''Lysergic Emanations'' is the debut studio album by the American band
The Fuzztones
The Fuzztones are an American garage rock revival band formed in 1982.
History
Founded by singer-guitarist Rudi Protrudi in New York City, the band has gone through several member changes but is currently active in Europe. Dismissed by some cr ...
, released in 1985.
Fuzztones
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Reception
From contemporary reviews, D.H. of ''
The New York Daily News
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'' gave the album two-and-a-half stars out of four, noting that the album "comes close to capturing the charm of a garage band: shouted vocals, lots of guitar, a very weird jacket."
Track listing
*1985, United Kingdom ABC Records ABCLP4, reissued in 1986 on limited edition picture disc by United Kingdom ABC Records
# "1-2-5"
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cover)
# "Gotta Get Some"
(''The Bold'' cover)
# "Journey to Tyme"
(Kenny and the Kasuals
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cover)
# "Ward 81"
(Protrudi)
# "Radar Eyes"
( The Godz cover)
# "Cinderella"
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cover)
# "Highway 69"
(Chandler, Protrudi)
# "Just Once"
(Trash, Protrudi)
# "She's Wicked"
(Chandler, Protrudi)
# "Living Sickness"
(''The Calico Wall'' cover)
*reissued in 1986 in Spain by Enigma Records (#4AD-188) e in the US and Netherlands by Pink Dust Records (#2123-1) with two bonus tracks and a new
gatefold
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sleeve.
# "1-2-5"
(The Haunted
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* ''Haunted'' (Armstrong novel), by Kelley Armstrong, 2005
* ''Haunted'' (Cabot novel), by Meg Cabot, 2004
* ''Haunted'' (Palahniuk novel), by Chuck Palahniuk, 2005
* ''Haunted'' (Angel novel), a 200 ...
cover)
# "Gotta Get Some"
(''The Bold'' cover)
# "Journey to Tyme"
(Kenny and the Kasuals
Kenny and the Kasuals were an American garage rock band formed in Dallas, Texas in 1964. The band played at various venues, including the Studio Club, with a repertoire that consisted of material taken from the British Invasion and R&B standar ...
cover)
# "Ward 81"
(Protrudi)
# "Strychnine"
(The Sonics
The Sonics are an American garage rock band from Tacoma, Washington that formed in 1960. Their aggressive, hard-edged sound has been a major influence on punk and garage music worldwide, and they have been named inspirations to the White St ...
cover)
# "Radar Eyes"
( The Godz cover)
# "Cinderella"
(The Sonics
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cover)
# "Highway 69"
(Chandler, Protrudi)
# "Just Once"
(Trash, Protrudi)
# "She's Wicked"
(Chandler, Protrudi)
# "As Time's Gone"
# "Living Sickness"
(''The Calico Wall'' cover)
*reissued in 1992 on 12"LP/CD by Germany
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(included 5 bonus tracks from John Peel BBC sessions)
#"Bad News Travels Fast"
#"She's Wicked"
#"Epitaph for a Head"
#"Cinderella"
*The iTunes release has an outtake of "Green Slime"
Personnel
*
Rudi Protrudi
Rudi Action Protrudi (born December 15, 1952) is an American rock musician, songwriter, record producer, artist, and actor best known as the lead vocalist and frontman of the garage band The Fuzztones.
Rudi
Protrudi was born in Washington, D.C ...
– lead vocals, guitar, harp
*
Deb O'Nair
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* Dynamic energy budget theory, a metabolic theory
* Epidermolysis bullosa dystrophica
* German Ice Hockey Federation (''Deutscher Eishockey Bund'')
* Diepoxyb ...
– organ
*
Elan Portnoy
Elan Portnoy is an American record producer and a guitarist in three bands: The Headless Horsemen, The Fuzztones and The Waspmen.
Music history The Headless Horsemen
In the late 1980s, Portnoy was a guitarist for The Headless Horsemen, a New Yor ...
– lead guitar
* Michael Jay – bass
*
Ira Elliot
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– drums
References
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1985 debut albums
The Fuzztones albums