PICTURES



Let me tell you something.
When it comes to Obscurity and Weirdness en Musica, this is the Total Package.
Pictures is the warped brainchild of Andy Stennett & John Rocca, and
if ever there was an album that needed to be heard to be believed...

From what limited info I have been able to gather on these two chaps,
they both went on to first form another collaboration known as FREEEZ,
and then proceeded on to careers in dancy music.
I am interested in this FREEEZ thing, but the dance stuff doesn't look too promising.
Of course, I'm apt to give just about anything a first chance.

Now back to this weird-ass album;
My best bro Frank and I discovered this little vinyl gem in the good ol'
.25 cent bin way back in the day, and it was the very definition of a bargain.
Released in 1983, this album's cover really says it all.
It is just loaded with all sorts of disturbing
Bad Craziness and frightening childhood nightmare-type scenarios.
This album has musical elements that were (and still are) WAY ahead of their time -
and to this day, I have yet to hear anything else quite like it.
ANY of you bargain-bin types out there who have either heard
of or have actually HEARD this release, please contact me.
I will soon be posting some of this up on the Downloads page
so anyone interested can give it a listen.


UPDATE - 12/22/03

My partner 'BadMoodGuy' and myself have recently been putting some serious effort into
bringing this very special album out of the shadows and into the realms of availability.
The first thing to do was to post the awesome press releases (see frame above) that 'Mr. BMG' came across
in an old PROMO copy of the album he found recently. Then, we have gone through and digitized
the vinyl into .WAV and then .MP3 form, to allow people to finally hear the damn thing.

We both feel that this album will probably never be re-released in the CD format, so why not make
this amazing music available to those adventurous ears out there who wish to hear it?
I will be posting two MP3 songs from the album (soon). Meanwhile,
(and from that point on) anyone who is interested in a copy of PICTURES needs to email me:


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After some further research I have learned of another release entitled
Comic Strip Glitter
and needless to say, I MUST HAVE IT!
(...found out it's a totally different band)

By the way, you are now reading the ONLY existing website about Pictures.
Even the Stennett/ Rocca bios I uncovered have absolutely NO CLUE that this album was ever made!

For more on Pictures, see my Top 1000 ~ #20, with more to follow.


(if not in frames)

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