Exploring The Axis
Label | Frontier Records – 31015 |
Format | Vinyl, LP, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Remastered, Road Kill (Red Vinyl) |
Barcode | 0018663101514 |
Country | US |
Released | 09 Mar 2018 |
Genre | Rock |
Style | Alternative Rock, Indie Rock |
Hailing from the northern California town of Davis, THIN WHITE ROPE was unfathomably pegged as a proponent of the paisley underground movement. The songs the group covered over the course of their ten-year career is far more revealing: SUICIDE, THE STOOGES, LEE HAZLEWOOD, MARTY ROBBINS, BOB DYLAN, CAN, and ROKY ERICKSON have all been rendered by the band in the studio and on-stage. That list goes a long way in explaining the mixture of raw, angular riffs, southern twang, and psychedelia that characterizes Exploring the Axis, the groups 1985 debut. Frontman Guy Kyser, guitarist Roger Kunkel, bassist Stephen Tesluk, and drummer Jozef Becker create a series of barren landscapes, instruments kicking up clouds of dust from the parched earth like a rollicking, rickety ghost-train with failed brakes. At times Jeff Eyrichs production approaches the wintry heir of Martin Hannetts work with Joy Division. This climate is ideal for Kyser, who delivers tales of isolation, allusion, and death, his voice a unsteady quake. Though subsequent releases would see a maturing of the bands sound, Exploring the Axis remains the blueprint.
A1 | Down In The Desert | |
A2 | Disney Girl | |
A3 | Soundtrack | |
A4 | Lithium | |
A5 | Dead Grammas On A Train | |
B1 | The Three Song | |
B2 | Eleven | |
B3 | Atomic Imagery | |
B4 | The Real West | |
B5 | Exploring The Axis |
Cover, Illustration – Guy Kyser
Drums – Jozef Becker
Engineer – Dennis Dragon
Guitar, Vocals – Roger Kunkel
Photography By – Robin K
Producer – Jeff Eyrich
Remastered By – Paul du Gré
Vocals, Guitar – Guy Kyser
Written-By – Kyser
Written-By – Becker (A1, B3)
Written-By – Kunkel (B4)
Written-By – Tesluk (B5)
Limited edition of 350.
jozef becker • DRUMS
stephen tesluk • BASS •VOCALS • GUITAR
roger kunkel • GUITAR • VOCALS
guy kyser • VOCALS • GUITAR
ENGINEERED BY • dennis dragon
RECORDED AT • the surf bowl • point doom
MIXED AT • ocean way • july 1985
DRUM DOCTOR • ross garfield
COVER ILLUSTRATION • guy kyser
MANAGEMENT • ml compton/pterodactyl
2018 REISSUE:
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER • lisa fancher
PROJECT PRODUCER • julie masi
REMASTERED BY • paul du gré
THANKS TO
frank french • RHYTHM GURU
scott miller • WHITE UHURU
robyn k • PHOTOGRAPHER
beverly dugan • BEER SHELTER
lloyd h & thad s • WITHOUT WHOM
andy childs & pete f • VISION
Matrix / Runout (Side A Etched/[Stamped]) – 31015-1 A S-101252 [GOLDEN]
Matrix / Runout (Side B Etched/[Stamped]) – 31015-1 B S-101253 [GOLDEN]