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FREE MP3's
Direct from Wasted Efforts Productions - A collection of very rare recordings
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Creature 2.7 MB | Sample 728k,
Available on a 2-song Single; from the album "Guilty but Insane"
Punk Metal - sneering vocals, snappin' drums, rippin' guitar, thundering bass
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Voyeur 3.9 MB
from the album "Guilty but Insane"
Punk Metal - ranting vocals, sweet, crunchy guitar, pounding melodic bass - kick ass drums
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Black Xmas 3.2 MB | Sample 338k,
from the upcoming album "Alive In Hell"
Punk Metal - mean guitar - sick lyrics - evil personified
Ahhh... the ways we manipulate religion to kill as we please...
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Alive In Hell 3.5 MB
Title cut from the upcoming album "Alive In Hell"
Punk Metal - crunchy guitar - deep lyrics - are we there yet?
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Mercy Killing 4.0 MB
Punk Metal - Late 80's - 4-piece - sweet sustaining guitar - twisted to the point lyrics - when ya gotta go... ya gotta go.
This was recorded during the transition days of the band becoming Diabolix from the ashes of the Organ Dönörs
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Organ Dönörs
LIVE at the Rat
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Mumbo Jumbo - Red Tape 1.8 MB
Punk - Mid 80's - 5-piece - manic twisted singing - socio-political rantings. |
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Organ Dönörs
LIVE at the Rat
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Fun With Mayonaise 1.4 MB
Punk - Late 80's - 5-piece - crazy guitars - wacky lyrics - it's all fun and games til someone loses an eye!
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LifeSucker 2.7 MB
Punk - Late 80's - Early 90's - 4-piece - hateful guitar - creepy overtones - a camera in the hands of a sociopath...
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Blastphemy 1.2 MB
Punk Pop - 1980 - 3-piece - driving bass and poppy guitar - punnery.
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Hip Hippy Punk 2.9 MB | Sample 452k,
Punky Pop - 1981 - 4-piece - Hippies and punks?
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Strange and Rare Takes
Cover Songs by The Phantoms
Green Manalishi - 3.2 MB : Bass/Vocals - David Jay : Guitar - Micky Metts : Drums - Angelo Aversa
The Phantoms were not known for 'cover' songs - they had so many original tunes, covers were not really an option. In 1980 they added 3 covers to their set list, Shapes of Things - Yardbirds, We Gotta Get Outta This Place - The Animals and... Direct from the secret vault comes a very rare cover of a Fleetwood Mac song by Peter Green. This is the Phantoms as a 3-piece.
Very early and ridiculous Phantoms circa 1976 - 1977
Ballad of Belch Canyon - 1.7 MB : Guitar, Vocals - Micky Metts : Guitar, Vocals - Angelo Aversa -
Recorded late in the evening at the Club 49 in Allston, a spontaneous song played only once, acoustically in the very very early days.
Go Out of Your Mind - 2.8 MB : Guitar, Vocals - Micky Metts : Drums, Bass - Angelo Aversa -
recorded on 2 boom boxes - bass and drums first, then guitars and vocals were recorded by playing the rhythm track tape on one boom box, and playing/singing along while recording it on a 2nd boom box. This method was used for one other song - Red Hot Dollar.
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