DMZ-DMZ (1978)


Artist: DMZ

Title: DMZ

Label: Sire

Format: LP

Cat #: SRK 6051

Year of Release: 1978

Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 1978 Winchester Pressing cutout upper left

Listed Condition: VG+/VG

Sell Date: 10/26/21

Sell Price: $14.99

Discogs Last Sold: 10/5/21 VG+/VG+ $20.93

Low: $7.00 G+/VG

Median: $14.99

Average: $15.53

High: $23.24 VG+/VG+

Current low price: $13.95 NM/NM

Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 20

Have/Want: 838/237

Where Sold: Tucson, AZ

Time it took to sell: 5 years

Where and When Bought: Worcester Al Bums new cutout bin mid 80's around $3

Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A-

Sad To See It Go: Yes

Massachusetts rock gods for sure carved from the vinyl remains of The Troggs, The Wailers and The Sonics.  They make a case, for their own Mount Rushmore as post-Nuggets revivalists just in time for the punk era.  The Troggs "From Home" is reconstituted  from the "Wild Thing" B-side to close the record.  "Cinderella" by The Sonics has become a Mono Man live standard to my ears.  The sands of time have altered the song in my brain and make this version sound like an entry point to the songs evolution as opposed to a slick cover.  

Crypt and Bomp demo and live compilations be damned, this Sire Records one off produced by The Turtles/Mothers Flo and Eddie comes off just as raw as 1978 label mates Dead Boys and make Road To Ruin era Ramones sound slick by comparison.  No commercial potential the way Lyres were able to do with the indie Ace of Hearts where they could at least get regional hits.  I still was able to get this new in the cutout bin in mid-80's Worcester.  DMZ were a band for the time even though they might reform time and again with guitarist J. J. Rassler if he can get away from the Downbeat Five or The Queers or The Odds or whatever rockin combo he is working with nowadays.  

A young sounding Mono Mann before it was written Mono Man screams, shouts and hollers with youthful vigor. Certainly a powerful front engine to hitch to.   The Mono Man we are used to today from 5-10 years later than this sounds more refined.  The Flo and Eddie jumps out in "refinery" on rock 'n' roll tracks like "Baby Boom"  and "Do Not Enter."  This got a bad rep in garage circles, but you can't really say a track like "Don't Jump Me Mother" is soft, can you?

Can you?

 

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