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Kaleidoscopic: Death

POSTED: Monday, April 27, 2009, 8:38 PM

Filed Under: Kaleidoscopic | Music

15rubi_600 In this week's Kaleidoscope, I wrote about the band Death, who I had heard rumblings of in hushed music geeks tones, but never really knew what they were about until an excellent New York Times article. Here's what I said:

Eschewing R&B after seeing Alice Cooper, the Hackney brothers formed Death in 1974, bridging the gap between the driving garage of the MC5 and loudfasthard punk. And then they faded into obscurity. Why? Because it would be impossible to market an all-black rock band from Detroit? Because they walked out on record man Clive Davis when he said they had to change their name? It's not the music. Drag City has collected it for the first time on ... For the Whole World to See. It's about time.

Afropunk was kind enough to post some videos.

"You're a Prisoner"

"Freaking Out"

"Politicians in my Eyes"

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