LAST EXIT - Headfirst into the Flames: Live in Europe (1993)So... it's been six months since I took my sabbatical from all things blog-related. Shit, I can't be bothered looking at/involving myself with much of
anything on thee web. There's a glaringly obvious reason for this: Most people suck at the internet. Thus, to paraphrase Abbath of Immortal, "why let others rule when I can?" Does that mean I'm back to posting with the same frequency/fervor as in the past? Who fucking knows. That depends largely on the enthusiasm or lack thereof this return generates (not that I care if you leave comments or any such shit. I've long given up on garnering any appreciation other than being linked and dissected on all y'alls geeky little message boards).
For thee unaware, Last Exit was a noisy, free jazz/rock combo featuring Sonny Sharrock (guitar), Bill Laswell (bass), Peter Brotzmann (sax) and Ronald Shannon Jackson (drums). I'm not gonna waste a whole lotta spewage on this little gem. I've already prattled on at length on
Sonny Sharrock, which will tell ya all ya need to know about how I feel about his axe-mauling, how little I like Bill Laswell (and his half-assed Bootsey imitations here do little to change my mind)... there might even be a word or three about Teutonic Sax Genius, Peter Brotzmann, somewhere. Anyway, "Headfirst" was recorded in Stockholm, Sweden and Munich, Germany in 1989. You wanna hear a shitload of Sharrock/Brotzmann duels with no studio niceties to fuck 'em up, doncha? Thought so.
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