LP LAST DRIVE UNDERWORLD SHAKEDOWN FUZZ GARAGE PUNK
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Description
Grupo: LAST DRIVE
Nacionalidad: GREECE
Título del disco: UNDERWORLDSHAKEDOWN
Formato: LP
Sello: HITCH HYKE RECORDS
Año: 1986 / Edición: GREECE . ORIGINAL . VERY RARE
Referencia: LIFT002
The Last Drive is a Greek garage revival rock group which formed in 1983 and broke up in 1995. In January 2007, the band announced on their website that they got together again for some gigs. They are regarded by many as the most important Greek rock group of the 80's and one of the most important and influential groups of Greek rock history.
In 1986 they released their full-length LP album, called Underworld Shakedown, which caused a sensation both for its content and the quality of production (by the Drive themselves) which was unusually high for the standards of the independent scene of that time. The LP contained covers of garage standards like Misirlou and Night of the phantom, as well as their own material.
1983-1986: The beginnings
They started playing under the name "Last Drive" in late 1983 and their first performance was at the "Rodeo club" on December 27, 1983. They adopted the name "Last Drive" after noticing a cocktail by that name at a bar menu. During 1984, Yiorgos Karanikolas was added on lead guitar. The group was basically playing garage rock mixed with rockabilly and surf rock . They started playing in underground joints of that time, while some band members played with Blue Light (group) at their first live performance at Pegasus club. In 1985 they released their first record, the 7" single Midnite Hop, which now is the most sought-after record by collectors in Greece. They also participated with a song in a compilation tape by Dikaioma Diavasis records, Live at the Kyttaro club.
1986-1990: Success in Europe
In 1986 they released their full-length LP album, called Underworld Shakedown, which caused a sensation both for its content and the quality of production (by the Drive themselves) which was unusually high for the standards of the independent scene of that time. The LP contained covers of garage standards like Misirlou and Night of the phantom, as well as their own material. They continued to appear live in Athens and many other cities in Greece, and in the Spring of 1987 they toured abroad for the first time, in Germany, Italy, France and the Netherlands. They performed alongside the Fuzztones, the Creeps, the Stomachmouths, the Dizzy Satellites and others. In 1988, having replaced Nick "Pop Mind" with Panos Kasiaris on rhythm guitar, they released Heatwave, which was produced by Peter Zaremba of the Fleshtones. That was the album that established their name in Europe, where it was re-released (with a new cover) by Music Maniac Records, a German label specializing in garage-rock releases. Their success brought them to Germany, where they participated in the Berlin Independence Days festival and also recorded the Time EP.
Their first album titled, Underworld Shakedown was released in 1986 by Hitch Hyke records and changed the face of the Greek underground.
Many garage bands were formed in Greece following the example of Last Drive’s and a 60’s garage revival broke out in Greece.
The album had classic covers such as Richard Rodgers’s and Lorenz Hart’s “Blue Moon”, Michalis Patrino’s 1927 classic rebetiko “Misirlou” aa well as a cover on “The Night Of The Phantom” by the Fuzztones.
“Underworld Shakedown” is considered to be as one of the 50 best Greek rock albums of all times.
Track listing: 1. Me ‘n’ My Wings 2. Valley Of Death 3. Poison 4. Misirlou 5. This Fire Inside 6. Blue Moon 7. Sidewalk Stroll 8. The Shade Of Fever 9. Every Night 10. The Night Of The Phantom 11. RepulsionCOVER : NEAR MINT
RECORD : NEAR MINT
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