splunge records Archives - Vinyl From The Vault https://vinylfromthevault.com/tag/splunge-records/ Wed, 06 Jul 2022 18:02:03 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 198238920 Wanda Chrome and the Leather Pharaohs “Eleven the Hard Way” https://vinylfromthevault.com/wanda-chrome-and-the-leather-pharaohs-eleven-the-hard-way/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=wanda-chrome-and-the-leather-pharaohs-eleven-the-hard-way Wed, 06 Jul 2022 18:02:03 +0000 https://vinylfromthevault.com/?p=14782 Wanda Chrome and the Leather Pharaohs "Eleven the Hard Way" 1995. Splunge Records. Hard-driving Milwaukee garage punk in the spirit of the Ramones, MC5, Stooges and Motörhead. We had the incredible opportunity to see Wanda Chrome last night at WMSE's Local/Live event at Anodyne: they rarely play out these days but were legendary back in [...]

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]]> Wanda Chrome and the Leather Pharaohs “Eleven the Hard Way” 1995. Splunge Records. Hard-driving Milwaukee garage punk in the spirit of the Ramones, MC5, Stooges and Motörhead. We had the incredible opportunity to see Wanda Chrome last night at WMSE’s Local/Live event at Anodyne: they rarely play out these days but were legendary back in the 90’s for their killer hard-rocking performances. I think the last time we saw then was at least 10-15 years ago, probably at Circle A. Almost 30 years in, they haven’t lost a beat: Cliff’s guitar riffs still shred, Joel’s beats are crashing, and Wanda (Marie) is still just so. fucking. cool. – she and her bass give the band its dark and grooving soul.

Wanda Chrome and the Leather Pharaohs live at Anodyne

WCLP performed several of the songs from their debut LP Eleven the Hard Way, which they recorded live at Quarters Rock Palace (a bar in Milwaukee’s Riverwest neighborhood – it is most definitely NOT a palace) on April 29th, 1995. (About doing a live LP as their debut Cliff quipped last night during the interview portion “If it was good enough for the MC5, it was good enough for us.”) Some of the highlights from both last night and the album include their cover of Flamin’ Groovies “Teenage Head,” “Jet Black” and MC5’s “Kick Out the Jams.” And while they didn’t play it last night, worth checking out on Eleven the Hard Way is their epic medley “Bo Diddley” that clocks in at close to 10 minutes of pure garage punk insanity.

You can watch the Local/Live performance in its entirety here — we in the audience gave WMSE’s Local/Live its first ever crowd-demanded encore:

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]]> 14782 The Haskels “The Haskels” https://vinylfromthevault.com/the-haskels-the-haskels-19792019-splunge/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-haskels-the-haskels-19792019-splunge Mon, 28 Jun 2021 22:43:43 +0000 http://box2101.temp.domains/~vinylfro/the-haskels-the-haskels-19792019-splunge/ The Haskels “The Haskels” 1979/2019. Splunge Records. Milwaukee punk/power pop recorded in ‘79 but never released until the master tapes were compiled (by MKE author/producer/music scene fixture and historian Clancy Carroll) and released on limited edition vinyl. The Haskels had a huge influence on the Milwaukee scene in the late 70′s and its members would go on [...]

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]]> The Haskels “The Haskels” 1979/2019. Splunge Records. Milwaukee punk/power pop recorded in ‘79 but never released until the master tapes were compiled (by MKE author/producer/music scene fixture and historian Clancy Carroll) and released on limited edition vinyl. The Haskels had a huge influence on the Milwaukee scene in the late 70′s and its members would go on to perform with bands like the Oil Tasters, The Dominoes, Violent Femmes and the BoDeans. While their sound is definitely their own, some tracks (written by singer/guitarist Presley Haskel aka Jerome Brish) are reminiscent of the Ramones – a 60′s pop-influenced punk/power pop sound – like “Baby Let’s French” (it’s bouncy and catchy as hell) and “Stay Up All Nite.” Others songs (written by Richard LaValliere) have a much darker edge, more Dead Boys-esque with a touch of Cramps psychobilly like one of my favorites “Liberace Is Coming” (also hilarious because the song makes the flamboyant Milwaukee-native pianist feel like a force of evil) and also “Chinese Vacation” and “Psycho Hairdo.” I was way too young in ‘79 (and anyway not even living in Milwaukee yet) to have been a part of that scene, but continue to reap the rewards of a scene that still has musicians performing who were directly influence by The Haskels.

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