Timing is everything in this life. Sometimes you're too ahead of the curve and it takes a while for the masses to catch up. This is the story of most innovative artists. In the case of the band Death it took nearly 35 years for the rest of the pack to catch up.
Death was punk before punk had a name. Three brothers from Detroit preceded legends like Bad Brains and The Sex Pistols. The band only recorded seven songs in a 1974 session funded by Columbia Records before a disagreement with Clive Davis about a name change. These guys are the definition of hard body. In a celebration of not selling out, artistic integrity, and saying fuck you without the fuck you money here are two burners from their only album ...For The World To See. It was released earlier this year when the demo tape was discovered in one of the member's attic by his son...
Love this bad. So fucking good.
Posted by: Blax | Friday, October 09, 2009 at 11:28 PM
So fucking good. Great find Jake.
Posted by: Alex | Saturday, October 10, 2009 at 12:11 AM
Dope band. Fascinating story.
Posted by: Chris | Saturday, October 10, 2009 at 03:42 AM
Yeah this stuff is unreal. So incredibly ahead of their time. Their R&B background gave them an edge in musicianship as well.
Posted by: newgrass | Saturday, October 10, 2009 at 11:02 AM
Amazing!!!! Great find!!!!
Posted by: Seth Miller | Saturday, October 10, 2009 at 12:18 PM
WTF?!? These dudes are the shit. Sick find Jake.
Posted by: Frank | Saturday, October 10, 2009 at 03:33 PM
SICK!!!
Posted by: Dave | Saturday, October 10, 2009 at 04:09 PM
Wow!
Posted by: James | Sunday, October 11, 2009 at 04:09 AM
finally, something again to get excited about!
thank you!!!
Posted by: upfromsumdirt | Sunday, October 11, 2009 at 06:58 PM
These guys are dope. Great post Jake.
Posted by: Karl | Sunday, October 11, 2009 at 08:14 PM
I gotta admit, It's really too bad they never got the chance to develop the sound. They could have been legends.. I think people are upping this mostly for it's "underground" hype... Don't get me wrong tho there are a few worthwhile tracks but I think the band is being over romanticized because of the whole missed potential thing.
Posted by: Jack | Sunday, October 11, 2009 at 10:45 PM
These dudes come hard with it.
Posted by: Ang | Monday, October 12, 2009 at 01:04 AM
Coming from Detroit at a time when the city had become Murder City, a bastardization of Motor City & calling yourself "Death", not to mention the political messages in the 2 tracks sampled, really rates as a part of the original punk rock movement. It's fairly raw for Columbia @ the time, & certainly has the energy we came to expect from punk. ...yeah, upping it for its underground hype, for sure, but it's @ least as poignant as any of its contemporaries & a lot more listenable to these ears.
Posted by: sagarmothra | Monday, October 12, 2009 at 07:33 AM
perfect timing considering Mos Def is starring in (already made?) a film about them.
Still, always great to understand where such influential bands got their inspiration from.
Posted by: Tim | Monday, October 12, 2009 at 03:50 PM
The truth.
Posted by: Fresh | Monday, October 12, 2009 at 05:12 PM
The story is amazing and if you go deeper, it only gets better. The next generation of Hackneys started a group in honor or Dennis (one of the brothers and original member of Death) named Rough Francis. Give them a listen, I promise you wont be disappointed. They will performing in NYC @ The Irving Plaza on October 21st... http://vimeo.com/5546922
Posted by: Jordan | Monday, October 12, 2009 at 06:41 PM
This is so incredible. Thanks Jake.
Posted by: Kyle | Tuesday, October 13, 2009 at 01:30 AM
If only I had heard of these guys a few weeks ago, I could have seen them play in Chicago at the end of September.
Posted by: Jake | Tuesday, October 13, 2009 at 10:34 AM
I'm feelin these dudes. Thanks Jake.
Posted by: Drew | Tuesday, October 13, 2009 at 03:21 PM
Sick find Jake.
Posted by: Tommy | Thursday, October 15, 2009 at 02:42 AM
Thank you so very much for taking the time to share…very useful, indeed!adqw
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