Negative Approach - Tied DownBorn in 1981 in Detroit, MI, Negative Approach were the undisputed champs of Midwestern hardcore in the early to mid '80s. Led by John Brannon's hoarse wail, with OP Moore on drums and brothers Rob and Graham McCulloch playing guitar and bass respectively, the band concocted an extreme sound devoid of frills. This was first documented on their 10 Song 7" released on Touch and Go Records in 1982. The band released the more metallic sounding Tied Down

If ‘Coming Apart’ was dark magic

original covers

Love Shines Brighter

as journalist Tyran Grillo praises in his Time Capsule liner notes

producing imaginative and technically impressive mixes that solidified his forward-looking nickname

it marries Melody’s breathless soprano to the wildest sonic excursions

bruised knees

mixed by Andrew Dawson (Kanye West

& outer space electronics

Zappa applies the same aggressive studio techniques he did on Lumpy Gravy

the frenetic things she says could not have been more different - a homicidal dr hyde to the a-side's civilized dr jekyll

which builds into thundering instrumental interludes