3 Teens Kill 4
No Motive
3 Teens Kill 4 was born in the summer of 1980 in the East Village of New York City. They took their name from a New York
Post headline. The group consisted of Doug Bressler, Brian Butterick, Julie Hair, Jesse Hultberg, David Wojnarowicz.
There was a conscious decision not to have a front person or lead singer. David made cassette tapes with voices and
sounds that he held up close to a microphone, fast-forwarding and rewinding. Julie tried different rhythms on a Korg
rhythm machine. Brian played a Casio drum machine and Jesse was on bass. Doug joined the group in time to make the debut
album. He was a music lover who understood how to avoid covering over the band's non-musicality. Their debut 7-song
mini-album "No Motive" was recorded in Fall 1982 and self-released in 1983. Utilizing rhythm boxes, tapes of news
reports, odd percussion tools, snatches of song, they chanted political narrative ideas about the modern mess at the
time. The album is an amalgam of urban life, a twisted, anti-rhetorical approach to social issues. Songs weave together
to create an intelligent, jarring sound. Razor sharp guitar licks and hauntingly ominous bass lines create a tense,
oblique abstraction of pain and chaos. For this reissue we've added 3 previously unreleased bonus tracks. All songs have
been remastered for vinyl by George Horn at Fantasy Studios. The jacket features a replica of the original front cover
with a black and white photo by Seiji Kakizaki and updated back cover featuring a never before seen collage by David
Wojnarowicz. Each copy includes a 12-page booklet with liner notes from each band member, photos, lyrics and press
clippings. We've also printed a special 12"x24" fold out diptych painting by David Wojnarowicz whom this reissue is
dedicated to.
Price
Genre
Format
LP - 1 disk
Release
04-08-2017
Label
Item-nr
1155715
EAN
0744271372847
Availability
Not in stock
Tracks
Title
Artist
1
HOLD UP
2
TELL ME SOMETHING GOOD
3
5/4
4
CRIME DRAMA
5
STAY AND FIGHT
6
CIRCUMSCRIPT
7
HUT / BEAN SONG
8
HUNGER
9
VISITATION
10
DESIRE