Friday, June 8, 2007

Clown Alley-circus of chaos LP (1986)

Image Hosted by ImageShack.us

1. The Lie
2. Unplugged
3. In The Cartoon
4. On The Way Up
5. Uranium Miner's Daughter
6. Pet Of A Pig
7. The Grey Men
8. Envy
9. Theme
10. The Second Day
11. The Prey

Clown Alley were one of the first bands I saw live when I moved out to the Bay Area in the mid 80's. I was in total awe watching the band go crazy, looking normal as fuck but playing melodic, simple, yet very original sounding thrash. The band had more then one female member when I first saw them. The band sounded metal as fuck, but didn't really fit the part..
When circus of chaos came out my buddy Zoran and myself found ourselves spinning the record almost daily. The production is insane on this LP, and has some wicked melodic guitar wanks that just get stuck in your head. The band featured 3 members in its lifetime that went on to play in the Melvins.
This LP came out on Alchemy records (also did some RKL, and Poison Idea).
Its a shame that this is all the band did...

download the LP http://rapidshare.com/files/36031587/Clown_Alley_-_Circus_of_Chaos.zip.html
download the 1985 demo below
http://rapidshare.com/files/37388562/clown_alley_-_demo__1985_.zip.html
Posted by at

12 comments:

  1. AnonymousAugust 28, 2007 at 2:47 AM

    Thanks for the post! I was really into these guys "back in the day" and it's nice to hear the LP and demo again.

    ReplyDelete
  2. AnonymousMarch 13, 2008 at 8:01 PM

    saw these guys with Suicidal tendencies and maimed for life in 1984, they had a girl bass guitar player that chilled with me after i was in the pit during suicidal...

    ReplyDelete
  3. AnonymousApril 14, 2008 at 4:16 PM

    Right on dude, these guys were always great to see live, thanks for the memories!

    ReplyDelete
  4. AnonymousMay 2, 2008 at 3:50 PM

    Nice to see this. Got the bassist to do an interview (by mail!) for my little NC zine back when I was only 15. Hail them unified days.

    ReplyDelete
  5. Pratl PowerOctober 26, 2008 at 12:46 AM

    Thanks man. If I remember correctly, wasn't this chick the daughter of Shirley Temple?

    ReplyDelete
  6. UnknownJune 12, 2010 at 12:13 AM

    thanks!!!

    ReplyDelete
  7. AnonymousSeptember 4, 2010 at 1:30 PM

    Thank you kind sir 8)

    ReplyDelete
  8. AnonymousOctober 18, 2010 at 9:43 PM

    Thank you. This is one of my favorite records of all time. I think their rhythm section ended up in the Melvins for a couple of records.

    ReplyDelete
  9. AnonymousJanuary 16, 2011 at 2:45 PM

    Anyone know the bitrate of this upload?

    I'm thinking about buyingthe reissued cd with bonus thracks from Southern Lord, but spent too much money on other things the last 2 months and can't buy anything else for a very long time.

    ReplyDelete
  10. Renato GimenezFebruary 15, 2011 at 11:52 AM

    She´s Lori Black. She recorded a lot of albums with Melvins also my favorite one "Bullhead" and now rides the amazing ACID KING!

    Thanks for the post!!

    ReplyDelete
  11. cialis onlineMarch 15, 2011 at 10:30 AM

    It's an important band and anyone can understand their lyrics, they're so professionals, if we can used that expression.... I mean all is about sounds and riots! I think you'd add more about it, specially if you get new and atypical bands like this one.
    23jj

    ReplyDelete
  12. AnonymousMay 28, 2015 at 12:31 PM

    Help...really want this album, anyone have updated link? Thanks!

    ReplyDelete

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)