Prostate Gland Massagers - "PGM" and "Songs Everybody Knows" (self-released") 1984

Prostate Gland Massagers- "PGM + Songs everybody knows"

Before the Steaming Coils were called....er.....The steaming Coils, they were called?.......thats right, The Prostate Gland Massagers.
Here we have the madness of the teenage mind  captured in all its inspired glory. This is the closest American equivalent of the UK DIY cassettes I have heard, and 'Songs Everybody Knows' includes the best ever version of Brit Metal classic, 'Paranoid';with an hilarious slowing down of the main riff hook that totally emasculates and de-rocks the rock anthem terminally.They also manage to de-funk "Play That Funky Music", which is something to celebrate.
It also includes probably the only cover of a Faust song ever; in fact there are two Faust covers,both from their least interesting album(Faust IV).The krautrock vibe ends it all,with an (cough)....Amon Duul II cover???? Not too many of those about either; obviously vociferous record collectors were the PGM's! 
A steaming cauldron of frothy creativity on overdrive. Love it loads.

"PGM" (1984)

1. Smoky Joe (2:15)
2. Parading (0:39)
3. Nice People Of San Francisco (1:53)
4. Code Yellow (2:22)
5. Play That Funky Music (1:44)
6. Interlude (1:29)
7. Sue (0:15)
8. Sepulveda Bop (2:27)
9. I Think I Love Her (1:37)
10. I Wanna Be Potman (3:47)
11. Bird Of Prey (1:35)
12. Satan Is My Master (2:16)
13. 13 Daddy's Baby (0:31)
14. Take A Step (6:05)

"Songs Everybody Knows" (1984) 

1. The Stinking Boys (3:46)
2. The Valley Below (2:25)
3. Guidelines (1:57)
4. Jolly Talk (1:53)
5. Doctor Don (2:24)
6. Paranoid (2:13)
7. Eastern Craze (2:09)
8. Horses And Trains (1:27)
9. Invocation (2:52)
10. Harvest Song (1:44)
11. Bell Bottom Blue Jeans (2:38)
12. Sandy Wittsen (1:57)
13. Willie Nelson In Bali (2:33)
14. Brian (5:21)
15. Teenage Prayer (1:59)
16. Freedom (5:41)
17. Bleeding Games (3:19)
18. It's A Bit Of A Pain (4:44)
19. Jennifer (4:49)
20. Paranoid (Live) (2:27)
21. Sandy Wittsen (Live) (1:30)
22. Doctor Don (Live) (3:00)
23. Now I Just Laugh (1:44)
24. Stoned With Jac Zinder (1:50)
25. Archangel's Thunderbird (3:26)

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Steaming Coils - "Complete: The Archive" (1985 - 1989)

Before Uber-Blog Mutant Sounds got forced out of existence by evil powers and the general shit that life brings; they had the fortune to have full access to the unreleased Steaming Coils Archive, thanks to the very accommodating mr Brad Laner.
To save me straining my ,already strained, brain from searching for the many deserved superlatives that describe this fantastic band ; i'll resort to some lazy cut'n'paste thievery from the dust gathering Mutant Sounds site itself. As it(Mutant Sounds) hangs there in cyber space like a lost tomb full of mummified,but largely inaccessible(the links are broke), treasures.
I have raided this hallowed sepulchre of these underground musical treasures, and reanimated them for you all to enjoy once more.
A kind of blog grave-robbing if you will?

Que some paraphrased Mutant musings that include the word 'Seminal':

"The final word for enthusiasts of this seminal
L.A. underground project of Brad Laner and David Chrisman: a complete archival haul of all remaining unreleased Steaming Coils material spanning the full length of their career, all direct from the master tapes courtesy of Brad. From the feral teen freakishness of the early proto-Coils , to the gorgeous material from their abandoned fourth studio album, this is a pure goldmine of insular, hermetic art damage and warped psych pop smarts, with the full array of their musical co-conspirators present here, from the early L.A. Free Music Society-related era that included Rick Potts, Joseph Hammer and Spencer Savage to latter-day accomplices like James Grigsby and Lynn Johnston from The Motor Totemist Guild. A terminal mindfuck of herculean proportions....grab 'em all!"

(The pre-coils project, 'The Prostate Gland Massagers, will be given their own glorious space after these downloads as viewed below: click the titles for downloading....as if you didn't know!)

"Secret Messages From The Schrodinger House-1985"

 1. Daddy Please (0:37)
2. Anchor (1:57)
3. Cherish (0:48)
4. Schrodinger Disco (1:12)
5. Eight O'hundred (1:07)
6. Bigger Now (1:48)
7. Good Things/bad Things (1:14)
8. All Light In Your Eyes (2:38)
9. T-Bow's Egg House (2:30)
10. Don't Worry Lizzy (0:20)
11. Corners Together (2:12)
12. Gotta Have A Concept (1:34)
13. Nipple (2:37)
14. David Says (0:30)
15. I Love You (0:36)
16. I See You (2:30)
17. Cold Mouth Ear (2:12)
18. Marble Halls (2:07)
19. Paul And Linda In Northridge (2:33)
20. Reflection (2:04)
21. The Last Waltz (2:02)
22. Jim Was Feeding Back (3:02)
23. Spraying And Smoking (0:40)
24. Lake Norman (2:27)
25. Touch The Tree (2:02)
26. With Mfz 1 (3:03)
27. Hello (1:30)
28. Apricot Orangepeels (0:47)
29. Hash Oil Wishes (4:52)
30. With Mfz 2 (2:01)
31. Truck Seven (1:24)
32. Thing As One (2:29)
33. That Girl (1:36)
34. Nothing On Me (1:47)
35. Palsy (1:15)
36. Communication Society (7:35)
37. Tied To Heaven (6:10)

 "Sometimes Live-1985-1988":

1. Milk/Blood Coagulation Carnivale Anticlub 10-2-85 (14:59)
2. Intro/Canada's Biggest Hero KPFK radio August 1986 (5:25)
3. Puppet Tomb KPFK radio August 1986 (4:47)
4. Serenade KPFK radio August 1986 (3:45)
5. Bottom's Preacher KPFK radio August 1986 (7:26)
6. Bonnie Barnett KPFK radio 3-10-87 (4:45)
7. Great Gobs of Broken Glass KPFK radio 3-10-87 (17:26)
8. Bonnie Again KPFK radio 3-10-87 (0:18)
9. Intents and Puposes Live at Lhasa 3-14-87 (2:26)
10. Maggie May Not Live at Lhasa 3-14-87 (4:08)
11. Forth Family live at lhasa 3-14-87 (8:09)
12. Diamond Pillow Live at LACE 5-17-87 (2:08)
13. The Hue the Cry Live at LACE 5-17-87 (5:34)
14. Terrible Hot Day Live at LACE 5-17-87 (2:53)
15. Under Particle Exchange Live at LACE 5-17-87 (11:14)
16. Proposed Pink City Live at LACE 5-17-87 (7:27)
17. Stains of Broken Glass Live at LACE 5-17-87 (4:12)
18. Four Tenths Live at LACE 9-25-87 (3:18)
19. Monster Live at LACE 9-25-87 (9:21)
20. Lucious and Green Live at LACE 9-25-87 (3:06)
21. Red Brown Book Olio 8-6-88 (2:01)
22. Singing Notice Olio 8-6-88 (2:55)
23. Carne del Sol Olio 8-6-88 (2:48)

"At Le Forte Four Studio"-1986:

1. Bottom's Preacher (4:24)
2. Deaf Salad Bender (2:12)
3. Flagella Seeks (2:27)
4. Puppet Tomb (3:31)
5. Serenade (2:54)
6. Singular (3:02)
7. Butterfly's Color (3:20)
8. Canada's Biggest Hero (2:48)
9. Imagine All The Frogs (4:50)
10. The Twohey Shuffle (1:50)
11. Bronchi Ride (7:02)
12. She She Lots (0:45)

"In An 8x8 Bedroom"-1987:

1. Any Pattern My Disease (2:30)
2. Christmas 96 (5:04)
3. California (1:55)
4. Bend And Dome Again (0:55)
5. A Seller's Story (4:39)
6. Can And Can't (2:34)
7. Spring Loops (1:30)
8. Cloverdale Rag (1:17)
9. The Classics (0:26)
10. Never Clari (1:08)
11. Do And Don't (1:15)
12. A Giant Bug (1:00)
13. Minuet (0:35)
14. Hide And Seek (1:19)
15. Wheezy (2:11)
16. Checkers (1:25)
17. Hairpiece (0:56)
18. Cynthia's House (1:00)
19. City Song/lucie (3:08)
20. Second Hand News (2:19)
21. Sun Chlorella (1:06)
22. Circus Stomp (1:19)
23. Old Woman (3:11)
24. Monopoly/more Pelvis Wick For The Baloney Boners (1:18)
25. Chocolate Covered Clown (2:04)
26. What I Think You Know (1:05)
27. To Be Near Me (2:11)
28. Traps And The Wheel (0:48)
29. Tunnels Of Cheese (1:05)
30. Twinkle (1:20)
31. Harmoniumarch (2:21)
32. First Screamo (1:52)
33. The Day The Clown Cried (1:09)
34. The Story Of Bloody (2:55)
35. Second Screamo (2:27)
36. Proposed Pink City (Original Version) (5:39)
37. Even The Simple (2:11)
38. Golding Operations (Original Version) (2:46)
39. Ruff Ruff (2:15)
40. That Time In Lichtenstein (4:38)
41. Whole Lotta Lovin' (4:08)

 "Vista Del Monte Archive"-1986:

1. Sad Eyes (2:16)
2. 71 Flood (1:33)
3. Machine Message 1 (0:29)
4. Pat Nixon Sunshine (2:19)
5. And Answer (2:01)
6. Rock's Dead (3:33)
7. Looking For Jocko (1:19)
8. Fortunate Families (1:20)
9. Banquet In A Box (3:02)
10. Machine Message 2 (0:53)
11. Something Special (1:23)
12. Silver Lake (2:32)
13. Anticlub Backing Tape 1 (5:07)
14. Nooks And Crannies (1:35)
15. Happy Goodness (1:46)
16. Bartholomew (1:37)
17. Ed Asner (2:28)
18. No Denial (3:03)
19. Arrested In God's Country (3:55)
20. Multi-Faith (4:30)
21. Phone Calls (15:03)
22. Audio Letter To Wm Davenport (4:12)
23. Anticlub Backing Tape 2 (7:45)
24. Closing Message (15:56)
25. The Rebirth Of America (4:01)

 "Unfinished"-1989:

1. Wood Carving Ice (3:28)
2. The Bishop (2:28)
3. Down For More (1:53)
4. handler Just West Of Laurel Canyon (3:27)
5. Singing Socket (2:00)
6. Tough Tough (2:21)
7. Vista Del Monte (4:27)
8. Song Of Love (2:18)

Steaming Coils ‎– "Breaded" (Nate Starkman & Son) 1991

The final Steaming Coils release was recorded in 1988 but only released some three years later on some weird german label. Obviously too weird for any Americans to be interested in releasing it, after the sublime 'other planet' avant pop of their first two efforts!?
This posthumous(?) effort is more accessible than the previous albums, with catchy tunes that could appeal to the 'indie' kids; but still with that skewed Brad Laner/LAFMS alternative reality perspective.
Personally, my least favourite Steaming Coils from everything, released and unreleased that they ever did; but still brilliant.

Tracklist :

1	Carne Del Sol	2:59
2	Singing Notice	3:10
3	A Pipe Is Real	3:02
4	Loosen Lovesick The Shamrock	3:21
5	Notes	2:58
6	Drawing Up A Question / Triple Point	5:18
7	Gledhill St. / The Collingsworth County	3:41
8	Red Brown Book	2:25
9	Horse Power	1:29
10	On Studio Cassettes	2:01
11	A Story Donut / Breaded	6:50
12	Introduction A	1:56
13	Hue And Cry Over Pink & Green With Almond Shade Of Beige	3:08

DOWNLOAD and get breaded HERE!

Steaming Coils ‎– "Never Creak" (Rotary Totem Records ‎– RTRLP006) 1987

The best official Steaming Coils LP (featuring LAFMS's Rick potts) release is Never Creak. A near perfect perversion of the Pop art form,changing into something even more bizarre than 'the Birdy Song'. This group had the craft of creating an abstract melody, as if transmitted from the goldie-locks zone of a random exo-solar system, down to a kind of  effortless uber-art.Something truly unique crawling from the primaeval soup of Rock'n'Roll.
Download it, before it downloads you.


Tracklist :

A1	Diamond Pillow	3:47
A2	The Darbius Flower	1:37
A3	A Towel And A Rope	2:19
A4	Harry Languid	1:12
A5	Lexor 1/4	1:50
A6	Unitard's Dessert	2:34
A7	From His Thrown	2:25
A8	Blathering Hemispheres	4:01
B1	A Door Slept	1:45
B2	Dinner With Grand Ma	1:46
B3	Red Ear For Hearing	1:38
B4	Mantis	1:52
B5	Terrible Hot Day	2:22
B6	Now This Boy	3:00
B7	Devils Hate Meat	3:08
B8	Porpoise Song	4:36

DOWNLOAD without creaking HERE!

Steaming Coils ‎– "The Tarkington Table" (Motiv Communications ‎– motiv prod 7) 1987

Another Los Angeles Free Music Society related band is, The Steaming Coils, featuring Brad laner(of Nervous Gender fame), among others.
The Tarkington table is a masterclass in skewed abstract pop music. the music The Residents would have made if they could play instruments.
Totally forgotten and overlooked , I can't describe the feelings I have in my dysfunctional brain when I play this LP, which is more often these days, and i'm trying not to mention the overused word,"genius".
The difficulty in creating unpredictable melodies is immense in these post everything times, post- the nu renaissance of the 1960's. Records like this may never be made again! Its effortless beauty brings tears to the eyes of someone regularly accused of being an android.....(mainly by a procession of boring girlfriends of the past).....emotions do lurk behind my dead eyes, and art like this does tap into them.
(anyway isn't anger an emotion?)
Am I going over the top about an ignored record from over 25 years ago?......er....No?
And this ain't their best album either!

Tracklist:

A1	Emergency Candle	5:39
A2	Intents And Purposes	2:05
A3	4/10	3:06
A4	Bible Moss	3:26
A5	Golding Operations	3:25
B1	Forth Family	6:23
B2	Marble	2:37
B3	Something New Today	1:48
B4	A Short Stop At The Coleman Lantern	2:05
B5	Proposed Pink City

DOWNLOAD direct from the tarkington table HERE!