Search - Death :: For the Whole World to See

Easily one of the greatest reissues / finds I have ever hear

Joseph Broze | chicago | 03/07/2009

(5 out of 5 stars)

"So of course lots of reviews are going to compare this band to early Bad Brains. Besides the fact that they are all African-American, I don't think that is completely accurate. It's not proto-hardcore here...it's more proto-punk and more on, just straight, brutal Detroit punk rock here.



Songs 6 & 7 feature some of the same vocal peculiarities that the Bad Brains had but this is still 16th note, closed hi-hat punk rock and NOT hardcore ala Middle Class, Discharge, Bad Brains, Minor Threat, Die Kreuzen, etc.



These 1975 sessions were cut at the same time the Ramones were cutting their demos in NYC. Totally mindblowing, fast punk here. Hard to believe it was recorded in '75.



If you like Ramones, Johnny Thunders, Dead Boys, Mitch Ryder, Stooges, MC5's 2nd LP, Chuck Berry, Bad Brains' "Black Dots," and a million more things. These 7 songs coming out of the blue like this are truly one of the most historic discoveries of the punk / psych / post-punk / KBD -era to have ever been found.



YOU HAVE TO HEAR THIS TO BELIEVE IT. BUY NOW!"

What a great album

Ryan N. Holloway | Washington, DC | 03/22/2009

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Wow this is a GREAT album. If someone played this for me w/o knowing anything about the band, I would say this is just awesome, really old school sounding punk that sounds way BETTER then MC5/STOOGES and would give it a very, very solid 4.5/5. The history behind how this album came to be released and me being a punk fan puts this into a very solid 5. Every track is good, most being great, 3 being into my favorite off all time rotation. I'll let you listen to this and form your own opinion and wont break them down individually. With the amount of crap coming out today you NEED to pick this up and give it some serious rotation, it will put a smile on your face."

Album of the year

Maxtone Witherball | 05/29/2009

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Man, these guys could write songs. And they could play. From the awesome riffs to the squealing solos to the sharp bass and tight drumming and pitch-perfect vocals, the original Death (not to be confused with Chuck Schuldiner's seminal death-metal group) was one heck of a rock n' roll band. (I hesitate to call them punk rockers, or even proto-punk, because that would only partly capture who they were. Like the Stooges, while Death excelled at the fast, loud, and brutal, they also flirted with more delicate sounds.)



Incidentally, even though the album's technically not a reissue, since it was never previously released, and even though what you have here are demos, the sound quality is excellent and the mix is very well balanced.



[UPDATE (3/7/2010): If you prefer to download your music, you can get a FLAC (i.e., lossless) copy of the album from the Drag City Web site for a minuscule premium over the MP3s.]"