Woah - the sample on the website is freaking nuts, this moves my crazy music timeline back by years...
http://nowave.pair.com/ugexplode/merch%20tab.html
*Artist: JACK RUBY
Title: s/t
Format: CD
Label: ugExplode
Country: USA
Price: $11.00
"The first recordings unearthed of this seminal proto-punk/no wave
unit from New York City, circa 1974-1977!!! Twisted, aggressive,
weird rock on par with the Electric Eels, Debris, Simply Saucer and
early MX80-Sound! Featuring George Scott (Contortions)" - ugExplode.
“Seven years ago, a guy named Gary Reese wrote me and said he was
friends with the late Contortions bass player George Scott, and that
he could probably help me out with some information on the mythic
band Jack Ruby. Up until that point, nobody knew of any surviving
recordings by this unit. They remained a shady footnote in
underground rock history. After years of cajoling and pursuit, Gary
finally convinced Georges brother to let him make a dub of a ratty
old cassette tape with two Fall 77 Jack Ruby rehearsals on them.
Those rehearsals belied an incredible amount of guitar-skree bombast.
I mastered the tracks to eke out the most clarity possible from them
and the result was circulated amongst very few cognoscenti with
little fanfare. In 2009, another Jack Ruby tape surfaced. Gary was in
contact with Scotts old girlfriend Leslie, who had a mysterious 1/4
reel of tape with the bands name and some song titles scrawled on it.
It took some time, but I had the reel baked and transferred . . .
and, lo and behold, it featured four crystal clear-sounding 74 studio
demos! I kept playing these great demos and I thought to myself, “If
Im listening to this stuff so much, somebody else is going to want to
hear it too!” Thats the point where I knew it was my duty to
release this anthology. So, we found all the surviving ex-members of
the group and put together this fully-authorized package featuring
eight killer tracks of noisy, high-energy greatness and designed a
full-color package featuring extensive liner notes and tons of period
photos. This release is a must-have for those who crave those truly
bizarre missing links from the pre-punk past. Jack Rubys tough,
sleazy sound is a direct antecedent to both PUNK and NO WAVE.” -
Weasel Walter, September 2011.
“Maybe it was 1976. Maybe it wasnt. Maybe I stumbled into Bleeker
Bobs. Maybe a lanky giant with an immense toxic cloud of frizzy hair
and huge hands lumbered toward me. Maybe it was Chris Grey. Somehow I
ended up in a dank rehearsal space. Face to face with George Scott.
Having my head torn off by my ears. Jack Ruby. Music to murder by.
Like 3 hits of acid and a shot of crystal meth after a month long
beer binge. A brutal psycho-delic teenage scream of sexual
frustration, disappointment and misery channeled into sonic
overdrive. A beautifully violent horrible throttling. I loved it” -
Lydia Lunch, August 2011.
(the above from the latest Fusetron update)