Name: Exploring The Axis (1st LP)
Brand: Frontier Records
SKU: 82873
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Exploring The Axis (1st LP)

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Album: Exploring The Axis (1st LP)
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Down in the Desert	More Info...
2)	Disney Girl	More Info...
3)	Soundtrack	More Info...
4)	Lithium	More Info...
5)	Dead Grammas on a Train	More Info...
6)	The Three Song	More Info...
7)	Eleven	More Info...
8)	Atomic Imagery	More Info...
9)	The Real West	More Info...
10)	Exploring the Axis	More Info...
11)	Macy's Window (Bonus Track)	More Info...
12)	Rocket USA (Bonus Track)	More Info...
13)	Roger's Tongue (Bonus Track)	More Info...

Album: Exploring The Axis (1st LP)
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Down in the Desert	More Info...
2)	Disney Girl	More Info...
3)	Soundtrack	More Info...
4)	Lithium	More Info...
5)	Dead Grammas on a Train	More Info...
6)	The Three Song	More Info...
7)	Eleven	More Info...
8)	Atomic Imagery	More Info...
9)	The Real West	More Info...
10)	Exploring the Axis	More Info...
11)	Macy's Window (Bonus Track)	More Info...
12)	Rocket USA (Bonus Track)	More Info...
13)	Roger's Tongue (Bonus Track)	More Info...

Performer Notes

Thin White Rope: Stephen Tesluk (vocals, guitar, bass); Guy Kyser, Roger Kunkel (vocals, guitar); Jozef Becker (drums).
2LPs on 1 CD: EXPLORING THE AXIS/BOTTOM FEEDERS.
Hailing from the northern California town of Davis, Thin White Rope was initially pegged as a proponent of the paisley underground movement. Such labeling, however, tells half the story at best. The list of bands the group went on to cover over the course of their ten-year career is actually more revealing. Songs by Suicide, the Stooges, Lee Hazlewood, Marty Robbins, Bob Dylan, Can, and a James Bond theme 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 icy psychedelia that characterizes Exploring the Axis, the group's 1985 debut. What it does not convey, perhaps, is the relative bleakness of Thin White Rope's music. Frontman Guy Kyser, guitarist Roger Kunkel, bassist Stephen Tesluk, and drummer Jozef Becker outline a series of barren landscapes, their instruments kicking up clouds of dust from the parched earth like a rollicking, rickety ghost-train headed south. At times Jeff Eyrich's productions approach the wintry heir of Martin Hannett's work with Joy Division. This climate is ideal for Kyser, who delivers tales of isolation, allusion, and death; his voice a perpetually unsteady quake. Unfortunately, he hadn't yet learned how to pace himself, continually reaching for the drama inherent in the songs at the expense of lyrical nuances. Though subsequent releases would see a maturing of the band's sound, Exploring the Axis would remain the blueprint. ~ Nathan Bush