{"product_id":"severed-heads-bad-mood-guy","title":"Severed Heads Bad Mood Guy","description":"\u003cp\u003eFuturismo present a deluxe vinyl package of the never before reissued 1987 avant industrial album: Bad Mood Guy by Severed Heads.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith an oeuvre of electronic experimentation that dates back to 1979, Australia’s Severed Heads rawly garnered everything from the sources around them: the sounds of the city, tape loops, old machines, distortion.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAlthough essentially one man, chief noisemaker Tom Ellard, he was joined here by film maker\/homebrew video synthesizer operator Stephen Jones, and effects producer Robert Racic: who had worked with New Order. The result is a punishing view of pop, all crunching rhythms and electronic juxtapose. By incorporating popular tropes such as consistent rhythms, melodic vocal lines and drum machines this was perhaps as near to a little “boogie-oogie-oogie” as Severed Heads were likely to get, but the outcome is a striking hybrid of the avant-garde, \u003cspan class=\"caps\"\u003eEBM\u003c\/span\u003e and Synth-pop, an industrial vortex in which the sounds of the 20th century are sucked in and spat out around a monstrous dance beat.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNever pandering to expectations, Ellard saw dance music as a benchmark area where exploration was still possible. Big ideas and big sounds, not to mention big headaches when the original \u003cspan class=\"caps\"\u003eCBS\u003c\/span\u003e mixes were left in a taxi cab. Whilst many of their contemporaries persisted without dignity, Bad Mood Guy’s cool melancholy assured a fanbase in America and dance floor loyalty with ‘Hot With Fleas’, which dares to sit alongside classics like ‘Dead Eyes Opened’. The unique inventiveness inherent in Severed Heads work makes this release essential for fans of Throbbing Gristle, Kraftwerk, Skinny Puppy and Cabaret Voltaire.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis remastered version of the original CD contains lost original versions and remixes and comes with a fold-out art-zine booklet with liners by Ellard.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e\n\t\u003cli\u003eTwo Vinyl Variants: Limited Edition Exclusive Fleabitten Rash (Purple) \u0026amp; Black Vinyl and Jetlag Metal (Grey) \u0026amp; Black Vinyl\u003c\/li\u003e\n\t\u003cli\u003eNewly remastered\u003c\/li\u003e\n\t\u003cli\u003eContains lost original versions and remixes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\t\u003cli\u003eComes with a fold-out art-zine booklet with liners by Tom Ellard\u003c\/li\u003e\n\t\u003cli\u003eVinyl comes packaged in a metallic silver outer sleeve and a metallic gold inner sleeve\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e FTRSMO40A -Artist-Severed Heads\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHandling Note: **Please allow an additional 5 business days for this item's shipment.**\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInternal ID: JIT\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGenre: Electronic\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eReleased: 10\/26\/22\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFormat: Vinyl\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFormat Detail: 2LP Purple Black\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Severed Heads","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53422628372664,"sku":"LC4W0V-XR97-EU","price":65.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0630\/9222\/8280\/files\/severed-heads-bad-mood-guy_KPpJl.jpg?v=1777528722","url":"https:\/\/musicrecordshop.com\/products\/severed-heads-bad-mood-guy","provider":"Music Record Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}