same year. Black was back for Crime's last release Maserati in 1981. The band split up the following year. Frankie Fix died in 1996, and Black in 2004. San Francisco's Doomed featuring the lineup: Strike, Fix, Ripper, Rank was released by Solar Lodge in the UK in 1991 on vinyl and CD. San Francisco's Still Doomed (with added tracks and remastering) was re-released in both formats in 2004 by Swami Records.

Sonic Youth featured a cover of "Hot Wire My Heart" on their 1987 release Sister.

After reforming in 2007 to headline the Road to Ruins punk festival in Rome, Crime recorded a new album of rare, older material entitled Exalted Masters, on LP only. The album cover was done by Rex Ray. They played a half dozen shows in 2008 to support their new album, and recently collaborated with the Moroccan group the Gnawa express. Original members Strike and Rank are joined by: Mickey Tractor on bass, and Count Fink aka Brett Stillo (the Flakes) on guitar. There has been recent activity in getting the long awaited box set ready for release, possibly in 2009.

Strike has published two works of fiction in recent years: Ports of Hell, and A Loud Humming Sound Came From Above. Rank aka Henry Rosenthal has produced numerous films, including the hit: The Devil and Daniel Johnston.



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