Amazing underground american biker art rock. It sad that there is not much talk of Nicodemus.The guy has made a number private press Lp's since the 70s which vary intentionally from Album to Album. Acid Folk, Biker Rock, Damage Proto-Punk, and bizarre Effected tracks that sound like Chrome.
Nicodemus has produced a body of work over his more than 30-year career that is stunning in its breadth and shocking in its level of accomplishment, yet is so underexposed that many have never heard of a man whose best music is easily on a par or better than the work of auteurs ranging from Lou Reed to Neil Young to John Lennon to Brian Wilson to Bruce Springsteen.
Perhaps it's too much to ask that the terminally clueless Rolling Stone Record Guide have caught on, but St. Nic has been consistently overlooked even by self-proclaimed 'underground' guides like The Trouser Press Record Guide or Unknown Legends Of Rock.
Excepting a brief blurb in Jello Biafra's section of the RE/Search book Incredibly Strange Music, Vol. 2 and an error-riddled article in Motorbooty magazine, precious few signposts point the music consumer towards Nicodemus' work.
Given that the world of music journalism is prone to hyperbole, many may choose to doubt my words, but the proof is in the music: a couple of listens to amazing songs like "Sometimes I Can't Sleep", "They Whisper Here", "One Way", or "When The Daylight Fades To Nothing" should convince even the most skeptical that Nicodemus' music deserves to be considered among the most creative musical art of the last thirty years (Aaron Poehler).
Me And Suzie:Track List:
01.Black Sadie
02.The Word Of Parrot
03.Angel Dust
04.One Way
05.Me And Suzie
06.Heads And Brains
07.Rubber Spiders
08.The Miser
09.Long Finger Of The Flaw
10.Self Pity
11.If I Die Tomorrow
12.If I Stand Out In The Rain
13.Oh My Darlin'
14.Scream
15.Good-N-Plenty
[ Thank you SILVERADO for sending this post ]
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