Offhooks, but in the good tracks !

The Offhooks 

Off the hook mini lp

DDT records, 1988

Back in 1994, many alternative bands were playing stuff making rendition to 60's  garage style. And the Thanes, discovered for me via Groovy eyes french distributor, and their "Anthena surprise" single (Screaming Apple) were one of the best. (See their bio, in french, on Larsen label site.) and a superb (and long) interview of Lenny Helsing, on garage punk hideout.

I had the opportunity to meet some of these bands, and talk about in a zine called Here at that time. But a different actor on the fan scene helped me to make it. Thierry U. (from Baba yaga famous garage zine) had become a friend, and gave me a lot of his knowledge on this scene, and the previous 80's one. He gave me also access to his very specialised record collection.

The scottish Offhooks (and the early Thanes "Green Telescopes") were part of it, as Lenny Helsing, the singer, was in these three bands, and has became a friend of Thierry.

Uk "State"'s label, (created in 2007) known, amongst others, for the 2009 Paul Messis singles and its faculty to put on the highlights some of the best psyche-folk-garage modern stuff (on vinyl for the most part), gave us a big surprise in 2011 with the publication of a complete unreleased lp from the Ofhooks*. (Yes !!)

...Surprise, for the band was appreciated for a unique 1988 six tracks 12“.

> This is this old (and rare) one that we proudly share with you today.

Off the hook mini lp, DDT records, 1988

Track listing : A1 Greed; A2 I'm a nothing; A3 Heartbreaking girl

B1 No more tears; B2 Got no lovin; B3 I can take it 

(*) See the Surfadelic blog for this "new " lp : 

http://mreliminator.blogspot.fr/2012/11/the-offhooks-outside-looking-in-2011.html

- Read a bio of the Offhooks on State label site :

 http://staterecs.com/the-offhooks/

Bunnys are wild !!

Un morceau rare des Bunnys, un des groupes phare du mouvement garage japonais ‘Group sounds" des 60’s. Ce dernier est tiré d’un ep que l’on m’avait enregistré sur K7 et dont le titre écrit en caractère japonais m’est resté indéchifrable .
nb : la pochette très belle du disque présenté ci- à côté ne correspond néanmoins pas au mp3.
 Anyway, enjoy !

I discovered The Japanese Bunnys about ten years ago, when visiting a friend those collection is about 60's punk and garage fuzz ep and singles with picture sleeves.
He sorted me this single, (or ep), with a great colour ps,and recorded this fantastic song for me. As frantic, wild and mad as this one, I didn't know at this period. (listen to the "hoo ha" of the singer and the super fuzz solo at the middle, it's grandissimo !)
But I can't read japanese writing, and even with some research on the web, I couldn't find what this title is all about.

Perhaps you could help me ?


And now, a great bio of Takeshi Terauchi and the Bunnys,from the Fancymag.

ps : there are two superb compil of singles (apparently) of the Bunnys on PVine, but I don't know them, and I didn't recognize the japanese signs of the title on the tracklisting of both.
More info on : Blues interactions

and for the lovers of surf sound, and Takeshi Terauchi, I strongly recommend this : Wfmu.org, where you could listen the mp3 for "This is Terauchi Bushi", by Takeshi Terauchi with his first band, Bunnys.