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George Brigman - Jungle Rot (1975)

Track listing:
  1. Jungle Rot 3:40
  2. Dmt 5:33
  3. Donīt Bother Me 3:08
  4. Schoolgirl 3:12
  5. Iīve Got To Know 3:13
  6. I Feel Alright 3:54
  7. (T.S.) 4:31
  8. Worrying 3:55
  9. Itīs Misery 2:39
  10. Iīm Married Too 3:10

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The latest release on Radioactive is the legendary electric punk album Jungle Rot from guitarist George Brigman. Hailing from Baltimore, Maryland, Brigman and accomplices Jeff Barrett (drums) and Ron Collier (harp, conga) deliver an album of pounding Stooges-like punk which assaults the ear from beginning to end. The album is a private pressing which appeared on the Solid label (SR001) in 1975. Brigman's murky fuzz guitar attacks are remorseless, and his singular voice full of snarl and venom. This is electric punk at its rawest and the ten original compositions are delivered with such energy and power that it's impossible not admire the band's total disregard for the listener's sensibilities.

Local Maryland legend that's been popular almost since day one with collectors due to his uncompromising Stooges-like attack. He has an amazing voice full of snarl and venom plus layers of murky fuzz and phasing in the background. Real underground sounds, like waking up in some junkie crash pad and not knowing what happened the night before. Lyrics hit the same renegade vibes as the music, even on the softer songs. Wide appeal as it's hard to pigeonhole. George Brigman's 1975 debut LP, Jungle Rot, may well be the last great American 1970s underground LP of its stature and power (as both grail collectable and musical monster) to never to have received a legitimate reissue - until now! As an eighteen year old songwriter and guitarist with big ambitions, Baltimore's Brigman cut Jungle Rot thirty years ago as a privately pressed LP on his own Solid Records label, making this raw fuzz guitar, acid-blues "rough diamond" gem his first release.

Amazingly, this is the first legit (from original masters) LP reissue to ever appear, and the sound quality exceeds the original (poorly mastered and pressed) release in every way, not to mention the even more poorly done bootlegs which followed. Sporting thick jackets, John Golden re-mastering, and liner notes from Anopheles Records' Karl Ikola, this LP is licensed from Bona Fide Records (who are doing Jungle Rot on CD) and is fully authorized by George Brigman. The insane title cut will leave your jaw on the floor (sounding like Half Machine Lip Moves-era Chrome four years before they made that LP), followed by an even more crazed guitar freakout, "DMT" (that really sounds like the Stooges at their peak - though Brigman denies an influence); upon hearing this LP, you'll wonder why "Jungle Rot" hasn't been shouted from the roof tops in every Blue Cheer, Groundhogs and Stooges loving ghetto the last three decades.

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George Brigman - Jungle Rot
"Schoolgirl" is perhaps the ultimate white blues lament from the USA '70s underground, with a pacing and grace that's as supple as an old farm hand, warm as a shot of whiskey or a tear running down your cheek. A classic hook/riff that recalls other unstoppable tunes such as The Masters Apprentices' "Poor Boy", the Saints' "Messin' With The Kid", or the Pretty Things' "Can't Stand The Pain". But it was at the altar of the Groundhogs' Tony "T.S." McPhee that Brigman worshipped, and his sublime instrumental, "(T.S.)", speaks volumes for a teenaged guitar gunslinger on a mission to transcend his influences. "I Feel Alright" (not the Stooges classic) is a fuzzed out, growled vocal, thudding behemoth that sounds what might have been if Suicide had guided their sound through a pathway of guitars, bass and drums and not Voice and Rev - it has the same basic pulse and drive. Jungle Rot is a truly remarkable record that exudes as much youthful wisdom and vision as it does brash aggressiveness and angst. You will be amazed at how contemporary, yet lost in time, much of this material sounds. "I've Got To Know" is such a perfect slide guitar blues-punk number, you'd be hard pressed to cite the Gun Club as inventors of the genre anymore. We love it, and are offering it with absolute pride in the form of this deluxe reissue."

01. Jungle Rot
02. DMT
03. Donīt Bother Me
04. Schoolgirl
05. Iīve Got To Know
06. I Feel Alright
07. (T.S.)
08. Worrying
09. Itīs Misery
10. Iīm Married Too

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George Brigman & Split

JEFF BARRETT: drms
GEORGE BRIGMAN: gtr, vcls, bs
RON COLLIER: harp, conga

Local Maryland legend that's been popular almost since day one with collectors due to his uncompromising Stooges-like attack. He has an amazing voice full of snarl and venom plus layers of murky fuzz and phasing in the background. Real underground sounds, like waking up in some junkie crash pad and not knowing what happened the night before.

DEMOS & UNRELEASED

01. Hammer & Thongs (3:22)
02. And Then Came The Rain (7:12)
03. Ain't Famous (4:24)
04. Jim's Jam (5:59)
05. So This Is Life? (2:57)
06. Smiling Faces (4:42)
07. Metal (4:36)
08. Underwear For The Deaf (2:50)