SMERSH ~ Hot house Bodies In A Cool Culture & A Murder Of Crows posted by FRANKKUBB

Excellent electronic semi industrial distorted pop muzak in Residential vein .Dance music for cyborgs on acid!

grabbed from Mutant Sounds blog

http://mutant-sounds.blogspot.com/

DISCOGRAPHY HERE

http://www.vuzrecords.de/bands/smersh/smdisco.htm

Smersh was Mike Mangino and Chris Shepard. And from 1981 until 1994 they released far too many cassette tapes. They also contributed to far too many compilations throughout the known world. In the early eighties they established a unique sound that is known and loved, combining cheap electronics and wild guitar sounds with distorted vocals. They were in fact a bit The Ramones of the industrial scene. But were they industrial? The Smersh sound had so many faces that it is next to impossible to categorize their music. Smersh recorded on most monday evenings for a couple of hours. Each song was improvised over the course of the evening and then recorded. Once it was finished they never played it again. They never rehearsed, they couldn't read music, and they never played live.
Some dates (important?)
1976 - Mike Mangino forms Pink Noise
1977 - Chris Shepard forms The pop-tarts
1978 - Mike joins The Pop-tarts
1979 - Mike and Chris leave The Pop-tarts to form Smersh
1981 - The first Smersh cassette is released
1983 - First European exposure on The Last Supper cassette compilation (with SPK,Test Dept.) 1986 - First LP, The Part Of The Animal That People Don't Like released by Dead Man's Curve, UK


SMERSH Bio can be found here

http://blog.wfmu.org/freeform/2010/02/smersh-njs-prolific-legends-of-the-cassette-underground-mp3s.html


GET Hot house Bodies In A Cool Culture HERE

http://rapidshare.com/files/32283215/smersh-hot_house_bodies_in_a_cool_culture.rar



GET A Murder Of Crows HERE

http://rapidshare.com/files/32288853/smersh-a_murder_of_crows.rar

Smersh 'Compilation/Collection'

Link & info compiled from http://smallelectric.blogspot.com/

Very little is known of this basement duo from Franklin Park, New Jersey and from what I have found out...they have NEVER played live and record their music onto cassettes, I have been fortunate enough to find this very album Smersh 'The Part Of The Animal That People Dont Eat' and 'The Beat Fr 20,000 Fathoms' Their bread and butter however have been in the cassette trade, heavy lo-fi recordings and loads of distortion their ever apparent D.I.Y ethic stood strong and it shows in their music...

and thats a VERY good thing..

this collection is a scatterling of tracks from various comps, cassettes, and L.P.'s FRANKKUBB

TRACKS

01. You've Got More Than Wheels (03:29)
02. Bedknobs and Bruises (03:15)
03. Hunter Killer (03:33)
04. Slugs (02:18)
05. Make Me a Sergeant (an' Gimme the Booze) (06:12)
06. Heartache Gone Shopping (01:20)
07. Misty Tenderloins (03:05)
08. Barnquake (02:36)
09. The Great Vegetable Breakdown (05:24)
10. My Needs Are Different (03:04)
11. Greasing Wheezer (05:18)
12. Woman...Amelia (03:56)
13. She Is Nervous (04:37)
14. Squirm (01:08)
15. My God Those Legs (05:28)

DOWNLOAD HERE

http://freemusicarchive.org/music/smersh

The Beat From 20,000 Fathoms/Smersh

(minimal synth/industrial - Smersh was Mike Mangino and Chris Shepard. And from 1981 until 1994 they released many cassette tapes. They also contributed to many compilations. In the early eighties they established a unique sound that is known and loved, combining cheap electronics and wild guitar sounds with distorted vocals. They were in fact a bit The Ramones of the industrial scene. But were they industrial? The Smersh sound had so many faces that it is next to impossible to categorize their music. Smersh recorded on most monday evenings for a couple of hours. Each song was improvised over the course of the evening and then recorded. Once it was finished they never played it again. They never rehearsed, they couldn't read music, and they never played live )


heres a rare interview done on public access television I believe it was from 1987-1988???




download the L.P. here***

http://rapidshare.com/files/169662459/SMERSHthebeatfr20kfathoms.mp3

or

SMERSHthebeatfr20kfathoms.mp3

1.Greasing Wheezer
2.Judy Mach 7
3.Fish Still Bite
4.Hunter Killer
5.Hoedown
6.Make Me A Sargeant (An' Gimme The Booze)
7.Johnny Claw
8.Hollow Promises
9.The Man Who Ate Steam
10.Harpsichord Heart
11.Poppa Scooter/Bobby Dub