Action Swingers [REMASTERED]

Action Swingers

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 8, 2005)
• Original Release Date: March 8, 2005
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Reptilian Records
• ASIN: B0009RYGTK
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #604,760 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Editorial Reviews

About the Artist
The true action swinger himself, Ned Hayden, has a reputation of being a real son of a bitch, and it’s true, and if he wasn’t, this music wouldn’t exist – in fact, it COULDN’T exist. Ask anyone how pleasant and accommodating the Stooges were back in early 1970’s Detroit, or a Hollywood-banned Black Flag in the early 1980’s South Bay, or Flipper taking no shit up in San Fran. Point taken. This kinda rock takes balls - not friends - and a mean streak as wide and uncompromising as it is pure and on target. The Action Swingers woodsheded a stripped down American garage rock and mainlined 1000cc’s of pure early 80’s hardcore adrenaline straight into its already aggressive heart. The result ain’t pretty, and it ain’t nice, a veritable briar patch of thickly chorded guitar fury.

Product Description
This is the sound of the early 1990’s New York scum rock underground on fire. During their tenure as New York’s kings of garage-sleaze, the Action Swingers wore the crown, and were nothing if not raw, goddamned angry, and stone-faced cool. In its less than thirty minutes, this disc, the band’s first, jumps back and forth through lo-fi exercises in stripped down garage cave-stomps, dirty punk rock guitar scraping, and got- no-time-for-you New York attitude. Ned Hayden oozes and smolders with enough abandon and creativity to rise above the sunglasses on the subway vibe given off by this and other releases. This is a high water mark of the band’s career, and this album revels in its sleazy, dirty excesses as much as its bare boned, warts and all, lo-fi strutting – it’s 1991’s Funhouse. Hayden has a knack for understanding the right moment in which to slur, the right one in which to scream, the right one in which to yowl, sneer, or sing. And he does it without the affectation that normally plagues similarly garagey/noisy/ New York outfits.The Action Swingers always showed a distinct and visceral understanding of the seedy underbelly of American music, and nowhere in their catalog will you find it more clearly, and purely articulated than here. This is the gold standard, volume one, the real deal. Reptilian is proud to re-issue this classic with a cranked up remastering job, the third installment in Reptilian’s continuing Action Swingers cd catalog. Features Pete Shore (Unsane) on bass, Julia Cafritz (Pussy Galore) on Guitar, and Bob Bert (Sonic Youth) on drums.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3.0 out of 5 stars get Decimation Blvd., June 29, 2005

By	goozemann (West Chester, PA United States) - See all my reviews

Well, after the blitzkrieg carnage that was Decimation Blvd, I decided to check out this release, and unfortunately it's not up to snuff. The songs are slower and the aggression is toned down. I recommend Decimation Blvd and the live CD to get the full throttle assault...it's good stuff!!