condition (record/cover): VG+ (surface noise at the very beginning of each side) / VG+ (light creasing + light sticker removal damages)
5 inserts included.
Subterranean Records' Live At Target took a fascinating snapshot of the American underground at the time. Factrix were still at a developing stage, as shown in "Subterfuge" which had something of a John Foxx-era Ultravox quality; the soaring synthesizers and glam-guitar bringing to mind "Can't Stay Long" from Systems Of Romance. Nevertheless, the menacing, nightmarish abstract drones of "A Night to Forget" point towards their future direction, though in the end influenced a lot by Throbbing Gristle. Arguably the most important contribution comes from Nervous Gender whose disorienting, downright hysterical synth-punk ("Miscarriage", "Scandinavian Dilemma", "Confession") straddles the lines between no-wave, punk, the electronics scene, hysteria, and a nervous breakdown. The songs are deliberately played out of sync and at weird tempos, thus creating a sense of nausea. The sheer intensity of "Confession", coupled with statements like "Jesus was just like me, a homosexual nymphomaniac walking the streets of Galilee", goes beyond shock value. At the time Nervous Gender had an 8-year old drummer which was just insane! A great band! From the obscure to the even more obscure, the Uns' two contributions sound like an even more extreme version of Throbbing Gristle. If Throbbing Gristle wandered around an "interior" landscape of subliminal traumas, then the Uns wandered around a landscape of nuclear explosions and split atoms. It felt like walking barefoot over shards of glass. While not exactly fitting with the synth-punk tag of the previous bands, Flipper's deteriorating psychedelic freak-out punk-boogies sound just as dangerous and appealing. It also shows they were more or less stylistically complete quite early in their career. "Falling" and "End The Game" are epics of meltdown and psychological tension.