Michael Yonkers Band

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Microminiature Love 03:01 Tools
Jasontown 02:41 Tools
Boy in the Sandbox 03:44 Tools
Kill the Enemy 03:38 Tools
Smile Awhile 04:24 Tools
Puppeting 03:07 Tools
Sold America 03:36 Tools
Returning 03:50 Tools
The Clock Is Running 04:07 Tools
Hush Hush 03:50 Tools
The Thunder Speaks 04:42 Tools
My House 03:12 Tools
Scat Jam 04:19 Tools
Jasontown (Album) 02:40 Tools
Puppeting (Album) 03:06 Tools
Returning (Album) 03:49 Tools
Damsel Fair and Your Angel 05:20 Tools
Scat Jam (Album) 04:18 Tools
My House (Album) 03:11 Tools
Grimwood 01:42 Tools
Hush Hush (Album) 03:49 Tools
Sold America (Album) 03:49 Tools
Sandcastle 02:00 Tools
Tripping Through The Rose Gardens 04:33 Tools
Lonely Fog 05:42 Tools
162 03:05 Tools
Micheal Yonkers Band - Kill The Enemy 03:43 Tools
The Day Is Through 08:12 Tools
Sunflower 03:49 Tools
And Give It to You 04:41 Tools
The Big Parade 02:55 Tools
My House [*] 01:42 Tools
The Answer 02:06 Tools
My House (Bonus) 00:30 Tools
The Thing Called Love 01:06 Tools
Kill Your Enemy 03:05 Tools
I Sold America 03:05 Tools
Is This the Best Thing 02:03 Tools
Intro 02:03 Tools
The Thunder Speaks (bonus) 02:03 Tools
Sold America (Bonus) 02:03 Tools
Scat Jam (Bonus) 02:03 Tools
Microminature love 02:03 Tools
No 03:40 Tools
You Put Me Out 01:31 Tools
Ain't No Two Ways 06:34 Tools
Zippy & Me 03:37 Tools
Why Can't 02:24 Tools
The Clock Is Running (bonus) 02:24 Tools
Hush Hush (Bonus) 02:24 Tools
Sold America (1968) 03:36 Tools
Tell Me a Story 02:44 Tools
Take a Look Around 02:10 Tools
How Much More 02:06 Tools
Somebody 02:06 Tools
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First, a little background: Michael Yonkers has to rank among American rock's most intriguing eccentrics. His adolescent obsession with garage and surf eventually developed into a fascination with gadgetry that would inform his band's dynamic brand of rock primitivism but also indirectly cause him years of health problems. Recording with his own modified guitar (a sawed-down Telecaster he still plays today) and homemade effects, Yonkers released five little-heard albums on his own label in the mid 1970s. But then in 1971, he broke his back in an accident at the electronics factory where he worked; years of surgery and an allergic reaction to dye used in X-rays caused a degenerative spinal condition which Yonkers now treats through dance. Now in his 50s, Yonkers is a prominent figure in the Minneapolis dance community for years and he occasionally still plays live music as well. Recorded in 1968 when Yonkers was still a teenager, Microminiature Love provides another link between the dirty swagger of '60s garage and the angry hallucinations of '70s punk. The record's incredibly cruddy production style (it sounds like it was recorded straight to tape in an echoey basement) recalls Stooges outtakes, while its dark, dissonant rhythms and zany flavor presage Pere Ubu. With its cheap guitar pyrotechnics, layers of distortion and weird effects, and Yonkers's gloomy vocals, Microminiature Love was the kind of album that would have driven Lester Bangs into fits of frothy-mouthed ecstasy. Only Bangs never heard the record, because a deal with Sire to release it fell through and Microminiature Love languished in unreleased obscurity until 2002, when De Stijl Records rescued it with a vinyl-only release. Sub Pop's new CD version adds six previously unreleased 1969 demos. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.