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Remastered Deluxe Edition

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Limited edition

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Release date

2023-02-10

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FTRSMO40B

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5053760098300

2 / Extended format: No / LP / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

2023-01-13

FTRSMO42

5053760098317

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Artist

Severed Heads

Label EU

Futurismo

Genre EU

New Wave / Post Punk

Severed Heads is an Australian group founded in Sydney in 1979. Originally known as Mr And Mrs No Smokin' Sign, the group was formed by Richard Fielding and Andrew Wright. Tom Ellard joined in 1979, leading to a name change to Severed Heads. Over time, the group evolved with various members joining and leaving, but ultimately Tom Ellard became the sole continuing member.

The early music of Severed Heads was characterized by tape loops, synthesizers, and dissonant sound sources, placing them in the industrial music category. However, they later incorporated popular music elements such as a consistent rhythm and melodic lines. This fusion of avant-garde, EBM, and Synth-pop resulted in a unique sound.

Severed Heads achieved success with their song "Dead Eyes Opened" which charted in 1984. They were signed to Nettwerk Records in North America and Volition Records in Australia. Despite facing setbacks when Volition went bankrupt and Nettwerk dropped them, Severed Heads continued their musical journey through self-distribution via their own SevCom imprint.

Although officially announced as ended by Tom Ellard on February 4th, 2008; Severed Heads still occasionally performs live shows around the world. Notable performances include appearances at BIM Fest in Belgium (2011), Adelaide Festival (2013), Cold Waves IV festival in Chicago (201

Newest Listed Items

Futurismo present a deluxe reissue of the never before reissued
1987 avant industrial album: Bad Mood Guy by Severed Heads.
With an oeuvre of electronic experimentation that dates back to 1979,
Australia’s Severed Heads rawly garnered everything from the sources
around them: the sounds of the city, tape loops, old machines, distortion.
Although essentially one man, chief noisemaker Tom Ellard, he was joined
here by film maker/homebrew video synthesizer operator Stephen Jones,
and effects producer Robert Racic: who had worked with New Order. The
result is a punishing view of pop, all crunching rhythms and electronic
juxtapose. By incorporating popular tropes such as consistent rhythms,
melodic vocal lines and drum machines this was perhaps as near to a
little “boogie-oogie-oogie” as Severed Heads were likely to get, but the
outcome is a striking hybrid of the avant-garde, EBM and Synth-pop, an
industrial vortex in which the sounds of the 20th century are sucked in and
spat out around a monstrous dance beat.
Never pandering to expectations, Ellard saw dance music as a benchmark
area where exploration was still possible. Big ideas and big sounds, not
to mention big headaches when the original CBS mixes were left in a taxi
cab. Whilst many of their contemporaries persisted without dignity, Bad
Mood Guy’s cool melancholy assured a fanbase in America and dance
floor loyalty with ‘Hot With Fleas’, which dares to sit alongside classics like
‘Dead Eyes Opened’. The unique inventiveness inherent in Severed Heads
work makes this release essential for fans of Throbbing Gristle, Kraftwerk,
Skinny Puppy and Cabaret Voltaire.
The deluxe remastered version of this LP comes with a 2nd LP containing
lost original versions and remixes, and comes in a choice of ltd edition
coloured vinyl. It is packaged in a metallic silver outer sleeve, a metallic gold
inner sleeve and comes with a 12 page artzine booklet with liners by Ellard.

Bad Mood Guy

Music EU