Hellzapoppin, by The 3Ds

Hellzapoppin

by The 3Ds

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ptoothfish just so many golden jangly guitar memories of the 90s Favorite track: Hairs.

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1.	Outer Space 03:14	buy track
2.	Ugly Day 02:52	buy track
3.	Sunken Head 03:45	buy track
4.	Swallow 02:44	buy track
5.	Sunken Treasure 03:48	buy track
6.	Hellzapoppin 02:22	buy track
7.	Leave The Dogs To Play 03:19	buy track
8.	Hairs 02:37	buy track
9.	Something In The Water 02:22	buy track
10.	Homo Necans 03:20	buy track
11.	One Eye Opened 02:32	buy track
12.	Teacher Is Dead 03:05	buy track
13.	Jewel 04:05	buy track
14.	Baby's On Fire 04:10	buy track

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Released in 1992, Hellzapoppin, was the 3Ds first full length album, and is now available for the first time on 12" LP. Plus, the digital album comes with the bonus track - the band's cover of Brian Eno's 'Baby's on Fire', which was orginally released as the B-side to the Outer Space 7" single (FN241, 1992).

Opening with the giddy crunch of Outer Space, with its flat-out fun melody, plenty of crazy guitar effects, it sets the tone for an album that is both thrashing and tuneful but never pointlessly macho. Instead, amongst the crash, bang and occasional hysterics, songs like Ugly Day and Swallow radiate a great, fun vibe. Meanwhile, guest performer Alan Starrett adds a few extra instrumental touches during the course of the record, like viola and kalimba on the clattering Teacher Is Dead. Songs like Leave the Dogs to Play, with its hollow percussion, heavily treated guitars and vocals, show a band getting more comfortable with studio possibilities, while having a blast with them at the same time.

At the time, the editors of Spin magazine picked Hellzapoppin as the "#1 album you didn't hear" in 1992 - and it is easy to see why.

credits

released November 25, 1992

David Mitchell – Guitar/Vocals, Denise Roughan – Bass/Vocals/Kalimba, David Saunders – Guitar/Slide/Acoustic Guitar/Vocals, Dominic Stones – Drums. Alan Starrett – Violin/Kalimba on Teacher is Dead, Erhu on Sunken Treasyre & Accordia/Appakachian Dulcimer & Fiddle on Jewel.
Recorded at Fish Street Studios, Dunedin & Mixed at Aurora Terrace, Port Chalmers – Aug-Sept 1991. Produced and Engineered by Tex Houston & the 3Ds.

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The 3Ds were the band to beat in 1990s New Zealand. With their venerable pedigree, they were the supergroup of Flying Nun's third wave. They had the chops to cheer the chin-stroking set, but could wow the lads and gals and make ‘em dance too.

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