ARTIST: The Witches
TITLE: Let's Go To The No Go Zone
LABEL: Pushover
GENRE: Rock
SOURCE: CD
BITRATE: 145 kbps avg
PLAYTIME: 43:01
RELEASE DATE: 1998-00-00
RIP DATE: 2008-04-29
Track List
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1. Let's Go To The No Go Zone 3:42
2. Please 2:31
3. My Superstar Pills 3:11
4. Sleepin On A Demons Tree 4:25
5. Lost With The Real Gone 1:57
6. What Is It Then 4:41
7. The Lonely Rainbow 3:11
8. Monkee's Arm 2:10
9. Wine For Yer Kids 4:06
10. See It (With Your Eyes Closed) 1:30
11. Last Night Is A Haunted House 3:57
12. No. 23 Dream 3:24
13. Deflowering The Infant Succubus 4:16
Release Notes:
Merging hooky, '60s-influenced pop with pounding drums and moody, ominous
undercurrents, the Witches suggest the bastard spawn of Phil Spector and the
Velvet Underground -- a sound and style that might surprise some people, given
the early resume of the group's leader, Troy Gregory. Born in Detroit, Gregory
first gained national prominence when he joined Arizona thrash-metalists Flotsam
and Jetsam as bassist in 1987, a year after Jason Newsted left the group to join
Metallica. In 1991, Gregory left Flotsam and Jetsam and joined New York
art-thrash band Prong in time to work on their album Prove You Wrong. Gregory's
stay with Prong proved to be short-lived, and after working with the likes of
the Swans, Killing Joke, and Simon Bonney, Gregory relocated back to Detroit,
where he immersed himself in the local underground music scene. Gregory formed
the Witches with a rotating lineup of players from some of Detroit's more
notable bands and recorded their first album in 1996, Everything Changes
Reality, which sadly was never released. The Witches' second album, Let's Go to
the No Go Zone, met a happier fate, hitting record stores in 1998; at this
point, Gregory's collaborators included Matthew Smith (Outrageous Cherry,
Volebeats), Deb Agolli (Outrageous Cherry), and Jim Diamond (Dirtbombs).