HW: NIK: ICU Maximum Effect

[Doug Pearson]

On Sun, 28 Oct 2001 05:38:34 -0500, Dave Briggs <dave at CRAZY-DAVE.NET> wrote:
>I think the CD of Max Effect was on sale at the astoria on sunday for a
>tenner

Yes, I believe it was reissued *just in time* for the show.

>try http://doremi.co.uk/icu/ for ICU s homepages

The album should be available as free MP3 downloads there ...

>or mail Trev on judge48 at hotmail.com - I'm sure He would be able to sort you

His website is:
http://www.realfestivalmusic.co.uk
which has full info on the new 'Maximum Effect' CD reissue, although the
site appears to be down at the moment.  Trev's initial posting on the CD's
availability can be found in the boc-l archives:
http://listserv.spc.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0110A&L=BOC-L&P=R6307

About TIME the album's been reissued.  Truly a brilliant piece of work
(even if a wee bit too clean and "overproduced", but I can easily forgive
that) ... what OTHER album can you think of that successfully combines
novelty pop singalong ("Bones of Elvis"), Oi! ("Skinheads in Leningrad"),
industrial/PiL-type racket ("Metal"), fake oldie jazz ("In the Mood"),
bubblegum/musichall pop ("Beer, Baccy, Bingo & Benidorm"), mixes oldies
with psychedelic dub ("Walking in the Sand/Margate Beach"), and still has
room left over for crunchy riffs like "Epitath for the Hippies" & "Virgin
Love" (and, unlike its predecessor, 'Passout', nothing that remotely
resembles spacerock, yet it's *still* great)?  And even most of the
outtakes left OFF the album ("Short Sharp Shock" aka "Dogrot
Animal", "Bildeborg", the infamous/tasteless "13/35" & "Nazi Motorcycle
Slut", etc.) rule, too!  It certainly blows away most of the UK post-punk
scene circa 1982 ...

    -Doug
     jasret at mindspring.com