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Wesley Willis - May 31, 1963 - August 21, 2003
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Website updated for your enjoyment on May 19, 2004!
Click here to read the lucky winners of the rockin' Green Wedge posters! Also, there's a rockin' shirt sale, a kick ass Greg Palast Value Pack which includes his book, cd, and t-shirt for just $30, the new Rock Against Bush cd/dvd, the new Nomeansno greatest hits cd, new anti-Bush shirts from our pals at Greedy Bastards, the new eX-Girl, Mentally Ill, and Burning Image records, and tours galore!
August heats up at A.T.!
We're happy to announce the signing of ex-Hellcat Records punks Leftover Crack. The NYC band has made the jump to AT to release their first new album since 2001's "Mediocre Generica". The new album, titled "Fuck World Trade" was recorded in several sessions with Steve Albini at the helm and contains 13 tracks in all, including one with their friends in World/Inferno Friendship Society. More news and mp3s coming soon. "Fuck World Trade" is set for release on August 31st.
Also in August comes the latest album from Slim Cessna's Auto Club. "The Bloudy Tenent, Truth & Peace" is the Auto Club's 3rd album for Alternative Tentacles and 4th overall. A cross between the traditional rockabilly country of Hank 3 and Wayne Hancock and the more emotionally weighted sounds of 16 Horsepower, the Auto Club has crafted a record that will bring out the country-dweller in even the most urbane city folk. Their most accomplished album to date, the Auto Club's new album will be in stores on August 10th.
Alternative Tentacles is also proud to announce the signing of San Francisco's The Sermon. As Maximum Rock N Roll described them, "The Sermon deliver overamped R&B with a punk rock intensity." Featuring ex-members of The Fells, Mount McKinleys and The Dukes of Hamburg, The Sermon's driving garage punk sounds recalls The Yardbirds going to toe to toe with The Motor City Five and redefining those sounds in today's musical context. The debut album, "Volume", will be released on August 24th as a CD, LP and special limited edition CD tin.
Finally in August Alternative Tentacles will continue the Reissues of Necessity series with a collection by the obscure, 70s LA space-glam quartet, Zolar-X. Jello Biafra originally discovered Zolar-X in high school when he read an article about them in Lenny Kaye's "Rock Scene". Over the top spacesuit costumes, spock ears and antennae feelers give a visual picture of the band. Jello has described them as the missing link between Chrome & The Stooges. "Timeless" will be released as an LP featuring Zolar's bona-fide rock gems, while the CD will also include their amazing later period prog epics as well. "Timeless" is set for release on August 24th.

05/19/04: Arundhati Roy on the election in India
05/13/04: Today's the 19th Anniversary of the MOVE bombing
05/10/04: Sign this anti-FCC petition and fight censorship!
05/05/04: Disney buckles to the Bushes over Michael Moore!
04/23/04: FBI finally pays Judi Bari and Darryl Cherney!
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05/07/04: Listen to Jello on Air America tonight!
04/22/04: Jello favorites Burning Image & The Mentally Ill have mp3s now!
03/15/04: Instant Run-Off wins in Berkeley!
03/11/04: Jello Biafra Apologizes to Fans for Latest Dead Kennedys "Deaf Club" Fiasco
02/07/04: Jello endorses Instant Runoff Voting in Berkeley!
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New on ALTERNATIVE TENTACLES !!! : The Mentally Ill Gacy's Place: The Undiscovered Corpses CD/LP Brand New!!! Of all the hotly sought-after original Killed-By-Death punk singles, few to none are as notorious - or mysterious - as the "Gacy's Place" EP by The Mentally Ill. The sleeve, the topics, the so-horrible-it's-amazing production values, that voice. Many in the know crown it the sickest punk record ever made. But there is more - much more... Add CD to cart - $12.00 LP - $9.00 - coming soon
Burning Image 1983-1987 CD Brand New!!! In the 20-year gap between Merle Haggard, Buck Owens, and Korn, what do you do in a place like Bakersfield? Somehow four town mutants found each other and cooked up a stew of punk, goth and more than a bit of hardcore and surfaced briefly as Burning Image. For the first time hear their rare 7-inch and unreleased songs on cd! Add CD to cart - $12.00
eX-GIRL Endangered Species CD Brand New!!! From their distant homeworld of Planet KeroKero (via Tokyo), eX-Girl returns to earth for another close encounter! This musical masterpiece is a concept album that ponders civilization while rockin' your socks off! This album is packed full of genre-twisting gems from these out-of-this-world eX-Girls! Add LP to cart - $9.00 Add CD to cart - $12.00
GREG PALAST Weapon Of Mass Instruction CD Brand New!!! Debut CD (and it's even Enhanced!) release by Best-Selling author, investigative journalist and all-around good ol' muckraker, Greg Palast. This is a lecture in Boulder, Colorado from 2003 and it covers lots of stuff from his best-selling book : The Best Democracy Money Can Buy. Enhanced part provides first-hand looksies at Secret Documents and other things the public (that's you!) weren't supposed to know about! Artwork by Winston Smith! Add CD to cart - $12.00
EVAPORATORS Ripple Rock CD New from Nardwuar the Human Serviette, with members of the New Pornographers, Zumpano, and the Smugglers, this is oodles of yummy garaged power-pop for the snowmobile set! Available in two different formats, each with its own exclusive highlights! The Enhanced CD Nardwuar's interviews spanning over a decade with people such as Jello Biafra, Mikhail Gorbachev, etc. as well as Evaporators music videos! The vinyl version comes in 2 parts- a big beautiful vinyl 12" and a cute lil' 7" since there's so much music on this release! Add LP to cart - $12.00 Add CD to cart - $12.00
WESLEY WILLIS Greatest Hits Volume 3CD We put this CD together KNOWING that Wesley would be around when it came out. Yet despite initial optimism in his battle against leukemia, his health took a turn for the worse and he passed away suddenly August 21st at the age of 40. He will be greatly missed by his friends and hordes of music & art fans the world over. This enhanced CD celebrates Wesley's life with 25 songs and a great video montage of Wesley as well as his artwork, photos, and sound samples. Liner notes by Jello Biafra and Henry Rollins. Add CD to cart - $12.00
NOAM CHOMSKY The Emerging Framework of World PowerCD America's leading foreign policy critic surveys the role of the US in a post-9/11 world - and finds nothing has changed. Ranging over American intervention in the Middle East, Asia, and Latin America since WW2, Chomsky deftly sketches the logic behind our foreign policy, and it's tragic results around the globe and at home. Add CD to cart - $12.00
THRALL LiferCD What? Not enough crude, dark post-punk apocalyptic noise in the world for you? Re-enter Thrall' on their 3rd full-lengther fronted by Mike Hard (God Bullies). A happy aural adventure to be taken by anyone into Jesus Lizard, Tomahawk, Birthday Party and the prime of Amphetamine Reptile. Add CD to cart - $12.00
THE FREEDOM ARCHIVES Chile: Promise of FreedomCD This exciting six-part CD weaves interviews, music, archival recordings, poetry and analysis together to create a gripping tapestry of Chile's journey from the promise of Allende's election through the dark days of the Pinochet dictatorship to today's emerging democratic process. This brand new cd features interviews with Isabel Allende, Ariel Dorfman, Isabel Letelier, and people in global pursuit of the Pinochet/Kissinger cases, as well as the archived voices of Salvador Allende, his supports, and witnesses of the 1973 coup. Add CD to cart - $12.00
HAROLD RAY LIVE IN CONCERT S/TLP & CD HAROLD RAY LIVE IN CONCERT set stoic scenesters aflame with their Gin-u-wine R&B shuffle-with this live release, there's no stoppin' this blue-eyed soul train from infecting the nation with R&B mania! Heavy 60's soul meets garage rock a la The Dirtbombs, Geno Washington,.....for fans of In The Red Records! Add LP to cart - $9.00 Add CD to cart - $12.00
PHANTOM LIMBS DisplacementLP & CD The follow-up to their debut - at last! More of that grotesque 80's retro punk carnival with an honest splattering of goth. Kurt Weill tackles the Screamers. Yum. Add LP to cart - $9.00 Add CD to cart - $12.00
PANSY DIVISION Total Entertainment!CD After a five-year hiatus, queercore pioneers Pansy Division return to brighten up the AT stable with their seventh long-player delivering total satisfaction well worth the wait! Total Entertainment! meanders from balls-out garage rock to the Motown strut, from dance club grooves to banjo-soaked bluegrass: their spontaneous verve and mastery of pop songcraft is the common thread that ties up this delicious jumble. Always humorous but never frivolous, Pansy Division mixes baudy mischief with personal politics that has universal resonance. Add CD to cart - $12.00
ARUNDHATI ROY Come September- in Coversation with Howard ZinnCD With lyricism and passion, Roy contextualizes the recent invasion of Iraq with her unflinching analysis of U.S.-sponsored interventions around the globe as well as her exploration of "you're either with us or with the terrorists" brand of nationalism. Come September also features her conversation with Howard Zinn on the writing process and the politics of being an artist. Available exclusively through this site until August! Add CD to cart - $12.00
DEADWEIGHT Stroking the MoonLP/CD Whoa! A.T. are releasing an album comprised of violin, cello and drums???? Heck Ya! Metal power taken to new dimensions. Far beyond the math-rock ghetto with the finesse of a Mr. Bungle or Victim's Family and the accessability and soaring chorus hooks of the almighty NoMeansNo. Add LP to cart - $9.00 Add CD to cart - $12.00
COMETS ON FIRE s/tCD Finally re-released first full-length by psycho-psyche freaks Comets On Fire. Comets deliver dark and damaged acid rock served in a crude and blown out speedball of Blue Cheer, High Rise, James Williamson and a blind-drunk Roxy Music-era Brian Eno! Features 6 sludge-fuzz drenched live tracks not on the original out of print vinyl! Add CD to cart - $12.00
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"Hey folks, Just wanted to thank you for the quick service with my recent order. I've been buying AT stuff since the beginning, but up until recently, I've always been able to get it through my local indy store. Unfortunately, the central PA area has lost our last cool shop recently, so it looks as though you'll be seeing a lot more of me through our friends at paypal. Just ordered a few items & I'll be looking forward to the Mentally Ill CD when it's out. Keep up the good work,
Thanks, Jay"
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