WYLDE RATTTZ
Ron Asheton, Mike Watt,
Thurston Moore,
Steve Shelley,
Don Fleming
and
Mark Arm got together in 1997 to record a couple
Stooges songs and two originals.
Jim Dunbar played the recordings for the producers of
Velvet Goldmine who decided to use a couple of the songs in the movie. The
Wylde Ratttz re-recorded
TV Eye and
My Unclean without vocals so that
Ewan McGregor could do the vocals in the film
The
Wylde Ratttz recorded the following tracks on this session:
I Wanna Be Your Dog / TV Eye / Little Doll / Fun House / Real Cool Time / Gimme Danger / Hollow Around You / My Unclean
Hollow Around You and My
Unclean were written by
Ron Asheton and
Mark Arm. The rest of the songs are
Stooges covers.
the
VELVET GOLDMINE Soundtrack includes
TV Eye.
My Unclean is in the film but not on the soundtrack.
Mark told me:
"They used instrumental versions of
TV Eye and
My Unclean in the movie so
Ewan McGregor could add his exceptional vocal stylings. As far as I know,
Gimme Danger was never completed,
Ron refused to have anything to do with that song since it was from
Raw Power and he was shut out of the songwriting process for that album."
Wylde Ratttz "
Velvet Goldmine" line up:
Thurston Moore (Coachmen /Sonic Youth) - Guitar
Steve Shelley (Crucifucks / Sonic Youth) - Drums, Percussion
Mike Watt (Minutemen / Firehose) - Bass
Ron Asheton (Stooges) - Guitar
Mark Arm (Mudhoney) - Vocals
Sabir Mateen - Saxophone on
Fun House
Don Fleming (Velvet Monkeys/Ball/Gumball) - Producer
Jim Dunbar - Manager
Bil Emmons - Recording Engineer
Ewan McGregor (Curt Wylde)
Second Session line up:
Ron Asheton- Guitar, Vocals, Piano, Tympani
Thurston Moore - Guitar, Vocals, Electronic
Mike Watt - Bass, Beam, Spiel
Steve Shelley - Drums, Percussion
Don Fleming - Vocals, Guitar
Sean Ono Lennon - Electronics, Guitar, Vocals
Jim Dunbar - Percussion, Glass Sax, Vocals
Bil Emmons - Recording Engineer
Mark Told me also:
"
LSD and
Rosalyn are
Pretty Things covers but I don't know who wrote or sang the other songs since I wasn't able to go to New York for second recording session (
Mudhoney was either on tour or in the studio, I don't remember exactly which). I wish that I could have though"
The Tracks from 2nd session:
Walk Of The Wild Ratttz / World Of Hurt / Pull On The Pipe/ Rosalyn / LSD (re-titled
Take LSD),
/ She's like Poison / March Of The Wild Ratttz / Judy's Blues / Smoke/ Hot Shot / Nut / Hey I Wanna Know
.
You can listen to
mp3 of
Rosalyn, Hollow around You, Smoke, Hot Shot, LSD, Judy's Blues and She's like Poison by Click the
Wylde Ratttz site.
Atlantic Records released (2003) the soundtrack to the
Richard Linklater movie
School Of Rock. It contains the original
Wylde Ratttz version of the
Stooges TV Eye.
written by M.Anttila
Late 2003
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