The Null Device blog: Bizarre Records

A followup to the "worst album covers" post; via MetaFilter comes this huge list of bizarre records, with sleeves, additional notes, sporadic "Where Are They Now?" links and even the odd MP3 (such as of Devastatin' Dave the Turntable Slave's "Zip Zap Rap").

(Which reminds me of something I heard on 3RRR a few weeks ago, when spoken-word beatnik hipsters and outsider-music aficionados Steve and Alicia were filling in for the host of one of the programmes. They played a song with spoken verses and sung choruses, by a guy who recounted how he lost his hand in an accident, but didn't let that stop him, and now he has started a band in which he plays drums, which is proof that you can do anything. The third verse was about how there is one thing he still needs: that special girl to make his life complete. Does anybody know the title and name of the artist?)

There are 3 comments on "Bizarre Records":

Posted by: Librarygeek http:// Wed Nov 5 18:07:38 2003

Sounds like "Moulty" (the drummer's name) by the Barbarians.

Posted by: Bill the Splut http:// Thu Nov 6 04:18:56 2003

Yeah, that's the song. Still available on a Rhino "Best of Nuggets" CD: http://www.theonionavclub.com/review.php?review_id=2193

Posted by: Graham http://grudnuk.com/ Thu Nov 6 08:48:18 2003

The drummer from Def Leppard's only got one arm! The drummer from Def Leppard's only got one arm!