Thin White Rope - Exploring The Axis - Music & Performance - Vinyl
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| Management number | 251757909 | Release Date | 2026/09/26 | List Price | US$9.20 | Model Number | 251757909 | ||
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Hailing from the northern California town of Davis, Thin White Rope was unfathomably pegged as a proponent of the paisley underground movement. The songs the group covered over the course of their ten-year career is far more revealing: SUICIDE, THE STOOGES, LEE HAZLEWOOD, MARTY ROBBINS, BOB DYLAN, CAN, and ROKY ERICKSON have all been rendered by the band in the studio and on-stage. That list goes a long way in explaining the mixture of raw, angular riffs, southern twang, and psychedelia that characterizes Exploring the Axis, the group's 1985 debut. Frontman Guy Kyser, guitarist Roger Kunkel, bassist Stephen Tesluk, and drummer Jozef Becker create a series of barren landscapes, instruments kicking up clouds of dust from the parched earth like a rollicking, rickety ghost-train with failed brakes. At times Jeff Eyrich's production approaches the wintry heir of Martin Hannett's work with Joy Division. This climate is ideal for Kyser, who delivers tales of isolation, allusion, and death; his voice a unsteady quake. Though subsequent releases would see a maturing of the band's sound, Exploring the Axis remains the blueprint.
- EXPLORING THE AXIS
- Music & Performance
- Frontier Records
| Performer | Thin White Rope |
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| Music genre | Rock |
| Media format | LP |
| Original release date | 1985 |
| Has parental advisory label | N |
| Number of discs | 1 |
| Track listing | Down in the Desert, Disney Girl, Soundtrack, Lithium, Dead Grammas on a Train, The Three Song, Eleven, Atomic Imagery, The Real West, Exploring the Axis, Macy's Window (Bonus Track), Rocket USA (Bonus Track), Roger's Tongue (Bonus Track) |
| Record label | Frontier Records |
| Songwriter | Thin White Rope |
| Music producer | Jeff Eyrich |
| Track name | Down in the Desert, Disney Girl, Soundtrack, Lithium, Dead Grammas on a Train, The Three Song, Eleven, Atomic Imagery, The Real West, Exploring the Axis, Macy's Window, Rocket USA -live-, Roger's Tongue |
| Music media format | Vinyl Record |
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